July 17, 2015
Refsnyder shows Yanks -- and trading partners -- what he can do
Rob Refsnyder’s non-audition audition continued Friday night. Observers continue to keep an eye on the second baseman’s future, but both Refsnyder and Joe Girardi refused to look beyond Friday’s 4-3...
Donald Trump calls for boycott of Mexico
Surging in Republican presidential polls following his attacks on illegal immigration, Donald Trump is now advocating a US boycott of Mexico. “I’m not going to Mexico. And I don’t think...
Cuomo admits he's not friends with de Blasio
Only five months after proclaiming that he and Mayor de Blasio enjoyed one of the best relationships in New York history between a mayor and a governor, Gov. Cuomo conceded...
'No question' In The Arsenal can take Meadowlands Pace
In The Arsenal will need to be firing on all cylinders to win the $706,000 Meadowlands Pace on Saturday night. Trained by Kelvin Harrison and driven by Brian Sears, In...
Mets wake up too late, waste Syndergaard gem in sorry loss
ST. LOUIS — Does anybody know when the All-Star break ends for the Mets? Noah Syndergaard was accounted for Friday night, but little evidence surfaced to suggest many of his...
Obama hitting Broadway with daughters after $1M fund-raiser
WASHINGTON — President Obama is taking in some father-daughter bonding time in a rare jaunt to New York City without his wife, Michelle. The weekend trip with daughters Malia, 17,...
Adam Scott has real chance to erase his biggest nightmare
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Adam Scott feels as if he’s owed a British Open title. He feels as if he owes himself one. Until — or unless — Scott wins...
Family film shows royal family raising Nazi salute
This astonishing photo shows Queen Elizabeth II, at age 7, joining with the Queen Mother in raising a Nazi salute as they frolic on the grounds of Balmoral, their vacation...
Jurgen Klinsmann: US 'team to beat' in CONCACAF tourney
BALTIMORE — The United States didn’t overwhelm through the CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage, but they’re complete, consistent and clearly confident. Coach Jurgen Klinsmann anted up Friday, proclaiming his squad...
How Robinson Cano explains the 2015 disaster -- and why it'll turn
For a full decade, Robinson Cano was as reliably consistent as Eastern sunrises and mom’s cooking. A typical trivia moment might be, “Other than Robbie Cano, name someone last season...
Facebook overtakes Chase in Wall Street valuation
What’s cooler than a million dollars? Try $266 billion. That’s the figure at which Wall Street valued Facebook on Friday as the social network giant leapfrogged over JPMorgan Chase to...
Etsy stock surges after praise from Google
Shares of Etsy, the e-commerce Web site for handmade and vintage items, jumped 31 percent on Friday — thanks to a positive brief mention by Google the day before. The...
ATM-maker NCR ready to rake in some cash
NCR shareholders might end up cashing out after all. After a rocky start, suitors are preparing to make binding bids Monday for the world’s biggest ATM maker, The Post has...
Obama's Waldorf snub sparks hotel bidding war
Big Apple hotels are lobbying for a presidential seal of approval. President Obama’s stay Friday night at the One UN New York hotel, first reported by The Post, has set...
Tesla adding 'Ludicrous Mode' to Model S
Tesla Motors is souping up its Model S electric sedans with an upgrade it calls “Ludicrous Mode.” The supercharged option will enable lead-footed Tesla drivers to go from zero to...
Familiar face could be what lands St. John's a key recruit
Recruiting is about relationships. For all the talk of playing time, being able to win immediately and the importance of location, a bond between a prospect and a coach often...
A-Rod answers All-Star snub with go-ahead homer to lift Yanks
Dellin Betances was warming up in the bottom of the seventh as Alex Rodriguez approached the plate. It didn’t take Betances long to realize he would be entering the game...
Wildfire destroys 20 vehicles on freeway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrYcoYUOSM A fast-moving wildfire roared over a highway in California’s San Bernardino County Friday, incinerating 20 cars and a boat and damaging at least 10 other vehicles, authorities said. It...
Donald Trump looking to sell his stake in pageants
Donald Trump is ready to ditch the tiara. The real-estate magnate is exploring a sale of his 49 percent stake in the Miss Universe Organization after NBC and Univision dumped...
