July 18, 2015
Wine tour ends in carnage after 'drunk' driver slams into limo
A tour of North Fork wineries ended in carnage Saturday, when a hit-and-run drunk driver slammed into a limousine full of young women on Route 48 in Cutchogue, cops said....
NY taxpayers fuel job growth in TV: report
Lights, camera, tax breaks. New York taxpayers provided $1 billion in film and television tax credits in 2013-2014 for shows such as “Orange Is the New Black” and “The Good...
NYC tenants struggle to pay monthly rentals
With record-breaking apartment sale prices and a tight rental market, it’s a tough time to be a tenant in some parts of New York City. In the South Bronx, financial...
SeaWorld had eyes on the inside of PETA
It’s an orca in sheep’s clothing. A SeaWorld employee has been posing as an activist for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals since 2012, and tried to lure others...
Colon gets lit up by Cardinals as Mets keep stumbling
ST. LOUIS — This Colon fragrance could simply be called P.U. When Bartolo Colon is bad, he often is brutal. And facing the best team in the major leagues on...
Banks are ripping off investors in overseas markets
The house always wins in this hush-hush multibillion-dollar global securities scam — and the feds are onto it, according to John Germinario, an international banker and former top executive at...
I killed my stepfather with an 'atomic wedgie'
An Oklahoma man was sentenced late on Thursday to 30 years in prison for asphyxiating his stepfather with an "atomic wedgie" in December 2013. Brad Lee Davis, 35, of McLoud,...
Wall Street is scared of crisis: survey
Wall Street money managers don’t have the intestinal fortitude they once had, according to a recent study. The chaos in Greece, the bedlam in China and a weakening US economy...
Hondo rolling with Jays
The Cardinals cruised past the Metamucils on Saturday night, which enabled Hondo to reduce his accounts payable to 1,980 carters. Sunday: Mr. Aitch expects to be on the mark with...
Caitlyn Jenner, Marshawn Lynch and how we reward sports' worst
Welcome to this week, one unlikely to provide relief from last week. If you thought we weren’t in trouble besides agreeing to a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic of...
Dear John: Trump's racial talk is a slippery slope
Dear John: I am a regular reader and agree with a lot of your analyses. I am perplexed, however, when you write that Donald Trump has been focused on the...
FAO Schwarz: The magic may return
City dwellers young and old flooded FAO Schwarz on Wednesday, saying goodbye to the vast, beloved toy store before it closed for good. Sic transit gloria mundi. Yes, we can...
New York, New Jersey on the brink of 'tunnel-mageddon'
The clock’s ticking on tunnel-mageddon. Unless construction starts soon on new rail tunnels under the Hudson, Jersey commuters headed for Penn Station could lose (better sit down) 80 percent of...
In My Library: Annie Baker
There may be no more divisive a Pulitzer Prize-winning play than Annie Baker’s “The Flick.” When it premiered at Playwrights Horizons in 2013, the largely action-less, pause-filled, 3-hour-plus tale set...
Robinson Cano shows Yanks what $240M could have bought
Sweet dreams are made of Robinson Cano in the box at the Stadium, and who are the Yankees to disagree following Saturday’s display, in which the One Who Got Away...
Lundqvist or Richter? The Mount Rushmores for every NHL team
Great idea baseball had with its Franchise Four’s designations unveiled at the All-Star Game, certainly good enough to steal by Slap Shots, if not at some future date, by the...
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson: From a scorned afro to the personality Nets need
LAS VEGAS — Anyone who meets Rondae Hollis-Jefferson today sees someone about as outgoing and confident in himself as a person as you can be. After all, it takes plenty...
Obama gives standing ovation during Broadway's 'Hamilton'
President Obama gave a standing ovation to another Washington bigwig Saturday — Alexander Hamilton. The president attended “Hamilton” at Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre with daughters Malia and Sasha, clapping, smiling...
Emmanuel Mudiay relieved he avoided Knicks' triangle
Nuggets rookie point guard Emmanuel Mudiay told confidants after the draft he was, in retrospect, happy the Knicks passed on him at No. 4, as he was unsure he would...
Derek Fisher: How Gasol comp will help Porzingis stick
Knicks coach Derek Fisher was a longtime Lakers teammate of 7-foot Spanish center Pau Gasol — the name often used as a comparison to the Knicks’ 19-year-old, 7-foot-3 rookie wonder...
Tiger Woods adds another first to his incredible collapse
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods missed the cut in his second consecutive major championship for the first time in his career. Woods, who won the 2000 and 2005 British...
Say goodbye to British Open's Bob Sheppard
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tom Watson and Nick Faldo had their sentimental final farewells with walks over the iconic Swilcan Bridge on Friday at St. Andrews. Ivor Robson will leave...
