July 22, 2015
Cop caught punching suspect has previous brutality claim
One of the cops seen on surveillance video allegedly beating a theft suspect inside a Brooklyn deli this month has already cost the city thousands of dollars in an earlier...
Lottery uses stick-figure sketch in effort to find $7M winner
“IS THIS YOU?” State lottery officials are desperately trying to find the lucky stick figure who is holding a winning $7 million ticket that is about to expire — and believe...
The day in photos
Critters keep cool, President Barack Obama becomes a work of art and more.
Ex-Knick Baron Davis attempting improbable NBA comeback
Three years after lying on the court in pain during the 2012 playoffs, former Knicks guard Baron Davis is making a comeback attempt. “This is the first time I’m going...
A-Rod 3,000th-hit collector Zack Hample involved in altercation
Once again, Zack Hample was getting between someone and the baseball they wanted. Hample, who became infamous after initially refusing to give Alex Rodriguez the ball from A-Rod’s 3,000th hit...
The 10 best celebrity deaths in ‘Sharknado 3’
The third time’s the charm. “Sharknado,” the Syfy film franchise that’s seemingly taken over our televisions since it first came on the scene in 2013, returned Wednesday night with its...
Odell Beckham Jr.'s biggest fear: A recurring hamstring injury
Odell Beckham Jr. doesn’t plan on letting history repeat itself. The dynamic Giants wide receiver, who missed organized team activities because of a right hamstring injury, is doing everything he...
Charges upgraded for driver in brazen hit-and-run case
Charges were upgraded against a hit-and-run driver who mowed down a victim on a busy lower Manhattan sidewalk and narrowly missed a woman pushing her baby in a stroller, prosecutors...
Hondo ready for launch
Hondo was on the money in El Bronx on Wednesday night, cashing with Nova and the Yankees to lower the dirty digits to 1,900 houks. Thursday night: Mr. Aitch expects...
Judge cautions Goldman Sachs lawyer during lawsuit hearing
Goldman Sachs is good at getting what it wants — but it may backfire this time. A federal magistrate judge warned a Goldman lawyer Wednesday to “be careful what you...
De Blasio's campaign staff favored Uber over yellow cabs
Mayor de Blasio may be a champion of yellow cabs, but when he ran for office, it was Uber that got most of the calls. Records show de Blasio’s campaign...
Inside NYC's $250M 'smartest park in the world'
It’s the smartest park in the world. The Public Square at Hudson Yards, which will cost $250 million to build and is slated to open in 2018, will be filled...
Catfish scheme goes awry when American man poses as Syrian lesbian blogger
Mysterious, sexy, in grave personal danger and caught in political tumult, Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari became a worldwide sensation as “gay girl in Damascus.” She conducted a steamy online...
Andrea Pirlo: I didn't join NYCFC for a retirement tour
Italian icon Andrea Pirlo said he didn’t come to the United States to call it quits on his career, but joined fledgling New York City FC for the challenge of...
Ex-cop to perform in blackface at fundraiser for indicted Baltimore officers
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A former Baltimore police officer said Wednesday that he plans to perform an Al Jolson routine in blackface to raise money for the six Baltimore officers who...
A-Rod, Teixeira power red-hot Yankees past Orioles
The Yankees can’t find a middle infielder that can hit, their starting pitching has been mediocre and they’ve have had two-thirds of their outfield land on the disabled list. Nevertheless,...
'Lone Gunmen' reload for 'X-Files' reboot
Good news for fans of “The X-Files”: the “Lone Gunmen” from the original series will return for the six-episode Fox reboot airing next year with original stars David Duchovny and...
Versatile Jeffrey Dean Morgan is on TV's most wanted list
Nearly a decade has passed since Jeffrey Dean Morgan caused a sensation as the sexiest patient to ever grace a bed on “Grey’s Anatomy.” As the tragically doomed Denny Duquette,...
'The Bachelorette' is all a lie
When “Bachelor” Ben Flajnik and contestant Courtney Robertson embraced on the beach in Puerto Rico, she whispered in his ear, “Have you ever gone skinny-dipping?” They stripped off their clothes...
Tim Howard: I want to play goal for US again
LONDON — Goalkeeper Tim Howard is ready to make himself available for the United States national team again after taking a break since the 2014 World Cup. The 36-year-old, who...
