May 21, 2015

Police arrest suspect wanted in DC slaughter

The ex-con who allegedly slaughtered a wealthy family in their Washington mansion was arrested in DC Thursday night — after a manhunt in New York City. Daron Dylon Wint, 34,...

Lawmakers question motives behind charter school rejections

The state Education Department’s decision to reject all 15 applications for new charter schools has astonished lawmakers — even some who are allies of charter foes. Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Queens),...

Ducks stifle Blackhawks to take 2-1 lead in Western final

CHICAGO — Frederik Andersen and the Ducks left that grueling Game 2 loss back in Anaheim. They brought their special teams to Chicago. Andersen made 27 saves, helping Anaheim kill...

Grandmaster Flash gets 'Down' for new Netflix show

Hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash will provide guidance for the upcoming Netflix series “The Get Down.” The Bronx DJ, who rocketed to fame in the 1970s with band the Furious Five,...

Nick Nolte's diggin' 'Graves' on EPIX

Grizzled Nick Nolte will return to TV in a sitcom — playing an ex-president. In the EPIX series, called “Graves,” Nolte will play ex-commander-in-chief Richard Graves, who tries to right...

Game shows will win over summer TV audiences

ABC’s “500 Questions” could be the answer to TV’s reality-genre woes. The new game show — which challenges the smartest people in the country to answer difficult general knowledge questions...

Is this the most boring new restaurant in NYC?

La Gamelle raises an urgent question. Can a new restaurant be “hot” when empirical evidence tells us the opposite? The new French bistro from Motorino pizza god Mathieu Palombino has...

My 2 minutes of terror riding Six Flags' dizzying new roller coaster

When I was a teenager, I craved the adrenaline rush only a roller coaster can provide. That changed after I became a parent: Now I’m fearful just backing out of...

The 12 best things to do in NYC this summer

Here's what The Post's experts are looking forward to as New York heats up. Off the wall If you’re finding the new Whitney too crowded, head to Brooklyn Bridge Park...

Options the Giants are looking at to fill hole left by Will Beatty

Will Beatty injured himself Tuesday while bench-pressing, and when he woke the next morning, he made sure he did not eat or drink before his appointment at the Hospital for...

Sitting Lundqvist for Cam Talbot? Why it had to be asked

TAMPA — It was a laughing matter to Alain Vigneault, the coach so taken aback by the inquiry at the Rangers’ press availability at the team hotel Thursday that he...

Syndergaard's goal for what may be his last MLB start for a while

Noah Syndergaard is ready to take the baton. If the rookie right-hander needed any additional inspiration for his scheduled start Friday night in Pittsburgh, it came from watching Jacob deGrom...

Yanks counting on the good Pineda to halt three-game skid

The Yankees will turn to Michael Pineda on Friday to stop a three-game losing streak and will wait to see which pitcher shows up: the one who struck out 16...

Michael Cuddyer's numbers finally catching up to his mindset

Michael Cuddyer knows how he has felt at the plate, but he also knows the numbers, and knows they are how he will be judged. After a perfect day at...

'Who knows?' Yanks' Didi brutally honest about his hitting

No one expected the next Derek Jeter when the Yankees traded for Didi Gregorius in December, but they didn’t expect the next Wayne Tolleson, either. Though it has been just...

‘The Sound and the Fury’ is a confusing yet engrossing Faulkner reboot

You could expect “The Sound and the Fury” to be a tedious slog. And yet, strangely, it’s not. This fearful anticipation comes from the fact that the show is a...

How Keith Hernandez helped turn Duda into lefty masher

Lucas Duda, lefty killer? The Mets knew Duda would start mashing home runs, and he hit a pair to lead Thursday’s 5-0 win over St. Louis. But it’s how he...

Rangers just the latest to get a headache from the 'Triplets' line

TAMPA — There is no rest for Henrik Lundqvist and no respite for a Rangers’ defense run ragged, lost like stubborn husbands who refuse to ask for directions, searching for...

