May 18, 2016
How married Bartolo Colon fell hard for his waitress
Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon couldn’t pass up this hot dish — falling hard for Alexandra Santos when she waited on him at a favorite eatery during a rough patch in...
This man's reaction to his house almost toppling over is inspiring
It’s the Leaning Tower of Babylon. A Hurricane Sandy-damaged home on Long Island went tumbling like a house of cards Wednesday after slipping from its supports as workers raised it...
Steph Curry's ridiculous quarter evens series with Thunder
OAKLAND, Calif. — Once Stephen Curry finally gathered himself and got up following a scary first-quarter dive into the stands, fans inside Oracle Arena could take a breath, sit back...
Video game giant 'interested,' but cautious about virtual reality
Video-game giant Take-Two Interactive reported better-than-expected quarterly sales and profits, boosted by the continued momentum of titles like “Grand Theft Auto V.” Meanwhile, Chief Executive Strauss Zelnick told The Post...
Tesla selling $2B in stock to finance Model 3
Tesla and its billionaire founder, Elon Musk, will sell $2 billion of stock to finance the launch of the new Model 3 sedan — a deal that looks like a...
Mets offense goes down quietly against Nationals' Gio Gonzalez
During what he readily described as an “ugly” game, manager Terry Collins saw the bases loaded with his Mets and turned to bench coach, Dick Scott, in the seventh inning....
Daniel Murphy now just another guy Mets need to get out
Thirty-nine years earlier, the cheers never did subside, which is as it should be when you consider the target of that affection was a man who, 39 years later, still...
Terrorism eyed in missing EgyptAir flight
CAIRO — An EgyptAir jetliner en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard veered wildly in flight and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday, authorities said. Egyptian...
Target's stance on bathroom debate drives business to Walmart
Target’s potty mess is Walmart’s gain. Car traffic at thousands of Walmart stores across the country increased over a seven-day period in late April — days after Target announced its...
Bartolo Colon gets wild in Mets' ugly loss to Nationals
Bartolo Colon lost control — and it was contagious. More than a decade after the right-hander last issued five walks in a game, Colon repeated the feat Wednesday night in...
Dems think Bernie’s going to start 1968 convention chaos all over again
Bernie Sanders has gone all Rambo on the Democratic establishment, putting the splintered party on the verge of open warfare — with one veteran senator predicting Wednesday that this summer’s...
There's no telling when Travis d'Arnaud will return to Mets
Travis d’Arnaud’s return date from a rotator cuff strain remains unclear as the catcher continues rehabbing at home in California with a personal physical therapist/trainer , but his agent, Joel...
Man escapes potential life sentence on child porn charges
A man who faced up to life in prison on child-pornography charges was instead sentenced Wednesday to 15 years by a Brooklyn judge who urged him to face his “evil...
Trump uses word 'rape' to describe Bill Clinton's sex scandals
Donald Trump brought up “rape” while talking about former President Bill Clinton’s past sex scandals in a TV interview Wednesday night. Trump broached the volatile subject after Fox’s Sean Hannity...
Google unveils its own virtual assistant to rival Amazon, Apple
Google, playing catch-up with Amazon’s surprise hit Echo speaker, unveiled a rival device called Home that promises even more dazzling artificial intelligence. The Home, slated for release later this year,...
Cops party with man involved in killing of one of their own
One even offered the actor his police “courtesy card.”
The best part about Hornacek: He isn't Rambis
There is a faction of Knicks fans, and a sizable one, which will be undeniably happy beginning right now, assuming it’s true Jeff Hornacek has become the prime target of...
Top financial watchdog probes Lending Club after CEO's ouster
New York’s top financial watchdog has launched an investigation into Lending Club, the third regulator to probe the online loan middleman since the chief executive was forced out last week....
NYCFC plays to draw to extend record unbeaten streak to 5
TORONTO — Kwadwo Poku scored to help New York City FC tie Toronto FC 1-1 on Wednesday night. Poku opened the scoring in the 16th minute for NYCFC (4-3-5). The...
The Fed keeps Wall Street guessing on interest rate hike
The Federal Reserve needs to pick one lie and stick with it. The Fed upset the financial markets on Wednesday when it released the minutes of an April 26-27 policy...