Massive chicken recall puts $2B company sale on hold
Billion-dollar plus Wall Street deals have been scuttled for many reasons — no interested buyers, a stock market tumble or the seller is asking too much for the asset. But...
MTV is at death's door
Viacom could go the way of film developing, a prominent industry watcher charged Wednesday. Bernstein analyst Todd Juenger’s report — “Is Viacom the Next Eastman Kodak?” — said the disturbing...
Now you can charter a private jet with a smartphone
This might be the most dangerous mobile app ever attached to a credit card. Blue Star Jets, a New York-based rental service, has launched an app that lets a user...
The hidden truth behind quarterly earnings reports
Keep a keen eye on your money during earnings season — not all quarterly results are as they appear in the headlines. For many companies, profit gains are goosed by...
YouTube as you know it might be a thing of the past
YouTube’s exploding mobile traffic is creating a new source of friction between the world’s No. 1 content distributor and the music industry, numerous sources told The Post. Universal, Sony and...
Bills wide receiver wins silver medal at the Pan Am Games
TORONTO — Bills wide receiver Marquise Goodwin has won a silver medal at the Pan Am Games, leaping 8.27 meters on Wednesday in the long jump. Fellow American Jeffery Henderson...
Jumper denounced Hasidic 'cult' in despondent email
The former Hasidic woman who jumped to her death from a swanky rooftop bar Monday wrote a despondent e-mail to pals days before her suicide blasting the Jewish sect as...
Diet Coke sales down for eighth straight quarter
Diet Coke’s sales are still thinning, marking the eighth straight quarter of declining sales. The zero-calorie cola’s global sparkling beverage volume fell 7 percent last quarter, while Coca-Cola’s other beverages...
Giants need this one veteran to step up in JPP's absence
Long before Jason Pierre-Paul nearly blew off his entire right hand, the Giants were headed into a season with a fairly no-name group of defensive ends. At a marquee position...
Hudson River commuters are facing a "rail" nightmare
Welcome to the future, Hudson River commuters. For the third straight day, train passengers from New Jersey were hit with mammoth morning delays Wednesday. NJ Transit even tweeted an unprecedented...
Hey, Sen. Schumer: How about answering The Post's questions about the Iran deal?
Where’s Chuck? On Monday, The Post sent Sen. Chuck Schumer 10 key questions to gauge his stand on the nuclear deal with Iran. On Tuesday, a Post reporter asked him in...
Bill de Blasio's embarrassing Uber defeat -- the latest in a string of misguided battles
Mayor de Blasio never learns. Finding himself on the losing side of yet another misguided fight he himself started, Hizzoner on Wednesday dropped his plans to choke off ridesharing services...
Joe Martens checks out after fulfilling his job-killing mission
When Gov. Cuomo plucked Joe Martens out of the Open Space Institute to become the new head of the Department of Environmental Conservation in 2011, and charged him with leading...
Is this election the last gasp of the Vietnam War?
Could it be that the election of 2016 will be the last call of the Vietnam generation on the long-suffering American voter? The backlash against Donald Trump for denying Sen....
Why the Iran deal is in danger
The Obama administration has to be worried about the polling data on the Iran deal. It’s not good, not good at all. According to Pew, which released a survey this...
Heavy favorite US stunned by Jamaica in Gold Cup semifinal
ATLANTA — The United States had everything on its side. History. A raucous home crowd. And, supposedly, the better team. None of it prevented Jamaica from handing the Americans their...
Terry Collins: Mets' devastating loss 'all on me,' not on Parnell
WASHINGTON — Terry Collins employed a mea culpa Wednesday, when none was probably necessary. The Mets manager took the blame for leaving Bobby Parnell in the game in the eighth...
Forget LeBron — these 4 funny ladies are the best co-stars in ‘Trainwreck’
Amy Schumer may have LeBron James and wrestler John Cena as co-stars in her new hit rom-com “Trainwreck,” but the film’s funny is really carried by a squad of hilarious...
Thousands protest Iran nuke deal in Times Square
Thousands of protesters flooded Times Square Wednesday to rally against President Obama’s controversial Iran nuclear arms deal. Organizers of the “Stop Iran Now” rally estimated the crowd, which filled the...
Killer's family bashes victim's grieving mom in court
A killer’s heartless family hurled insults at the slain victim’s mother during a disturbing outburst Wednesday in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Just before killer Dayshawn Walkin was sentenced to 24 years...
