January 4, 2016
Crazed man who plowed into pedestrians on Christmas Eve was suicidal
A motorist who went on a rampage on the Upper East Side — striking several pedestrians with his car before getting out and punching a traffic agent — told cops...
The one big shocker of NFL coaches' Black Monday
Black Monday wasn’t black at all in the NFL this year. With three coaching vacancies created before the regular season had even ended — with the Titans, Dolphins and Eagles...
Why Jets' 10-win season could be a one-year mirage
The debate will rage on through the offseason, winding its way through the draft, then OTAs, minicamp and training camp. Until the moment the Jets kick off their 2016 season, the...
Sunni allies back Saudis by cutting diplomatic ties with Iran
Saudi Arabia’s Sunni allies cut back diplomatic ties to Iran Monday after the Saudi diplomatic missions in Tehran were ransacked — violence sparked by the Saudi execution of a prominent...
Eli Manning talks up McAdoo as Giants ponder new coach
Eli Manning turned 35 on Sunday and got used to playing for the oldest coach in the NFL. Tom Coughlin resigned on Monday, though, and it is entirely possible Manning...
Doubt swirls over Giants free agents: JPP, Randle, more
The Giants won’t be looking just for a new head coach heading into next season. General manager Jerry Reese will also have plenty of decisions to make about which players...
Surrogate carrying triplets sues to stop forced abortion
A surrogate mom who refuses to abort one of the triplets she’s carrying because the father only wants two of the kids filed a lawsuit Monday claiming that California’s surrogacy...
Pros and cons for 8 Giants Tom Coughlin replacements
Tom Coughlin has resigned and the Giants are officially in the market for a new head coach. Here is a look at some logical candidates: Ben McAdoo, Giants offensive coordinator...
Carmelo, Fisher try to diagnose a constant Knicks problem
A few days ago, Knicks coach Derek Fisher called for better “effort.” He got it. Then he wanted “defense.” The Knicks responded. So on Monday, as the Knicks prepped for...
Ben is the most boring 'Bachelor' ever
He’s sweet, he’s handsome and he’s as bland as wallpaper. America, your newest “Bachelor” will have you falling asleep before the show’s closing credits. Within the first five minutes of...
From tiny college to NFL peak: Tracing Coughlin's football life
1970: After a season as a graduate assistant at Syracuse, his alma mater, gets his first head-coaching job at Rochester Institute of Technology, where he spent four seasons, going 16-15-2....
Donald Trump mocks Jeb Bush and the Jets in a single tweet
Donald Trump knows why the Jets lost on Sunday — it’s because owner Woody Johnson works for Jeb Bush’s campaign. “Woody Johnson, owner of the NYJets, is @JebBush’s finance chairman....
Nets give ugly glimpse of what post-Jarrett Jack era looks like
The Nets’ P.J. era — not Carlesimo, but post-Jack — got off to about as ugly a start as possible, with out-of-sync offense, terrible turnovers and an early hole too...
My MLB Hall of Fame ballot: Ignore the rumors and whispers
Let’s cut through the introductory pontificating and get right to work. Here is my 2016 Hall of Fame ballot. Jeff Bagwell Given the whispers that surround Bagwell and have kept...
Now begins the bigger test for 'pissed' Todd Bowles
Todd Bowles has won it all before as a safety on the Washington Redskins 1987 Super Bowl team. So he understands why not making the postseason feels like having no...
Steve Spagnuolo's Giants return may already have gone sour
The fate of Tom Coughlin has been decided, but his entire Giants coaching staff is in limbo until the next head coach is hired. Steve Spagnuolo returned this season to...
Is fast food making a comeback?
Cash-strapped US consumers are taking a relish again to cheap burgers and fries. McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King are registering increased sales as a result — improvements that are starting...
Rangers exploring swap for talented Lightning malcontent
The Rangers are among a group of teams that have inquired about Tampa Bay’s disgruntled 20-year-old left wing Jonathan Drouin, multiple sources have told The Post, with one informant reporting...
