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Doctors refused to operate on me because I was pregnant — then a pregnant surgeon stepped in

A harrowing fall while skiing in the backcountry of Japan complicated Kate Johnson's pregnancy in aggravating ways.

<strong>Activist shares daily horrors Iranian protesters face from regime including soldiers storming hospitals, killing patients</strong>

Tara Grammy — a Tehran-born, Los Angeles-based playwright and actress — has become one of the most prominent advocates for Iranians trapped in their country.

Fireball seen shooting through night sky across multiple states

Reports to the American Meteor Society came from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin.

410-pound manatee retrieved from Florida storm drain now recovering at SeaWorld Orlando

A manatee that got stuck in a Florida storm drain while seeking warmer waters is now on the mend at SeaWorld Orlando after a large effort to rescue it.

'Invisible' secret passageway linked to Underground Railroad discovered in NYC home

Enslaved Africans with dreams of being free found safety in the heart of NYC. 

Unique ice volcano emerges through frigid temperatures in Upstate NY

An ice volcano is a cone formed from thousands of icicles as a result of a gravity-fed fountain system.

Meet the school crossing guards braving Big Apple's bitter cold to keep kids safe

As New Yorkers hunker down amid the longest deep freeze in two decades, the city's school crossing guards are bundling up and braving the icy elements.

How an NYC banker traded her dream life in finance for the frontlines of Ukraine's bloody battle with Russia

In just two weeks, Morgan Stanley analyst Viktoriia Honcharuk went from partying at NYC's Zero Bond — to triaging patients in her home country.

I was a 'Maury' baby — the dramatic experience changed my family forever

One "Maury baby" told The Post, "I was like, ‘Oh, my God, that's so cool!’” — but another lamented of her own reveal, "I was disgusted. It was trashy."

'Rich kids' of Iran flaunt wealth and incite rage — reportedly 'partying' in nightclubs as blood runs in the streets

While their countrymen are slaughtered, the children of the regime's ruling class have been hiding out in a popular vacation hotspot, sources say.

Cancer-stricken kids beg Bernie Sanders to pass life-saving bill — after the senator was branded ‘evil’ for blocking it

Sanders blocked the passage of the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act in the Senate last month.

Meet Mattel's autistic Barbie doll — who carries a fidget spinner, avoids eye contact

The doll features a gaze that is shifted slightly to the side, to "[reflect] how some members of the autistic community may avoid direct eye contact."

NYE never gets old for the ‘confetti king’ of Times Square — he's still an emotional wreck at midnight after 3 decades on job

“Every year on New Year's at midnight, I cry. It is an emotional, wonderful thing for me every year," Treb Heining told The Post.

‘Holiday regression’ is real: How adults wallow in childhood anxieties again when they head home to see family

“I’m quicker to pick a fight, or turn into an angsty teen,” one grown-up told The Post.

After vintage Christmas ornament shatters, its owners were shocked to find this inside

One person's trash is another's Christmas treasure.

How a New Yorker and Londoner swapped apartments, and lives, for a 2-week ‘magical’ adventure

Two total strangers pulled off an across-the-pond home swap, a la Cameron Diaz–Kate Winslet in 2006's "The Holiday."

Beloved Betty Reid Soskin, oldest park ranger in the US, dies at 104: 'A fully packed life'

Soskin was well-known for her historical talks at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Park in Richmond, Calif., near San Francisco.

How the festive season became boomtime for scammers — ruining Christmas for their victims

“Scammers are especially active during the holidays," one fraud prevention expert told The Post. “If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.”