Remains discovered in Pontiac at bottom of lake might be man missing since 1972
Sheriff's investigators said on Wednesday that the car matches a 1968 Pontiac belonging to a man who was reported missing in 1972.
Woman who died in Texas jail disclosed past suicide attempt: police
A woman who was found dead in her jail cell after a minor traffic stop escalated into her arrest apparently left a voicemail from behind bars to her pal expressing...
Awkward: Newest Lakers dead silent on Kobe Bryant
At least Kristaps Porzingis got a weird Carmelo Anthony text to welcome him to the Knicks. Roy Hibbert, Lou Williams and Brandon Bass had their introductory news conference with the...
Conforto stays red hot as Mets stick with injured Cuddyer
WASHINGTON — Michael Cuddyer is still active for the Mets, at least technically. The veteran outfielder hasn’t been placed on the disabled list and was available to pinch hit in...
Suspect in $1 mugging hides from courtroom cameras
A man charged with pummeling a woman in Central Park last week for a measly dollar refused to stand in court for his arraignment — because he didn’t want his...
Judge orders release of Eric Garner 'chokehold' cop's records
A Manhattan judge ordered the release of disciplinary records for Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer cleared of criminal charges in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, according to a Wednesday ruling....
What it's like to be married to a sex addict
When Sophie Jaffe, 31, first met her husband Adi, 38, they had an immediate connection. Years later, their relationship almost fell apart when she discovered a web of lies that...
Furniture exec lists UES digs for $13M
Kris Fuchs, the uber-chic co-principal of furniture showroom SUITE NY is listing her well-designed Upper East Side apartment for $12.95 million. The full-floor apartment, which was featured in the final...
A first look at Southampton's newest multimillion-dollar listing
Property developer John Kean, whose clients have included Howard Stern and Wall Streeters like Richard Grasso, the ex-head of the New York Stock Exchange, is about to list a new...
Give Wilpons a break for a day and just go feel pitiful
WASHINGTON – This time, you can take a day off from raging about the nickel-squeezing ownership. You can take a few hours’ breather from roaring about the unwillingness of the...
NYC strikes deal with Uber: No cap on drivers during study
Mayor de Blasio’s push to reign in Uber came to a screeching halt Wednesday when his administration suddenly surrendered in its bid to cap growth of the expanding for-hire-vehicle industry....
We hear ...
That fashion bigwig Gerard Guez, founder of the Buddha Bar, held a birthday party earlier this week for real-estate mogul and Zuma NY co-owner Rotem Rosen at Buddha Bar Beach in...
A Shelter Island theater hangout is now on the market for $3.65M
Feeling foot happy? The late Bernard Jacobs, the former president of the Shubert Organization, loved to entertain the theater world at his Norman Jaffe-designed waterfront home on Shelter Island, which...
Why Roosevelt Island is making major real estate waves
There’s something to be said for living in a neighborhood where the morning commute feels like a chilled-out fun ride in Coney Island. Officially in Manhattan, surrounded by water, loaded...
Shaw-skank convicts put pepper in boots to evade search dogs
PLATTSBURGH, NY — Two killers who escaped last month from a maximum-security prison in northern New York bushwhacked, tramped through swamps and put pepper in their boots to elude the...
No QB could handle New York better than Eli Manning: agent
Not everyone can play quarterback for the Giants. Tom Condon, the agent representing Eli Manning, believes his guy is more suited for the role than anyone else. “The Giants have...
NBA division titles will soon be worthless
It never has happened, but if it does, the NBA wants to be prepared. And face it, in the Eastern Conference, anything is possible. NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday...
State Senator Tom Libous found guilty of lying to the FBI
Another pol bites the dust. The No. 2 man in the state Senate was convicted Wednesday of lying to the FBI about using his political muscle to score a high-paying...
Airline loses bag filled with $660,000 in cash
You think losing your suitcase full of new vacation clothes was bad? This week, Cathay Pacific airline lost a bag filled with $660,000 in cash at Hong Kong International airport....
'How unfair it is': Limo wreck victim mourned at funeral
She loved to make people laugh and was looking forward to an upcoming trip to Israel — but a tragic limo crash cut 24-year-old Lauren Baruch’s life short. “How unfair...
