April 22, 2015
Cops fatally shoot gunman in Queens chase
A man who allegedly fired a gun in a bar — and then at cops — was fatally shot by police in Queens after he led them on a wild...
Mets officially the best team in baseball as win streak hits 10
Now the Mets are in big-boy territory with this winning streak. After six straight seasons of doing almost nothing right, the Mets have entered a bizarro world in which they...
Hillary dusts off old ‘right-wing conspiracy’ nugget to counter book
The “vast right-wing conspiracy” is back. That was the phrase Hillary Clinton herself used to describe the villainous puppet masters behind the Monica Lewinsky scandal back in 1998. And now,...
Freedom of Information Act, my ass(ignment)
I need your help. Please take down this phone number: (301) 763-2135. That’s the direct line to John Thompson, head of the US Census Bureau. I need you to give...
Blink startup eyes NYC market for at-home vision exams
Your list of excuses for not getting a vision test just got shorter. New York-based startup Blink launched a service Thursday that makes house calls to conduct vision exams, eliminating...
Yankees unload on David Price amid snowfall in Detroit
DETROIT — When David Price hits free agency following the season, a person who knows him from his time with Tampa Bay said the former Rays pitcher will prefer signing...
'Flash Crasher' must wear device, surrender passport
The trading mastermind who allegedly helped bring the US stock market to its knees during the 2010 “Flash Crash” was still living with his parents and driving a broken-down car...
Filmmaker's claim she was poisoned by ex amid custody battle prompts criminal probe
A child custody battle between a Brooklyn indie filmmaker and her corporate lawyer-ex has sparked a sequel — a criminal investigation by the Brooklyn DA over claims the movie producer...
Sex offenders' relocation to Greenpoint infuriates residents
Sorry, Brooklyn! A Post report that more than a dozen sex offenders were living in a Manhattan shelter prompted city officials to react — but all they did was move...
Rangers win in OT on Hayes goal, can clinch Friday
PITTSBURGH — The Rangers are on the verge of getting themselves into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and they’ve done so without putting their best game on...
Nets drop Game 2 on symbolic Deron Williams brick
ATLANTA — The Nets found themselves trailing by two with less than 30 seconds to go in Game 2 of their first-round series with the Hawks when Joe Johnson fired...
Buildings Dept. in dire need of new website 'construction'
The city’s Buildings Department has a big repair job on its hands — its own Web site. The site repeatedly crashes or times-out when anyone tries to get information about...
HGTV, Food Network steer clear of edgy content
HGTV owner Scripps Networks likes to keep a clean house. Scripps, which also owns Food Network, Travel Channel and other niche lifestyle channels, said it steers clear of nudity and...
Hamptons home prices see steep decline
Luxury-home sale prices in the Hamptons have plummeted, according to a new market report. They were down 27.7 percent during the first quarter of this year as compared with the...
The world's 8 best museums for badasses
Museums — they shouldn’t be uncharted places you just fib about frequenting while trying to pick up pretty Pratt coeds at bookstores. They can actually be worth a real-life visit,...
We hear ...
... That Alberto “Tico” Mugrabi displayed two of his Andy Warhols at a recent event at The Schumacher, where he bought two triplexes listed for a combined $20 million. He...
Gourmand guru Keith McNally rents his Village townhouse
Restaurateur Keith McNally has his Greenwich Village four-bedroom townhouse at 105 W. 11th St. on the market again, this time as a short-term rental from April to August asking $18,950...
Rent J.P. Morgan's former carriage house for $80K
Rich finance geeks relocating to Manhattan, or those waiting out a costly renovation, might want to check out J.P. Morgan’s former carriage house, now that it is back on the...
Celeb photog Jacob Getz listing $5.5M TriBeCa loft
Photographer Jacob Getz, who has snapped everyone from Lauren Bacall to Madonna, is listing his TriBeCa loft at 81 Walker for $5.5 million. The 5,000-square-foot live/work space comes with 16-foot...
Tom Brady and Gisele rent out NoMad pad in just two days
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen may have the magic touch when it comes to real estate. They rented their stunning 3,310-square-foot apartment at One Madison after it was only listed...
