July 14, 2015
Mets' Jacob deGrom shines, but AL thumps NL in All-Star Game
July 14, 2015 | 11:51pmCINCINNATI — This was a night of All-Stars and legends, banished and otherwise, and they were able to witness a legendary performance by Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom in his All-Star...
Day-care center shut down day after 3-month-old baby died
July 14, 2015 | 11:42pmOne day after a 3-month-old baby was found dead at an unlicensed day-care center, the Soho facility was shuttered by the Health Department and a “cease and desist” order was...
Trumped! Miss USA pageant snares less than 1 million viewers on cable
July 14, 2015 | 11:26pmViewership for Donald Trump’s Miss USA pageant sunk to a low in its move to niche cable network Reelz — drawing an average of 925,000 viewers on Sunday night, according...
Zachary Levi tries out his 'boozy Trebek' for 'Geeks Who Drink'
July 14, 2015 | 11:23pmZachary Levi, host of the new Syfy game show “Geeks Who Drink,” may have never hosted anything before — but he’s got the geek part of his resume down pat....
Meet Howard Stern's favorite new rock band
July 14, 2015 | 11:21pmWhen rock band Royal Blood went into SiriusXM’s studios to be interviewed by Howard Stern last month, they quickly realized that the infamous New York radio host had done his...
How ex-St. Anthony (NJ) stars are trying to help financially strapped school
July 14, 2015 | 11:17pmBob Hurley has spent more than four decades making the monumentally difficult appear routine, sculpting and schooling an ever-changing group of teenagers at St. Anthony High School to near-annual status...
The billion-dollar Spider-Man 'cover up'
July 14, 2015 | 11:16pmNone of this might have happened were it not for one unfortunate Spider-Man fan whose boiler broke down. Back in 2006, comic book and toy dealer John Cimino bought a...
Families of American hostages in Iran no fans of nuke deal
July 14, 2015 | 11:04pmPresident Obama hailed the deal over Iran’s nuclear program as a great triumph for his administration — but the families of four Americans held prisoner by the Islamic Republic wouldn’t...
Donald Trump beefs up security after El Chapo death threat
July 14, 2015 | 10:54pmAs new photos revealed how billionaire cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman made his great escape from prison, Donald Trump beefed up his security detail in response to a threat...
The president's case for bipartisan criminal-justice reform
July 14, 2015 | 10:50pmExcerpted from President Obama’s address to the NAACP convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Last year, something extraordinary happened. For the first time in 40 years, America’s crime rate and incarceration...
This Mets prospect had a rib removed to save his career
July 14, 2015 | 10:47pmDavid Thompson remembers the day when he was riding a bike and the pain his arm became unbearable. This was in March 2014, during his sophomore year at the University...
Taxpayers' response to Garner settlement: He 'isn't a martyr'
July 14, 2015 | 10:40pmAnger mounted Tuesday over the city’s decision to pay Eric Garner’s kin $5.9 million before relatives even filed suit over his chokehold death while being busted for selling loose cigarettes...
City was shortchanged on affordable housing: report
July 14, 2015 | 10:38pmThe city was shortchanged on the number of affordable apartments created under the 421-a property-tax abatement that state lawmakers gave the developer of the luxury Midtown residential tower One57, according...
Hipsters having sex in public spark outrage in Montauk
July 14, 2015 | 10:27pmYear-round Hamptons locals say their town is in need of “pest control” — against summer invaders from Manhattan. Residents of the once-quaint fishing town of Montauk, LI, are furious over...
Rickie Fowler: Travel won't stop Spieth from being a threat
July 14, 2015 | 10:27pmST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Rickie Fowler, who won the Scottish Open last week at Gullane, was asked Tuesday if, because of the travel involved, he has an edge at this...
Fellow pros not about to concede the British Open to Jordan Spieth
July 14, 2015 | 10:14pmST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The Old Course at St. Andrews sits poised this week to deliver yet more history. And Jordan Spieth is poised to provide it. Spieth is at...
