October 24, 2015
NYPD suffers worst string of cop deaths since 1989
The NYPD has suffered its worst spate of fatal shootings of on-duty cops in 26 years, with four officers slain in 10 months. Officer Randolph Holder became the fourth on...
Photo of iceberg that sank Titanic sells for $32K at auction
A photograph of an iceberg — alleged to be the one that sank the Titanic — sold for more than $32,000 at auction Saturday. Snapped by the chief stewart aboard...
Noah Syndergaard: On Series dream, Daniel Murphy and favorite NYC hot spots
With the World Series set to begin Tuesday, Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard took a timeout for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Your World Series dream as a...
Yankees have Billy Eppler's replacement, but not an assistant GM
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Tim Naehring is going to fill the vacancy created when Billy Eppler left, but won’t have the title of assistant general manager attached to his name....
Why Daniel Murphy insists on downplaying his playoff tear
One of the advantages of knocking off the Cubs so quickly in the NLCS was the Mets got a few extra days off at home, soaking in their victory. And...
Israel, Jordan agree to ease tensions at Jerusalem holy site
Israel and Jordan have agreed on steps to ease tensions at a holy site in Jerusalem amid a wave of violence that has claimed dozens of lives, US Secretary of...
Ohio State's QB change proves mammoth in slaughter of Rutgers
What took Urban Meyer so long? After watching Ohio State’s offense click for the second straight week with J.T. Barrett running the show, it remains a mystery why the Ohio...
Is MLB lying or willfully ignorant about daily fantasy mess?
In the 1933 movie “Tillie and Gus,” Augustus Q. Winterbottom, played by W.C. Fields, is on trial for shooting a man over a game of poker. “I’m a broad-minded man,”...
Grave robbers target bronze vases in Queens cemetery
It’s dead wrong: Ghoulish thieves are robbing local graves, stripping them of valuable bronze vases in order to sell them as scrap. The number of larcenies has risen with the...
Your guide to the 15 most interesting men of the NBA
You may not have noticed, thanks to Daniel Murphy doing his best Linsanity impression, but the NBA season finally is upon us. Though the Knicks and Nets both appear headed...
Rats plague Bronx building: 'They were big, they were fat'
Welcome to The Bronx’s rat central — 335 E. 148th St. in Mott Haven. Residents of this six-story building have called the city’s complaint hot line 131 times this year,...
Mikhail Grabovski's overtime goal ignites Islanders
ST. LOUIS — Thomas Greiss lost the shutout early in the third period, and then the rest of a two-goal cushion, too. The goalie was the Islanders' best player regardless,...
9/11 hero with PTSD fights to keep his service dog
Dennis Frederick is going to court to prove that a dog has saved his life. The retired Port Authority police sergeant became an emotional and physical wreck after a 22-year...
Halloween retail sales expected to fall this year
Retailers are in for a fright this Halloween — and it’s not those Donald Trump costumes. Halloween retail sales, which had ballooned from $3.3 billion in 2005 to $8 billion...
Perfect spot for Chargers to get back on winning track
CHARGERS (-4) over Raiders: The Packers didn’t appear to be in their sharpest mode last weekend, facilitating Bolts’ ability to hang tough. But iffy read, since Antonio Gates’ knee may...
Big banks tried to run my business into the ground: lawsuit
A group of big banks tried to wreck a New Jersey trucking company during the 2007 credit crisis, the founder claims in a $300 million Manhattan federal lawsuit. The banks...
Remembering July 30: The Mets' absolute rock bottom
It's hard to fully appreciate a summit without enduring the sinkhole that precedes it. Hard to admire a zenith without a nadir. On Sept. 29, 1968, the Jets were 19...
Adam Henrique's 2 goals propel Devils to fourth straight win
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Down a man and staring down a rookie goaltender, Devils center Adam Henrique all but ensured Saturday night's win over the pesky Sabres. Midway through the third...
How a homeowner's foreclosure deal turned into a scam horror story
Broadies Byas knew the foreclosure rescue deal was too good to be true, but desperation made her sign the papers anyway. After falling ill, the 50-year-old Bedford-Stuyvesant resident couldn’t repay...
Staten Island leader rages: We’re not city's dumping ground!
Don’t dump on us! Staten Island is sick of being the place where the rest of the city deposits its problems, Borough President James Oddo said. The latest diss: A...
Despite Lundqvist's brilliance, Rangers fall to Flyers in chippy affair
PHILADELPHIA — This was the kind of game history has come to expect from Rangers-Flyers. There weren’t any brawls, that’s not the NHL anymore, but Saturday night’s 3-2 Rangers shootout...
