May 30, 2015
History bound to repeat itself for Hillary
With another shoe dropping in the Hillary Clinton scandal nearly every day, America is witnessing an unprecedented spectacle. Never in modern times has a presidential candidate been so tarnished —...
Dear John: Investments all about needs
Dear John: I have cash assets of $250,000 and I’m contemplating depositing $55,000 into the Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund Admiral Shares, which has low processing fees, and $55,000 into the...
NYCFC again can't get over hump, settle for draw
Say this for New York City FC: They’re getting excruciatingly closer to finding the win column. The MLS expansion team’s winless streak reached 11 games Saturday night after it settled for...
Blackhawks top Ducks to reach Stanley Cup final vs. Lightning
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jonathan Toews and the Blackhawks dealt with Game 7 pressure in the same way they have handled just about everything during their incredible seven-year playoff run. Like...
In The Arsenal, Brian Sears claim 25th Rooney at Yonkers
Brian Sears won his third Art Rooney Final with 1-5 favorite In The Arsenal on Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway. The win should have been easy, but as In The...
Phil Housley front-runner for Devils head-coaching job: report
The Devils may be closing in on a new man behind the bench as Nashville assistant coach Phil Housley appears to be the front-runner for their vacant position, according to...
5 best moments from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
The books have been opened up, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has a set of new inductees. Back in April, the Cleveland Public Hall hosted the 2015...
Sluggish send-off, but U.S. women's team off to make history
The huge banner above the goal in the east end zone of Red Bull Arena offered a direct message indicating it’s time for preparation to meet opportunity. “Bring It Home,”...
'No perfect scenario': Here comes the Mets' six-man rotation
The great six-man rotation experiment will begin for the Mets this week when Dillon Gee returns from the disabled list. Mets manager Terry Collins reiterated Saturday what the organization’s thinking...
'Window might be closing': Rangers wrestle with what loss means
The championship window isn’t closed, but it’s certainly in the process of closing. The Rangers woke up Saturday with the stark reality their season was over, ending in a 2-0...
Mets must find right tweak because bottom-feeding isn't enough
Look, the formula needs to be complex. A 162-game trek fundamentally can’t be simple — unless Major League Baseball finance committee chairman Fred Wilpon possesses enough juice to put the...
Collins: Juan Lagares wasn't removed because of injury
Juan Lagares was removed as part of a double switch in the sixth inning on Saturday, raising some concern that the center fielder was injured again, but manager Terry Collins...
St. John's survives in NCAA Baseball Tournament
Fourteen hours after losing in walk-off fashion, St. John’s faced elimination Saturday afternoon. The fourth-seeded Johnnies didn’t mind the quick turnaround. Their bats, in fact, seemed to work better with...
99-mph heat, bat like Manny Ramirez: How Bronx HS star overcame tragedy
One dose of heartbreaking news followed the other. First, his father was deported back to the Dominican Republic. Next, his brother was arrested, imprisoned for two-and-a-half years. The two male...
Noah Syndergaard on '6 aces,' onesies and 'Game of Thrones'
Amazin’ rookie hurler Noah Syndergaard took a swing at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: What is it like right now being Noah Syndergaard? A: Right now, I’d...
Martin Prado not looking back with regret on Yankees exit
Not much has gone right for the Marlins this season, and even Martin Prado has been a mild disappointment since coming over in an offseason trade with the Yankees. Still,...
Joe Biden's son dies of brain cancer at 46
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden announced Saturday that his son, Beau, has died of brain cancer. Beau Biden was 46. "It is with broken hearts that Hallie, Hunter, Ashley,...
'We need you': Collins' faith paying off in 'solid' player
Mets manager Terry Collins sought out Ruben Tejada on Friday afternoon to deliver a simple message. “We need you,” Collins said, repeating his message to Tejada to reporters Saturday. “We...
One Ranger who can use playoff disappointment as springboard
The Rangers do have a couple question marks in front of them this offseason, but it doesn’t appear Keith Yandle is one of them — which not always had been...
