June 12, 2016
Nightclub shooter's dad hosted anti-American talk show
Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen’s father is an Afghan immigrant who hosted an anti-American TV show and once called the Taliban “our warrior brothers.” Seddique Mateen appears in scores of...
Nightclub massacre survivors huddled in attic to stay alive
Yvens Carrenards survived the Pulse nightclub massacre by hiding in an attic storage room as gunman Omar Mateen slaughtered dozens downstairs. “I thought the shooter was going to find us,”...
Broadway's brightest stars shine at the Tony Awards
With tragic news in Orlando casting a long shadow over the 70th Annual Tony Awards, it’s only appropriate that Sunday’s red carpet turned out a low-key night for fashion. The...
'Hamilton' wins big at the Tony Awards
"Hamilton," the hip-hop stage biography of Alexander Hamilton, won the 2016 Tony Award for best new musical, capping an emotional night in which many in the Broadway community rallied to...
Owner opened club as a safe haven in honor of late brother
A co-owner of the Orlando gay club where at least 50 people were killed Sunday had opened the hot spot to keep the spirit of her dead brother alive. Barbara...
USA suddenly set up for spotlight run to Copa semifinals
The United States came into Copa America with its coach under fire and a quarterfinal loss to five-time world champ Brazil its best likely fate. But somehow the Americans played...
Jets' Super Bowl punter John 'Curley' Johnson dead at 80
John “Curley” Johnson, the punter on the Jets’ Super Bowl III team, died Sunday at the age of 80.
'Game of Thrones': Arya makes her comeback
Warning: This article contains spoilers from "Game of Thrones" Season 6, Episode 8 Last week on "Game of Thrones," Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) was down for the count. Grievously wounded...
Sidney Crosby's Penguins are Stanley Cup champs
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sidney Crosby filled about the only hole left on his impressive list of career accomplishments. Crosby's leadership, strong two-way play and clutch scoring helped him win...
Bay Area sports renaissance is here, and Warriors can top it off
OAKLAND, Calif. — Before the 2010-11 season opener at Oracle Arena, soon after Joe Lacob bought the Warriors, the new owner came onto the court, microphone in hand. Without a...
Neil Walker thinks chiropractor did trick -- but doc will decide
MILWAUKEE — Neil Walker received a visit from a chiropractor on Sunday and believes his sore back has improved enough to warrant a return to the lineup. Even so, the...
Yankees just saw the big-time promise of waving the white flag
It cannot be lost on general manager Brian Cashman and the organizational hierarchy that the Yankees were shut down for six innings on Sunday by a young power pitcher the...
AIG ends insurancy policy against head injuries with NFL
AIG wants the benefits of football without the risks. The New York insurance giant has stopped insuring NFL players against head injuries as the dangers of concussions became apparent even...
These musicals could be the next 'Hamilton'
Groundbreaking. Game-changing. Revolutionary. That’s what the critics have called Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton,” which won a bevy of Tony Awards last night. So what will be the next “groundbreaking,” “game-changing,” “revolutionary”...
Pivoting LeBron: I came to Cleveland for kids, not just titles
OAKLAND, Calif. — Revisionist history? LeBron James said his “main reason” for returning to Cleveland in summer 2014 wasn’t only to break the city’s sports-title jinx that dates 52 years...
Hondo alive with five!
The Indians carried sizzling Hondo to a fifth straight victory on Sunday, hammering the Halos to boost the earnings to 661 jorgensens. Monday night: Mr. Aitch will back Scherzer in...
After Orlando, can we finally take the gloves off?
Fifteen years after 9/11, Islamic terror is losing its power to shock. Fourteen dead in San Bernardino at a community center. Forty-nine dead in Orlando at a nightclub. A 19-year-old...
It's no longer just a blip for Steven Matz
MILWAUKEE — Steven Matz can now call it a slump. After rolling through April and May with just one hiccup, the Mets lefty had his second straight blah start in...