Adele's '25' album sales make Taylor Swift look like a nobody
British singer Adele sold 7.44 million copies of “25” last year, according to Nielsen SoundScan charts. Adele’s sales figures are double what Taylor Swift sold in 2014, with 3.66 million...
Starz bags rights to 'Force Awakens' at a bargain price
Starz is bagging the pay-TV rights for the new “Star Wars” flick for the bargain price of $17.5 million, despite its runaway box office success, sources tell The Post. The...
GroupM snatches another 170K square feet at 3 WTC
The New Year got off to a soaring start for Larry Silverstein at 3 World Trade Center. With the clock ticking down on the end of 2015, WPP-owned media agency...
Coughlin's daunting shoes leave Giants at franchise crossroads
It is a broken franchise that has lost its way, forgotten how to win, and now that Tom Coughlin has stepped down, the men who run the New York Football...
LG steps into future, unveils bendable TV
LAS VEGAS — Is it a TV or is it a newspaper? That’s exactly the kind of bizarre question tech geeks hope to be asking themselves at CES this year...
Oregon 'patriots' aim at government oppression ... hit bird-lovers
The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge hasn’t heretofore been known as a locus of government tyranny — or much anything else. Saying that the refuge, established in 1908 by Theodore Roosevelt,...
So far, neither de Blasio nor Cuomo has real answers on the homeless
Sometimes Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio truly deserve each other — as when it comes to dealing with the homeless. Because so far, neither man seems serious...
Iran crosses another line --- and Obama blinks again
When it comes to rogue Middle Eastern states, President Obama is starting to sound like Emily Litella on the old “Saturday Night Live”: angry bombast, followed by a timid “Never...
The 'Star Trek' stamps capture the show's original magic
Is it an effort by the embattled United States Postal Service to work some “Live long and prosper” mojo on itself? A tribute by the nerds of the stamp world...
Larry Kudlow will finally offer a choice beyond liberal misrule
One-party liberal rule that dominates Connecticut politics has produced lousy economic growth, an insipid housing recovery and population loss. So what does the state’s senior senator, Richard Blumenthal, make his...
Iran-Saudi crisis is the bitter fruit of Obama's inept diplomacy
Our romance with Iran was supposed to bring peace. Now, we might be in for an all-out Sunni-Shiite war in the Middle East. In President Obama’s seven years in office,...
Violinist says businessman used her to make violin more valuable
A noted New York concert violinist is suing a Manhattan businessman, claiming he used her to up the value of a 17th-century violin, and then cut her out of the...
'I kill Muslims' deli attack suspect charged with hate crime
The Florida man who attacked a Muslim store clerk in Queens last month after uttering the words, “I kill Muslims,” was charged with assault as a hate crime in Queens...
DraftKings, FanDuel accuse Schneiderman of 'armchair sociology'
Accusing Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of “armchair sociology” that “would not pass muster on a daytime talk show,” fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings fired back Monday at his accusations...
Developer threw dead pal's stuff in woods after drunken crash: prosecutors
The wealthy developer who drunkenly crashed his Porsche in the Hamptons and then dumped his injured passenger on the side of the road to die also tossed the man’s belongings...
Charlie Hebdo marks attack anniversary with scathing special edition
In a special edition laced with blasphemy, obscenity and profanity, Charlie Hebdo's surviving artists and writers declared that the satirical newspaper is alive, but "the murderer is still at large."...
Starbucks customer confronts barista who stole her credit card info
WARNING: Contains graphic language She may have filed a police report, but this angry Starbucks customer was on a mission to personally accuse a barista of stealing her credit card....
Inside Wall Street's disastrous start to 2016
Crappy New Year! That’s how Wall Street greeted 2016 Monday, as the Dow Jones industrial average suffered one of its worst first-day-of-the-year losses since 2008. And if you listen very...