Rangers need a shakeup: someone who will hit back
Knowing as we do now that Ryan McDonagh played the final three games against the Lightning on a broken foot, isn’t it even more obvious why Chris Kreider — and...
How a US prison camp helped create ISIS
The facility spread out below him, row after row of neatly aligned white aluminum roofs, looking like Chiclets set against the endless beige of the desert floor. It was called...
Belmont mistakes that have kept Triple Crown vacant since 1978
Since Affirmed nosed out his archrival Alydar to win the 1978 Belmont Stakes and the third Triple Crown in six years, 13 horses have come to Belmont Park with a...
Nets letter hints ominously about 2 of their Big 3
Nets veterans Deron Williams and Joe Johnson may not want to buy in Brooklyn. If Williams is still the face of the franchise and Johnson still part of a so-called...
The lunatic drive to close Indian Point
What does Mayor de Blasio have against poor people? They’d be the ones hit hardest if the Indian Point nuclear plant shut down — yet de Blasio doesn’t seem to...
As five Taliban officials walk free, Bergdahl deal stink grows
Come Monday, the five senior Taliban officials sprung from Guantanamo in the trade for accused Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl, could all be walking free. Free to rejoin their terrorist comrades...
Don Nelson: Stephen Curry pick wasn't vendetta vs. Knicks
Don Nelson didn’t have much of an impact in 59 games coaching the Knicks in 1995-96. Nelson had a greater effect in 2009 as Warriors coach in busting the Knicks’...
Jon Niese hammered as Mets fall again to lowly Marlins
The Mets are set to go to a six-man rotation this week with the idea of protecting some of their young arms. Maybe it will help fix Jon Niese. The...
Qatar Cup scandal lets FIFA keep pace with corrupt IOC
The difference between soccer’s FIFA and the IOC — the International Olympic Committee — is just a couple of initials. For decades, both have operated off the same quid pro...
Cops seize drugs, guns at rap video shoot
Cops recovered a trove of loaded guns and drugs at a rap video shoot attended by hip-hop heavyweights Busta Rhymes, French Montana, and Juelz Santana, police sources said.
Cop shoots and kills man he was trying to rescue from flood
OKMULGEE, Okla. — An Oklahoma state trooper fatally shot a man who was involved in a fight with two troopers who were trying to rescue him and another man from...
Veteran Jets lineman fighting to stay off chopping block
Willie Colon is certain he will know the feeling when it arrives. That time, though, has not arrived. Not yet. When you’re 32, entering your 10th NFL season, have started...
Fans say farewell as B.B. King laid to rest in Mississippi
INDIANOLA, Miss. — Hundreds of people filled a church in the Mississippi Delta for the funeral Saturday of B.B. King, who rose from sharecropper in the area's flat cotton fields...
Not all New Yorkers were sad to see Rangers lose
Well, I guess everyone’s happy now. Rangers fans and Islanders fans were delighted by the results of the regular season just ended, mostly because their teams qualified for the playoffs,...
Four legitimate targets who could could turn Mets into contenders
We are in that period between Memorial Day and the draft, when clubs begin to intensify at least the chatter about doing something in the next two months, before the...
Driver crashes into iconic Little Italy pizzeria
An out-of-control motorist nearly turned one of the city’s oldest pizza joints into a drive-thru early Saturday. A man trying to parallel park his black Cadillac ETS instead hit a...
3 dogs, 1 cat dead in two-alarm Brooklyn blaze
A fast-moving apartment fire killed three dogs and a cat on Saturday morning in Williamsburg, the animals’ heartbroken owner told The Post. Smoke filled the fourth-floor apartment in the Taylor...
Stop pretending -- Donald Trump is not running for president
Big news coming from Donald Trump. Big. Uuuuge. I have the news before anyone else. Donald Trump is running for president. Of the Donald Trump Love & Admiration Society. He’s...
Jets give Brandon Marshall a raise
The Jets followed through on their promise to Brandon Marshall last week, sweetening the newly acquired wide receiver’s contract over the next three seasons. The Jets boosted the value of...
