May 24, 2015
Yankees swept by Rangers to extend hideous skid to 6
After six straight losses and 10 in their last 11 games, the Yankees have had plenty of time to think about what’s caused them to go through such an ugly...
Mark-Viverito won't discuss lobbyist connections
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito dodged questions Sunday about her cozy relationship with a powerful lobbying firm, arguing she’s “doing everything by the rules.” Mark-Viverito refused to discuss her conversations...
Bernie Williams gets his due in emotional Yankees ceremony
Bernie Williams figured the baseball portion of his life was over. He wasn’t officially retired, but he didn’t feel the need to file any papers. Why bother? “I didn’t think...
Rangers shoved to brink with shutout Game 5 loss
Here’s the thing that makes Monday morning so scary for the Rangers, and buffs the shine on the hanging guillotine that is ready to drop on their season Tuesday night...
Hondo takes a ’Stro
The A’s and Cards enabled Hondo to make a change of direction on Sunday as they more than offset his loss with the Angels and caused deficit shrinkage to 845...
Terry Collins has an idea on what was troubling Matt Harvey
PITTSBURGH -- Matt Harvey might have just hit the wall with a case of "dead arm." That was manager Terry Collins' assesment of the Mets ace, a day after he...
Phil Jackson fights trends with his thoughts on the 3-pointer
Phil Jackson is doubling down on his argument the NBA hasn’t changed. Two weeks after tweeting, “NBA analysts give me some diagnostics on how 3pt oriented teams are faring this...
Puck you! Player's historic puck up for auction against his wishes
A New Jersey man is hawking a milestone puck that legendary Islanders forward Mike Bossy used to score his famous 50-in-50 goal in 1981. But apparently, Bossy wants his valuable...
Why this has been Dillon Gee's 'weirdest damn year in baseball'
PITTSBURGH — Already, there has been grumbling from within about the Mets’ new six-man rotation. Dillon Gee arrived at PNC Park on Sunday believing he was finished with his minor-league...
St. John's joins Stony Brook and Columbia in NCAA baseball tourney
It’s March Madness in May, only the City Game is being played on a diamond with a much smaller ball. The area will be well represented in the NCAA Tournament,...
Duda, Lagares in danger of joining Mets' crowded disabled list
PITTSBURGH — The Mets’ lineup could be on the brink of total collapse. Lucas Duda and Juan Lagares were both absent from Sunday’s 9-1 loss to the Pirates because of...
Red Bulls can't cash in on chances in shutout loss to Union
Sports is about adjustments to the adjustments, counterpunching after you get punched. The rest of MLS has adjusted to the Red Bulls’ high pressure and hot start, that much was...
Kaine's quest for war legitimacy
The Revolutionary War and Civil War ended in Virginia, which was involved, by the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, in the beginning of today’s war with radical Islam. Now a...
Uncommon valor: A true story of WWII heroism
We were on patrol before Christmas in the South China Sea. We’d just torpedoed merchant ships and tankers and attempted an attack on two Japanese battleships and three heavy cruisers,...
Man dies after being stabbed in the head
A man was found fatally stabbed in a Brooklyn apartment Sunday, authorities said. The 54-year-old victim was stabbed in the head multiple times after an argument with another unidentified person...
The dead we honor
St. Crispin’s Day By William Shakespeare (1564-1616) If we are mark’d to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live The fewer men, the greater...
Mets strike out 14 times on way to being swept by Pirates
PITTSBURGH — Get a whiff of that. The Mets will arrive home for Memorial Day having reached a critical juncture in their season, hammered by injuries and brutal performances by...
Juan Pablo Montoya wins Indy 500
INDIANAPOLIS — Juan Pablo Montoya insisted he had the best car in the Team Penske stable — even to his three teammates, who all believed they were legitimate contenders to...
What's in Kevin Durant's drug canister?
Has Kevin Durant's budding image 180 reached a blunt finish? After an injury-shortened season during which Durant was uncharacteristically nasty and impatient, TMZ posted video Saturday of the Thunder superstar with a prescription...