Cleanthony Early makes uplifting visit to Knicks practice
The Knicks had a welcome visitor Monday to their practice facility in Tarrytown: Cleanthony Early. “He came in, he was in good spirits,” Arron Afflalo said. “He’s, I’m sure, recovering the...
Geno Smith bracing for far-fetched Jets QB battle in 2016
Geno Smith doesn’t believe his Jets career -- or even his days as the team’s starting quarterback -- are over. Speaking to reporters the day after the Jets' season ended...
Chris Ivory's stay with Jets could end on these confusing alibis
A day after the Jets’ 22-17 loss to the Bills, the mystery around Chris Ivory’s minuscule role in the game continued. “That’s just the game plan they had for me...
The 20 craziest moments in 'Bachelor' history
Ready or not, another season of “The Bachelor” is upon us. Following Kaitlyn Bristowe’s controversial turn as “The Bachelorette” last spring, her second runner-up, Ben Higgins, is ready for his...
The prosecutor who got John Gotti steps down as judge
The Brooklyn federal judge who as a prosecutor won a conviction against the late Gambino boss John Gotti, ending his run as the "Teflon Don," is resigning from the bench,...
The day in photos: Jan. 4, 2016
Germany gets bubbly, a baby elephant cracks a smile and more.
The paper winners of MLB's hot stove are probably doomed
Few practices are more futile — and as consistently wrong — as declaring offseason winners and losers. Combine lack of perspective with a proclivity to hail the teams that spent...
Website helps you tell your loved ones to pull the plug
A new website will enable Brits to declare their dying wishes online. Compassion in Dying, a charity that focuses on end-of-life decisions, is launching the UK-based site, which gives users...
Tom Coughlin stopped being a tyrant and taught us greatness
There are two different, distinct images of Tom Coughlin that both illustrate and explain so much about what he accomplished in 12 years as head coach of the Giants. It...
Uber fare-surge horror stories from New Year's Eve
Uber has become a staple in markets where it’s available, offering people a simplified alternative to taxi cabs at what are typically competitive prices. Sometimes, however, Uber’s prices can skyrocket...
Wheelchair bandit robs bank in Queens, rolls off with $500
A man in a wheelchair robbed a Queens bank Monday and made his getaway by rolling off down the street, police sources and witnesses said. “He was moving so fast....
Teen girl murdered her mother and mom's beau, police say
Cops charged a 15-year-old Brooklyn girl with murder Monday after she confessed to killing her mom and the woman’s boyfriend, sources said. Destiny Garcia claimed she blew away her mother,...
Markets start 2016 on a bleak note as Dow falls 417 points
US stocks tumbled on Monday, putting the Dow on track for its worst start to a year since 1932 after weak Chinese economic data fanned fears of a global slowdown....
Bill Clinton stumps for Hillary while Trump brings up sex scandal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMYUXmLBiaQ Former President Bill Clinton made his debut solo appearance in New Hampshire Monday on behalf of wife Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign — a lot grayer, a bit trimmer...
Would you vacation on this floating skeleton?
Taking a cruise is one thing, but how about spending your vacation on the MORPHotel? The concept hotel, by architect Gianluca Santosuosso, is designed with the look and flexibility of...
Rangers summon Jayson Megna to fill in for Chris Kreider
Chris Kreider was not suspended for his dangerous cross-check on Willie Mitchell that sent the defenseman into the rear boards early in the third period of the Rangers’ 3-0 defeat...
Johnny Manziel surfaces, firmly entrenched in Browns limbo
Johnny Manziel is no longer MIA. The polarizing quarterback, who failed to show up at the Browns' facility on Sunday to meet with team doctors, has resurfaced in Cleveland a...
Boozed-up TSA screener drove with just one boot on: Port Authority sources
A boozed-up TSA screener — driving with one boot on and one boot off — had to be forced off the road by Port Authority cops near Newark Airport early...
