May 11, 2015
De Blasio splits town as violent crime soars
He’s on the road again. As violent crime soars in the Big Apple, Mayor Bill de Blasio has far more pressing matters to deal with — touting his progressive agenda...
American Pharoah has given Justin Zayat a 'surreal' week
Justin Zayat, racing manager of American Pharoah, will be keeping a periodic diary leading up to the Preakness on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. As a senior at NYU,...
Clients to fight back against 'prostitution'-like nail salons
Getting a mani-pedi has suddenly lost its gloss. Scores of New York City women say they are disgusted that many nail salons pay their workers next to nothing, and vowed...
Is Patriots' fill-in QB ready to be the next Tom Brady?
The Patriots have not opened a season with a starting quarterback other than Tom Brady since 2001 when Drew Bledsoe was the man. If Brady’s suspension stands, that streak is...
Cubs tee off on deGrom, but Syndergaard's day has come
CHICAGO — Jacob deGrom’s kind of town wouldn’t have a Wrigley Field in it. For the second time in as many career starts at the Friendly Confines the Mets right-hander...
Council plan would limit changing hotels into apartments
Not content with trying to decriminalize criminality, the City Council is poised to usurp ULURP — the imperfect but indispensable land-use review procedure that’s been the rule book for city...
Woody Johnson's wife captures Jets' Brady elation with one emoji
Suzanne Johnson probably summed up the way a lot of Jets fans were feeling about the Tom Brady suspension. The wife of owner Woody Johnson tweeted a link to a...
Fox ad boss: Stay away from 'crappy online video'
Fox ad boss Toby Byrne warned a room of media agencies and their clients to choose Fox’s premium content across its many platforms and stay away from “crappy online video.”...
NY excited for Rangers' Game 7, and ticket prices prove it
A hot ticket, indeed. The Rangers-Capitals second-round playoff series has seen ticket prices soar in anticipation of Wednesday’s Game 7 at the Garden, according to data provided by Ticket IQ....
Cops deployed to take back Central Park
A rash of nighttime robberies, including one by a roving gang, has the NYPD stepping up patrols of Central Park — as the department also battles an alarming rise in...
Normally strong first quarter yields poor results for pay TV
Cord cutting has reached its tipping point, as evidenced by the first first-quarter loss of subscribers in pay-TV history. And that was enough for analyst Craig Moffett to declare “the...
Senior and disabled tenants may lose rent subsidies
Nearly 10 percent of 61,000 New York City seniors and disabled residents receiving special rent subsidies could lose them because of a bureaucratic bungle, officials disclosed Monday. The officials said...
McDonagh, Ovechkin: Polar opposites provide Game 7 inspiration
Captain on captain, they brought it on Sunday, did the Rangers’ proud, stoic leader Ryan McDonagh and the Caps’ proud, fiery leader Alex Ovechkin, each in his own way the...
Ed Sheeran's streaming success boosts Warner Music Group
’Tween hearthrob Ed Sheeran helped Warner Music Group hit a digital milestone in its latest quarter. The company, owned by billionaire Len Blavatnik, saw streaming music revenue from its recorded...
New Yorkers cherish sun as temps expected to reach 90
New Yorkers, including this office worker in Bryant Park, shed their coats — and shoes, and even socks — Monday to bask in the dog days of spring as temps...
Petition under way for Yogi Berra to receive Freedom Medal
He deserves America’s highest honor for his Yogi-isms alone! Yankees legend and Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra should be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, according to an online...
Wake up to the truth about JOLTS numbers
Are there really millions of job openings in the US economy today? I’ll get to the point: probably not nearly as many as the government contends. Tuesday morning the Labor...
It's official: You can't avoid millennials at work
The Lena Dunham generation has taken over. The millennial generation, or 18- to 34-year-olds, now make up the largest slice of the US workforce, according to a report. At the...
Judge rules against Japanese bank Nomura in subprime trial
A federal judge ruled against the Japanese bank Nomura on Monday, saying it lied about mortgage-backed securities that it sold to Uncle Sam during the run-up to the financial crisis...
