June 3, 2016
Chris Mullin reviving recruiting tool to keep locals at St. John's
Chris Mullin backed up his introductory press conference talking point of keeping the best kids home by signing two of them in his 2016 recruiting class. But landing junior college...
USA kills the buzz with deflating flop in Copa America opener
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Cristian Zapata scored his first international goal, James Rodriguez added a 42nd-minute penalty kick and Colombia beat the United States 2-0 Friday night in the opener...
IEX poaches trading expert amid effort to become stock exchange
IEX got the jump on one of the biggest names in high-speed trading. Brad Katsuyama’s wannabe stock-exchange poached Eric Stockland, an expert on high-tech, ultrafast algorithmic trading, from rival KCG...
Man accused of gunning down teen baby-sitter held without bail
A Brooklyn man accused of gunning down a teen baby sitter in front of her 3-year-old cousin was held without bail Friday evening. Taariq Stephens, 25, was charged with second-degree...
Man reaches $3M settlement with trust-funder who mowed him down
A Queens dad who won a $3 million settlement Friday from a trust-funder who mowed him down in 2010 driving the same Lexus he nearly killed a cyclist with a...
New Knicks coach upstaged by bombshell daughter
The New York Knicks officially unveiled Jeff Hornacek as their new coach Friday — but it was his gorgeous daughter, Abby, who stole the spotlight. The 5-foot-10 blond bombshell beamed...
Martin Shkreli hit with another criminal charge
“The most hated man in America” was hit Friday with an additional criminal charge related to an $11 million Ponzi scheme he allegedly ran. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn filed a...
3 waiver-wire solutions to your fantasy baseball HR problem
There’s one thing to remember as a fantasy owner: Help is always readily available on the waiver wire — you just need to know where to look. With power-hitting players...
Hondo wheeling and dealing
Time to get out of Baltimore. Hondo was hit with a second straight loss at Camden Yards, this one coming Friday night when the Yankees’ failure caused the earnings to...
Trump: Hillary hates Obama but sucks up to him to avoid jail
Donald Trump came up with a new insult for Hillary Clinton on Friday, calling her a “thief” and charging that she sucks up to President Obama so he will keep...
App lets you rent a hotel room by the hour -- no questions asked
There’s more than one reason to rent a hotel room by the hour — or by the minute, if you prefer. Recharge is a new mobile app that allows users...
City needs a new company to haul away tons of trash
The city is rushing to find another company to haul away 25 percent of New York’s trash after a years-long process to award the $3.3 billion deal fell apart, officials...
Yankees flip miserable script for worst loss of the year
BALTIMORE — Team Frustration might have bottomed out Friday night at Camden Yards. And if the 6-5 loss to the Orioles wasn’t the bottom, the rest of the season isn’t...
Susan Sarandon predicts Hillary will be indicted
Hillary Clinton will be indicted over her use of a private email server to conduct sensitive State Department business, some Bernie Sanders supporters are insisting. Actress Susan Sarandon became the...
Mets' power show rubs off on James Loney at perfect time
MIAMI — Powerball was alive and well in South Florida on Friday, with a new number emerging to make the Mets feel like a million dollars. James Loney — wearing...
De Blasio says investigations are just part of the job
He’s the only city elected official known to be under investigation — but Mayor de Blasio insists probes of those in public office are a dime a dozen. “I think...
J.R. Smith pities Carmelo being on unstable Knicks
OAKLAND, Calif. — Assuming no stunning offseason movement, when Carmelo Anthony starts his seventh season, and his sixth full season, as a Knick in 2016-17, he will find his fifth...
Finals Game 2: LeBron's history or Splash Brothers' arrival?
OAKLAND, Calif. — There are two facts in particular that are undeniable and indisputable in nature concerning the NBA Finals, which head into Game 2 Sunday with the Warriors holding...
'Oh, crap': Andre Iguodala is (another) Cavs nightmare
OAKLAND, Calif. — His story became the model for team play last year. Andre Iguodala, a starter for every game of his professional life, became a bench player for Golden...
Isiah Thomas has an in with Jeff Hornacek
Liberty president Isiah Thomas said on his team’s Media Day last month that his WNBA team and the Knicks have no interaction — that an invisible wall was built between...
