March 31, 2016
CBS plans to spin off radio business with an IPO
CBS plans to use the same playbook for spinning off its radio division as it did for unloading its billboard business two years ago, according to the company. The divestiture...
Hillary is losing her grip on New York
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are locked in a surprisingly competitive battle for New York, with a poll on Thursday showing that the Vermont senator has closed to within 12...
Syracuse legend-turned-assistant enjoying another Orange run
HOUSTON — The living, breathing symbol of what you can be, and how you seize the biggest moment of your basketball life, walks among the Miracle Men from Syracuse. Gerry...
'I have a feeling': Carmelo hasn't been wrong about Syracuse yet
Carmelo Anthony has been right so far, and he is continuing his series of guarantees, proclaiming Syracuse will beat North Carolina in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament on...
Lawyer lied about his mom dying to delay trial
In a cringeworthy twist on “the dog ate my homework,” a Brooklyn lawyer who was unprepared to go to trial convinced a federal judge that he needed more time —...
Why 2016 promises MLB's most ruthless trade deadline ever
The season is just about to begin, so let’s talk about Aug. 1. The trade deadline was pushed back one day (July 31 falls on a Sunday), and the extra...
Saoirse Ronan stars in Broadway's overly spooky 'Crucible'
Riding high on an Oscar nomination for “Brooklyn,” Saoirse Ronan is the poster child of Broadway’s “The Crucible.” Literally: A close-up of her face is on the show’s posters and...
Boeheim's bizarre scandal defense: We broke rules but didn't cheat
HOUSTON — Syracuse deserved to be punished, but the Orange didn’t cheat and they didn’t benefit from breaking NCAA rules. Sounds similar to former president Bill Clinton’s claim he didn’t...
Devils fall to Panthers as fading playoff hopes take another hit
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Devils' long-shot playoff hopes just got longer. Jonathan Huberdeau scored twice to move the Panthers back into first place in the Atlantic Division with a 3-2...
Mets gear for a grim reality they can't escape in their opener
LAS VEGAS — It will be party time in Kansas City the first two games of the season, leaving the Mets in the awkward position of reliving last year’s World...
Mall bosses made me live in a rat-infested electrical closet
Most New Yorkers gripe that they live in a closet, but this man actually did. A Bronx shopping-center maintenance man claims in a lawsuit that he was forced to sleep...
Two fateful innings turn Yankees' strength into question mark
LAKELAND, Fla. — Jacoby Ellsbury found out Wednesday night as he watched “SportsCenter.” Starlin Castro learned the news when he showed up Thursday morning at George M. Steinbrenner Field in...
Time Inc. restarts union negotiations
The bitter and long-stalled talks between Time Inc. and the NewsGuild of New York are showing some movement — just a year-and-a-half after the company declared “impasse” and imposed its...
Why Girardi's delaying CC Sabathia/Ivan Nova decision
TAMPA — Nathan Eovaldi, Michael Pineda and Luis Severino have a combined 229 big league starts. That is just 15 more than CC Sabathia’s career win total. None of the...
Horndog CEO catches $13M break in sexual harassment case
A Manhattan judge took an ax to the $18 million a jury awarded to a beautiful Swedish intern in her sexual harassment and defamation lawsuit against real-life wolf of Wall...
Rangers fail to clinch playoff spot after blowing lead in third
RALEIGH, N.C. — This wasn’t an effort worthy of a playoff team, which fittingly enough the Rangers are not yet mathematically assured of becoming after failing on their first attempt...
Marco Rubio sets his sights on the NFL
Rumors are running wild that the former presidential candidate could be heading to the Miami Dolphins.
How Mets, Yankees exemplify MLB pitching recipe dispute
The 2015 World Series will go down as a true Fall Classic, a taut affair with plentiful late-inning drama that featured two franchises vying for their first championships since the...
Islanders' win dampened by Travis Hamonic injury
This can be déjà vu all over again, if the Islanders let it. But right now things are still a bit uncertain with the health of integral defenseman Travis Hamonic,...
Kyrie Irving goes to work amid the craziest lady drama in the NBA
CLEVELAND — Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving started Thursday’s 107-87 rout of the Nets despite being listed as sick. It’d be hard to blame the West Orange, NJ, native for being...
The thrilling potential of New York's great arms race
We are New York City, after all, and so it is our nature to take things to extremes every once in a while. Nothing is too big for us, too...