Macy's vet approved for Children's Place board seat
The activist shareholders in the Children’s Place proxy battle won an important round on Monday when proxy advisory firm ISS, endorsed one of their two board candidates. ISS recommended Macy’s...
Lumber Liquidators' insurers want out amid scandal
Lumber Liquidators’ fight against claims its China-sourced laminate flooring contained unsafe levels of formaldehyde could get a lot tougher. Many of the retailer’s product liability insurance carriers are refusing to...
Yanks hit homer after homer to finally get CC first win
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — With his first win of the season secured, CC Sabathia stood inside the door to the Yankees’ clubhouse and waited to fist bump those who helped...
Plans show Nordstrom Tower may be tallest building in NYC
New design drawings of the planned Nordstrom Tower were leaked on Monday, showing the residential high-rise plans have shot past 1 World Trade Center’s 1,776-foot height — which would make...
'Painted Rocks' explores rocky race relations in South Africa
South African playwright Athol Fugard has spent nearly six decades exploring his country’s bitter divides. It’s not that everybody suddenly reconciles in his new play, “The Painted Rocks at Revolver...
Elephant family welcomes new baby into their clan
Apparently, humans are not the only ones who come together to celebrate the birth of a new child in the family. As this amazingly cute video from One Green Planet...
The best playoff beards grown by superstitious Rangers fans
Meet the face of victory. Diehard Rangers fanatics are growing their facial hair until the team is knocked out of postseason play or wins the Stanley Cup, in keeping with...
The truly dirty secret of New York's nail salons
Manicures and pedicures aren’t usually news or fodder for commentary, but a blockbuster New York Times report has made them a compelling issue. “The Price of Nice Nails” catalogued the...
The wrong time for Bill de Blasio's road show
Real leaders see opportunities, and take them. Bill de Blasio, blinkered, goes to Iowa. Even as Preet Bharara rips one more huge hole in New York’s political power structure —...
Obama's lonely 'Arab Summit'
Ever since he decided to chase the mirage of a “Grand Bargain” with Iran, President Obama has pretended that the only opposition comes from Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and “hardline”...
Greens' ridiculous 'feminist' assault on fracking
Speaking at the University of Pittsburgh last month, green activist Sandra Steingraber declared fracking a “feminist issue” — and in nearly the same breath, declared that in the energy sector,...
51 cops killed: The grim news on 2014
Each year during National Police Week, which began Sunday, the FBI releases preliminary statistics of police officers killed in the line of duty. The figures for 2014 are bad news....
Skelos had to go -- but Preet Bharara still has plenty to do
About time. A week after US Attorney Preet Bharara nabbed Dean Skelos for influence-selling, the state Senate Republicans on Monday finally forced him to quit as their leader. The move...
Bratton had better make sure Central Park crime is an 'aberration'
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton sure sounded confident Monday as he addressed the day’s ugly news on crime. What’s more important is what he does about it. The weekend’s mini-crime wave...
Brady's new rep as a lying cheat hurts worse than 4-game ban
It is more than more probable than not that Tom Brady has no one to blame but himself for the earth-shaking four-game suspension hammered on him Monday by Roger Goodell's...
Picasso painting sets world record at auction
Collectors with money to burn set world records at Christie’s in Midtown on Monday as two works of art fetched astronomical amounts on the auction block. The records started falling...
These Brooklyn twins are designing sunglasses for Prince and Beyoncé
When Prince made a rare TV appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in November to perform with funk-rock trio 3rdEyeGirl, he looked every bit a rock star with a big Afro,...
Why Robert Kraft is Deflategate's biggest loser
Tom Brady will survive this just fine. Football players always reach the other side of on-field scandal differently than other athletes do. Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were caught red-handed...
Eli on Brady: You do the crime, you gotta do the time
He has followed the Deflategate story just like everyone else, but with a more personal interest than most. After all, Eli Manning makes his living throwing a football and has...
The inn crowd: Visit these 8 hotels owned by notable New Yorkers
Some of New York’s boldest-faced names lead semi-secret double lives. In addition to their day jobs as restaurateurs and record executives, actors and artists, interior designers and intrepid entrepreneurs, they...
