April 1, 2016
A-Rod's lofty praise lifts Headley, who's looking for more lift
MIAMI — Earlier this week at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Alex Rodriguez and Chase Headley walked and talked, carrying a conversation from the home dugout onto the field. “You’re going...
Mets leave behind ugly spring with offensive explosion
LAS VEGAS — The Mets saved their best game of the spring for last. “It’s good to get out of here with a big offensive outburst,” manager Terry Collins said...
April (snow) showers will keep winter around this weekend
OK, sleeping beauty, enjoy lounging in the summer-like radiance, because you’re in for a rude awakening. The warm temperatures, which hit the 70s when this lovely lass was soaking in...
Jon Stewart saves runaway cow
A bull escaped from a slaughterhouse truck and caused a rodeo-style ruckus on a college campus in Queens on Friday — but was ultimately saved from the hamburger bun by...
Jay Wright: If only Oklahoma were just Buddy Hield show
HOUSTON — The video didn’t reveal what Lon Kruger hoped it would. The memories that remained from Dec. 7 — from Oklahoma’s 78-55 victory over Villanova in Hawaii — didn’t...
How UNC's Brice Johnson's finally lived up to his promise
HOUSTON — Like most young basketball players from the Carolinas, Brice Johnson’s dream was to be a Tar Heel. But he tried not to let that dream get in the...
Manny Pacquiao's gay-bashing controversy hypes ignored fight
Manny Pacquiao said on Friday his recent comment that gay people were “worse than animals,” was taken out of context and apologized if it offended anyone. “I don’t mean to...
After resurrecting NJIT program, Jim Engles bolts to Columbia
HOUSTON — That didn’t take long. Columbia’s men’s basketball coaching search lasted all of two days. Jim Engles agreed to replace Kyle Smith roughly 48 hours after Smith left the...
Syracuse knows the only way to shut up the critics
HOUSTON — Syracuse has been here before in the past three weeks — four times, to be exact. The Orange weren’t supposed to make the NCAA Tournament after a late-season...
Albany’s budget a perfect fit for April Fools Day
Gov. Cuomo’s glowing description of this year’s $150-plus billion state budget deal couldn’t have been more apt — for April Fools Day. One big joke: his praise of the plan’s...
Post graffiti scoop prompts yet another de Blasio about-face
Yet again, Mayor de Blasio & Co. have belatedly moved to address a significant problem they’d adamantly denied — changing their minds thanks to The Post. On Wednesday, The Post’s...
Mets, Yankees bring high hopes to Opening Day
Opening Day brings hope for both local teams — especially the defending National League champion Mets. Start in The Bronx, where the Yankees stand a fine chance to carry the...
Add Libya debacle to Hillary's list of extreme dishonesty
Republican peculiarities in this political season are so numerous and lurid that insufficient attention is being paid to this: The probable Democratic nominee’s principal credential, her service as secretary of...
Celebs calling for a revolution are as delusional as it gets
Some liberal celebrities are threatening to leave the country if Donald Trump becomes president. Samuel L. Jackson proposes moving to South Africa, though if Jackson is worried about xenophobia, South...
Matt Harvey has demanded world's attention, even in silence
LAS VEGAS — Matt Harvey persisted in his media boycott Friday, which means he almost certainly will not be making any public comments before his opening night assignment against the...
Knicks' youth experiment off to ugly -- but successful -- start
There was a time when a Knicks-Nets game meant something. There was excitement. There was buzz. There were scalped tickets. On Friday at the Garden, there were injured players and...
These unknowns created the world's most important technologies
While celebrating the 40th anniversary of Apple’s founding on April 1, we find ourselves thinking not so much of Steve Jobs and Wozniak, but focusing instead on the little-known partner...
Kristaps Porzingis' inspiring year may be finished
It could make the final days of a virtually unwatchable Knicks season even less appealing, but the team must decide whether or not playing an injured Kristaps Porzingis again makes...
