July 12, 2015
Donald Trump skips Miss USA pageant
It seems the presidential candidate opted out of his co-owned show.
Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma crowned Miss USA
BATON ROUGE, La. — Twenty-six-year-old Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma has won the 64th annual Miss USA contest, beating out 50 other women from states around the country and the District...
700 Uber drivers could be fired under new bill
Hundreds of Uber drivers could soon be kicked to the curb — and it’ll be the city’s fault, the company charged Sunday. A City Council bill aimed at capping the...
Magazines with top financial advice
OK, so we’re spooked. The turmoil surrounding the glitch that forced the New York Stock Exchange to shut down last Wednesday, the never-ending drama that is the Greek economy and...
Beloved magicians return in uneven ‘Penn & Teller on Broadway’
PENN & Teller made illusions and sleights of hand cool years before the likes of David Copperfield made them flashy. For 40 years now, the pair have been the instantly...
Forget the Palestinians: Arab states have too much else to worry about
‘Hi there! Any news from Palestine?” This is how a prominent Arab writer, Walid Abimerchid, started his latest newspaper column last week, going on to describe a “growing fatigue with...
'Really nervous' Mejia rolls in his long-awaited Mets return
Mets manager Terry Collins wanted to get Jenrry Mejia into the game Sunday. He did. And Mejia came through. In his first appearance of the season after being banned 80...
‘End-of-life counselling’: Death panels are back
Look out, Grandma: Medicare said on Wednesday it wants to start paying for end-of-life counseling. It’s being sold as “death with dignity,” but it’s more like dying for dollars. Seniors...
What to do about cellphone psychos
Last week, Tony winner Patti LuPone snatched a cellphone from the ice-veined hands of a woman who just wouldn’t stop texting during a performance of Lincoln Center’s “Shows for Days”...
Hondo has horse right here
Hondo closed out the first half on a high note — one of the few — as he scored easily in Cleveland with stable stud Sonny Gray and the A’s...
Andrew Cuomo's disastrous fast-food wage 'fix'
On fast-food wages, it’s now clear: The fix was in, just as we’d said. The “wage board” Gov. Cuomo set up to push a hike in minimum pay for fast-food...
Two Yankees prospects flashed a glimpse of the near future
CINCINNATI — The MLB Futures Game was an eye opening experience for Aaron Judge while Gary Sanchez, another Yankee prospect, believes he has finally turned the corner on becoming a...
Too many concerns to fully buy into Yankees' house of cards
BOSTON — It looked pretty shaky there for a while, a few times actually, as things dragged. But the Yankees wound up smiling and therefore confounding us all the more....
Jeb Bush bests Hillary in work-hours war of words
If Hillary Clinton keeps taking cheap shots like the one she fired against Jeb Bush last week, it’ll be a long campaign indeed. Bush was calling for a more productive,...
Squalor on the march — the city's new homeless crisis
Looks like it’s back to the future in Tompkins Square Park. As The Post reported Friday, the East Village green space has become an encampment for a surging vagrant population....
A-Rod suspicion, ESPN host violence hypocrisy as media infuriates
I’m not antioxidant, anticlimax or antiperspirant. I’m not looking to make trouble, only sense. If Alex Rodriguez is now clean, and, at 40, producing such fabulous slugging numbers, why did...
Hey, Mets: The time is now for Conforto's 'light-tower power'
CINCINNATI — The future is now for Michael Conforto. Teammates know it. Conforto knows it. Opposing players know it. Whenever the big-hitting outfielder arrives in the major leagues with the...
Female trio to debut 'new American' eatery
A new all-American restaurant is slated to open next month — helmed by a trio of talented women. Bottle & Bine (a botany term for a vine-like plant that doesn’t...
Relativity Media misses deadline to pay creditors — again
Ryan Kavanaugh’s cash-strapped Relativity Media missed another deadline to pay its creditors, The Post has learned. The mini-Hollywood studio — known for movies like “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” — did...
When qualifying for British Open is the biggest joy of all
James Hahn was in the midst of a mad scramble on Thursday, immersed in the vortex of airport stress. And he loved every second of it. Hahn, a 33-year-old PGA Tour...
Ellen Pao, hedgie husband are losing power-couple status
The walls are finally closing in on disgraced hedge fund manager Buddy Fletcher and wife Ellen Pao — who was forced from her chief executive job at Reddit on Friday....