High school administrators bungled gang rape threat: DOE sources
Administrators at Boys and Girls HS had a handwritten statement from a ninth-grade girl saying that a boy threatened to gang-rape her in a locker room — but they failed...
The Clinton camp is obsessed with scripting every moment
Forget all those reports about Hillary Clinton’s managers letting her get spontaneous. She’s as carefully scripted as ever. And her aides are determined to keep it that way. E-mails obtained...
The goons attacking Trump rallies --- and the liberals who enable them
Violence struck another Donald Trump rally Thursday — and once again it was lefty thugs assaulting peaceful Trump fans. Will Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders denounce the goons — or...
The biggest scandal at Boys and Girls HS is the collapse of the mayor's 'Renewal' dream
Step back from the allegations of a coverup at Boys and Girls HS for an overall look at this example of Mayor de Blasio’s signature “Renewal” school program. Principal Michael...
No, Mr. Mayor --- we won't shut up about your misrule of the schools
‘They need to figure out when to give it a rest.” So declared Mayor de Blasio on Thursday in response to a question about Success Academy Charter Schools’ decision to...
Team Hillary's email defense is just laughable
In a communique to donors, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta tried to exculpate his candidate’s lawbreaking in the E-mailgate scandal. Alas for Hillary, Podesta’s attempt has more holes than a...
Paris landmarks shut down amid worst flooding in decades
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szpXmXCUbeM PARIS -- The swollen Seine River kept rising Friday, spilling into Paris streets and forcing one landmark after another to shut down as it surged to its highest levels...
Mets put off Zack Wheeler return with All-Star break in mind
MIAMI — Zack Wheeler is getting so close to rejoining the Mets rotation, he can practically taste it. Even so, the righty, who is rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, is...
Freight train derailment causes fiery oil spill
PORTLAND, Ore. — A train towing cars full of oil derailed Friday in Oregon's scenic Columbia River Gorge, sparking a fire that sent a plume of black smoke high into...
Is sexism keeping female boxers from being next Ronda Rousey?
Women are stars in the UFC. Ronda Rousey, Holly Holm, Miesha Tate and Cris “Cyborg” Justino are generating as much attention these days as the men. UFC 199 will be...
Newly released Chicago police videos shed light on excessive force claims
Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority has released a massive amount of evidence from almost 90 pending investigations into Chicago Police Department shootings and other incidents. The videos offer a better look...
Armed maniac reports himself as victim of his own 'crime spree'
An armed man staged a one-man crime spree, terrorizing victims riding in a car, a bus, a taxi and on a scooter — then brazenly walked into a Queens police...
Hornacek: Why a Kurt Rambis return wouldn't be awkward
Jeff Hornacek is in discussions with former interim coach Kurt Rambis to join his staff with the Knicks and said it would be awkward had they not been teammates for...
Message in a bottle found 3 years, 3,000 miles later
CUMBERLAND, Maine — A Maine teen got some unexpected news when she received a handwritten letter from a fisherman saying that her message in a bottle had been found in...
CC Sabathia's for real and may be your fantasy baseball answer
If someone called out the name CC Sabathia in an auction, or if he was selected in the final rounds of fantasy baseball drafts, there likely was laughter or crickets....
The quotes that made Muhammad Ali the best
Muhammad Ali is arguably one of the best boxers ever. Outside of the ring, he was a poet who could use words to destroy anyone who got in his way,...
Teen convinces classmates to wear same Hawaiian shirt in yearbook
It’s one cool shirt. A high school junior convinced nearly 60 students and faculty at Sleepy Hollow High School in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., to wear the same yellow Hawaiian shirt...
The day in photos: June 3, 2016
A baby lemur meets the world, a couple's wedding photo gets all wet and more.
Jeff Hornacek's biggest job: Make Carmelo second fiddle
Jeff Hornacek is thrilled to get the opportunity to coach Carmelo Anthony. That much is crystal clear. No fewer than six times Friday afternoon, Hornacek said some variation of this...
Ken Starr recants Baylor story twice in disastrous interview
Ken Starr demanded transparency in the wake of the Baylor football sexual assault scandal. But, by the looks of a recent television interview with the school’s former president, he’s not...
