February 7, 2016
What's next for Broncos? Peyton will have domino effect
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The Broncos entered Super Bowl 50 knowing they probably would be a much different-looking team in the 2016 season. Now, Broncos vice president of football operations...
Uber drivers working up to 19 hours a day just to get by
The city’s Uber drivers stay behind the wheel up to 19 hours a day to make ends meet, and say the company’s new fare cuts could make things even worse...
Lady Gaga absolutely crushed the national anthem at Super Bowl 50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyqkN3zezso Lady Gaga belted out a rousing, well-received — but slightly long — version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Sunday ahead of Super Bowl 50. The Manhattan native, in a...
August's bad break haunted Panthers at worst time possible
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It took a while, but the Panthers finally missed the presence of go-to wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin. The timing couldn’t have been worse, either, as drops,...
Von Miller's terrorizing Super Bowl will be worth millions
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The best Super Bowl commercial was the one Von Miller made for himself. The Broncos outside linebacker was a monster all day long, giving Panthers quarterback...
Peyton Manning should rest his case as best QB of all time
SANTA CLARA, Calif — Peyton Manning never was going to be Phil Simms in Pasadena, or Steve Young throwing six touchdown passes in Super Bowl XXIX. Everyone knew that. Old...
Jets safety mocks own team while slobbering over Broncos
The Jets found a way to both not play and be losers on Super Bowl Sunday. As the Broncos chased Cam Newton around the field in their 24-10 Super Bowl...
Cam Newton revealed as selfish front-runner on Super Bowl stage
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The dab is dead. Until further notice. There would be no dabbing from Cam Newton on the biggest night of his NFL life, a night when...
'The Good Wife' is in its final season
"The Good Wife" will end its run at the conclusion of its current seventh season, CBS confirmed in a Super Bowl promo Sunday night. Nine episodes remain this year for...
Beyoncé and Bruno owned Super Bowl 50
Forget the Carolina Panthers against the Denver Broncos, because the most exciting match-up in San Francisco on Sunday night was the dance-off between Beyoncé and Bruno Mars. The Pepsi halftime...
Broncos defense carries Peyton Manning to Super Bowl victory
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Thank goodness Peyton Manning was on the right side of this Orange Crush. “I’m glad I was on the same team as that defense,’’ Manning said,...
Comptroller's staffer nominated for Sheldon Silver's seat
Manhattan Democratic Party leaders nominated a Hispanic woman from the Lower East Side Sunday to succeed convicted crook Sheldon Silver in the state Assembly. Alice Cancel, a Democratic district leader...
Starbucks begins search for mega coffee center in NYC
Along with shops on practically every New York City street corner — more than 220 locations and counting — Starbucks is planning to open a massive, 15,000- to 25,000-square-foot, Eataly-style...
Concussions might cost NFL's helmet maker big time
A concussion settlement could be in play for NFL helmet maker Riddell, The Post has learned. The federal judge in Philadelphia overseeing the settlement between thousands of former players and...
The Porzingis lesson Knicks learned from Danilo Gallinari
Danilo Gallinari once was to the Knicks what Kristaps Porzingis is today, the future of the franchise. Soon after the native of Italy was drafted sixth overall by the Knicks...
Kendall and Kylie Jenner's clothing line starts to catch on
It’s hard to keep up with Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Just ask Kim, Khloé and Kourtney Kardashian, whose younger half sisters are rapidly building a clothing empire to rival their...
Super Bowl 50 turf wreaking havoc on slipping players
The Broncos and Panthers came prepared for Super Bowl 50. The groundskeepers did not. Through Sunday's first half, the biggest stage was a slippery one for the the AFC and NFC...
Johnny Boychuk gives Islanders more than offensive output
The difference for the Islanders with and without Johnny Boychuk in the lineup is drastic. The veteran defenseman played his second game back from injury in the 8-1 rout of...
'Everything is off': Carmelo coming to grips with knee reality
All-Star Weekend in Toronto won’t be all fun, games and parties for Carmelo Anthony. After returning from his left knee soreness in Sunday’s loss to his former team, the Nuggets,...