China not yielding on bonds
There’s a red menace in the government bond pits, and it’s creating havoc for traders. On Friday, heavy selling occurred in December 10-year note futures starting in the morning. A...
Rob Astorino's Reform Party got one -- mystery -- check this year
A new state political party created by failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino received only one contribution this year — a giant check from a phantom donor. The $107,900 contribution...
Scouts explain why the Royals are Mets' biggest challenge yet
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Until late Friday night, the Mets didn’t know who they would face in the World Series. Along with everybody watching the Blue Jays-Royals scintillating Game 6...
Knicks pleased -- and Carmelo challenged -- over tweaked offense
Cleanthony Early said not only was the Knicks’ preseason emphasis on pushing the pace, but the triangle offense was taught by the coaching staff “differently’’ this October than last. The...
Giant task: Solve identity crisis before season slips away
If a football team is to be successful, it has to have two very important traits: A consistent identity that is evident from game to game, and the ability to...
Cespedes: Push-ups, not golf, may have caused shoulder injury
Yoenis Cespedes kept his workout limited Saturday: He did leg exercises. But the Mets outfielder, two days removed from receiving a cortisone shot for his barking left shoulder, said he...
Protesters flip off NYPD days after cop slay
Director Quentin Tarantino fired up the crowd by complaining that cops are too often “murderers.”
'It's heartfelt': Howie Rose's lifetime of baseball with the Mets
If you paid close attention Wednesday night, in the aftermath of the final out of the NLCS, you heard the voice — for so long the soundtrack of one lost...
Sculpture of Soviet leader transformed into Darth Vader
Sculptor Alexander Milov transformed a long-standing statue of Vladimir Lenin in Odessa, Ukraine, into the leader of another Evil Empire: Darth Vader. The original statue was ordered destroyed under the...
Trump: America will 'go to hell' if Hillary gets elected
A vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton will bring about a whole other type of global warming, Donald Trump cautioned Saturday. “You want to have a mess of a country, you...
The Royals' one intangible that has caught the Mets' attention
The “relentless” Royals are up next for the Mets, on baseball’s biggest stage. “They never stop coming, and what a great characteristic to have for a ballclub,” Daniel Murphy said...
Obama fuels the flames of the anti-cop movement
At a White House discussion about improving the relationship between police departments and black Americans, President Obama declared that “the moment is here.” He meant a chance for big change,...
When this Giants captain talks, Coughlin, teammates listen
When the Giants voted for their team captains, Jon Beason won on the defensive side. Cullen Jenkins, the veteran defensive lineman, finished second. In five of the first six games...
Tom Goodwin lost son to suicide -- and found a family on the Mets
The emotional pain never goes away, but Tom Goodwin is never alone. Goodwin’s son Weslee died in June 2014, a victim of suicide. He was just 20. The Mets’ first-base...
NBA dream come true: I bought my mom a house for her birthday
Nets rookie Rondae Hollis-Jefferson will be providing a recurring diary to The Post as he begins his NBA career. This week he discusses buying his mother, Rylanda Hollis, a house...
How Islander icon's passion continues to help community
PHILADELPHIA — You can take the Islanders out of Long Island, but not Clark Gillies. It was a couple of weeks ago that I caught a link about Gillies’ charitable...
How laughably far Mets have come since last Royals matchup
The last time the Royals and Mets faced each other — just 26 months ago — the core group of Kansas City position players that ultimately would form the backbone...
You're 'damn right' Matt Harvey is ready for Game 1 Series start
Terry Collins had one question for Matt Harvey before he named him the starter for Game 1 of the World Series against the Royals. “You ready for it?” Collins said...
Was last week cold reality or aberration? Giants about to find out
The Giants must believe and hope what happened to them Monday night in Philadelphia was an aberration — a case of wrong place, wrong time, a glitch, a blip. If...
I'd be the first dude: Bill stumps for Hillary in Iowa
Bill Clinton joined Hillary at a pivotal pre-caucus dinner with thousands of Iowa Democrats Saturday, and joked that a vote for her will break the glass ceiling — for a...
Jets interrupt radio host's show to sign him as new punter
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Jets brought back a familiar face Saturday, signing punter Steve Weatherford. Weatherford, who spent 2009-10 with the Jets before playing for the Giants for four years,...
Top offense vs. top defense: The showdown Jets (quietly) have waited for
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Are the Jets for real? We find out here on Sunday afternoon when Gang Green take on the rival Patriots. The Jets have been impressive, getting out...
Can Twitter's Jack Dorsey be fair to his company Square?
Silicon Valley wonderboy and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is in a bit of a box, having accepted the full-time CEO job at Twitter as his company Square is about to...