'Free Tom Brady' rally rages, while Brady snuggles new pooch
While a congregation of barking Patriots fans participated in a "Free Tom Brady" rally Sunday morning in the parking lot of Gillette Stadium, the protest's namesake martyr figure was the...
Thousands flee as massive storms ravage Texas and Oklahoma
SAN MARCOS, Texas — Up to 10 inches of rain fell over 24 hours in parts of Texas, prompting numerous evacuations and rescues overnight and into Sunday, while a 20-year...
9 brains found next to train tracks
OUVERNEUR, N.Y. — Nine brains were found along a street in a northern New York village, but authorities say there's nothing to fear. The brains are believed to have been...
71 protesters arrested after Cleveland officer's acquittal
CLEVELAND — The streets returned to calm Sunday after police arrested dozens of demonstrators overnight when protests grew increasingly aggressive in the wake of a patrolman's acquittal in the deaths...
17-year-old fouls up Formula 1 race with gnarly wreck
MONACO — Nico Rosberg won the Monaco Grand Prix for the third straight year after a late crash involving teenager Max Verstappen undid Lewis Hamilton's bid for a fourth win...
Ryan Callahan will score in Game 5, says cocky Lightning coach
Ryan Callahan has not had a huge impact on the Eastern Conference finals just yet, but Lightning coach Jon Cooper thinks that’s all going to change in Sunday night’s Game 5...
UFC's new champ calls out Jon Jones: 'Get your s--t together'
LAS VEGAS — Daniel Cormier wore the conflict on his beaming face when he got the UFC's light heavyweight title belt strapped around his waist in the same Vegas cage...
Your guide to this summer's free concerts
It’s not just beach season — Memorial Day also marks the start of free music events throughout the Big Apple! Dozens of performers — ranging from hip hop DJs to...
Roger Federer fumes after selfie-seeking fan storms court
Roger Federer raised a racket on Sunday, slamming French Open security after a fan stormed the court seeking a selfie with the Swiss tennis great. Federer had just won a...
Passenger dies after drunk driver plows into tree
A woman riding in the backseat of a car was killed early Sunday morning after the driver lost control and collided with a tree in East Harlem, authorities said.
The best moments from the Eurovision song contest finale
https://youtu.be/5sGOwFVUU0I If it’s late May, it means it’s time for the annual Pop Apocalypse, aka the Eurovision Song Contest. Because when it comes to over-the-top, cray-cray musical dementia, the ESC...
Death squad drug lord might testify against John Sampson
One was the drug-trafficking leader of a South American death squad. The other is a former airline baggage handler now serving a life sentence for drug running. Shaheed “Roger” Khan...
Corpse in 'kayak killer' case found in the Hudson
The body of a man found floating in the Hudson River was positively identified Sunday as a missing kayaker believed to have been murdered by his fiancee, law enforcement sources...
Judge sucking cash from woman with dementia's estate: suit
A Hamptons judge once censured by the state took advantage of a wealthy, legally blind, dementia-stricken Manhattan woman just so he could suck legal fees out of her estate, according...
Popular Hamptons pizzeria closed after fire
A fire badly damaged a popular Hamptons eatery Saturday, closing it for the Memorial Day weekend. The blaze started at about 9:30 a.m. in the basement of World Pie, a...
State funding for Charlie Rangel pet project mysteriously cut
State funding for a pet project of Harlem Rep. Charlie Rangel mysteriously was cut by 87 percent last year. The Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone received just $156,455 from the state,...
Disabled veteran says he was blackballed by Brooklyn DA
A disabled veteran says he was forced out of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and blackballed from finding another job, according to a lawsuit. Detectives from DA Ken Thompson’s office...
Bullet grazes bystander in Brooklyn market shooting
An innocent bystander was grazed by a stray bullet following a wild brawl Saturday morning in Brooklyn, cops and witnesses said. A fight broke out at the NSA Food Market...
DOE hired ex-lawyer who stole $64K to teach
An ex-lawyer disbarred for stealing $64,000 from his clients did not disclose his shady history when hired as a teacher a decade ago — and a Department of Education background...
Principal suspended for failing to report child abuse claim
A Coney Island principal who has survived a series of scandals was suspended this month over accusations she failed to immediately report possible child abuse, The Post has learned. Greta...