Tom Brady gets ruthlessly booed at Super Bowl ceremony
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The NFL’s pregame ceremony announcing and honoring every living Super Bowl MVP before Sunday’s Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium was a spirited one. Patriots quarterback...
Why does the Port Authority even have its own police force?
Here’s a new low in public-union abuse of the arbitration process: The Port Authority has been failing for eight years to get a hearing so it can fire two cops....
Stephen A. Smith leads Twitter fury over Super Bowl refs
In a season marked by blown calls — or at least perceived blown calls — the refs couldn't escape the first quarter of the biggest game of the year unscathed....
FOILed again — De Blasio's freedom-of-information follies
Bill de Blasio promised to have the “most transparent administration” in city history — then adopted policies that are slow-walking even minor Freedom of Information Law requests. Ironically, the Associated...
Hillary can't dodge Goldman Sachs questions forever
"I will look into it”: So answered Hillary Clinton at last week’s debate when asked yet again to release the transcripts of her lucrative speeches for Goldman Sachs. She couldn’t...
These stars are gracing the covers of home magazines
Names sell hurricanes (Sandy) and blizzards (Jonas), so why should the shelter mags be any different? That appears to be the message going through the minds of beautiful house editors...
Yes, social media friendships are real
When my husband and I moved our family from the Upper West Side to Park Slope two years ago, I felt a strange sort of loneliness. The move had brought...
Trump, Clinton, Obama actually make Nixon look good
Tricky Dick is back. Sure, the ghost of President Richard Nixon has been with us in some ways all along — we label every scandal with -gate, the mere hint...
It's not just cranes: The overlooked surge in construction site deaths
Mayor de Blasio has squandered his first two years in office on an insane quest to ban horses, because his donors wanted him to. Meanwhile, he’s coddled another special interest:...
The execs who enabled Sumner Redstone's lunacy
Sumner Redstone’s decline from formidable corporate chieftain to barely functioning adult has been a recurring story for a decade. Which makes the whole sordid episode now unfolding around his media...
Follow Super Bowl 50 live
Of course you are watching Super Bowl 50, but get all the updates from Post writers and others at the game and around the country here. Cam Newton and the...
How Panthers got Stephen Curry involved in Super Bowl 50
After the coin toss at every Carolina Panthers home game, an honorary drummer takes the field at Bank of America Stadium and riles up the crowd with four swings at...
Islanders devastate Oilers in mauling for the record books
It was a laugher in all ways possible — except for the way the Islanders took it. With mostly straight faces and stern expressions, the Isles consumed this 8-1 rout...
St. John's building recruiting force for immediate bounce-back
Chris Mullin has been through longer seasons than this, as a player and an executive. He’s seen how draining it can be. At its worst, there was always that light at...
Surprising NCAA hoops favorite emerges from sea of mediocrity
North Carolina was the preseason favorite. That soon switched to Kentucky, which flipped to Michigan State, then Kansas, which turned to Oklahoma, and back to North Carolina. Monday’s new No....
'There was smoke everywhere:' Infant, toddler among injured in suffocating fire
Twenty people — including an infant and a toddler — were injured in a Bronx fire that filled a building with smoke Sunday, authorities said. A woman found collapsed in...
Marco Rubio is standing by his Obama-bashing script
WASHINGTON — A defiant Sen. Marco Rubio said Sunday it pays to stick to his script — despite being mocked by his opponents for sounding like a broken record during...
How Rangers got screwed on Ryan McDonagh sucker punch
It is unknown whether Ryan McDonagh will be in the lineup against the Devils at the Garden on Monday in the aftermath of the sucker punch to the jaw he...
Prokhorov ramping up Nets GM search as interviews on tap
The eyes of the sporting world were fixed on the Super Bowl on Sunday; but Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov was set to arrive in Brooklyn for his own huge challenge,...
De Blasio announces new safety measures after crane collapse
Mayor de Blasio announced new rules Sunday to boost crane safety following Friday’s deadly collapse in Tribeca — as the man killed in the horror was eulogized by his shattered...
Jogger slashed in Queens
A 19-year-old woman was slashed on the leg by a stranger while out for a run in Queens on Sunday morning, according to police sources. The victim was on 25th...