Brian Cashman's brutal Yankees honesty: 'It's hard to watch'
BALTIMORE -- Brian Cashman has been through the rough seas before, but that doesn’t make this stretch of Yankees ineptness any easier to swallow. “It’s frustrating and hard to watch,’’ Cashman...
Teen's fatal asthma attack came after gang fight: cops
The death of a black teenage boy on Staten Island last week came after a pre-arranged, gang-related street fight between two rival crews — and there’s no firm evidence to...
Moms turn in teen daughters wanted for beating elderly woman
Two Brooklyn moms took “tough love” to a new level Friday, turning their teenage daughters in to the cops after one recognized them in a wanted photo in the beating...
Crocs are bad for your health
All arguments over Crocs — the rubber clogs that, since 2002, have somehow been sold more than 300 million times — inevitably end with “I don’t care, they’re comfortable.” Such...
Phil Jackson plays bizarre killjoy on Knicks' banner day
There are no courtesy laughs left for Phil Jackson. The Knicks president played the role of curmudgeon at Jeff Hornacek's introductory press conference on Friday, dismissing legitimate queries with deadpan jokes,...
These grave diggers ain't messing around
Most people assume that digging graves is a morbid yet fairly boring job. Well, those people have never watched a race between professional grave diggers, who are taking part in...
Elephant with gunshot wounds turns up at safari for help
If you need further proof that elephants are highly intelligent animals, this is it. Ben, an injured bull elephant — thought to be 30 years old — gave staffers at the...
Ugly jobs report is even worse than it looks
The job market went ker-plop in May, which should send new college graduates to the beaches instead of gainful employment, and their tuition-paying parents to psychiatrists. Let me get right...
Winner digs himself an early grave in cemetery competition
Digging their way to the top, 18 two-man teams of Hungarian gravediggers displayed their skills Friday for a place in a regional championship to be held in Slovakia later this...
Muhammad Ali placed on life support
Muhammad Ali has been placed on life support — and his family fears that it "likely won't be long until he passes away," according to a report. The 74-year-old boxing...
This new dance craze is totally mesmerizing
The dancers of the Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center are bringing "hiplet" to the world. The dance form, which combines hip-hop and ballet moves, was formalized by Homer Hans Bryant in...
This is the fastest-growing language in American homes
And the results are prompting the US Census Bureau to explore the tricky task of adjusting the language on its questionnaires to accommodate the new surge.
Jeff Hornacek infatuated with Kristaps Porzingis' potential
Jeff Hornacek wasn't sure how old or how tall Kristaps Porzingis is, just that the Knicks phenom is really good. The new Knicks coach lit up when discussing the Rookie of the...
Mets jet to Bahamas for off-day golf pick-me-up
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGLPdOszACF/ The Mets seem really broken up about their lackluster 2-4 homestand. Or, maybe, they were looking for a way to forget about losing two of three to the scuffling...
The Hill dumps Dick Morris over National Enquirer gig
The Hill dropped Dick Morris as a columnist after he signed on to become the chief political columnist for supermarket tabloid the National Enquirer. “In light of Dick Morris’ new...
Watch this guy ruin a museum exhibit
It should be common sense when visiting a museum not to touch any of the displays, but apparently some people still don't understand that. The National Watch and Clock Museum...
Bible study group finds supreme collection of baseball cards
A chance encounter at a Bible study session last month led to the discovery of a divine collection of baseball cards that stunned memorabilia experts have dubbed "The Texas Find."...
Knicks' triangle lives, even if Jeff Hornacek won't say its name
Phil Jackson’s triangle offense is not dead — for better or worse. New Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek and Jackson cemented their shotgun marriage during Friday’s introductory press conference, vowing to...
Something awful is about to happen on 'Game of Thrones'
Winter is coming. And by winter, I mean the unexpected death of your favorite “Game of Thrones” character. How do I know this? Because I watch and read “GoT.” Because...
Worst parents ever tell kid they left in forest: Sorry
Japanese police found 7-year-old Yamato Tanooka safe and sound in a military base with running water. He had been missing for a week after his parents left him by the side of...
Are you burning calories or just really sweaty?