Rapes are skyrocketing in New York City
July 14, 2015 | 10:07pmRapes have spiked citywide, disturbing new NYPD data reveal. In the week ending Sunday, rapes skyrocketed a staggering 105.9 percent compared to the same period last year, and are up...
Troy Tulowitzki's response to all of the Mets' trade chatter
July 14, 2015 | 10:01pmCINCINNATI — All-Star Troy Tulowitzki said Tuesday he is not seeking a trade from the Rockies to the Mets or anywhere else. But he sure has a lot of respect...
Daily News editor could be gone by next month as sale finalizes
July 14, 2015 | 9:51pmAs the effort to unload the Daily News heads to the five-month mark, speculation is swirling that Editor-in-Chief Colin Myler may be gone in the very near future. Myler, who...
Chinese hedge funds make up for lost time
July 14, 2015 | 9:36pmHedge funds that rode China’s bull market for most of the year are big winners even after the country’s scary stock plunge. Despite steep losses in June and early July,...
Relativity Media might lose rights to movie starring The Rock
July 14, 2015 | 9:26pmThe Rock may be getting ready to roll away from Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media. The actor, whose real name is Dwayne Johnson, is set to star in and co-produce a...
Perfect compromise for solving the Pete Rose controversy
July 14, 2015 | 9:15pmCINCINNATI — Give him more of these. Let Pete Rose get honored with the Big Red Machine, with the 1980 Phillies, with the 1984 Expos. Put him on the Great...
Investors shell out $115M for Hermès building on Madison Ave.
July 14, 2015 | 9:12pmThe exquisite Madison Avenue building rented by Hermès has a new owner. Ben Ashkenazy and Michael Alpert’s Ashkenazy Acquisitions has just paid $115.17 million for the four-story building at Madison...
Bar owners fight DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket deal
July 14, 2015 | 9:05pmBar owners want to wipe the floor with the NFL and DirecTV. The country’s most powerful sports league, its teams and their pay-TV partner are colluding to overcharge the small...
Nets' latest transformation: A team in Lionel Hollins' image
July 14, 2015 | 9:05pmLAS VEGAS — No matter how many times the Nets transformed their team over the past three years — bringing in new players, firing coaches and hiring new ones —...
Jamie Dimon: I've 'become unnecessary' on quarterly calls
July 14, 2015 | 8:52pmJamie Dimon has better things to do than talk on the phone. The outspoken chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase said his presence on the bank’s quarterly call with...
Porzingis rejects Okafor in OT to seal Knicks' summer league win
July 14, 2015 | 8:43pmLAS VEGAS — Kristaps Porzingis made his biggest gaffe as a Knick, then made up for it sweetly in overtime. In his summer showdown against Jahlil Okafor, Porzingis’ seventh foul...
Pitch clock in MLB baseball? Here's 1 potential stumbling block
July 14, 2015 | 8:22pmCINCINNATI — Time this. Major League Baseball takes great pride in its pace-of-game initiatives this season, with players moving quicker to pick up the action both after each half-inning and...
Now vampires are the victims of bias
July 14, 2015 | 7:58pmDracula exists — or so a new study says, with its findings on a group of people self-identifying as “real” vampires. Unless they drink the blood of others, they start...
The facts that got lost in the $5.9 million Garner payout
July 14, 2015 | 7:58pmDays short of the first anniversary of a death that upended the city, Comptroller Scott Stringer announced a $5.9 million settlement with the family of Eric Garner. Stringer said the...
Obama's Iran-nuke deal far, far worse than no deal at all
July 14, 2015 | 7:58pmBack in 2009, President Obama vowed to “take concrete steps toward a world without nuclear weapons.” Now he and Secretary of State John Kerry have instead guaranteed a world with...
NYPD cop released in Vermont drug bust
July 14, 2015 | 7:46pmA veteran NYPD cop who was charged with selling Oxycodone pills as part of a Vermont drug ring was released on $200,000 bail Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court. Andrea Clarke...
How Cuomo's 'yes means yes' law harms victims, too
July 14, 2015 | 7:32pmWith the laudable goal of combating campus sexual assaults, Gov. Cuomo signed the college “affirmative consent” bill into law last week, also known as “yes means yes.” Unfortunately, the centerpiece...