Love your spouse more than your kids
Australian model Rachael Finch caused a bit of an uproar when she told a magazine that her child goes to the child’s grandmother’s house every weekend so that she and...
De Blasio's rent-freeze hypocrisy
Tenants packed a Queens hall on Friday for the first in a series of Rent Guidelines Board pubic hearings, waving placards calling for rent cuts, or at the very least...
The British left's anti-Semitism crisis
Of the fighting faiths that flourished during the ideologically drunk 20th century, anti-Semitism has been uniquely durable. It survives by mutating, even migrating across the political spectrum from the right...
Here's what you should get dad for Father's Day
Hey, dad, we got your back. And your front. The top of your head. Get the picture? Well, for Father’s Day you can do a lot worse than read this...
'Your tragedy is our tragedy': Corden's Tony tribute to Orlando
Tony Awards host James Corden declared that “hate will never win” during a sober opening to Broadway’s biggest night Sunday, only hours after the mass murder in Florida. “All around...
Ayesha Curry, Klay Thompson pile on LeBron: He's a crybaby
OAKLAND, Calif. — Warriors enforcer Draymond Green is out, but the bad blood in the NBA Finals may have just begun brewing, particularly between Splash Brother Klay Thompson and LeBron...
Australian-inspired Ruby's expands menu to Murray Hill
The Aussies are coming. Ruby’s Cafe, the Australian-inspired eatery in Soho, is in expansion mode, staring with a Murray Hill outpost that will open for business on Thursday. The new...
Yankees' psyche wasn't only thing bruised on rough Sunday
Carlos Beltran’s lower right shin already was discolored by the time he was dressed for a plane ride to Denver on Sunday. Not far away, Chase Headley was removing a...
Apple's smarter Siri practically does everything for you
Apple is taking the stage again on Monday — and Siri had better sing. The Cupertino, Calif.-based tech giant is expected to unveil new features for its voice-powered assistant, connecting...
Michael Fulmer is showing why Cespedes was expendable
Yoenis Cespedes helped the Mets reach the World Series, but the Tigers have to be happy with their end of the July 31 trade. While the Mets rode Cespedes’ hot...
Florida nightclub shooter was previously linked to al Qaeda
Nightclub killer Omar Mateen was twice investigated for suspected terrorist connections — including contact with an al-Qaeda-linked fellow Floridian who blew himself up in Syria — but neither probe panned...
The hate the president dares not name
Islamist terror struck America again late Saturday, this time on the dance floor of Pulse, an Orlando nightclub, in the largest mass shooting in US history. The death toll of...
If Mets keep running in place, Nationals will start running away
MILWAUKEE — There can be a certain beauty to running in place. To standing tall, minimizing your damage, while others falter. Or, if you are the Mets of the moment,...
The Clinton university scandal
Kudos to George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley for asking why the media aren’t asking about the $16.5 million paid to Bill Clinton by Laureate International Universities. For all...
Killing the bag tax --- softly
It doesn’t look good for the City Council’s “tax” on plastic bags; the only real question is how humiliated the council’s greens will be. The state Senate last week passed...
Yanks Old-Timer with Parkinson’s gets his at-bat -- and hit
Parkinson’s disease couldn’t keep Brian Doyle from Old-Timers’ Day. It couldn’t keep him out of the game, either. The former Yankees infielder wasn’t in the starting lineup, but he had...
This first lady could be the next 'Hamilton'
One of the funnier skits on “Inside Amy Schumer” this season was “Betsy Ross,” in which she tells Lin-Manuel Miranda (of “Hamilton” fame) about her new passion project, the next historical...
Giants' TE quagmire: De facto starter can't believe he's a vet
When his position coach reminds him about his veteran status, Giants tight end Will Tye looks around to make sure Kevin M. Gilbride is talking to him. “Coach says, ‘You’re...