How family helped Garrett from St. John's hoops to MLB phenom
Baseball was the sport Amir Garrett fell in love with. It was his passion growing up in Las Vegas, in his mind his future. But it also brought him anguish...
Time's running out for Yankees to sign Boras-repped 1st-rounder
BOSTON — By 5 p.m. Friday, James Kaprielian and the Yankees have to have a contract signed or the first-round pick will no longer be able to negotiate with the...
Mets' written-off asset shows how valuable he is
Jon Niese had become an afterthought, and for many Mets fans, a player they didn’t want to think about anymore. Struggling through his eighth season with the team, the left-hander...
Mariano Rivera's advice that stayed with Dellin Betances
BOSTON — Dellin Betances will be in Cincinnati Tuesday for his second straight All-Star Game having returned to form after a pair of uncharacteristic outings last week. And that’s good...
US drug official: 'El Chapo' should have been in US Prison
CHICAGO (AP) — Reactions in the United States to the escape from Mexican prison of a reputed drug lord ranged from disbelief to outrage, with some observers saying it dramatically...
Mom devastated after watching family die in car crash
A Queens mother of two was forced to helplessly watch as the car carrying her two young kids and husband burst into flames — killing all three — after it...
Refsnyder shows Yanks why they should -- and shouldn't -- keep him
BOSTON — Rob Refsnyder is spending the All-Star break in New York, helping his fiancée move into a new apartment. What the second baseman didn’t know immediately after the Yankees' 8-6...
Nets swoop in and land Knicks' Bargnani on one-year deal
LAS VEGAS — Andrea Bargnani won’t be leaving New York after all. The Nets announced Sunday evening they had agreed to sign the Italian 7-footer, giving him a one-year deal...
NYC's inaugural Disability Pride Parade draws thousands
NEW YORK — New York City hosted its first parade Sunday supporting people with disabilities, with more than 3,000 participants heading up Broadway using wheelchairs, canes and guide dogs. "We're...
Nieuwenhuis' heartwarming day underscores Collins' masterful job
The game can really torture you sometimes. It can do a number on your mind, on your emotions, on your confidence. It can make you wonder if it’s worth the...
How deGrom's All-Star fantasy came true -- at different position
Jacob deGrom sat in the visitor’s bullpen at Yankee Stadium, his first day in the major leagues far different than the fantasies that lingered in his mind since he was...
Church van mysteriously stolen
A car thief is on the highway to hell after stealing a Bronx church’s van. Officials at the Calvary United Methodist Church in Morris Heights said Sunday that they were...
Deron Williams' exit ushers in a new Nets leader
LAS VEGAS — It didn’t take long for Jarrett Jack to step into the void created by Deron Williams’ departure. Jack sat behind the bench for the Nets’ summer league...
NYCFC can't contain Toronto's Giovinco in frustrating draw
In what was supposed to be Frank Lampard’s New York City FC debut, the English star had to sit out with an injury and watch Sebastian Giovinco step on his...
Refsnyder provides just enough power as Yanks survive rally
BOSTON — Sitting one seat away in the cramped third-base dugout Don Zimmer constantly reminded Joe Torre that no lead was safe in Fenway Park. The Green Monster in left...
McConnell: Iran deal will be 'hard sell' in Congress
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other congressional leaders expressed doubts Sunday about a historic agreement with Iran to address that country's nuclear program, predicting President...
Kirk Nieuwenhuis slams into Mets history with 3-homer outburst
Hitting a blistering .079 in mid-May, Kirk Nieuwenhuis was designated for assignment by the Mets, then sent across the continent to the Angels for cash. Pretty much after introducing himself...
David Letterman un-retires to lampoon Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb27oPxHtXQ Some things are more important than retirement. David Letterman was called back into action this weekend with a brand-new Top Ten List inspired by the recent presidential candidacy of...
Arron Afflalo at his 'happiest' after Knicks wish fulfilled
LAS VEGAS -- At February’s trade deadline, the Knicks were made aware the Nuggets were shopping shooting guard Arron Afflalo, and his first preference was being dealt to New York....
Suicide bombing kills at least 17 near US base in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan doctor says at least 17 civilians, many of them women and children, have been killed by a suicide car bombing near a U.S. base. Dr....