How Democrats will pretend to fight the nuclear deal
July 14, 2015 | 7:32pmFifty-nine days and counting: That’s where we are now when it comes to the Iran nuclear deal announced almost gleefully by President Obama on Tuesday morning. Congress has 59 days...
Obama and Kerry crossed every one of their own red lines
July 14, 2015 | 7:32pmPresident Obama announced a “historic” agreement with Iran on Tuesday to end decades of conflict over its nuclear ambitions. Unfortunately, the price tag for this slice of history is craven...
Priest gets real estate developer out of jail sentence
July 14, 2015 | 7:26pmThis guy’s got friends in high places. A prominent Catholic priest made an unlikely appearance in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday to ask a judge for mercy on behalf of a...
Several missing after deadly Kentucky floods uproot homes
July 14, 2015 | 7:11pmFLAT GAP, Ky. — Doris Hardin watched the water rise from the window of her mobile home in rural Johnson County. Her lights flickered off then her neighbor banged on...
Revolt over austerity deal reaches Greek cabinet
July 14, 2015 | 6:20pmATHENS, Greece — Greece's left-wing government launched a frantic 24-hour effort late Tuesday to push more austerity measures through parliament and meet demands from European creditors as it faced down...
Obama urges Congress to act on criminal-justice reform
July 14, 2015 | 6:12pmWASHINGTON — Decrying an “explosion” in prison inmates, President Obama on Tuesday called for ending a system that has put a disproportionate share of black and Latino men behind bars...
Actress in viral catcall video sues man who made her famous
July 14, 2015 | 6:09pmThe woman who got 108 catcalls in a viral hidden camera video of her walking around New York City over the course of 10 hours is suing the man who...
Remembering Roger Rees, Broadway's humble star
July 14, 2015 | 5:55pmFew actors went from journeyman to star as fast as Roger Rees did. In September 1981, Rees — who died last week, at 71 — came to New York with...
Disney worker tried to trade park tickets for underage sex
July 14, 2015 | 5:52pmSANTA ANA, Calif. — A Disney hotel dishwasher has been charged with trying to trade Disneyland tickets for sex with a 14-year-old girl. Twenty-seven-year-old Darreck Enciso of Adelanto was arrested...
Hero cop saves choking driver during cellphone stop
July 14, 2015 | 5:50pmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84As09A00HE AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas police officer who pulled over a driver for illegal use of a cellphone ended up helping the woman, who was trying to call 911...
Hillary changes tune and supports Obama's Iran deal
July 14, 2015 | 5:34pmHillary Clinton endorsed the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday as “an important step in putting a lid on Iran’s nuclear program,” in statements that marked a sharp departure from the...
El Chapo joins Al Capone as 'Public Enemy No. 1'
July 14, 2015 | 5:29pmCHICAGO — The head of a crime-fighting body that's restored Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's title as Chicago's Public Enemy No. 1 is "outraged" at the reputed drug lord's escape from...
McNabb tried to hide alcohol on breath with cough drops
July 14, 2015 | 5:11pmGILBERT, Ariz. — Police say former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb had a blood alcohol level that was more than twice the legal limit when he was arrested on suspicion of...
Bills give 'kid-punching' coach some paid time off
July 14, 2015 | 5:06pmBUFFALO, N.Y. — Bills President Russ Brandon says offensive line coach Aaron Kromer has been put on paid administrative leave after being accused of punching a boy in the face...
Rex Ryan will jump out of an airplane, for some reason
July 14, 2015 | 4:52pmRex Ryan is finally trying to find some success in the air. The former Jets coach, whose teams rarely featured competent passing games, has signed up for an aerial stunt...
Oscar Lindberg gets $1.3M and one last chance to make Rangers
July 14, 2015 | 4:47pmIt will be now or never as a Ranger for Oscar Lindberg during training camp, with the 23-year-old center who on Tuesday signed a two-year deal worth $650,000 per, needing...