Hotel face-off Dubai: Four Seasons vs. Ritz-Carlton
A posh debut and a luxe reinvention on Dubai’s opulent Gulf coast. FOUR SEASONS DUBAI AT JUMEIRAH BEACH The lure: Launched in December as part of a trio of Four...
Shell clears major government hurdle for Arctic drilling
Royal Dutch Shell's Arctic drilling program has cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle to begin drilling for oil and gas off Alaska's northwestern coast this summer.
Read the scolding letters NFL sent to Brady, Patriots
The NFL on Monday suspended Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady for the first four games of the upcoming season for his role in a scheme to deflate footballs used in...
The day in photos
Dogs get dapper, a volcano heats up Chile and more.
'Wayward Pines' is a stylish, well-acted thrill ride
"The more you see, the less anything makes sense in this town.” By the time friendly barkeep Beverly (Juliette Lewis) says that to Secret Service agent Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon),...
'Empire' expands to 18 episodes for second season
Terrence Howard’s other Fox show, “Empire,” will return in the fall (and not in January, when it premiered earlier this year). Fox announced Monday that Season Two of the hip-hop...
CBS renews 15 series -- but not long-running 'CSI'
CBS has renewed 15 of its series for next season — but missing from the list is long-running crime procedural “CSI.” The network has not confirmed the fate of the franchise...
Jeff Van Gundy: Playoff games with hacking worse than reruns
Warning: The NBA playoffs have been infiltrated by hackers. Intentional fouls are being committed at an alarming rate, turning what should be the league’s most entertaining month into a sometimes...
Deflategate verdict: Tom Brady banned 4 games, Pats lose picks
The NFL deflated Tom Brady’s reputation and paycheck Monday. The league came down stunningly hard on the star quarterback and the Patriots for the Deflategate scandal, banning Brady for the...
Selma Blair cast as Kris Jenner in FX's OJ Simpson miniseries
Selma Blair has been cast as Kris Jenner in FX’s upcoming miniseries “American Crime Story: The People V. OJ Simpson.” Jenner was divorced from OJ pal Robert Kardashian at the...
Yankees don't even need Tanaka for AL East's best rotation
The Yankees have plenty of rotation problems, yet they have the fewest in the AL East. Their starting pitching is not a strength, but what does it mean to winning...
Bette Midler is adding to your Rangers' Game 7 angst
Who's to blame for the Rangers and Capitals being forced to wait an extra day to conclude their playoff series? Why, none other than Bette Midler, of course. Midler is scheduled...
Lil' Kim's ex gets life in prison for ordering six murders
Notorious Bedford-Stuyvesant drug kingpin Damion "World" Hardy, 40, who dated Lil' Kim and feuded with Mike Tyson, was banished to prison for the rest of his days on Monday along...
Judge gives homeless, addicts second chance through running
Three times a week, 10 to 15 runners meet at 5:45 a.m. for a five- to six-mile run through downtown Los Angeles. The route doesn’t wind through the picturesque Hollywood...
Giacomin knows how Game 7 loss can dent Lundqvist's legacy
Before the name of Henrik Lundqvist was chanted by the Garden faithful, there was Eddie Giacomin. And Giacomin knows well how important it is to a goaltender’s legacy to win...
Jury finds Starbucks isn't liable in officer's spilled-coffee suit
RALEIGH, N.C. — A jury in North Carolina ruled Monday that Starbucks is not liable for damages after a Raleigh police officer said he suffered third-degree burns from a cup...
Cop heroically stops suicidal man from jumping off bridge
A veteran Port Authority cop stopped a suicidal man from jumping off the Outerbridge Crossing early Monday, authorities said. The man "had one foot over [the railing] when [Officer Paul...
Prince's 'Baltimore' lacks inspiration and other music reviews
In this week’s new releases, Prince protest track misses the mark, Snoop Dogg’s singing falls short and David Duchovny launches his music career with a dud. Here’s our roundup. Prince...
