'Highly Venomous' 10-Foot King Cobra Found Hiding Inside Home

How we speak reflects what we feel—especially when it comes to regional accents.

The Sophomore Surprise is a real thing in TV land.

As a country, we moved far too slowly on the regulation of social media, and we're now paying the price.

Texas has been hit by a series of severe storms that have inundated part of the state with excessive rain.

Billy Zane is playing "The Godfather" star Marlon Brando on the big screen.

Now the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating whether the Sunday morning attack -- which saw the man kicking and stomping on one of the youngsters -- was an antisemitic assault, law enforcement sources told The Post.

In a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy, the Justice Department has formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

Attitudes toward the “Palestinian problem” range from detached fatigue to the belief that driving Palestinians into submission is God’s work.

A new federal rule would reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous, Schedule III drug. It’s a significant shift, even as it does not legalize the drug.

"Bring us into the room ... and we will not come out until we have a deal," the parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin said in a new video.

Researchers are racing to understand the condition following a surge of interest in Long COVID.

Beckham agreed to a one-year deal with the Dolphins this month after spending last season with the Ravens.

Death Valley National Park officials said a person has taken responsibility for knocking over a 113-year-old tram tower last month.

Curious about her sexuality post-divorce, editor Lucy Roeber attended her first sex party not really knowing what to expect. And what she found was intriguing, to say the least.

Tiger Woods had it going — at least a little bit — and then he gave it back at the end of his PGA Championship opening round Thursday at Valhalla.

Joe Alwyn landed in France just in time for the Cannes Film Festival — and just days after ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift performed four sold-out concerts in Paris.

“Don’t speak for us. I think that’s kind of the thing. Stop speaking for women out there," Kotb said on "Today With Hoda & Jenna" Thursday.

A Washington state family came within a few feet of an aggressive cougar when it ventured into their backyard and chased their beloved pets, a nail-biting video showed. On May 11, the big cat darted out of the trees and into the Havener family’s Monroe backyard, where it immediately set its sights on their two...

Michelle Buteau and Ilana Glazer star as childhood best friends in this new comedy.