Runaway ISIS teen marries 'Ginger Jihadist'
Here's a marriage made in hell. A British schoolgirl, who ran away from home to join ISIS, tied the knot with an Australian extremist dubbed the “Ginger Jihadist” because of...
'Go f--k yourself': Danica Patrick unleashes on Dale Earnhardt Jr.
SPARTA, Ky. — The relationship between Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica Patrick will need repairing before two of NASCAR's most popular drivers head to this weekend's race at New Hampshire...
Beloved burger joint rebelling against Texas' open carry gun laws
SAN ANTONIO — An iconic Texas restaurant chain will not allow the open carrying of guns on its properties, and industry experts say other restaurants will likely take the same...
J.K. Rowling perfectly slams Serena body-shamer
Serena Williams was under heavy Twitter scrutiny during her record-setting match on Saturday for reasons completely unrelated to tennis. As if a patronus from a needy wizard, J.K. Rowling came...
Humanity is about to get up close and personal with Pluto
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Pluto, reveal thyself, and Earthlings, enjoy the show. On Tuesday, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past Pluto and present the previously unexplored world in all...
The debut of Mark Cuban's 'ginormous' Indian project
LAS VEGAS -- After making his professional debut in the NBA Summer League, 19-year-old Satnam Singh stepped into a freight elevator with Mark Cuban. The boisterous, outspoken owner of the...
Djokovic crushes Federer's Wimbledon dreams, wins 2nd straight
LONDON — Novak Djokovic got the better of Roger Federer at Wimbledon again. The defending champion outplayed Federer in four sets Sunday to win his third Wimbledon title and ninth...
Bills coach punches minor, threatens to kill family
Just another day at the beach, complete with beach-chair bullying, assault charges and threats to kill a kid's family. Bills offensive line coach Aaron Kromer was arrested in Florida early Sunday...
Nobel winner Malala Yousafzai opens school for Syrian refugees
Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon on Sunday by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls and called on world...
Small plane makes emergency landing on highway
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Authorities say a small plane made an emergency landing without incident on a southern New Jersey highway.
Obama, Democrats and Republicans push for prison reform
A strange-bedfellows alliance of Republicans and Democrats led by President Obama is pushing to reform federal laws that have packed prisons with legions of aging, nonviolent drug dealers. Mandatory minimum...
Ex-soccer pro sues team because they benched him
A second-tier soccer player is suing because he’s been kicked down to an even lesser league. Canadian Mozzi Gyorio, 26, was playing in a minor league in England when the...
Serbian prime minister attacked at memorial for massacre victims
A raging mob attacked Serbia’s prime minister Saturday during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of about 8,000 Muslims in Bosnia — Europe’s worst atrocity since...
Tunisian forces kill five suspected Islamic terrorists
Tunisian security forces have gunned down five suspected jihadists, as the country still reels from an Islamic extremist terrorist’s attack that left 38 people dead at a resort. Cops on...
Expect more hacker attacks on government: Obama’s tech chief
Expect more news of hack attacks on US government computers, the feds’ chief information officer said in an interview published Saturday. The government is searching hard for incidents of data...
Islamic State leader killed by drone in Afghanistan
The leader of Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in a US drone strike in eastern Afghanistan, it was reported Saturday. Hafiz Saeed Khan, a former Pakistani...
NYU professor claims co-workers discriminate against Muslims
A former NYU professor says his colleagues had a problem with his Iranian and Muslim roots, saying they “cannot be trusted,” according to a lawsuit. Mohammad Karamouz, 61, an award-winning...
Bicycle-riding teens groping women in Brooklyn
A pack of teenage perverts has been riding bikes around Brooklyn groping women, cops say. The creeps struck four times within a 90-minute period Friday, each time swooping in and...
'Drunk' dad forgot 3-year-old daughter at Subway until next day
A Long Island dad got so drunk that he left his 3-year-old daughter in a Subway sandwich shop in Harlem during a Saturday night binge, and didn’t realize it until...
Nuclear deal with Iran to be announced Monday
VIENNA — Negotiators at the Iran nuclear talks are expected to reach a provisional agreement Sunday on a historic deal that would curb the country's atomic program in return for...
Brooklyn pastor puts gasoline in 140 cars for free
God shows his love in mysterious ways — like putting $10 worth of gas in at least 140 Brooklyn cars Saturday. Brooklyn pastor Nicolas Uagbor organized the giveaway at an...
