November 20, 2015
Rangers' lone loss surprisingly reassuring to Rick Nash
SUNRISE, Fla. — One is enough for Rick Nash and the Rangers. One loss, that is, even if the 2-1 defeat at Tampa Bay on Thursday marked the first after...
Duke's next most-hated player proves he's worth the hype
One night turned valid hype into laughable hyperbole. Grayson Allen opened the season with back-to-back 26-plus point games and began carving a reputation as Duke’s next superstar, but was quickly...
City council takes aim at drones
Hobbyists who fly unmanned drones around the Big Apple are about to get their wings severely clipped by the City Council. Lawmakers want to place restrictions on where, when and...
Under Travis Hamonic dark cloud, Islanders fall to Canadiens
Here is the template for how the Islanders are going to deal with this dilemma, as long as it lasts: They will continue to say the fact top-four defenseman Travis...
NYPD tries to ground hoverboard sales with city-wide ban
One of the hottest holiday gadgets was banned by the New York City Police Department this week just as it was flying off the shelves. But retailers selling hoverboards —...
How NYC AAU program matches hoop stars with right colleges
The early signing period is a hallmark for high school basketball prospects, realizing the dream to play Division I basketball. For the RENS, an AAU program starting to emerge as a...
These retailers are offering Black Friday deals right now
Black Friday is getting carved up like a Thanksgiving turkey. Retailers are launching big discounts as early as this week — and offering them again on Thanksgiving and the following...
Surging Knicks stave off Thunder to move above .500
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Knicks showed Friday night they’re more than just Kristaps Porzingis. The night began with injured free-agent-to-be Kevin Durant strolling across the court during pregame introductions to...
Fed's 'expedited meeting' sends shivers through Wall Street
Wall Street got a little unnerved on Friday by the announcement of an unscheduled Federal Reserve meeting this Monday. The Fed announcement said its board of governors would get together...
Breaking down Miguel Cotto-Canelo Alvarez: a Puerto Rico-Mexico battle
It was supposed to be a fight for the WBC middleweight championship and still is, sort of. But what really is at stake Saturday night in Las Vegas when Miguel...
It looks like injury bug has finally bitten Sheldon Richardson
Barring some late and sudden improvement, Jets defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson will be forced to miss a game due to injury for the first time in his NFL career Sunday....
Keep counting on big-time fantasy numbers from Bears' rookie RB
Rookie Jeremy Langford has been a fantasy football godsend since taking over as the Bears’ feature running back after Matt Forte suffered a knee injury, scoring three times in two...
Celtics eviscerate Nets in era-defining blowout
BOSTON — As bad as the Nets’ trade with Boston was in the summer of 2013 — and it was the worst deal since Faust — watching video of Friday’s...
Recovered hoops star chose saving Columbia over deserting it
Unfortunately, at some point, the “Breaking Bad” episodes end. Even when another show takes its place, the binge ends the same, with fiction fading and reality returning. Stuck at his...
The day in photos: Nov. 20, 2015
You won't believe what this cute critter's called.
Mayor de Blasio's still in denial on the city's homeless mess
Pathetic. Mayor de Blasio declared Friday that the real mistake was that City Hall “did not explain to people well enough what we were doing to address homelessness.” This, the...
Team Obama's latest ISIS 'oops'
When it comes to US intelligence failures on ISIS, it turns out President Obama’s dismissing the Islamic State as a “JV team” was only a minor blip. As Bloomberg Businessweek...
Kudos to the judge for super-sizing Jared's sentence
Kudos to Judge Tanya Walton Pratt for answering Jared Fogle’s dishonest pleas for mercy with a longer sentence than called for in his plea bargain. Fogle pleaded guilty to having...
Spare us the sudden sanctimony on Syrian refugees, Mr. President
The president has seen the enemy, and it is the refusal to accept more Syrian refugees. From the tone of President Obama’s post-Paris remarks, you’d think that a sophisticated terrorist...
If we don't fight ISIS over there, we'll soon be fighting here
President Obama has a choice: He can either destroy the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq or see the Islamic State bring its war to America. It is only...
A new taxpayer bailout to cover up ObamaCare's failure?
How dare the Obama administration bail out insurance companies with our money in order to hide ObamaCare’s failures. Thursday, just hours after giant insurer UnitedHealthcare said it’s losing money selling...
Jet gives worrisome scouting report of Texans' mystery QB
T.J. Yates might be a mystery to most of the Jets on Sunday, but at least one of them is very familiar with the Texans’ fill-in at quarterback. Linebacker Quinton...