Ted Williams figured out the shift long before the backlash
Lou Boudreau is the man who generally gets credit for inventing that scourge of baseball aesthetics, the infield shift. Boudreau’s Indians and Ted Williams’ Red Sox were great rivals in...
British Open disaster disgraces golf's most prestigious major
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Golf’s oldest governing body, which oversees the game’s oldest, most venerable major championship, should know better. This was not the USGA trying to shoehorn a U.S....
'Mad' Jordan Spieth: I've still got shot at golfing immortality
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The Jordan Spieth Grand Slam is not dead yet. The possibility of Spieth becoming the second player ever and first since Ben Hogan in 1953 to...
US moves to Gold Cup semis with dominant 6-0 win over Cuba
BALTIMORE – On Friday, coach Jurgen Klinsmann proclaimed his U.S. National Team the favorites to win the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and they looked the part in Saturday’s quarterfinal. The best...
Yanks' McCann joins historically great company, is miserable
Yankees catcher Brian McCann moved into an offensive neighborhood with some pretty impressive residents Saturday by smashing his 15th homer of the season. That two-run bomb at Yankee Stadium during...
Real punches, 2K sit-ups everyday for Gyllenhaal in 'Southpaw'
In “Southpaw,” you’ll witness something you don’t often get to see in a boxing movie: a Hollywood star getting slugged for real. The drama, out Friday, stars Jake Gyllenhaal as...
Returning Beltran may break up Yankees' middle-infield glut
Carlos Beltran is expected to be back with the Yankees on Sunday after missing nearly three weeks with a rib injury. His return could mean the end for Brendan Ryan,...
Michael Pineda's rested, live arm may have been his downfall
Starter Michael Pineda entered with all sorts of impressive numbers for the Yankees on Saturday. The 26-year-old righty led the American League in strikeouts-to-walks ratio and in his bid to...
The fashion world can't get enough of bull terriers
The French bulldog may be the most popular dog in the city, according to the American Kennel Club (AKC) — and the arm candy of choice for celebs from Lady...
Bobby Parnell on life without 100-mph heat, Conforto and playoffs odds
Post columnist Steve Serby fired some fastballs to Mets reliever Bobby Parnell during a Q&A session. Q: Describe emotional ups and downs following your Tommy John surgery in 2014. A:...
There is a new voice at Saratoga, but start will sound the same
Larry Collmus has accomplished just about everything a horse-race caller can accomplish. He has called the Kentucky Derby as the Churchill Downs track announcer. He has been the voice of...
MLB's 10 most intriguing: Is A-Rod changed man or desperate fraud?
When we talk about a player maintaining his pace from the first half, the standard conversation is about if Bryce Harper can challenge 50 homers or Zack Greinke can keep...
Vengeful Cano sticks it to Yanks -- twice -- as rally falls short
While the Yankees continue to look for Robinson Cano’s replacement, Cano showed the Yankees on Saturday why he’s pretty much irreplaceable. The second baseman, who has been mostly dreadful this...
This rising star is the new Courtney Love
Anyone who crosses paths with Courtney Love should expect the unexpected. So when Manhattan musician Jennie Vee got a text from the Hole singer inviting her to hang out last...
Ben Kingsley can play just about any ethnicity
The British actor — who burst into movies 32 years ago playing Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi — has shown an amazing ability to play men from any nation. Beginning tonight,...
Obama collecting personal data for a secret race database
A key part of President Obama’s legacy will be the fed’s unprecedented collection of sensitive data on Americans by race. The government is prying into our most personal information at...
Federal charges sought in Eric Garner's chokehold death
The widow of Eric Garner and hundreds of protesters rallied outside a courthouse Saturday to call on federal prosecutors to indict the white police officer who put the black New...
Tennessee gunman texted friend link to Koranic verse before attack
A few hours before going on a shooting spree that killed four Marines and a sailor in Tennessee, Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez sent a cryptic and ominous text to a friend....
Man navigates traffic while filming wife giving birth
HOUSTON — Video shows a Houston-area man filming his wife giving birth to their 10-pound baby son next to him as he drives through traffic in an unsuccessful effort to...
Is this the most dangerous roller coaster in America?
Jeremy Wischik stands on the Coney Island sidewalk, staring up at the shaky beams and mismatched wood of the Cyclone roller coaster, trying to decide if he’ll dare climb aboard....
Trump campaign implodes after McCain war hero insult
This dumb diatribe might have Trumped them all. Donald Trump on Saturday said there was nothing heroic about the 5¹/₂ years Sen. John McCain spent in a North Vietnamese POW...
Jake Gyllenhaal beefs up for 'Southpaw'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd3KHP26HcU Giants co-owner Steve Tisch has produced another hit, largely because of a knockout performance in “Southpaw” by Jake Gyllenhaal. “I’ve never been in such good shape in my life,”...