Sheldon Silver used allegedly corrupt cash to give out $800G in loans
Sheldon Silver was very generous with his allegedly ill-gotten cash. The disgraced former Assembly speaker doled out more than $800,000 in the years before his indictment on federal corruption charges....
Son of 9/11 hero forced to drop 61 pounds to join FDNY
Matthew Asaro is no longer too beefy for the Bravest — he has made it into the FDNY’s newly sworn probationary class after losing 61 pounds in two years. The...
City’s crappiest pool had 17 floating ‘fecal incidents’ last summer
Everyone out of the pool! Officials counted 272 F-bombs — fecal “incidents” — in city pools last summer. If you’re counting, that’s about four a day during the 10-week swimming...
Real estate broker uses celebs’ addresses to lure in customers
Celebrity homes — including Vogue chief Anna Wintour’s plush Greenwich Village address and film director Darren Aronofsky’s East Village town house — are being used in an apparent real estate...
Email exposes plot by city high school to 'fix' failing test scores
A smoking-gun memo proves that a Queens high school improperly used its own teachers to change Regents test scores in a bid to boost its graduation numbers — despite repeated...
De Blasio is missing in action as city goes downhill
With murder rising, the homeless population mushrooming and the quality of life taking a beating, New Yorkers wanting help will need plenty of luck getting Bill de Blasio’s attention. They...
Lessons for American conservatives in British budget
For the first time in 18 years, the British conservative party, the Torys, have full control of the nation’s budget. The unveiling of their plan last week was a shocker...
Forget the controversies - 'Go Set a Watchman' is worth reading
It’s strange to think of Scout, eternally a 10-year-old desperado, as an adult. Strange to think that Jem is dead. Strange to think that “Go Set a Watchman,” the original...
The heavy-metal kids of the 1980s turned out to be just fine
Relax, Mom and Dad. The kids aren’t really into Satan. A new study claims that kids who listened to heavy-metal music in the 1980s turned into “middle-class, gainfully employed, relatively...
John Gotti killed mobster played by Joe Pesci in 'Goodfellas'
It was time for Tommy DeSimone to die. The mobster — famously portrayed by Joe Pesci in “Goodfellas” — killed two made men, tried to rape the wife of his...
Inside the twisted experiment that turned students into evil sadists
On Aug. 17, 1971, the otherwise placid community of Palo Alto, Calif. — historically one of the wealthiest enclaves in America — was awoken by the blare of police sirens....
Addiction is not a disease -- and we're treating addicts incorrectly
We all know addiction is a disease. It has been so classified by all the authoritative sources. The American Medical Association labeled alcoholism an “illness” back in 1967. The Centers...
Biographer reveals what he learned about Ringo Starr
“It’s just a happy coincidence.” That’s my oft-repeated mantra when I’m asked if I’m related to Ringo Starr, the subject of my new book, “Ringo: With a Little Help” —...
Anthony Weiner gets swallowed up in ‘Sharknado 3’
This Weiner was made to be eaten! Former Congressman Anthony Weiner revealed he’ll be both a supporting actor and main course in the upcoming sci-fi farce “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell...
Bill Cosby's wife says accusers 'consented' to drugs
Bill Cosby’s wife knows her husband is a serial philanderer, but believes his scores of accusers consented to drugs and sex, two confidants of the couple say. Last week’s revelation...
Botched cancer surgery turned my husband into a stranger
Sonya Lea, just shy of 17, spotted a bear of a young man across the floor at her high school dance in Ontario, Canada. He was tall, beautiful, verbose and...
Peeing menace cuffed by cops, only to be back on the streets
New York’s revolving door of justice sprang a scary leak Saturday when a threatening, public-urinating, jagged-glass-waving homeless man was twice hauled away by cops — only to each time be...
Greece asks for $83B in loans to reopen banks
Fresh from a 11th hour early Saturday morning Parliament vote approving the new austerity measures, Greek negotiators in Brussels began bailout talks with its creditors on a proposed $83 billion...
Is the NYSE relevant anymore?
The New York Stock Exchange’s leadership proved the Big Board’s irrelevance Wednesday as it halted trading for nearly four hours and investors didn’t flinch. Since its inception in 1792, when...
