December 9, 2016
Game Show Network fights to get back on Cablevision’s basic tier
The Game Show Network wants justice. The network, owned by Sony and AT&T, has asked the Federal Communications Commission to step in to help enforce a court order that would...
Slain tot's dad blasts accused killer's 'crocodile tears'
The man who allegedly killed his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son wept in court Friday as the boy’s sincerely heartbroken dad scoffed at the display of “crocodile tears.’’ Salvatore Lucchesse, who is...
Fifth Avenue is fast becoming a sneakerhead's paradise
Easter paraders will be sashaying past plenty of sneaker stores next spring. In the past several months, the world’s largest sneaker makers have either signed major retail leases or opened...
Rangers' goalie swap pays off with Antti Raanta shutout win
CHICAGO — There was hardly any hesitation as Alain Vigneault brought out one of his favorite refrains — even if it has begun to sound stale. “I think everybody knows...
21st Century Fox discusses taking over Sky
21st Century Fox on Friday said it is in late-stage talks with Sky, the British pay-TV service, to buy the 60 percent of the company it doesn’t already own. Fox’s...
Giants' strategy for stopping Ezekiel Elliott: 'Camera club'
If the Giants have any chance of keeping alive their scant hopes of catching the Cowboys in the NFC East, the gang’s all got to be there for them Sunday...
CIA says Russia intervened to help Trump win election
The CIA has concluded that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 election with the specific intent of helping Donald Trump be elected as president of the United States, it...
Jets find two reasons to give their all with nothing on the line
For the sixth straight season, the Jets won’t be part of the playoffs. In the final month of another disappointing year, the Jets will have multiple opportunities to play spoiler...
'Drunk' cop stays silent after being stripped of gun and badge
The NYPD cop suspended for being drunk on the job had a sobering morning on Friday — walking into his upstate house clutching a giant Dr Pepper cup. Officer Richard...
Operator found responsible for deadly crane collapse
A city probe of a fatal crane collapse on a windy February morning in lower Manhattan found that the operator made a string of mistakes that led the crane to...
Surgeon General sides with ideologues on vaping
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy tossed a bone to the puritanical ideologues of the anti-smoking movement this week with a warning that the rise in vaping by young people is “a...
Devils suffer a rare home stinker
The Devils ran into a rare roadblock at home. Robby Fabbri scored twice and Vladimir Tarasenko had three assists, lifting the Blues over the Devils 4-1 on Friday night at...
Jeremy Lin is almost back and not a moment too soon for Nets
Jeremy Lin has taken the next step toward his return. Friday afternoon, for the first time since suffering a strained hamstring Nov. 2, Lin was back at practice. During the...
Another US health agency with blood on its hands
Donald Trump pledged to clean up the dysfunctional Veterans Administration. He should add to his list reforming the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the other health agency with blood...
Ben McAdoo's cryptic reason for comically oversized play chart
Honest, he’s not ordering waffles and omelets. Discussions of coach Ben McAdoo’s diner-menu-sized play sheet along the sidelines virtually have become part of every Giants game. Rumor claims you could...
De Blasio's disastrous shelter scramble
As the homeless shelter population this week surged to a record high, City Hall and its allies insist it would be worse without Mayor de Blasio’s new policies. Then it...
Jets' injury-plagued receiver knows you think he's a bust
You probably forgot Devin Smith was still on the Jets roster. It’s usually difficult for second-round draft picks to hide, but Smith’s brief NFL career has been so star-crossed since...
Rangers: Henrik Lundqvist not our best goalie right now
CHICAGO — There was hardly any hesitation as Alain Vigneault brought out one of his favorite refrains — even if it has begun to sound stale. “I think everybody knows...
Jonathan Greenblatt is destroying the Anti-Defamation League
In Israel last week, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt told legislators that anti-Semitism in America is now comparable to that of 1930s Germany. Yes, his fearmongering went that far: “Anti-Semitism...