Red Bulls win confidence-builder ahead of NYCFC clash
The perfect elixir for what has ailed the inconsistent Red Bulls awaited them Wednesday night at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. — a struggling, last-place, offensively challenged Chicago Fire...
Viacom will stop paying Sumner Redstone's $2M annual salary
The slowpokes on the Viacom board finally made the bold decision to stop paying founder and Chairman Emeritus Sumner Redstone his $2 million in annual compensation, The Post has confirmed....
George Pataki passes on being a delegate for Donald Trump
Former Gov. George Pataki has decided not to be a GOP convention delegate after The Post reported tensions over his past vitriol toward presumptive nominee Donald Trump. “Your story drew...
What did City Hall know about the nursing home flip --- and when?
It’s starting to look like Mayor Bill de Blasio was the only person hanging around City Hall who had absolutely no hint as to what was happening in that rancid...
The surprising, subtle messages in Trump's SCOTUS shortlist
Donald Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees sends multiple messages — all smart, and some pretty subtle. The main point, of course, was to reassure Republicans that he really...
'No-show de Blasio' doesn't deserve to run the schools
Why the heck should state lawmakers let Mayor de Blasio keep running the city’s schools when he won’t even show up to argue for that right? The mayor says he’ll...
Ex-Goldman banker took cash from lawyer linked to Malaysian scandal: report
Tim Leissner, the ex-Goldman Sachs banker in the middle of a $6 billion international embezzlement scandal, accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from an official linked to a Malaysia wealth...
Ex-FIFA exec pleads not guilty to taking bribes
An ex-FIFA exec from Nicaragua pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he solicited six-figure bribes in connection with the widespread soccer scandal. Fresh off a flight after being extradited from...
Blame those insane airport delays on the TSA union
When it comes to public-employee unions, there’s no such thing as a coincidence. Travelers stuck in mile-long TSA security lines are pawns. Big Labor bosses want more power and more...
De Blasio's misrule of NYC's schools must end
Once again it’s time for the state Legislature to make a decision about mayoral control of the schools. Should Mayor de Blasio have complete control over New York City public...
Parents, pray that your kids aren't popular
‘We would hope that our young girls understand that there are other ways to be popular.” That was Duxbury Schools Superintendent Ben Tantillo commenting on the discovery this month of...
Obama's Iran 'echo chamber' just can't stop
After top Obama adviser Ben Rhodes made waves by admitting the administration manipulated an “echo chamber” of allies to sell the Iran nuclear deal, you might have expected the echoes...
'Von Fraudster' allegedly threatens to shoot neighbors
The Manhattan man who used the last name of Diane von Furstenberg to pose as a wealthy scion of the famous designer is now terrorizing the neighbors of his luxury...
Hal Steinbrenner has strong words for struggling Yanks
The only people who sit on a pinstriped hot seat, Hal Steinbrenner asserted Wednesday, are the Yankees players themselves. In his first public comments since the 2016 season began, the...
Knicks zero in on Jeff Hornacek as head coach
In a Phil Jackson stunner, the Knicks were zeroing in on former Suns coach Jeff Hornacek as their coach. A Hornacek hiring would end a bizarre search going on five...
Giants' new cornerback traveled long, hard road to get here
“Did you catch bin Laden?" That was one of the questions the inquisitive Janoris Jenkins, then a sophomore at Pahokee (Fla.) High School, asked Sandy Cornelio, a US Army recruiter...
Hate-crime punch suspect refuses to leave cell for arraignment
A Brooklyn racist arrested for punching a waiting commuter in the head and calling him "white cracker a--" refused to leave his cell in order to be arraigned on hate...
Woman finds baby opossum in her toilet
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Department of Animal Services says a baby opossum is doing well after being rescued from a toilet. The soaking wet little creature is...
Singer who hit it big after fleeing rape charge in US sued by accuser
A New York City lounge-singer turned Moroccan pop star who fled the country when he was indicted on rape charges in 2010 is now being sued by his accuser, after...
Chair-bashing victim details brutal attack
Jurors Wednesday watched dramatic footage of a hulking 6-foot-6 defendant hurling a wooden chair at the heads of a gay couple inside a Chelsea eatery as the victim described from...