Why Yankees are loving the quickly closing bullpen market
With the Braves and Dodgers looking at Darren O’Day as a closer, the free-agent market for that key bullpen spot could be shrinking — which would be a plus for...
Stop lying about the school that saved my special-needs daughter
Success Academy saved my daughter — yet now it’s being falsely accused of kicking out kids just like her. Readers should consider my experience as a real Success parent. Three...
Jets' season swings with stud defense validation or disgrace
If we are to take these Jets seriously, they cannot return home from Houston on Sunday night without a win, without being 6-4 and having thrust themselves into the thick...
A harsh awakening for Wisconsin's reigning NCAA darling
With just a few words — including “antidisestablishmentarianism,” “cattywampus” and “zephyr” — Nigel Hayes became a star. All last season, Wisconsin only had room for sidekicks, with seniors Frank Kaminsky...
This shop combines your two favorite things: coffee and puppies
Dainty music tinkles in the background as Lola cuddles next to Rocky on a plush, gold banquette. While the friendly cafe ambience might be relaxing to the local dog owners...
Do Coney Island without freezing your butt off
A famous saying around Coney Island, attributed to Steeplechase Park creator George Tilyou and now painted on a mural outside the aquarium, reads: “If Paris is France, Coney Island, between...
'It's my baby!': Woman rips infant from mom's womb, parades as her own
A young Bronx woman who was desperate to have a child on Friday slit the throat of a nine months’ pregnant woman, carved the live baby out of her belly...
Adele no longer dresses like a mess
When it comes to delivering weep-worthy songs, Adele is spectacularly consistent. Her style, however, has been a work in progress — but that’s why we love her, right? She’s an...
Terrorist photos that made us gag
When some truly cringe inducing selfies of Hasna Aitboulahcen surfaced, the news went viral. She's not the first terrorist, however, to have some truly awful pictures go public.
Sword-wielding psycho freaks out at Apple Store
A man swinging a samurai sword fought an imaginary duel Friday on the glass spiral staircase of the bustling Apple Store on Fifth Avenue as frightened tourists and computer geeks...
Big reveal in new Batman comic is going to 'piss people off'
Better not leave the toilet seat up in the Batcave. In the highly anticipated new comic-book series, “Dark Knight III: The Master Race,” Batman has apparently gone through some changes....
Nate Berkus lists Greenwich penthouse duplex for $10.5M
Interior designer Nate Berkus, who got his start as an Oprah favorite, is listing the Greenwich Village home he shares with Jeremiah Brent for $10.5 million. The penthouse duplex, at...
In appreciation of ageless marvel Jaromir Jagr, who can't slow down
SUNRISE, Fla. — No one ever would dare question the designation of Jaromir Jagr as a generational player. But it is not as simple as that. Because there are questions...
Russians write 'For Paris' on bombs destined for Syria
Russian airmen will soon be wiping out ISIS thugs with high-powered bombs scrawled with the defiant messages “For Paris” and “For ours.” A video released Friday by the Russian Defense...
JR Smith choked teen who heckled him at pizza shop: police
Basketball bad boy J.R. Smith proved he doesn’t take the high road off the court either — when he choked a teenager who teased him on a Chelsea street, the...
Lottery official says $1.2M jackpot linked to fraud
OKLAHOMA CITY — The head of the Oklahoma Lottery says a $1.2 million jackpot won in 2011 has been connected to a former security official of an Iowa-based multi-state lottery...
Man freed after 3 decades in prison calls moment 'surreal'
DEER LODGE, Mont. — A Montana man who spent three decades behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit walked out of prison Friday after the governor...
Tony Romo is fantasy football trade bait, not a savior
Managing the fantasy quarterback position this season has been like surviving a slasher flick. Slowly, one by one, the cast is cut down. There’s an episode of “Cheers” when they...
Dentist accused of trying to spread HIV was once AIDS activist
The depraved Manhattan dentist who was busted for distributing kiddie porn and intentionally trying to spread HIV was ironically an advocate for AIDS victims in the late 1980s. John Wallace...
How the good guys got the ISIS terrorist behind the Paris attacks
PARIS - Police watched the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks being led by a woman into an apartment the evening before both died there in a raid by special...
Rich New Yorkers’ homes are ruining our air
The city’s ritziest apartment buildings are also the worst for the environment. A new report titled “Elite Emissions: How the Homes of the Wealthiest New Yorkers Help Drive Climate Change”...
NHL foolishly killed the best, drunkest part of All-Star Game
There is no need to waste more space railing against a league for how they run an All-Star game. Because honestly, what’s the difference? (Except you, baseball, which nonsensically decided...
