June 24, 2014
A cost-free Rx to end the VA backlog
Since the Congressional Budget Office pinned a whopping $35 billion to $50 billion annual price tag on the VA “reform” bill pushed by Sens. Bernie Sanders and John McCain, the...
Unprepared grads --- the scandal New York's pols ignore
They held a press conference in Albany this week to announce that New York’s statewide high-school graduation rate in 2013 had inched up by nine-tenths of a percentage point from...
AT&T, DirecTV execs try to sell Congress on a bundle
Once again, executives involved in a pay-TV merger appeared on Capitol Hill to tell lawmakers why the merger should be approved. On Tuesday, AT&T and DirecTV brass testified before both...
The IRS smirks
That was quick. During a congressional hearing Monday night, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen — an attorney — asserted the IRS had done nothing criminal. Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), then asked...
Donkeys' disaster? Obama's policies may doom Dems
Are we seeing a full-scale Democratic Party meltdown? We might be. The most recent polling shows the president at all-time lows. This matters because presidential approval has, in the past,...
Nets owner to trim spending to get $1B valuation
Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, with hopes of winning a $1 billion valuation for his team, has agreed to end his free-spending ways, The Post has learned. The 49-year-old Russian...
GOP Sen. Cochran wins in Mississippi over tea party's McDaniel
Six-term Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran narrowly won a bitterly contested Republican primary runoff battle Tuesday against an insurgent tea party candidate. Cochran, 76, had previously lost to the tea party...
Argentina stay bid gives Singer the blues
Billionaire Paul Singer isn’t buying Argentina’s latest sob story. The hedge-fund mogul urged a Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday to deny the embattled country’s request to delay a court order...
Error-prone Yankees can't complete comeback, fall to Jays
TORONTO — Derek Jeter made a colossal mental mistake in the middle of the game and Yangervis Solarte a costly throwing error to end it. So, not long after the...
Iraqi prime minister's focus is to defend Baghdad
BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is ready to concede, at least temporarily, the loss of much of Iraq to Sunni insurgents and is instead deploying the military's best-trained and...
Magazine pioneer Felix Dennis mourned by many
The publishing world is mourning the passing of British publishing maverick Felix Dennis, who spawned an upheaval in the men’s magazine market by introducing Maxim to the US market in...
Knicks eye potential draft move for Florida center Patric Young
Add Florida center Patric Young as another name to Phil Jackson’s wish list in Thursday night’s NBA Draft. Jackson, entering his first draft as Knicks president, doesn’t have a draft...
Brooklyn's Bergen luxury building may fetch $50M
A rare luxury residential rental building in Boerum Hill, The Bergen at 316 Bergen St., is on the sales block and could garner well over $50 million. The property on...
Moore awarded Masterton trophy after year off to care for wife
The trophy in the memory of the late Bill Masterton is awarded annually to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of “perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to ice hockey.”...
Veteran graffiti artist busted while tagging subway cars
A veteran vandal whose graffiti has caused about $20,000 in damage to subway cars since September 2012 was busted early Monday morning inside a Bronx train depot, police said. Luis...
Mets blast four homers to pound Kazmir, A's
Maybe the Mets should send their whole lineup to Las Vegas for a few weeks. Travis d’Arnaud sparked a 10-1 rout over the A’s with a three-run homer in his...
Ryan Seacrest signs deals with NBC, CBS
And on the seventh day, Ryan Seacrest rested. Maybe. Seacrest, TV’s busiest personality, has signed a new, one-year deal with NBC and also signed a separate deal with CBS to...
That's a rap? With sales tanking, 'Holler if Ya Hear Me' may close
Looks like some prime Broadway real estate is about to become available. “Holler if Ya Hear Me,” the Tupac Shakur musical that opened Thursday at the Palace, may throw in...
Keke Palmer poised for launch of BET's 'Just Keke'
Most 20-year-olds have trouble defining the word ambition, much less actually living it — but not Keke Palmer. After conquering television with her addictive Nickelodeon show “True Jackson VP,” starring...
John O’Hurley lands deal to host 'What's Hot on Broadway'
‘Seinfeld” is celebrating its 25th birthday with a nice gift to recurring co-star John O’Hurley — and an upcoming “Best Of” run on TBS. O’Hurley, who famously played catalogue maven...
Meet Instagram sensation 'The Fat Jew'
At the Cannes Film Festival last month, it was pure madness. One night, Sharon Stone is on a rich Saudi’s yacht alongside an ostrich. Another night, a shirtless Justin Bieber is...