Boston's disgusting tower of garbage-laden snow finally melts
July 14, 2015 | 4:37pmBOSTON — The last of Boston's winter nightmare has finally melted away. Mayor Martin Walsh announced Tuesday that Boston's once-massive pile of filthy snow has officially dwindled to nothing. The...
GOP leader learns that comparing food-stamp recipients to animals is not cool
July 14, 2015 | 4:28pmOKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Republican Party has removed a post from its official Facebook page that said giving people food stamps is akin to feeding animals in national parks....
Teen dies after falling from zip line swing
July 14, 2015 | 4:04pmCOLUMBIA, S.C. — A Florida teenager died after falling from a high ropes course at a camp on the South Carolina-North Carolina border, officials said Tuesday. Olivia Paige Grimes, 16,...
Nets' most exciting newcomer already needs knee surgery
July 14, 2015 | 3:43pmLAS VEGAS – The Nets’ recently signed big man Thomas Robinson suffered a small meniscus tear in his right knee, the team announced Tuesday. Robinson suffered the injury while working...
Which city has the hottest guys in America?
July 14, 2015 | 3:41pmEver wondered how the men in your city stack up against other locations? We all do. If you’re a single lady you may want to book a plane ticket to...
Why I stopped masturbating 10 years ago
July 14, 2015 | 3:39pmI didn't set out to abstain from masturbation for 10 years, but that’s what’s happened. It started because a friend told me hadn’t masturbated in two-and-a-half years, and I wanted...
Why I’ll never join your stupid book club
July 14, 2015 | 3:24pmLast week, I was asked to speak at a book club about my first book, “The Panic Years.” After a spirited discussion with the group of women (with the exception...
Beachgoers rescue great white shark on Cape Cod
July 14, 2015 | 3:23pmA great white shark that got stranded on a Cape Cod beach is swimming free thanks to beachgoers who kept it wet until rescuers arrived.
Building collapses in Bed-Stuy
July 14, 2015 | 3:21pmA four story building partially collapsed in Bedford Stuyvesant Tuesday afternoon.
And the British Open winner will be...
July 14, 2015 | 3:16pmThe Post picks a winner and top contenders for the 144th Open Championship: Dustin Johnson: The Old Course at St. Andrews, much the way Augusta National does for the Masters, tends to...
Airline stops redhead from boarding due to white ‘sickly’ skin
July 14, 2015 | 3:11pmEtihad Airways has apologized to a Scottish family after airline staff prevented a redheaded teen with a naturally pale complexion from boarding, saying she looked "sickly." Grace Wain, 14, was...
Have your boobs been living a lie?
July 14, 2015 | 3:03pmYour bra size is very near and dear to your heart—literally. It's easy to get a little too hung up on the numbers and letters we see on the tag...
This brain trap is what makes Las Vegas so dangerous
July 14, 2015 | 2:59pmIt rained the entire week you were at the beach except for the last day. But when you look back on the trip, you remember fun in the sun. How...
How the Knicks front office talked themselves into Porzingis
July 14, 2015 | 2:58pmLAS VEGAS — Clarence Gaines, Phil Jackson’s top adviser, was so enamored with Kristaps Porzingis, he thought the Knicks should take the 19-year-old if they won the lottery. Gaines, a...
This bulldog pup missing half his body will melt your heart
July 14, 2015 | 2:53pmHalf a bulldog, twice the love. That’s the motto for Bonsai, an English bulldog who was born with numerous birth defects to an Arkansas-based breeder on April 17. The impossibly...
Breaking down the Mets' trade options -- if they decide to deal
July 14, 2015 | 2:31pmIn a season often described as unpredictable, the four teams expected to be the best of the National League are, of all things, the best of the National League. The...
Sex slaves filmed fleeing ISIS
July 14, 2015 | 2:15pmhttps://youtu.be/WSDPCKY08AI Thirty-four people, mostly women and children, who escaped from the clutches of Islamic State thugs in Iraq are seen making their way to freedom in a new documentary. The...
Are late-night talk shows doomed to go the way of soaps?
July 14, 2015 | 2:15pmThe sea change that has roiled the late-night talk show scene in the last few years — with the retirement of both Jay Leno and David Letterman — masks a...