This new body confidence song will inspire your 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfEhyi8N__Q There’s a new body confidence anthem to add to your “All About That Bass” playlist, courtesy of 27-year-old Minneapolis rapper Lizzo. A protégé of Prince, the singer dropped the...
43-year-old virgin finally gets lucky, thanks to bionic penis
This 43-year-old virgin is about to finally do it — thanks to his bionic manhood.
NYPD stats show overall crime down, serious offenses up in '15
Serious crimes in the city — including murders, rapes and robberies — increased last year while the number of arrests plunged to their lowest level since 2003, according to NYPD...
Tom Coughlin out as Giants coach, might consider open jobs
His players — judging from their heartfelt words and Eli Manning’s teary eyes — would not agree, but early Monday afternoon, Tom Coughlin stressed: “This is not a sad occasion...
Odell Beckham: Tom Coughlin 'always going to be my coach'
Two years. That is all the time Odell Beckham Jr. has had with Tom Coughlin and all he is going to get, with Coughlin parting ways with the Giants on...
53-year-old billionaire pregnant with twins
PARIS — Louis Dreyfus Commodities has said that its 53-year-old Swiss billionaire chair is pregnant with twin girls. The conglomerate said in a statement Monday that Margarita Louis-Dreyfus is due...
Man born without nose takes first selfie after getting free schnoz
A man too embarrassed to take a selfie because he was born without a schnoz--can finally do so, thanks to a plastic surgeon with a nose for news.
Nets hint they'll leave $3M on shelf and ride with Larkin, Sloan
In the wake of Jarrett Jack’s season-ending knee injury, Shane Larkin and Donald Sloan are the next men up. The Nets will apply for a disabled-player exception but might not...
Charlie Sheen sells LA mansion — at a loss
It can’t be easy to be Charlie Sheen these days. The troubled star, who recently revealed his HIV-positive status on the “Today” show, told Matt Lauer he’s bled out $10...
Dumping America's mental-health woes on the cops
The latest police shooting to roil Chicago was all too familiar — and not because it fits the poisonous narrative of rampant police racism alleged by Black Lives Matter. Quintonio...
Eli Manning gets emotional on Coughlin's final day
On the day he learned Tom Coughlin had coached his last game with the Giants, an emotional Eli Manning made it clear who was to blame for the disappointing end...
All parties eye Ryan Fitzpatrick Jets return, but clouds remain
The Jets locker room had pretty much cleared out Monday morning, as players scattered to begin their offseasons. In one corner, though, quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and wide receiver Brandon Marshall...
Netflix documentary turns frumpy lawyers into sex symbols
The hit true-crime Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer” has made unlikely heartthrobs out of two straight-laced lawyers. The duo defending Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man wrongfully imprisoned for 18 years...
Sugar is the latest delicious thing to be linked with cancer
The American diet isn’t so sweet — as sugar-laden eating habits are linked to an increased chance of breast cancer, according to a new study. Researchers at The University of...
Caricature artist stabs his manager at Universal theme park, police say
ORLANDO, Fla. — Authorities say a caricature artist at Universal Orlando Resort tried to kill his manager by stabbing him in the neck with scissors on New Year's Day. Detectives...
Darrelle Revis has alternate view of getting torched in Jets finale
The Jets “blew” the playoff Sunday afternoon in Buffalo, in the words of Darrelle Revis. But don’t single out the seven-time Pro Bowl cornerback for the heartbreaking defeat. In his...
Arsenal fans finally have a reason to get excited
A week into the second half of the season, and Arsenal sit alone atop the Premier League. While the club’s fans, some of whom seem to almost revel in their team's...
International art dealer on trial for failing to pay $602M tax bill
PARIS — New York-born international art dealer Guy Wildenstein was hauled into a Parisian courtroom on Monday and accused of shady dealings that shielded his family fortune from French tax...
A rare look inside death row at America's most famous prison
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — With executions on hold in California and a death penalty appeals process that can take years, many inmates on the nation's largest death row say they...