Washington prepares for marijuana retail sales
OLYMPIA, Wash. — As Washington state prepares to issue the first licenses for marijuana retail stores, Gov. Jay Inslee and other state leaders on Tuesday announced a coordinated campaign to...
Red Storm's Sampson feels strongly he'll be drafted
He isn’t projected to be selected in many mock drafts and he’s ranked low in top 100 lists, but JaKarr Sampson enters Thursday’s NBA Draft with the same confidence the...
Yankees lineup shakeup? Don't be '2' hasty
TORONTO — There are only so many times one can write that the Yankees aren’t hitting, that they need more pitching and that they’re fortunate to find themselves in a...
Dual citizenship players boost US team
As the United States and its German coach Jurgen Klinsmann prepare to play his home nation Thursday in the World Cup, a quarter of the outfield roster will be comprised...
US forces flow into Baghdad to assess Iraq troops
WASHINGTON — Nearly half of the roughly 300 U.S. military advisers and special operations forces expected to go to Iraq are now in Baghdad and have begun to assess Iraqi...
Madoff insider takes plea deal for role in 'evil Ponzi scheme'
A longtime accountant for some 300 of Bernie Madoff’s top investors pleaded guilty Tuesday to cooking the books — claiming he unwittingly played a key role in what he called...
Plastic surgeon sentenced for fatal liposuction
A plastic surgeon who pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide last month in the death of a former model following a botched liposuction was sentenced Tuesday to two months behind...
D’Arnaud wouldn’t be first to benefit from demotion
The gold standard for stories such as this is Mickey Mantle, of course. It was on July 13, 1951, that Mantle went 1-for-5 with three strikeouts against Bob Lemon and...
Garbage carting mobster sentenced for violent threats
It’s legal to yell at someone over the phone — but you better not threaten them! That’s the message Manhattan federal Judge Kevin Castel had for reputed wiseguy Anthony Bazzini...
Man wrongly accused of stabbing bus driver files $14M suit
A Brooklyn man says he was falsely arrested for using a syringe to stab a bus driver and now he wants the city to fork over $14 million for ruining...
Man wins $900 on bet that Luis Suarez would bite opponent
Not everyone was mad at Luis Suarez for biting Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's World Cup match against Italy on Tuesday. One Norwegian man won $916 (or 5,600 Kroner) thanks to Suarez's habit of...
5 stores where you should never pay full price
Some stores release coupons so frequently that their customers would almost be crazy to pay full price. According to data that deal site DealScience.com ran for MarketWatch, covering between 3,000...
Kerik could face contempt-of-court charges
Disgraced former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik and his lawyer are staring at possible contempt-of-court criminal charges for violating a judge’s order, according to shocking new filings. Assistant US attorneys Elliott...
Taylor Schilling’s 10 best red carpet looks
Per a new interview in Allure Magazine, “Orange Is the New Black” star Taylor Schilling would like us all to believe she’d trade red carpet glam for the grungy prison...
Ex-real estate exec cops to stealing $3M
The former vice president of a Manhattan real estate company copped a guilty plea Tuesday to looting nearly $3 million from the residential buildings he was responsible for managing. Alan...
Ohio rep's chief of staff out after porn star tweets explicit photo
WASHINGTON – In the biggest exposure of political private parts in DC since the fall of Anthony Weiner, a top aide to an Ohio Republican has quit after a former...
Beyond the cronut – tasting New York chef Dominique Ansel’s latest creation
Chef Dominique Ansel’s cronut — a crossiant and doughnut hybrid — took New York by storm when it first hit the scene, with customers lining up around the block of...
Choosing new pieces over Cano, Granderson hurting Yankees now
We are almost at a half season now. Too soon, obviously, to make big-picture statements about the Yankees’ offensive decisions last offseason. Yet we now have enough information to at...
Rape charge against accused 'black Hitler' dropped
A Manhattan judge dismissed a rape charge Tuesday against a self-proclaimed “black Hitler” accused of torturing his grandson’s nanny for three days. Sherman Gamble, 54, of Manhattan was busted last...
Terrorism victims move to seize nations' internet domain names
They’re fighting terror — one IP address at a time. Sixty victims of terror and their family members, who are looking to collect a total $1.2 billion in legal judgments against...
The high price of insomnia
Even CEOs are caught napping on the job. In yet another sign Americans are trying to catch 40 winks whenever they can, Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer was late...
Ace looks just in time for Wimbledon
Ah, Wimbledon: a two-week parade of preppy-meets-chic wares served up by the world’s most talented tennis stars. And why not? In a sport where pleated miniskirts and the (newly revived)...