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images From privacy breaches to bad providers, teletherapy services often come with a hidden cost. The US has a therapist shortage. Even if you can find one, good luck snagging an appointment with a therapist who is affordable or covered by your insurance. That’s where online therapy platforms like BetterHelp come in. Even if you’re not a user, you’ve almost certainly heard of them. For years, BetterHelp blanketed the online world with advertisements and enlisted an army of podcasters, influencers, and creators to produce sponsored content that promotes their service as a solution. According to podcast analytics firm Magellan AI, BetterHelp spent an estimated $24.6 million on podcast ads in the first quarter of 2024, more than any other company in the audio space. These ads, sometimes personal and direct to camera, sometimes funny, and always earnest, have turned BetterHelp into probably the most recognizable sponsor of stuff people listen to on the internet. (Disclosure: BetterHelp advertises on several Vox Media podcasts.) But the efficiency behind BetterHelp’s infinite expansion, it seems, can come at a cost to patients, as about 800,000 current or former clients are learning this week. In 2023, the FTC said that BetterHelp shared the sensitive data it collected on its users with advertisers, seemingly without their consent, or with provisions in place to limit how that data was then used. According to the AP, BetterHelp has said it was simply adhering to practices that were “standard for the industry.” BetterHelp and the FTC eventually reached a settlement, and now anyone who signed up for BetterHelp between August 1, 2017, and December 31, 2020, is being notified of their eligibility for a refund. In a recent statement, BetterHelp said that the settlement was “not an admission of wrongdoing,” and clarified that the company did not share the “private information” of its members, such as their names or clinical data from sessions, with third parties. There’s a lesson here about combining the optimization and efficiency tactics of any tech startup in order to provide something as vital and as sensitive as mental health care to people who may be in crisis. When these strategies intersect with a field that requires expertise and treats people in vulnerable moments, something’s almost bound to go awry. If you’ve been paying attention to the race to optimize therapy with technology, this is a lesson you’ve seen taught before. Mental health care goes remote The start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 caused an abrupt shift in therapy access. Regulations and insurance policies restricting the feasibility of teletherapy were loosened. Some therapists and patients found that meeting online worked better for them. As Brian Resnick wrote for Vox at the time, the onset of the pandemic was a “much-needed kick forward into the 21st century” for mental health care. For those seeking therapy, though, the new ease of finding virtual care meant sorting through waves of targeted ads on social media from companies that might not prioritize the quality of care over growing their businesses. Cerebral, founded in early 2020, enticed patients with easy, subscription-based access to virtual psychiatric treatment, including prescriptions for medication treating ADHD. But mental health professionals and patients raised worrying questions about the quality of that treatment. Underpaid providers were, according to Bloomberg, pressured to meet the expectations of patients who signed up for the service after seeing ads on social media promising quick and seamless access to medications. These concerns led to investigations. The New York attorney general’s office fined Cerebral $740,000 over its “burdensome” cancellation policies and for manipulating online reviews. Cerebral, like BetterHelp, also recently settled with the FTC, which has accused the company of disclosing sensitive user data for advertising purposes, misleading customers over its cancellation policies, and of violating the Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act. As a result of the settlement, Cerebral has agreed to pay more than $7 million. The experience of being a patient through services like these will vary. Plenty of people who sign up for teletherapy through services like BetterHelp will have their needs met. I currently use a telehealth service provided by my insurance that matched me with a local practitioner in order to access medication, and I’m happy with it. But during a more acute mental health crisis in 2021, I signed up for another teletherapy and medication platform that I’d seen advertised. While it was indeed easy for me to gain access to treatments for my anxiety, I ended up dropping my practitioner, and the service, months later after she missed an emergency appointment I’d made, and then spent the majority of the make-up appointment venting to me about a personal crisis in her life. When things go wrong Mistakes happen, but when services in something as vital as mental health go wrong, people get hurt. I still think a lot about a 2022 story in the Wall Street Journal, which detailed what this can look like. Caleb Hill, a young adult who had been kicked out of his family home after coming out as gay, signed up for BetterHelp, requesting a therapist who specializes in LGBTQ+ issues. He was instead matched with a therapist whose private practice offers Christian counseling, and who told Hill that “either you sacrifice your family or you sacrifice being gay,” Hill told the paper. A former BetterHelp employee told the Journal that part of the issue was how the company’s focus on growth leads to a minimal training and oversight process for their therapists: “I felt they were treated like Uber drivers,” Sonya Bruner, BetterHelp’s first clinical director and later a consultant to the company, told the Journal. “There are a lot of good counselors on there,” she said, “but you also find counselors who aren’t, who do the minimum. They don’t get paid a lot, so they’ll phone it in.” I’ve thought a lot about the roles that technology can and can’t play in increasing access to mental health care like therapy. I’ve tried whenever possible to keep an open mind. I can see, for example, that there’s a pretty compelling argument to be made that, deployed ethically, chatbots and other implementations of AI can help improve patient access and results when seeking mental health care. Even at their best, though, these tools and services are basically patches in an expensive system that creates its own barriers to care. And when technological solutions to mental health access do go wrong, the cost is steep: private, sensitive data is sacrificed to feed growth. And people, often in vulnerable situations, get hurt.

The iconic Mirage resort was perhaps best known for its exploding 54-foot man-made volcano, magicians Siegfried and Roy, white tigers and dolphins.

At a climate change summit at the Vatican, Gov. Kathy Hochul positioned New York State as a leader in pursuing environmental goals, but also recalled her late father.

The new technology promises to provide a precise and cost-effective way of defending against swarms of enemy drones.

As expected, director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s woeful film “Back to Black” doesn’t play as the gripping battle of musical genius vs. personal demons it fancies itself to be.