How Blueshirts have lost 'Ranger hockey' -- at least on one end

TAMPA — Maybe it snuck up on the Rangers. Maybe it caught them by surprise. Maybe they were so used to playing one-goal, low-scoring playoff games that this whole fireworks...

City Council's tax-hike plan would signal a new war on jobs

City Council members must think the city has too many middle-class jobs. Why else push to hike taxes even more on businesses that offer those jobs? The hike would hit...

In ISIS fight, Team Obama puts spinning ahead of winning

If Baghdad Bob and Hillary Clinton had a love child, he’d probably be hard at work for the Obama administration, denying the importance of ISIS’s gains in Iraq. Bob was...

The noxious politics of New York's cap on charter schools

State education officials insist their decision to nix 15 out of 15 applications for new charter schools had nothing whatsoever to do with politics. Maybe not — but it sure...

Masahiro Tanaka passes first rehab start with flying colors

MOOSIC, Pa. — He threw 41 pitches, 25 of them for strikes against a Triple-A team. But all that mattered for the Yankees and Masahiro Tanaka was that he made...

State Department worker accused of blackmailing women for sexy videos

ATLANTA — A U.S. State Department employee is accused of sending threatening emails to college-aged women in the U.S. from his computer at the U.S. Embassy in London, authorities said....

Why long-suffering Mets fans finally have reason for hope

There are still so many things that force you to take pause as a Mets fan, so many issues that prevent you from completely buying in to them. The offense...

Call it 'Fail Jazeera' -- why the network is imploding

For Al Jazeera, May is the cruelest month. In just the past four weeks, two ex-employees have filed separate lawsuits totaling some $100 million, three executives have resigned from its...

Hillary's flaws guarantee that 2016 race will get ugly, ugly, ugly

There are plenty of reasons to believe 2016 will be a very ugly election year. Here’s one more. Bloomberg Politics convened a focus group of Iowa Democrats. Nearly all loved...

Before slamming bus drivers, de Blasio needs to make buses safer

Words cannot express the grief and anger of someone who’s experienced the sudden and unexpected loss of a loved one — particularly a child. And when anyone dies as a...

Tell the Tonys to give Tommy Tune his due!

Tommy Tune will receive a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award on June 7, but CBS still hasn’t decided whether to air his speech that night. In the past, some lifetime achievers...

The day in photos

Storms strike Texas, a lamb is rescued from a brothel and more.

'Morgan Stanley advisor slept with my husband, milked account for fees'

A high-profile Morgan Stanley broker’s alleged 12-year affair with a co-founder of the Home Shopping Network is at the center of a $400 million legal dispute — but the years...

Woman from 8-ball jacket attack video pleads guilty

The woman charged with felony assault for stabbing a man with her stiletto on a subway for wearing an ugly 8-ball jacket took a plea deal Thursday in Manhattan court....

Second Avenue Subway more than 80 percent complete

The MTA said the new Upper East Side line, which connects to the Q on 63rd Street and runs up to the 96th Street stop, is more than 80 percent complete.

Man strips naked after trying to board overbooked flight

After dressing down a gate agent about an overbooked flight, an angry would-be passenger apparently decided he would get undressed.After dressing down a gate agent about an overbooked flight, an...

Francesa says retirement 'sooner than you think'

https://youtu.be/MQGC6-UygJ8 Mike Francesa won’t be No. 1 forever. WFAN’s ratings king said during his show Thursday afternoon he has a date in mind when he plays to retire. “I know...

All 6 Baltimore cops indicted in death of Freddie Gray

BALTIMORE — The state's attorney in Baltimore says all six officers charged in the police-custody death of Freddie Gray have been indicted by a grand jury. State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby...

MLBN's Lowell on Mets: 'My two cents: go get Tulowitzki'

MLB Network analyst and former Red Sox, Marlins and Yankees third baseman Mike Lowell talks David Wright, Troy Tulowitzki and Mets’ young pitching with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: Are...

Biker in deadly Texas shootout posts $1M bond

A $1 million bond wasn’t enough to keep a biking bandido locked up after the deadly shootout in Texas – but 170-plus alleged cohorts haven’t been able to come up...