CBS' new lineup shows it missed the diversity memo
Earlier this year, CBS proudly announced that it was going to develop a series based on the exploits of the classic mystery novel character Nancy Drew. The news suggested that...
David Wright, Ryan Zimmerman navigating same rocky path
David Wright and Ryan Zimmerman are bonded. They grew up in southeast Virginia and were first AAU opponents, eventually teammates on a travel team known as the Tidewater Mets. Both...
Bratton attends wake of NYPD cop who killed himself
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Wednesday paid his condolences to the grieving family of the NYPD commander who killed himself last week amid a wide-ranging police-corruption probe. Bratton, wearing a...
Janoris Jenkins says 5 kids with 4 women is 'a blessing'
Janoris Jenkins is 27 years old and has five children with four different women. “It ain’t a lot," Jenkins told The Post this week. “It’s just five kids. A lot...
The only way to fix DC Comics movies is to fire Zack Snyder and Ben Affleck
After disappointing box-office results and poor reviews for “Batman v. Superman,’’ Warner Bros. reorganized the executives handling its DC movies. To me, that’s like rearranging the deck chairs on the...
Richard Gere's Hamptons manse is now half off
After finding new love with Spanish socialite Alejandra Silva, Richard Gere has relisted his massive North Haven property with a new broker — and a jaw-dropping price chop. Known as...
Chris Weidman's replacement announced for UFC 199
UFC has named Michael Bisping as the new opponent for Luke Rockhold in the UFC 199 middleweight championship bout. Bisping replaced Baldwin, LI, native Chris Weidman after the former champ...
Dads dancing with their babies will melt your cold, black heart
GroovaRoo is a San Diego-based dance studio that specializes in teaching dads how to dance while holding their babies. The dances combine movements to create a swaying motion that babies...
Walrus drowns trainer and tourist at wildlife park
A 3,300-pound walrus killed two people in a Chinese wildlife park by "hugging" them tightly and drowning them, according to reports. A male tourist from Liaoning in northeast China was...
Howie Rose won’t be back in booth next year for Islanders
The Islanders are in for more change. Just over a year after playing their final game at Nassau Coliseum, the team will enter next season without the familiar voice of...
Brawling motorists cuffed after slugfest on expressway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxH-D7Sbwxo A New York City cabbie and a pickup driver turned the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway into their own personal Fight Club in a road-rage incident caught on video. The two brawlers...
Your Fitbit is lying to you
We used to wonder how accurate the calorie count on treadmills and ellipticals was. (The answer: not very.) Now we have more sophisticated devices that track our every move, but...
Horrifying video of police shooting man armed with a BB gun
The Fargo Police Department has released footage of an incident in which an officer shot a man who turned out to be holding a BB gun. The man had been...
NYPD employee accused of stealing $350K from condo association
A 50-year-old NYPD employee was busted Wednesday for ripping off his condominium association in Staten Island, police sources said. Dan Juliano was arrested at about 6:45 a.m. and charged with...
Former politician accused of killing man while hunting
JUNEAU, Alaska — A man believed to be a former Arizona state legislator who has spent the last month as a day laborer in Alaska's capital city has been accused...
The day in photos: May 18, 2016
Hot (pink) chicks are for sale, Bernie Sanders campaigns in Cali and more.
High-ranking cop gets desk duty, detective fired in NYPD corruption probe
Another high-ranking NYPD officer has been disciplined amid the wide-ranging federal probe into alleged police corruption, law-enforcement sources said Wednesday. Brooklyn South Borough Inspector Peter DeBlasio was put on desk...
Rockets eye Mike D'Antoni plan that crashed with Knicks
The Rockets coaching search reaches its next phase with one former Knicks coach stepping to the forefront and another stepping back. The Houston Chronicle reported on Wednesday that Mike D'Antoni...
New York state puts off decision on Cablevision takeover
Altice’s $17 billion proposed takeover Cablevision is being delayed for at least a month. New York’s Public Service Commission on Thursday was expected to approve the merger, clearing the way...
Return to sender: US gives Columbus letter back to Italy
ROME — The U.S. has returned to Italy a letter written by Christopher Columbus in 1493 announcing his discovery of the New World that was stolen from a Florence library...
