Natural gas billionaire Michael S. Smith and his wife Iris have finally sold their contemporary Hamptons beach house for close to its last asking price of $42.5 million, sources tell the Post. The couple made an even bigger splash in 2016, when they paid $110 million for property on East Hampton’s Lily Pond Lane in … Continue reading "Billionaire sells his smaller Hamptons estate for $42.5M"

CHICAGO — Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, a US study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining obesity rates weren’t a fluke. Obesity rates dropped steadily to about 14 percent in 2016 — the latest data available — from 16 percent in 2010, the Centers for Disease … Continue reading "Obesity rate falling among US preschoolers, study shows"

A man accused of being a child rapist died after his testicles were chopped off by an “angry mob” in revenge for a violent sex attack. The alleged rapist was accused with two other men of “repeatedly” gang-raping two teenage girls, aged 14 and 18 before the revenge attack in Ivory Park, near Johannesburg, South … Continue reading "Alleged child rapist dies after vigilante mob hacks off his testicles"

WASHINGTON — The Yad Vashem museum in Israel suggested that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez needed a history lesson after the freshman Democrat said migrants at the southern US border were being housed in “concentration camps.” “Concentration camps assured a slave labor supply to help in the Nazi war effort, even as the brutality of life inside … Continue reading "Holocaust museum lectures AOC after ‘concentration camp’ remarks"

Oil prices rose Thursday by more than 3 percent to above $63 a barrel after Iran said it destroyed a US drone near the Strait of Hormuz. Expectations that the US Federal Reserve could soon cut interest rates, stimulating growth in the world’s largest oil-consuming country, and a drop in US crude inventories also provided … Continue reading "Oil prices surge after Iran allegedly shoots down US drone"

A devoted husband dedicated two years and $44,000 to transform his garden into a tropical paradise for his wife as he was unable to take her on holiday. Construction worker Chris Lodge, 44, and business owner Sharon Lodge, 45, are so busy with work and caring for their disabled dog Dice that they haven’t gone … Continue reading "Man spends two years and $44K bringing tropical holiday to wife"

A singer and a group of songwriters claim in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday that Carrie Underwood’s “Game On,” theme song for “Sunday Night Football” is actually ripped off from a song that the plaintiffs wrote back in 2016 and unsuccessfully pitched to Underwood’s production team. In a suit filed in Manhattan federal court against Underwood, … Continue reading "Singer says Carrie Underwood stole ‘Sunday Night Football’ theme song"

After years of declining to get specific about numbers, Netflix is finally cluing the public in. The streaming behemoth wants you to know its new comedy caper “Murder Mystery” is a big hit. Netflix’s de facto PR Twitter account, @NetflixisaJoke, released a big “ADAM SANDLER AND JENNIFER ANISTON BREAKING NEWS ALERT” Tuesday night. The tweet … Continue reading "Did ‘Murder Mystery’ really just break a Netflix ratings record?"

A Queens man was drugged and robbed of cash and a pricey watch by a raven-haired beauty he met at a Manhattan nightclub, cops said. The 25-year-old told police he met the woman at LAVO New York and took her back to his Kew Gardens Hills home early Monday — but passed out around 2 … Continue reading "Man drugged, robbed by temptress he met at nightclub: cops"

The Mets are looking to an old friend to fix their pitching woes. see also Meet the ‘Vulture,’ the Mets’ baseball lifer who’s overflowing with stories PORT ST. LUCIE — Baseball is a journey. Sometimes the… Phil Regan, 82, will take over as the Mets’ interim pitching coach, while Ricky Bones will return as interim … Continue reading "Meet Phil Regan, the Mets’ new 82-year-old pitching coach"