This woman says pole dancing saved her life
Depressed, overweight and in debt, Kerry Derham was at rock bottom when she attempted suicide by cutting her wrists at just 24 years old. One year later, Derham had dropped...
John Flanagan replaces Skelos as NY Senate majority leader
ALBANY — The fractured state Senate elected Long Island Republican John Flanagan as its new majority leader Monday, moments after embattled Dean Skelos finally agreed to step aside to deal...
Getting your mom drunk was the hot Mother’s Day gift this year
What did you get your mother this Mother’s Day? Flowers? A yoga Groupon? Well, too bad, because the trendiest gift this Mother’s Day was a hangover. Taking your mom out to...
Upscale stores try 'smart' mirrors to help customers shop
Imagine a fitting room with a "smart" mirror that suggests jeans to go with the red shirt you brought in. It snaps a video so you can compare the image...
Inside Phil Jackson's special bond with the Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir won’t recommend whether Phil Jackson take Karl-Anthony Towns or Jahlil Okafor in the NBA Draft, but he reminded Knicks fans they have a figure in...
Brian Williams MIA during NBC ad upfront presentation
Country superstar Dolly Parton and NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt performed at the peacock network’s upfront presentation for advertisers on Monday — and there was barely a peep about NBC...
Mother says son accused in police killings was drug addict
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — One of two brothers accused of fatally shooting two police officers has mental problems and is addicted to drugs, appearing high in photos after he was arrested,...
'Dead Man Walking' nun says Boston bomber feels remorse
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers rested their case Monday in their bid to save him from execution after death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean testified that Tsarnaev expressed genuine sorrow for the...
'Mad Men' delivers Betty a shocking fate
Warning: Spoilers ahead. During a press junket for “Mad Men” earlier this year, actress January Jones said she burst into tears when she saw Betty Draper’s Ossining, NY, kitchen in...
Rangers on notice: Capitals coach backs Ovechkin's guarantee
The statements will color everything that happens on Wednesday, whether that was Alex Ovechkin’s intention or not. The Capitals captain made himself a Mark Messier-like guarantee after losing Game 6...
George Zimmerman wounded in 'road rage' shooting
George Zimmerman was injured in a road rage incident Monday, when a man he threatened with a gun responded by firing his own weapon at the former neighborhood watchman’s car....
Massive uptick in NYC shootings
The number of shootings in the city is sky-rocketing -- a worrisome trend that Police Commissioner Bill Bratton blamed on career criminals and increased gang activity at a press conference...
Anna Wintour’s not happy about those Met Ball selfies
The Met Ball’s social media ban was well-known, to attendants and fans alike, before last week’s main event — but that doesn’t mean celebs weren’t secretly snapping selfies. And those...
4 undrafted rookies impressed Giants enough for contract
Last weekend’s Giants rookie mini-camp turned out to be extremely beneficial to four players who impressed the coaching staff and were signed to contracts as a result of their work...
Geraldo Rivera, wife buy $5.6M Manhattan apartment
Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera and his wife Erica are on top of the world, or, at least, New York City. They just bought a stunning apartment on the 40th...
Sheriff's deputy saves dog with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A sheriff's deputy in central Tennessee has saved a dog by giving it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The Daily News Journal reports Mounted Patrol Sgt. Jon Levi rescued a...
Python eats a whole goat like it's no big deal
A 10-foot long python opened its mouth very wide and ate a whole goat while a group of villagers in India looked on in amazement.
Cop killings have nearly doubled in past year: FBI
The number of cops killed in the line of duty during violent acts has almost doubled in the past year, the FBI said. In 2014, 51 cops were killed in...
There's now a $700K Las Vegas alternative for HS hoops stars
If you're a McDonald's All-American who doesn't want to go to college, you may no longer have to go overseas in order to make some money playing basketball before entering...
Former director of poverty nonprofit gets jail in $9M scam
The former executive director of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty was sentenced Monday to a year’s worth of long weekends in jail for his role in scamming the nonprofit...
Olive Garden to launch breadstick sandwiches
NEW YORK — Olive Garden's plan to win back customers? Take the breadsticks it's known for and make sandwiches out of them. The restaurant chain owned by Darden Restaurants Inc....