Man says brutal beating of transgender woman was 'blind fury': cops
A man charged with the vicious beating death of a transgender woman in Harlem told cops he did it in a “blind fury,” it was revealed Thursday at a hearing...
Honoring New York's Vietnam vets --- and the new generation of heroes
Saturday is Vietnam Veterans Day. In Manhattan, hundreds will gather at the Elizabeth Seton Shrine on State Street — for ceremonies that will honor both the 1,741 New Yorkers who...
New York deserves a Democratic debate --- stop dodging, Hillary
For once, the hard-left Working Families Party is right: Hillary Clinton should debate Bernie Sanders in New York before the April 19 primary. Sanders wants another face-off, but Camp Clinton...
White people and 'Hamilton' don't mix
Under pressure from Actors Equity, the producers of “Hamilton” have changed their latest casting call to “encourage” performers of all races to try out for the Broadway megahit about The...
Now the nannies want to outlaw 'distracted walking'
Nanny-staters in New Jersey are giving new meaning to the warning, “Don’t look down.” The state Legislature is considering a new bill that would make it illegal to walk while...
Why Muslims are America's best anti-terror weapon
Recently, I appeared on Fox News to explain the need for increased police presence and intelligence-gathering in New York City’s Muslim neighborhoods. Since then, I’ve been called a racist and...
The facts the nation needs to face on mental illness
‘My brother thought he was James Bond,” a woman told Rep. Tim Murphy on Monday. Her brother was schizophrenic and institutionalized for 20 years, but when Hudson River State Hospital...
The cult drama that brought Aaron Paul back to TV
Aaron Paul has come a long way from his “Breaking Bad” days as the meth addict with a heart of gold, Jesse Pinkman. In Hulu’s new drama series “The Path”...
Why Mets are chasing Cubs -- at least for this chapter of rivalry
LAS VEGAS — The Mets and Cubs are similar and different. Big-market teams, check. Accepted losing for several seasons to get to an overall better place, check. Did that construction...
The tourney snub support group gains a pained new member
HOUSTON — This was to be our last meeting, our last support group, the last time we would talk through our abject feelings of rejection and rage. We gathered in...
Mom and son 'stoners' are ruining our Central Park West pad
The address is 400, but board members at a Central Park West condo say it might as well be “420” — code for marijuana smoking — thanks to residents in...
This Brooklyn laundromat has a sex vending machine
This trendy laundromat in Brooklyn is selling a sexy laundry list of goodies. Sunshine Laundromat and Pinball, which doubles as a bar with arcade games, now has a vending machine...
City prison guard takes plea deal for smuggling drugs, weapons
A New York City corrections officer took a plea deal Thursday for allegedly smuggling narcotics, weapons and other items into the Manhattan Detention Complex. Patricia Howard, 44, copped to attempted...
Woman admits she was not slashed; confesses wound was self-inflicted
A woman of Middle Eastern descent told police she was slashed in the face by man who called her a “f--king terrorist” on a lower Manhattan street Thursday afternoon —...
Stripper mom whose daughter died in fire ditches work clothes for court
The stripper mom who swung from a pole as the 2-year-old daughter she left home alone was consumed in a house fire showed up to her Brooklyn court appearance Thursday...
What to expect from David Bowie's tribute show
Throughout his 50-year career, David Bowie served as an inspiration to countless musicians. And as big a star as he was, he was never reluctant to admit his own influences...
He was the genius behind Broadway's least likely hit
Everyone’s raving about the Encores! production of “1776,” at City Center through Sunday. It’s one of my favorite musicals, with its catchy score by Sherman Edwards and its brilliant script...
Rescued sea turtle gets experimental treatment for 'buoyancy disorder'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So3RpjrjNPE Seattle veterinarians will test a rescued sea turtle on Friday to see whether treatment in a hyperbaric chamber, typically used for decompression sickness in human divers, has cured a...
Tyson Beckford’s nephew will likely stand trial for deadly crash
The nephew of model Tyson Beckford, who is accused of stealing a box truck and crashing it into a city bus, killing the driver, rejected a plea deal Thursday in...
DOI subpoenas city workers over $72M nursing home flip
The Department of Investigation issued subpoenas Thursday to city workers and a Brooklyn nursing home operator as part of a probe into a real estate deal that netted the firm...