7 stylish stars sport the summer's trendiest 'It' bags
Summer signals less clothing, so in theory, money saved on wooly coats and cashmere sweaters should go towards a beautiful new bag — or two — right? If that sounds...
The day in photos
Banana leaves become a religious fashion statement, a bear bathes, a human tower is constructed, a soccer star allegedly sinks his teeth into an opponent's shoulder and more.
Man walks into McDonald's with knife sticking out of his back
A man shocked the breakfast crowd at a Queens McDonald’s Tuesday when he strolled in with a knife stuck in his back while chatting on a cellphone. Andrew Hardy, 53,...
Boeheim: Bulls' Thibodeau 'very excited' for crack at Carmelo
Jim Boeheim is not advocating Carmelo Anthony leave the Knicks for the Bulls. But if it did happen, the Syracuse coaching legend believes Anthony and Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau would...
Rangel: Leaders who abandoned me 'made one hell of a mistake'
Winding up what he described as his final race, Rep. Charles Rangel said Tuesday that political leaders and union bosses who abandoned him for rival Adriano Espaillat in the fierce...
The 10 biggest flops of 2014 ... so far
With the first half of 2014 wrapping up, what are Hollywood’s biggest box office flops? Here’s a countdown, roughly in reverse order of how much money each one lost, keeping...
'A Hard Day's Night' still rocks on Blu-ray and in theaters
"A Hard Day's Night," which finally arrives on a US Blu-ray via the Criterion Collection just in time for its 50th anniversary, still really rocks. My history with this film...
Bailout watchdog Neil Barofsky to keep tabs on Credit Suisse
Neil Barofsky, the government’s bailout watchdog, isn’t done chewing up the big banks. Barofsky, the former special inspector general who ripped the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, will be...
Dolphins' three 'bullies' finding more trouble this summer
Coincidence? Or karma? The three offensive linemen cited as bullies in the Jonathan Martin scandal have seen their careers encounter serious turbulence even after the fallout from the poisonous Miami...
Bride-to-be killed going to her bachelorette party
A 26-year-old Missouri bride-to-be snapped this selfie — and minutes later was killed in a car accident while traveling to her own bachelorette party. Collette Moreno was on her way...
Daughter, son-in-law of slain Monaco heiress among 23 detained
PARIS — The daughter and son-in-law of a real-estate heiress killed on the French Riviera are among 23 people detained in the shooting death last month, prosecutors said Tuesday, laying...
Mug company mistakes Obama for English soccer player
President Barack Obama, already known for his basketball prowess, has managed to gain a starting spot on England’s World Cup squad. Well, at least a young apprentice at an unnamed...
Celebs rock every color of the rainbow for summer
Solids need not be boring! Today’s hottest stars show us how to pull off every color of the rainbow with ease. Pink Actress Ahna O’Reilly had enough sense to break...
Spain's World Cup team plane struck by lightning
Spain's soccer team, returning home after a wretched World Cup in Brazil where the holders were eliminated in the first round, had another shock on Tuesday when their aircraft was...
Soccer's notorious 'Cannibal' bites rival at World Cup
NATAL, Brazil — Uruguay striker Luis Suarez could once again be in trouble after appearing to bite an Italian opponent Tuesday in a key World Cup qualifying game. The incident,...
Bob Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' draft sold for more than $2M
One of the most popular songs of all time, Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," has been sold at auction for more than $2 million. Sotheby's offered the working draft...
VA 'misconduct' may have led to 1,000 deaths: report
Bureaucratic red tape and incompetent work by VA staffers may have contributed to the premature deaths of as many as 1,000 vets, according to a damning congressional report. “Over the...
'No issues' for CC Sabathia in return to mound
TORONTO — Provided CC Sabathia comes through Tuesday’s 34-pitch simulated game in Tampa OK, the plan is for him to throw a bullpen session Thursday and work a minor league...
Pilot mismanagement caused Asiana plane crash: feds
WASHINGTON — Pilot mismanagement and confusion caused Asiana Flight 214 to crash in San Francisco last year, federal accident investigators concluded Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board said there was...
Bilal Powell won't be the forgotten man in Jets backfield
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...
Mexico's coach is the most loved (and hated) man at World Cup
On Monday afternoon, Mexico advanced to the World Cup Round of 16 with a 3-1 victory over Croatia. But it wasn't the on-field action that had viewers buzzing, but rather,...
