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Cops swoop down on anti-Santa Grinch who tried ruining Christmas for kids: 'This is disgusting'

This modern-day Scrooge is bah hum-bugging his neighbors. 

Wild video shows Florida police wrangle with massive 600-pound alligator in frantic scene

Dramatic footage released by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Department showed seven deputies and a skilled animal trapper wrangling the 14-foot reptile.

Wendy's founder regretted naming burger company after his daughter — here's why

Wendy Thomas Morse felt "chain"-ed to the name.

Forget the mafia — NYC's real turf battles are between cutthroat Christmas tree sellers

Keep your friends close, but your Christmas tree enemies closer.

Meet NYC's hardest workers on Thanksgiving — like the Macy's parade costume queen, whose day begins at 2:30 AM

Meet a trio of Big Apple heroes who inhabit three very different worlds within New York -- working tirelessly to keep the city warm, fed and full of holiday cheer.

California boy, 3, receives first-ever gene therapy for his rare disease

"Things are as good as they could be at this point in time," one researcher said.

For NYC’s oldest dance teacher, the show must go on ahead of 97th birthday

Betty Markowitz has taught tap to senior citizens for more than two decades. "Seniors don't have to stop and lie on the couch and watch TV," she said. "Get up,...

Emergency team rescues puppy after falling into abandoned well

Once on the scene, a member of the emergency response team used rope to repel themselves down the well to save the puppy.

Letter to 'Rose' from the Titanic’s real-life 'Jack Dawson' asks $66K at auction — so who was Ernest Tomlin?

A never-before-seen letter has revealed there actually was a passenger aboard the boat pining over a woman named Rose.

Inside the world of Discord and the left-coded games radicalizing young boys

What is really happening on these gaming and chat platforms?

Farmers' Almanac fans, editors mourn loss of 'American staple' as it goes out of print — after 208 years

"It was a very, very tough decision," editor Sandi Duncan told The Post, saying changes in the publishing industry have caused insurmountable financial challenges.

My infant son died of a rare disorder — I wish his doctors had run this cheap test sooner

"It was a very big wake-up call," Jordan Kruse told The Post. "Life was structured a lot differently than what we expected it to look like going home with our...

Support for daylight saving time is at its lowest level in US history — here's which states are pushing to 'lock the clocks'

They don't want to fall back on the old way of doing things.

Meet the grandma of 3 who is battling colon and kidney cancer — and running the NYC marathon

"Once I've finished the marathon, gotten my medal, it gives me two or three months of just that runner's high," Liz Healy told The Post.

I struggled to speak because of autism — now I'm finishing my MBA and running the NYC marathon

"With a bit of hard work and dedication," Evan Mansfield, 23, told The Post, "anything is possible."

Terrifying bank scam drains your life savings in seconds — and victims are sounding the alarm

“They used fear tactics to basically hypnotize me into handing over all the money I’d worked so hard to earn and save over the last four years.”

Couple gets married at animal sanctuary -- with disabled sheep as ring bearer

A couple who met at an animal sanctuary tied the knot at the special venue - with a disabled sheep as their ring bearer.

Near-death experience study reveals the most common visions among survivors: 'A great light in the distance'

Researchers interviewed 48 people who had survived near-death experiences (NDEs), asking them to describe — and even sketch — what they saw in their final moments.

NYC e-bikes slapped with new 15 mph limit: Post probe reveals how fast riders are really going

The city that never sleeps is about to become the city that never speeds.

Infamous jewel thief slams Louvre robbers as 'idiots' — and reveals how they could have smuggled gems

Reformed heist expert Larry Lawton netted an estimated $18 million in precious gemstones during a spate of robberies in the 1980s and '90s.