This outer-boro locale could be NYC's next big neighborhood
Strolling through Ridgewood, Queens, one doesn’t get a sense right away that change is imminent. The main commercial corridors crisscrossing the neighborhood — Seneca, Myrtle and Fresh Pond avenues —...
When bootleggers and Baptists team Up
Smoking, said King James I in 1604, is “loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs.” Three years later he planted a...
Washington's big bailout botch
It will be at least until summer before a verdict in Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s $40 billion lawsuit over the Federal Reserve’s seizure of AIG. But already the smirk has been...
Iran gets arrogant
What a difference a presidency makes. Eight years ago, Muhammad Javad Zarif — now Iran’s foreign minister, but at the time its UN ambassador — penned a New York Times...
Still crazy after all these years
A federal judge began hearings Wednesday to determine if John Hinckley Jr., who nearly killed President Ronald Reagan in 1981, should get “convalescent leave” — near-unlimited freedom. It’s likely months...
Loubitins on the ground
Facing an onslaught of online criticism, the US Army seems to be beating a hasty retreat from its role in campus events that saw uniformed ROTC cadets marching in bright...
Green v. red
With his rebranding of Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s all-green PlaNYC into a new OneNYC focused more on reducing inequality, Mayor de Blasio has implicitly recognized an important truth: Environmentalism is a...
Swedish cops on vacation break up subway fight
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Rain, wind divert Newark-bound flight to Boston
A plane from Paris to Newark ended up being diverted to Boston because of the windy, wet weather on Wednesday afternoon. The Delta Flight 271 made the unscheduled stop at...
Neighbors tangled in lawsuit over competing noise complaints
This Upper West Side condo needs a lesson in pianissimo. Concert pianist Laura Leon, who practices scales in her ninth-floor apartment at 327 Central Park West, says her upstairs neighbor...
Group of 1,300 diehard Mets fans plans to 'invade' Yankee Stadium
"The 7 Line” will be running to Yankee Stadium this weekend. A crew of 1,300 Mets fans — known as The 7 Line Army for the subway that runs to...
How Eric LeGrand made 'believers' out of the Red Bulls
Athletes constantly talk about fighting through adversity, but few have faced more or fought their way through more than Eric LeGrand. And this week, the Red Bulls have given the...
MTA may stop allowing political ads on subways, buses
The MTA is considering a ban on political or opinion ads, which bring in less revenue and create costly legal issues, The Post has learned. A Manhattan federal judge ruled...
NFL Draft's top tight end has strong Giants lineage
What Brian Williams remembers about that day, 26 years ago, is all of it, but mostly, where he was and who he was with when he heard the news: With...
‘Montage of Heck’ a soaring, sobering tribute to Kurt Cobain
"Look through my things and figure me out,” Kurt Cobain once wrote in a note to an early girlfriend. Director Brett Morgen (“The Kid Stays in the Picture”) follows that...
'Dangerous' volcano erupts for first time in 42 years
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's Calbuco volcano has erupted for the first time in more than 42 years, and Chilean authorities have ordered the evacuation of the few thousand people living...
Taxi king to be sued by state for 'basic disregard' of cabbies' rights
Taxi king Gene Freidman will be hit with a lawsuit on Thursday from the state attorney general for violating cabbies’ rights and breaching a previous settlement, The Post has learned....
Smokey the lamb is back on the farm — and he’s doing ‘great’
One month after Smokey the lamb was spotted dining al fresco at Five Leaves restaurant in Greenpoint, the orphaned barnyard animal is back on the farm from whence he came...
Islanders ready to dust off Grabovski to revive offense
There have been broken sticks that have led to Washington goals and a pair of injured defensemen whose absences have made the series more difficult, but for the Islanders to...
How Paris Hilton’s Chihuahua changed the world forever
Before there was Giggy or Choupette, before there was Grumpy Cat or Boo, there was Tinkerbell. On Tuesday, Paris Hilton posted an Instagram of herself holding the special Chihuahua, revealing...