Hillary's latest lame excuse for losing
Hillary Clinton has emerged from, in her own words, “taking selfies in the woods” to embrace the latest Democratic excuse for her election loss: so-called fake news. The latest, that...
Trump is turning the GOP into the Workers' party
In the course of a couple of tweets, Donald Trump may have ended the image of the GOP as the party of corporate America. After striking a Carrier deal to...
Drunk dude accidentally chops off friend's penis with chainsaw
With friends like these ... A boozed up Romanian man accidentally chopped off his buddy's penis with a chainsaw as his wife and son watched in horror, a report says....
Odell Beckham fined for verbal abuse toward an official
Odell Beckham Jr. was fined $12,154 for verbal abuse and excessive profanity toward an official on the field after last week’s 24-14 loss to the Steelers in Pittsburgh. Beckham also...
Trio arrested in $29K credit-card fraud scheme
Three crooks who used stolen credit cards to buy $29,000 worth of luxury goods were arrested in Queens Thursday night, police said. Victor Lobos, 51, Katherine Perez-Rojas, 25, and Juan...
Giants think cold snap a boon vs. Cowboys, but one vet disagrees
Coach Ben McAdoo believes his Giants have more than a snowball’s chance in hell Sunday against the Cowboys. Especially if there are snowballs in East Rutherford. The early forecast for...
Pot candy sends six high school students to hospital
Six students at a Long Island high school had to be taken to hospital Friday after eating too much pot-laced candy, officials said. A Sachem North High School student took...
Here's how much you make while you're pooping at work
Ladies and gentlemen of the working world, let’s take a quick poll. How many of you have ever spent a liiiiiiiiittle bit of self-indulgent extra time on the loo, even...
Tourist dies after she's hit by truck while crossing busy street
A Spanish tourist was struck and killed by a truck while trying to cross a busy Manhattan street Friday evening, police said. The 58-year-old woman was crossing at W. 39th...
Man accused of raping, killing Idaho student is busted in NYC
A man accused of raping and murdering a bright Idaho college student — then dumping her naked body near a stream — was busted in New York City, police sources...
Hofstra relishing Kentucky test: 'Why can't we beat them?'
Joe Mihalich knew Kentucky was coming to town. The date was set more than a year ago. But when the Hofstra coach finally started preparing this week for John Calipari’s...
Trump lawyer says Saudi-linked businesses were shut down
Donald Trump shut down corporations with possible ties to Saudi Arabia in the days after the presidential election, it was revealed Friday. A number of corporations, all of which were...
Cops arrest man accused of shooting jail guard during home invasion
Cops arrested a gunman who blasted a state correction officer five times and shot his wife once in the shoulder during a home invasion in Queens last month, police said...
Assemblyman to run for better-paying gig with City Council
ALBANY – The first of several state legislators looking to jump to higher-paying posts in the New York City Council is expected to announce his candidacy on Monday. Assemblyman Mark...
‘Vow breaker’: Final words before pastor kills daughter, then himself
A former pastor and his valedictorian daughter were discovered shot dead at their Maine home on Thursday in what authorities believe was a murder-suicide. State police said it appears that...
Get ready for weekend hell on the 2 and 3 trains
The MTA will completely shut down the 2 and 3 lines between Manhattan and Brooklyn for more than a year of weekends, officials announced on Friday. The agency will end...
Obama vs. Israel is a fake news story that the left and right ate up
In the past half year, innumerable un-sourced articles have pushed the idea that President Obama is using his last months in office to prepare a vicious, last-minute ambush of Israel...
How Trump can win the War on Terror, the left's global collapse, and other notable commentary
Security analyst: How Trump Can Win War on Terror Donald Trump “has an opening” on the War on Terror that both of his immediate predecessors missed, writes Eli Lake at...
Teen who said she was harassed by Trump supporters goes missing
A Muslim teen who said she was called a "terrorist" by a group of men harassing her on the subway earlier this month has been reported missing, police sources said....
This guy built a Star Wars AT-AT walker in his backyard
Colin Furze might not be the biggest 'Star Wars' fan in the world, but he might have the biggest 'Star Wars' collection. That's because of one piece in particular, a...