Sex roulette is a dangerous (and hopefully fake) new game
There are always rumors about new sex trends, and it's hard to tell what's real and what's just hopeful imagination. Sex roulette, however, is a rumored new trend coming out...
Bartolo Colon applies for 'Big Sexy' trademark
The same day The Post broke the story that Bartolo Colon had been dragged into court for child support after fathering a pair of love children, news broke that the...
Make it stop. Is this guy doing what we think he's doing?
A subway perv was caught apparently masturbating Wednesday on a Queens-bound D train during rush hour. Enough said.
Judge sanctions Zillow executive for evidence destruction in Move case
The Seattle judge presiding over Move Inc.’s $2 billion trade theft suit against Zillow ruled Wednesday that one of Zillow’s top executives acted with “willfulness and bad faith” in destroying...
Undercover cops bust ex-cons for selling fake tickets to tourists
More than a dozen people -- mostly ex-cons with serious criminal pasts -- were busted Wednesday for peddling phony tickets to Manhattan tourists after an undercover investigation into the summertime...
Craig of Craigslist just bought a $6M NYC pad
Here’s one property you won’t find on Craigslist! Craig Newmark, owner of the infamous classified ads Web site, recently bought the first two floors of a four-story, West Village townhouse...
'Superfly' Snuka's murder defense sounds pretty shaky
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — There’s little evidence that pro wrestling star Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, who is charged with killing his girlfriend more than three decades ago, has a significant history of...
Trump unveils his list of Supreme Court nominees
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat...
Our mock NBA Draft lottery tackles heated No. 1 pick debate
After all of Philadelphia’s intentional losses finally equaled a win Tuesday at the NBA Draft lottery, now comes the inevitable question of whom they will draft with the No. 1 pick. With...
Rich, married women love their Hamptons 'p---y whisperers'
New York socialites are putting a whole new spin on being bi-curious. As "Primates of Park Avenue" author Wednesday Martin recounted to the Observer, a social trend has emerged in the Hamptons: Married, heterosexual...
Teen girl, woman stabbed in Bronx melee
A teenage girl and a woman were stabbed during a large fight Wednesday morning in The Bronx, police sources said. The fight on East 211 Street in Williamsbridge broke out...
Oreo-stuffed bagels prove nothing is sacred anymore
Want to spruce up your morning bagel? Try stuffing it with cookies. Owners of the Bagel Nook, a bagel shop in Freehold, NJ, did just that when they made the...
5 free apps that want to make you rich
Saving money is difficult. There’s no other way to put it. Even people who live well within their means can never seem to save as much money as they’d like,...
Majority of women in US are ugly, says ex-Pennsylvania governor
PHILADELPHIA — Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell says Donald Trump's past comments on women will likely come back to haunt him because Rendell says "there are probably more ugly women...
Judge gives Sheldon Silver two extra months of freedom
Convicted ex-Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver just scored a big summer break. Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni on Wednesday agreed to delay the ex-power - broker's surrender date to Aug ....
America’s most hated company is going away
Time Warner Cable's long-suffering customers may finally get some relief. New owner Charter Communications plans to phase out the much-maligned Time Warner Cable name over the coming months, which should...
8 online shopping hacks that are guaranteed to save you money
While brick-and-mortar stores still account for most shopping purchases, almost 70 percent of adult consumers shop online at least once a month, according to the global market research firm Mintel,...
This tweet-length letter is worth $31.5M
Never has a single word been so valuable. A 936-year-old calligraphy letter comprising of 124 characters has just fetched a record 207 million yuan ($31.5 million) at auction. The only...
Gun used to kill Trayvon Martin sells for $120K
The gun used by former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman to kill unarmed teen Trayvon Martin has sold at auction for over $120,000, according to reports. The last bid on...
Councilman calls on de Blasio to 'man up'
A city Councilman from Queens has launched a blistering attack against Mayor de Blasio, saying he should "man up" for actions that led to investigations of his administration instead of...
Russia has a real-life Spider-Man
Sergey Valyaev, a producer and action cinematographer from Russia, has created one of the most intense YouTube videos ever. He filmed his friend Sergey Devlyashov jumping off a crane and...