Madman found not guilty of attempted murder in brutal cop stabbing
A police union chief was outraged and a cop’s wife left in tears as a Manhattan jury on Wednesday cleared a Harlem madman of attempted murder for stabbing the cop...
Matt Harvey has sprained ankle -- but won't skip Subway Series
Sore left ankle and all, Matt Harvey will get the ball Saturday against the Yankees in The Bronx. The Mets ace received reassuring news Wednesday, when an examination by team...
The Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan museum is the worst idea ever
So, two hipsters in Williamsburg opened a “museum” in the hallway of their apartment, dedicated to having a laugh at the antics of Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, whose intense...
Paragliding photographer's amazing shots of zebras, the desert and a shipwreck in Namibia
See spectacular aerial views of sand, surf and wildlife.
6 posh alternatives to the boring pantsuit
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has long been known as the queen of the pantsuit. And although Mrs. Clinton favors more monochromatic styles, that doesn’t mean your professional look needs to...
Cowboys star gets 10-game ban for abusing girlfriend 4 times
The Dallas Cowboys made a splash by signing defensive end Greg Hardy in free agency. Unfortunately for them, Hardy won't be available until later in the season. The team was...
Russell Crowe makes a splash with ‘The Water Diviner’
"I filled their heads with nonsense — God and king and country,” says Russell Crowe bitterly as the grieving father of slain soldiers in this World War I drama. “The...
Courteney Cox’s directorial debut is a bland, 'Garden State' retread
Courteney Cox’s directorial debut “Just Before I Go” is a “Garden State” retread in which filthy jokes gradually cede ground to sentimental slush. Seann William Scott plays a suicidal man...
Travolta's 'Forger' a predictable by-the-numbers thriller
John Travolta wearily plays a master art forger who undertakes the proverbial “one last job" for the benefit of his dying son in Philip Martin’s soggy, strictly by-the-numbers crime thriller....
Faith-based WWII drama ‘Little Boy’ is anything but miraculous
Suggested answer to those who wonder why there aren’t more Christian-themed options at the multiplex: The films being made aren’t very good. “Little Boy,” a cloying 1940s drama whose honey-hued...
Nick Kroll's 'Adult Beginners' is a pleasant but forgettable comedy
Coming off somewhere between an extended sitcom pilot and a first-draft screenplay, Ross Katz’ sentimental comedy showcases Comedy Central star Nick Kroll as a 40-ish man-boy who discovers you can...
'Misery Loves Comedy' doc is a little too light
Given the title — and its being dedicated to Robin Williams — you’d think Kevin Pollak’s documentary “Misery Loves Comedy” would just jump right in with the question: What do...
Islanders after Visnovsky KO: 'We can throw those hits, too'
The Islanders will be in Washington for Game 5, still fuming about the hit by the Capitals' Tom Wilson that knocked Lubomir Visnovsky out of Tuesday’s loss -- and quite...
Fugitive who escaped prison in 1976 turns himself in
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Frail and tired of leading a secret life for four decades, 66-year-old Clarence David Moore called police this week to surrender. The deputy who answered thought it...
The day in photos
A volcano erupts over Chile, the White House celebrates "Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day," animals keep cool in sweltering Bangkok and more.
Pope gets special treatment from NFL, Jets owner doesn't
Pope Francis is so powerful, he can cause the almighty NFL to change its schedule. As for Jets owner Woody Johnson? He doesn't have that kind of sway. With the Pope...
Brassard backs up Game 4 boast with Rangers' tying goal
PITTSBURGH — The pseudo-guarantee would not exactly have made Joe Namath proud, but the performance backing it up would have. On Wednesday morning before Game 4 of the Rangers’ first-round...
What hints do Waka Flocka Flame’s lyrics give about his presidential platform?
In perhaps the most head-scratching moment of the looming 2016 presidential election thus far, rapper Waka Flocka Flame told Rolling Stone on Monday that he would be entering the race....