State GOP leader used office to get son law-firm job: prosecutors
July 14, 2015 | 2:11pmThe No. 2 man in the state Senate illegally snagged his son a cushy $150,000-a-year job — which the kid then used to land himself a pricey car and to...
JPP out of hospital after 10-day finger amputation stay
July 14, 2015 | 1:58pmJason Pierre-Paul's 10-day hospital stay has come to a close, a source familiar with his whereabouts told The Post on Tuesday afternoon. The defensive end is believed to have returned home...
Champagne bottle smashed over woman's head at W Hotel party
July 14, 2015 | 1:43pmThree Canadian women were arrested after they cracked a champagne bottle over a Massachusetts woman’s head at a wild party at a Times Square hotel, said the Port Authority Police....
You can't unsee these naked couples jumping in slow-mo
July 14, 2015 | 1:26pmhttps://youtu.be/dBjSJPNC89I Happy National Nude Day! Yes, July 14 is apparently the designated day to appreciate your body au naturel, and to celebrate, VH1 and creative agency Mistress made a slow-motion...
Cousins, Karl meet up for brutally tense Kings handshake
July 14, 2015 | 1:15pmGeorge Karl and DeMarcus Cousins must be taking handshake lessons from Bill Belichick. The Patriots coach, known for his quick post-game greetings with opposing coaches, would be proud of what...
The bike El Chapo rode to freedom
July 14, 2015 | 1:15pmALMOLOYA, Mexico — The kind of tunnel that led Mexico's most powerful drug lord to freedom would have been more than a year in planning. The digging would have caused...
Kaitlyn is officially the worst ‘Bachelorette’ ever
July 14, 2015 | 1:12pmABC has another Juan Pablo-size crisis on its hands. After giving Kaitlyn Bristowe free rein to choose the man of her dreams, the free-spirited “Bachelorette” has narrowed it down to...
New Yorkers flock to buy 'Go Set a Watchman'
July 14, 2015 | 1:12pmThe hotly anticipated sequel to the classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird’’ was a hit with New Yorkers on the first day of its release Tuesday. As “Go Set a...
Twitter spikes on bogus report of $31B takeover bid
July 14, 2015 | 1:07pmUS investors were pranked again. A fake news story about Twitter receiving a $31 billion takeover bid placed on a fabricated Web page Tuesday morning sent shares of the micro-blogging...
Greece promises to ditch its national pastime: tax evasion
July 14, 2015 | 1:04pmATHENS, Greece — Dimitris Bokas keeps meticulous records of the bathroom fixtures he sells from his small shop in the quiet middle-class residential neighborhood of Koukaki near the center of...
'They ambushed': Gunman shoots cop in St. Louis
July 14, 2015 | 1:03pmST. LOUIS — A gunman wearing a bandanna over his face opened fire on a uniformed St. Louis police sergeant before dawn Tuesday, peppering his windshield with at least a...
Barry Bonds creeps up for selfie with sleeping Willie Mays
July 14, 2015 | 12:58pmCute or creepy — you make the call. Controversial home run king Barry Bonds posted a selfie on his Instagram account early Tuesday showing his godfather, MLB legend Willie Mays, asleep...
Let your heartbeat be your guide with ‘hands-free’ Tinder
July 14, 2015 | 12:32pmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD0kuwi9ClE Is there a way to make online dating even more shallow? Apparently, yes, there is. T3, an Austin, Texas-based marketing firm, has created a new dating app specifically for...
Felines get the Trump treatment on Instagram
July 14, 2015 | 12:20pmPresidential candidate Donald Trump has some polarizing views — but perhaps hearing them from a cat will make them go down smoother. A new Instagram account, aptly named @trumpyourcat, turns...
Deputies kill father of missing baby after chase
July 14, 2015 | 12:08pmREDDING, Calif. — A Northern California man who vanished while officials searched for his missing infant daughter stole a car at gunpoint and later died in a shootout with deputies,...
68-year-old traveled across country for sex with horse: cops
July 14, 2015 | 12:04pmA Pennsylvania man thought he found love when someone answered his online personal ad looking for sex with a horse — but all he found was a trip to the...