John Zuccotti, tireless champion of downtown, dies at 78
John E. Zuccotti, the real estate investor, civic leader and park namesake who championed the revival of lower Manhattan after 9/11, has died at the age of 78. Zuccotti, the...
Trump voices support for mandatory Muslim database
NEWTON, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has voiced support for creating a mandatory database to track Muslims in the United States — the latest in an escalating series...
Meet Apache, New York's answer to the hero dog Diesel
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton rode the 6 train Friday from One Police Plaza to Grand Central Terminal, where he met with a pair of counter-terrorism officers and their dog Apache...
Facebook billionaires dominate '40 richest under 40' list
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is the kingpin — no surprise there. But what you may not realize about this year’s Forbes 40 under 40 list is just how many...
The $100,000 ‘Citizen Kane’ sled
A “Citizen Kane" sled that has been in screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz’s family for more than seven decades goes up for auction on Monday — but his grandson, TCM host Ben...
Carmelo Anthony drops several hints about Kevin Durant's future
OKLAHOMA CITY — Carmelo Anthony said he wouldn’t be surprised if 2016 free agent Kevin Durant stuck it out long-term in Oklahoma City. Conveniently, Durant was inducted into the Oklahoma...
This poor guy's name was too dirty for Facebook
An Australian man had to take desperate measures to prove to Facebook that his name was really Phuc Dat Bich. After having his profile shutdown several times, Bich posted a...
Condé Nast fires publisher during morale-building Caribbean cruise
Bill Wackermann, the magazine publisher once known as an all-around troubleshooter, was given the ax from his job at Condé Nast Traveler on Friday, the company announced. While getting laid...
Tesla recalls all Model S sedans
DETROIT — Tesla Motors is recalling its entire fleet of Model S sedans to check their front seat belts after one passenger's seat belt became disconnected. The recall — the company's...
Woman reunited with dog who vanished 7 years ago
https://youtu.be/xlAWfSbQTAc HAMILTON, Ohio — A Tennessee resident reunited with her dog who disappeared seven years ago from her old home in Ohio says she can't even describe how happy she...
Hard-partying jihadi woman was not a suicide bomber
The hard-partying jihadi who cops said blew herself up during a police raid was actually killed when a fellow terrorist standing nearby detonated his own suicide vest, authorities revealed Friday....
Porzingis gets Dirk's seal of approval: 'He's for real'
The Kristaps Porzingis hype is warranted. So says Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki, the foremost authority on what it takes to go from an unknown European to an NBA phenom —...
Nets' Sergey Karasev makes nice, actually plays after dad rant
BOSTON — A day after Nets swingman Sergey Karasev’s father called the team “a mess” and wondered why his son wasn’t getting any playing time, Brooklyn coach Lionel Hollins gave...
Obama's anti-ISIS theater of the absurd
“You’re all suckers.” That has to be what Barack Obama is thinking as the country falls for his head-fake. Let’s recap. George W. Bush’s surge reduced the Islamic State’s precursor,...
Ray Rice impervious to irony of repeated Greg Hardy scolding
Ray Rice says he’s a rehabilitated man, and he wants everyone to know it. Rice, the poster boy for violence against women among NFL players, again scolded Greg Hardy over...
De Blasio: I was wrong about homeless epidemic
Mayor de Blasio admitted on Friday that his handling of the city’s homeless epidemic has been his biggest misstep in office — a day after Police Commissioner Bill Bratton called...
Will the Warriors ever lose? Digging into the schedule
The Warriors will lose eventually. We think. They would have had ready excuses for not firing out of the gate: The standard championship hangover. Injuries to secondary scorer Klay Thompson. The...
Soccer stud enjoying playoff ouster with hot honeymoon
https://www.instagram.com/p/98AcWqGWOT/?taken-by=sydneyleroux Despite a quick elimination from the MLS Playoffs, striker Dom Dwyer seems to be doing just fine. The Sporting KC star, who swapped vows with US Women's soccer darling...
Airline loses Boston bombing victim's prosthetic leg
A professional dancer who lost a leg in the Boston Marathon terror bombing said American Airlines lost her luggage containing her prosthetic — but fortunately found it a day later....
Inside an ISIS suicide-bombing truck
These are the massive machines used by Islamic State to blow their targets to bits. A Brisbane “rebel” fighting against ISIS in the Middle East has uncovered a key hideout...
American among dozens dead after jihadists attack Mali hotel
Al Qaeda gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital Friday, seizing 170 hostages and leaving the building strewn with corpses — after picking off those who could not recite...
How Ronda Rousey transformed Reebok's $70M bet on UFC
Reebok president Matt O’Toole isn’t a man who messes around. Last week this reporter completed a handful of interviews with fighters and other people involved in UFC 193 and there...
