July 2, 2016
Travis d'Arnaud's bat is blasting out of 8th spot
Travis d’Arnaud shouldn’t get too comfortable batting eighth. If this pace continues, he is going to be find himself hitting in the middle of the order soon. “We’re hoping to...
Eager Porzingis daydreaming about Derrick Rose connection
ORLANDO, Fla. — Kristaps Porzingis was slated to be part of the Joakim Noah dinner Friday night. But Porzingis hit major travel trouble — stuck for eight hours on a...
Collins' proof that Syndergaard's problem isn't bone spur
It isn’t his elbow. That’s been the company line when it comes to Noah Syndergaard’s recent struggles. Despite two lackluster outings sandwiched around an MRI exam given after he felt...
Evaluating new-look Isles: More pressure on Tavares -- and GM
Now that the free agent frenzy has settled down — and a frenzy it was at the opening of the market Friday at noon — it all begs the question:...
This 'Holocaust hustler' makes a living off of Nazi-stolen art
Speak to enough people in the art world, and you get the impression that if James Palmer were a still-life painting, he’d be a lightning rod. The founder of Mondex...
Mets on brink of sweep as Colon stunningly upstages Arrieta
All it took for the Mets to get healthy again was a visit from the National League’s best team. Bartolo Colon out-pitched Jake Arrieta on Saturday night as the Mets...
Dear John: Health-care policy hikes a pain
Dear John: My wife and I are seniors — I’m 81 and she’s 76 — and our premium on a long-term care policy was increased from $6,538 to $10,068 by...
'Wanted to be Tiger': How golf prodigy became Yankee, to dad's dismay
This is a story about golf. It also is a story about baseball. It, too, is a story about family, and a stubborn perseverance that led a young man to...
Loretta Lynch falls under the Clintons' corrupting influence
She can’t help herself. Even yesterday, with the political world fixated on her meeting with FBI agents, Hillary Clinton had her flack mislead the public. A spokesman said she gave...
Meet Mets' SS of the future, who's leaving Jose Reyes slack-jawed
ALTOONA, Pa. — Here’s what you need to know about Amed Rosario, the Mets shortstop of the near future. -- “He’s got lightning hands,’’ second baseman L.J. Mazzilli told The...
Wacky factoid connects Brexit fallout to Dow's worst day
If you’re the kind of “Beautiful Mind” numbers person who tends to see patterns in the world, then you’ll love this observation sent to us by our friend, “symbology consultant”...
Jerry Jones' Cowboys are crumbling off the field -- and may on it
NFL training camps open at the end of this month, and that will no doubt come as a relief to the Cowboys. The offseason has been anything but kind to...
Condé Nast's Dawn Ostroff introduces virtual reality entertainment
On the Money caught up with Condé Nast Entertainment President Dawn Ostroff at the Cannes Lions festival to discuss the company’s mobile entertainment destination, The Scene, and a virtual reality...
Hillary's latest shower of email shoes
Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s tarmac tête-à-tête with Bill Clinton got the attention late last week, tainting as it might any Justice Department findings in the Hillary Clinton probes. But don’t...
The Iran deal at one year: Reality vs. the promises
To mark the first anniversary of President Obama’s deal with Iran, the folks at the Foreign Policy Initiative have just published a comprehensive compilation of promises vs. results. It’s a...
Retailers are closing faster than you think
Retail store closings are at their highest level since 2010 — and the hemorrhaging has only just begun. Just last week, The Post reported that Japanese fast-fashion darling Uniqlo had...
Knicks complete starting 5 with Courtney Lee -- thanks to Noah
ORLANDO, Fla. — So much for Dwyane Wade. Phil Jackson has found his shooting guard — and nailed down his starting five — in landing 30-year-old veteran Courtney Lee. He...
No one knows where Shari Redstone actually lives
State Judge George Phelan, who is overseeing the Sumner Redstone mental competence hearing that began last week, is trying to figure out whether the case should stay in Massachusetts or...
Joe Maddon on busting MLB's 'book', Phil Jackson and 'Trying not to suck'
Cubs manager Joe Maddon took a timeout for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Who are coaches in other sports you admire? A: I like Coach [Bruce] Arians...
How Joakim Noah's pull-up challenge to Phil swayed Knicks
ORLANDO, Fla. — With skeptics wondering if Knicks president Phil Jackson is buying damaged goods in signing Joakim Noah as his starting center, the Zen Master said he has no...
Soho beauty salon's owner looks to expand worldwide
A new New York salon has international ambitions to replicate its Soho flagship in more than 300 salons in 30 cities, including Hong Kong, Tokyo and Toronto, in the next...
Critics question government's plans to screen foreigner's social media accounts
Getting into the United States as a foreigner will soon mean not just declaring fruits and vegetables, but answering questions about your social media monikers as well. On Thursday, the...