Turkish man gets life in prison for killing NYC mom
ISTANBUL - A Turkish court has sentenced a man to life in prison for killing a New York City woman in Istanbul last year. The Istanbul court on Tuesday additionally...
Khloe makes a dumb fashion choice, Elle Fanning gets meta and more
Taylor Schilling gets jailed in the name of fashion, a Kardashian makes headlines for something stupid (shocking!) and Maria Sharapova shares her style secrets. - North West’s “Kidchella”-themed birthday party...
Rejuvenated Tiger has sights set beyond this week
BETHESDA, Md. — Tiger Woods is back. How far back is the question, after back surgery sidelined him since March 9, his last competitive round — at the WGC-Cadillac Championships...
Clinton musical to make US debut
After years of living in the political spotlight, the Clintons will now be taking the world of musical theater by storm. Sort of. The offbeat “Clinton: The Musical” will be...
Expert calls on SEC to crack down on Herbalife
The Securities and Exchange Commission should ratchet up its scrutiny of Herbalife and other multilevel marketing companies to ensure that their distributors aren't violating anti-pyramid scheme laws, according to one...
Accused bully-stabber misses court appearance
The teen accused of stabbing a bullying classmate to death in a schoolyard brawl was a no-show Tuesday for his first scheduled court hearing. Noel Estevez, 14, refused to appear...
Remembering the latest ‘True Blood’ victim
Warning: This article contains spoilers. Sunday night’s premiere of the final season of “True Blood” started shockingly — killing off a major character within minutes. Spoiler alert — Tara Thornton...
Tennis star goes on epic vampire rant after mishearing question
We gather Ernests Gulbis is not a fan of "True Blood." The No. 12 seed at Wimbledon beat Jurgen Zopp in straight sets on Monday, but the real fun started...
Animals play match to predict result of US vs Portugal
Goooooaaaaaal! Members of the animal kingdom came together in China for a soccer match to forecast the result of the match between USA and Portugal, Europics reports. A bear acted...
Fear of chewing tobacco grips MLB in wake of Gwynn's death
Tony Gwynn's death from oral cancer may prove to be a watershed moment for baseball's attitude toward chewing tobacco. A wave of players have stated their intentions to quit the...
The problem Bryce Harper's return causes Nationals
In a season when devastating injury has been such a central story line, is it possible the Nationals are about to get, of all things, too healthy? Bryce Harper, who...
It's Game of Bones! 'Thrones' goes to the dogs
Talk about the "dogs of war." Pugs Roxy, Blue and Bono might not look so pleased to be dressed like a bevy of "Game of Thrones" characters, but their owners...
The Knicks' dream of pairing LeBron, Carmelo now all but dead
The Knicks’ dream vision of pairing Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James in the summer of 2015 took a big hit with Tuesday’s decision by King James to opt out of...
1,075 Iraq civilians dead in June
GENEVA — At least 1,075 people, the vast majority of them civilians, have been killed in Iraq during June as a Sunni insurgency overtakes key areas of the country, the...
Sudan woman re-arrested after court dropped death penalty
KHARTOUM, Sudan — A Christian woman sentenced to death in Sudan and later freed has been detained at an airport while trying to leave the country Tuesday, her lawyer said....
The 7 most stunning rainbow beaches in the world
We all love walking along a beautiful sandy beach, but there’s something about technicolor sand that amps up the experience. From the red beaches of Greece to the jet-black sands...
Woman in Minneapolis calls 911, reaches NY operator
A woman in Minneapolis received quite the untimely surprise when she called 911 -- and discovered that her call had been answered by a New York operator. “She asked me...
Obama released illegal immigrant families into the US
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has released into the US an untold number of immigrant families caught traveling illegally from Central America in recent months and although the government knows...
Chris Weidman ready for a UFC challenge not named Silva
At UFC 175, middleweight champion Chris Weidman will enter a new phase of his career. A post-Anderson Silva phase. “It’s bittersweet, because Anderson is a big part of my legacy....
Cops looking for serial groper
Police are trying to identifying a creep who is wanted for groping young girls on Bronx streets, cops said. The brutish man, who is believed to be in his 20s,...
Great white shark caught off NYC
Steve Fernandez has seen all types of sharks up close, but he’s never had his face a few inches away from a great white shark — until Sunday. Fernandez, a 29-year-old...
Judge: Donald Sterling has little chance of blocking Clippers sale
LOS ANGELES — With a $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers hanging in the balance, a judge suggested Monday that the terms of a family trust are clear...