New York Post copy editor Rob Walsh dies of cancer at 52
Rob Walsh, a longtime New York Post copy editor, died Thursday night following a battle against cancer. He was 52. Walsh, who joined The Post in 2000 from the Monterey...
Google developing smart fabrics
Careful if you spill mustard on that shirt — wiping it off could accidentally turn up the music, turn off the lights or call your mother. Google said it’s developing...
Blatter says FIFA corruption probe won't lead to him
ZURICH — Invigorated by his FIFA election win, Sepp Blatter dismissed any suggestion Saturday that the American investigation into soccer corruption could yet lead to his door. Blatter insisted he...
Powerful earthquake strikes off coast of Japan
TOKYO — A powerful earthquake struck near remote Japanese islands and shook most of the country Saturday evening, but it occurred well beneath the earth's surface and did not trigger...
Four dead overnight in multi-borough killing spree
Three people were fatally shot and a fourth knifed to death across The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn in the span of five bloody hours late Friday into early Saturday, cops...
Martin O'Malley announces presidential campaign
BALTIMORE -- Underdog former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley officially launched his presidential campaign Saturday with a takedown of the “bullies of Wall Street” -- a line of attack meant to...
Egypt frees Egyptian-American sentenced to life in prison
CAIRO -- Egyptian authorities freed an Egyptian-American on Saturday who was sentenced to life in prison and had been on hunger strike for over a year, forcing him to renounce...
Thief robs 3 Dunkin' Donuts in a week
A money hungry crook knocked over three Dunkin’ Donuts in Queens this week, even making off with the cash register from the third shop, cops said. The thief stole cash...
Sepp Blatter blasts Loretta Lynch over FIFA corruption case
ZURICH — FIFA President Sepp Blatter criticized U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and an American federal investigation into soccer corruption which could yet lead directly to his door. In a...
Helen Mirren lives like a 'f---king nun' while on Broadway
Helen Mirren is up for a Tony Award on June 7 for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in “The Audience.” Mirren won an Oscar wearing the same crown in...
Real-estate broker wants to shack up with an athletic woman
When Adam, 31, isn’t selling commercial space, he likes to hit the gym, and he’d love a workout partner. Strong Roots: Adam has lived in New York City for nine years,...
Orange wine is the new rosé
At Anfora in the West Village, a server pours a wine with a distinct orange glint, like the last rays of a summer sunset. In a certain light, it could...
How a dating guru bounced back from a mortifying public divorce
Legs shaking, eyes swollen from crying, glamorous WPIX news anchor Tamsen Fadal struggled to put on a brave face at the rooftop party thrown by her network at the Gansevoort...
You're a D-bag if you FaceTime during concerts
In March 2014, I remember being at Roseland Ballroom (RIP) and gazing at the magnetic presence of Lorde. She was still riding high off the success of her debut album,...
This week's couple: First move
Kissing on the first date is a polarizing thing. For some people, if the feeling is right, they go for it. That’s what Lawrence, 31, did at the end of...
Does anyone even care about 'Entourage' anymore?
Bros are forever. The guys may be older in the new “Entourage” flick, but 38-year-old leading man Adrian Grenier says the character’s skirt-chasing shtick is fresh as ever. “I don’t...
'Silicon Valley's Zach Woods just wants to play a non-nerd for once
Zach Woods may have just a small role in the comedy blockbuster “Spy,” out Friday, but he’s not complaining — since he got to act alongside Melissa McCarthy for a second time,...
Meet the banker who traded in her briefcase for Broadway
Geneva Carr is really good at playing moms. She can do nice ones, as in the AT&T ads where she fretted about rollover minutes. But she’s even better in Robert...
The diners where Marcus Samuelsson found inspiration — and his wife
When celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson decided to open his new restaurant, Streetbird Rotisserie, he wanted to create an atmosphere that paid homage to his favorite type of New York dining...