Rikers guard accused of exchanging drugs for sex with inmate
A female Rikers Island guard was busted for giving drugs to an inmate in exchange for sex -- after a law-enforcement pooch sounded the alarm, smelling pot on the employee...
A case of mistaken identity ruined this man's life — and inspired Hitchcock
There was a bittersweet Hollywood ending for the family of Manny Balestrero, a Jackson Heights, Queens, man whose wrongful arrest for robbery is harrowingly recounted in Alfred Hitchcock’s only fact-based...
Fisher takes eye-opening blame as Knicks' season slips away
This wasn’t a Super Bowl Sunday Garden party, but a Super Bowl Sunday funeral. Due to another horrible first quarter, the Knicks’ season continued to die as the Nuggets built...
Peyton Manning 'near tears' in last message to Broncos
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Peyton Manning spent the week dodging questions about his football future, but he dropped another clue that Sunday’s Super Bowl would be his final game when...
Hillary Clinton: I'll release my speeches to Wall Street when everyone does
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton has no immediate plans to release the transcripts of her $675,000 Goldman Sachs speeches, despite telling a debate audience Thursday she’d consider it. Clinton told ABC’s...
Jet protesting Super Bowl because he's not in it
Any Super Bowl snacks for Snacks won't be accompanied by the game. Because he's not playing in the big game, Damon "Snacks" Harrison is not even allowing his eyes to...
Widow grieves for husband killed by fallen crane at funeral
The grieving widow of crane-collapse victim David Wichs said Sunday that she was struggling to cope with the loss of her husband, who she called the "kindest person I ever...
'Watch who you look at': Man recounts subway sucker-punch
A 44-year-old man was sucker-punched at a Brooklyn subway station by an attacker who said, “Watch who you look at!" and then spewed racial hatred, police sources said Sunday. Randy...
Do you live in the happiest state in America?
So how happy are you, really? It turns out a pretty substantial determining factor is all about where you live. According to Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, which measures regional contentment levels,...
Get to know the Super Bowl 50 halftime entertainment
With Bruno Mars finally confirming he would perform at Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, we have a lineup, although a wild card always exists. The pop singer posted a photo on...
Eagles curiously trying to undo Chip Kelly blockbuster
In Chip Kelly hurry-up fashion, the Eagles are rushing, trying to get their former coach's fingerprints off the franchise. According to ESPN, the process may begin by reversing course and making...
Hamas kills its own commander for unnamed 'moral violations'
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas says it has killed one of its own commanders over unnamed "moral and behavioral violations." The Islamic militant group, which has ruled the Gaza...
Boy, 11, found guilty of murdering 8-year-old girl in fight over puppies
A 11-year-old Tennessee boy has been found guilty of fatally shooting an 8-year-old neighbor girl with a shotgun in a fight over puppies, and will spend the rest of his...
Medical Examiner boss certified under false pretenses: staffers
A high-ranking official in the city’s Medical Examiner’s office obtained certification from a national board under false pretenses, staffers allege. Frank DePaolo, the ME’s assistant commissioner for forensic science, was...
Derek Fisher blasts Rajon Rondo off Knicks' PG wish list
It now looks clear the Kings’ impending free-agent point guard Rajon Rondo won’t be a Knick next season. The normally mild-mannered Knicks coach Derek Fisher shot back at Rondo, who...
Cops use Find My iPhone app to bust robbery suspects
Cops used an iPhone app to track down and arrest two youths who allegedly pointed a BB gun at five teens before robbing them in Brooklyn Saturday afternoon. The teens...
Marshawn Lynch appears to retire in middle of Super Bowl
Marshawn Lynch finally spoke during a Super Bowl week. The Seahawks running back seemingly confirmed the retirement rumors swirling around him on Sunday night while the Panthers and Broncos battled in...
Suspect in custody after exchanging gunfire with cops
Officers assigned to the Brooklyn North Gang Unit fired a barrage of bullets at a gunman who pointed a pistol at them Saturday night but didn’t hit him, police sources...
‘Revenant’ director Iñárritu makes history, blasts Trump
The most surprising Oscar race in recent memory took another dramatic twist with Alejandro Iñárritu taking aim at Donald Trump after becoming the first-ever winner of back-to-back awards from The...