Apple to begin producing 'phablet' in July: Bloomberg
Apple Inc.'s suppliers will begin producing larger versions of the iPhone in China next month, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. Apple is ramping up production of iPhones with 4.7- and 5.5-inch...
Google's Nest opens door to third-party apps
Nest, the Google-owned maker of smart thermostats and other home automation products, will allow other companies to create apps that communicate with its devices. The program marks the first time...
Hookers ordered out of enormous red-light district in majority Muslim nation
SURABAYA, Indonesia — The mayor of Indonesia's second-largest city has officially shut down "Dolly," one of Southeast Asia's biggest red-light districts, but the world's oldest profession is still working despite...
No way around it: LeBron likely to go back to Heat
There will be the dreamers. There will be the wishful thinkers. But at the end of the latest foray into free agency for LeBron James, there more than likely will...
Best delivery driver ever? Alaskan restaurateur fords floodwater for stranded customers
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A little thing like a flooded creek was not enough to keep an Alaska restaurant owner from delivering Thai ribs and fried rice to stranded customers over...
17-year-old female Joe Niekro apprentice throws BP to Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ��� The Tampa Bay Rays have taken batting practice against a female high school knuckleballer. Evan Longoria, Jose Molina and David Price hit against 17-year-old Chelsea Baker...
Danny Meyer's famed Union Square Cafe to close
The popular Union Square Cafe, owned by famed New York restaurant mogul Danny Meyer, plans to close up shop at its current location in 2015. A rep for Meyer’s Union...
2 dead, 10 wounded in Miami shootout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g4gErjNJnE MIAMI — Police say two people are dead and 10 others are wounded following an early morning shooting in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood. The dead include a 20-year-old man...
Queen Elizabeth II refuses seat in the Iron Throne
She prefers her own throne, thank you very much. Queen Elizabeth II declined to sit on the infamous sword-forged seat featured in HBO’s epic fantasy series “Game of Thrones” while...
If you watch one match today, make it Uruguay-Italy
A rundown of the World Cup matches Tuesday, the final games in Groups C and D: Uruguay vs. Italy Noon, ESPN at Nadal Favorite: Uruguay With Costa Rica in, this...
Captain who crashed boat during threesome whines over lost license
He went from King of Beers to Cap‘n Crunch. The kinky captain who drunkenly crashed his love boat while engaged in a three-way sex romp over the weekend won’t be...
Hondo has two for Tuesday
The Reds exploded in the ninth for Hondo on Monday night, bludgeoning the Small Bears to reduce the deficit to 1,455 mazeroskis. Tuesday night: Mr. Aitch will Locke and load...
Daily News predicted 2014 hikes for everything but itself
Six months ago, the Daily News boldly listed five consumer goods that would soar in price in 2014. Its own crummy rag wasn’t one of them. Snooze readers were stunned...
Readers ditch the Daily News for The Post after surprise price hike
Stacks of the Daily News collected dust on the newsstands Monday as the paper better used as fish wrap than for information socked its readers with an ambitious price hike...
Earth to Hillary — she's no Norma Rae
We haven’t learned much new about Hillary Clinton on her book tour except that she mistakes herself for a version of Norma Rae. First, during an interview in her well-appointed...
Kerry returns to Iraq seeking support from Kurdish leader
IRBIL, Iraq — The top US diplomat returned to Iraq on Tuesday for the second day in a row, again trying to convince one of its political leaders that overhaul...
Graduation rates inch up, but many kids still not making grades
The city’s high-school graduation rate rose to 61.3 percent last year, but some schools couldn’t even reach 40 percent. Brooklyn’s Multicultural HS and the International Community HS in The Bronx...
Charlie Rangel-ing for voters
So, it has come to this. On the eve of the most watched congressional primary in the country, the candidates competing to represent upper Manhattan and part of The Bronx...
Time Inc. feels blow after Source files for Chapter 11
One of the country’s largest magazine wholesalers officially went bust on Monday — one month after losing its largest customer. The parent of Source Interlink Distribution, which trucked magazines from...
News Corp to sell Community Newspaper Group to former exec
News Corp said it was selling its 11-paper Community Newspaper Group, which includes the Brooklyn Paper and the Bronx Times Reporter, to a company headed by former News Corp executive...
Match-making site JDate for sale and seeking suitor
Popular match-making web site JDate is on the prowl. Spark Networks, which owns the popular dating site aimed at Jewish singles — as well as ChristianMingle.com, SilverSingles and CatholicMingle —...