Mattis received letter that led to discovery of Petraeus affair
WASHINGTON — The Associated Press has learned that President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary was among several military officials whom the FBI concluded received anonymous letters from the woman...
Motorcyclist pronounced dead is found alive in morgue's fridge
The coroner was dead wrong! A man who was pronounced dead after a motorcycle crash was found alive — in a fridge at a morgue in South Africa, according to...
Sammy Watkins' fantasy football breakout is coming — just not yet
Big names always are a tempting lure for fantasy owners, particularly when it involves a star returning from injury late in the season. We see the name, recall big production...
Derrick Rose sits again but expects to play vs. Lakers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Derrick Rose missed a game for the second time as a Knick on Friday against the Kings, but said he expects to face the Lakers on Sunday...
The 'American Dream' is pretty much dead
Today's 30-year-olds are making way less money than their parents did when they were their age, a new study shows. Economists and sociologists from Stanford, Harvard and the University of...
Yule just love these adorable Santa penguins
A park in Japan decided to celebrate Christmas by dressing some of their resident penguins as Santa Claus. It just goes to show that everybody can get into the Christmas...
Retired cop wants to make sure slain tot gets proper funeral
A retired NYPD detective wants to help the family of a 3-year-old boy allegedly beaten to death by his mother’s boyfriend -- and is offering free burial for the baby,...
Pilot in fatal hot air balloon crash was high on drug cocktail
The pilot of a hot air balloon that went down in a fiery crash in Texas last summer — killing him and 15 sightseers — had binged on a cocktail...
Twin accused of killing her sister clears way for her extradition
The upstate yoga instructor accused of killing her twin sister by driving their SUV off a cliff in Hawaii cleared the way Friday for her extradition from New York to...
St. John's building block leaving school
Yankuba Sima ended his freshman season as one of the biggest reasons to believe in the rebuilding plan at St. John’s, but the center won't be sticking around Queens to...
Carmelo Anthony baffled and hurt that Phil Jackson picked a fight
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Carmelo Anthony said Friday he was hurt by the timing of Phil Jackson’s criticism during the Knicks’ winning stretch and confirmed his recent Instagram posts were in...
Radiation from Fukushima disaster reaches the US
Radiation from Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has apparently traveled across the Pacific. Researchers reported that radioactive matter — in the form of an isotope known as cesium-134 — was...
Jets explain why Colin Kaepernick isn't the same QB
Some weekends, Colin Kaepernick looks like the dynamic dual-threat quarterback who nearly led the 49ers to a Super Bowl title four years ago. Last month, he threw for 398 yards...
Rudy Giuliani's bid to join Trump administration is over
Rudy Giuliani has withdrawn his name from consideration for any position in the upcoming Trump administration, the former New York City mayor announced Friday. Giuliani at one point was considered...
Parents of kids killed by radiator move out of apartment building
With tears in their eyes, the parents of the tragic Bronx girls killed by a faulty radiator began the grim task of moving items like pink comforters and clothes from...
Bonnie and Clyde duo busted in NYC after cross-country hunt
A grungy Washington state couple broke into a home, shot and stabbed two men and robbed the place — and then trekked 3,000 miles to hide out in New York...
Rats are conquering Paris
Paris has been besieged by a massive army of hungry rodents, according to recent published reports. Roughly 6 million pesky rats are scurrying around the city, forcing the shutdown of...
Hillary Clinton's losing campaign cost a record $1.2B
Hillary Clinton and her supporters spent a record $1.2 billion for her losing presidential campaign — twice as much as the winner, Donald Trump, according to the latest records. The...
Al Michaels' inspiration to keep working: One amazing Springsteen concert
Al Michaels took a brief vacation this football season, but don't expect a permanent one anytime soon. The 72-year-old said he gets asked about retirement more often now that he's...