You just slogged through a run in the scorching heat, you’re beet red, and you feel like you need to wring out your shirt. All that sweat must mean you...
David Wright's timetable is lengthy and grim
MIAMI — David Wright’s summer will consist of plenty of rest and rehab for a second straight year, with the hope he can return to the Mets. On Friday, the...
Bodies of more than 100 migrants wash ashore in Libya
Warning: Graphic images The bodies of more than 100 migrants and refugees washed ashore on the beaches along Libya’s Mediterranean coast on Friday, drowned after their boat capsized while attempting...
Doris Burke: Gregg Popovich can be cruel and plays favorites
https://youtu.be/Db3-LTF8JhE Doris Burke isn’t willing to give Gregg Popovich a pass for his boorish behavior anymore. The Spurs coach, known -- and generally excused -- for his terse in-game interviews...
Vanderbilt pitcher drowns after cries for help mistaken as joke
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt freshman pitcher Donny Everett drowned while fishing in Tennessee a day before the Commodores were to open the NCAA Tournament on Friday. He was 19. The...
Nationals get richer as Mets get poorer
On the day the Mets will shut down third baseman David Wright for at least a month and likely more, their division rivals will make an infield transaction of equal...
'Walking Dead' creator wants to kill plans for a 'Walking Dead' restaurant
Nothing works up an appetite quite like the thought of flesh-eating zombies. At least that's what four individuals trying to open a "Walking Dead" restaurant in New Jersey seem to...
Lawrence Taylor accuses wife of domestic violence
Lawrence Taylor has stayed out of trouble with the law for six years, but the same can’t be said for his wife, Lynette. According to TMZ Sports, she was arrested...
Feds have trove of evidence from restaurant owner popular with NYPD bosses
The feds have collected months of wiretaps and as many as 30,000 e-mails in the case against a restaurant owner who was pals with high-ranking NYPD officers facing a corruption...
A burlesque performer shares her bombshell beauty secrets
Twirling around on small stages under hot lights, burlesque performers have perfected the arts of waterproofing makeup, hiding scars from prying eyes (and cameras!) and creating distractions as well as...
Instagram golfer shows she's more than just sexy snaps
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGIMjDMCgVi/?taken-by=_paige.renee Paige Spiranac can now post on Instagram with her head held high. The golf stunner, who became an Internet sensation last season thanks to her penchant for sultry selfies,...
Walmart wants to deliver groceries to your door
Walmart says it will be testing its grocery delivery service with ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft in the next two weeks in Denver and Phoenix. That’s in addition to a...
NYPD eyes death of black teen as possible hate crime
A black Staten Island teen suffered a fatal asthma attack last week while being chased by a group of white and Hispanic men — and now investigators are looking into...
Ex-Navy pilot treads water for 20 hours before rescue
TAMPA, Fla. — The Coast Guard has rescued a former Navy pilot who spent 20 hours treading water in the Gulf of Mexico after falling out of his boat without...
Beating a woman is totally cool, college says
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State will allow highly touted signee Jeffery Simmons to enroll in school and join the football team while facing misdemeanor assault charges for striking a woman...
Job growth in May was the worst in five years
Hiring fell off a cliff last month. The US economy added a measly 38,000 jobs in May, the weakest showing since September 2010. The unemployment rate tumbled to 4.7 percent...
Steve Kerr's clipboard-smashing anger even plays into brilliance
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Even as he spent the first 43 games of the season on the sideline while recovering from back problems, Steve Kerr always kept his finger on the...
Necrophiliac gets 26 years for killing teacher on first date
Psycho killer Carl Langdell was jailed Friday for a minimum of 26 years after confessing to murdering a young teacher he met on an online dating site. Sick fantastist Langdell...
Man fatally shot in lower Manhattan
A 22-year-old man was gunned down outside of a lower Manhattan housing complex early Friday, cops said. The victim was found shot to the torso just before 2 a.m. in...
Overdoses, drinking and suicides hit white Americans hard
Rising drug and alcohol overdoses, suicides, and disease from chronic alcoholism — labeled "deaths of despair" by one expert — are cutting the lives of white Americans short by nearly...