Metro-North to see service disruptions 'until further notice' after track blaze
Metro-North train service probably won’t get back to normal until Friday following the massive fire that damaged the Park Avenue Viaduct, officials said Wednesday. Structural damage to the viaduct near...
Watch this dad use his car's autopilot to scare the bejeesus out of his son
Shortly after introducing its innovative Autopilot software to the world, Tesla, as it’s prone to do, issued a software update for the Model S which included a new "Summon" feature....
Get ready for even faster internet
The internet is a necessity nowadays, not a luxury, yet there are still plenty of logistical wrinkles to iron out. We’re not happy with overall internet speeds or slow uploads,...
Jason Day's dominance is really angering Jordan Spieth
IRVING, Texas — Jordan Spieth is back home, at the tournament he and his father have hopped a fence to watch and at the TPC course where as a 16-year-old...
Whatever this guy is doing, he needs to stop
A subway perv was caught apparently masturbating Wednesday on a Bronx-bound D train during rush hour. Surrounded by bags of his belongings, the man was spotted putting his hands in his pants and...
Amanda Knox granted right to sue Italy for unfair trial
A European court on Wednesday granted Amanda Knox — who was acquitted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher — the right to an appeal against the Italian state...
Sextortion is the newest way Tinder can ruin your life
If you're reading this, you’re probably wondering how I found out your name. Well, first of all, let me make one thing clear: I am not a hacker. My IT...
New Jersey has never hated Chris Christie more
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s approval rating has hit an all-time low, and voters are unhappy at the prospect of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump picking Christie as his...
Foreign hackers are spying on presidential candidates
WASHINGTON — The United States sees evidence that hackers, possibly working for foreign governments, are snooping on the presidential candidates, the nation's intelligence chief said Wednesday. Government officials are working...
Church puts the fear of God into thief
Hell hath no fury like a Long Island church scorned! A Huntington house of worship tried to strike the fear of God into the sinner who stole its 275-gallon heating...
Jerian Grant's new tutor was part of bizarre Phil comparison
Did Knicks president Phil Jackson’s wild comparison of Stephen Curry to former Denver Nuggets point guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf work in the Zen Master’s favor? Not really. But Abdul-Rauf has posted...
Woman chose death over voting for Trump or Clinton
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia woman's obituary says she chose death over voting in the upcoming presidential election. The obituary published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch and on a funeral home's...
NYC is full of lazy weaklings who eat crap
The Big Apple is working on its pear-shaped figure. For the ninth year in a row, New York City failed to crack the American Fitness Index’s top 20 most in-shape...
Harvard evacuates some buildings after bomb threat
BOSTON - Harvard University said on Wednesday that it had evacuated seven buildings at its business school after receiving a bomb threat. The university said on Twitter that students, staff...
Cops nab man accused of stealing church painting
Cops on Wednesday caught the cane-wielding man accused of swiping a treasured painting from a Manhattan church over the weekend — and it wasn’t his first bust for a religious...
J.R. Smith prefers Cavs fans to 'desperate' Knicks fans
J.R. Smith has noticed something about Cavaliers fans: They are more understanding than Knicks fans. The eccentric Cavaliers shooting guard praised the team's supporters in Cleveland as the team moves toward...
Dashcam captures young girl's collision with a taxi
A little girl in Hong Kong collided with a taxicab while crossing the street alone to meet her mother. Luckily, she sustained only minor injuries.
Mets' minor league re-naming has some dirty choices
Un-meet the Mets. Meet the Stud Muffins? The organization's minor league Double-A affiliate in upstate Binghamton, now known as the B-Mets, is undergoing a rebranding -- and has narrowed its...
Trump: I'm willing to talk to Kim Jong Un
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program, proposing a major...
What O.J. whispered to his lawyer after verdict was read
LOS ANGELES — O.J. Simpson's former attorney Robert Shapiro says there's a "strong possibility" that the person who killed Simpson's ex-wife and her friend has never faced trial. In an...
EU reportedly had secret talks with African dictators to limit refugees
European Union members plotted secretly in March to have African dictators, including accused war criminal and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, help stem the tide of refugees pouring into Europe, according...
Ivanka Trump: My dad is not a groper
Ivanka Trump stuck up for her dad Donald Trump on Wednesday, declaring that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee is fair to women and that “he’s not a groper.” The Trump...