Is January a good time to look for a new job?
Is January a good time to look for a new job? I heard that many people quit their jobs after getting their bonuses, so that means more companies are looking...
Ndamukong Suh gave Tom Brady a sprained ankle
Tom Brady has a sprained right ankle courtesy of one of the NFL's dirtiest players, though the Patriots quarterback is expected to play in the team's divisional round playoff game in two...
Father, 2 children dead after car speeds off wharf
SYDNEY — The bodies of two small children and a man believed to be their father were retrieved from a car that may have been deliberately driven off a wharf,...
Giants enter coaching carousel already behind rivals
The Giants must now move quickly now that Tom Coughlin has stepped down as head coach. Teams around the NFL got a jump on the traditional Black Monday firing day...
The money-saving resolution moviegoers need to make in 2016: No more 3-D
Happy New Year, cinephiles! Let’s start 2016 with a bang by banishing one of the scourges of the film industry and your bank account: 3-D movies. This gimmick, inexplicably resurrected...
Couple left 3 young kids in freezing-cold SUV to hit up casino
BENSALEM, Pa. — Police say a New Jersey couple left three young children in a cold SUV for nearly two hours while they were inside a Pennsylvania casino. The Bucks...
Driver dead after slamming into parked cars
A motorist was killed and his passenger injured after slamming into four parked cars in the Bronx early Monday, authorities said. The 31-year-old male driver of a 2004 BMW was...
'Hangover' star explores new epic 'adventures' on Fox sitcom
Fox's new sitcom “Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life” feels in some ways like a TV version of “The Hangover” — and not just because the two titles share a...
My big, fat diet mistakes — and how I fixed them
When I started my journey to become a “Fat-Burning Machine,” I realized that, over a lifetime, I had believed absolutely in certain “truths” about food, exercise and dieting. But guess...
'Don't blush, baby': This interview gets real awkward, real quick
https://youtu.be/g8WFYvLgrt0 A cricket star's comments to a female reporter during an interview broadcast live on Australian television is drawing scorn. Chris Gayle, who plays for the Melbourne Renegades of the...
Cops tase, then rescue, machete-wielding arsonist in harrowing video
Cops tased -- and then rescued -- a machete-wielding man apparently hellbent on setting his house on fire, dramatic bodycam video shows.
Hundreds of military kids get sexually abused every year
WASHINGTON — Cpl. Aaron C. Masa became fast friends with a fellow Marine during field training in North Carolina. But behind his buddy's back, Masa was sexually abusing his friend's...
'He'll quickly cut the head off ISIS': Trump releases first TV ad
Donald Trump released his first TV ad on Monday, playing up campaign promises to halt illegal immigration and “cut the head off ISIS.” The 30-second spot begins with images of...
I followed my son's miracle diet — and lost 63 pounds
Planning the memorial service for his 96-year-old grandmother, Ida, who’d passed away in November 2014, one of Mike Berland’s first thoughts was the health of his beloved mom, Jan Reuss...
This is the one weight-loss article you'll ever need to read
Year after year, Mike Berland found himself putting on weight, going up a pant or shirt size every 12 months, and, at his peak, he tipped the scales at 245...
Slowing Asian growth has global marts reeling
The Asian contagion swept across the globe Monday as Chinese markets closed early on cratering results. Markets worldwide shuddered on the first trading day of 2016, as the once-vaunted Chinese...
Suns in crisis, and owner blames millennials' online dream world
The Phoenix Suns dropped their ninth straight game Sunday night, a desultory 97-77 loss to the bottom-feeding Lakers in which they had 22 points at halftime. Owner Robert Sarver ventured...
49ers job opens with Jim Harbaugh rip, Chip Kelly plea
The 49ers couldn’t wait for Black Monday to fire head coach Jim Tomsula, and at least two former NFL head coaches took quick notice. Jim Harbaugh seemed to delight in...