Debris found in lake after plane carrying couple vanishes
A Westchester County couple were returning to Connecticut after a short trip to Mississippi when their single-engine plane vanished on approach to Danbury Airport, according to a report. A wheel...
Dentist traded root canals for meth, peddled child porn, into bestiality: feds
A Manhattan dentist who studied at NYU traded root canals for meth, peddled kiddie porn out of his practice in Chelsea — and “actively” engaged in underground bestiality parties, federal...
Bryce Harper mispronounces meme, instantly becomes one
https://youtu.be/sotm0zQQhzk That's a clown pronunciation, bro. Nationals slugger Bryce Harper, fresh off being named the National League MVP on Thursday evening, fielded a seemingly innocuous questions from anchor Scott Van...
CNN reporter really regrets this tweet
CNN suspended global affairs correspondent Elise Labott for two weeks over a tweet that followed the House vote affecting Syrian refugees trying to enter this country. Her network reported that...
New mom finishes college exam in delivery room
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153188917676643&set=a.10150344379841643.349904.650751642&type=3&theater MACON, Ga. — Not even labor pains could keep Tommitrise Collins from completing a college exam, and a photo of her working on the online test from her hospital...
Why you should never short-sell stocks
The financial media love when big-time professional investors, such as Bill Ackman or David Einhorn, say they have shorted a stock, because it means there could be open warfare between...
'Frankenfish' salmon won't be labeled: FDA
What's for dinner? Before long, it may well be genetically modified salmon, the first such altered animal cleared for human consumption in the United States. Critics call it "Frankenfish," but...
Scotland Yard sorry that undercover cops had sex with female activists
LONDON — Scotland Yard has settled legal claims from seven female activists who said undercover police had formed "intimate sexual relationships" with them while investigating protest movements. The police apologized...
Old people are surprisingly good at stuff
A lot of people disregard the elderly, but they're making a huge mistake. Here are some of the most talented old people making waves on the internet!
Hostage takes cellphone video from inside Mali hotel
https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/667650177453289472?lang=en-gb Cellphone video taken by a hostage shows the inside of the luxury hotel in Mali that was stormed by gunmen who took 170 people captive. At least three people...
Convicted Israeli spy released from US prison after 30 years
Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard walked out of a downtown Manhattan courthouse Friday morning after being fitted for electronic monitoring, a free man for the first time since he was sentenced...
These college stars show what life's like when they don't make the NBA
With college basketball season officially underway, scores of players are hitting the hardwood with dreams of earning a giant NBA contract. But what happens when you don’t make the cut?...
'Jessica Jones' finds a formidable co-superhero in Mike Colter
With “Jessica Jones,” Marvel finally gets a female star in the form of Krysten Ritter (“Breaking Bad”), who portrays the titular former superhero as she tries to rebuild her life...
Without these 6 people, Adele's '25' would sound completely different
After four years, eight Grammys and 30 million albums sold since her blockbuster “21,” Adele is finally back. Londoner Adele Adkins toiled over her new album “25” (out Friday), enlisting...
The year's hottest new tunes aren't on the radio
Two of this season’s new TV shows are standing out — for their music. Take a look. ■ So far the CW’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” has escaped the cheesy smell that...
Gunmen take 170 hostages at Radisson in Mali capital
Grenade-toting gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital early Friday, killing at least three people and taking about 170 hostages — but spared some who could recite verses from...
Cop injured in hit-and-run on Manhattan Bridge
A police officer sustained a minor arm injury when he tried to stop a car on the Manhattan Bridge Thursday night, and the vehicle struck him and sped off, police...
National Book Awards highlight issues of race
Imprints from Penguin Random House dominated the National Book Awards handed out Wednesday night in front of a crowd of 700 who packed into Cipriani Downtown for the awards dinner....
More editor uncertainty as Time heads to new downtown digs
There are more signs of editorial comings and goings at Time Inc. as the company continues the two-month shift of its operations from the Time & Life Building into its...
Victims of late sleezy songwriter feel 'cheated' in settlement
Female casting-couch victims of the late “You Light Up My Life” songwriter sicko Joseph Brooks say they’re being cheated in a settlement of his $1.3 million estate that largely pays...
Why my Nazi-exiled grandpa would balk at letting in all refugees
I have in my possession just one photograph of my maternal grandfather. His haunted, brown eyes gaze at me from his youthful-looking, 42-year-old face. The black-and-white snapshot, now turning yellow at...