JetBlue’s boss worried about next US president
JetBlue’s Joel Peterson is going ballistic. The chairman of the nation’s fifth-largest airline has some thoughts on the nation’s huge crisis of trust in its politicians and institutions. And for...
Meet the electric bike Derrick Rose is riding this summer
The hot new electric bike retailer that’s backed by rapper Ray J is about to ink a deal for a pop-up store in Southampton this summer and on Saturday opened...
Nets fashion new mold with possible sleeper Trevor Booker
This new Nets regime kicked off its first free agency period well by avoiding the mistakes of the past. First, they landed point guard Jeremy Lin, on a deal league...
MVPs? Anti-MVPs? MLB awards for homer-filled 1st half
A half-season of games have been played and — envelope, please — the winner is offense. More specifically, the home run. It is back, bigger and better than pretty much...
The US could learn a thing or two from Britain
America is supposed to be the cradle of capitalism, born on the Fourth of July. And yet America’s largest employers have been under attack from left-leaning politicians and the administration....
In My Library: Emily Giffin
John Grisham is hardly the only one to quit law for literature: Emily Giffin says she was “miserable” as a corporate lawyer and quit after paying off her student loans....
Trump blasted for ‘anti-semitic’ Clinton tweet
Donald Trump sparked a social media explosion Saturday when he tweeted an anti-Hillary Clinton graphic that used a red six-pointed star to tag his likely Democratic opponent as the “Most...
Celtics steal Al Horford after using Tom Brady as Durant ploy
Phil Jackson has 11 rings to put on the table to entice free agents. The Celtics? They've got four Super Bowl titles.
Wake scheduled for slain pizzeria owner
A wake is scheduled Sunday for Louis Barbati, the co-owner of the L&B Spumoni Gardens pizzeria who was gunned down outside his Dyker Heights home. Visitation will take place from...
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, dies at 87
Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor, author and Nobel Peace Prize winner who documented life inside concentration camps and later became an outspoken activist against genocide, died at his Manhattan apartment...
This dog walked 111 miles trying to find his way home
Fielding Marshall’s baby daughter died on the operating table in 1991 during a procedure to repair her heart. His girlfriend responded to the tragedy by packing up her possessions and...
Champion hot dog eater gets her buns ready to defend title
You have to get your buns in shape if you’re a champion hot dog eater — and Miki Sudo has her preparations down to a science. “This is something I...
Avid cyclist killed in hit-and-run
An avid bike rider who started a 24-hour repair business for fellow cyclists was killed while riding through East Williamsburg early Saturday morning. Matthew Von Ohlen, 35, was in a...
Arena Football League wants Johnny Manziel
The Arena Football League is making overtures to troubled quarterback Johnny Manziel — and it could be the perfect career move since the league has no formal drug policy. “[Manziel]...
Clinton interviewed by FBI about private email server
Federal agents grilled Hillary Clinton for 3¹/₂ hours Saturday morning over her use of a private e-mail server while she served as secretary of state. Clinton voluntarily met with investigators...
Why we're still obsessed with girls gone bad
There should be a German word for the perverse pleasure an audience feels when watching famous women behaving badly. (Maybe “starletfreude”?) Take, for example, the entire “Real Housewives” franchise, or...
Knicks’ stashed 2nd-rounder getting courted by Euro teams
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Knicks’ summer-league team began play at 3 p.m. at Amway Center on Saturday while their 2015 second-round pick, center Willy Hernangomez, was in camp the with...
Djokovic's Grand Slam streak ends in Wimbledon stunner
Novak Djokovic's 30-match Grand Slam winning streak is over after a stunning 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5) loss to 41st-ranked Sam Querrey in Wimbledon's third round. Djokovic had won...
Mom charged with murder in stabbing deaths of 4 young kids
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A mother killed four of her children by cutting their throats and sheriff's deputies found a large butcher knife with what appeared to be blood on it...
US college students among victims of terror attack in Bangladesh
An American woman was one of 20 hostages killed in Bangladesh by heavily armed militants who spared those who could recite verses from the Quran – but butchered those who...
How beer has shaped our bellies -- and America's soul
The Mayflower took off from England on Sept. 16, 1620, bound for the area that is now New York City, on the journey that would lead to the founding of...
I'm living like a college student at 44
Forget partitioned apartments, Craigslist roommates and Ikea furniture. Increasingly, New Yorkers are turning to slick, luxurious communal-living setups. In the dormlike buildings, adults well out of college share kitchens, living...
This community is the perfect model of free speech
On any given day on 10591, the official Facebook group for Sleepy Hollow and neighboring Tarrytown, dogs are lost and found, bake sales are held, traffic is bemoaned, coyotes are...
