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Two emaciated dogs were pulled from a Bronx basement Friday after a building superintendent discovered them living in their own waste, covered in maggots and open sores. The animals, nicknamed Ren and Stimpy by rescuers, were found by the new…
A Florida man who kept the world’s most dangerous bird as part of an endangered-species breeding effort was fatally attacked while trying to protect its eggs. Marvin Hajos, 75, of Alachua in northern Florida, maintained exotic animals on his property…
Airlink has defended a low-altitude flyover that sent two jets screaming just feet above a packed Cape Town stadium, calling the display “spectacular scenes” despite social media backlash branding the stunt dangerous and unnecessary. The South African airline, an official…
Police are hunting a grinning attacker who swung a gardening tool at a fellow rider during evening rush hour on a lower Manhattan subway train. The assault unfolded around 7:30 p.m. On Aug. 9 aboard a northbound A/C train near…
A 9/11 responder and Iraq War veteran has spoken out about how a service poodle pulled her from isolation and despair. Celeste Henry-Kemper, 66, a Brooklyn native and former National Guard member from Harlem, was paired with Titan, a trained…
A former British teacher has been barred from the classroom indefinitely after admitting he gave a young student a pen fitted with a hidden camera and instructed her to change clothes before using it. Matthew Udall, 33, taught in Warwickshire…
A mother bear and her three cubs were freed Saturday after more than half a day trapped inside a water storage tank in La Verne, California. Eric McDonald and Jamie Kirk, residents of nearby Glendora, discovered the distressed bear family…
An Ohio judge has ordered a convicted poacher to post an apology video on TikTok as part of his sentence for a sprawling illegal hunting operation. Carter Hickey, 21, pleaded guilty to 17 wildlife crimes after a probe by the…
Mike Dickinson, regional operator of Pony Clubs across the South and Midwest, has begun booking reality TV stars and social media influencers to reverse declining strip club attendance. Dickinson, who oversees the chain’s locations, told The Post he started with…
A pregnant woman ditched her “super unique” Star Wars-inspired baby name after her family roasted it at a weekend dinner. The mom-to-be, seven months along with a girl, unveiled the mashup moniker “Annakinzel” last weekend to relatives gathered around the…
Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird is weighing legal action after a Georgia private school revoked her 8-year-old daughter Ella’s acceptance over the reality star’s OnlyFans content. Efird, 26, said that administrators called her into a meeting last Friday and informed her they…
A 2018 study of a French orca mimicking human speech has resurfaced online, leaving new listeners both astonished and deeply unsettled by recordings of the whale’s attempts at words like “hello.” The research centered on Wikie, a 14-year-old captive orca…
Pest control companies across New York’s Capital Region and Hudson Valley are fielding a flood of panicked calls as bats colonize attics and wall cavities this summer. Thomas Pest Services in Albany has logged roughly a 15% spike in bat-related…
The Maldives’ famed “Sea of Stars” has earned a 4.5-star rating on Google Maps despite not being a real place. Travelers hunting for the glowing blue ocean have been chasing a phantom destination, marine experts now warn. The spectacle, which…
Dr. Eric Hickey has revealed the chilling way Joyce Dahmer described her son’s murders during their 1994 interview. The forensic psychologist, who spent a week with Jeffrey Dahmer’s mother that year, said Joyce carried deep guilt about her son’s childhood.…
An Australian artist who spent two weeks in a medically induced coma has described the vivid sinking-boat hallucinations he endured and the dramatic shift in outlook that followed. Rob, who posts on YouTube as Rob-so-far-so-good, said that the experience stripped…