This Hamptons vet makes house-calls to the rich and famous
On a balmy Friday night three years ago, Dr. Cindy Bressler rushed back to the city from East Hampton on urgent business: treating the Prince of Morocco’s papillon. Bressler had...
Sandy Alderson: David Wright received epidural shots in his back
The Mets remain in a holding pattern waiting for word on injured captain David Wright. General manager Sandy Alderson said Friday the team hopes to know more about Wright’s recovery...
For Mets, there's 1 silver lining to Travis d'Arnaud's latest setback
The Mets’ hopes that catcher Travis d’Arnaud would return next week took a hit Thursday night, when d’Arnaud removed himself from a Single-A rehab game with pain in his right...
New York City FC looking to snap 10-game winless skid
The fewest victories in MLS and the least points; the longest winless skid and the worst record. When expansion New York City FC planned to make history in the league,...
Could competitive gaming be the next major pro-sport?
If you think videogames are a nerdy pastime for out-of-shape boys gathered around laptops in their parents’ basements sipping on cola, you are sorely mistaken. Competitive gaming, known as electronic...
Another dinger for suddenly homer-happy Lucas Duda
Lucas Duda doesn’t have an explanation for his power surge and he isn’t searching for reasons for his sudden barrage of home runs, either. What’s important, to the slugging first...
Tourists tricked into paying $200 for free Staten Island Ferry ride
These suckers are the reason a $30 hot dog exists. Dopey tourists are paying top dollar to bogus vendors for “tickets” to the Staten Island Ferry — which has been...
A 'smoking' tribute to the late Steelers owner, Art Rooney Sr.
When you picture the late founder of the Steelers, Art Rooney Sr., you focus on an iconic sports figure with a trademark cigar. The cigar was a big part of...
Teacher who 'lost' two 4-year-olds can't be fired
A Brooklyn teacher who “lost” two 4-year-olds from her class during a single school day can’t be fired by the Department of Education, an arbitrator ruled. Instead, PS 59 teacher...
Woman dies after head-on collision with trash-hauling truck
Emergency responders on Long Island sawed off the roof and doors of a Mercedes-Benz to free critically injured driver Michelle McDonald, 29, after she collided with a trash-hauling truck early...
Columbia makes statement with NCAA Tourney baseball upset
Columbia didn’t return to Miami for the Cuban food. The third-seeded Lions came back to the Coral Gables Regional intent on making it through the weekend after going two-and-out a...
Bartender rescues drunk man wearing bikini out of river
A dimwit drunk nearly drowned when he did a backflip off a pier into the East River to impress a few pals — but was saved by a bartender who...
Illegal pedicab bursts into flames — sets off three-alarm fire
An illegal pedicab set off a three-alarm fire in a Midtown parking garage when its battery likely exploded on Friday, authorities said. The motorized rickshaw was parked in the basement...
Marketing executive charged in shady $3M FIFA bribe scheme
A top sports marketing executive was hauled into Brooklyn federal court Friday on charges he bribed his way into a lucrative FIFA deal. Aaron Davidson pleaded not guilty even though...
Hondo takes Wacha
The Royals were up to their assigned task on Friday, fulfilling Hondo’s expectations as they rolled in Wrigley to trim the accounts payable to 690 haddixes. Saturday; Mr. Aitch will...
St. Louis subtly admits sad truth after possible final game
In the moments after the Rangers’ season ended with a 2-0 loss to the Lightning in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final at the Garden on Friday night, Martin...
How the Yanks rotation is starting to ruin their bullpen
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Yankees can’t continue like this, even if it is the Four-A AL East. They are on the road to ruin if they don’t clean up their...
Billionaire to buy $95M sky-high penthouse
A Saudi billionaire is in contract to buy New York City’s second-most-expensive condo — a $95 million penthouse-in-the-sky. Fawaz Al Hokair, a retail/real estate kingpin worth an estimated $1.37 billion,...
Bondholders piggyback off Paul Singer's battle with Argentina
Paul Singer is on Argentina’s case again — and this time he’s bringing friends. The billionaire financier — who has been fighting to get the South American country to pay...
