Exclusive | NYC’s ‘Balloon doctor’ will see you now — debt-strapped med grad’s quirky subway side hustle blows up with straphangers

For Brandon Axelrod, a 27-year-old physician at one of Manhattan’s most acclaimed medical facilities, it’d be easy to have an inflated ego.   But the $405,000 albatross that is his student loan debt keeps the Long Island native grounded.  It’s a humongous, humbling bill that the oral and maximal facial surgery resident is remitting with the help of helium.  “I’m paying back my student loans by making balloon art and posting it on social media,” Axelrod, whimsically known as “Doctor Brandini” to his over 54,000 online followers, told The Post with a laugh. “I’m always ruminating on the debt. I’m just always nervous about…

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Home heating oil businesses struggle to navigate volatile market

LONDONDERRY, NH – Home heating oil firms are facing mounting cost pressures as rising crude and diesel prices tied to Middle East tensions squeeze margins and disrupt operations across New England. The recent spike follows a cold winter that boosted demand for heating oil, leaving both consumers and suppliers exposed…

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Illegal aliens are getting taxpayer-funded boob jobs and sex change ops in Newsom’s California, watchdog says

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Illegal immigrants staying in homeless shelters in California have undergone sex change procedures and cross-sex hormone therapy treatments on the taxpayers’ dime, a watchdog unearthed.Manhattan Institute fellow Chris Rufo reports in a video that some illegal immigrants have accessed transgender medical procedures…

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Trump says Israel, Lebanon agree to 10-day ceasefire

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday.”I just had excellent conversations with the Highly Respected President Joseph Aoun, of Lebanon, and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel. These two Leaders have agreed that in…

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Drivers are finding mysterious burn marks in their cars — even though they don’t smoke

Where there’s no smoke, there’s fire? Drivers have been racking their brains after finding mysterious burn marks in their cars despite the fact that they don’t smoke cigarettes. These burning questions came to light via an Instagram video catching fire online. “This person says they stayed at a hotel at the beach and the next morning that mark was there on their visor,” said content creator and humorist Jason K Pargin in the clip. He pointed to a screenshot of the Reddit post in question, which shows a scorch streak traversing the sunshade as if someone sliced across it with…

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