How Jerry Seinfeld became a Bill Cosby de-blurber
Can’t you imagine this as a typically goofy episode of “Seinfeld”? So, in real life, Jerry Seinfeld, according to the Hollywood Reporter, has now demanded that his back-cover blurb in...
Bratton calls up 400 cops for 'quality of life' crackdown
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Wednesday gave his top commanders new marching orders to crack down on the disturbing spike in “quality of life” offenses around the city. Bratton summoned...
Caesars close to folding after losing bid to halt creditor suit
Caesars Entertainment, the world’s biggest casino chain, lost a high-stakes legal battle on Wednesday — and could see the entire company collapse into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Shares in the 50-casino...
Twitter criticized for bro-friendly frat party
Twitter Inc. may be fighting gender-inequality claims, but one of the company’s internal teams showed little sensitivity to the issue this week when it hosted an internal frat party featuring...
Fast-food workers in NYC to get $15 per hour by 2018
A panel appointed by Gov. Cuomo voted on Wednesday to hike the minimum wage for burger flippers to $15 an hour, a statewide increase that would be phased in over...
See everyone who 'hung out' at National Nude Bodypainting Day
National Nude Bodypainting Day took place last Saturday as hundreds of New Yorkers volunteered to let themselves be used as blank canvases as part of the event. Starting at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, the group made their way...
NFL insiders not high on 'interception machine' Eli Manning
Super Bowl trophies don’t carry as much weight as they used to. ESPN polled 35 NFL insiders to rank the league’s best quarterbacks, and Eli Manning finished tied for 12th with...
Soul-crushing loss will come back to haunt the Mets
WASHINGTON -- That's a kick in the gut. Here were the Mets, within four outs of finishing off the Nationals to complete a series victory against the NL East favorites,...
Golf legend: Tiger Woods needed as 'black champion' for Africa
Rory McIlroy. Jordan Spieth. Zach Johnson. Gary Player is sick of all these white guys winning golf's biggest tournaments. That's why the sport needs Tiger Woods to recapture his former...
MTA finds extra $1 billion, plans to spend on reducing wait times
The MTA found a billion dollars in extra cash in its proverbial couch cushions. The cash is a combination of real estate tax income, less money paid out to pensions,...
Two Italian targets for Red Bulls to make their splash
The Red Bulls suffered a crushing U.S. Open Cup loss to Philadelphia on Tuesday and played an International Champions Cup tilt against Chelsea on Wednesday, so the last thing their...
Court strikes down strict North Dakota abortion law
BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal appeals court affirmed a ruling Wednesday that struck down one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in the country: a North Dakota law that bans...
US support for Pope Francis plummets
NEW YORK — Two months ahead of his first trip to the United States, Pope Francis' approval rating among Americans has plummeted, driven mostly by a decline among political conservatives...
2 children and 2 adults killed in murder-suicide in posh Atlanta suburb
SUWANEE, Ga. — A gunman killed a woman and two children and critically wounded another man before killing himself inside a suburban Atlanta home Wednesday, a sheriff said.
Jeff Bagwell gets excited by Astros, feels up girlfriend
https://twitter.com/_illionaire/status/623841755578798081 Jeff Bagwell made a living as a power-hitting first baseman, but he knows his way around second base, too. The Astros great was caught on television groping his girlfriend...
Church shooting suspect indicted on hate-crime charges
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The man accused of slaying of nine black church members in Charleston last month has been indicted on dozens of federal charges, including 12 hate crime counts....
LinkedIn to expand space in Empire State Building
Reid Hoffman is climbing up the spire. The LinkedIn chief is linking into more space at the Empire State Building to give the company a total of 280,000 square feet. The employment...
Ferguson hires black interim chief
FERGUSON, Mo. — Ferguson leaders introduced a new interim police chief Wednesday, tasking the black police commander from Arizona with building trust between residents of the predominantly black St. Louis...
Donald Trump to visit US-Mexico border
NEWARK, NJ — Donald Trump, provocateur of the Republican presidential race, now plans to go the Mexican border, a flashpoint in the primary contest ever since he declared that immigrants...
Uber pushes NYC's largest cab medallion owner into bankruptcy
Uber is at the King's gate! Faced with intense competition from the ride-sharing app, Gene Friedman, the largest yellow cab medallion owner in the city, has filed for bankruptcy for...