Why 1.2 million people RSVP'd for this girl's 15th birthday party
A Mexican girl’s dad was so excited by her upcoming 15th birthday that he invited “everyone” — and 1.2 million RSVP’d. "Hello, how are you? We invite you this 26...
You can go to Cuomo's dinner party for $10K
ALBANY — Just in time for the holidays, Gov. Cuomo is throwing a dinner party with celebrity chefs Mario Batali and Lidia Bastianich — to anyone who can come up...
Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik drop new song from '50 Shades' soundtrack
She’s back! After disappearing from view following her Snapchat showdown with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian earlier in the year, Taylor Swift quietly put out her first new material since...
'I did it': Dylann Roof's chilling confession shown to jury
He didn’t even bother to count his dead. “I went to that church in Charleston, and, uh, I did it,” an emotionless Dylann Roof told the FBI at the start...
Fat-shaming Santa Claus hospitalized with blood clot
A fat-shaming Santa who told a 9-year-old boy to “lay off” the burgers and fries is in the hospital with a blood clot, according to his niece. Earl Crowder –...
Obama orders review of Russian hacking during the election
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to conduct a broad review on the election-season hacking that rattled the presidential campaign and raised new concerns about foreign meddling...
Islanders keep Cal Clutterbuck on 5-year, $17.5M deal
Boy, Matt Martin must feel left out. Islanders right winger Cal Clutterbuck avoided what would have been an anxious trade deadline by signing a five-year, $17.5 million deal on Friday, carrying...
Heavily armed ISIS suspect arrested in Netherlands
As suspected Islamic State terrorist was rounded up during a police raid on his apartment in the Netherlands that uncovered an assault rifle, explosives and an image of the ISIS...
NHL is stacking deck for Vegas expansion team to be great
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Now that the NHL’s expedition to be the first major pro sports league to have a franchise in Las Vegas is taking shape, the question begs to...
Animal rights activists sued for 'terrorizing' carriage horses
Central Park has turned into the Wild West over the battle to banish the horse-carriage industry — with activists spooking the animals, shoving their drivers and terrorizing tourists, a lawsuit...
A car and cashmere are on model Nicole Trunfio's wish list
The model has some ultra-luxe present picks.
The heart-shattering moment a dog says goodbye to her dying owner
Ryan Jessen's family had to deal with one of the worst possible tragedies when it was discovered that he was dying from a ventricular brain hemorrhage. His family brought his pet...
Chilling video shows Dylann Roof after allegedly slaughtering 9 people
In July, 2015, Dylann Roof allegedly walked into a church in South Carolina and killed nine people. Recently released security camera footage shows Roof exiting the church, seemingly calm and...
Mika Brzezinski says Clinton camp tried to pull her off the air
Hillary Clinton's campaign tried to remove an MSNBC personality from the air after she aired criticisms of the Democratic presidential candidate, the host revealed Friday. Mika Brzezinski, a co-host of...
John Glenn once guest starred on 'Frasier'
Not only was John Glenn a famous astronaut and a four-term US senator — he was also an amateur comic actor. Glenn, who died Thursday at age 95, guest-starred as himself...
Woman offers to tattoo her butt to pay off debt
A New Zealand beauty wants to improve her bottom line — by auctioning off tattooed ad space on her backside. Bailey Price — a self-confessed “public mooner” and surf-shop worker...
Samsung is going to make absolutely sure no one can use exploding Galaxy Note 7s
The Galaxy Note 7 saga will finally come to an end soon. Shortly after Samsung released the hotly anticipated phone, sporadic reports began to pop up that some units were...
Visit Cuba before the cruise ships ruin it
Boatloads of American tourists will soon be flooding Havana, Cuba. This week, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line received approval from the island nation’s government to sail to Havana from...
Cowboys fan: I'm getting death threats after 'Super Bowl' tattoo
Talk about a Big D. A bold Dallas Cowboys fan is banking that the 11-1 team will win it all in February by getting an oversized “Super Bowl LI Champions” tattoo...