State will cough up $1.5B for Second Avenue Subway, eventually
The state will give the MTA the $1.5 billion it promised for the Second Avenue Subway after all -- but it will be spread over the next eight years. The...
This might be the most regrettable tattoo ever
This "Trump Stamp" is music to this guy's ears. A Phoenix radio station, 102.5 KNIX, offered free tickets to a country music festival to the person who would get a...
George Mason University to name law school after Antonin Scalia
ARLINGTON, Va. — George Mason University plans to name its law school for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, following an anonymous $20 million donation from a Scalia admirer...
Dangerous stripper who drugged her rich clients won't go to jail
A judge Thursday sentenced a stripper to five years probation for her part in a ring that drugged wealthy clients, racked up huge bills on their credit cards and blackmailed...
Falling glass from Midtown hotel injures woman
A woman suffered minor injuries when she was struck by glass that fell from a Midtown hotel on Thursday afternoon, officials and witnesses said.
Incompetent NCAA gave South Carolina a bracket false alarm
HOUSTON — Past NCAA Tournament slights are nothing compared with what South Carolina went through. It was revealed, by WIS-10 TV in Columbia, S.C., on Thursday that the Gamecocks were...
Tesla fanboys line up to place deposit on cheaper new model
Thousands of tech junkies lined up outside stores nationwide Thursday for the latest hot gadget — and this time it wasn’t an iPhone. Tesla Motors’ upcoming Model 3 electric car...
'The Girl in the Photographs' is a routine horror flick
A slasher film with a sardonic twist, “The Girl in the Photographs” doesn’t quite revive an etiolated genre, but it does have its moments. In South Dakota, a small-town supermarket...
'Francofonia' is an obvious musing on war and museums
Beware the film billed as a “meditation” on anything. In Alexsandr Sokurov’s latest, we’re supposed to meditate on Paris’ Louvre museum during World War II, and by extension the role...
Matt Barnes turns Lakers fiasco into bitter shot at Derek Fisher
With months of perspective and a growing sense of maturity, Matt Barnes is laying off love rival Derek Fisher and resisting the temptation to weigh in on the Lakers video...
Don Cheadle is better as an actor than director in 'Miles Ahead'
Don Cheadle gives one of the best performances of his career as jazz legend Miles Davis in “Miles Ahead,’’ even if his debut as a director ends up being an unfocused...
The day in photos: March 31, 2016
Tulips make the world more colorful, a tiger shows its teeth and more.
Yankee Stadium's new food menu is literally insane
Yankees fans are going to need a lot of Alka-Seltzer this season. The team announced its all-star lineup of ballpark food offerings on Thursday -- and it includes a slew...
Nicholas Hoult's lack of charisma ruins 'Kill Your Friends'
A comedy as black as vinyl, “Kill Your Friends” is a music-industry tell-all set at a decadent London record label in 1997. Nicholas Hoult (once the boy in “About a...
Who knew Vanilla Ice was still loaded?
If OJ Simpson’s Ford Bronco and Robert Kardashian’s oversized suits aren’t lighting the fire of ‘90s nostalgia for you, then it’s time to ditch the courtroom dramas of the “The...
Lost Boy of Sudan is NCAA bracket savant -- except for this $50K error
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — James Kiki isn't sure if he'll fill out an NCAA Tournament bracket next year. He might want to. Heading into Final Four weekend, Kiki is tied for...
Longtime teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy had sex with students
EXETER, N.H. — An elite New Hampshire boarding school has alerted alumni that a longtime teacher has admitted to sexual misconduct with students in the 1970s and 1980s. Phillips Exeter...
Yankees season preview: Joe Girardi is running out of time
History shows the Yankees stopped a two-year stretch of dark Octobers by copping one of two AL wild-card spots last season. Reality points out the Yankees haven’t participated in a...
Eric Staal describes flood of emotions in Carolina return
RALEIGH, N.C. — An extended standing ovation greeted Eric Staal after a video tribute in his honor was played on the scoreboard during a timeout some six minutes into the...
You'll never again have an excuse for not having a condom
Amazon customers can spare themselves some embarrassment in the checkout line. There’s now an Amazon Dash button for Trojan condoms, allowing customers to hit a button on, say, their night...