The British Open is unfair; champions deal with it
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — They don’t take major championships away from the winners who get a break or two along the way to lifting and kissing the trophy. Whoever emerges...
British Open suspended for second straight day, final round pushed to Monday
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — And on the third day of 144th British Open … calamity ensued. For the second consecutive day, play was suspended at St. Andrews on Saturday, but...
After latest plunge, breaking down how far Tiger has fallen
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods will play golf in the British Open on Saturday, but it will not last long. Because of a three-hour weather delay that pushed tee...
Tom Watson's, Nick Faldo's emotional goodbye to St. Andrews
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tom Watson and Nick Faldo, two of the greatest players in British Open history, said farewell to the Old Course at St. Andrews on Friday in...
PBR will outlast the hipster plague
Now the hipsters have gone and ruined the workingman’s brew. Pabst Blue Ribbon used to be cheap and utterly uncool; now it’s cool and not so cheap. And so, as...
The last Nazi death-camp conviction?
Two court rulings this month in Germany sent two very different messages about the legacy of the Holocaust. On Wednesday, 94-year-old Oskar Groening — a soldier who worked collecting the...
A 'progressive' sellout of the taxi industry
Know what puts the “progress” in progressive? Not City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, that’s for sure. As the council prepares to pass a law that would freeze the growth of...
The White House is eyes wide shut on Islamist terror
Four US Marines, barred from carrying weapons at naval training facilities despite explicit ISIS threats against our military, are dead in Tennessee. Another service member and a Chattanooga police officer...
How workers are winning in Scott Walker's Wisconsin
Hillary Rodham Clinton shed her usual sunny demeanor on Monday and snarled at Republicans in general and one presidential candidate in particular. “Republican governors like Scott Walker have made their...
We all have good reason to block Uncle Sam's snoops
Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, FBI Director James Comey argued that data should never be transmitted or stored in a way that frustrates government snooping. Comey warned...
The bounce-back options to save your fantasy baseball team
It was early May when Roto Files recommended fantasy owners remain patient with struggling 2014 Cy Young winner Corey Kluber. At the time, he was 0-5 with a 5.04 ERA...
Not-so-obvious way for fantasy owners to find stolen bases
Outside of a few obvious — and expensive — Billy Hamilton- and Dee Gordon-types, finding stolen base value is a risky business. But there is an easily-accessible and not-so-obvious stat...
New close-up pics of Pluto show 'beautiful eye candy'
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Vast frozen plains exist next door to Pluto's big, rugged mountains sculpted of ice, scientists said Friday, three days after humanity's first-ever flyby of the dwarf...
Woman found dead in Texas jail was excited about new chapter
HEMPSTEAD, Texas — A woman whose death in a Texas jail is under investigation was thrilled to be returning to her alma mater to begin a community outreach job after...
Suicide car bomb kills dozens in Iraq
BAGHDAD — A suicide car bombing in Iraq's eastern Diyala province killed at least 40 people gathered at a marketplace to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan....
7 arrested in drug lord El Chapo's prison escape
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican federal official said Friday that seven people who were being questioned in the jailbreak of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman have been formally arrested...
Major cyberattack targets UCLA hospital system
LOS ANGELES — A months-long cyberattack on the University of California Los Angeles hospital system put at risk the personal information for up to 4.5 million people, officials said Friday....
Teen says he didn't rape 82-year-old woman
The teen who allegedly raped an 82-year-old woman in Brooklyn confessed to reporters Friday that he was inside her home on that night -- but he never sexually assaulted her....
MLS opens its books -- the salary numbers will surprise you
BALTIMORE -- The MLS Players’ Union released its salary list Friday, a day after its members ratified the collective bargaining agreement. It underscored a couple of glaring truths: MLS is...
Police killed Tennessee terror gunman in ferocious firefight
Armed with at least two long guns and a pistol, Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez was geared for a firefight with cops after his rampage – going down in a ferocious exchange...
Lena Dunham and Andy Cohen are disasters in denim
A little bit of denim can be a good thing — a cute pair of jeans, or a simple chambray button-up, for example. But too much of the blue material...