Teacher suspended for romp with colleague to be back in school
A Brooklyn high school teacher caught canoodling with a female colleague will be back to school in the fall — and wants the city to pay her for the time she missed...
NY watchdog probing bank-backed messaging rival to Bloomberg
New York’s top financial regulator is probing Symphony, a messaging and communications platform backed by some of the biggest names on Wall Street, over concerns that it will allow banks...
All the dysfunction you didn't see at NBA player awards
Since taking over as the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association last fall, Michele Roberts has done everything she could think of to unite her new constituents behind...
Amy Schumer made the most conservative film of the summer
It’s been a summer of ups and downs for Amy Schumer. Just as her Comedy Central show started to catch fire, she found herself having to defend herself against charges...
This woman lets real-life vampires drink her blood
For the last 10 years, Blut Katzchen has been in the food-service industry — as a meal for vampires. The 28-year-old florist from Louisiana travels around the country to satisfy the bloodlust...
Mets trade latest: Parra, Venable in mix with Zobrist a 'long shot'
WASHINGTON — The Mets continue to consider potential offensive upgrades, but can probably eliminate Ben Zobrist from the list. According to an industry source, the Oakland utilityman is a “long...
Jordan Spieth drowns sorrows in trophy he couldn't win
https://twitter.com/shanebacon/status/623667016394739712 Why drown your sorrows in a solo cup when you can chug from the Claret Jug instead? After his British Open dreams came to a tragic end on the...
NYC famed biker bar to close after massive rent hike
They are going bust! Hogs and Heifers — the Meatpacking District saloon beloved for its bra-flinging patrons and bikini-topped barmaids — is closing its crusty doors for good next month...
Danica Patrick chills out with lots of yoga
Just when we thought we might have seen the most dramatic of Danica Patrick's familiar yoga-style poses, think again. Patrick, who has a made a habit in recent weeks of...
Man who called 911 over 'chest pains' actually wanted help with air conditioner
INDIANA, Pa. — State police say a western Pennsylvania man with a penchant for making unnecessary emergency calls most recently complained of chest pains so he could ask medics for...
College says student's gun-firing drone wasn't a class project
https://youtu.be/xqHrTtvFFIs HARTFORD, Conn. — A university in Connecticut says one of its professors told a teenager it was a terrible idea when the student described rigging a drone with a...
Two dead after plane dropping candy crashes
AUBURN, Wyo. — A small plane that was dropping candy on an event below crashed in western Wyoming, killing two men. Twenty-two-year-old Brad Lefevre and 64-year-old Chad Burton were killed...
Mark Cuban's creepy 'makeup sex' line about DeAndre Jordan
Mark Cuban seems to be handling the DeAndre Jordan saga about as well as you handled your last breakup. The quotable Mavericks owner, still upset after feeling he had the...
Cuomo drops bombshell on de Blasio over Uber
ALBANY – Gov. Cuomo dropped another political bombshell on Mayor de Blasio Wednesday by vigorously defending Uber — a day before the City Council was scheduled to impose new limits...
Discover settles claims of student-loan mischief for $18.5M
WASHINGTON — The banking arm of Discover Financial Services agreed to pay $18.5 million in consumer refunds and penalties on Wednesday to settle allegations of illegal practices tied to its student...
Barry Bonds must be in Hall of Fame after courts clear his name
On Tuesday, the United States Justice Department gave up its long pursuit – over a decade, for crying out loud – of Barry Bonds and announced it wouldn’t appeal a...
Snorkeler dies after windsurfer's board slashes her throat
MADRID — Authorities say a Russian woman died after a windsurfer's board slashed her throat while she was snorkeling off Spain's Canary Islands. A local official in Gran Canaria said...
Judge tried to protect son who tortured kitten
A upstate judge got his wrist slapped for trying to keep cops from charging his son with torturing a kitten — because it could keep the troubled teen from getting hired...
Bill Simmons reveals his post-ESPN move
The Sopranos, The Wire and The Sports Guy? Bill Simmons, the popular sports culture writer and former ESPN impresario, has landed a multi-year deal with HBO for a weekly talk...
New sports fad: Blame Taylor Swift
The power of Taylor Swift is no laughing matter, just ask Patrick Kane. The 26-year-old winger, who helped the Chicago Blackhawks clinch the Stanley Cup earlier this summer, reminisced about...