Giants tried to sign young QB to spice up the depth chart
The Giants have Eli Manning as their starting quarterback and Ryan Nassib as their backup, a pecking order that has been in place for the past three seasons. This has...
LinkedIn and Airbnb are hooking up refugees with jobs and homes
LONDON - As the refugee crisis was unfolding in Europe last year, the social impact team at professional networking site LinkedIn had an idea: why not use its expertise to...
Google's 3D paintbrush turns you into a virtual-reality Picasso
The Google's Tilt Brush allows users to paint in 3D in virtual reality. It will add a whole new dimension to your next sip-and-paint night.
This is the moment of truth for Maria Sharapova's career
Maria Sharapova faces an anti-doping panel in London on Wednesday as she waits to discover if she will face a lengthy ban after testing positive to meldonium in January. The...
Target sales fall short of mark, dragging down retail stocks
Target’s first-quarter profit easily beat Wall Street expectations, but slowing sales at the Minneapolis retailer and across much of the retail sector is creating a lot of unease. Target’s weak...
Dikembe Mutombo tweet stirs NBA's latest draft conspiracy
Dikembe Mutombo is rejecting the idea of another NBA draft lottery conspiracy. Mutombo congratulated the Philadelphia 76ers on winning the No. 1 pick with a tweet Tuesday that came about...
Our plastic surgery has paid for itself
Kim Kardashian's voluptuous bottom has got nothing on the junk in these curvy twins’ trunks. Dana and Nadia Bruna, 30, who live in Miami, Florida, make $30,000 a month by...
Teen and her mom charged in 15-year-old's murder
A 13-year-old girl and her mother were charged with murder Tuesday in connection with the stabbing death of a 15-year-old girl over the weekend in Chicago. Prosecutors said the 13-year-old,...
Silicon Valley thinks Trump's take on tech is cute
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that a dangerous financial bubble has formed in the technology industry - and Silicon Valley responded with a collective eye roll. In...
Nanny who disappeared with child spent day riding subway
A Manhattan nanny who vanished for 15 hours with a 3-year-old girl she was supposed to be dropping off at preschool told cops she just wanted to hang out with...
Bank of America is one big 'bro's club,' banker says
A senior female fixed-income banker at Bank of America Corp. has filed a lawsuit accusing the bank of underpaying her and other women, and retaliating when she complained about illegal...
Zoo debunks panda death rumors with 'proof of life' photo
BEIJING - The subject of the photo looks out from behind bars, with newspapers arranged in front of him to prove what day it is. This "proof of life" shot...
One of Broadway's most important homes must be saved
In 1942, Oscar Hammerstein II stood on the porch of his farmhouse in Doylestown, Pa., looking at a herd of cows on the side of a hill. He was working...
Drunk stagehand wielding knife shot dead by cops in Midtown
Cops opened fire on a depressed Broadway stagehand who lunged at them with an 8-inch knife on a busy Midtown street Wednesday morning — killing him and wounding a California...
Man's dramatic rescue from burning car caught on tape
WARNING: The following footage may be distressing to some ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A dash cam camera in an Anchorage police cruiser caught dramatic video of an officer and four citizens...
Girl kidnapped by Boko Haram found traumatized, with baby
LAGOS, Nigeria — One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a baby and was...
Bartolo Colon's double life with secret family
Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon has been living a double life that gives new meaning to his nickname “Big Sexy” — siring two secret love children with a woman while married...
You can live in Beyonce and Jay Z's summer house
In their sweeter, pre-“Lemonade” days, Beyoncé and Jay Z dropped $400,000 to rent the dreamy Sandcastle mansion in Bridgehampton for a month, even filming a video in its backyard. Fans...
Inside the home of the Hamptons' preppiest family
The Hamptons are awash in shaker shingles and ultra-contemporary boxes. Houses of seven gables are as common as split-rail fences and manicured lawns. But retail guru Kevin McLaughlin, 65, eschewed...
Scientists think they know where aliens are hiding
The search for life outside our solar system has kept scientists obsessed since they built the first telescope. Now they have a new theory on where to look to find...