Tiger Woods going to the Masters — but not to play
Tiger Woods is going to Augusta National next week — to eat, not play. Woods made it official Friday night what most observers figured all along. Recovery from two back...
MetLife may face greater scrutiny after 'too- big-to-fail' fight
For MetLife, the fight against “too big to fail” might evolve into something resembling “Groundhog Day” — the 1993 Bill Murray movie where he keeps repeating the same situations over...
This tearjerking speech will make you want to root for UNC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95h6bjoyOks Maybe you’re like me and your team (St. John’s) never made the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, or your alma mater (Providence) was eliminated during the second round. Your brackets...
Staples offers to freeze prices as part of Office Depot deal
Staples on Friday told a federal judge it was open to freezing prices for three years to win regulatory approval for its $6.3 billion takeover of rival Office Depot. The...
'Livid' de Blasio threatens legal action over $72M nursing home flip
Mayor de Blasio on Friday warned of legal action against a Brooklyn healthcare firm for allegedly misleading his administration about its intention to keep a Lower East Side property operating...
CC Sabathia is Yankees' 5th starter — with big caveat
MIAMI — CC Sabathia is the Yankees fifth starter. But as general manager Brian Cashman said, that designation is “for now.” Cashman and manager Joe Girardi said the team made...
Two people slashed by vagrants in separate attacks
Panhandlers slashed two men in Manhattan subway stations in separate attacks on Friday — one for refusing to fork over money, and the other because he didn’t give enough, cops...
The history of Vikings in North America is about to be rewritten
Archaeologists have used satellite imagery to identify a site in Newfoundland that could be the first new Viking site discovered in North America in over 50 years. Satellite imagery, magnetometer...
Mall 'kidnapper' told cops she lost her own child and wanted to hold a baby again
PHILADELPHIA — A suburban Philadelphia woman charged with kidnapping a newborn from a shopping mall told police she had given birth in February to a child who died within hours,...
Infamous hacker 'Guccifer' appears in US court
WASHINGTON - A Romanian hacker known as "Guccifer" who posted unofficial emails sent to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the Internet was extradited from Romania and made his first...
Have we seen the last of Travis Hamonic in Islanders jersey?
It’s the question no Islanders fan wants to hear, but one that has to be asked: Has Travis Hamonic played his final game for the team? The Islanders announced the integral defenseman...
You can rent Jeffrey Dahmer's home for $10,000 per month
CLEVELAND - The Ohio childhood home of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, available for rent in time for the Republican National Convention this summer, could have been had for $8,000 a...
Giants' play-calling Plan B thinks he'd crush it
Mike Sullivan wants to call the plays in Ben McAdoo’s first year as Giants head coach and, if he’s handed that responsibility, believes he will be an asset. “I’m very...
Knife found at OJ's home ruled out as 1994 murder weapon
LOS ANGELES - Testing has ruled out a knife purportedly found at the former home of O.J. Simpson as having been used in the 1994 murders he was acquitted of...
Time Inc. offloads This Old House
Time Inc. has sold This Old House Ventures, which includes an 11-year-old magazine and two popular public television shows. The buyers, Erik Thorkilsen, who ran This Old House for Time...
Philly apologizes to Jackie Robinson ... 70 years too late
The Philadelphia City Council finally passed a resolution apologizing to baseball legend Jackie Robinson for the racism he faced while visiting their city.
Why you want Gerardo Parra and these late fantasy baseball risers
Rockies outfielder Gerardo Parra suddenly has become a hot commodity in drafts and auctions, but a three- or four-round jump in value won’t show up in average draft position compilations,...
Legendary YSL mogul slams 'Islamic fashion'
More and more, Western fashion companies are catering to female shoppers in the Muslim world. Dolce & Gabbana now makes four-digit abayas. On the wallet-friendly front, Uniqlo recently launched a...
The day in photos: April 1, 2016
Sea lions sunbathe, candidates court New York and more.