Firefighters save cat from well
This calls for a fancy feast. A Long Island woman cried tears of joy as firefighters rescued her cat — which had been missing for two weeks — from a...
Riders bemoan another 7 train service disruption
There is no 7 train service between Times Square and Long Island City due to a signal malfunction at Grand Central, authorities said on Monday. The signal problems began shortly...
Christie spent $82K on concessions at Giants, Jets games
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gobbled up $300,000 worth of food, alcohol and desserts during his five years as New Jersey governor -- more than 80 percent of his state...
Is dating making me numb inside?
Dating expert and author Andrea Syrtash and not-a-dating-expert Joey Gay tackle the question of what to do when overdating has made you romantically numb and searching for that special someone just isn't...
Phil Jackson throws playoff shade at Warriors
Phil Jackson is defending his beloved triangle at all costs. On Sunday afternoon, the Knicks president tweeted criticism about teams that rely heavily on 3-pointers, implying it isn't the way...
LeBron bails out clueless coach, then throws him under bus
The Cavaliers evened their series with the Bulls in spite of coach David Blatt. LeBron James was happy to remind you of that. Blatt embarrassed himself by nearly pulling a...
Chinese billionaire gives 6,400 workers vacation in France
NICE, France — The billionaire chief executive of the Chinese conglomerate Tiens has given 6,400 of his best salespeople a vacation that started in Paris and ended with a parade...
Couple thought fake skeletons in river would be 'humorous landmark'
PARKER, Ariz. — A Phoenix couple has claimed responsibility for putting two fake skeletons sitting in lawn chairs in the Colorado River in far west Arizona, authorities said Friday. The...
Apple shares slide on saturated Chinese smartphone market
China’s smartphone market has reached saturation, according to a new study by industry analyst IDC that carries potentially significant implications for the global handset industry led by giants like Apple...
Hope Solo's repeat offender husbands serves 3 of 30 jail days
Well, that was quick. Former NFL tight end Jerramy Stevens, the husband of Team USA goalkeeper Hope Solo, was released from jail Sunday, just three days into a 30-day jail...
Wild boar smashes through clothing store ceiling
A Hong Kong shopping mall received a visit from a ham-fisted customer on Sunday when a wild boar wandered in and got trapped inside a children's clothing store.
Police arrest 9 in Boston beach brawl
Police have arrested between 10 and 12 people after a large disturbance broke out at a suburban Boston beach.
Good Samaritans offering to adopt orphaned turtles
Good Samaritans from across the East Coast are shelling out their homes — and ponds — to hundreds of orphaned turtles looking for a home.
Kerry to meet Putin at Russia talks
MOSCOW — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Russia on Tuesday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks aimed at mending relations driven to new...
Elizabeth and James, The News among the week's hottest sales
3.1 Phillip Lim 151 Wooster St., between Houston and Prince streets Sale: May 19-22. Tues. 12-8 p.m. / Wed. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. / Thurs.-Fri. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Discounts on men's...
Rickie Fowler's girlfriend steals the show at TPC
Rickie Fowler put on a shot-making display to complete an epic rally for the biggest win of his career, but his girlfriend may have stolen the show. Fowler, 26, silenced his critics...
Hundreds of migrants reach land after smugglers abandon them at sea
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Hundreds of migrants abandoned at sea by smugglers in Southeast Asia have reached land and relative safety in the past two days. But an estimated 6,000 Bangladeshis...
Belgium's young soccer players dropping dead of heart attacks
ANTWERP, Belgium — A 23-year-old defender from a lower-league soccer club has become the second Belgian player to die of cardiac arrest in less than two weeks. Antwerp-based team Beerschot-Wilrijk...
Adults also to blame for 'ejection' of rowdy students: Guggenheim
It wasn’t just rowdy students who broke the rules during a recent visit to the Guggenheim — their adult organizers did too, the museum said Sunday. Staff from Downtown Brooklyn’s...