Trump holds 'unity' meeting with Republican Party chairman
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump met with the Republican National Committee on Thursday to talk unity, a day after he dropped an abortion bombshell in their laps. A smiling Trump visited...
The 15 best ramen restaurants in America
In recent years, Japanese food has emerged as one of the most sought-after cuisines in America, and Americans are becoming discerning—no longer are we satisfied by half-priced sushi rolls or...
Newell poised to wrap up $15B deal for Jarden
Household products giants Newell Rubbermaid and Jarden Corp. will be under the same roof sooner than the companies had hoped, The Post has learned. Newell is on track to complete...
The Playboy model who tangoed with Obama wasn't supposed to
She dances to her own tune! The professional Argentinian dancer who tangoed with President Obama last week is an ex-Playboy model who threw caution to the wind and defied direct...
Creepy 'Darling' could book a room at the Overlook
A house sitter goes crazy while confined to a building with an unsavory past — sound familiar? The black-and-white “Darling” owes much to “The Shining,” from the chilling wails of...
The story behind these eerie photos will make you shiver
A photographer said Thursday he couldn't bear to charge a grieving mom for special photos showing her dead daughter floating angelically behind her as she mourned graveside, but now that...
‘Too Late’ is a shallow love letter to film
"Too Late” is a good-looking gimmick of a movie, one that will only be shown in theaters on 35mm film. Old-school advocate Quentin Tarantino would be proud — as he...
It really doesn’t matter who dies on 'The Walking Dead' finale
A dumbfounding amount of energy has been wasted on guessing who will die on Sunday’s season finale of “The Walking Dead” — likely at the hand of the new arch-villain,...
NYPD warned the Dutch about Brussels bombers, not the FBI
The NYPD – and not the FBI -- provided critical information to its Netherland counterparts about the two Brussels suicide bombers that had been overlooked before the deadly terror attack,...
Mets season preview: Armed to dominate the NL East
The days of hoping Jupiter can align with Mars for a path to the playoffs are gone for the Mets. Last year’s NL East title and wild ride to the...
Gunman kills state trooper, injures 2 at Virginia bus station
A gunman fatally shot a Virginia state trooper who was performing a training exercise in a Richmond bus station Thursday, authorities said. Trooper Chad P. Dermyer, 37, died after being...
Music mogul buys NYC’s ‘Great Gatsby’ mansion
A Queens replica of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Long Island mansion has sold for a song to Songza CEO Elias Roman and his wife, Sarah Jane, according to city property records....
Queens serial arsonist suspect arrested
Police arrested a suspected arsonist believed to have set fire to three homes around Queens early Thursday, police sources said. Sal Manzella, 55, tried to pass himself off as a...
Crab-loving foodies beware! Fake food festivals are a thing
If you just love seafood — especially crab — beware of a new twist on an old fashioned Internet credit card scam. In Los Angeles it was called the Super...
Chris Christie says he eats M&Ms the pro way
https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/713546359287230464 Candy-crushing Chris Christie swears that he wasn’t replenishing his M&M supply when he was spotted dumping a bag of the sweets into a bigger box during an NCAA game....
Rich women like rich men, and rich men like slender women
Wealthy women like to date their financial equals. Men? Not so much. Men with higher incomes showed stronger preferences for women with slender bodies, while women with higher incomes preferred...
Porsche bursts into flames at NYC auto show
The Big Apple's annual auto show was "lit" on Thursday — thanks to a smokin' hot Porsche 911 Turbo that burst into flames in the middle of the Javits Center....
Here's why you can't manage a pull-up
The Problem Pull-ups are one of those ubiquitous tests of strength, but a move that can humble even the toughest of men. Most who are unable to do this particular feat think the...
Yankees set rotation top 4 and make final roster calls
TAMPA -- Joe Girardi said Wednesday he needed to see how Masahiro Tanaka’s bullpen session went Thursday before anointing him the Opening Day starter against the Astros on Monday at Yankee...
Another damn polar vortex will hit NYC this weekend
New Yorkers will have to break out their winter coats again by Sunday thanks to a polar vortex that is pushing cold air down from Canada. Temperatures got up to...
American League preview: The case for a Red Sox revival
Joel Sherman breaks down the American League with insights, predictions and more. AL East 1. Red Sox O/U wins: 85.5 World Series odds: 12-1 Key player: David Price. Just three...
National League preview: Can Cubs live up to hype?
