December 22, 2015
Abercrombie & Fitch names new president in effort to boost sales
Struggling teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is one step closer to filling its vacant chief executive job. Fran Horowitz, who has led the company’s more successful Hollister brand for the...
Decision to bet on sliding oil prices pays off for bold hedge funds
There will be blood, but also glory, in the oil patch. This year’s collapse in oil prices is providing a killing for a few bold hedge funds that defied conventional...
Chipotle stock is ailing as E. Coli continues to sicken customers
Some on Wall Street are getting sick and tired of Chipotle Mexican Grill and its food issues. On Tuesday, 24 hours after the Denver-based chain was forced to deal with...
St. John's battles but is no match for No. 25 South Carolina
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The battle level was there. So was the defensive intensity and the passion. St. John’s may not have played harder this season. “Overall, I think that effort...
Magnolia Bakery set to open at Woodbury Commons outlet
The Magnolia Bakery has cooked up a new location — at Woodbury Commons. The beloved bakery will open next spring at the popular premium outlet mall in Orange County, NY,...
The advice Odell Beckham Jr. should heed before it's too late
There are those very — very — close to Odell Beckham Jr. who refer to him as “The Brand.’’ As in “We have to protect ‘the brand.’ ’’ As distasteful...
TPG head David Bonderman stirring up $80B bank battle
Billionaire private equity mogul David Bonderman, 73, crashed a rival’s party on Tuesday — stopping an alleged sweetheart deal in the $80 billion middle-market lending sector. In an upset, Bonderman’s...
Three Jets earn Pro Bowl nod, including one first-timer
The Jets had three players voted to the Pro Bowl on Tuesday, headlined by first-time selection Muhammad Wilkerson. Wilkerson, a defensive tackle enjoying a career year with 12 sacks, was...
Apple: Kim's butt didn't break the App Store
Apple said Tuesday it is tough enough for Kim Kardashian West. The giant tech company was responding to reports — from the TV reality show star herself and others —...
Record-shattering temperatures expected on Christmas Eve
New Yorkers can dream of a warm, wet Christmas — with temperatures expected to hit a record high of 76 on Christmas Eve. The record of 63 degrees was set...
Mats Zuccarello’s OT goal gives Rangers much-needed win
No Ranger in his right mind was going to waste energy or words critiquing this 3-2 overtime victory over the Ducks at the Garden that, yes indeed, sent the Blueshirts...
Under-fire Odell Beckham Jr. only Giant selected to Pro Bowl
A bad season usually does not produce many individual honors. Such was the case for the 2015 Giants, as receiver Odell Beckham Jr., for the second consecutive season, is their...
'Married at First Sight' recap: The honeymoon is over
Warning: This article contains spoilers from Episode 4 of “Married at First Sight” Well the honeymoons are over, and Tuesday’s episode of “Married at First Sight” dished up some drama...
Jets take chance on receiver who went 'homeless' for job
Six weeks after Joe Anderson stood in front of the Texans’ practice facility with a sign that said “Will Run Routes 4 food,” the Jets are giving him the chance...
Wine scammer's 10-year sentence for counterfeiting upheld
NEW YORK - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of a prominent wine dealer who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling millions of dollars...
Rob Refsnyder takes Yankees latest dig in stride
Rob Refsnyder was never told he was going to be the Yankees’ regular second baseman in 2015. Nor was he guaranteed to be part of a platoon with Dustin Ackley....
Nativity scene with Bill of Rights as Baby Jesus booted from Texas Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas - A mock nativity scene at the Texas Capitol in which Baby Jesus was represented as the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights was removed on Tuesday after Governor...
Man freed after decades in prison for rape someone else confessed to
DENVER — A man who was convicted of rape after a woman said his face appeared to her in a dream walked free Tuesday following more than a quarter-century in prison...
Man busted for hacking celeb emails to steal scripts and sex tapes
A Bahamian man has been arrested for hacking celebrities' email accounts to steal movie and TV scripts, personal information and sexually explicit videos that he peddled to an undercover agent,...
No one in Albany wants to clean up the political sleaze
In a sane world, the criminal convictions of the Legislature’s two top leaders would have political officials racing to prove they’re as pure as the driven snow. Not in New...