Vigilante grandmother tracks down stolen truck
https://twitter.com/KOATLiveUpdates/status/623749786848620545 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque grandmother took the law into her own hands to find her late husband's stolen truck and capture the alleged thief herself. KOAT-TV reports Ana...
5 hurt after plane crashes at Wisconsin airport
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Five people on board a single-engine airplane are hurt after it crashed while landing at the Experimental Aircraft Association convention in eastern Wisconsin. EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski...
Lion spotted roaming the streets of Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE — A report of a lion roaming a Milwaukee neighborhood has police and others on the lookout.
U2’s long history of rocking NYC
If U2 has learned anything from the last year, it’s that free isn’t always good. The release of their 13th album, “Songs of Innocence,” riled many when it appeared unsolicited...
Will Mets be left behind by Cubs, Astros at this deadline?
Over a 405-day period running from the conclusion of the 2010 World Series to a few weeks before Christmas 2011, the Mets, Cubs and Astros each made high-profile hires to...
Laser losers flash six more planes over New York area
The laser louses were at it again. The skies above New York and New Jersey were alive with the sights of laser beams distracting pilots Tuesday night. Six commercial aircraft...
Quran manuscript from time of Muhammad found in English library
LONDON -- A British university disclosed Wednesday that scientific tests prove a Quran manuscript in its collection is one of the oldest known and may have been written close to...
Baseball team apologizes for letting Corey Feldman sing
https://youtu.be/tvjrthdytl4 Take me out to the ballgame — unless Corey Feldman is there. On Sunday night the former child star threw out the opening pitch for the State College Spikes...
Hillary in trouble in swing states
WASHINGTON — A new poll shows Hillary Rodham Clinton trailing three GOP rivals in crucial swing states for the first time. The Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found Clinton losing...
Clueless owner uses $1.5 million painting as bulletin board
It's pretty darned rare to find a $1.5 million masterpiece sitting in someone's kitchen. It is even rarer to find a masterpiece sitting in a kitchen where it is being...
Macy's battle for the 'last mile' leads to Amazon
Macy’s is expanding same-day delivery to several new US markets this summer, one of the most aggressive pushes by a brick-and-mortar retailer in an area dominated by e-commerce giant Amazon,...
Sandra Bland arrest under investigation
A criminal probe has been launched into the arrest of a black woman who was pulled over by a state trooper for a traffic offense and ended up dead in...
Brandon Marshall: Geno Smith savior or one-year headache?
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...
French Scrabble champion doesn't speak French
Quoi?! A New Zealand man has won the title of French-language Scrabble world champion — and he doesn’t speak a word of French. Nigel Richards won the title Monday in...
The $4,600 mistake most drivers make
Fifteen minutes can save you 15% or more — and you don’t have to become a Geico consumer to make that happen. When it comes to car insurance, Americans often...
Mystery surrounds Stone Age tribe emerging from jungle
Peru will try to make contact for the first time with an Amazonian tribe that largely lives isolated in the jungle, part of a bid to ease tensions with nearby...
Tony Romo's company has Gronk envy in $1M NFL lawsuit
DALLAS — A company partly owned by Tony Romo sued the NFL on Tuesday over a canceled fantasy football event in Las Vegas that was to involve the Dallas quarterback...
Top-secret airline flies from Las Vegas airport to Area 51
As passengers fly in and out of Las Vegas’ main commercial airport, few are aware they are sharing the space with a secret airline that holds the US government’s biggest...
Chases, explosions and sex as Bond returns in 'Spectre' trailer
The first extended trailer of the new James Bond movie was released Wednesday with healthy doses of fast cars, explosions, sexy women and one shadowy, evil force.
This is the best city on earth to have sex with a married person
Canada's prim capital is suddenly focused more on the state of people's affairs than the affairs of the state. One in five Ottawa residents allegedly subscribed to adulterers' website Ashley...
Herbalife wants Twitter to reveal user behind 'defamatory' tweets
Herbalife’s battle against its critics took a bizarre turn this week when it went to court to try to unmask the identity of one of its most vociferous — but...
Teen strangled 12-year-old after luring her from home: prosecutors
SALT LAKE CITY — A teenage boy lured a 12-year-old neighbor girl out of her Utah home by asking for help looking for his lost cat, then strangled her and...