Uber will ban you for being too flirty
Uber released a set of guidelines Thursday for behavior that could get Uber passengers banned from the service and drivers suspended from the app. Many of these guidelines are common-sense...
Man struck by subway after leaning over yellow safety line
This is the reason why the MTA reminds riders to stand behind the yellow line. A man was struck by an incoming M train in Midtown on Friday morning as...
9-year-old boy struck by car while walking on sidewalk
A 9-year-old boy was was hit by a car while walking on the sidewalk in Marine Park on Friday morning, police said. Two cars collided near the intersection of Avenue...
David Stern trying to rewrite history on NBA-changing trade he nixed
David Stern wants to set the record straight and point the blame elsewhere. One of the biggest blemishes on the former NBA commissioner's resume is a trade that didn't happen....
The Cubs finally got burned
The St. Louis Cardinals have reached an agreement with free-agent center fielder Dexter Fowler on a multi-year deal, signing him away from the archrival Chicago Cubs and marking the first significant...
Trump wants Goldman president to head key economic council
Another Goldman Sachs alum may soon be joining the Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump has offered the job of heading the National Economic Council to Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn,...
Fact-challenged Brian Williams whines about fake news
WASHINGTON — Brian Williams — who was bounced from his NBC anchor job for fabricating stories — is furious about the spread of “fake news.” The talking head, who was...
Starbucks tries to revive Pokémon Go
It might seem that Pokémon Go is going, going, gone — but not if Starbucks can help it. The coffee giant is launching a Pokémon Go Frappuccino in partnership with...
Construction worker dead after fall at former Domino Sugar site
A construction worker was killed at a Brooklyn work site after falling four stories from scaffolding Friday morning, police said. The hard hat identified as, Wilfredo Enriques, 59, was on...
Fine jewelry that's manly enough for Russell Westbrook
When it comes to man jewelry, appetites are growing and tastes are changing. No one knows this better than New York designer and philanthropist Brooke Garber Neidich, daughter of famed...
How to dress like Bob Dylan
Take your winter style cues from a certain folk legend-cum Nobel Laureate.
The strange questions called into this 24-hour sex toy helpline
A 24-hour sex toy helpline Down Under has created quite a buzz. Staffers at the Lovehoney offices in Brisbane love giving a hand to their carnal callers — women whose vibrators...
Woman held captive saved after writing note to UPS driver
A longtime UPS driver was hailed as a hero for calling cops after he spotted a woman's desperate plea for help scrawled on a package — saving her from being...
Erin Andrews drops a lot of hints that she's engaged
Andrews and NHL center Jarett Stoll have been dating since 2012.
Russia spends $30M on favorite sport of Putin's daughter
These tiny dancers are getting big perks. Russia is building a $30 million center for acrobatic rock’n’roll — an offbeat “sport” in which President Vladimir Putin’s daughter competes, state documents...
World's oldest bank has run out of time to raise cash, ECB says
The European Central Bank has rejected a request by ailing Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena for more time to raise capital, a source said on Friday, in a...
Creep arrested for groping sleeping woman on subway
Police nabbed a creep who groped a sleeping woman on an N train in Queens early Friday, authorities said. The man, identified as Abdul Alim, 26, was spotted walking between...
She's the cake boss of the art world
Emily Zauzmer, 20, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, mixed her love of art history and baking to re-create iconic paintings using flour, egg and milk. The Harvard students cake creations include American...
How did these penguins drown at the zoo?
Seven penguins drowned at a zoo in Canada, it was announced Thursday — the latest in a string of tragedies at the menagerie. The Calgary Zoo said the seven animals...
Terrorists kill Egyptian police officers in roadside blast
Islamic terrorists with possible ties to ISIS wiped out six police officers in a roadside bombing near the pyramids in Egypt, according to a new report. The officers were either...
One dead after multiple shootings across two boroughs
Three women were shot – one fatally – in separate incidents across Brooklyn and upper Manhattan early Friday, police said. A 24-year-old woman was killed inside an apartment in a...