New York City's ATM fees are second-highest in US
When you’re away from your neighborhood bank in New York City and need cash, you’re going to have to dig deep. That’s according to a new survey, which says the...
Dear John: While tenant’s away, garage space in play
Dear John: My situation is that I rent a spot in a parking garage in Kew Gardens, Queens, and pay more than $250 per month. When I’m not there, they...
Park goes to the dogs for 25th Halloween dog parade
A park went to the dogs in a grand way on Saturday, hosting what was billed as the nation's largest Halloween dog parade, with hundreds of canines submitted to their...
Woman killed after husband runs her over with car: cops
A husband ran over and killed his wife in front of their East Flatbush home on Saturday morning — striking her as she tried to guide him down the driveway,...
In My Library: David Mitchell
“It’s not a dark and stormy night, just a dark night by the sea,” David Mitchell tells The Post from his home in Ireland. Born in England, the best-selling author...
The stunning collapse of one of New York's top restaurateurs
Three years ago, celebrity chef John DeLucie was riding high, musing to Paper magazine about who would play him in the TV adaptation of his memoir, “The Hunger.” (Lorenzo Lamas,...
Catholic bishops at synod call for a more welcoming church
VATICAN CITY — Catholic bishops called Saturday for a more welcoming church for cohabitating couples, gays and Catholics who have divorced and civilly remarried, endorsing Pope Francis' call for a...
4 killed after alleged drunk driver plows into Oklahoma parade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVYvH2sroC0 Homecoming turned heartbreaking at Oklahoma State University on Saturday morning when a suspected drunk driver plowed into a parade crowd, killing four people, including a 2-year-old. The car slammed...
How 14 Truman Capote stories vanished — until now
When Truman Capote died in 1984, his lawyer Alan Schwartz and editor Joe Fox headed to his 860 United Nations Plaza apartment to sort his belongings. “We were busy trying...
This 275-pound man just landed a major modeling contract
https://instagram.com/p/8toOnvP1H2/?taken-by=zachmiko It's not every top model who gets mistaken for a plumber. But when Zach Miko, 26, walked into his first “plus-size” posing gig for Target a few months ago,...
Todd Bowles' pregame strategy for Jets-Patriots battle revealed
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Todd Bowles’ predecessor would have all 53 players on the roster frothing at the mouth in an anticipation fueled by rage and the desperate chase for respect...
Thanasis Antetokounmpo may return to D-League: agent
The Greek agent for Thanasis Antetokounmpo said he is talking with European and NBA teams, but he said he thinks the 6-foot-7 defensive specialist may wind up playing in the...
Obama to cap class time devoted to standardized testing
The Obama administration declared Saturday that students should spend no more than 2 percent of their classroom time taking tests. In a startling U-turn from his own administration’s test-reliant policies,...
Fantasy football: Tread carefully when it comes to using Chargers
If you are a fantasy owner of any key Chargers players, you certainly were looking forward to this week’s home game against the Raiders. The Silver and Black rarely have...
Obama does his best Grumpy Cat to mock the GOP
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is trying to portray his party's presidential aspirants as optimistic and civil, while accusing the GOP's presidential candidates of being glum and divisive. Speaking to...
Why David Spade and Eddie Murphy didn't talk for 20 years
On Oct. 3, 1992, singer Sinéad O’Connor created a scandal when, at the end of a performance on “Saturday Night Live,” she produced a photo of Pope John Paul II...
Kids are getting cars, Louboutins and spa retreats for good grades
Olivia Gluck, a 14-year-old from the Five Towns area of Long Island, was psyched to be the 2015 class valedictorian at her private middle school. But she was even more...
Megastorm Patricia inflicts little damage on Mexican coast
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Only a day after menacing Mexico as one of history's strongest storms, Hurricane Patricia left apparently little damage Saturday as the once-fearsome system spun inland and...
Lea Seydoux makes the case for women’s suits
The fashion scene was abuzz this week over the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund show, and we’re mooning over plenty of equally buzz-worthy looks. Léa Seydoux looks enchanting in Miu Miu, while...
New York's most amazin' Mets bars
Can’t get World Series tix? Watch Flushing’s finest at these fan-friendly spots. Long Island • Changing Times Three locations, changingtimespubs.com https://instagram.com/p/84h9JujjdS/ Fans of Mets’ rookie pitcher and Long Island native...
Ja Rule eats blueberry pancakes when he's 'being bad'
Queens native Ja Rule is the subject of a new MTV reality series called “Follow the Rules” (premiering Monday at 10 p.m.), centered on family life with his wife, three...