Homeless couple shack up in 4-wheeled doghouse
They’re really in the doghouse. For the past month, Charise Paschall, 40, and husband Michael Pilgrim, 45, have been living inside this brightly painted pooch pad on wheels, a gift...
Ex-Lincoln Center president trashes staff after multi-million payout
The long-serving head of Lincoln Center retired last year, but not without a huge payday. Reynold Levy collected a $600,000 bonus on top of his $1.3 million salary. His total compensation...
Black family gets racist letter telling them to leave Long Island
Racist hate mail won’t force members of a black Long Island family from their home. “I don’t know what their motive was, but it didn’t work,” says Ronica Copes, who...
Hamptonites want to 'rebrand' summer hot spot
Nowhere in New York is hierarchy more important than in the Hamptons — and so customers of short-haul travel app Blade have been lobbying the company about rebranding its new...
Phish fan sues city for false drug arrest outside concert
A Phish fan was humiliated when he was arrested on drug charges at one of the jam band’s Madison Square Garden shows, he says in a $2 million Manhattan federal...
'A Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash killed in cab crash
Nobody could calculate these odds. John Nash Jr., the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose struggle with schizophrenia inspired the film “A Beautiful Mind,” was killed with his wife in a taxi...
Murdered teen had ties to notorius Bronx gang
Law-enforcement sources believe that Christopher Duran, 14, was involved with the “280 crew” — which is affiliated with the notorious Crips street gang. Since 2011, the crew has wreaked havoc...
Principal who went on $145K spending spree still has job
A Queens principal went on a “mind-boggling” taxpayer-funded spending spree — but still has a job. Joan Klingsberg, founder of Voyages Preparatory, a transfer high school for older teens at...
Model insists she was raped, despite bogus pregnancy charge
Latvian lovely Alesia Riabenkova continued to insist Saturday that she had been raped by a fashion photographer despite DNA tests disproving her claims that he got her pregnant. “He’s a...
Inside the bizarre life of an Upper East Side housewife
In her 26 years in New York, Wednesday Martin has lived in nearly every neighborhood, from Long Island City to Soho to the West Village. Nothing, she says, prepared her...
Syria's ancient ruins threatened by ISIS takeover
ISIS militants raised their black flag over the 2,000-year-old Syrian city of Palmyra, raising fears Saturday that they will destroy some of the Middle East’s finest Roman-era ruins. “Now the...
Does Harvard have a secret history as a major force for evil?
“Verita$” was a best seller in Korea, author Shin Eun-jung’s native country, because she asks the question that’s hardly ever asked: Why Harvard? Eun-jung says the third word a Korean...
8 fruity fashions to juice up your spring wardrobe
On the Dole Chic and comfy enough for walking around town, consider these flats your very own pineapple express. For seed money Welcome summer with a witty watermelon clutch....
Remains of Pearl Harbor victims to be ID'd decades later
Soon they will be known. The remains of 388 unidentified servicemen killed in the Pearl Harbor attack are set to be exhumed for identification this year, the Department of Defense...
Friends obsessed with photos of teen’s bullet-riddled body
Hours after he was brutally executed in The Bronx, graphic images of Christopher Duran’s bullet-riddled body emerged online — due to neighbors and friends linking to grisly photos taken by...
The Osprey: Half-airplane, half-helicopter, totally badass
In 2001, “60 Minutes” bashed it as a boondoggle. Six years later, Time magazine called it “A Flying Shame.” But quietly, the helicopter-airplane hybrid V-22 Osprey has become an indispensable...
The newest liberal idiocy: Segregating 3rd-graders
“Can racism be stopped in the third grade?” That’s the question asked in this week’s New York Magazine cover story by journalist Lisa Miller. The short answer, of course, is...
The secret Canadian plan to invade the US
Lyman Cutlar was an American farmer who, in 1859, had squatted on the San Juan Islands near Seattle. In June, he saw a large black pig eating his potatoes and...
Office ‘prank’ falls flat: suit
This won’t stand. Brian Patrick Donnelly was working at Goldman Sachs’ West Street offices last June when a supervisor “assaulted [him] by pulling the chair out from under [him] as...