Gov. Cuomo's wise move to give young ex-cons a second chance
Gov. Cuomo has a smart idea: offering a second chance to teenage non-violent offenders who’ve lived crime-free, productive lives since being freed. The gov plans to give full, though conditional,...
Mourning an NYPD cop who protected his city -- and died for his country in Afghanistan
New Yorkers are mourning “Superman” today — i.e., the hero NYPD cop who dedicated himself to protecting the city for 15 years and died for his country in Afghanistan this...
No, Assad isn't the key to beating ISIS -- he's keeping them alive
Leading presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle have recently found some common ground. And they’re giving bipartisanship a bad name. The GOP’s national poll leader, Donald Trump, and...
NY construction unions make it hard for minorities to move up
When Averil Morrison sued the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 14-B for racial discrimination back in 2012, she confirmed what we’ve known for decades: New York City union construction...
Veterans can expect more bad health care from Obama's VA
Don’t be fooled by last week’s headlines about more money and greater accountability at the Veterans Affairs Department. It’s the usual malarkey coming out of Washington. The prognosis for veterans...
Why guys think it's OK for them to sleep around but not women
“Baffled.” That’s how a woman named Diana described herself. Last week, she called in to WPLJ, a popular top-40 radio station in New York, for a segment called “Blown Off.”...
Hunter illegally kills beloved deer named Bow Tie
MILWAUKEE - A Wisconsin man was cited on Tuesday for hunting with an improper license after he killed a large male deer known as "Bow Tie" in the neighborhood around...
Mets optimism thwarted by stench of Wilpons' false promises
The men who own the Mets would like to believe 3½ good months has earned them not only your blind faith, but also your amnesia. They would like you to...
Disgraced lotto official outed as a Bigfoot hunter by prosecutors
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Three friends involved in buying tickets and claiming jackpots that were allegedly fixed by a state lottery insider have something else unusual in common, prosecutors say:...
Metro Loft snares former NYSE offices for $185M
Nathan Berman’s Metro Loft rental conversion company has closed on the purchase of the long-term leasehold of the former New York Stock Exchange offices at 20 Broad Street. The price...
Driver in Vegas crash charged with murder, motive still unclear
LAS VEGAS — A woman accused of intentionally plowing a car carrying her young daughter through crowds of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip was charged Tuesday with murder, child...
Russia boots Polish journalist but keeps his cat
Leave the cat. Take the journalist. Russian officials are expelling a veteran Polish correspondent after a diplomatic feud -- but bizarrely joking that they'll look after the journalist's cat after...
More than 3,000 Washington prisoners mistakenly freed early
OLYMPIA, Wash. — More than 3,000 prisoners in Washington have been mistakenly released early since 2002 because of an error by the state's Department of Corrections. At a news conference...
San Bernardino shooter's 'incomplete' fiancée visa revealed
The application for murderous San Bernardino jihadi Tashfeen Malik’s fiancée visa shows that her American-born husband gave the US government scant evidence to prove their relationship — but immigration officials...
The day in photos: Dec. 22, 2015
A baby seal brings your daily dose of cute, Santa Claus takes a dive and more.
Killer whale dies at SeaWorld park, third death in 6 months
SAN ANTONIO - An 18-year-old killer whale has died at the SeaWorld park in San Antonio, the park said on Tuesday, raising concern among animal groups that have criticized the...
NASA scrubs launch of next Mars probe and they can't go back for two years
A U.S. science satellite slated to launch to Mars in March has been grounded due to a leak in a key research instrument, NASA said on Tuesday, creating uncertainty about...
Secret Service agent has gun, badge stolen from his car near White House
WASHINGTON - A Secret Service agent has lost his badge, gun, and radio when a bag was stolen from his car, the latest in a series of mishaps for the...
By age 2, most kids can navigate touchscreens
By age 2, many kids can unlock and navigate touchscreens with ease, swiping their way through apps much like their parents do, a small Irish study suggests. That's because regular...
Ex-Morgan Stanley broker avoids jail for stealing client data
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday sentenced an ex-Morgan Stanley banker to three years’ probation for stealing data on 730,000 of the bank’s clients — information later put online, allegedly...