Naked man sitting on car snarls traffic on I-95
July 14, 2015 | 11:57amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b00lhxtDBTk WEST HAVEN, Conn. — State police say traffic was snarled during part of the morning rush hour on Interstate 95 in West Haven because of a naked man on...
Hearts melt when Albert Pujols hugs Joc Pederson's brother
July 14, 2015 | 11:50amhttps://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/620780832790155264 Todd Frazier supplied the fireworks. Albert Pujols and Champ Pederson supplied the waterworks. The most touching moment of Monday night's Home Run Derby came after the semifinal round, when...
Jamie Dimon has better things to do than talk on the phone
July 14, 2015 | 11:41amJamie Dimon is going to stop holding court during the conference call. The outspoken chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase said his presence on the bank’s quarterly call with Wall...
Check out the $66M ‘crown jewel of Soho real estate’
July 14, 2015 | 11:33amNikki Field, the senior global real estate adviser at Sotheby’s International Realty, walked us through this sprawling duplex penthouse atop the famed Puck building. The palatial penthouse features a seven-room grand...
Coast Guard joins investigation of mystery beach blast
July 14, 2015 | 11:30amPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island officials say the US Coast Guard is getting involved in the investigation into a mysterious blast on a beach that sent a woman flying into...
Farmer mows marriage proposal into field
July 14, 2015 | 11:24amPORTLAND, Texas — A South Texas farmer with friends who take him high places asked his girlfriend to marry him by mowing his proposal into a field.
Ty Lawson's spiral continues with second DUI arrest of year
July 14, 2015 | 10:57amDenver Nuggets star Ty Lawson reportedly was arrested for DUI in Los Angeles -- his second drunk driving bust this year. According to TMZ Sports, Lawson was pulled over by California Highway...
Cops hunt for man who raped 82-year-old at knifepoint
July 14, 2015 | 10:55amAn 82-year-old woman was raped at knifepoint in her Coney Island bedroom, a disturbing incident that's part of a dramatic spike in rapes citywide. The woman was cleaning in front...
How ‘Clueless’ changed my life
July 14, 2015 | 10:53amI honestly don’t remember the first time I saw “Clueless,” but I know it wasn’t in a theater in 1995, when I was 6 and the PG-13 film, which turns...
Antonio Cromartie asked to get picked on across from Revis
July 14, 2015 | 10:41amAs the Jets get close to training camp, I am going to examine the roster and give you my top 25 players. Each weekday, we will reveal another person on...
Nobody died at the running of the bulls in Pamplona, but lots got gored
July 14, 2015 | 10:32amPAMPLONA, Spain — Pamplona's famed San Fermin festival held its last bull run Tuesday with no fatalities in the nine-day event, but officials said a French tourist died after being...
NYPD traffic officer beaten for issuing a parking ticket
July 14, 2015 | 10:30amTwo hotheads assaulted an NYPD traffic agent who issued the pair a summons for parking at a Bronx fire hydrant, police said. The brutes were caught on video surveillance moments...
'As Seen on TV' company pays up after charges of scamming customers
July 14, 2015 | 10:24amTRENTON, NJ — A company known for its "As Seen on TV" products including the Pocket Hose has reached a settlement with state officials who said it used high-pressure sales...
Hundreds of sex toys dangle from Portland power lines
July 14, 2015 | 10:19amHundreds of phallic sex toys have been seen hanging in recent days from power lines across Portland, Oregon, provoking laughter, blushing and lots of photos. The large white and bright...
Why I'm not ready to write off Tiger Woods as 'buried and done'
July 14, 2015 | 10:18amST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods might as well have been screaming from the roof of the Royal & Ancient clubhouse that stands in its regal royalty behind the St....
JPMorgan's revenue falls but profit rises on cost cuts
July 14, 2015 | 10:16amJPMorgan Chase said Tuesday that its second-quarter profit rose 4 percent from a year earlier, as the bank continued to trim expenses and notched a solid performance at its investment...