Google shares soar to all-time high
This search engine just revved up — and set a few records for the history books. Shares of Google soared to an all-time high Friday in the biggest-ever single-day stock...
Obama takes daughters for a stroll in Central Park
Being president is a walk in the park! President Obama, accompanied by his daughters Sasha and Malia, and other family members, strolled through Central Park on Saturday morning. Walking near...
Born-and-bred New Yorker hunting for a down-to-earth woman with style
Jose, 33, is an ambitious TV producer looking for a woman who works harder than she plays. Sunday best: Jose is a fan of the weekend brunch date — he...
This week's couple: Love bugs
Most first dates don’t include a trip to the grocery store, unless you’re cooking a meal for someone special and forget an ingredient. But nothing was missing between Kozza, 31...
'I went from couch-surfing to starring on Broadway'
"Sure beats your old place,” Daveed Diggs’ brother joked when he saw the “Hamilton” star’s Washington Heights apartment. That’s not saying much— Diggs’ “old place” was the No. 2 train....
Meet the newest Victoria's Secret hottie Rachel Hilbert
A leggy blonde with knockout abs is posing for The Post in a poolside cabana at the Dream Downtown hotel. As the beauty twirls her beachy waves around a finger...
Car fatally strikes pedestrian in Queens
A man walking along the median divider of the Belt Parkway was fatally struck by a car early Saturday morning, officials said. The unidentified man was trudging along the eastbound...
MTA worker among 3 slain overnight across NYC
An off-duty MTA employee was shot dead early Saturday in Brooklyn in one of three deadly slayings reported in the overnight hours, authorities said. Dustin Jackson was standing at the...
Sailor injured in Tennessee shooting has died
A 26-year-old sailor shot by the Kuwaiti-born gunman in Thursday’s bloody rampage in Tennessee died of his wounds Saturday — becoming the fifth service member slain in the attack. Navy...
Why I need to be someone's best man before I turn 40
Long before I ever considered getting married, I knew I wanted to be somebody’s best man. If you aren’t the groom yourself, the next best thing is standing alongside him,...
Why Adam Sandler should retire immediately
"As a kid, I’d go into the bathroom when I was having a tantrum,” Adam Sandler once admitted. “I’d be in the bathroom crying, studying myself in the mirror. I...
More than 300 people hurt in South Africa train collision
JOHANNESBURG — A commuter train crashed into another passenger train during rush hour Friday in South Africa's largest city injuring more than 300 people, an emergency services spokeswoman said. Nana...
Why the Iran deal leaves Israelis feeling abandoned
To get away from last summer’s war in Gaza, with its air-raid sirens and cascade of terrible news, my wife and I decided to head north, and to rent a...
Ian Ziering dishes on all things 'Sharknado'
As “Sharknado” hero Fin Shepard, Ian Ziering has battled the fish-infested weather system in both LA and New York. So is Fin getting any better at this as the third...
TLC's 'Counting' ax tops the week that was in TV
TLC axes '19 Kids and Counting' It took ’em nearly two months, but TLC finally pulled the plug on “19 Kids and Counting” in the aftermath of the Josh Duggar...
Art fraudster avoids prison, but still owes $1.6M to victims
The art-gallery deadbeat who still owes $1.6 million to her victims won’t be tossed in jail for making late payments — but is still on the hook for the hefty...
Sal Albanese faces penalty for loaning his own campaign money
It’s Catch-22, New York campaign edition. Mayoral candidate Sal Albanese joined the campaign-finance program in 2013, but couldn’t raise enough money to qualify for public matching funds. So he loaned...
The day in photos
A baby seal keeps cool, hot pink sheep hang out, President Barack Obama meets the oldest known living World War II veteran and more.
LIRR trains collide during rush hour commute
https://twitter.com/dingramdc/status/622177948293066753 Two Long Island Rail Road trains collided just east of Jamaica Station causing major travel delays during Friday’s rush hour commute, according to the MTA. Nobody was injured when...
Democratic candidates turn dinner into a GOP bashing party
All five declared candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination gathered at a party dinner in Iowa Friday night and took turns bashing Republicans while mostly playing nice with each other....
Terry Collins: Mets going back to a five-man rotation — for now
ST. LOUIS — The Mets are back to a five-man rotation, with an option to eventually add another arm. According to manager Terry Collins, the team will stick with five...
Michael Cuddyer knows playing time isn't a guarantee
ST. LOUIS — Michael Cuddyer may have a two-year, $21 million contract with the Mets, but he’s not on scholarship. That message was loud and clear on Friday, when the...