6,000 delicious Hudson Valley apples are coming to NYC
New Yorkers who don’t care to schlep to the Hudson Valley for the season’s best fresh-picked apples are in luck. The upstate orchards are coming to lower Manhattan this weekend....
Proof John Mellencamp is actually a really talented painter
Forget pink houses: John Mellencamp’s first New York gallery show is heavy on the gray, a mix of German expressionist angst with a whiff of the Ashcan School. That the...
The alcoholic candy corn that's not for kids
Halloween for adults is happening every night this season at Park Avenue Autumn, where bar director Bryan Schneider and bartender Shane O’Neill have invented the Autumn Daiquiri, a subtly spiced...
Judge who freed 'cop-killer' apologizes: 'I am truly sorry'
Now she’s sorry — five months after freeing the career drug dealer who is charged with murdering Police Officer Randolph Holder. The hero cop’s death this week, by a bullet...
One question mark that could derail Chris Ivory's dream season
Jets running back Chris Ivory has never shouldered this kind of workload, and has no idea if he can for a whole season. But he’s happy to try. He would...
When Royals' Ned Yost knew Alcides Escobar had MVP talent
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Back when he was the manager of the Brewers, Ned Yost liked Alcides Escobar so much that he brought him to big league spring training, even...
Veteran on Mets talks what it's like to play with Jeter, Wright and Pedroia
Playing for eight teams in 10 years, including every member of the AL East from 2012-14, might not represent an ideal major league career path. But Kelly Johnson stressed some...
NBC developing sitcom based on Martin-Tomlin comedy 'All of Me'
Throw one more tired idea onto the TV retread fire. NBC is developing a sitcom based on the 1984 movie “All of Me,” starring Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin as...
Meet the man behind 'Fargo's new scene-stealing baddie
The second season of “Fargo” has found its heir to Lorne Malvo’s expertly delivered, soft-spoken threats: Mike Milligan. The scene-stealing enforcer of the Kansas City mob is played by journeyman...
'Bud' Crawford's hurdle to Pacquiao's last fight -- and stardom
Terence “Bud” Crawford will defend his WBO junior welterweight championship Saturday night against Dierry Jean in Omaha, Neb. But it’s also an audition of sorts to determine whether Crawford is worthy...
Pals so mad at 'Goodfellas' turncoat they skipped his wake
“Goodfellas” mob rat Henry Hill was so hated by some of his former pals that they skipped his 2012 wake. “F--k him,” growled Bonanno capo Vinny Asaro on a secret...
Ted Cruz disappoints deep-pocketed Koch brothers
Charles and David Koch knocked him by name for not backing a bill they support that could give thousands of federal prisoners a chance at early release. “We are disappointed...
Two charged in 'jealous' shooting of Bronx woman
Two men were charged Friday in the death of a woman shot by her jealous former lover while walking with her new boyfriend in the Bronx. Kimberly Velasquez, 20, was...
Archibald Gracie portrait confused for George Washington -- in Gracie Mansion
Red-faced curators at Gracie Mansion admitted Friday that they mistakenly identified a portrait of Archibald Gracie, the 18th-century shipping magnate who built the historic home, as George Washington. The embarrassing...
Ex-cop who 'killed' girlfriend loses legs in subway leap
The suicidal ex-cop who hacked his former girlfriend to death with a machete Thursday survived jumping in front of a Manhattan train afterward — but lost his legs, police said....
Trust funder didn't actually have the $3M she left to dozens in will
When a big-spending Manhattan woman who inherited her father’s fortune died last summer, she showered dozens of employees, friends and mere acquaintances with a total of $3 million in gifts....
US engaged in ISIS raid after discovering graves for prisoners
US commandos joined Kurdish troops in the raid that freed Iraqi captives — and claimed the life of a Delta Force soldier — after officials learned that graves had been...
Adam Skelos used dad's power to try to bribe diners: court papers
Adam Skelos told a representative for an association of Greek diner owners that if they’d buy energy services from his employer, in return his dad, then one of the state’s...
ConAgra shares fall amid prolonged Ralcorp sale
ConAgra Foods’ prolonged sale of its private-label Ralcorp business is starting to reek. Shares of ConAgra fell $1.11, or 2.62 percent, to $41.28 on Friday, despite a Reuters report that...
Amazon scrambles to fix glitchy Fire TV ahead of holidays
Amazon’s glitch-ridden Fire TV has created a five-alarm emergency inside the company. The Seattle Web giant reportedly has recruited hundreds of employees to test samples of the new, 4K-capable unit...