South Korean media slurs antisemitism toward Paul Singer
Some mergers are hostile, but this tie-up between two divisions within the South Korean Samsung conglomerate has personal vitriol behind it. On July 17, a vote is planned on the...
Wall St. wants to know how well David O'Connor will run MSG
This Wednesday, staff at Madison Square Garden will get to meet their new boss. CAA Managing Partner David O’Connor is known to all as “Doc,” but before anyone starts thinking...
Multimillionaire attracts suitors for India's Netflix
Indian multimillionaire Kishore Lulla got to attend billionaire summer camp for the first time this year and attracted some attention over the chopped salad and flame-broiled beefburgers. The executive, who...
Teletubbies shine over Jack Lew's economy talk
Lew, meet Laa-Laa. The US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew gave a talk on the global economy at Nasdaq in Times Square on Friday — just as the Teletubbies were ringing...
Tough to crack into Allen & Co's camp for billionaires
Sun Valley, Idaho - Don’t be fooled by the manicured lawns, the fashion boutiques or the piped-in Muzak at the breakfast café — Sun Valley Resort is one tough joint....
New app gets other people to do your chores for you
On the popular TV show “Downton Abbey,” the help can be summoned instantaneously when the lord of the manor rings a bell. With Alfred, a new on-demand personal concierge service,...
Credit cards are the preferred payment method: survey
It’s all in the cards — the days of cash and carry are long gone. When consumers pay for purchases today, whether in person or online, the overwhelming majority prefer...
Brooklyn tea café looking to expand to Tokyo
Two young New Yorkers who import matcha tea from Japan for their Brooklyn café and store are exporting it back with a Brooklyn twist. Graham Fortgang, 23, and his brother...
The reality TV star who has Selena and Kylie stripping down on Instagram
In April, pop star Selena Gomez posted an Instagram photo of herself in a supersexy, black one-piece swimsuit while on vacation in Mexico. She captioned it: “I love being happy...
Here's how you wear a sweater in the summer
Button up A delicate cardigan in a pretty pastel pairs elegantly with a strapless floral dress. Let loose A colorful poncho and chambray shorts are a study in casual...
Massive manhunt begins after world's worst drug lord escapes prison
MEXICO CITY — Mexico mounted an all-out manhunt Sunday for its most powerful drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who escaped from a maximum-security prison through a 1.5-kilometer (1 mile)...
'Players want to play': Chase Headley returns from calf injury
BOSTON — Chase Headley understood the value of sitting out the two games before the All-Star break, but also put a lot of stock in that he gets paid to...
MLB debut 'dream come from true' for Yankees' Rob Refsnyder
BOSTON — Rob Refsnyder went into his Yankees debut on Saturday night surrounded by questions about his glove. The 24-year-old had shown he could hit in the minors, but his...
GM Billy King: Buying out Deron Williams lets Nets 'reshuffle the deck'
LAS VEGAS — The Nets traded for Deron Williams in 2011, then re-signed him in 2012, with the expectation he would be the face of a championship contending team. The...
Brainy Hondo: Gray matters
Hondo, who had losses in hand with the Astros and Yankees was on the verge of being spared a Saturday night triple-flusher, but the Rangers tanked in the ninth to...
Collins unsure how Matz-less Mets rotation will shake up
Jon Niese will start Sunday at Citi Field against the Diamondbacks in place of Steven Matz, but manager Terry Collins said he isn’t yet sure how the rotation will be...
The platoon solution for Yanks' strange 2nd-base dilemma
BOSTON — For a franchise that has handed out long-term contracts as generously as some folks give candy on Halloween, the Yankees sure have a weird situation at second base,...
Hillary vs. Trump is a lose-lose for America
Talk about your hard choices! Imagine that Election Day next year comes down to Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump, The Liar vs. The Fever. What’s an unhappy American to do?...
Sordid 'Ray Donovan' returns, plus other shows to catch this week
1. "Ray Donovan" Sunday, 9 p.m., Showtime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vULuG4hUqe4 Season premiere. Ian McShane (“Deadwood”) and Katie Holmes (“Dawson’s Creek”) join the cast of this entertainingly sleazy series about high-flyers and lowlifes...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan Investigators released a surveillance image of a suspected mugger wanted in the snatching of a woman’s necklace at a Chinatown subway station. The thief ran up to the 26-year-old...