Cuomo campaign scores $250K after 'pro-Hasidic' veto
That doesn’t seem kosher. Gov. Cuomo accepted a whopping $250,000 in campaign cash from limited-liability corporations linked to a developer with interests in upstate Hasidic community Kiryas Joel. And the...
9 hurt in Brooklyn apartment fire
Nine people were injured in a Brooklyn blaze Friday night, officials said. The fire broke out on the second floor of an apartment building at 939 68th Street in Dyker...
Special-ed preschool 'stole' $800K in government funding
ALBANY — A Brooklyn preschool with just 110 children collected $800,000 in undeserved expenses from the government for rent, credit-card bills and other costs, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Friday....
Estranged widow fights for transgender woman's life insurance payout
The estranged widow of a transgender woman who was born in a German displacement camp following World War II is fighting her late husband’s best friend over his $250,000 life-insurance...
Book your trip! Iran expecting tourism boom after nuclear deal
You won’t want to miss the Hezbollah gift shop! Iran is bracing for a “tsunami of tourists” as an outgrowth of the nuclear deal reached this week with the United...
Three shootings leave two dead, two wounded across the city
Three separate shootings left two people dead and two others wounded across the city on Friday night, cops said. One man was fatally shot in front of 4431 De Reimer...
Lawyers of investigated city, state politicians enjoy big paydays
Some of the biggest winners this campaign cycle aren’t candidates, but their lawyers. City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito’s campaign spent more than $75,000 on legal fees over the last six...
Cops keep de Blasio in a bum-free bubble
No wonder he doesn’t think there’s a problem. The police have been laboring to keep Mayor de Blasio in a bum-free bubble — clearing nuisance-causing vagrants from his view at...
'Something happened' to terror gunman after Mideast trip
The Kuwaiti-born gunman who killed four Marines during a bloody shooting spree at two military sites in Tennessee took a seven-month trip to the Middle East last year, law-enforcement sources...
Chris Young ripping lefties and righties without Mets 2nd thought
Chris Young was under no illusions. The Yankees outfielder knew his primary purpose would be hitting against lefties, as he did Friday when Seattle started rookie Mike Montgomery. “He’s been...
Knicks have kept Carmelo in the loop -- even if Phil Jackson hasn't
LAS VEGAS — While Phil Jackson said he hasn’t debriefed Carmelo Anthony on the Knicks’ modest free-agent haul this July, at least someone prominent from the organization has. According to...
Nets' original athleticism cure could be their lockdown answer
LAS VEGAS — The Nets pledged to get more athletic this summer, and have spent the past month trying to do so. But the process actually began at last season’s...
Gramcery doc gets 5 1/2 years for selling oxycodone prescriptions
A Gramercy Park doctor convicted of running a lucrative pill mill blamed his crimes on his “caring nature,” prosecutors said before he was sentenced Friday to 5¹/₂ years in prison....
Former Giants head coach Bill Arnsparger dies at 88
Defensive genius and former Giants head coach Bill Arnsparger died Friday afternoon at the age of 88. Arnsparger spent three seasons at the helm of the Giants starting in 1974...
On mound and at bat, Yanks' absolute star power on display
The ball soared into the night, on its way into the right-center field seats, and you stood on the mound and looked in disbelief and frustration at the heavens above....
Hondo dealing the Cards
Slumping and sliding Hondo K’d Friday night with Chicago’s Lovable Losers, who were beaten in Atlanta to expand the NRN (nasty red number) to 2,030 frisches. Saturday night: Mr. Aitch...
Kyra Cox, 15, captures NY State Women's Amateur title
For 15-year-old Kyra Cox, age is just a number. The teenager from South Salem in Westchester County has spent part of her summer vacation upstaging older opponents. She won the...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Two gun-toting suspects knocked over a Bedford-Stuyvesant business, authorities said. The two men stormed the offices of RDJ International on Stuyvesant Avenue near Kosciuszko Street at about 3:50 p.m....
High praise for Kristaps Porzingis: Knicks may not be 'a joke'
LAS VEGAS — Knicks 7-foot-3 rookie wonder Kristaps Porzingis looked good enough in four games during the Las Vegas summer league that — as one scout put it — “Maybe...
Congress comes together to blast timing of Iran-nuke deal
WASHINGTON — The UN Security Council is set to vote Monday on a resolution backing the new Iran nuclear deal in a move that has Republican and Democratic senators fuming...
Finally, uptown gets its own High Line
Eight years after the High Bridge pedestrian overpass was closed — its missing bricks, broken railings and weed-choked length considered a public danger — William Goodhart took a jog on...
The indulgent world of F. Scott Fitzgerald
In 1922, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, new parents and pinched for cash, gave up their suite at the Plaza Hotel and rented a house on Long Island in Great Neck....