Activist stops swim in poop-tainted NYC canal over health concerns
He was in over his head! A clean-water activist who planned to swim nearly two miles of the poop- and tar-tainted Gowanus Canal on Wednesday was forced to stop early,...
Henpecked husband calls 911 to get cops to take away wife: sources
A henpecked husband in Brooklyn placed a series of 911 calls to report phony crimes in the hopes that police would haul away his nagging wife, but he was instead...
Car crashes through bank window in Manhattan
https://twitter.com/NYPD19Pct/status/590929453934579712/photo/1 A car flew through the storefront window of a Manhattan bank Wednesday, officials said. The white SUV suddenly reversed around 1 p.m. at Third-Avenue near East 85th Street, striking...
Hondo swears by Price
Hondo completed his golden sombrero Tuesday night, whiffing with the Dodgers for a fourth straight futile investment that expanded his deficit to 225 hutchinsons. Hondo swears by PriceWednesday night: If...
Rajon Rondo's rock bottom? Benched for Felton
Rajon Rondo isn’t helping the Mavericks or his future. Rondo has spent most of his time in Dallas in coach Rick Carlisle’s doghouse -- including an on-court blowup that led...
Coins, needles, bolts removed from stomach of man with 'weird habit'
This story is hard to swallow! An Indian man complaining of a stomachache paid a visit to a hospital, where doctors discovered 140 coins, 150 needles and several nuts, bolts...
Ex-Auschwitz guard gives chilling details on death camp
Holocaust survivors testified against Oskar Groening, who is being tried on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder, related to a period between May and July 1944 when around 425,000 Jews from...
First draft of ‘The Breakfast Club’ script found in high school
It was kinda like finding the Dead Sea Scrolls of Generation X. A first draft of the script for “The Breakfast Club” was discovered this spring at the suburban Chicago...
Finally, a Mayweather-Pacquiao contract -- and $7K tickets
The wait for Mayweather-Pacquiao is (officially) almost over. On Wednesday, an 11th-hour contract dispute between Top Rank, Mayweather Promotions and the MGM Grand was successfully mediated by CBS Corporation president...
Why MTV's new talk show is going to fail
You gotta wonder why they bother. MTV on Tuesday announced its latest entry into the talk-show arena, something called the “Middle of the Night Show,” which will be hosted by...
Transgender model Andreja Pejic lands major beauty contract
Andreja Pejic, a transgender model who has modeled clothes for Jeremy Scott, Thom Browne and Marc Jacobs, has just been declared the face of Make Up For Ever. Meanwhile, Gap...
Police rescue unconscious man trapped in burning SUV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdbYJlZ6uMc MESQUITE, Texas — Two Dallas-area police officers saved an unconscious man trapped in a burning SUV in a dramatic rescue captured on patrol car video. Mesquite police Officers Ryan...
Thunder fire Scott Brooks; Ollie or Donovan next?
The Thunder fired coach Scott Brooks on Wednesday, opening up one of the most coveted jobs in the NBA. The Thunder, who made the Finals under Brooks in 2012, missed...
Sir’Dominic Pointer named best local player
Sir’Dominic Pointer will be given the proper send-off. The graduating St. John’s senior, whose all-around brilliant play led the team to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in four...
8 out-of-control parties that left thousands in damage
Three University of Michigan fraternity members are still paying for their winter-break festivities in the worst way possible. They’ve spent this week appearing in court facing criminal charges for hosting...
Jets schedule breakdown: Light travel and 'exciting' new feud
The NFL announced the 2015 season schedule on Tuesday night. Here are some thoughts and observations about the Jets’ schedule: Home again The Jets will start the season at home...
Bernie Williams is re-signing with Yankees, so he can retire
Nine years after he played his last game, Bernie Williams officially will retire Friday at Yankee Stadium. Williams, whose last season was 2006, will sign retirement papers before the Yankees...
5 reasons you should book a flight to Puerto Rico right now
I’ll admit it: I was a little late to the Puerto Rico game. Thankfully, due to Snowmageddon this year, I finally cottoned on to our cousin in the Caribbean. Now...