Four more flights targeted by laser beams near Newark
Dangerous laser beams were flashed at four commercial flights over New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Thursday — one day after a dozen other planes were targeted, authorities said Friday. The...
Girlfriend's last texts to slain Marine: 'I love you'
One minute Caroline Dove’s boyfriend, Marine Lance Cpl. Skip Wells, was texting her about how excited he was to see her – then came two disturbing words: “ACTIVE SHOOTER.” Sickening...
Judge not impressed with John Gotti at ex-son-in-law's bail hearing
John Gotti apparently doesn't have any pull in Cleveland. Prosecutors dropped the late mob legend's name to no avail there Friday in asking that Victoria Gotti's ex Carmine Agnello be...
Reddit cracks down on the haters under new CEO
Reddit may have given some Internet trolls the impression that it was a bastion of free speech, but Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says Reddit is now going to crack down...
Police arrest teenage boy in 12-year-old's death
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Police arrested a 15-year-old boy Friday in the death of a 12-year-old girl whose body was found in an overgrown horse pasture near her home...
Lou Amundson's extra value to Knicks: Mentor for Porzingis
LAS VEGAS -- Sweet Lou Amundson is feeling sweet on the Knicks brass. Amundson’s re-signing with the Knicks over the weekend was a refreshing change to his topsy-turvy, journeyman career. He...
'Assault rifles' in minivan are likely paintball guns, cops say
A group in Staten Island photographed toting what appeared to be assault rifles Friday morning were likely carrying paintball guns and not the lethal weapons, cops said. The four young...
Jan Maxwell serves up her usual intense performance in ‘Scenes From an Execution’
Never say never: Bands break up, then reunite. Joaquin Phoenix quits acting, then says that was a prank. Heck, even Harper Lee has a new book out! So excuse us...
Riley Curry meets Derek Jeter's nephew, finds new ways to be cute
In an auditorium that housed Derek Jeter, Stephen Curry and several US women's World Cup winners, the biggest star may have been the 2-year-old squirming in the front row. Riley...
19 NYPD cops face punishment after cooking crime books
The commander of a South Bronx police precinct has been transferred and 19 cops face disciplinary charges for cooking the books in a way that made crime numbers seem lower...
Here are all the D-list celebs making cameos in ‘Sharknado 3’
Nothing succeeds like success — even when it comes to “Sharknado.” Everything about this annual campy summer film is cheesy, from the writing and direction to the casting and acting....
Sex offender who stole logging truck and shot 4 people captured
LEE, Maine — A former convict sought in the overnight shootings of four people in three northern Maine communities was taken into custody Friday, state police said. Anthony Lord, 35, was...
Funeral homes are the hottest new wedding venue
INDIANAPOLIS — Danessa Molinder entered the courtyard wearing a white dress and matching veil. Her groom waited at the other end, in front of decorative doors and lattice work that...
Eric Garner's girlfriend releases white dove on anniversary of chokehold death
Eric Garner’s girlfriend marked the one-year anniversary of his death with the solemn release of a single white dove at the spot where he died on Staten Island. Jewel Miller,...
Multiple suicide bombs kill dozens in Nigeria
DAMATURU, Nigeria — Nigeria's Islamic extremists chose open-air praying grounds for suicide bombings Friday, one of the holiest days of the Muslim calendar. At least 15 people died as they...
NBA risks its billion-dollar pipeline with tough labor talk
LAS VEGAS — It’s hard to find much that isn’t going the NBA’s way. The Finals between the Warriors and Cavaliers had the highest rating of any championship series since...
Terror gunman came from troubled home, used to be MMA fighter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwk00b5rPB4 Tennessee gunman Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez may have been subjected to an abusive household in which his dad beat him, his mom and his siblings, according to a report about...
Mark Cuban overpays millions to prove there's loyalty in Dallas
LAS VEGAS — The loss of DeAndre Jordan to the Clippers after he verbally agreed to play for the Mavericks five days earlier led to Dallas making some interesting decisions...
Hothead ex-Rep. Grimm gets 8 months for tax evasion
A Brooklyn federal judge shredded disgraced former US Rep. Michael Grimm as an insincere fraud Friday before sentencing him to eight months in prison for tax evasion. "Your moral compass,...