The economy has been consistently inconsistent
Uncle Sam is feeling a little run-down lately. The government said Friday that the US economy in the first quarter fared noticeably worse than previously reported — contracting 0.7 percent...
Apple Watch sales affecting traditional watch market
Are the estimated 20 million people who are expected to buy an Apple Watch this year having a chilling effect on traditional watch sales? There are signs that some consumers...
Rangers' biggest MSG problem rears its ugly head again
It was a tale of two series for the Rangers — one at home, and one on the road. The Blueshirts could not get it done offensively in front of...
The great unknown wouldn't blink, even as Lundqvist did
Somehow, a scoreless game seemed one-sided, with one side holding what seemed to be the ultimate advantage. It was Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final and, somewhat predictably, Henrik...
How Mets' Wilmer Flores faith may explain trade inaction
What if the thrifty way just happens to be the right way? The Mets’ three-game winning streak ended with a 4-3 loss to the Marlins at Citi Field, and while...
These three former Rangers have 'one more hill to climb'
Part of Ryan Callahan couldn’t believe it, couldn’t process how he had spent his entire career with one team and spent nearly a decade in the same organization, only to...
A new resignation for the Rangers, but the same sad ending
The ending did not change, except it came one round earlier this time, one period and one game shy of the Stanley Cup final to which the Rangers had vowed...
Ryan McDonagh plays in Game 7 despite broken foot
The Rangers may have been sent home for the summer by the Lightning, but it wasn’t because of a lack of effort from their captain. Rangers coach Alain Vigneault revealed...
Cops seize over a million bags of heroin in drug bust
Authorities raided a major heroin mill in The Bronx Thursday, nabbing four dopey-looking dealer suspects in sweaty T-shirts and seizing $5 million in drugs. Orlando Rosario-Concepcion, 38, the accused ringleader,...
Bumbling Yankees drop another one to cellar-dwellar A's
OAKLAND, Calif. — Until further notice, the Yankees have returned to the outfit that smelled like the raw sewage that occasionally gushes from broken pipes at O.co Coliseum. Ten losses...
Greg Kinnear is Biden time on HBO
HBO’s Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas biopic “Confirmation” has added several more stars — including Greg Kinnear as then-Sen. Joe Biden. The current US vice president was chairman of the Senate Judiciary...
New miniseries reveals 'The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe'
The glamorously sordid life story of Marilyn Monroe has proven irresistible to Hollywood filmmakers for years. The combination of Monroe’s blinding external glamour and internal fragility is something actresses as...
Devastated Rangers -- and inconsolable fans -- will be back again
The final seconds melted away quickly, and soon the brigade of white-sweatered visitors was storming the ice in triumph, their cries of victory clearly audible in the still, silent arena. On...
Bob Saget joins cast of 'Full House' Netflix reboot
Comedian Bob Saget is back in the “house.” Saget, who played Danny Tanner on ABC’s “Full House,” has signed on for its Netflix reboot, “Fuller House,” reprising his original role....
New Jersey taught Anthony Bourdain to love good food
Anthony Bourdain’s adventurous-cuisine-seeking television shows have taken him to far-flung places: He dined on a massive antelope in South Africa, feasted on sour-cherry rice in Iran and traced his family...
Don't miss these 10 summer concerts
After a winter spent huddled up with our Spotify playlists, it’s time to get outdoors for some live tunes. As usual, New York’s open-air concert lineups and festival bills are...
Khan takes step toward Mayweather, edges battling Algieri
When the bell sounded, Chris Algieri raised his hands high in the air and stuck out his blood-covered tongue. At this moment, he was pleased with his performance against Amir...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Investigators released a sketch of a suspect in eight East Flatbush gunpoint robberies since February. In each of the holdups between Feb. 15 and May 15, the thug either...
5 ways your relationship can survive a trip to IKEA
Going to IKEA with a significant other can strain even the best relationship. The complicated layout, the potential for disagreement over decor, the long lines at checkout --— it’s all a...