High wire strewn through city lets Jews keep the faith
Being Jewish in Manhattan comes with strings attached. Orthodox Jews are allowed to push baby strollers and carry prayer books on the Jewish Sabbath thanks to a loophole made of...
Series hinges on this: Rangers' depth vs. the Lightning's Big 8
The Eastern Conference final may be level at two-all with Sunday’s Game 5 coming up at the Garden, but make no mistake, this series between the Rangers and Lightning has...
David Wright's latest setback raises these disturbing questions
The question surrounding David Wright now has morphed from, can he return to his prime form, to, can he return — at all. The Mets announced Saturday that Wright had...
No pay, no play! Poor kids banned from school carnival
No party for the poor. PS 120 in Flushing held a carnival for its students Thursday, but kids whose parents did not pay $10 were forced to sit in the...
After clutch road win, Rangers reveal their approach for Game 5
How about a little perspective from the man who might be best served without it? “It’s a good feeling,” Rick Nash said, “but for me, it’s one game.” It was...
Rysheed Jordan may be ineligible for St. John's season: sources
The addition of Chicago four-star point guard Marcus LoVett Jr. may be more important than some realized. Rising junior guard Rysheed Jordan, the most talented returning St. John’s player, is...
Lobbying firm makes millions on political, union ties
The lobbying firm Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin helps elect politicians — then tells them how to vote when they get in office. In her quest to become City...
Rough homecoming for NYCFC’s Kreis in loss to Real Salt Lake
Sometimes you can’t go home again. New York City FC lost 2-0 on Saturday night to Real Salt Lake in Sandy, Utah. It was a tough loss for coach Jason...
Hondo’s getting busy
The Pirates pummeled Harvey on Saturday, and Hondo felt the pain as his runaway deficit expanded to 900 tanners. Sunday: Gray will be given one more opportunity to retain his...
NYC's small businesses strapped by 1960s tax
The sky’s the limit with city hall’s taxes and charges. For New York City’s small-business owners overburdened by escalating costs, one of the hardest bills to swallow is the byzantine...
Sirius XM launches station for techies
Do venture capital and high tech really belong on the radio? Better make it satellite radio, according to our James Covert. Sirius XM has launched Product Hunt Radio, a Saturday...
New editor-in-chief for 'savvy' travel mag
Jill Brooke, author of “Just Say No,” has said “yes” — to a new job as a travel magazine editor-in-chief, our Keith J. Kelly reports. Adam Rodriguez, who created Travel...
After 2-OT thriller, two more joyful Blackhawks-Ducks games
CHICAGO — Antoine Vermette turned a huge disappointment into a moment of pure joy. That is how it goes for the Blackhawks when the playoffs go to overtime. Vermette scored...
Savers didn't splurge despite gas pump price dip
If it isn’t gas, it’s groceries. Instead of splurging, cash-strapped Americans have been redirecting their savings at the gas pump over the past 12 months to food, rent and other...
Markets defy past 'May' trends
There’s an old Wall Street adage that has proved itself profitable over the years: “Sell in May and go away.” But like many things these days, it’s not working. The...
Charlotte McKinney wins burger ad battle against Kate Upton
Model Charlotte McKinney doesn’t like being compared to Kate Upton, and the feeling may soon be mutual. McKinney’s Carl’s Jr. ad that debuted during this year’s Super Bowl has now...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Police on Saturday identified a man they say exposed himself to a 12-year-old girl on a Soundview street corner. The victim was standing at Story and Bronx River...
Stephen Curry scores 40 exquisite points, steals Rockets' soul
Golden State coach Steve Kerr described Stephen Curry’s performance Saturday night simply. “Steph was Steph,” Kerr said. Indeed. The MVP did what he does best, using his extraordinary 3-point shooting...
Rock star tributes, Hollywood biopics and more on TV this week
"Bullseye" Wednesday, 9 p.m., Fox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unh6zKr7q-A “Twilight” star Kellan Lutz hosts this series where eight contestants endure three levels of peculiar physical tests. In the first challenge, competitors must hit...