Leanna Scaglione — a former ballerina who completed a half marathon in March, just two months after brain surgery — is now preparing to run in the NYC Marathon on Sunday. “This is my redemption ride,” the 32-year-old Upper East Sider told The Post. Scaglione will tackle the 26.2-mile course less than a year after …
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Self-care-obsessed Gen Zers are making earplugs cool
Jennifer Fishburn grew up constantly going to concerts in the ’90s, from Lollapalooza to Woodstock ’99, and she kept an unexpected — and unwanted — souvenir from everyone. The 49-year-old suffers from tinnitus, as a result of the regular concert. “Now that I’m older, I don’t need to be up front and in the pit,” …
Subway accused of shorting customers for sandwich meat: lawsuit
Subway was hit with a lawsuit Monday alleging that the restaurant chain “materially overstates” the amount of meat in visual ads for the sandwiches. The lawsuit targeted photos in Subway ads, alleging the chain “falsely advertises” how much meat the steak and cheese sandwich has. This is especially troubling, the complaint says, because of inflation …
Wild art show has visitors walking out and staring into strangers’ eyes: ‘It’s amazing’
What are they? you watching? A mysterious art show is tricking New Yorkers into going outside — and looking each other in the eye. The wild exhibit, “Bobby Anspach: Nothing Beautiful,” features a pair of strange contraptions — tangles of wires, lights and colored pom-poms — that look like something a mad scientist built out …
The retiree who finished last in the 2023 NYC Marathon is back for 2024
When Joel Kaufman of Queens walked across the finish line of last year’s TCS New York City Marathon after 8 p.m., after most runners and spectators had long since left Central Park, he earned an unusual honor. “I got a call the other day from the New York Road Runners,” Kaufman told The Post about …
Cheeky nudists strip naked to celebrate body positivity – in a chilly underground cave: ‘Very exciting’
Talk about places where the sun don’t shine. Schoharie County’s Howe Cave is preparing its cool underground place to welcome you au natural fun for its sixth annual Naked in a Cave event on Saturday — which sees the elaborate underground system transformed into a nudist sanctuary for one wild night a year. Colorful autumn …
This $1 canned drink opened a museum on iced tea: ‘AriZonaLand’
It’s only $1, but crazy fans think AriZona Iced Tea tastes like a million bucks. The vibrantly colorful canned drink from the New York-based company was famously priced at just 99 cents, but has become a bona fide pop culture phenomenon over the years. Crazy fans have tattooed the infamous cherry blossom tree, collected hundreds …
New Yorkers’ most memorable subway moments when it turned 120 years old
Subway changed Rick McGuire’s life. No, he didn’t meet his forever person on the A-town top train like fiancés Anastasia Gregory and Spencer Seabaugh, nor did he find “American Idol” fame after starting a career on the station platforms as the singer Just Sam. Instead, the subway system, which celebrates its 120th anniversary on Sunday, …
NY bans sale of caffeine-infused cannabis
No more wake up and bake! State regulators have banned the distribution of cannabis pills that are also laced with caffeine — a combination that has been a popular choice for fitness enthusiasts and office professionals, The Post has learned. The New York Office of Cannabis Management issued a restraining order to Hudson Cannabis, an …