Google blames humans for 11 accidents with self-driving cars
LOS ANGELES — Google Inc. revealed Monday that its self-driving cars have been in 11 minor traffic accidents since it began experimenting with the technology six years ago. The company...
'American' KGB agent reveals why he refused to go home
In a scene straight out of FX’s “The Americans,” a KGB agent — living here since 1978 — refused to go home because he had started a family here. Jack...
NFL teams paid off by military to honor soldiers
The New York Jets and other NFL teams have reportedly accepted $5.4 million from the Department of Defense to stage game-day ceremonies honoring soldiers that are little more than publicity...
Baby-toting dad makes amazing one-handed foul ball catch
[mlbvideo id="109545283" width="612" height="360" /] An all-star dad made the play of the Mets-Phillies game on Sunday when he caught a foul ball with one hand while his 7¹/₂-month-old son...
Former NYC fire, police commissioner blasts de Blasio
Former Fire and Police Commissioner Howard Safir blasted Mayor de Blasio on Sunday for refusing to fund 1,000 new cops. “I think Mayor de Blasio is totally wrong,” Safir told...
Lone-wolf terror attack could come at any time: Homeland Security secretary
A lone-wolf terrorist could attack the United States at any time, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson warned Sunday.
At least 5 dead after tornadoes slam Texas, Arkansas
VAN, Texas — Emergency responders searched through splintered wreckage Monday after a line of tornadoes battered several small communities in Texas and Arkansas, killing at least five people, including a...
Correction officer charged with dealing crack to inmates
A veteran city correction officer was allegedly dealing crack cocaine, pills and pot at the Manhattan Detention Center, sources said Sunday. Patricia Howard, 43, was arrested Saturday night for smuggling...
'Motorcyle blessing' turns deadly as gunfire erupts in NJ
A teenage boy was killed and four other people were injured in a hail of gunfire that erupted late Sunday after a Mother’s Day motorcycle blessing event in Newark, according...
Man avoids jail after casino alibi checks out
He didn’t win at the gaming tables — but deciding to take a trip to Atlantic City was still the luckiest choice one Brooklyn man has ever made. Frank Baffi...
Man with tooth-drill bit in lung loses $430K court case
Now this was a tough decision to swallow. A Staten Island man who got a tooth-drill bit embedded in his lung after he accidentally inhaled it during a dental procedure...
Fox ending ‘American Idol’ next year
The fat lady has finally sung for “American Idol.” The producers of the groundbreaking TV singing competition — which has given the world stars such as Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson...
Pakistan kept bin Laden prisoner before SEALs raid: journalist
President Obama has taken most of the credit for killing Osama bin Laden — but the Pakistani government played a bigger role than the White House has revealed, a prominent...
Our work culture is failing dads — but there's a way to fix it
It was the summer of 2013, and Josh Levs was really looking forward to the birth of his first daughter. The Atlanta-based CNN journalist was not a subscriber to the...
Rand Paul: Hillary turned Libya into a 'jihadist wonderland'
Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul lambasted Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton Sunday, saying she made Libya a “jihadist wonderland” as secretary of state. “Hillary Clinton’s war in Libya has made...
Jeb Bush says George W. made mistakes regarding war in Iraq
Likely Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush said on Sunday he would have green-lighted the war in Iraq, but admitted his brother’s administration made mistakes after removing Saddam Hussein from power....
Bloomberg health crusades saved New Yorkers' lives
Nanny knew best. New Yorkers were living longer and their health prospering during the tenure of anti-everything Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a new 10-year city Health Department study shows. Gotham’s death...
'Conquestors' using subways as personal amusement park
A group of MTA-obsessed thrill seekers are turning the subway system into their own perilous playground, transit sources told The Post.
A look at $900 leggings — and the women who buy them
This spring, singer Iggy Azalea showed up to a star-studded music awards show in her paparazzi finest: sky-high heels, a sexy mesh top and a pair of zebra-striped leggings. That’s...
Sansa makes a chilling discovery in ‘Kill the Boy’
https://youtu.be/qJ6UjpkmkCE This week on “Game of Thrones:” Stannis endears himself to word nerds, Sansa attends the world’s most uncomfortable premarital dinner and we see what happens when greyscale goes untreated....