Crooks drilled hole through vault in $300M jewel heist
Ocean’s 14? In a heist befitting another “Ocean’s 11” sequel, crafty crooks bored a massive hole to raid an apparently not-so-safe deposit center in London — making off with more...
David Spade spoofs ESPN reporter Britt McHenry's rant
In a parody of ESPN reporter Britt McHenry's infamous towing-lot rant, David Spade rips into an employee over the status of his Ford Focus. The comedian berates the staffer in the...
The Angels can't get their story straight on Josh Hamilton
The Josh Hamilton saga has taken another strange twist. The embattled slugger and addict admitted having an alcohol and cocaine relapse this past offseason, and is currently rehabbing from shoulder...
Jameis' crab legs 'explanation' elicits Harbaugh advice
As part of his preparation for this month’s NFL Draft, Florida State quarterback and potential No. 1 overall pick Jameis Winston trained not only on the football field but also in the...
Transgender teen 'humiliated at DMV' settles over license photo
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A transgender South Carolina teenager has settled a lawsuit challenging the state Department of Motor Vehicles' policy governing a person's choice to take a driver's license photo...
Man hauls minivan on back of tricycle
Sometimes when you want a job done right, even if it's illegal, you gotta do it yourself. A driver in China was spotted hauling an entire mini-van on the back...
Hillary's campaign issues memo to combat critical book
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign cranked out a three-page memo of talking points coaching allies how to respond to a new book’s charges that as secretary of state, she did favors...
IRS' overloaded phone system hung up on over 8M taxpayers
WASHINGTON — The IRS' overloaded phone system hung up on more than 8 million taxpayers this filing season as the agency cut millions of dollars from taxpayer services. For those...
Bourbon theft ring networked at softball games
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bourbon theft ring targeting the Buffalo Trace and Wild Turkey distilleries operated for years as a lucrative business, involving tens of thousands of dollars in whiskey, and...
Giants schedule breakdown: A fast start needed
The Giants, for the third time in the past four years, will open their season against the Cowboys. The Giants, just as they did last year, close out their season...
Heating equipment falls, smashes worker's leg in Manhattan
A hunk of heating equipment fell from a ceiling at a work site in Midtown and smashed a worker's leg, breaking it in two places. The man has been rushed...
Man frustrated with computer cited after shooting it 8 times
https://twitter.com/csgazette/status/590600293848588291 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- For killing the source of his frustration and abandoning the body in an alley, a Colorado man could be considered lucky for just receiving a...
Marco Rubio reaches out to gay conservatives
Marco Rubio, the youthful Republican presidential hopeful who touts himself as the candidate of his party's future, has been making moves to court a socially liberal faction of his party...
Iraqi tribesmen split from ISIS, now battle their former allies
MAKHMOUR, Iraq — When Islamic State militants swept across northern Iraq last summer, the Sunni al-Lehib tribe welcomed them as revolutionaries fighting the Shiite-led government in Baghdad. But less than a...
'Better Homes and Gardens' publisher lays off dozens
Meredith, the publisher of Family Circle and Better Homes and Gardens, has laid off about 100 employees across its magazine, digital and broadcast properties, the company announced Tuesday. Meredith said...
Woman sentenced for shooting at McDonald's that forgot her burger's bacon -- twice!
A Michigan woman has been sentenced to three to seven years in prison for opening fire at a McDonald's restaurant after workers twice failed to put bacon on her burgers.
Don't call her a finger painter!
Zaria Forman meticulously creates large-scale, photorealistic chalk landscapes with her fingers. Just don't refer to her craft as "finger painting": That is one thing she can't stand. You can find out...
'I feel like a tourist': Inside poor students' Ivy League isolation
The bustling green quad, iconic buildings and blue sky that dot Columbia University’s campus oozed with the carefree vibes that characterize the quintessential first real day of spring at college...
Ike Davis may have missed his major-league calling
The Los Angeles Angels had a pretty easy time against Oakland pitching — until they faced first baseman Ike Davis. The Angels walloped the A's 14-1 on Tuesday night, but...