How groupies are trawling social media to seduce celebrities
Allowing fans unfettered access to their favorite celebrities — and the ability to exchange direct messages with no phone numbers revealed — has revolutionized the groupie game.
Extremists free Australian woman kidnapped in Burkina Faso
NIAMEY, Niger — Islamic extremists have freed an Australian woman kidnapped last month in northern Burkina Faso, although her husband remains in captivity despite pleas from the family and efforts...
Slain Italian student in Egypt suffered 'animal-like' violence
ROME — A second autopsy on the body of an Italian found slain in Egypt reveals that the doctoral student suffered "inhuman, animal-like" violence, Italy's interior minister said Sunday as...
Man's illegal pet kangaroo gets sick, dies days after arriving at zoo
Buster, the wayward kangaroo who bounced out of a Staten Island back yard last fall, has died — and experts say the parasites and stress of the urban jungle are...
Woman was shunned by male co-workers, then fired: suit
A female utility worker claims she was canned from Con Ed just two days before she would have been eligible to join the union — after her male colleagues shunned...
Cops catch red-haired robbery suspect sprawled on subway train
Cops say they cuffed the red-haired crook connected with a string of robberies on and off the subway. Officers found Che Quenten Irving, 20, of Harlem, sprawled across a few...
London bus explosion terrifies people who didn't know it was for a movie
The special effects for a new Jackie Chan movie movie were a bit too real for Londoners -- who mistook the wild pyrotechnics for a terrorist attack. On Sunday morning,...
Stunning photos capture a wedding amid Syria's wreckage
The wreckage of the Syrian city of Homs became the bittersweet backdrop for a young couple’s wedding pictures. Nada Merhi, 18, wore a traditional white gown when she married camouflage-clad...
World Trade Center builder John L. Tishman dead at 90
John L. Tishman, who oversaw the construction of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, died Saturday at age 90, a Tishman company spokesman said. Tishman died of respiratory...
Woman’s boobs got all the attention at company retreat, she claims
A Brooklyn woman says a female HR director grabbed her breasts and fawned over them during a company retreat. “Oh, my God, I can’t help myself,” Denise Mooney allegedly said...
This is the worst 'healthy' food you can eat
As parents struggle to find healthy snacks to give their kids, smoothies, puréed fruit pouches and 100% fruit juices may sound like good options — especially as new federal dietary...
Democratic donors still hoping Joe Biden runs for president
Deep-pocketed Democrats are hoping for a Joe Biden presidential candidacy now that Bernie Sanders has caught up to Hillary Clinton, according to a report. Sanders may be too left-wing to...
Candidates make final pitches ahead of New Hampshire vote
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio gained ground on Donald Trump in New Hampshire while Hillary Clinton stayed within striking distance of Bernie Sanders, according to a poll conducted days before the...
Here's your minute-by-minute guide to Super Bowl Sunday
9 a.m., NFL Network: Super Bowl-winning quarterback Brett Favre joins an 8 ½ -hour edition of “NFL GameDay Morning” live from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. 10 a.m., ESPN:...
Man's body found dead along East River
The body of a man was found lying on rocks along the East River shore in College Point, Queens Saturday afternoon. The cause of death was not immediately known, but...
Construction worker struck by falling concrete in Midtown
A construction worker was severely injured in Midtown Saturday afternoon when a chunk of concrete fell on his head. The worker was on the 20th floor of 317 Madison Avenue...
Broken elevators make residents prisoners in their own homes
Lilla Sproul, an 80-year-old great grandmother, has lived in the same fifth-floor apartment at 2205 Davidson Ave. in The Bronx for almost 40 years. Now she can never leave, a...
One last hurdle for Meatpacking project
New Yorkers starving for a new Pastis — the beloved Keith McNally bistro that closed in 2014 — should drop by a public session of the Landmarks Preservation Commission on...
City finally fires 'School of No' principal
The hooky-playing ex-principal of PS 106 in Far Rockaway has been fired for cheating city taxpayers as well as her students. Marcella Sills, 50, got the ax on Jan. 22...