Toxic 9/11 shirt stolen from volunteer's car
A 9/11 volunteer’s toxic shirt — the subject of a 2006 front-page story in The Post — was stolen from his car outside his Miami-Dade home, he said. Yehuda Kaploun...
Miss Colombia offered chance to compete for another crown
Miss Colombia was given a chance Tuesday to compete for a crown she can wear, presumably, for more than two minutes. Officials with the 2016 Las Vegas Model Search International...
Stoner trust-funder's murder conviction upheld
An appellate panel has upheld the murder conviction of stoner trust-funder Nicholas Brooks, agreeing that the trial judge did the right thing in muzzling a defense pathologist who'd tried to...
American teen indicted for aiding ISIS
A Pennsylvania teenager was indicted on Tuesday after investigators said he tried to help individuals travel to the Middle East to join the Islamic State, the Justice Department said. Jalil...
Leo's new movie 'The Revenant' is gritty and intoxicating
A film I admired, but didn’t especially like, “The Revenant” is a master class in craftsmanship, marrying the ethos of 1970s Hollywood, with its beaten-dog heroes forever roughed up by...
Possible homes for Daniel Murphy after he loitered for Mets
Daniel Murphy was Mr. October, but November and December haven't gone as smoothly for him. The scrappy second baseman is among the significant group of players still searching for a...
Why it's better to leave cookies -- not carrots -- for Rudolph
CONCORD, N.H. — Everyone knows Rudolph has a red nose, but what about his eyes? Prompted by questions from his 4-year-old daughter, Dartmouth College anthropology professor Nathaniel Dominy recently wrote...
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg bore in dated 'Daddy's Home'
I’ve got an easy litmus test for whether a movie’s going to be a sexist dud: How nuts-centric is it? “Daddy’s Home” forgoes the classic “Ow, my balls” moment, but...
Miss Colombia should thank Steve Harvey
Winning, and then losing, the Miss Universe pageant may be the best thing that’s ever happened to Ariadna Gutiérrez. She’s the Miss Colombia stunner who thought she had the world...
Bad-boy developer faces 32 years in deadly Hamptons DWI crash
A disgraced Manhattan developer faces up to 32 years in prison after a Suffolk County grand jury indicted him on a slew of felony raps stemming from a summer DWI...
Panthers coach plays victim in Beckham bat-toting aftermath
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A frustrated Ron Rivera will no longer allow Carolina players to bring baseball bats on the field before games even though he said the Panthers have done...
This landslide makes a badass skatepark
When Brendon Hayward came across a road that had been buckled by a landslide near Vasquez Canyon, California, he didn't see destruction. He saw an opportunity for some very cool skateboarding.
Michael Moore’s in a feminist mood in ‘Where to Invade Next’
Will someone please give Michael Moore a Netflix show? His latest documentary, “Where To Invade Next,” would work better as a multipart series. As it is, we get a sampler...
Fox benches Harold Reynolds in favor of John Smoltz
Harold Reynolds has been ejected from Fox's No. 1 baseball broadcast booth, replaced by John Smoltz as the lead game analyst, the network announced Tuesday. Tom Verducci also got the heave-ho as...
Man threatened to shoot boy over 'Star Wars' spoilers: police
HELENA, Mont. — An 18-year-old Helena man is charged with threatening to shoot a boy for sharing information about a subplot of the new "Star Wars" movie during an online...
No, the model of the year wasn’t Kendall or Gigi
This year, if you heard the word “model” — or “supermodel,” since they’re interchangeable at this point — it became reflexive to think of Kendall Jenner or Gigi Hadid. Yet...
Teen couple found dead inside SUV in garage
Police in St. Petersburg, Fla., said Monday that a teenage couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting inside an SUV in a locked garage. Authorities said the mother of...
Did Rihanna inspire Gaga’s see-through dress?
Lady Gaga rocked a see-through dress while out on a date with fiancé Taylor Kinney on Saturday night in Los Angeles. The dress was awfully similar to the Adam Selman...
Man who loaned gun to Boston Marathon bomber gets time served
BOSTON — A man who loaned a gun used by the Boston Marathon bombers to kill a police officer was sentenced Tuesday to the 17 months he has already served...