Jim Abbott offers help as Andrew Miller plots broken-hand pitching
MIAMI — Andrew Miller got the news he wanted to hear Friday, when he was cleared to pitch with the chip fracture in his right, non-throwing hand by a specialist....
Love is in the air at NYPD academy graduation
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Friday’s graduating class of 634 cops is the “best trained” in NYPD history — but this was definitely not on the curriculum. Jason Truglio, 28,...
19-year-old dies while in NYPD custody
A 19-year-old Bronx man died while in police custody after cops busted him for drugs Thursday, police said. NYPD Bronx narcotics officers executing a search warrant at an apartment in...
Even with a $9M discount, no one wants to buy this tiny Nevada town
Want to own a slice of the Silver State? A 500-acre town in Nevada is now up for grabs for a casual $8 million. Nancy Kidwell, 78, and her...
Why Jay Wright won't enjoy one second of this Final Four
HOUSTON – Jay Wright knew immediately. It’s true. Ten minutes into the first game he ever coached in the Final Four, and he realized his Villanova Wildcats had no shot...
Jim Henderson makes Mets roster to complete revival
LAS VEGAS — Jim Henderson entered last offseason unsure if he even would receive an invite to somebody’s major-league camp, but on Friday could call himself a big leaguer again....
2,000 squats per day gave curvy twins four-foot butts
Baby's got back times two. Identical twins Miriam and Michelle Carolus claim that their four-foot derrières are the result of doing 2,000 squats a day. "We make sure we eat...
Mexicans caught scaling wall into US definitely up to something sketchy
A Mexican news crew happened to be filming on the Arizona side of the border when two young Mexican men scaled the wall. This video shows the men climbing over...
Plane returns to airport after passenger does yoga in galley
An airliner flying from Hawaii to Japan was forced to turn back and land in Honolulu after a passenger insisted on doing yoga in the galley in defiance of the...
Dangerous ex-con preying on senior citizens: cops
Police have identified a suspect wanted for stalking and robbing a 92-year-old woman in her Park Slope home on March 2, as well at three other recent robberies of seniors....
Buddhist monk kept Korean woman as slave in Queens for 12 years
Maybe now she can regain her Zen. A modern day slave who sued a Buddhist monk and his family for forcing her to work for more than a decade without...
Steve Spagnuolo's take on Giants' $200M 'Christmas' gifts
On the first day of free agency my general manager gave to me … … One ascending pass rusher, one big-play cornerback, one massive run-stuffer. “Yeah, it was nice,’’ Giants...
David Beckham's underwear ads pay off in major way
David Beckham is banking more off the field than on. The 40-year-old soccer stud is the second-highest-earning retired athlete, per Forbes, raking in $45 million last year after hanging up his cleats in...
World Series predictions: Seven experts, seven different picks
Our panel of seven MLB experts predict the playoff outcomes and individual standouts for the 2016 season: World Series Ken Davidoff: Indians over Cubs Kevin Kernan: Mets over Blue Jays George A....
Pot-dealing suburban mom is now a devout Christian
Scarsdale pot princess Andrea Sanderlin has transformed into a devout Christian since her stunning 2013 weed trafficking bust and should be spared prison, her lawyer argued in a pre-sentencing submission....
Shocking moment man livestreams his own shooting
Facebook just introduced Facebook Live, which gives users the ability to broadcast live video over the social networking site. Unfortunately, a man in Chicago was shot on camera, to the...
Accused cop killer skips court date because he found Allah
Accused cop killer Tyrone Howard conveniently found a religion that would get him out of his Friday court appearance — and avoid facing a bunch of police officers who came...
Inside the Jets' salary cap hell -- and why there's no easy escape
At first glance, it looks like an April Fools’ prank, but it is no joke: As of Friday morning, the Jets had just $719,647 in salary cap space. They have...