330-pound stingray swims up to free diver, nibbles his head
This is the moment a giant 330-pound stingray had a “nibble” on a Perth freediver’s head off Rottnest Island on Australia's west coast. Documentary filmmaker and diver Johnny Debnam, 29,...
Feds, AIG to present closing arguments in bailout trial
One of the most spectacular trials coming out of the 2008 financial crisis is expected to get one step closer to the end on Wednesday when the US government and...
9 reasons why Chloë Sevigny really is that cool
In 1994, the New Yorker declared Chloë Sevigny, then 19, “the coolest girl in the world.” Twenty-one years later, the title still holds — and the actress/designer/style icon has...
Clinton's campaign is all in the family - except for Bill
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton's granddaughter, Charlotte, is a symbol of the future. Clinton's late parents offer lessons about hard work and resiliency. Her own daughter, Chelsea, gives voters a...
Obama again won't call 1915 Armenian massacre a 'genocide'
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will once again stop short of calling the 1915 massacre of Armenians a genocide, prompting anger and disappointment from those who have been pushing him to...
Scientists say shipwreck's 170-year-old champagne tastes like 'wet hair'
Remember the scientists who sampled 170-year-old beer recovered from a shipwreck off the coast of Finland? Well, everyone’s favorite booze-guzzling researchers are back and this time they are testing champagne...
Drone with radioactive sign found on Japanese PM's office roof
A drone marked with a radioactive sign was found on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office on Wednesday and media said it tested positive for a "minuscule"...
Extremist thwarts own attack after accidentally shooting himself
PARIS -- An Islamic extremist with an arsenal of loaded guns was only prevented from opening fire on Sunday morning churchgoers because he accidentally shot himself, French officials said. The...
Saudi Arabia halts month-long airstrikes in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's capital, Sanaa, was calm overnight and into Wednesday morning after Saudi Arabia declared an end to its month-long airstrikes targeting Yemen's Iran-backed Shiite rebels and their...
'Schoolyard bully' New Zealand PM apologizes for pulling waitress's ponytail
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key apologized on Wednesday for pulling the ponytail of a waitress who accused him of bullying, media reported. The unnamed waitress in an Auckland cafe...
NYPD in hot pursuit of 'fugitive' coyote in Manhattan
This menacing coyote terrorized dog walkers and other parkgoers in upper Manhattan early Wednesday — prompting city officials to give New Yorkers a crash course on surviving the increasing encounters....
Italy: Refugee camps in Africa would stop flow of migrants
Italy pressed the European Union on Wednesday to devise concrete, robust steps to stop the deadly tide of migrants on smugglers' boats in the Mediterranean, including setting up refugee camps...
Protests erupt in Baltimore after man's police-custody death
BALTIMORE — Amid tears and cries for justice, demonstrators poured into the streets of Baltimore carrying signs emblazoned with the name of a man who died from a spinal injury...
'Football is coming:' Plans for NFL stadium near LA approved
CARSON, Calif.— A local City Council on Tuesday night unanimously voted to clear the path for a proposed $1.7 billion stadium near Los Angeles that could become the shared home...
Video shows defiant Tsarnaev as feds argue for death penalty
[theplatform account="4uMbOC" media="media/guid/2389494712/4xw58dWk26fbMZDQhEOdsFmCenaHaEY6" player="gm_EJGhnGLiu"]The unrepentant bastard has pure contempt for America. Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev flipped the bird to a jailhouse security camera in a damning video played for jurors...
Sheriff: Aaron Hernandez treating jail 'like training camp'
The sheriff who had former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez in custody for more than 18 months said Tuesday that he's a master manipulator and will probably do fine...
Astorino opens NYC office to lure businesses to Westchester
In a shot across the bow of Mayor de Blasio, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino is opening an office in Midtown in a bid to lure away New York City...
'Shooter's testimony, selfie sends bus victim's widow to tears
The Brooklyn teen on trial in the fatal shooting last year of an innocent man on a city bus took the stand Tuesday, causing his victim’s widow to flee the...