Simon Callow is extraordinary as an aging transsexual woman in ‘Tuesdays at Tesco’s'

Pauline is a good daughter. Every Tuesday, she visits her newly widowed father, tidies up his house, does his laundry and shops with him at the local supermarket. Dad’s response:...

David Letterman ratings lower than Jay Leno's finale

David Letterman's farewell for the ages included a star-studded ​T​op ​10 list, unforgettable highlights from past shows and an incredible final send-off by the Foo Fighters — but it scored nearly...

Isiah hasn't talked to Phil Jackson, can't deny lure of NBA

A rehabbing Carmelo Anthony watched a minute of Liberty practice Thursday and Knicks assistant coach Jim Cleamons stopped by earlier in the week. But that was the extent of the...

Man dead after being shot by police

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Authorities say a Hackensack man has died after a police-involved shooting in northern New Jersey. Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said Thursday that 24-year-old Elvin Diaz was...

Peyton Manning's Andrew Luck story shows Letterman's loyalty

David Letterman’s final episode of the “Late Show” featured several of the world’s great comics: Chris Rock, Tina Fey and Bill Murray were a few of the notables. Oh, and...

Flying high: Get an up-close, aerial view of the Big Apple

Lt. Col. John Klatt gives the Post a view New York City from above.

Jacob deGrom electric in eight-inning, one-hit gem

That was de-licious. After slogging through consecutive clunkers by Jon Niese and Bartolo Colon the previous two days, the Mets returned Thursday to the realm of receiving ace material from...

People are getting naked at historic monuments, WTF?

We totally get why looking at a monument might move you — but move you to drop trou and snap a belfie in front of it? Yet that’s just what...

LSU not even waiting for top recruit for blatant cash grab

Ben Simmons, one of the top incoming freshmen basketball players in the country, has yet to move his things to LSU's campus, but already the school is using his name...

ISIS executes man with bazooka in video

Horrific video has emerged online showing ISIS savages purportedly executing a young man with a bazooka. The footage was posted Thursday by a Syrian activist group, Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered...

Real-life Forrest Gump finishes run across America

This Los Angeles man decided to go for a little run – and he kept running and running – until he ran straight across the US. Sound familiar? No, it...

$30 hot dog vendor could face up to $1,500 in fines

He'll need to sell a lot of $30 hot dogs to pay off these fines. A food vendor caught on camera charging tourists up to $30 for dirty water dogs...

Meet the WAGs of the New York Rangers

There's no question that all eyes are on the New York Rangers these days. As the Blueshirts battle the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference Finals for another shot...

Mats Zuccarello back on the ice with Rangers teammates

TAMPA — Mats Zuccarello was finally back on the ice with his Rangers teammates Thursday afternoon, even if it was in limited capacity. The injured winger skated with the Blueshirts’...

Goldman's Blankfein: Can't we all get along?

War is bad for people — and for business. Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein adopted a diplomatic stance during the firm’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday when a shareholder...

MLB commissioner: Yankees in the right on A-Rod's $6M

Just because you’ve improved your relationship with the head of the industry, that doesn’t mean he’ll have your back at every turn. Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred made clear...

Ryan Callahan opens up on the pain and pride of leaving Rangers

TAMPA — The profile is lower here than it was in New York, the role somewhat different, as well. But Ryan Callahan of the Lightning is the same Ryan Callahan...

These are the 5 most cursed movies of all time

Soon after the original “Poltergeist” terrified audiences, it began freaking out fans who noticed that several cast members died under unusual circumstances. Expect more talk of “The ‘Poltergeist’ Curse” now...

Christie says he deserves media apology over bridge scandal

Gov. Chris Christie told CNBC's "Squawk Box" Thursday that he's been held to a higher standard than Democratic candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

School newspaper gets death threats over Charlie Hebdo issue

PARIS — Teachers, parents and media freedom activists are urging police action after death threats against a French teenager over a school newspaper issue about the extremist attack against satirical...