Curt Schilling spends day arguing guns after Orlando massacre
Reports were still developing early Sunday morning, with the haze still not cleared up from the hideous scene at an Orlando nightclub, where at least 50 people were killed by...
Man arrested on way to gay pride parade carrying ingredient for pipe bomb
A man armed with guns and explosives was busted on his way to a gay-pride parade in Southern California Sunday, hours after the Orlando massacre. James Howell, 20, of Indiana...
Which is real: Yankees' scorching streak or this speed bump?
Was it a two-game stretch of good pitching smothering a hot lineup? Or the beginning of another team-wide Yankees hitting slump? Having won five straight entering Saturday’s game against Tigers...
Mets look hideous after Terry Collins is taken to hospital
MILWAUKEE — Terry Collins was to remain overnight in a local hospital Sunday after an undisclosed health scare kept him from managing the Mets against the Brewers. The departure of...
Seabrook made $20M investment behind union's back, ex-official says
Top correction officers union members so feared former boss Norman Seabrook’s wrath they dared not challenge his investment of $20 million in a risky hedge fund, an ex-union official told...
This 7-year-old graffiti artist is tagging up Brooklyn
Lola Glass may be small, but she leaves a big mark. The 7-year-old, Brooklyn-based graffiti artist has splashed walls throughout Bushwick as well as Miami with colorful murals twice her...
Rent spike threatens to put famed ballet school out of business
A misbegotten pas de deux with a rent-raising Manhattan landlord may force one of America’s best-known ballet schools into bankruptcy. Joffrey Ballet School for years housed students in a Grove...
Con man who 'found God' wants to change his name
A Manhattan man convicted of investment scams wants to change his name because he’s found God. Robert E. McDonald, 37, admits he has spent “approximately 21.62 percent of my adult...
CIA: no proof Saudi Arabia helped in 9/11 attacks
WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Brennan said there is no evidence that the Saudi government or senior Saudi officials supported the Sept. 11 attacks. Brennan's remarks, in a weekend interview...
Florida club shooter used same gun favored by other mass murderers
Nightclub terrorist Omar Seddique Mateen was able to legally buy the AR-15 rifle he used to slaughter 50 at an Orlando gay bar even though he was on the FBI’s...
Names of some victims of Florida gay club massacre released
The names of the first dead victims of the Orlando massacre were released by city officials Sunday afternoon. They were Edward Sotomayor Jr., Stanley Almodovar III, Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo and...
Two injured by falling branch outside Yankee Stadium
A tree branch toppled onto a man and woman outside Yankee Stadium on Sunday afternoon, sending them to the hospital, police and fire officials said. The injured pair were taken...
Teacher abused by students wins $125k settlement
A Queens teacher won a $125,000 city settlement for injuries caused by out-of-control teens who also harassed her racially and sexually while school leaders did nothing to stop it, she...
NFL puts a stop to Bill Belichick's Patriots jersey tactic
The NFL stuck a pin in a favorite Bill Belichick tactic during spring practices. The man behind the hood liked the Patriots to know the players beneath the uniform, so he had...
Obama says Florida gay nightclub massacre an 'act of terror and hate'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama called the shooting rampage that left 50 dead at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando “an act of terror and an act of hate," in a five-minute...
Principal accused of forcing black teachers to work in former bathroom
Automotive HS principal Caterina Lafergola exiled to a stinky former bathroom two black teachers she wanted to fire — an incident that insiders say exemplifies her history of leadership abuses....
City renames street for late Knicks player Anthony Mason
A South Jamaica street was renamed in honor of beloved Knicks player Anthony Mason at an upbeat ceremony Saturday morning. “He was a man full of passion, a man full...
Hedgie wants 'nurseryman' to sell animals to pay off debt
A Manhattan billionaire is demanding that a Tennessee man sell off part of his massive menagerie — including six cows, seven pigs and 12 camels — to pay off a...