How Obama lost his TV mojo
It used to be a big deal when President Obama notched another “first sitting president to . . .” precedent on television. Whether it was gabbing on Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show” couch...
SpaceX wouldn't take 'KABOOM' for an answer
SpaceX made history by safely launching and landing its Falcon 9 Rocket. But success was only possible after other fiery failures. Check out some of the most dramatic explosions from previous attempts.
Teacher who seduced teen students to get 5 years in prison
The pervy Brooklyn Tech HS teacher who seduced seven teenage students pleaded guilty to kidnapping and other charges Tuesday in exchange for five years behind bars. Sean Shaynak, 45, grinned...
Odell Beckham's defense takes shape as suspension hearing set
Odell Beckham Jr. is going to have to fight to lift the one-game suspension levied on him more forcefully than the way he sparred with Josh Norman, as this might...
Hothead exec fires employee in explosive outburst
Check out the moment Yellowstone Capital's David Glass fired an employee in the most explosive way possible. Glass accuses the employee of stealing, but was his outburst appropriate? You decide.
Facebook users crack Israel antiquities mystery
JERUSALEM — Israel's Antiquities Authority says Facebook users have solved the mystery of a gilded object thought to be an ancient Jewish relic. Director of theft prevention Amir Ganor says...
Groundbreaking lesbian Air Force officer killed in Afghan suicide attack
A female officer in the Air Force who was one of the first openly gay service members to marry was identified on Tuesday as among the six US troops killed...
These plotlines need to be resolved in 'Star Wars: Episode VIII'
Now that “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has been out for five days and we’ve all seen it once — or twice, or three times — we can finally discuss...
Will LeBron lure Carmelo Anthony into a risky showdown?
Carmelo Anthony has to battle between the siren song of facing LeBron James and the juggernaut Cavaliers and thinking about his long-term health. Anthony has been listed as questionable for...
The keys to winning the Republican primaries
Some observations on the 2016 presidential race as we head into the dark period, i.e., the two weeks of Christmas and New Year's holidays in which no one has ever...
Nicki Minaj crossed a line by taking $2M from a brutal dictator
Just what is it with celebrities and thug dictators? Despite pleas from human-rights activists, rapper Nicki Minaj went ahead and gave a concert last weekend in Angola sponsored by a...
Cure to Fisher's lineup fumbling: Bench Phil's favorites
Twenty-nine games into the season, coach Derek Fisher still doesn’t have a clear handle on which five players to use to close games for his 14-15 Knicks. Fisher — and...
Gunman shoots worker in Long Island mall robbery: police
An off-duty NYPD inspector shopping for the holidays helped security guards subdue a gunman who had tried to stick up a Rolex shop and shot an employee at the Roosevelt...
'Joy' is a better movie about business than 'The Big Short'
Normally Hollywood’s attitude toward American business comes in three registers: ignorance, snark or outright hysteria. There are elements of all three in the film adaptation of Michael Lewis’ “The Big...
Thieves spoil baby's first Christmas -- twice
These thieves spoiled a baby's first Christmas -- twice. Two men broke into a London home two times in less than 24 hours -- stealing jewelry, computer equipment, as well...
Cameron Diaz nabs buyer for downtown NYC condo
There’s something about Mary — and her 1,400-square-foot Greenwich Village apartment. Actress Cameron Diaz has put her two-bedroom pad at 59 W. 12th St. into contract after just 47 days...
Matthew Stafford's wife feuds with Lions fans over tickets
Kelly Stafford's Instagram rants have been fairly one-sided this season -- until now. Ahead of the Lions' game against the Saints in New Orleans on Monday night, Matthew Stafford's wife...
Family of Bulgarian diplomat wants his snuff box worth a half-million back
The family of a late Bulgarian minister is suing Christie's auction house for the return of a Russian imperial snuff box that they say was stolen from the diplomat's son...
Lawyer busted in Shkreli 'fraud' headed to Cancun
The lawyer who was busted for fraud last week along with pharmaceuticals villain Martin Shkreli will try to melt his legal worries in the Cancun sunshine next week, according to...