Rex Ryan falls flat on his ass after skydiving stunt
Rex Ryan's fall from the Jets' good graces had nothing on this drop. The loudmouth, do-anything Bills coach leaped from an airplane in a tandem skydive Friday morning near Niagara...
Tennessee terror gunman seemed to be a normal guy from the suburbs
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Counterterrorism investigators are trying to figure out why a 24-year-old Kuwait-born man who seemingly had a typical suburban American upbringing attacked two US military sites in a...
How superhero flicks play with different genres
This weekend sees the release of Marvel’s latest celluloid adventure, “Ant-Man.” Despite initial misgivings, many predict the film to be both a financial and critical success, and so far, the...
Finally — a female hero is here to shake up male-centric Hollywood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87grtwfWlLQ This weekend, “Ant-Man” hits the theaters. Last week, we finally got a trailer for a Superman facing off against a Batman, and the “Avengers” sequel released earlier this summer...
Man run over by subway escapes with minor cuts in Times Square miracle
He stuck the landing — and it saved his life. A commuter fainted on a busy Times Square platform and fell backward onto the tracks with precision worthy of an...
Police: Suspected shoplifter dies after jump off parking garage
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A suspected shoplifter died after police say she ran from store security and jumped over a railing at a Rhode Island shopping mall, falling 25 feet. Police...
Lohan, Bieber and Kobe are all freezing their fat off
A-list celebrities and athletes like Lindsay Lohan, Justin Bieber and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. are all warming up to cryotherapy, a new treatment that invites you to spend up to three...
Oslo university admits mass killer Breivik to study program
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Convicted mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been admitted to the University of Oslo's political science program, although he will stay in his cell to study, the...
Obama plans fundraising, time with daughters in NYC visit
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s upcoming New York weekend jaunt will include a cash haul from a shipping heir, a hit Broadway show, and some rare out-of-the-house quality time with the...
Danny Willett looking to become 1st Englishman to win Open since Faldo
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — If Danny Willett goes on to win the British Open on Sunday, he would become the first Englishman to hoist the Claret Jug since Nick Faldo...
If Damon Harrison gets any better, Jets face money crunch
As the Jets get close to training camp, I am going to examine the roster and give you my top 25 players. Each weekday, we will reveal another person on...
Chattanooga shooting suspect's Mideast travel probed
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — US authorities are investigating trips that the suspect in the fatal shootings of four Marines in Tennessee took to the Middle East, including at least one to Jordan and...
One-time vendor at Yankee Stadium is now a billionaire
And then there were two. Goldman Sachs Chairman and Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein, who worked as a vendor in Yankee Stadium as a youth before a long and successful career...
Hitchhiking robot sets off on journey across America
BOSTON — With its thumb raised skyward and a grin on its digital face, the robotic creation of two researchers in Canada is about to start a hitchhiking journey across...
Somehow, ISIS finds a new way to be even more disgusting
Islamic State jihadis have taken murderous depravity to a new low — forcing a child to behead a Syrian army officer. The extremist thugs have increasingly turned to their so-called...
Sex with 2 guys, thousands saw, and I've got no regrets
WARNING: The following story includes graphic content. A 20-year-old woman in the middle of a viral video scandal said she has no regrets after being filmed having a threesome with...
Gronk's summer tour is only getting warmed up
Book tours, party cruises, TV appearances, oh my! We're only seven months into 2015 and there's no doubt this has been Rob Gronkowski's best year yet. From winning the Super...
Profiles emerge of hero Marines killed in Tennessee terror attack
A gunnery sergeant and Purple Heart recipient from Massachusetts who served two tours in Iraq. A staff sergeant from Chattanooga who leaves behind his wife and two kids. A sergeant...
Teen accused of raping 82-year-old leads cops on wild chase through Brooklyn
The teen wanted for allegedly raping an 82-year-old woman led cops on a wild chase after a relative ratted him out for the crime, police sources said Friday. Asa Roberts,...
Brandon Marshall: Jets 'will be my last team'
Brandon Marshall says the New York Jets will be the last stop of his playing career. The star wide receiver was answering questions from fans on Twitter on Thursday night...
Derek Jeter's latest 'golden' moment a bit messy
The awards keep rolling in for Derek Jeter even in retirement, but his latest came with more than just a gold trophy. The former Yankees shortstop was showered with heavy...