Man who shot 4 NYPD cops grins at 110-year prison sentence

He must think he’s going to live forever. An unrepentant thug convicted of nearly killing four NYPD cops smugly grinned as he was sentenced Thursday to 110 years to life...

Giants are cursed World Series champs, unless they aren't

The Giants are having an odd season. Well, maybe that is the wrong way to put it with this organization. Because if it is an odd year numerically that must...

Boy Scouts leader Robert Gates says ban on gay adults not sustainable

NEW YORK — The national president of the Boy Scouts, Robert Gates, says the organization's longstanding ban on participation by openly gay adults is no longer sustainable and is urging...

Arrested NYC school chaperone says she didn't punch student

A Brooklyn school chaperone was arrested after a student said she punched her in the face, cops said. Roberta Woelfling, 49, was a volunteer at M.S. 51 in Park Slope...

Stan and Peggy almost didn't end up together in 'Mad Men' finale

Wednesday night at the New York Public Library, Matthew Weiner sat down with novelist A.M. Homes to discuss the series finale of “Mad Men” (just in case you need more...

NFL shamelessly trolling Patriots over Deflategate

Who says the NFL is the No Fun League? Whoever is running their social media accounts certainly has a sense of humor. Thursday morning, the NFL's Twitter account tweeted a link...

Hillary got warning Benghazi attack was premeditated terrorism

WASHINGTON — New emails show Hillary Clinton got early warning that the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Benghazi were premeditated terrorism and not a spontaneous response to an anti-Muslim video....

Regents chancellor defends rejecting charter school applications

They’re in unchartered territory. Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch on Thursday defended the state Education Department's decision to reject all 15 applications for new charter schools by saying they...

Meet Harry Styles’ real-life mini-me

Harry Styles’ youngest fan is also the most stylish. Two-year-old Michael Rangamiz is taking the Internet by storm with his fashion-savvy Instagram account, which boasts adorable snaps of the tot...

CBS throws Letterman set into Dumpster

Thanks, Dave. Now get out! CBS wasted no time in kicking David Letterman’s set to the curb. Sentimental fans gathered outside the Ed Sullivan Theater on Thursday to watch as stagehands...

I have no penis, and I've slept with over 100 women

A British man born without a penis says he’s slept with more than 100 women — while somehow managing to keep the truth about his anatomy secret from most of...

Here's how a guy without arms lights a smoke

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Robber steals $15K from Manhattan bank, flees in BMW

A bank robber held up an Upper West Side bank Thursday, cops said. The man pulled a black firearm when he entered the Bank of America on Broadway and West...

Whites moving to Detroit, city that epitomized white flight

DETROIT — Whites are moving back to the American city that came to epitomize white flight, even as blacks continue to leave for the suburbs and the city's overall population...

Judge orders psych exam for woman charged in attempted kidnapping

A judge Thursday ordered a psychiatric exam for a mentally troubled woman charged with trying to kidnap a child inside a Central Park playground May 12. Cecile Jackson, 35, allegedly...

How Cavs-Hawks Game 1 brought more heartburn for Knicks

The Knicks just can’t win. They can’t win games when they’re on the court, they can’t tank right and even when their season is completely over, the ball still doesn’t...

Bratton laughs off protesters, asks City Council for more cops

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton on Thursday trudged hat in hand back to the City Council for the second time in two months to plead for more cops to fight ISIS-inspired...

Police believe DC home invasion slaughter suspect in Brooklyn

Police believe the man suspected of brutally murdering a family and their housekeeper in Washington, DC, last week is in Brooklyn — because his Big Apple girlfriend told authorities he’d...

More fashion designers opting for faux fur, vegan leather

PETA better be proud: More fashion designers than ever are passing on animal products in their collections, opting instead for faux fur and vegan leather. Meanwhile, Adidas releases a new...

Cubs pitcher finds credit card -- on the field

[mlbvideo id="124410183" width="612" height="360" /] Someone else's credit card -- never leave the mound without it. Left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada struck out nine in 4 2/3 innings in his season debut...