A recent study suggests that older folks who are unfussy about what they eat have better cognitive function than their picky peers. According to Nature Mental Health, a U.K. Biobank study analyzed the food likes and dislikes of nearly 182,000 older Brits, but rather than focusing on the effects of a specific diet, the team...

Justin Sullivan/GettyRobert F. Kennedy Jr. has projected total confidence in his longshot bid for president, declaring that he thinks he “can win the White House,” even though he averages around just 10 support in national polls.Now, in a new interview, his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, seemed to acknowledge that those lofty ambitions may be a pipe dream, and that the duo is focused on simply trying to influence the major parties’ agendas.“You know, it would be great if we could take office come, you know, November after the election, but we understand we're up against a lot,” she said in an interview with YouTuber and economics commentator Luke Gromen. “So we're just taking every opportunity every day to help shape policy through the voice of candidacy.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

After Trump claimed for months that he would debate Biden "anytime, anywhere, anyplace," Biden called Trump's bluff.

The manufacturer has received multiple reports of fires and injuries since the ranges were originally recalled more than a decade ago.

Former President Donald Trump heaped faint praise Thursday on independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., mocking the Biden campaign’s demand for head-to-head debates later this year. Trump and President Biden have tentatively agreed to two forums — one hosted by CNN on June 27, and another on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC News. However, the...

The researchers hope that their findings will "revolutionize" the way we treat autism.

She's got a whole new leash on life.

The flight attendant revealed what not to do on a plane, including "during one of the most crucial phases" of a flight.

"We want to provide a safe way for astronauts to get back on their feet if they fall," MIT professor Harry Asada said.

“Historically, Walmart has not been able to keep them after recessions end, but maybe this time is different."

The reality is that almost no one other than die-hard political junkies and people who get paid to write hot takes afterwards wants to see these two elderly, unpopular politicians bicker for two hours.

She’s a su-paw-star.

Demand from homebuyers appears to be waning at a time when it's usually busy for the housing market.

Rats be warned -- it's gonna be harder to nibble on that leftover pizza crust.

Chris Pratt previously gave his stunt double, Tony McFarr, a shoutout on social media when "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" wrapped filming.

The UC Irvine administration asked for law enforcement agencies from neighboring cities to respond to a pro-Palestinian protest Wednesday.

The actress discussed how she maintains a healthy marriage with singer Justin Timberlake during Thursday's episode of "The View."

Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty ImagesKel Mitchell, Good Burger and Kenan & Kel star, delved into what his relationship with co-star Kenan Thompson has been like since their 1990s kids show ended on Nickelodeon, and revealed why the two men hadn’t spoken in years before reuniting for various sketches and eventually, 2023's sequel to Good Burger.Mitchell sat down for an interview on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast and was asked whether the strain on he and Thompson's relationship was because Thompson had landed a gig on Saturday Night Live, given that they had both auditioned at the same time. Thompson, who has now been on the show for more than 20 seasons, holds the record for the longest running cast member in the show’s history. “When people watch us on television, they’re thinking, ‘Oh, this is his brother,’” Mitchell began, “‘They [must] hang out all the time’—but this is a job.” “When [Kenan & Kel] ended…we are adults,” he continued, “so you gotta kinda look at it like, us being adults and navigating our own things throughout life.” After the two men were no longer connected by their hit Nickelodeon show, they bumped into one another years later while auditioning for SNL. “We hadn’t talked in a long time,” at that point, Mitchell admitted.Read more at The Daily Beast.

The child's message was a way to honor the family's dog.

Proposition 28 directs nearly $1 billion to expand arts and music classes at California schools. But critics say some districts, including LAUSD, are using the budget bonanza for other things.

All Houston wants for Christmas is a win over Baltimore.

The JPMorgan Chase boss said investors need to gird for a prolonged period of high interest rates due to price pressures.

The Laredo congressman faces bribery charges, and some voters and party leaders worry that his legal troubles could dampen Democratic turnout.

Police in southern California have arrested a reported illegal immigrant and transient accused of sexually assaulting two women along Highway 39.