New Mexico cop shoots undercover colleague 9 times
Lt. Greg Brachle of Albuquerque, New Mexico, made a series of mistakes during a sting operation that led to him shooting undercover Detective Jacob Grant nine times. Grant, who lost 80...
NYPD graduates 'best trained class' ever
The 634 rookie cops who graduated from the NYPD Academy on Friday are the "best-trained class" in history, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said. "The technology, training, and equipment will help...
It could cost Colin Kaepernick $5 million to escape 49ers
There hasn't been much chatter lately about the possibility of the Denver Broncos trading for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. And now we might know why. According to Bleacher Report,...
Gutsy cow makes daring escape from Queens slaughterhouse
A cow escaped from a slaughterhouse and hoofed it to a college campus in Queens — where she sparked a rodeo-style ruckus Friday, students said. The brave bovine made a...
How Patriots kicker cracked the case of his stolen iPad
WRENTHAM, Mass. — New England Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski is a Super Bowl winner, an All Pro, and now a crime solver. The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro, Mass., citing court records,...
City comes around on cleaning graffiti
The city on Friday tried to brush off complaints about its decision to stop removing graffiti by inviting reporters to watch workers scrub off spray-painted tags on the Manhattan Bridge....
Bus station shooter who killed state trooper hated cops
The man who fatally shot a Virginia state trooper at a Greyhound station was identified Friday as a Chicago-area resident harboring intense anger toward police, according to a report. James...
April Fools' jokes are the worst
Damn, brands. Back at it again with the bad jokes. Year after year, companies spend valuable employee time and resources coming up with senseless time-wasters otherwise known as April Fools'...
Shocking video depicts chaotic scene as lieutenant shoots colleague
WARNING: The following footage may be disturbing to some. ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Albuquerque police have released body camera video from an undercover drug bust that shows a chaotic and emotional...
NHL's concussion email reveal only gets halfway to a real fix
OK, wait — the NHL is supposed to be lauded because they knew concussions were bad, tried to learn more about them, and then thought about radical ways to reduce...
Lawmaker takes active role in 'Night Stalker' case after second suspect revealed
A California state legislator says he’s so troubled by recent developments in the savage 1984 slaying of a 9-year-old girl by “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez and possibly a second attacker...
Vandal scrawls swastikas on NYPD patrol car
A vandal scrawled two swastikas on a marked NYPD patrol car that was parked outside of a downtown Brooklyn police station this week, cops said Friday. Two officers from the...
Fat people now outnumber thin people
More adults are obese than underweight worldwide — and one in five could be obese by 2025, a new study found. Obesity in men has tripled and more than doubled...
Why Summer Courses Are the Hottest Trend in Education
The old model of higher education had college students following a high school class cycle: start in the fall, end in the spring, party in the summer. But with the...
Now Martin Sheen thinks OJ is innocent
Martin Sheen seems to believe that O.J. Simpson didn’t butcher his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. And, no — this is not an April Fools' Day joke. I swear....
Bikini brawl caught on tape
Three bikini-clad women were charged with assault after allegedly attacking another woman by a river in South Carolina. The incident was caught on tape.
Should you just marry your best friend?
It’s a question every single person of a certain age has asked themselves about their platonic best friend — should we just date each other? In the case of Amanda...
Google's April Fools' Minions prank was so not funny
On April Fools’ Day, the joke was on Google. The tech giant ended up with egg on its face after facing a backlash from folks who saw nothing funny with...
Billionaire banker Safra charged in SA bribery probe
Brazilian prosecutors have charged Joseph Safra, the world’s richest banker, in connection with an alleged scheme to pay bribes to government officials in return for waiving tax debts. The 77-year-old...
Ezekiel Elliott: Giants will win Super Bowl if they draft me
Zeke in New York? Former Ohio State star Ezekiel Elliott, the top-rated running back in next month's NFL Draft, is embracing speculation linking him to the Giants, who hold the No....