See why this beautiful blond golfer is breaking the Internet
July 14, 2015 | 10:12amThere is more to Paige Spiranac than her collection of stunning Instagram photos, but it’s the reason the golfing beauty is breaking the Internet. Spiranac recently graduated from San Diego...
The unhappy saga of British Open golfer's airline-lost clubs
July 14, 2015 | 10:00amCanadian golfer Graham DeLaet took off for Scotland on Saturday, ready to take on the world’s best golfers and win this weekend’s The Open Championship at St. Andrews. Irish airline...
Woman abducted in 'Gone Girl'-style home invasion
July 14, 2015 | 9:59amSAN FRANCISCO — Months after police labeled as a hoax the case of a California woman who said she had been kidnapped for ransom, federal prosecutors announced they charged a...
Professor forced former student to eat crap -- literally
July 14, 2015 | 9:51amSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean police said Tuesday they have arrested a university design professor for forcing a former student to eat human feces and subjecting him to other...
Check it out! Celebs step out in gingham
July 14, 2015 | 9:49amCelebrities are fully checked into this season’s hottest print: gingham. Just take a page from these 10 fashionable starlets: Amal Clooney Clooney opts for a black-and-white Tome waistcoat as she...
Nintendo fans flood Internet with tributes to late president
July 14, 2015 | 9:48amA generation of gamers who grew up playing Super Mario Bros. and Pokemon took to social media to mourn late Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, who died Saturday from cancer at...
Corpse fished from lake believed to be ex-NFLer
July 14, 2015 | 9:45amWYLIE, Texas — Divers have recovered a body from a Dallas-area lake in the search for a former Houston Texans receiver who fell out of a rented boat. The Collin...
Alexey Shved to Knicks: Up your offer or I'm back to Europe
July 14, 2015 | 9:44amLAS VEGAS – The agent for Alexey Shved indicated talks with the Knicks about a return have screeched to a halt and the Russian combo guard is likely to return...
Teen emerges from thick forest after surviving plane crash
July 14, 2015 | 9:28amSEATTLE — A 16-year-old girl survived a small-plane crash that killed her step-grandparents in the rugged mountains of north-central Washington state and then hiked through thick forest to safety in...
Taylor Swift and Lorde duet in D.C.
July 14, 2015 | 9:21amhttps://instagram.com/p/5GxfLqjvPg/?taken-by=taylorswift She expanded her squad with the Women’s World Cup-winning team on Friday at MetLife Stadium, but on Monday, in Washington, DC, Taylor Swift called on one of her core...
NYPD union head on the city's 'obscene' Eric Garner settlement
July 14, 2015 | 9:21amEd Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, blasts the city's record-breaking $5.9 million settlement with the family of police chokehold victim Eric Garner in this exclusive column. I question:...
We've made it to Pluto
July 14, 2015 | 9:14amPluto’s got a whole lot of love to share with the universe. NASA scientist's celebrated a huge victory Tuesday morning after a spacecraft they launched into space nearly a decade...
Stampede kills dozens at bathing festival in India
July 14, 2015 | 9:11amHYDERABAD, India — At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured Tuesday in a stampede during a Hindu religious bathing festival on a river bank in southern India. The...
Ashton Kutcher backs doctor house-call app
July 14, 2015 | 8:05amWant to play doctor with Ashton Kutcher? You can, sort of, with this mobile app. Pager — a New York-based service that’s looking to revive the old practice of house...
One killed, 6 wounded in shootings across 3 boroughs
July 14, 2015 | 4:30amOne man was fatally shot Monday night while six others were wounded in separate shootings throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. The 22-year-old man was gunned down in the vicinity...
Man fatally shot standing in his Brooklyn driveway
July 14, 2015 | 4:23amA man was fatally shot in Brooklyn Monday afternoon, police said. The victim, Gerald Wellington, 50, was standing in the driveway of his residence on East 96th Street near Church...
Iran agrees to historic nuclear deal
July 14, 2015 | 4:16amDeclaring “today is an historic day,” European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini — joined by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif — announced a comprehensive nuclear accord Tuesday morning....