NBAers on Draymond Green ban: conspiracy, 'Let men play'
The NBA announced Sunday that Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green will be suspended for Game 5 of the NBA Finals for an accumulation of flagrant fouls. The NBA assessed...
Obama: 'We' are to blame, not Islamic terrorism, for massacre
Omar Mateen called the cops to pledge his fealty to ISIS as he was carrying out his mass murder in Orlando early Sunday. Twelve hours later, the president of the...
'I could smell blood': Club shooting survivor recounts night of terror
He stormed toward her and her friend on the dance floor, shooting wildly while leaving a trail of bodies behind him. Jeannette McCoy, 37, told The Post on Sunday how...
Bride says Vera Wang didn't deliver her $11K wedding dress
Her wish to walk down the aisle in a Vera Wang wedding dress led instead to a lawsuit. Stephanie Xethalis bought her $10,995 wedding dress from the chic designer’s Madison...
Man's final text to mom from inside Florida club: 'He's coming, I'm gonna die'
“He’s coming. I’m gonna die.” That’s what a 30-year-old man texted his mother while trapped inside the Orlando, Florida, nightclub where at least 50 people were killed early Sunday. “Mommy...
Ike Davis is next up on Yankees' 1st base merry-go-round
There is room for Ike Davis and Lucas Duda in New York after all — just not with the Mets. The Yankees and Davis have agreed Sunday to a major...
The moment gunman unloaded shot after shot in Florida gay club
Warning: Video contains graphic content A flurry of gunshots fired between police and a gunman were captured in a haunting video recorded by a witness of the grisly Florida nightclub...
NYPD beefs up security near LGBT landmarks
Heavily armed NYPD officers were ordered into neighborhoods with large gay populations and outside LGBT clubs and landmarks across the city Sunday in the wake of the Florida bloodbath. “We...
1996 Yankees World Series MVP: Joe Torre was the real MVP
There was Jim Leyritz’s game-tying, three-run home run in Game 4 of the World Series off Mark Wohlers. Andy Pettitte’s Game 5 gem. Most Valuable Player John Wetteland’s four saves....
Gay men barred from giving blood to victims of gay club massacre
Blood banks are calling for donations after a mass shooting in Orlando — but an outdated federal law prevents gay and bisexual men from contributing, angry critics said Sunday. A...
Draymond Green's crotch shots finally will cost him
The NBA only could take so many crotch shots. Draymond Green was assessed a retroactive Flagrant Foul 1 upon league review for making contact with LeBron James' nether regions during...
Man with guns, explosives busted on way to LA gay-pride parade
A man armed with explosives and guns was arrested early Sunday on his way to a gay-pride festival in Southern California, authorities said. But there appears to be no connection...
FedEx worker killed in Bronx hit-and-run
A 26-year-old Bronx FedEx worker was killed by a hit-and-run driver early Saturday as he biked to his girlfriend’s house during a brief break between shifts. Giovanni Nin, known as...
Trump on Florida gay club mass shooting: I was right
WASHINGTON -- In the wake of the mass shooting in Orlando, Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday to say he was "right" about warning about the danger of radical Islamic...
Off-duty MTA cop nabs man after alleged hit-and-run
A New Jersey driver was nabbed by an off-duty MTA police officer after fatally mowing down a woman on a bicycle in Tribeca on Saturday night and then speeding off,...
Mets manager Terry Collins hospitalized
MILWAUKEE -- Terry Collins was taken to a local hospital Sunday for tests, after feeling ill during pregame at Miller Park. Bench coach Dick Scott was set to step in...
Powerful explosion rocks Lebanon's capital
BEIRUT — A powerful bomb in Beirut destroyed several cars, severely damaged one of Lebanon's biggest banks and wounded one person on Sunday. The state-run National News Agency said the...
Customer didn't notice bank robbery was happening right in front of him
At the Bronx Citibank branch leading the city in heists this year, robbery is so routine that sometimes customers don’t notice. Don Jenkins was fiddling with his mobile phone on...