Man slashed by beggar at Manhattan subway station
A man was slashed across the face by a beggar inside a lower Manhattan train station Friday morning, police said. The victim told cops that as he was standing on...
Angelina Jolie lookalike doubles as Olympic boxing hopeful
Boxer Zarina Tsoloeva is proving to be a real knockout — as fans are dazed by her resemblance to Angelina Jolie. Khazakhstan-born Tsoloeva, 22, bears a striking resemblance to the...
College football players save drowning woman on spring break
They don't teach this kind of dive play at football practice -- it's straight out of the hero handbook. A group of Iowa State football players on spring break in...
Why you should never shoot at an explosives-filled lawn mower
It's fun to blow stuff up, but, unsurprisingly, it can come with some risks. For example, it's a bad idea to stand close to an explosives-filled lawn mower and shoot...
Baby saved after being plucked from food court at the mall
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — Police in suburban Philadelphia say surveillance video enabled them to identify the woman who kidnapped a baby boy from a mall and return the infant...
The biggest jerk on Instagram just won his $600K bike bet
Thirty-three hours after he embarked on a bicycle ride that was touted as being dangerous, impossible and a sucker bet, Instagram playboy Dan Bilzerian has completed his Vegas-to-LA journey and...
Knife or gun? NFL team has murder weapon preference
Now this is a creepy job interview. During the NFL Scouting Combine in February, one of the 32 teams pressed LSU safety Jalen Mills about his murder weapon of choice....
Man makes himself his very own life-sized robot
Love must really “byte” for a tech geek who paid tens of thousands of dollars to build a realistic robot replica of actress Scarlett Johansson — which is programed to...
Korean outfielder shoving $7M leverage down Orioles' throats
Hyun Soo Kim knows the Orioles are in an impossible predicament. Baltimore signed the Korean outfielder to a two-year, $7 million contract this offseason, but he went 8-for-44 (.182) this...
March payrolls add 215K jobs, but growth slows
The US economy continued its steady, if not spectacular, growth in March, adding 215,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday morning. Over the last three months, the economy added an...
This is what it's like to take a vacation in North Korea
https://www.instagram.com/p/353_LcvR7N/?taken-by=travelwithanjaly A travel blogger who visited North Korea on one of the secretive country’s tightly controlled tours says everything outsiders see is a lie. On their arrival, tourists have their...
Paris apartment building explodes
Paris was rocked by a huge explosion Friday that destroyed part of an apartment building and left at least five people injured – but fears of terrorism were quickly quelled...
How Sarah Paulson made Marcia Clark a heroine
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia. Surely, that is the sweetest name actress Sarah Paulson has ever heard. Marcia Clark, the embattled prosecutor in “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” is the role that...
Wife-beater douses judge with gas, threatens to set her on fire
This is the horrific moment a husband pours gasoline over a judge and threatens to torch her if she doesn't declare him innocent. Dramatic footage shows the woman being held...
What's Hillary favorite footwear? Flip-flops!
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is trying to prove she's the right person for the job, but can she be trusted? She's changed her mind on important issues so many times,...
Hillary Clinton loses her cool
A finger-pointing Hillary Clinton lashed out at a Greenpeace activist who pushed her buttons Thursday about donations from the fossil fuel industry. While pressing the flesh with voters at SUNY...
Bob Dylan's old phone number has been brought to life
When Seth Schiesel, co-founder of fans.com, read an article about a trove of Bob Dylan memorabilia being sold from his secret archives, he noticed something in one of the pictures. Bob...
Child autism rate hasn't increased in two years
ATLANTA — A government report released Thursday shows no change in how common autism is among U.S. children. About 1 in 68 school-aged children have autism or related disorders. That's...
The hidden parking lot for Miami's super-rich
Sure, you can have a deluxe apartment in the sky — but what about deluxe parking in the sky? Now it’s possible. The four-level, 16,915-square-foot penthouse at the mega-luxury Porsche...