McDonald's shareholders are hungry for an activist investor

McDonald's investors are still waiting for their happy meal. Highfields Capital Management, Glenview Capital Management, Corvex Management and Jana Partners were among the fund managers that bought hundreds of millions...

The coolest wool renderings of 'Star Wars' you've ever seen

Two Canadian brothers didn’t need any jedi training to master their recreation of some of Star Wars’ classic scenes — as wool-stitched picture books.

Gambling site mocks soccer WAG for not being hot enough

A sports betting website has sparked a storm of anger with an offensive and misogynistic post on Twitter. The shocking remark by Australia's Odds Checker AU account, about Manchester United...

Ray Rice walks free from elevator punch

The most notorious case in the NFL is over. Domestic violence charges against former Ravens running back Ray Rice were dismissed officially by a New Jersey judge on Thursday after...

World's meanest brother taunts boy with his dead fish

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Too-cool-to-fly bird hitches ride on the back of a hippo

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Science proves why a Bloody Mary tastes better on a plane

Cornell researchers studying Blooby Marys found that sweetness is suppressed “in noisy situations — like the 85 decibels aboard a jetliner” while the taste of umami-rich foods like tomato juice...

This woman cross-dressed, hitchhiked across the Middle East

As the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet Carl Sandburg once said, “Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.” This is...

Why sex workers love their jobs in New Zealand

Sex workers in New Zealand sign contracts, get paid weekly, work for bosses who keep their best interests at heart and have a relationship with police that Australian prostitutes can only...

Australia to revoke citizenship of homegrown ISIS fighters

The Australian government wants to change the Citizenship Act to make fighting for the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq a reason for losing citizenship.

Bikers flee gunfire in restaurant video

Restaurant security video reviewed exclusively by The Associated Press showed only one of the dozens of bikers recorded was seen firing a gun from the patio of the Twin Peaks...

Lumber Liquidators plunges on CEO's abrupt exit

With regulators bearing down on Lumber Liquidators and consumer lawsuits mounting, CEO Robert Lynch unexpectedly resigned Thursday — just 90 minutes before the company’s annual meeting. Lynch, who has run...

California oil spill clean-up begins after pipeline break

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUbJtIHnw4c GOLETA, Calif. — More than 6,000 gallons of oil had been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast in a cleanup effort...

Cop dead after suspect opens fire on officers in Nebraska

OMAHA, Neb. — A Nebraska man opened fire Wednesday on officers who were trying to arrest him for a previous shooting, prompting police to return gunfire in a shootout that left...

ISIS now controls over half of Syrian territory

The Islamic State terror group controls over half of Syrian territory after seizing the village and archaeological site of Palmyra in the central part of the country Thursday, activists monitoring...

St. John's coup: Mullin lands highly touted 'Bright Lights'

Bright Lights is coming to Broadway. Marcus LoVett Jr., a flashy and highly skilled point guard from Chicago with a nickname to match, committed to new St. John’s coach Chris...

Study shows local lockups are actually pretty pricey

NEW YORK -- It turns out running a jail can be even more expensive than previously thought. A study released Thursday examining what it actually costs to operate local lockups...

Michelle Obama shares her workout secrets

https://instagram.com/p/24rEJavZNi/?taken-by=michelleobama WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama has finally revealed some of her workout secrets. The first lady skips rope, does abdominal crunches with a weighted ball and jumps on and off...

'Happy' Rockefeller, widow of former vice president, dies

Margaretta "Happy" Rockefeller, the widow of former U.S. Vice President and New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and one of the first women to speak publicly about her breast cancer in...

Citi Bike rider sought in purse, iPhone snatching spree

A crook is targeting women across Manhattan by swooping in on a rented Citi Bike and snatching their pocketbooks and iPhones, cops say. Police have tied the pedal-pushing punk, who...

Accused killer reneges on plea deal, sending judge into fury

A Russian man who killed his ex-lover’s boyfriend -- then duped her by texting her from the dead man’s phone -- reneged on a plea deal Wednesday, demanding to retry...