Joel Sherman breaks down the American League with insights, predictions and more. NL East 1. Mets O/U wins: 88 World Series odds: 10-1 Key player: This is Yo Life. Mets...
You can now figure out if Uber or Lyft is more expensive before you ride
There’s no question that both Lyft and Uber completely changed the way we travel. Not only have both services made travel much cheaper, they’ve also made it a much more...
Judge in Shelly Silver's case wants to know how much time crooked pols usually get
Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni wants a chart outlining sentences for previously convicted New York politicians ahead of Sheldon Silver’s sentencing next month. In an order to prosecutors filed Thursday,...
Stripper performs at 8-year-old's birthday party
https://youtu.be/BhFMVQkSIDw This kid's birthday bash looked more like a bachelor party. Grainy YouTube video shows a stripper shaking her booty for a boy celebrating his eighth birthday. One youngster is...
Kim Jong Un balloons to 300 pounds as famine nears
Portly North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, whose hostile actions have brought crippling international sanctions to his impoverished nation, has a new message for the Hermit Kingdom's starving masses: Get...
'Everybody Wants Some!!' is an amusing two-hour hangout
Coming from a 25-year-old debut filmmaker, the spirited, naturalistic coming-of-age comedy “Everybody Wants Some!!” would be enticing. But for Richard Linklater, a 55-year-old director with five Academy Award nominations to his...
Mike Shanahan goes on RG3 promo blitz ... to save own reputation
Mike Shanahan is hitching a ride on the RG3 bandwagon. The former Redskins coach, whose tense relationship with the 2012 Rookie of the Year reportedly factored into his termination in...
I vacationed with ISIS and lived to tell about it
A thrill-seeking British builder prefers the battlefronts to the beachfront, spending his vacation time in war zones across the world. Andrew Drury most recently enjoyed a holiday dodging ISIS sniper...
Cooperating Paris terrorist Salah Abdeslam will be ISIS target No. 1
Suspected Paris terrorist Salah Abdeslam announced Thursday that he’ll sing to French authorities, making him an instant target of the ISIS butchers he once served. The soon-to-be stool pigeon, apprehended...
Trump executive charged with assaulting young woman
An executive at Donald Trump’s hotel chain was arrested for throwing a young woman to the ground inside the parking garage of his luxury Brooklyn condo building, law enforcement sources...
El Popo's dramatic eruption caught on camera
One of the most active volcanoes in Mexico has erupted yet again. Popocatépetl, commonly referred to as El Popo by locals, has caused airports to be shut down and may...
Innovative Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid dies at 65
Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whose modernist, futuristic designs included the swooping aquatic center for the 2012 London Olympics, has died at age 65. Hadid's firm said she died Thursday of...
Psycho judge who zapped defendant finally on other side of courtroom
GREENBELT, Md. — A former Maryland judge who pleaded guilty to a civil rights violation for ordering a defendant to be physically shocked in his court is scheduled to be...
Jay Z claims Tidal's previous owners inflated its subscribers
Jay Z’s Tidal is suing the previous owners of the troubled music-streaming service. After ponying up $56 million to buy the service last year, the rap mogul now claims that...
Andrew Miller defiance offset by Yankees' Bryan Mitchell crusher
TAMPA — Andrew Miller expects to pitch with a chip fracture of the pisiform bone at the base of his glove hand, which is encouraging news for the Yankees. Nevertheless,...
Clinton leads Sanders in NY because black voters love her
Hillary Clinton is leading Bernie Sanders in New York, benefiting from overwhelming support of African American voters, according to a poll Thursday. The former secretary of state is beating the...
Family wants Robert Durst's missing ex declared dead
More than 34 years after her disappearance, Kathleen Durst's family wants to have her legally confirmed dead — killed by her oddball millionaire ex-husband Robert Durst. “It is now time...
This guy is giving away books he doesn't want and calling it art
A man launched a Big Apple book club — whose members have cleared out nearly all the tomes from his personal library. Shaheryar Malik's been randomly leaving stacks all over...
Tennessee coach has to answer for rape scandal phone calls
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee football coach Butch Jones' phone records show he had two conversations with former Volunteers receiver Drae Bowles the same day a lawsuit states that Bowles assisted...
Nintendo bows to GamerGate, fires female employee
A long-running culture war against efforts to diversify the traditionally male-dominated video gaming industry has once again seen another female fall victim. Nintendo made the decision to sack mid-level marketing...