Miles Davis' son recalls the Fonzie doll his dad gave him
Don Cheadle’s “Miles Ahead” depicts a time in Miles Davis’ life, in the mid- to late ’70s, when he was addicted to cocaine, suffered from severe hip pain and stepped...
'Simpsons' Smithers gay reveal was inspired by the writer's son
When Waylon Smithers Jr. finally comes out Sunday night after 27 years in the closet on “The Simpsons,” he won’t be the only one celebrating. Longtime show writer Rob LaZebnik...
‘7 Years’ rising star Lukas Graham comes from a commune
At first Lukas Graham’s hit ballad “7 Years” — No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 — sounds a little sappy. Next thing you know, you’ve listened to it 375 times in...
Ben Whishaw thinks Daniel Craig will return as James Bond
Somewhere under the massive beard he sports in “The Crucible” lies Ben Whishaw. The fine-boned British star of “London Spy” and the last two James Bond flicks hasn’t been this...
The original Broadway history lesson is as stirring as 'Hamilton'
When “Hamilton” surfaced, it was called the multi-culti version of “1776.” But it’d be sad if that 1969 hit about the signing of the Declaration of Independence was remembered only...
No more survivors in India overpass collapse: officials
KOLKATA, India — Rescuers said Friday there was no hope of finding any more survivors after clearing the crumbled concrete and twisted metal rods from an overpass that collapsed onto...
The high price of forcing conservatives into the campus closet
A few days after the 2004 election, Gabriel Rossman went for a job interview with the UCLA sociology department. Rossman was finishing a doctorate at Princeton, and his research on...
Yves Saint Laurent creative director is leaving company
PARIS — The Yves Saint Laurent fashion house announced Friday that designer Hedi Slimane is leaving and it's rethinking its "creative organization." Parent company Kering, in a statement, praised Slimane's...
Why millennials are such tough customers
Millennials may be attached to their phones, but they aren’t distracted customers. Compared with older generations, millennials — defined as those born between 1982 and 1994 — place more emphasis...
Who Vegas thinks is going to win at WrestleMania 32
WrestleMania 32 is a little more than 48 hours away, and with one of the biggest crowds in WWE history expected in Dallas, Texas, expect anything and everything to go...
Jets meeting with college QBs filled with potential and red flags
The Jets quarterback situation may become a little more interesting as the NFL draft inches ever closer. According to an ESPN report, the Jets, who have the 20th pick, are...
Dan Warthen reveals how Matt Harvey feels before Game 1 start
LAS VEGAS — Matt Harvey might have finished the exhibition season with a whimper, but the Mets aren’t concerned. A day after the stud righty surrendered a three-run homer to...
Masahiro Tanaka gets Opening Day start despite poor spring
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...
Syracuse-UNC represents ugly, unchanging reality of NCAA sports
Been singing it to myself all week. It’s a mournful, hopeless Neil Young dirge with the refrain, “It doesn’t matter.” Several years ago we bought expensive tickets to a Young...
These music stars are taking the piracy fight to Capitol Hill
Hundreds of the country’s most successful recording artists are sick and tired of getting ripped off via pirated videos — and are demanding Congress do something about it. The powerful...
These World Series hangover teams are a warning to Mets
For six straight seasons, the Rockies never broke the 80-win mark, the last four under manager Clint Hurdle. Then, after an incredible stretch run at the end of the 2007...
Judge tosses Kerik's claims that his own lawyer defamed him
Bernie Kerik suffered a setback Thursday in a dragged-out defamation case filed against him by his former lawyer when a federal judge tossed out the ex-police commissioner’s own claims that...
Fantasy baseball: The most overrated and underrated in MLB
There’s always this incredible sense of accomplishment that goes along with drafting an under-the-radar fantasy player who exceeds every preseason projection. The same cannot be said, however, for the young...
Potential Silver replacements don’t want to be associated with him
The four candidates vying for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s old lower Manhattan seat tried to outdo each other in distancing themselves from the crooked politician during a forum Thursday...