Cops confiscate 1,000 weapons in wake of Texas biker shootout

Police confiscated 1,000 weapons — some stashed inside cars, bathrooms and bags of chips — left in the carnage from a biker-gang bloodbath in Texas, officials said Wednesday. Motorcycle thugs...

Hondo’s wheeling and dealing

Hondo tipped his hat to the Nats on Wednesday night after they handled their assignment against the Yankees to reduce the dirty digits to 750 forsches. Thursday: Mr. Aitch expects...

Dan Boyle playing best hockey of season -- and still gets booed

TAMPA — Dan Boyle had only one answer when asked what sticks out in his mind from 2004. “Obviously winning the whole thing,” the Rangers defenseman said on Wednesday morning...

Teacher accused of allowing students to have sex in classroom

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — An Atlanta-area teacher has been arrested after a parent complained he allowed middle school students to have sex in a storage unit in his classroom. Multiple...

Taxi King to shell out $25K a month in child support

The city’s taxi king has to pay his pretty soon-to-be ex-wife $25,000 a month in child support and must submit to drug testing if he wants visitation with his infant...

One Rangers rookie stepped up while the stars faltered

TAMPA — Rangers coach Alain Vigneault called out his top players after Game 2, hoping to spark some much-needed scoring from his most-skilled players, hoping his team could match the...

NY rejects all applications for new charter schools

The charter rejections were first reported by Chalkbeat.org.

'You failed me': Elite private school alum's living hell

It’s been ranked the No. 1 private school in the country, with alumni ranging from Humphrey Bogart to Yo-Yo Ma, but one Trinity School grad says she endured years of...

Lundqvist needs to wake up from this nightmare ... now

TAMPA — Henrik Lundqvist was alone with his thoughts, slumped back in his stall, his left hand covering his mouth minutes after unaccountably allowing Nikita Kucherov to beat him on...

This dad's got a great reason for taking his kid to Disney World

He’s going to Disney World. A Queens man who was wrongfully convicted of stabbing a friend to death and spent 15 years in prison before being exonerated signed off on...

Mental health group expenses $30,000 booze-cruise

ALBANY — That’s one way to cure depression. New York mental-health- services provider Promoting Specialized Care and Health (PSCH), which contracts with the state to provide services for people with...

Plawecki's days in majors numbered with d'Arnaud lurking

Kevin Plawecki has impressed the Mets, but his days on the major league roster appear numbered nonetheless. With Travis d’Arnaud continuing baseball activities and the possibility he could rejoin the...

Narcotics chief backs off order to stop arrests of suspects over 40

The NYPD on Wednesday walked back a major policy shift that stopped the arrest of drug suspects over the age of 40 — after the directive was revealed by The...

Suspect ID'd in slaying of wealthy DC family

WASHINGTON — Savvas Savopoulos was energized. He spent the day sprucing up his northern Virginia martial arts studio for its grand opening with his family's longtime housekeeper. Around 5:30 p.m., his...

Mets lineup walking 'fine line' to futility

David Wright and Travis d’Arnaud may not be able to save the Mets’ anemic offense. Bryce Harper and Mike Trout would find it difficult, too. The punchless attack continued to...

Bartolo Colon's basepath blubber only funny when it's not sad

Maybe Bartolo Colon should avoid running around the bases in the future because it certainly doesn’t do much for his pitching. That was apparent Wednesday night at Citi Field where...

Ellsbury's absence has trickle-down effect through lineup

WASHINGTON — Jacoby Ellsbury’s sprained right knee turned Brett Gardner into the Yankees’ leadoff hitter, where he likely will remain for however long Ellsbury is sidelined. Manager Joe Girardi used...

Daily Blotter

Brooklyn Investigators Wednesday released surveillance images of two men suspected of swiping hundreds of dollars in electronics from an East New York apartment. The two broke into the Pennsylvania Avenue...

Playboy launching mobile app -- sans the models

Playboy is launching a mobile app Thursday and guess what? No centerfold. Playboy NOW — free on Google Play store and iTunes App store — takes the adult-entertainment icon into...