Hospice nurses told to overdose patients to speed death: FBI
DALLAS — The owner of a Dallas-area hospice ordered nurses to increase drug dosages for patients to speed their deaths and maximize profits, according to an FBI affidavit. A copy...
Facebook post about black criminals gets anchorwoman fired
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh television station WTAE said it has ended its relationship with anchorwoman Wendy Bell over racial comments she posted on Facebook about an ambush shooting at a cookout that...
This gene means you will die early
More reason to blame your parents — they may pass on genes that can shave up to three years off your life. About two-thirds of the human population have at...
Carmelo convinces Rambis to do the abundantly obvious
Knicks coach Kurt Rambis has no choice now but to play the young guys. During a team meeting Tuesday in Dallas, Knicks veterans Carmelo Anthony, Robin Lopez and Jose Calderon...
Nurse arrested for killing her patients
MILAN — Italian police said Thursday that they have arrested a nurse on suspicion of killing 13 patients, mostly in their 80s, who underwent surgery in a state-run hospital in...
Wow! Tesla's 'mass market' Model 3 is sexy and fast
Tesla CEO Elon Musk finally unveiled his long-awaited “mass market” electric car — and this little package is packed with some serious juice. The Model 3 — a four-door compact...
Pablo Sandoval is now a $95 million backup
Money doesn't always talk. Red Sox manager John Farrell announced on Thursday that Travis Shaw would start at third base over Pablo Sandoval, beginning with Opening Day, despite the fact...
ISIS wants to kill a bunch of Germans
Islamic State posted pictures on the Internet calling on German Muslims to carry out Brussels-style attacks in Germany, singling out Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices and the Cologne-Bonn airport as targets,...
Muggers make off with cash-stuffed Gucci wallet
A pair of robbers forced a man to give up his Gucci wallet stuffed with hundreds of dollars in cash early Thursday on the Upper West Side, authorities said. The...
Science has discovered hell
Hell has an address: 55 Cancri-e is the first alien planet to have some of its surface features directly observed. And it’s no tropical paradise. For some time 55 Cancri-e...
GE, AIG join revolt against 'too-big-to-fail' label
No one wants to wear the “too big to fail” label. Just one day after MetLife declared victory in its fight to remove the designation, General Electric’s financing arm asked...
Ben Roethlisberger's 'Bachelorette' cameo strikes uncomfortable note
This might be one football player too many. As "Bachelor" creator Mike Fleiss teased on Twitter on Wednesday, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be helping "Bachelorette" Jojo Fletcher in some...
U.S. soccer women play men's-team-stinks card in equal pay demand
Five players from the World Cup-winning U.S. national team have accused the U.S. Soccer Federation of wage discrimination in an action filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Alex Morgan,...
Lamborghini ripped in half after ploughing through lamppost
Shocking photos shows a Lamborghini ripped in half after plowing through a lamppost in a horrific fatal smash. The mechanic driving the supercar was killed in the tragic collision, while...
I had no idea I was married to the head of ISIS
She was married to the world’s most dangerous terrorist — but claims to have had no clue her husband was the leader of ISIS. The ex-wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi...
Ted Cruz wouldn't mind running Donald Trump over with his car
He may not be running over Donald Trump in the polls — but Ted Cruz would sure like to do so on the road. The jokey revelation came after late-night...
PepsiCo CEO proves chips and soda are better together
PepsiCo on Wednesday promoted North America Beverages Chief Executive Al Carey to the newly created position of CEO North America, a position that puts him in charge of the company’s...
Three-time All-American Stanford swimmer found guilty of sexual assault
PALO ALTO, Calif. — A Northern California jury has found a former Stanford University swimmer guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on campus after both attended a fraternity party. San...
Why soccer team's blackface photo is actually drawing praise
https://www.facebook.com/DeinsterSV/photos/a.1611531415735476.1073741829.1574671806088104/1782487595306523/?type=3&theater In what may be a first, a blackface photo is drawing Internet praise instead of outrage. German amateur soccer team Deinster SV posted the image on their Facebook page...
State Department issues travel advisory for ugly people
Nothing personal, but the State Department wants you to keep in mind just how attractive you are while traveling abroad for spring break. I mean, if you’re not a “10”...