City employees blast the City Council's huge raise as 'unfair'
The City Council’s fat new raise means that members’ salaries are now double and triple the paychecks of city workers New Yorkers deem truly essential. “It’s unfair,” said Al Brogna,...
'Alarming' level of radioactivity found at Indian Point power plant
“Alarming’’ levels of radioactivity have been discovered in three monitoring wells at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, Gov. Cuomo said Saturday. He told the state Departments of Health and...
Deaths from construction accidents are on the rise in NYC
The rush to expand the city’s skyline has led to a record number of construction accidents and injuries in the last year. There were 433 accidents in 2015 compared with...
Cop injured in Bronx shooting still recovering in hospital
The cop who was shot in the stairwell of a Bronx housing project is on the mend, she told The Post on Sunday “I feel OK,” Officer Diara Cruz said...
Former Yale admissions officer reveals secrets of who gets in
In his new book, “The Battle for Room 314,” Ed Boland chronicles his year as a teacher in a low-income New York City school. It was the polar opposite of...
FBI grills Jeremy Shockey as part of 'drug and gambling ring' probe
As more than a billion fans watch Sunday’s Super Bowl, the FBI is eyeing current and former NFL stars off the field — looking for any links to an international...
Amy Schumer was voted class clown in high school (obviously)
It will come as no surprise to fans of Amy Schumer that she was voted “Class Comedian” — as revealed by this yearbook photo from South Side HS in Rockville...
Public school pushes students to buy books from its own store
A Queens high school sells students books they are required to read — and runs a book store that charges up to $13 for “To Kill a Mockingbird” and $15...
Were geniuses like Andy Warhol & Albert Einstein mentally ill?
There’s a fine line, it is said, between genius and insanity. But do the two always go hand in hand? In her new book, “Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder,” Claudia...
Don't downplay the dangers of social media to kids
“Her favorite color was blue. Nicole was a very lovable person. Nicole touched many people throughout her short life.” That was the mother of 13-year-old Nicole Lovell speaking through sobs...
Obama caves on Syria, does nothing to help innocent civilians
Just weeks after Secretary of State John Kerry spoke about a “new initiative” on Syria, details are emerging about what that really means: Handing over the Middle East to the...
How Donald Trump helped save New York City
Long before Donald Trump stamped his name in gold on buildings around the world, posted snarky midnight tweets and joined the race for the White House, he was New York’s...
Sorry, Tom Brady: Quarterbacks aren't actually that hot
As you watch Cam Newton face off against Peyton Manning later today, you might be thinking about their respective passing games, the strength of their offensive lines or whether hearing...
Obama bullied bank to pay racial settlement without proof: report
Newly uncovered internal memos reveal the Obama administration knowingly exaggerated charges of racial discrimination in probes of Ally Bank and other defendants in the $900 billion car-lending business as part...
We were blacklisted for refusing politician $250K bribe
A couple who run a small urban farm said powerful Queens lawmaker James Sanders offered them $1.7 million in taxpayer money to fund their operation — then demanded a $250,000...
Candidate for Sheldon Silver's seat 'loans herself' $50K
A Democratic candidate for disgraced Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s seat has loaned herself $50,000 despite earning little more than that as a state worker. Yuh-Line Niou, who is paid $75,000...
Tom Ellis hits his devilish stride as 'Lucifer,' plus more to watch this week
Lucifer Monday, 9 p.m., Fox One of the early successes of the new TV season is Fox’s “Lucifer,” the story of the devil himself, who has relocated from Hades to...
Chris Christie gets the better of Marco Rubio during debate
Just as the key story for the GOP presidential race in the past week has been the rise of Marco Rubio, so the key question arising from the GOP presidential...
Prokhorov kicking Nets' GM search into high gear Monday
Sources say the Nets are ready to ramp up their search for a new general manager in earnest, with interviews starting as early as the start of the week. Brooklyn...
Watch the incredibly awkward GOP debate opening
The nation watched as grown men running for the presidency could not figure out how to walk out onto the debate stage. Ben Carson appeared to refuse to go on...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx The suspect pictured above robbed a Riverdale bank, cops said. He entered the Chase branch on Riverdale Avenue near West 258th Street at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, authorities said....