Regulators pressure RushCard to resolve glitch for cash-less users
Widespread outrage over Russell Simmons’ RushCard finally spurred regulators to action Friday — if only to issue a stern warning. After thousands of cardholders were denied access to their funds...
Smaller home-share companies happy to let Airbnb take on regulators
Airbnb has become a punching bag — and rivals couldn’t be happier about it. A slew of Airbnb copycats have been able to fly largely under the radar while the...
Wall Street soars as tech giants boost S&P 500
And we’re back! Wall Street soared for a second day on Friday, putting the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index back into positive territory for the year. Stellar results from some...
Silver subpoenas 'corrupt' doctor's grant documents
Ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has subpoenaed key documents from a doctor who allegedly took $500,000 worth of state cancer-research grants in exchange for referring patients to Silver’s law firm, new...
Black Institute group at odds with City Council over plastic bag tax
A civil war has erupted among progressive leaders over a proposal to impose a five-cent fee on plastic and paper bags. “That’s not progressive. That’s regressive!” said Bertha Lewis, head...
'Who the hell expected this?' Mets invade 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
The self-described “King of all Media” has nothing on the National League-champion Mets. On the final day of Jimmy Kimmel’s week-long Brooklyn visit, the Mets stole the show, drawing by...
Brandon Marshall can't get over how 'special' Jets are
Jets receiver Brandon Marshall has been in NFL locker rooms that were fragmented, and even owned up to doing some of the fragmenting. That probably partly explains why he spent...
State rakes in $4 billion more in taxes for first half of 2015
The state raked in $4 billion, or 11.7 percent, more in taxes during the first half of the fiscal year compared with the same period last year, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli...
Hillary takes victory lap following performance at Benghazi hearing
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An emboldened Hillary Rodham Clinton took a victory lap Friday following her lengthy appearance before the House Benghazi committee as a new poll showed her moving ahead...
Rangers' Vigneault bluntly explains Dan Girardi demotion
PHILADELPHIA — You would have to go back to the early months of the 2010-11 season to find the last time Dan Girardi wasn’t the right side of the Rangers’...
De Blasio: I'm progressive, but some criminals are irredeemable
After nearly two years of pushing bail reforms to keep nonviolent defendants out of jail, Mayor de Blasio urged Albany on Friday to give judges more power to put dangerous...
Royals dramatically set up World Series date with Mets
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bring on the Mets. The Royals, after a pulsating 4-3 victory over the Blue Jays on Friday night in Game 6 of the ALCS at Kauffman...
Hondo running triple option
Hondo’s free-fall continued Friday night when Tulsa was anything but golden against Memphis, suffering a bludgeoning that boosted the dirty digits to 2,027 wards. Saturday night: Mr. Aitch will show...
Carmelo Anthony: Last year's 65-loss agony may be 'blessing'
Carmelo Anthony says last season’s 17-65, injury-wracked nightmare has given him a new “perspective,’’ could become “a blessing’’ and will turn out to be a major aberration. Though shy about...
Meet the judge who actually did jail accused cop-killer
At least this Manhattan judge got it right — rejecting accused cop-killer Tyrone Howard’s plea for rehab instead of prison four years ago, saying he was too dangerous to be...
Sidelined Willie Reed only can hope and pray for Nets roster spot
As the Nets draw closer to Monday’s deadline to set their roster to the regular-season limit of 15 players, Willie Reed is waiting to see if he’ll make it. “I’m...
The crazy history Mets' Matt Reynolds may make in Series
Matt Reynolds could become the answer to the ultimate baseball trivia question. If he plays in the World Series, the Mets shortstop would be the first player to make his...
Kevin Long tweaks, mindset change turned on Daniel Murphy's power
Kevin Long didn’t hesitate when asked which of Daniel Murphy’s seven postseason home runs impressed him most. “The last one,” the Mets hitting coach said of Murphy’s final blast against...
Injuries only thing in way of huge Chargers fantasy day
If you are a fantasy owner of any key Chargers players, you certainly were looking forward to this week’s home game against the Raiders. The Silver and Black rarely have...
Sandy Alderson unplugged: On Wilpons and sticking with Collins
Thursday, the off day between Games 2 and 3 of the World Series, also will mark the five-year anniversary of Sandy Alderson being named the Mets’ general manager. While his...
Fantasy football: Landry Jones shouldn't hamper Steelers' production
Kinesics experts read body language. They determine a baseline, then use slight, sometimes nearly invisible, variations in posture and delivery, looking for clusters of signals that could suggest if someone...
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The Bronx The woman seen here is wanted for stealing a purse from the storage room of a Foxhurst nail salon, police said. The thief walked into Beautiful Nail & Spa...