Nathan Lane to channel F. Lee Bailey in FX 'OJ' miniseries
July 14, 2015 | 3:03amNathan Lane has been cast as famed attorney F. Lee Bailey in FX’s upcoming OJ miniseries “American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson,” deadline.com reports. Bailey, now 82, was...
HBO's reliance on brooding male stars is a misguided bromance
July 14, 2015 | 3:01amTV is moving on, but HBO didn’t get the memo. In the 1990s, the premium cable channel changed the game with two iconic series, “Sex and the City” and “The...
Eat it, Anderson! 'RHONY' star won't stop making music
July 14, 2015 | 2:59amCountess LuAnn de Lesseps — the veteran “Real Housewives of New York” star — wraps herself around the microphone like a seasoned cabaret singer warming up for her big number....
Rivalry and racism: What really happened behind the scenes of 'Mockingbird'
July 14, 2015 | 2:56amIf there’s ever a film made of “Go Set a Watchman” — Harper Lee’s wildly anticipated novel, out Tuesday — it will lack the very thing that made 1962’s “To...
NYPD cop arrested for allegedly peddling oxycodone
July 14, 2015 | 2:38amAn NYPD cop was busted in Queens on Monday for allegedly conspiring to distribute an unspecified amount of oxycodone in Vermont. Officer Andre Clarke, 36, allegedly peddled the painkiller from...
De Blasio ducks Democratic fundraiser honoring Cuomo
July 14, 2015 | 2:35amIt was a tale of two feuding Democratic leaders at the Manhattan Democratic Party annual fundraising bash Monday night. Gov. Andrew Cuomo showed up at the American Airlines Theater to...
City settles suit with beaten Rikers inmates for $3.5 million
July 14, 2015 | 2:30amA dozen men who sued the city over being beaten by correction officers at Rikers Island have settled for a total of more than $3.5 million, The Post has learned....
High-flying, beer-swilling El Chapo mocks clueless authorities
July 14, 2015 | 2:27amEscaped drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is taunting his pursuers and former captors — with online photos showing him enjoying a beer and in the cockpit of a plane....
Millionaire 'feared' wife before fatal heart attack
July 14, 2015 | 1:20amA Manhattan financial analyst lived in fear of his money-hungry wife before he dropped dead of a heart attack, a court filing claims. Berkshire Capital partner Richard S. Foote, 50,...
JFK treats your pets better than you
July 14, 2015 | 1:02amAnimals will soon be treated better than humans at JFK Airport. A new terminal dedicated to shipping animals will feature spa-like amenities including massage therapy, developers say. While their owners...
De Blasio thinks homeless crisis is a case of 'fear-mongering'
July 14, 2015 | 12:50amMayor de Blasio on Monday ripped The Post’s coverage of the homelessness crisis — and touted an estimated drop in the vagrant population based on a single-day census conducted in...
Bums think de Blasio is the best mayor ever
July 14, 2015 | 12:44amBums across the city hailed Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday for relaxing enforcement against homeless panhandlers, saying it hasn’t been this good for them in years. “I want to...
He robbed a bank for 'art' -- now MIT professor is going to jail
July 14, 2015 | 12:24amThe former MIT professor who videotaped himself robbing a Manhattan bank as part of an “art project” was sentenced Monday to one year in jail. Joseph Gibbons, with a fresh...
Hillary would consider scrapping ObamaCare's 'Cadillac tax’
July 14, 2015 | 12:11amIn a break with the White House, Hillary Rodham Clinton says she’d consider scaling back or scrapping the controversial “Cadillac tax’’ under ObamaCare. The tax, scheduled to go into effect...
Netanyahu opens a Farsi Twitter account to rip Iran nuke deal
July 14, 2015 | 12:04amIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday launched a new Farsi-language Twitter account, in which he railed against a potential US-Iranian nuclear arms accord. Netanyahu told Iranians that such a...
Daily Blotter
July 14, 2015 | 12:01amThe Bronx This pony-tailed man is a suspect in the shooting of a 15-year-old boy near Crotona Park, cops said Monday. The boy was wounded in the foot on East...