Shelter that housed bar 'rapist' ousts dozens of sex offenders
The Kips Bay men’s shelter that was home to serial sex fiend Rodney Stover before he allegedly raped a woman in a bar bathroom has booted all of its Level...
Judge tosses student's 'anti-male' suit against Columbia
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit by a Columbia University student who alleged the institution has an “anti-male” bias and was pressured by campus women’s groups into...
De Blasio aims to reduce waste by 3 million tons by 2030
Mayor De Blasio will enact a sweeping new plan to tackle the city’s trash problem and drastically restructure home-recycling programs in an effort to reduce waste exports from 3.6 million...
Islanders call out Capitals ‘idiot’ who annihilated Visnovsky
An already depleted Islanders defense was dealt another blow in the second period of Tuesday’s 2-1 overtime loss to the Capitals, when Lubomir Visnovsky had to leave the game after...
Marlins owner doing 'manager' homework on Wally Backman
The Marlins’ visit to Citi Field last week turned into a fact-finding mission of sorts for team owner Jeffrey Loria. According to a baseball source, Loria quizzed people who know...
'The Blacklist' has a blast in Queens
“The Blacklist” is blowing up in Queens. The makers of the NBC’s hit drama filmed an explosive scene at a factory building in Glendale on Monday — setting off a...
As Beltran struggles, Chris Young could be answer for Yankees
DETROIT — It’s all relative, right? Last August, the Mets paid Chris Young seven figures to go away, figuring they were better off giving their left-field starts to younger guys...
Hit-and-run driver kills woman around the corner from her home
A woman was killed around the corner from her Brooklyn home in a hit-and-run early Tuesday, cops said. Sidney Ramsarup, 35, was walking on East 108th Street near Glenwood Road...
Girardi: No special dugout plans for A-Rod's 660
DETROIT — Joe Girardi can’t predict the reaction from Alex Rodriguez’s teammates whenever Rodriguez ties Willie Mays for fourth place on the all-time home run list at 660. Rodriguez is...
Rich and fabulous fuming over rule to curb Hamptons helicopter travel
Well-to-do Hamptons habitués may have to suffer the indignity of Long Island Expressway traffic this summer. A group of helicopter companies that whisk the rich and fabulous to the East...
Eric Schneiderman’s suit against Trump headed to court
All of Donald Trump’s bluster about weak evidence and political opportunism wasn’t enough to keep him out of court over claims that he’s running a fly-by-night real-estate school. A Manhattan...
100-carat diamond makes auction history with $22M sale
A massive white diamond went for more than $22 million in New York on Tuesday, in one of the biggest auction sales in jewelry history. The emerald-cut diamond, mined by...
FDNY 'rescues' fire truck stuck in sinkhole
A fire engine had to be rescued in Brooklyn on Tuesday. The stuck truck was parked on the street outside Brookdale Hospital in East Flatbush when a 15-foot-deep sinkhole opened...
No one laughing at 'resilient, determined' Mets' 90-win goal now
The Mets came up with a new catcher and their third No. 2 hitter in the 14th game of the season. That didn’t stop them from winning their ninth straight,...
Islanders' OT killer shows what makes Stanley Cup playoffs so special
These are the games that allow you to explain, in no uncertain terms, why the Stanley Cup playoffs are just ... different, why they keep you awake until deep into...
Kevin Plawecki's dazzling Mets debut started with d'Arnaud tips
Mets manager Terry Collins put it very bluntly. “You bring a prospect to the big leagues, they play,” Collins said. So Kevin Plawecki, summoned after Travis d’Arnaud suffered a fractured...
Killer impersonated his victim to get sex from ex: DA
A Brooklyn man on trial in the murder of his ex’s new boyfriend sent text messages to her saying, “Just forget about me” from the dead man’s phone so she...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Three suspects robbed and assaulted a man in the lobby of a University Heights apartment building, cops said. The trio approached and attacked the 38-year-old victim in the...
Topless women posing with underage kids in Times Square
Topless babes at the Crossroads of the World are targeting underage tourists as young as 14 to have photos taken with them for cash — raising howls from the kids’...