Light painting saved Denis Smith's life. A decade ago, the native New Zealander was working as a Xerox salesman in Auckland, earning more than $300,000 a year but blowing it all on fast cars, expensive cigars, and copious quantities of alcohol. "I was killing myself working, trying to sustain that lifestyle," Smith says. "It developed Read more about Stunning Photographs Created With a Flashlight Lightsaber[…]

I first saw Snow Peak’s Pack-and-Carry Fire Pit at Snow Peak Way, the cult outdoor brand's yearly camping retreat. A few fire pits were set up in the field, deep in the wooded recesses of the Columbia River Gorge. Kids of all ages gathered around them, helping themselves to marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers, while Read more about Snow Peak’s Fire Pit Makes Me Like Camping Again[…]

More information is coming out about tourists who have mysteriously died in the Dominican Republic, including a New Jersey resident who suddenly fell ill last week — and an Arizona man who had “something green” foaming from his mouth following his death, a report says. “It was something that came way out of left field,” Read more about More info out over deaths in Dominican Republic, like man foaming at mouth[…]

Satirist: The Tyranny of Aging Boomers “Why have national Democrats . . . fallen under the tyranny of the 70-somethings?” asks The Atlantic’s Andrew Ferguson. His answer: Aging coastal boomers refuse to give up the ghost — much less their political sinecures and ambitions to ever-higher office. “People in their mid-to-late 70s are thick on Read more about Aging Boomers rule the Democratic Party and other commentary[…]

Accused Nxivm sex cult leader Keith Raniere was “a crime boss” who operated out of an upstate neighborhood that was so unassuming, it was creepy, a Brooklyn prosecutor said in closing statements Monday. “Yes, it looks like the American dream,’’ Assistant US Attorney Moira Penza said of the housing development that included homes where Raniere Read more about Nxivm leader was ‘crime boss’ in quiet upstate neighborhood: prosecutor[…]

The gavel has finally dropped on Sotheby’s. After six years of prodding from hard-charging billionaire Dan Loeb, the famed auction house has agreed to be taken private by French media titan Patrick Drahi — a deal that values Sotheby’s at $2.66 billion and ends its 31-year run as a public company. Drahi, a noted art Read more about Sotheby’s to go private in deal valuing action house at $2.66 billion[…]

Swifties, please remain calm. Taylor Swift has just debuted the video for the second single, “You Need to Calm Down,” off her new album, “Lover,” on sale Aug. 23. The song, released last Thursday, is a tongue-in-cheek celebration of love, tolerance and the LGBTQ community. And it’s Pride month, so Tay Tay asked a veritable Read more about Taylor Swift drops ‘You Need to Calm Down’ music video with Katy Perry[…]

Conspiracy theorist and “Infowars” radio host Alex Jones has been accused of sending child pornography to the lawyers of the Sandy Hook families — just days after he claimed to be the target of a malware attack that left kiddie porn on his servers. The Connecticut law firm Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder — which represents Read more about Lawyers for Sandy Hook families say Alex Jones sent them child pornography[…]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unleashed her lawyer on a former campaign aide who wrote a book about her victory over former Congressman Joseph Crowley. Ocasio-Cortez’s legal counsel sent a cease and desist letter to Latino activist Ramon Ramirez for his self-published memoir titled “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The Democrats’ Surprise.” “I’m surprised,” Ramirez told The Post about receiving the Read more about Ocasio-Cortez unleashes lawyer on campaign aide who penned memoir[…]

Grief-stricken kin of the Harlem mom who died along with five of her children when fire tore through their death-trap public housing apartment last month plan to sue the city — for $2.2 billion. “It’s hard to put a dollar value on the loss of human life, but the $2.2 billion, we feel, is appropriate Read more about Relatives of Harlem fire victims plan to sue city for billions[…]