Hot koalas passing out from heatwave get help from Aussies
Altruistic Aussies are rushing to aid hot-and-bothered koalas who are passing out because of stifling heat. A four-day heatwave in the coastal city Adelaide pushed temperatures well above 110 degrees...
Her girlfriend is her muse and her canvas
This devoted artist really has her girlfriend's back. Natasha Farnsworth paints intricate masterpieces — and uses her girlfriend as her canvas. Farnsworth, 20, of Arizona, began using gal pal Caitlin's...
Charlotte Rampling is better than ever in '45 Years'
On the eve of his 45th wedding anniversary, Geoff (Tom Courtenay), learns that the body of his long-dead girlfriend had been found, years after she died while hiking with him...
Neighbor calls cops after woman yells 'ISIS is great' during sex
One Milwaukee woman has a "terror"-ble sex life. Brown Deer police received a call from an 82-year-old woman Sunday night who reported hearing her female neighbor chant, “ISIS is good,...
Here's how to save your career after a sloppy office party
I didn’t follow your advice to take it easy at the company holiday party, and, well, let’s just say I was a standout. I’m mortified. How do I recover? The...
10 last-minute gifts for the fitness freak in your life
En pointe Look the part in barre class with this chic red leotard, designed by fitness guru and pro ballerina Mary Helen Bowers. Mesh-trimmed halter leotard, $60 at balletbeautiful.com Push...
Mets fill center field platoon with Alejandro De Aza
To the naked eye, Alejandro De Aza meets the most minimal of requirements for the Mets in their attempt to bolster center field: He hits right-handed pitching. Never mind that...
NFL just added to reputation for sabotaging concussion truth
"Concussion" might need a sequel. The NFL vetoed allowing its $30 million "unrestricted" gift to the National Institutes of Health to be used to fund a new study seeking a...
Beach town hits jackpot in world's richest lottery
MADRID — With wide smiles, elated lottery winners popped corks on bottles of sparkling wine Tuesday in the southern beach city of Roquetas de Mar, where tickets bearing the top...
Bowe Bergdahl arraigned on desertion, misbehavior charges in military court
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who disappeared in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, appeared Tuesday before a military judge...
NYPD detective killed in Afghanistan teed off on cop haters
Exactly one year before he was killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan, NYPD Detective Joe Lemm wrote a lengthy post that teed off on "cop haters" following the assassinations...
Will Smith's football drama warns of the sport's dangers
In 2002, Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame center Mike Webster, who had been living in a pickup truck, was suffering from dementia, and could get to sleep only by blasting...
'Joy' makes it official — Jennifer Lawrence is a real movie star
An exuberant and grittily determined Jennifer Lawrence hoists David O. Russell’s “Joy," a manically screwball-ish comedy-drama loosely based on the struggles of Joy Mangano, the housewife who invented the Miracle...
93-year-old woman smoked near oxygen tank, dies in fire
93-year-old woman dead after her cigarette sparks fire A 93-year-old woman who infuriated neighbors by chain smoking in her apartment while also using an oxygen tank died when she fell...
Madrid renames streets that pay tribute to still-dead Franco
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead, and now names connected to his murderous regime will be too -- on the streets of Madrid. Lawmakers in the Spanish capital announced Tuesday...
Stop whining – Newark Airport is where CBGB belongs
All the old stories you’ve heard about CBGB are true. No, not just the ones about how the Ramones played a legendary 12-minute set in 1974, or how the Police...
Trump is either barely leading Cruz, or crushing him, polls say
WASHINGTON — Rival polls were sharply divided Tuesday over the race for the GOP presidential nomination — one showing Donald Trump with a commanding lead, the other indicating a close...
Man slashed in head during Harlem fight
A man was slashed on the head during a fight early Tuesday in Harlem. Photos show the bloodied victim lying on the sidewalk along West 127th Street near Fifth Avenue...
Bulls' dysfunction: Players just don't like each other
The Chicago Bulls were supposed to take the next step after parting ways with coach Tom Thibodeau in the offseason. But it appears as though the team is in worse...
Manhunt intensifies for 'affluenza' punk and his mom
The manhunt intensified Tuesday for the “affluenza teen” who killed four people while driving drunk two years ago — as the search for him stretched into a second week. Texas...