Man dies in crash with SUV
A 20-year-old man was killed when an SUV rammed into his car in Brooklyn late Friday, cops said. A 2016 black Ford Explorer SUV was speeding as it headed north...
Man shot after argument on Brooklyn party boat
Victim Terrance Winston had been arguing with the other man on the Nautical Ninja party boat before the shooting, police sources said.
Florida nightclub shooter's ex-wife says he abused her
Suspected Florida gay-nightclub shooter Omar Mateen abused his wife during a brief marriage seven years ago, his former father-in-law said Sunday. Mateen met ex-wife Sitora Yusufiy online and they wed...
The costly fallacy of NYC's first micro-apartments
Renters have started moving into Manhattan's first legal micro units -- but while the apartments are teeny, their prices are super-sized. Apartments under 400 square feet are still illegal in...
Disgusted NFLer fumes at homophobes after Orlando massacre
The horrific mass shooting in Orlando that left 50 people dead at a gay nightclub rippled through every community Sunday, when a shocked world volleyed between disbelief and anger and...
Helmet saves cop from bullet to head during nightclub massacre
A Florida officer’s life was spared in the largest mass shooting in US history this weekend and it was all because he was wearing a helmet. The Orlando police department...
NCAA football recruit paralyzed on eve of HS graduation
Cal Poly football recruit Jake Javier was left paralyzed with a broken neck in a pool accident in Danville, California, the Big Sky Conference university announced Saturday.
This New Yorker is alive because of his butchering skills
At 88, Sam Solasz is still going strong and working 80 hours a week — thanks to butchering. Solasz, the owner of Master Purveyors in the South Bronx, says the...
Trump backer wants tougher screenings on Muslims after massacre
WASHINGTON -- Top Donald Trump surrogate Sen. Jeff Sessions on Sunday called for tougher screenings of Muslims coming into the United States in the wake of the mass shooting at...
Florida gay club mass shooter angry about two men kissing, dad says
The father of the shooter who killed 50 people at a gay nightclub in Florida said his son became enraged recently when he saw two men kissing -- and that...
Gunman pledged allegiance to ISIS before Florida gay club massacre
The shooter who killed at least 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando has been identified as Omar Mateen, law enforcement sources told The Post. Mateen was a U.S....
Adorable dog on death row because his picture went viral
A Detroit dog is on death row — all because his adorable smile went viral. Musician Dan Tillery adopted 2-year-old Diggy last week and snapped a photo announcing the adoption....
There's one thing dividing New Yorkers: Bill de Blasio
Here’s the Bill de Blasio arithmetic for New York City: 2-1+1=2. The story of New York is “A Tale of Two Cities,” he said in his 2013 mayoral campaign. No,...
Woman killed after gunman opens fire on group in The Bronx
A 29-year-old woman was fatally shot when a gunman fired at a group of people she was hanging out with on the grounds of a Bronx housing project Saturday night...
Obama's final days show his true socialist agenda
In its waning days, the Obama presidency is baring its socialist fangs. Over the past several weeks, the regime has bullied schools into unisexing their bathrooms, pardoned violent criminals and...
Thieves busted after trying to flee past NYPD headquarters
Two Manhattan crooks forgot the first rule of thievery: plan a proper escape route. Two shoplifters who ripped off a Modell’s Sporting Goods in lower Manhattan thought they were making...
The Banker Suicides
Following the Great Recession of 2008, and the world economy crashing, came a spate of regulation and scrutiny brought by federal regulators and the government on US and global financial...
Inside 'Thelma & Louise' twins' deadly journey from yogis to outlaws
When sisters Alison and Ann Dadow wrote their bio for a potential yoga-focused reality TV show in 2013, no one could have guessed how prescient their words would be. “No...
The Banker Suicides: "He hung himself with the dog's leash"
William S. Broeksmit committed suicide by hanging on Jan. 26, 2014. He was found dead at his London home, near documents related to The Deutsche Bank Trust Company of America, the...