Inside the zoo kill squads that take down dangerous animals
When a 400-pound gorilla grabbed a 3-year-old boy at the Cincinnati Zoo, the sharpshooter who killed the ape wasn't from the police. Instead, the shooter was a specially trained zoo...
The secret to a happier life is quitting your job
Retirement, contrary to popular opinion, is not the time in which your satisfaction with life declines and your health deteriorates. Instead, it’s the exact opposite: Retirement is likely to improve...
Phil Mickelson's insider trading troubles may not be 'behind me'
DUBLIN, Ohio — Phil Mickelson said he was disappointed to get caught up in a federal investigation that linked him to an insider trader scheme and that he needed to...
Jeopardy champ trolls Trebek
Buzzy Cohen became an internet sensation during his nine-day winning streak on "Jeopardy," making it into Twitter's "Trending Moments." The champion shares how he prepped for the game and his thoughts...
Hundreds of refugees rescued from sinking boat
ATHENS, Greece — Four bodies were recovered and 340 people rescued Friday from a sinking migrant boat carrying a "significant number" of people in the Mediterranean Sea south of the...
Donation jar for boy with rare disease stolen
To fundraise for her son, a Georgia woman put donation jars in local businesses, but one jar was stolen before the family was able to collect the much-needed money. Jennifer...
Arizona mom dismembers sons before stabbing herself: cops
A Phoenix woman killed her three sons and partially dismembered their bodies before stabbing herself in the neck and abdomen, police said Thursday. Octavia Rogers, 29, was in critical condition...
Mets radio announcer adds UCLA football to already crazy schedule
LOS ANGELES — UCLA has hired Josh Lewin as the school's play-by-play announcer for football and men's basketball to replace Bill Roth, who has departed after a year behind the...
Father John Misty wrote Beyoncé’s best lyrics
Yeezus walks on Randalls Island on Sunday, when Kanye West rounds off the three-day Governors Ball festival with a headline set. But those looking for a low-key sermon should seek...
Stolen rare 'Inverted Jenny' stamp resurfaces 61 years later
A rare misprinted stamp that was stolen from a display case more than 60 years ago was delivered to its rightful owner Thursday — but the mystery of who swiped...
Michelle Williams on Brooklyn, Kristen Bell and Broadway
"I wish I was more of a go-getter,” Michelle Williams says, laughing. “I just sort of sit and wait for things to come my way.” So far, plenty’s come her...
Candice Bergen is painting on purses — for $1,000 each
The hottest purse right now isn’t a Birkin. It’s a Bergen. Last week, a $1,000-plus bag hand-painted by none other than “Murphy Brown” star Candice Bergen left fashionistas panting. “We...
Teen girls pummel elderly woman waiting for subway
Two teenage girls beat up a 78-year-old woman in a Brooklyn subway station Thursday afternoon, cops said. The girls approached the elderly woman on the southbound platform of the Franklin...
Tegan and Sara fall short in their bid for pop glory
Tegan and Sara’s new album, “Love You to Death,” won’t be the one taking them out of the 5,500-seat Theater at Madison Square Garden — where they’re playing in November...
David Schwimmer was once a roller-skating waiter in Chicago
David Schwimmer, recently so resonant as Robert Kardashian in “The People v. OJ Simpson,” returns Sunday on AMC’s “Feed the Beast,” a 10-episode series adapted from the Danish TV drama...
State Assembly passes bill legalizing gravity knives
The State Assembly on Thursday passed a bill to legalize gravity knives. The measure passed with an unofficial tally of 99 votes for to 12 against. Al Graf (R-Suffolk) was...
Comptroller report blasts ACS' juvenile delinquents program
A city program for 560 low-level juvenile delinquents experienced “pervasive mismanagement” — even though it cost taxpayers $85,000 a year per child, a report says. The report, released Thursday by...
Latest poll gives Bernie 1-point lead in California
Bernie Sanders edges out Hillary Clinton among California voters in a poll released just days before the Golden State’s Democratic primary Tuesday. Sanders has the support of 44 percent of...
Donald: Jurist's Mexican heritage is 'conflict' in Trump U. case
Donald Trump on Thursday slammed the federal judge presiding over two fraud suits against Trump University, claiming there was an “absolute conflict” because the jurist is “of Mexican heritage.” He...