Miss Universe says she wants Steve Harvey back as host
Miss Universe 2015 wants Steve Harvey back to host the beauty pageant next year despite his infamous flub in which he named the wrong winner. “It’s live television,” Pia Wurtzbach...
Cleanthony Early’s girlfriend makes first public appearance since shooting
Cleanthony Early’s strip-club-partying gal pal left her parents’ Crown Heights home with a grim look Sunday, just one day after the shot New York Knicks player was released from the...
Cops recover guns, switchblades after routine traffic stop
A car stop for a minor violation in Harlem led to the recovery of a cache of weapons, police said. Daniel Figueroa, 45, of Rochester, was pulled over at about...
Man extorted after cybersex session on Skype
A Manhattan man’s cyber-sex session on Skype ended in an online blackmail plot by a woman to whom he exposed himself on camera, police sources told The Post. The 22-year-old...
First photos emerge of cargo ship that sank in hurricane
The haunting remains of a cargo ship that sank last year in the Bermuda Triangle during a deadly Category 4 hurricane were publicly seen Sunday for the first time, in...
Teen questioned in killings claims mom's boyfriend raped her
NYPD cops were questioning a 15-year-old Brooklyn girl Monday who allegedly confessed to killing her mom and the mother's boyfriend — after the woman ignored her rape claims against the...
Homeless man fatally stabs worker at NYC McDonald's: police
As Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio were battling over who was better at handling the city’s homeless crisis, a vagrant stabbed to death a McDonald’s worker just steps from a...
Congregants brawl after disgraced pastor's power play to stay at helm
Congregants at an Upper East Side church got into an all-out shoving match Sunday and cops were called to the scene — after its controversial accused-thief pastor made a power...
Homeless people are using this church as a campsite
It’s a new year, but the grim situation on the city’s streets remains the same — with homeless people camping out for the long haul and dragging down the quality...
De Blasio pal lobbying city for Coachella-like festival in Queens
A close pal of Mayor de Blasio is trying to help a concert promoter score city approval for a music mega-festival in Queens. AEG Live — which runs the popular,...
Cops save tourist who went into cardiac arrest in cab
A Scottish tourist went into cardiac arrest in the back of a cab in Times Square — and it turned out to be his lucky day, as five of New...
Shooting victim says masked men threatened him not to testify
A Brooklyn man who had previously been shot was warned not to testify before a grand jury about the incident by thugs wearing masks and wielding baseball bats, police sources...
Stringer playing both sides of restaurant minimum wage battle
City Comptroller Scott Stringer has publicly championed a higher minimum wage for workers, while feasting on campaign donations served up by the anti-hike restaurant industry, The Post has learned. Since...
Driver whose license was suspended 88 times busted for speeding
A man whose driver’s license had been suspended nearly 90 times was busted Sunday for speeding on Long Island. Eric Dunbar, 43, of Tafton, Pa., was driving 86 mph in...
De Blasio to defy Cuomo’s order to shelter homeless
Mayor Bill de Blasio turned up the heat in his feud with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday, as City Hall indicated it would defy the governor’s order to sweep all...
Car-service apps could be the key to fewer drunk-driving cases
The city was on track to have nearly 40 percent fewer drunken-driving convictions last year, according to the latest statistics. More than 3,730 drivers were found guilty of crimes and...
Robert Durst blasts ‘vanished’ wife’s family over $100M lawsuit
Creepy killer Robert Durst says his former in-laws haven’t got a legal leg to stand on in their $100 million lawsuit over the disappearance of his first wife. The wacko New...
Hillary scolds New Hampshire legislator who asked about Juanita Broderick
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton scolded a New Hampshire state representative as “very rude” Sunday after the legislator heckled her with questions about a woman who has accused Bill Clinton of...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx A missing 64-year-old man with dementia was located by cops at the PATH station at the World Trade Center, police sources said Sunday. Rudolph McBean, who disappeared from...