Spider found in Brazilian caves named after 'Lord of the Rings' character
Scientists have discovered a spider in Brazil so scary they named it after the "Lord of the Rings” character Smeagol. Writing in the journal ZooKeys, researchers said the new species...
Drivers' union to vote on cost-cutting Daily News contract
Drivers on Friday are voting on whether to accept a new five-year contract at the Daily News — and the vote is too close to call, observers said. The polls...
Wheelchair-bound pimp accused of running underage sex ring
A wheelchair-bound pimp sold off underage girls for sex from his Bronx apartment, luring johns to his makeshift brothel using online classified ads, federal investigators charged Thursday. David Hope, known...
Con Ed to blame for deadly Harlem building blast: regulators
ALBANY — Con Edison’s failure to inspect and test a plastic joint in an underground gas pipe led to the 2014 East Harlem building explosion that killed eight people and...
Duke-Wisconsin NCAA title rematch could be on tap at Garden
Though so much of college basketball’s focus is centered around March, the beginning of the season provides as many marquee games as any point on the calendar. Several early-season tournaments...
Dean and Adam Skelos are nothing but panhandlers
How did Dean and Adam Skelos behave with real estate titans who had major legislative interests in Albany? Picture the grubbiness of the most aggressive panhandler you’ve ever seen combined...
Jose Reyes 911 call reveals hotel's worry over wife's injuries
Jose Reyes’ wife sustained multiple injuries the night she was allegedly assaulted by the Rockies shortstop at a Maui hotel last month, according to a recently released 911 tape. A...
Real-estate exec: Skelos badgered me to give his son a job
State Sen. Dean Skelos wasted no time “badgering” New York’s largest political donor about getting his son a job, whining that his adult kid was “struggling and needed help” within...
Hat-maker to the stars says ex-protégé is selling cheap knockoffs
A Manhattan-based celebrity milliner, whose hats have graced the heads of Bianca Jagger and Meryl Streep, is suing a competitor for allegedly swiping her patterns and selling cheap knockoffs. Tracey...
This is the grossest legal thing you can do on your roof
Brooklyn residents are raising a stink over a neighbor whose habit of drying fish outside on a clothesline is making one corner of Bensonhurt smell like low tide in Jamaica...
Lottery winner who received public assistance can keep all his cash
A court ruled Thursday that a Brooklyn man can keep all of his $10,000 lottery jackpot after officials tried to take half of it away to reimburse the state for...
De Blasio won't put informants back in mosques
Mayor de Blasio said Thursday that he would not plant police informants in local mosques, as the city once did. He rejected former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s call to return to...
Recant witness in football player's killing: 'This DA f- -ked me over'
A key witness in the 2003 Mark Fisher murder case was caught on tape agreeing to help get the convicted killer sprung by recanting his testimony, in a bid for...
Sheldon Silver files motion to have all corruption charges dismissed -- seriously
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver filed a Hail Mary motion Thursday to get all the corruption charges against him tossed out, but the judge overseeing his trial indicated she wouldn’t...
Hondo holds his ground
Hondo squared up with mediocrity in Week 10, muddling his way to a 7-7 mark that left him in the middle of the Bettor’s Guide pack of predominantly pathetic pickers....
Generous diners still tip waiters despite no-tipping policy (and higher prices)
Restaurant king Danny Meyer rolled out his no-tips policy at The Modern in Midtown on Thursday — but that didn’t stop diners from rewarding their waiters and waitresses for their...
Overtime king was arrested 16 years ago in 'double-dip' scam
Before he became the city overtime king and clocked 100-hour workweeks, David Russell was one of 28 municipal workers charged 16 years earlier in a massive “double-dipping” grand-larceny scam for...
Skanky suicide bomber used to be a selfie-taking party animal
She was hardly a model Muslim before she became an ISIS suicide bomber — drinking booze, hanging out with drug dealers and posing for naked photos in a bubble bath....
Fantasy sports loser suing sites, credit card companies
A Brooklyn man who lost money betting with FanDuel and DraftKings has sued the fantasy sports sites along with the credit card companies that lent him the money to wager...
Adele's saying goodbye to music streaming services for '25'
Adele is saying “Hello” from the other side. The sultry singer, whose latest album, “25,” drops on Friday, will not allow it to be streamed on music services such as...
Henrik Lundqvist backs NHL over radical All-Star Game twist
TAMPA, Fla. — Henrik Lundqvist, who has had his share of pucks blow by him in three previous All-Star Game appearances, put on his NHL promotional cap when asked about...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A man is wanted for allegedly attacking a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge in Homecrest, police sources said. Justice Leon Ruchelsman, 60, was walking along East 16th Street near Avenue...