Tragic cathedral fire sparked by Easter candles
The fire that destroyed a 160-year-old Serbian church in Manhattan last month wasn’t sparked by angry Croatians, but by Easter candles left burning by a caretaker, officials said Thursday. “Fire...
Protesters punch, throw eggs at Trump supporters
Violence and chaos broke out at a Donald Trump rally in San Jose, California, Thursday night as hundreds of protesters targeted people leaving the event, pelting one woman with eggs,...
J.R. Smith's no-show excuse: I got Splash Brothers treatment
OAKLAND, Calif. — J.R. Smith had one of “those” games. The ex-Knick who was notorious for his ability to shoot a team to either a win or loss, was a...
Depp should use his millions to end sleazy divorce drama now
She said he’s a paranoid, serial wife-battering lowlife who drunkenly and under the influence of drugs “wound up his arm like a baseball pitcher’’ and flung her iPhone at her...
Cops don't have to reveal targets of counterterrorism surveillance
The NYPD does not have to reveal the targets of counterterrorism surveillance, a Manhattan appeals court said in a unanimous decision released Thursday. Two Muslim men, Rutgers student Samir Hashmi...
Kids' group Hot Peas ’N Butter has beef with Hot Peas ’N Butta
https://twitter.com/hotpeasnbutter2/status/664490525479710720 A popular children’s- music group called Hot Peas ’N Butter is steamed that a similarly named creative- music agency won’t stop operating under a trademarked moniker. Butter says in...
Socialite accuses realtor of helping ex hide her pricey art
A Palm Beach socialite is accusing a Manhattan real-estate maven of helping her estranged husband conceal a trove of artwork by masters like Matisse and Picasso that are at the...
Sampson: I’m no Skelos, so give me a sentencing break
Lawyers for John Sampson say the ex-state senator deserves a sentencing break — because he’s not as bad as Dean Skelos. In papers filed Thursday in Brooklyn federal court, Sampson’s...
Affordable housing plan has Hamptons residents fuming
An affordable-housing complex is coming to a swanky Hamptons hamlet filled with movie stars and music legends — from Sir Paul McCartney and Gwyneth Paltrow to Scarlett Johansson — and...
The de Blasios are strapped for cash
Mayor Bill de Blasio seems to be having a hard time paying the bills. With a second kid heading off to college last year, the mayor took out a loan...
Doctor OKs Sumner Redstone's mental capacity
Sumner Redstone is still with it. That’s the opinion of a doctor — who specializes in geriatric psychiatry — hired by the law firm representing the ailing 93-year-old media mogul...
The trade and prospect options to replace David Wright
It's a blow to the spirit, but how much to the flesh? It’s a hit to the Mets’ offense. To the defense? Not so much. Once again, the Mets will...
School victimized by fake $1.5M donation forced to cancel trip
The Brooklyn high school that discovered it had been scammed by a bogus $1.5 million check suddenly canceled a student trip to the White House, infuriated parents said Thursday. The...
Christian Pulisic is 17, and he's breathing life into US soccer
Copa America Centenario is the biggest soccer tournament the United States has hosted since the 1994 World Cup — before Christian Pulisic was even born. Now, the 17-year-old is the...
Eva Moskowitz: De Blasio obstructing charters
Success Academy boss Eva Moskowitz accused Mayor de Blasio of illegally denying charter schools classroom space at a City Hall rally on Thursday. One day after her organization scrapped its...
Hillary turns foreign-policy speech into anti-Trump rant
Hillary Clinton delivered what her campaign billed as a major foreign-policy speech, but it turned into an unrelenting bashing of Donald Trump. Speaking in San Diego, Clinton denounced her presumed...
Hondo running on 'E'
Porcello and the Sawx’ pen took a beating in Baltimore, which caused Hondo to suffer a second straight setback that reduced the earnings to 529 raschis. Friday night: Mr. Aitch...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan A 21-year-old woman was robbed by a thug who tackled her as she was walking into her East Village apartment building, authorities said. The woman had just walked into...
Cheap allure wears off fast food chains as growth begins to stall
Burger joints have lost some of their sizzle over the last couple of months. After two consecutive quarters of surprising growth, fast food companies, including McDonald’s and Wendy’s, are seeing...