Why we're only hearing now about a huge Sanders scandal
Bernie Sanders is huge on college campuses — or yuuuuge, as he likes to say — but the small private school in Vermont that his wife, Jane, ran for seven...
How Cirque du Soleil daredevils keep their bodies so perfect
Supported only by straps and each other, the Atherton twins fly above the stage, twisting and turning in a gripping display of grace, strength and washboard abs — fueled, one...
8 reasons to move on from apples and oranges
Is eating the same old fruits such as apples and oranges driving you bananas? You’re not the only one. In the past decade, there’s been a spike in the demand...
Crazy, hypocritical vegans are driving me insane
To anyone fed up with full-of-themselves vegans, it was delicious to learn that Sarma Melngailis, the former owner of vegan-food mecca Pure Food and Wine, had ordered a cheese-filled Domino’s...
City teacher who poisoned, drowned her kids gets 8 years in jail
A former teacher who laced her two young children's grape juice with windshield wiper fluid, then drowned them in a bathtub promised on Tuesday to raise awareness of postpartum depression...
Over 200 families feared buried by mudslides in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan Red Cross says rescuers are searching for more than 200 families feared buried by rain-triggered mudslides in three villages in central Sri Lanka....
What a 90-year-old man taught me about love and cooking
When Isabel Vincent started having regular dinners with a 90-year-old named Edward, they were both going through different forms of heartbreak. It was 2010, and Vincent, an investigative reporter for...
Networks are keeping stale shows well past their prime
With the annual announcement of the new TV shows coming our way this fall, maddening questions linger. We understand why networks want to unload expensive procedurals like “Castle,” after eight...
S&P downgrades Icahn Enterprises debt rating to junk status
When it comes to debt, Carl Icahn is junk. That’s the conclusion of ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, which knocked down his company’s debt to BB+ on Tuesday with a...
Pier 6 affordable housing deal collapses amid de Blasio probes
An agreement cut between the feuding de Blasio and Cuomo administrations to bring affordable housing to Brooklyn Bridge Park is now dead after state officials raised concerns over possible conflicts...
Jim Craig's 'Miracle on Ice' gear could fetch $7M at auction
The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team's victory over the Soviet Union is forever remembered as the "Miracle on Ice." Now, the goaltender of that gold medal-winning team, Jim Craig, is...
Cat burglars swipe dogs from animal shelter
LIHUE, Hawaii — Police in Hawaii are looking for cat burglars who absconded with six dogs from a Humane Society shelter. Police said in a statement that three mixed breed...
Yankees couldn't ignore Rob Refsnyder's hot bat anymore
The last time the Yankees saw Rob Refsnyder, he was getting hit in the face by bad-hop ground balls while learning third base in spring training. Tuesday, Refsnyder joined the...
'Porn's New King' gets bail revoked for 'threatening' drunk texts
Drunk texting just got “Porn’s New King” Jason Galanis tossed in jail pending trial. Galanis — arrested last week over a $60 million scheme that ripped off a North Dakota...
Joe Girardi dashes A-Rod's 15-day return hopes
PHOENIX — Don’t look for Alex Rodriguez to jump off the disabled list before Saturday in Oakland against the Athletics, and that isn’t a lock. Rodriguez ran lightly on the...
Hillary is running a painfully stupid campaign
Another primary night for the Democrats and another difficult night for Hillary Clinton, who’s almost certainly going to be the Democratic nominee even though a great many Democrats are determined...
Most sunblocks aren't as strong as they claim
Don’t get burned by weak sunblock — nearly half of lotions and sprays tested aren’t as strong as they claim to be, a Consumer Reports study revealed Tuesday. Roughly 43...
Meet the new 'It' building in the Meatpacking District
The new 10-story office building being developed at 860 Washington St. in the Meatpacking District next to the High Line is becoming the new “It” building. Close to being completed...
Lending Club shares tumble after start of probe
Lending Club’s first day as a target of a federal grand jury probe didn’t end well. Shares of the online middleman for borrowers tumbled 8.6 percent on Tuesday, to $3.60,...
Times CEO slammed for slashing international paper's Paris bureau
Soon, for the first time since its founding as the English-language daily for Europe 129 years ago, there may be no journalists working in the Paris office of the International...