I'm a recovering neo-Nazi
SCHLEIFE, Germany — Felix Benneckenstein was a rising star on Germany's far-right scene, a young songwriter whose rousing guitar anthems made white nationalism sound romantic and rebellious. But when fellow...
Robin Williams, Tupac arrested in pot bust
This was one star-studded bust, if only in name. A 21-year-old woman named Robin Williams was arrested with a teen named Tupac Crum after more than 114 pounds of marijuana...
Man blows $1M on cars, strippers and cocaine after bank glitch
A debt-ridden student blew $1.3 million on sports cars, speedboats, strippers and cocaine after a bank error gave him an unlimited overdraft. Wannabe playboy Luke Moore lived the high life...
English soccer child sex abuse probe grows to 83 suspects
LONDON -- Police overseeing the sex abuse scandal in British soccer say 83 potential suspects have been identified and linked to 98 clubs. Officers across the country are sifting through...
The NSA has been listening to on-flight calls for years
The National Security Agency and its British counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), have been intercepting in-flight mobile phone calls for more than 10 years, according to a report by...
Daredevil teen asks for help paying for next stunt
He must be high! The teenage adrenaline junkie who failed to learn his lesson after he was caught climbing to the top of 1 World Trade Center now wants New...
Boeing is giving $1M to Trump's inauguration
It’s strictly business. Donald Trump skewered Boeing this week, threatening to cancel the next Air Force One, but the airplane manufacturer is still giving $1 million to the president-elect’s inauguration,...
Monster who 'honor killed' his sister will face murder charges
Qandeel Baloch was a social media star who was known as "Pakistan's Kim Kardashian" until she was shockingly killed by her brother. He claimed it was an "honor killing," which...
More than 1,000 Russians ensnared in doping conspiracy
LONDON — A new report into systematic Russian doping has found that more than 1,000 Russian athletes from summer and winter sports were involved in or benefited from an organized...
Cops remotely lock carjacking suspect inside BMW
A man found himself locked inside a BMW 550i that he had just been stolen last Sunday in Seattle, according to the SPD Blotter. The car’s owner had just gotten...
Japan ratifies Pacific trade pact that Trump plans to dump
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won parliamentary approval Friday for ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, despite U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's plan to withdraw from the 12-nation trade pact....
Controversy surrounds Alabama murderer's 30-minute execution
ATMORE, Ala. — A man who killed an Alabama convenience store clerk more than two decades ago was put to death Thursday night, an execution that required two consciousness tests...
How Mariah Carey turned Christmas into a second career
During the hour that Mariah Carey made the audience wait for the start of her Beacon Theatre Christmas concert on Wednesday night, a row of superfans could not be contained....
New McDonald's item will make you want to move to Canada
America’s favorite french fry has a new look in Canada. Just in time for the holidays, McDonald’s is now serving waffle fries at most of its Canadian locations. The new...
New Netflix show lands producer's 'dream casting': Dustin Hoffman
Veteran writer/producer Frank Spotnitz has run the TV genre gamut from extraterrestrials (“The X-Files”) to chillers (“The Night Stalker”) to alternate reality drama (“The Man in the High Castle”). Now...
Female comics steal the show in 'Office Christmas Party'
Anyone expecting great things from a movie called “Office Christmas Party” has not taken the title at its word. The comedy, starring Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Olivia Munn and T.J....
Michael Urie wants an 'Ugly Betty' reunion
It started as a sketch. But Michael Urie believed Drew Droege’s riff on gay weddings was more than stand-up shtick. “I thought, ‘This is a full play with an idea,...
‘Seinfeld’ star John O’Hurley is friends with the real J. Peterman
Decades before he made J. Peterman an urban-sombrero legend on “Seinfeld,” John O’Hurley starred in “The Fantasticks.” The year was 1974, and O’Hurley, a junior at Rhode Island’s Providence College,...
What we know about the new characters in 'Rogue One'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xynhtKLc88E Just when we finally got a handle on Luke, Leia, Anakin, Padmé, Finn, Rey and more, in comes a whole new class of “Star Wars” characters. You’d better grab...