Kim's butt strikes again, this time breaking Apple's App Store
Kim Kardashian West is causing havoc on the Web — again. The launch of the reality TV star’s $1.99 emoji app on Monday appeared to crash Apple’s App Store as...
The Vatican's 'Star Wars' review: Hated it!
Out-of-this-world blockbuster “Stars Wars: The Force Awakens” broke all kinds of sales records despite failing to impress at least one very harsh critic — at the Vatican. L’Osservatore Romano, the...
Steve Harvey skipped rehearsal of Miss Universe announcement
Steve Harvey’s now- infamous "Miss Universe" gaffe may have never happened if he didn’t miss the last hour of rehearsals, according to a report. The host didn’t practice reading the...
'Hateful Eight' is Tarantino's latest lousy vanity project
A purloined script, leaked on the Internet, with a furious Quentin Tarantino temporarily abandoning the project. A threat of a boycott after the director branded cops as killers. And rolling...
NYPD detective killed in Afghanistan also a devoted dad
Before he was a hero soldier, NYPD Det. Joseph Lemm was a devoted dad. The Air National Guard staff sergeant, killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan, loved spending time...
UFC's Julianna Pena arrested for trying to groin-kick way into bar
Keep it in the Octagon. Rising UFC star Julianna Pena was arrested early Sunday morning in Spokane, Wash., for kicking two guys in the groin, according to a police report. Pena,...
Dozens flee dog fight, leaving behind 19 dogs, 39 vehicles, shotgun
PALATKA, Fla. — Authorities say about 100 people fled a dog fight in northeast Florida after deputies responded to the scene. The Florida Times-Union reports that deputies were called to...
Every movie is pretty much the same thing in 2016
As we near the end of 2015, all of the movie studios are unleashing the trailers for their 2016 films. Surprise, surprise: All of the trailers look almost exactly the...
For $300, X-ray vision to soon be reality
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — X-ray vision, a comic book fantasy for decades, is becoming a reality in a lab at MIT. A group of researchers led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
Mock funerals ease stress of life in South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — In a dimly lit room, people dressed in white burial shrouds slowly sit up inside the wooden coffins where they had been lying, enclosed, for 10...
'This is a war zone': Families fight over extreme Christmas lights display
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF673Py6-Io When it comes to holiday decorations, Kathy and Mark Hyatt go to extremes. In December, they transform their home in Plantation, Florida, into a 200,000-light spectacle, with Santas, reindeer...
'She got schlonged': Trump's vulgar new attack on Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump used a vulgarity to describe Hillary Clinton's loss to Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination and then poked fun at her...
How to stay fit without leaving your hotel room
Can't make it to the gym while you’re on the road? Luckily, you don’t need to look any further than your hotel room to find plenty of items that can...
The science behind tequila, chocolate, and other things that are bad for you
Anyone who tries to eat healthfully this time of year is either a masochist or has incredible self-discipline, relegating him- or herself to the sidelines of holiday parties to snack...
How this doctor became the NFL's No.1 enemy
"Their first move was to exterminate me professionally,” Dr. Bennet Omalu tells The Post. He’s not talking about some Third World government or biker gang. He’s talking about one of...
4 easy ways to fight holiday flab while you're on the road
With all the eating, drinking and football-watching, even the most die-hard health nuts find it tricky to stay fit during the holidays. Consider the hours spent on the road, in...
Video captures raging exec's 'Get the f—k out!' public firing
Warning: Video contains strong language A hotheaded small-business exec — who was an inspiration for the 2000 Ben Affleck film “Boiler Room” — was caught on video screaming at an...
Deals aplenty at One and Three World Trade Center
Both Larry Silverstein and Douglas Durst have something to cheer about for the holidays at the World Trade Center. The major GroupM expansion at Silverstein’s 3 World Trade we first...
Ex-lawyer 'a monster' who needs to be kept from son: attorney
A former patent lawyer is a “monster” who should be barred from seeing his 2-year-old son, said an attorney for the child’s mother amid an ugly custody battle. Anthony Zappin’s...