Bryce Harper finally saw some pitches -- but they were nasty
Bryce Harper has gotten the Barry Bonds treatment for much of this season and leads the majors in walks, as pitcher after pitcher refuses to give the reigning NL MVP...
Three execs leave Forbes Media on their own terms
Three executive left Forbes Media in recent weeks, including Fred Poust, who was recruited from the Clinton Global Initiative less than 18 months ago to run the lucrative conference business....
Time Inc. unveils new app to get closer to millennials
Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp unveiled a new initiative to cover celebrities with millennial appeal with mobile-only videos as the centerpiece. In the publisher’s first-ever Wall Street open house, Ripp...
LeBron's agent opens up on record-setting $1B Nike deal
LeBron James’ new Nike contract makes King James King of the Jocks, says his business manager, who pegged the shoe deal at more than $1 billion. Asked by GQ Style...
Bernie Sanders attacks Dems over chaotic Nevada convention
A defiant Bernie Sanders on Tuesday unleashed a blistering attack on Democratic Party leaders aligned with Hillary Clinton — accusing them of flaunting obscure rules to stack the deck in...
Hondo: Votes for Kennedy
Hondo whiffed in the big Citi on Tuesday night when Scherzer and the Nationals were Thor-oughly humiliated by the Mets to reduce the wad to 374 pateks. Wednesday: Mr. Aitch...
GM who's twice ripped off Knicks explains Bargnani trade
While the top-seeded, forever-rebuilding 76ers won Tuesday’s NBA Draft Lottery, Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri was the man of Midtown, on the dais to secure the final first-round prize to...
Cuomo mocks de Blasio’s corruption probe conspiracy theory
Gov. Cuomo on Tuesday mocked Mayor de Blasio‘s claim that the state’s “executive branch” — meaning Cuomo — was behind the investigations of the mayor’s administration and fund-raising activities. “It...
ABC packs fall lineup with diversity — and drama
With its fall schedule, ABC is hoping minorities will win over the majority of viewers. The network, under the aegis of a new entertainment boss, Channing Dungey, is delivering a...
Home Depot stock tumbles despite huge revenue jump
Home Depot can’t catch a break, even when it knocks the ball out of the park. After delivering the kind of quarter most retailers would salivate over Tuesday, its stock...
Yankees coaches sound fed up with Pineda after latest disaster
PHOENIX — The alarm has gone off concerning Michael Pineda’s miserable season. “It’s easy to say it will turn, but it’s been too long,’’ pitching coach Larry Rothschild said following...
Two from Brooklyn’s Orthodox community drown off Florida beach
Two vacationing members of Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community drowned Tuesday morning in the waters off North Miami Beach, Florida. Yitzchak Rosenberg and Chaim Parnes went to the beach with two...
Trump insists he has 'great respect' for Megyn Kelly
Donald Trump finally made nice with Fox News Chanel host Megyn Kelly, insisting he has “great respect” for her during an interview broadcast on Tuesday night. The sit-down was the...
Bratton wants parents to stop-and-frisk their kids
Me want you to stop and frisk — your kids! NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton preached school safety to Brooklyn students on Tuesday with the help of a Cookie Monster hand...
Trump claims he's now worth more than $10B
Donald Trump filed another financial-disclosure form with the Federal Election Commission Tuesday — and bragged about his “tremendous cash flow.” The presumptive GOP nominee claimed the amount of his disclosure...
Granderson ignites Mets' bleak lineup -- sound eerily familiar?
Curtis Granderson wasn’t going to go There. Because to go There would mean to acknowledge being part of a lineup Tuesday night that was eerily similar to the ones the...
Mailman who ruined Christmas pleads guilty to throwing away cards
The Queens mail carrier who admitted throwing away three trash bags filled with hundreds of Christmas letters last December because he felt overwhelmed by the task pleaded guilty Tuesday. Daniel...
Judge bars NYPD from promoting sergeants amid exam scandal
A Manhattan judge has barred the NYPD from promoting sergeants to lieutenants pending a hearing on claims by eight cops that the department’s advancement test was unfair. Manhattan Supreme Court...
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The Bronx A goon repeatedly bashed another man over the head with a glass bottle as they were fighting in Williamsbridge, authorities said. The attacker charged out onto the sidewalk...