Newly leaked video casts doubt on banker's 'suicide'
The mysterious death of David Rossi, the head of communications for Italy's oldest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, was initially ruled a suicide. His death came in March 2013 at...
'Good Wife' creators debut a crazy new series this week
BrainDead Monday, 10 p.m., CBS Robert and Michelle King, co-creators of “The Good Wife,” have a new summer series on CBS that satirically combines politics and science fiction. In “BrainDead,”...
Why are so many bankers committing suicide?
Three bankers in New York, London and Siena, Italy, died within 17 months of each other in 2013-14 in what authorities deemed a series of unrelated suicides.
Professor who donates sperm in city bathrooms has sired 22 kids
On a busy night last week at the Target on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, Ari Nagel, 40, emerged from the men’s bathroom looking a little flushed and quite pleased with...
Teen dies after sand tunnel he was building collapses
An Oklahoma teenager has died two days after a sand tunnel he was digging collapsed on him, according to a new report Saturday. Travor Brown, 17, was visiting Florida with...
50 killed in Florida gay club massacre, deadliest mass shooting in US history
A homophobic ISIS sympathizer killed at least 50 people and wounded 53 others during a rampage at a gay nightclub in Florida early Sunday — marking the country’s deadliest mass...
New Yorkers slam attempt to keep Sunday brunch dry
Mimo-sa to upstate killjoy: Shut up and drink up! That’s the word from Gotham residents to Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, who is trying to put a cork in a bill that...
Woman files lawsuit after discovering hubby is 'scammer'
She married for love — and had no idea he married for money. A Canadian says in Manhattan Supreme Court papers she’s still trying to recoup the $41,000 she laid...
Man hurt in terror bombing calls legal reps 'worse than Hamas'
Gregg Salzman was having lunch in Jerusalem when the suicide bomber detonated himself — blasting shrapnel into his body and forcing him into a 19-year personal and legal struggle unlikely...
Stanford assault victim's family speaks: 'My heart's been broken'
Heartbroken, angry, guilty and sad is how the younger sister of the woman sexually assaulted by former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner described herself in the aftermath of the January...
Didi Gregorius on Yankees doubters, going hat-less and drawing teammates
Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius fields some questions from Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: One of your tweets over the years: “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say...
MLB's best already scavenging Yankees for bullpen's monsters
With MLB’s First-Year Player Draft completed, the trade market will gather some momentum — and the Cubs created a buzz this week. Scout Jason Parks was at Yankee Stadium, and...
Lomachenko pounds his way to title: 'Couldn't see his hands'
Someone once said Vasyl Lomachenko wasn’t much of a puncher. It’s time to rethink that. The Ukrainian captured his second world title in just his seventh professional fight, knocking out...
The Yankees have a $155M No. 3 starter who just can't adjust
The Yankees have a nice little pitcher in Masahiro Tanaka, maybe a No. 3 starter. But an ace? Please. Aces adjust. And pitching on four days’ rest does not get the...
Hondo wins again!
Hot Hondo ran his winning streak to four Saturday night when the Cardinals cruised in Pittsburgh to increase his haul to a somewhat beefy 561 brohamers. Sunday: Mr. Aitch will...
'We couldn’t do anything': Yankees baffled by Justin Verlander
The Yankees’ offensive renaissance hit a speed bump named Justin Verlander on Saturday night. The Yankees entered the night averaging 5.8 runs over the last eight games, but they hadn’t...
How 'Hamilton' Tony wins will actually help Broadway losers
At Sunday’s Tony Awards there is opportunity in losing. With Broadway set to crown “Hamilton” the greatest show in the history of mankind, the also-rans are scrambling to make the...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Authorities believe a man placed skimming devices on several ATMs in one borough, then used the victims’ stolen personal information to make withdrawals in another. The bank-card readers...