South Korea's first female president impeached in stunning fall
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean lawmakers on Friday voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye, a stunning and swift fall for the country's first female leader amid protests that drew...
How Giants get their minds right to beat up Cowboys again
The sound of pads popping filled the air Thursday as the Ben McAdoo Giants ratcheted up a “Let’s Get Physical” mindset for the Cowboys on Sunday. “It was a very...
Trump considering Bobby Valentine for ambassador to Japan
President-elect Donald Trump reportedly is considering former Mets manager Bobby Valentine to be US ambassador to Japan. Valentine, a former Major League Baseball player who also managed Japan’s champion Chiba...
Finance official says de Blasio's property tax promise is bogus
A top city finance official contradicted Mayor de Blasio's promise that the city would not raise property taxes in coming years, according to a published report -- but City Hall...
Newest Ranger brings added 'energy' at crucial moment
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — If it looked as if Nicklas Jensen was a placeholder through most of the first two periods of his Rangers debut, that changed in the third. The...
Study shows 'manspreading' is a real epidemic
Manspreading is real! A new study has found that men stretch out their legs while seated on the subway five times more often than do female passengers. The Hunter College...
Jason Pierre-Paul's absence makes life more difficult for this Giant
The loss of Jason Pierre-Paul is a massive one for the Giants no matter how much they try to spin the next-man-up saga, and it will have a major impact...
Shocking footage shows moment corrections officer is gunned down
Startling video released by police shows the moment a corrections officer is gunned down while sitting in her car in Brooklyn Sunday night. Alastasia Bryan, 25, was fatally shot by...
Defense Secretary Carter makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Friday made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan to consult with military commanders and deliver a pre-holiday pep talk to...
Landlord of tragic radiator building has 'significant' number of violations
The Bronx District Attorney’s Office is launching an investigation into the landlord of the building where two young sisters died tragically after a radiator spewed scalding steam into their enclosed...
Chiefs take control of AFC West but lose one key player
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs now control the AFC West. Tyreek Hill had touchdowns receiving and on a punt return, Kansas City's defense made life miserable for Oakland quarterback...
Holiday decorators sue boss for stiffing workers out of OT
At the holiday-decorating company American Christmas, the boss is a straight-up Scrooge, a new lawsuit claims. The leading decorator — which counts Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall as...
Trump's Wall Street rally best ever for new president
It’s yuuuuge. Donald Trump’s election has spurred the biggest one-month rally in the S&P 500 of any incoming US president in the 93-year history of the index. Forged on a...
Nets GM's youth movement vision starting to pay dividends
From the day general manager Sean Marks arrived in Brooklyn, he has repeated the term “player development” like a mantra. From hiring a coach known for player development in Kenny...
Long-reviled 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' gets an update
The holiday season always brings an onslaught of gnawingly awful Christmas songs, but few can compare with the horror of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” More than 70 years after it...
SEC enforcement chief Andrew Ceresney to exit
One of Wall Street’s toughest cops is leaving the beat. Andrew Ceresney, head of enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission since 2013, will leave his post at the end...
Likely labor secretary pick: Robots are better than humans
Donald Trump’s likely pick for labor secretary is fast-food executive Andrew Puzder — who suggested that robots make better workers than human beings. “They’re always polite, they always upsell [steer...
Ackman attempts to entice hedge fund execs to stay around
Some of Bill Ackman’s employees will be sporting golden handcuffs soon. Ackman’s Pershing Square fund is now offering pension-like benefits to entice certain high-ranking employees to stay put longer. The...
Trump may be last president to be honored with Swiss watch
Donald Trump may be the last US president to receive an expensive Swiss watch for his inauguration — a time-honored tradition that is threatened by a slump in the luxury-time-piece...
Judge rejects divorce papers served through Facebook
A Brooklyn woman tried to change her status to single, but a Brooklyn judge said she couldn’t use Facebook to get rid of her husband. Bucking a new legal trend...