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Retiree who finished dead last in 2023 NYC Marathon back for more — 'just warming up'

"I got a title that nobody can take away from me," said Joel Kaufman, 66, of Queens.

I disappeared into the woods for 30 days — what I experienced before rescue took years off my life

Long-distance runner Robert Schock, 39, was lost for 30 days in the wilderness of Washington state before his rescue from the brink of death.

I was paralyzed a decade ago while suffering from rare disease — here's how I run the NYC Marathon

Michael Ring is preparing to toe the line at Sunday's TCS New York City Marathon, a 26.2-mile course he knows all too well but takes him twice as long to run.

Student with Down Syndrome becomes first to join fraternity: 'The joy and light that we were missing'

Charlie McGee wanted the full college experience — and he wasn't going to let living with Down Syndrome get in his way

Identical twin brothers speak 26 languages each — including one they invented as toddlers

Matthew and Michael Youlden, who speak 26 languages each — including Umeri — now run their own language-learning company.

New Yorkers share their most memorable subway moments — good, bad and ugly — as rail system turns 120

“The subway is like the eighth wonder of the world,” Rick McGuire, 40, founder of virtual people-watching hub @SubwayCreatures, told The Post of the city's train system, which celebrates its...

Meet 3 Timothée Chalamet doppelgängers entering NYC's mysterious look-alike contest

An elusive Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest has piqued the curiosity of New Yorkers ever since fliers mysteriously appeared around town for the event on Sunday. The Post speaks to 3...

I got the newest, trendiest breast implants — everyone in NYC wants a pair

“Our phones have been ringing off the hook,” one NYC surgeon told The Post. “Everyone wants them.”

The reason superhero films might actually be good for society: study

Superhero movies have a better impact on society than people may have thought.

Son's hilarious obituary for dad goes viral: 'He is God's problem now'

You'll be dying to read this.

If you're visiting NYC, here's why you should stay at the Marriott Marquis

12 (!) plays and musicals share the block with the 45-floor behemoth.

Pioneering stuntwoman, 70, receives job letter 48 years after applying

“I even stupidly told them I didn’t mind how many bones I might break as I was used to it."

Inside Harlem's unlikely 'life-sciences' boom

The $700 million Taystee Lab Building sits in the Manhattanville Factory District, but the laboratory goes beyond West Harlem’s manufacturing history. Surrounded by brick buildings on West 126th Street, Taystee...

Best friends have babies on the same day, at the same hospital: ‘Can’t make this stuff up’

Two best friends in Florida got to experience one of life’s most meaningful experiences together — becoming mothers — and it was caught on camera.

I was devastated when my fiancé left me before our wedding — here's how I got the ultimate revenge

This bride certainly wasn't feeling something blue.

Man with facial disfigurement asked to leave restaurant for 'scaring customers': 'I hadn't even sat down'

A man with a facial disfigurement has spoken of his disappointment at being asked to leave a restaurant — as he was "scaring customers."