Shooter went on rampage after woman reported sex assault: parents
BENEDICTA, Maine — The parents of a woman police say was kidnapped during a shooting rampage that left two people dead believe the gunman was furious at her when he...
Massive fire breaks out in NJ
A massive blaze broke out early Wednesday at a warehouse in North Brunswick, NJ – sending thick smoke billowing, prompting evacuations and disrupting traffic, according to reports.
Thugs use stun gun on employee in brazen bodega robbery
Two thugs, one armed with a stun gun, were caught on camera during a brazen robbery of a Bronx bodega Saturday, cops said. The first thief, wearing a black rag...
Cop on foot patrol struck by firework
A firework launched from a Brooklyn rooftop struck a cop on patrol late Tuesday night, police said. The cop was walking a foot patrol in Crown Heights around 11:45 p.m....
City loses court case to further restrict adult establishments
A court on Tuesday rejected the city’s efforts to further restrict racy adult establishments. The 3-2 ruling by the state Supreme Court Appellate Division focuses on changes to 1990s zoning...
Cop caught on camera punching suspect in the face
A man was cornered by cops inside a Brooklyn bodega, where an officer is seen on video hitting him in the face while trying to subdue him for stealing oregano,...
How Steve Guttenberg became spider man
Steve Guttenberg knows he’s riding the “Sharknado” wave for his upcoming Syfy movie, “Lavalantula” — and he’s OK with that. “‘Sharknado’ is the teet we’re sucking on and we’re gonna...
Mets' feel-good stories don't change their bad realities
WASHINGTON — This is the hard, routinely unfair business of playing baseball the way it’s supposed to be played: You can feel good about Eric Campbell delivering one of the...
First look at the cast of Lifetime's 'Unauthorized Melrose Place Story'
It's double-cheese time for all you fans of ’90s-era TV. Here’s your first look at the cast of “The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story,” Lifetime’s behind-the-scenes take on the prime-time soapy...
Four mouth-watering Latin-Asian dishes worth changing your dinner plans
When it comes to bold flavors, maybe you can have it all. There’s a wave of eclectic new eateries serving dishes that combine Asian flavors with those from Spanish-speaking countries...
Stephen Drew coming to grips: Starting role is slipping away
Stephen Drew came to the Yankees at the trade deadline last year, and after struggling in The Bronx just as much as he did in Boston, the team’s second-base situation...
The day in photos
A baby bonobo cozies up to its mother, President Barack Obama greets veterans, a sailor has a sweet homecoming and more.
Mayor 'know-it-all' could use a lesson in humility
The lefty mayor traveled to the Vatican to meet the lefty pope yesterday, but failed to learn anything new. Count that as another missed opportunity to be a better mayor....
Feds: Mob 'Bull' should stay behind bars
The feds want to keep The Bull caged in his pen. Notorious mobster Salvatore “Sammy Bull” Gravano, whose turncoat testimony sank then-Gambino crime boss John Gotti, doesn’t deserve early prison...
Yankees' amazing lefty killer will start -- just don't call it a platoon
Chris Young’s stunning success against lefties has not gone unnoticed by Joe Girardi. The outfielder has been so productive versus southpaws that Joe Girardi said on Tuesday he intends to...
Dad of woman allegedly killed by illegal immigrant pleas for justice
WASHINGTON — A grieving father told a hushed Senate committee Tuesday how a “wonderful day” strolling with his daughter in San Francisco turned nightmarish when an undocumented immigrant shot her...
Hondo: It's all Nova
Clinton Hurdle stayed with Cole one batter too long Tuesday night in Kansas City, which proved costly to the Bucs and Hondo as his winning streak ended at three and...
Why the Yankees have one less team to worry about in East
As visiting teams prepare to play at Yankee Stadium, they are subjected to a barrage of YES Network programming, all of which naturally celebrates the franchise’s history. “You’ve got to...
De Blasio hails Pope Francis' critiques of capitalism
Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday praised Pope Francis for his criticisms of capitalism and his writings on global warming, during a two-day climate conference at the Vatican. De Blasio described...
Facebook can't block officials from seizing users’ personal info
A Manhattan appeals court unanimously ruled Tuesday that Facebook has no constitutional right to block law-enforcement officials from seizing users’ personal information. The social-media giant sued in 2013 to prevent...