Cuomo to have surgery after injuring hand playing basketball
Gov. Andrew Cuomo will undergo surgery on his right hand Tuesday after suffering an injury playing one-on-one basketball with his younger brother, Chris, sources said Monday night. Chris Cuomo, a...
Woman's life 'destroyed' 4 years after teens' shopping cart attack
She was nearly killed when two teens tossed a shopping cart onto her from an elevated East Harlem mall walkway in 2011 — and the nightmare still isn’t over for...
Son threatened he'd become a journalist if mom sold historic pad: suit
A Manhattan man convinced his mom not to sell her historic East Village walk-up, where he and his wife live for free, by claiming he would commit suicide — or,...
City’s shelters plagued with 'obscene' living conditions: Stringer
The city’s shelters for homeless families are plagued with “obscene” living conditions, just as the de Blasio administration has launched a drive to reduce the number of people living on...
City updates regulations to extend transgender equality
Restaurants and other Big Apple businesses are scrambling to comply with regulations rolled out Monday by the city’s Human Rights Commission that extend gender equality to everything from dress codes...
'Stolen' sapphire pops up in Midtown pawn shop 19 years later
A rare sapphire that went missing from a hotel in Italy nearly 20 years ago has popped up in a Diamond District pawn shop, according to a $7 million lawsuit filed...
Homeless men sue city for kicking them off the streets
Three homeless men are suing the city for rousting them from a street encampment this year, saying they are owed $1,515 for lost personal possessions — and an unspecified amount...
Felon who beat gun rap had been out of prison for 13 days
The repeat felon whose 2014 gun rap was tossed by a Brooklyn federal judge last month — after the jurist believed his tale over the testimony of two cops —...
Obama suggests critics attack him because he's 'different'
WASHINGTON — President Obama has suggested that some critics have attacked him because he’s the first black president, and he accused Donald Trump of “exploiting” blue-collar fears. Speaking to NPR...
Colombians fear mental breakdown for Miss Universe runner-up
Colombians fear their beloved beauty pageant queen, Ariadna Gutierrez, will be left an emotional wreck after cruelly having the glory of winning Miss Universe ripped away because host Steve Harvey...
How this hiker stayed alive after a 1,200-foot fall
A hiker clung to a tree for nearly three hours before being rescued Monday after falling 1,200 feet from a cliff at Nyack’s Hook Mountain State Park, according to authorities....
Vague de Blasio admits he's made some mistakes
Mayor de Blasio admitted Monday he has made mistakes, saying, “I want to do better.” “It’s pretty obvious that some things, you know, worked as we hoped and other things...
Trespasser sneaks past JFK security, threatens worker
A trespasser got past JFK Airport security and wandered onto the tarmac outside a busy terminal, where he warned a worker, “You better not say s--t!” before getting away, sources...
AMI bringing the National Enquirer to a TV screen near you
National Enquirer publisher American Media Inc. is teaming with two TV partners in a “Law and Order”-like ripped-from-the-headlines endeavor. Only the headlines in this case will be from the Enquirer...
Karlos Williams is your fantasy RB savior -- for a week, at least
The holiday season is supposed to be a happy time. Joy, cheer, merriment. So why the bad LeSean McCoy news fantasy gods? Why?!?! But wait! It is the season of...
Steelers' Jets-crushing win was news to Todd Bowles
Coach Todd Bowles spent Sunday studying film of his team and the Patriots, the Jets’ next opponent, not focusing on the teams the Jets are fighting with for a playoff...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A livery driver was robbed by a passenger in Bushwick, authorities said Monday. The driver picked up the suspect (above) at Par-Central Motor Inn in Briarwood, Queens, at around...
Carmelo Anthony's ankle threatens LeBron showdown
Carmelo Anthony has to battle between the siren song of facing LeBron James and the juggernaut Cavaliers and thinking about his long-term health. Anthony has been listed as questionable for...
Cops kicked me so hard I lost a testicle
A Brooklyn man claims he was kicked in the testicles so hard by NYPD cops that he had to have one of them surgically removed. Corey Green, 32, was in...
Facing 20 years in jail, Sampson hopes to have top counts against him dropped
Facing up to 20 years behind bars, former state Sen. John Sampson is not going to prison quietly. After being convicted in July of obstruction of justice and lying to...