MTV raids Condé Nast Entertainment to poach exec
MTV said it had raided Condé Nast Entertainment to sign Michael Klein as its executive vice president of original programming, reporting directly to MTV President Sean Atkins. He had been...
Vice Media suffers from ad network
The once-hot mobile entertainment company Distractify managed to attract some high-profile backers in June 2014, including Shari Redstone and Ken Lerer. It rewarded that confidence with lots of traffic and...
Elmer-DeWitt's 'no edit' clause at center of Fortune exit
On April 1 — the 40th anniversary of the founding of Apple — former Fortune blogger Philip Elmer-DeWitt is taking his 9-year-old all-Apple blog and striking out on his own....
Grant Hill talks Buddy Hield, Syracuse-UNC and all things Final Four
TBS analyst Grant Hill talks Final Four, Buddy Hield’s NBA potential and compares Jim Boeheim and Mike Krzyzewski in a chat with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: What separates Oklahoma...
Lieutenant involved in brutal bust of mailman loses badge
The lieutenant who oversaw the forceful arrest of a postal worker delivering mail in Brooklyn has been stripped of his gun and badge, cops said Thursday. Luis Machado was placed...
This is the woman a man hijacked a plane for
This chubby-cheeked young bride is the woman a lovesick hijacker wanted to win back when he threatened to blow up an EgyptAir flight this week. Pictures of the couple on...
Bill has trouble staying focused while campaigning for Hillary
Bill Clinton delivered four rambling speeches to labor unions across the city Thursday in support of his wife’s presidential bid. In one wordy riff at District Council 37 in Tribeca,...
New state budget to include $15 minimum wage, paid family leave
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers announced late Thursday that they have neared an agreement on a 2016-17 state budget that includes a timeline for increasing the $9 minimum...
'It's nonsense': Fla. law official on case against Trump aide
It’s going to be difficult for Florida prosecutors to make a criminal case against Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski for grabbing the arm of a female reporter, veteran defense...
David Bowie tribute exactly what he would have wanted
David Bowie was nothing if not theatrical. So somewhere in the heavens, the late British rock legend would have been chuckling with approval at the sight of Wayne Coyne of...
Islanders goalie has perfectly profane description of bad game
Thomas Greiss probably had the most apt way of describing his goaltending performance for the Islanders during their difficult 4-3 win over Blue Jackets at Barclays Center on Thursday night....
Why New York baseball is just like it was in the 1980s
It’s like 1989 all over again. For the first time since that post-1986 glow, New York is clearly a Mets town with the defending National League champions garnering most of...
Meet the other Villanova star who's 'just as important as Arch'
HOUSTON — The voice of Villanova’s captain was a constant, holding his teammates accountable. The intensity of the starting senior forward was unrelenting, reminding the Wildcats that another early exit...
Shocked hoopsters on Lakers video mess: 'Something wrong there'
CLEVELAND — In a sordid mess from which nobody comes out looking clean — D’Angelo Russell videotaping teammate Nick Young confessing to cheating on his fiancée — the Lakers rookie...
Buddy Hield's story: Amid drug dealers, with no hoop, a dream wouldn't die
“He’s not supposed to be here. He’s not supposed to be this guy.” — Oklahoma assistant coach Chris Crutchfield HOUSTON — The dream came easy, but little else did. Buddy...
Chinese firm pulls $14B offer for Starwood hotels
Perhaps China is a more disciplined buyer than previously believed. Beijing-based Anbang Insurance on Thursday backed out of its twice-sweetened offer of $14 billion for the 1,200-property Starwood Hotels just...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Police are looking for a man who snatched a wad of cash from a woman while riding in her car in Bedford Park. The thief was sitting next...
How UNC guard went from freshman bust to sophomore force
HOUSTON — When Joel Berry II committed to North Carolina, he envisioned how his freshman year would go. But reality didn’t live up to his high hopes — Berry was...