Yellow-cab backers gave Mark-Viverito $27K ahead of Uber vote
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito hauled in more than $27,000 in campaign donations from yellow-cab interests in the months before the council proposed a cap on high-tech rival Uber, records...
Beltran racking up rehab games, but won't come off DL quite yet
Don’t expect to see Carlos Beltran in right field when the Yankees open their three-game series against the Mariners at the Stadium. Asked if the switch-hittier would be activated Friday...
Teen accused of raping elderly woman spotted in Brooklyn
A teenager wanted for allegedly raping an 82-year-old woman was spotted in Brooklyn Thursday night, sources said. Asa Roberts, 18, who is wanted for an attack on elderly woman who...
Teen sent upstate to avoid 'senseless tragedy' killed in driver’s-ed crash
His parents sent him upstate three years ago so that he’d find a safe haven from the mean streets of Brooklyn. But the experiment ended in tragedy for Antonio Baglivo,...
What's next for Colin Cowherd after ESPN departure?
The mass exodus from ESPN continued Thursday with the announced departure of radio personality Colin Cowherd after 12 years with the network. While Cowherd deciding to move on from ESPN...
World Series champ: This 'crazy' trade may put Mets over top
The time for waiting until next year is over, as parity across baseball has created an opening for the Mets to earn a playoff appearance for the first time since...
Yankees hitting coach has a surprising tip for Rob Refsnyder
Rob Refsnyder opened enough eyes in his two games against the Red Sox at Fenway Park last weekend to stick around with the Yankees after the All-Star break, but hitting...
Inspector gets up to 7½ years for bribery scheme
A Brooklyn buildings inspector was sentenced Thursday to 2½ to 7½ years in prison for taking bribes. Luis Soto, one of 50 people busted in a widespread building-inspection scam, and...
Bratton orders crackdown with 'quality of life' summonses down
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has ordered a crackdown on “quality of life” offenses amid a surprising drop in the number of summonses issued for minor crimes, The Post has learned....
Pedro Martinez: '60 percent' of major leaguers used PEDs
Pedro Martinez will be in Cooperstown this month to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame, but he knows one of the teammates who helped him build his legacy...
Cuomo announces task force to protect immigrant workers
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced what he described as a “first-of-its-kind” task force to fight the exploitation of immigrant workers in New York. “Other states are nervous about immigration....
Steve Cangialosi talks Red Bulls and the state of US men's soccer
MSG’s Red Bulls play-by-play man Steve Cangialosi has been broadcasting the Gold Cup on FOX. He spoke with The Post’s Brian Lewis about New York’s two MLS teams and the...
De Blasio's rich cronies donate $1.7M to his nonprofit
Deep-pocketed donors with business before the city have, since February, sunk more than $1.7 million into a nonprofit to push Mayor Bill de Blasio’s agenda. The Campaign for One New...
This luxury pet hotel has a spa, a chef and a 'noxious stench'
https://instagram.com/p/2Ert93qOMs/? A lavish Chelsea pet hotel that boasts a chef, fitness spa and transportation in Bentleys is in the doghouse over a noxious stench. D Pet Hotel is facing imminent...
Tina Charles, Epiphanny Prince lead Liberty past Sun
Tina Charles had 22 points and 12 rebounds for her sixth double-double and the Liberty beat the Connecticut Sun 64-57 on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden to extend the...
Hondo is a Chi guy
Hondo tried some CFL action on Thursday night and paid price as he was unable to claw his way to a victory with the Hamilton Ti-Cats, which elevated his accounts...
Cuomo: De Blasio trying to pass the buck for homeless crisis
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he personally has witnessed the surge in homeless street people that Mayor Bill de Blasio denies — and accused Hizzoner of trying to “pass the...
Just 67 inmates still doing time under Rockefeller drug laws
New York state has been successful in springing nonviolent drug offenders, with just 67 people still locked up under the harsh Rockefeller laws, officials said Thursday. Passed in 1973, the...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A gunman fired several shots into the side of a passing minivan in Bushwick, police said. The shooter was hanging out with three buddies on Knickerbocker Avenue near DeKalb Avenue...