'The Good Wife' limps across finish line
https://youtu.be/UHj8TMTq8fA So that’s where Kalinda has been hiding: the frozen-food aisle! A lot happened on season 6 of “The Good Wife,” but Archie Panjabi’s announcement of her exit from the...
Prosecutors plan to retry Hernandez in Etan Patz case
Manhattan prosecutors plan to retry the man accused of kidnapping and murdering Etan Patz — using what they learned from the lone holdout juror who caused a mistrial in the...
Skelos expected to step down as majority leader
Indicted Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has finally come to his senses and is expected to step down from his post after a powwow Monday with fellow Republicans, sources told...
Food-delivery site Peapod expands to five boroughs
The online grocery wars are heating up in the Big Apple, with service to shoppers now extending to every last neighborhood. Peapod, a food-delivery site that’s owned by the parent...
New app links television networks to out-of-home viewers
Muted TVs in airport terminals will talk to you — and that flat screen in your favorite bar will whisper the latest news or sports score in your ear, thanks...
Wealthy New Yorkers say goodbye to suburbs, hello to city
Wealthy New Yorkers are no longer fleeing Manhattan for the sprawling estates of Westchester — in fact, the bucolic burbs have become a tough sell, with buyers instead plunking down...
Serafina headed to Harlem
When Fabio Granato and Vittorio Assaf launched Serafina on the Upper East Side 20 years ago, it was a single restaurant serving pizza and pasta. This month, in Harlem, the...
Get your entertainment fix from these magazines
The departure of David Letterman from late-night TV this month might have many across the country wondering just how they are going to get all that entertainment bang for their...
Audit exposes wasted effort in Cuomo’s ‘Start Up’ program
An audit to be released Monday by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli raises “real doubts’’ about the value of Gov. Cuomo’s $200 million-plus “Start Up NY’’ advertising campaign to attract businesses to...
Princess Charlotte a breath of fresh 'heir'
Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge is gorgeous. She’s got blue blood coursing through her veins. She’s 9 days old. And, most importantly, she was born a...
Art mogul dies, leaves waitresses the tip of a lifetime
Now that’s the tip of a lifetime. A wealthy Asian-art collector more than took care of his favorite waitresses at an Upper East Side steak house when he died —...
Cocky Alex Ovechkin guarantees Game 7 win
WASHINGTON — Alex (All Series, Baby, All Series) Ovechkin hasn’t scored since Game 2 of Round 2 against the Rangers, but that didn’t stop No. 8 from issuing a guarantee...
Vigneault: Ryan McDonagh 'should be OK' for Game 7
WASHINGTON — Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh took a crushing hit from Alex Ovechkin, and when he went to the ice and was slow to get up, the concern was palpable....
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A quick-fingered straphanger swiped a man’s cellphone aboard a train rolling through Kensington, cops said Sunday. The thief snatched the 69-year-old man’s phone aboard the F train at around...
'Tired' Lundqvist stands tall, puts Rangers on doorstep of history
WASHINGTON — No team in the history of the Stanley Cup playoffs has ever come back from 3-1 deficits to win best-of-sevens in back-to-back seasons. But now, the Rangers get...
Obvious who valued NYCFC-Bulls rivalry, and who brushed it aside
One team played the New York Derby as if it were just another game. The other played it as if it were the only game. Guess which one won at...
Hondo: ’Grom & bear it
Hondo’s free fall picked up more speed on Sunday when the Braves performed another of their patented late-game collapses to increase the deficit to 400 pignatanos. Monday night: Mr. Aitch...
NYPD chew: Director dishes on HBO's 'Cannibal Cop' doc
During the filming of Erin Lee Carr’s latest documentary, she feasted on food prepared by the film’s subject. “The best thing he made was burgers,” says Carr. But the 26-year-old...
Beginnings, endings and a blues giant are TV highlights this week
A Secret Service agent (Matt Dillon, above right) investigates a missing persons case in a small Idaho town that quickly takes a turn for the creepy in this “Twin Peaks”-esque...