60 females, 31 males abducted by Islamic extremists in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Witnesses say Islamic extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women and 31 boys from villages in northeast Nigeria. Security forces denied the kidnappings. Nigeria's government and...
Mark Bozek to succeed Keith Stewart at ShopHQ
Score five for the Clinton Group in its fight for control of ShopHQ’s parent. The ValueVision Media investor got its wish Monday when its slate of five dissident directors joined...
Global-warming skeptic says government manipulated temperature data
Despite the dire predictions of global-warming believers, the United States has actually been cooling since the 1930s, according to a report. Steven Goddard, on his blog, Real Science, charges that...
US elastic border stretching with overweight migrants
The feds are not just being besieged by migrants pouring in from Mexico, they’re dealing with a startling influx of illegal fatties! The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has put...
Merchants of death: ISIS souvenirs hit the market
Hate merchants are peddling hoodies, T-shirts and dolls branded with the logo of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The ghoulish gear is available on the websites of...
New law slams brakes on reckless cabbies
The city will have an easier time yanking the licenses of cabbies who critically injure people through reckless driving, under a new bill signed into law Monday by Mayor de...
Terrorist attack on Iraqi police convoy leaves 81 dead
Militants attacked Iraqi police vehicles transporting inmates, and continued to gain ground in the north and west Monday — as President Obama all but threw in the towel on the...
MTA saves money with $1 surcharge for MetroCard refills
Subway riders have bought millions fewer MetroCards since the MTA added a dollar surcharge on each new card to cut down on the number of cards produced, officials announced Monday....
Daniel Pollack named 'special master' in Argentina-Singer case
A Wall Street lawyer new to the legal battle between hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer and Argentina President Cristina Kirchner is providing the latest plot twist in the long-running drama....
New York regulators may grant BNP Paribas a grace period
BNP Paribas, the French bank being investigated for money laundering for Sudanese agencies and companies, could see some leniency from New York regulators. The state Department of Financial Services, headed...
Construction worker injured at future Whole Foods location
A construction worker was seriously injured Monday morning at the future site of a Whole Foods in Williamsburg, authorities said. The hardhat was working at the site on Bedford Avenue...
Housing project loses mail delivery over broken lock
The postal service hasn’t delivered mail to a Lower East Side housing project in two weeks because someone broke the sorting- room lock — and NYCHA and the USPS are...
Cabby 'plotted double-killing' after daughter ditched arranged marriage
A Brooklyn cabby was so enraged when his daughter ditched her arranged marriage in Pakistan to be with the man she loved that he had the paramour’s relatives killed, prosecutors...
City Council OKs $3.5 million for extra neighborhood cleaning
They want to make New York the city that always sweeps. While the Sanitation Department claims that over 95 percent of the city’s streets are “acceptably clean,” city officials are...
College liberals spurn $10M gift from Koch brothers
They may teach business classes at Brooklyn College, but the school’s liberal leaders have told two of the country’s top businessmen to take their money and shove it because they...
Oasis frontman's child-support deal falls through
A child-support deal between former Oasis front man Liam Gallagher and the mother of his illegitimate daughter fell through on Monday.
Feds probing whether Walters gave stock tips to Mickelson
Federal authorities are seeking information from two companies in connection with the insider-trading investigation involving golfer Phil Mickelson and investor Carl Icahn, a new report says. The investigation is being...
Donald Trump blasts Daily News over 'Central Park 5' article
Donald Trump ranted on Monday that the Daily News begged him to write about the Central Park Five settlement, then blasted him in an article headlined “Donald Wigs Out.” “The...
Rent Guidelines Board enacts NYC's lowest-ever rent hike
The city’s Rent Guidelines Board made history Monday night — enacting the lowest rent hikes since it was formed nearly half a century ago, even as it rejected a freeze recommended...
Joe Biden doesn’t even have a savings account
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden told a White House audience attending a conference on working families that he doesn’t own stocks or even a bank account. “Don’t hold it...
Chris Christie covers a lot of ground on the softball field
Chris Christie gave an earth-shaking performance Monday as he hungrily dived for ground balls while playing third base in a charity softball game at Yankee Stadium. The New Jersey governor...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx ■ A burglar broke into a West Bronx laundry after smashing through a skylight, police said Monday. The suspect crept in through the roof of the Morris Laundromat...
D'Arnaud to rejoin Mets Tuesday
Travis d’Arnaud’s 2 ½-week exile is over. The rookie catcher is expected to rejoin the Mets before Tuesday’s game against Oakland at Citi Field, the club announced. In 15 games...