Ex-wife says Egyptian hijacker was 'abusive, extremely dangerous'
NICOSIA, Cyprus — The Cypriot ex-wife of an Egyptian man who authorities say admitted to hijacking a domestic EgyptAir flight and threatening to blow it up with a fake suicide...
Black woman goes off on white guy with dreads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDlQ4H0Kdg8 SAN FRANCISCO — A white San Francisco State University student who was confronted by an African-American woman about his dreadlocks said Wednesday he doesn't want her arrested. Cory Goldstein...
Artist: I'll paint over Kanye mural for $100K and lifetime supply of Yeezys
Artist Scott Marsh says he offered a “pretty decent chunk of money” to paint over the mural by someone claiming to be part of the rapper’s management.
Netflix and chill inside this showy Flatbush pad
Get ready for “The Get Down,” an upcoming Netflix drama by Baz Luhrmann and Shawn Ryan that stars Jimmy Smits and Jaden Smith, who plays a young graffiti artist from...
Chanel Iman eyeing $1.5M Greenwich Village townhouse
This angel is homeward bound. Chanel Iman, a top model and Victoria’s Secret Angel, recently toured a $1.52 million co-op at 52 W. 9th St. — which is a Greenwich...
Unmasking the victims and winners of Brooklyn's gentrification
Few New York City real estate topics are more fraught than gentrification and affordable housing — particularly in Brooklyn. Over the past decade, New York’s most populous borough has become...
Float your stress away
New Yorkers are always looking for new ways to de-stress. And what’s more relaxing than floating naked in a pitch-black tank filled with salt water heated anywhere from 93.5 to...
How Patty Duke triumphed over a host of hidden woes
Actress Patty Duke died on Tuesday at age 69, and will be remembered for her many Hollywood achievements, from her Oscar-winning turn at age 16 in “The Miracle Worker” to...
At least 10 dead, 150 feared trapped after overpass collapses in India
At least 10 people were killed in the Indian city of Kolkata on Thursday and 150 were feared trapped when a flyover under construction collapsed onto traffic moving along the...
Ray J hit on Oprah and failed miserably
Ray J may be responsible for making Kim Kardashian famous thanks to a decade-old sex tape — but now he’s hoping to use his womanizing ways for good. The hip-hop...
Gemma Kahng puts ex-NYPD HQ on the market for $3.2M
Fashion designer Gemma Kahng, who made her name in the ’90s dressing celebs like Madonna and Sharon Stone, has made a recent comeback over the past few years — thanks...
This is the only acceptable time to chug beer out of a baby's bottle
If you had told Shaun Loeding that he would be spending a Saturday in his 40s chugging beer out of baby bottles and slam-dunking diapers into a bucket on a...
Where to find NYC's best (and biggest) bargain apartments
Right now, the cost of a New York City apartment hovers at record highs. The most recent data from StreetEasy has Manhattan pads going for a median sales price of $982,437. The...
Art guru Susan Sollins selling $5.3M Madison Square Park pad
In the 1970s, the late art curator Susan Sollins co-founded Independent Curators Inc. — now known as Independent Curators International. Like a museum without walls, as Sollins liked to think...
A night of drinking inspired iconic Robin Leach catchphrase
Robin Leach, who hosted “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” is featured on CNN’s documentary series “The Eighties” Thursday night, discussing his wildly popular syndicated show (1984-95). We asked him...
Condiment king Nick Loeb is house-hunting in Midtown
Banking scion Nick Loeb — better known these days as the “Onion Crunch” guy who wants access to frozen embryos he created with his ex-fiance, “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara...
Retiring DJ Avicii is selling his Stockholm bachelor pad
Tim Bergling — the Swede better known internationally as top DJ Avicii — is changing his tune in more ways than one. The Stockholm-born sensation this week announced a retirement...
A drunk blog post saved my life
High-functioning recovering alcoholic Susan Linney, 40, a freelance writer and editor from Brooklyn, is supporting a new campaign to end the stigma of addiction. Here, she tells The Post’s Jane...
Flat CBS sitcom 'Rush Hour' does little for buddy cop genre
The buddy cop show is one of the most durable of all TV formats. What executive doesn’t want to find the next “Starsky and Hutch” or “Cagney and Lacey” (or...