Columbia student rescued from Hudson River after going for swim in thunderstorm
A drug-addled and naked Columbia University student needed to be rescued from the Hudson River Friday night after taking an evening swim during a severe thunderstorm, police sources said. The...
Senior ISIS leaders killed in airstrike: pentagon
BAGHDAD -- The Pentagon says two senior Islamic State group commanders were killed in a U.S. airstrike in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on June 25. In a statement...
Reeking whale carcass on popular LA beach towed out to sea
Warning: Graphic images LOS ANGELES — The reeking carcass of a dead humpback whale was towed back out to sea some 24 hours after washing up at a popular Los...
Tesla driver killed in autopilot crash 'was watching Harry Potter'
WASHINGTON — The first American death involving a car in self-driving mode presents a dilemma: How aggressively to embrace the potentially life-saving technology after a fatal crash. The driver's history...
Obama backtracks on trade warning after Brexit vote
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is backtracking on his warning that Britain would go to the "back of the queue" for a U.S. trade deal, as he tries to contain...
This miracle surgery will melt your heart
Bentley Yoder was born with a rare condition in which his skull never fused shut. Despite a grim prognosis from his doctors, his parents never gave up hope, and it...
Nature doc 'The Hunt' is the anti-'Shark Week'
Plenty of nature documentaries include sequences of predation, that dramatic dance between hunter and prey, but according to the filmmakers of BBC America’s new series “The Hunt,” they’ve all been...
Hot dog ice cream is exactly what it sounds like
Your favorite new ice cream flavor could soon be hot dog. This weekend, DBGB and Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream are collaborating on a new beef-infused frozen treat that looks like...
This woman made art from a building hit by Hurricane Sandy
Painting the town red this weekend? Katharina Grosse beat you to it: She just turned a Hurricane Sandy-ravaged building in Fort Tilden, Queens, sunset rouge, making it look like a...
How the star of 'Hamilton' does NYC
Like the man he plays in “Hamilton,” Javier Muñoz has a mother who came from an island — in his case, Puerto Rico. “My grandmother divorced my grandfather and, on...
Rich New Yorkers didn't want to pay for the Statue of Liberty
Lady Liberty — a man? The iconic statue has been standing in New York Harbor as a symbol of American freedom since 1886. But it still holds a few secrets...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Police have arrested one of two men who allegedly killed a driver and wounded his passenger in Wakefield, authorities said. Jonathan Jay, 32, known on the street as...
State tax-break program has drained $50M, created few jobs
ALBANY — A tax-break program promoted by Gov. Cuomo to boost the state’s economy cost more than $50 million but produced just 408 jobs in its first two years, according...
Authorities find $15M worth of drugs during heroin ring bust
Authorities busted a massive heroin ring in the Bronx Thursday, arresting nine people and confiscating $15 million worth of drugs, officials said. Members of the state’s Drug Enforcement Task Force...
America sees first bike-share death
A woman riding one of Chicago’s “Divvy’’ bikes was killed in a crash Friday, the first person in the US to die in the history of modern bike-share systems. Virginia...
A-Rod at 3rd? Pinch-runner Tanaka? Doused rally ruins Yanks chaos
SAN DIEGO -- Alex Rodriguez was going to play third base. Masahiro Tanaka was a possibility to pinch run. And the Yankees were going to post a third straight stirring...
Juan Lagares has the injury-free green light that Granderson eyes
Juan Lagares’ return date is set — sort of. The Mets outfielder will report to Citi Field on Saturday and will either be activated before the game or prior to...
James Loney: The refreshing outlier in a Mets world of drama
Nothing in Mets Land comes simple, right? You’ve got the history. The ownership. The cross-bridge rivals. It adds up to drama galore. Now let’s meet the exception to the rule:...
Hondo in seventh heaven
White-hot Hondo extended his winning streak to seven Friday night when he connected with the Tigers and Rangers to send the profits skyrocketing to 2,576 wigginses. Saturday night: Mr. Aitch...
Knicks' big-time risks are worth it: They finally matter again
There is skepticism attached to this, of course, and it really has little to do with Joakim Noah, even if those 29 games he played last year are a red...
Bernie fans sue to block Cuomo from repping NY at convention
New York delegates for Bernie Sanders filed an emergency lawsuit Friday afternoon asking a judge to block Gov. Cuomo from representing the state at the Democratic National Convention — saying...
Teen berates cops after getting drunk while babysitting at beach
A teenage baby sitter got completely bombed during a beach outing on Long Island with four young kids in her care — and then went full potty-mouth on the cops...
Brandon Nimmo's legend grows in Mets' destruction of Cubs
There are smiles again in the Mets dugout — none wider than the one coming from Brandon Nimmo. When the rookie outfielder was called up from Triple-A Las Vegas a...