Cops corral ledge-lover for second time in 5 months
Bensonhurst’s most notorious disturbed man caused pandemonium again early Thursday when he brandished a knife and threatened to leap from the window of his fifth-floor apartment, cops said. At 12:30...
Jack Welch could have bought Apple for a paltry $2B: tell-all
Jack Welch — the former General Electric boss who bought and sold hundreds of companies and laid off thousands of workers in his relentless pursuit of growth — passed on...
3 first-grade girls suspended in plot to kill classmate
An Alaska charter school suspended three first-grade girls who had plotted to kill their classmate, according to their principal. The three girls planned to use silica gel packets, which are...
City, pro-life clinic cut deal over 'abortion availability' law
A settlement between the city and a pro-life crisis-pregnancy clinic has reversed a Bloomberg-era law that required such centers to post notices about the availability of abortions. The city’s agreement...
Man orphaned by Holocaust searches for buyer of family's stolen art
A blind, 90-year-old son of Holocaust victims is picking up on a failed bid by the storied Monuments Men — the Allied forces team tasked with rescuing Nazi-looted art during...
Brother of man dragged to death by subway sues MTA for $20M
The brother of a Manhattan bartender dragged to his death by a rush-hour subway train in Queens last month filed notice on Wednesday that he plans to sue the MTA...
What Obama is most looking forward to after leaving office
WASHINGTON — President Obama said at a prayer breakfast Wednesday that the first thing he’ll do when he leaves office is sleep — for a good, long time. Obama said...
Politicians urge CUNY to boot pro-Palestinian student group
A bipartisan group of 35 state legislators is urging CUNY to boot a pro-Palestinian student organization from its 23 campuses over accusations of members threatening and harassing Jewish students. “It’s...
State lawmakers consider billion-dollar tax cut
ALBANY — Lawmakers are considering an income-tax cut for couples earning up to $300,000 a year as part of a deal to pass the new $154 billion state budget. “We...
Smartphones are killing the watch industry
Is time passing the watch industry by? Sales of timepieces — from pricey six-figure, jewel-encrusted baubles to less-than-$100 tick-tockers — have been slowing down over the past year as consumers...
This FDNY watchdog has cost the city $10M in just 4 years
Less than halfway through his decade-long assignment, court-appointed FDNY diversity monitor Mark Cohen has already piled up more than $10 million in legal bills, The Post has found. The former...
Feds eye rabbi who tried to sell synagogue for $13 million
A Queens rabbi who is being sued by the congregants of a Lower East Side synagogue for trying to sell their $13 million building out from under them and allegedly...
Air Force wife among Americans killed in Brussels attack
Gail Minglana Martinez, a Texas native and wife of an Air Force lieutenant colonel, was one of the people killed in the Brussels attacks, a US congressman said Wednesday. Martinez,...
Lamar Odom returns to Lakers courtside
A little over a month ago, Lamar Odom was spotted at a minor league baseball game after going through the health scare of a lifetime. On Wednesday, he was in...
FBI finishes email examination; ready to interview Hillary
The FBI has completed its examination of Hillary Clinton’s emails and will soon be interviewing Clinton herself and deciding whether to file criminal charges, a report said. The FBI has...
Obama commutes sentences of 61 drug convicts
President Obama on Wednesday commuted the prison sentences of 61 nonviolent drug offenders — more than a third of whom were serving life sentences. While all are behind bars for...
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Brooklyn The man pictured above mugged a woman on an L-train platform in Brownsville, police said Wednesday. The victim, 22, was on the southbound platform of the Livonia Avenue station...
Where we stand with muddled Yankees bullpen picture
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Ninety minutes before Wednesday’s game against the Braves at Champion Stadium, Joe Girardi said he would announce the Yankees’ Opening Day starter, the rotation order,...
Matt Harvey not only worrying leak as Mets wrap putrid camp
PORT ST. LUCIE — Clean it up, Mets. After getting whacked by the Nationals, 12-1, Wednesday at Tradition Field, ending their Grapefruit League season with zero wins in their final...
Tom Coughlin smacks away Giants' olive branch
Tom Coughlin is not going to be with the Giants in any capacity this season. The announcement came during an interview with Mike Francesa and Chris Russo as part of...
Two suspects posed as survey takers before robbing man: cops
Two crooks who posed as survey takers beat and robbed a man at his East Harlem home after he invited them inside, cops said Wednesday. A man and a woman...