July 23, 2016
Mets' big September addition: a nearing Lucas Duda?
MIAMI — Before September, the Mets could get a much-needed offensive boost. Joining the Mets at Marlins Park Saturday to continue baseball activities, Lucas Duda said the stress fracture in...
Principal let kids pass with online classes without teachers: staff
In a rush to boost his graduation rate, the principal of Hillcrest HS gave 172 students credits for online courses that had no teachers, whistleblowers charge. Principal David Morrison listed...
Mark Teixeira is just happy the Yankees let him play at this point
Mark Teixeira has fallen so far, a steep drop in the batting order didn’t faze him. In fact, he was thrilled merely to be starting Saturday against the Giants and...
Mike Piazza does his best Bon Jovi on way to Hall of Fame
COOPERSTOWN — When you join this club, they ask you to sing. That’s a National Baseball Hall of Fame rite of passage. “They told me I had to sing the...
Nursing home boss tried to exchange favors for sex: suit
The bumbling boss of a Queens nursing home turned his office into a boudoir — the better to grope female workers, one woman charges. When nurse Wendy Wynter asked Aron...
City's public schools join fight against 'white power'
On the last day of school, Principal Darlene Cameron of Star Academy-PS 63 in the East Village gave her small faculty a chart defining racist and non-racist institutions and asked...
Munich gunman apparently targeted young foreigners
Munich gunman Ali David Sonboly’s nine victims were mostly young, male and not German, adding to speculation the child of Iranian asylum-seekers targeted young foreigners. Six of the dead were...
This 70-year-old woman is Team USA's secret weapon
When the XXXI Olympic Games kick off Aug. 5 in Rio de Janeiro, the stands will be filled with proud parents cheering on their elite athlete offspring. But Sherry Von...
Disgraced ex-congressman's campaign failed to pay taxes
Former Congressman Vito Fossella can add tax cheat to his rap sheet.
A look back at the top 4 trade pickups in Mets history
Mike Piazza strolls into Cooperstown on Sunday, and when he does, he officially will join the ranks of forever. That’s a humbling moment. And when you consider how few Mets...
'Yeah, we don't like them': Red Bulls-NYCFC hate is for real
The disdain is real. And six games in, the Hudson River Derby is finally a rivalry. The Red Bulls won the first four meetings with New York City FC, capped...
Obama recruits Warren to help slam Republicans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5DSQDehhZw President Obama trotted out Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren Saturday to help him slam Republicans and argue for stronger banking regulations eight years after the financial industry nearly collapsed. Obama...
5 Jets to watch at training camp: Geno Smith's big shot
Here are five Jets to watch when training camp begins Wednesday: Geno Smith Smith has a great chance, with Ryan Fitzpatrick unsigned, to prove to the coaches and front office he...
Hondo’s Native advertising
Hondo’s latest winning streak came to a halt at five Saturday night when the Mets flopped in Miami to trim the earnings to 2,747 fellers. Sunday: Mr. Aitch will give...
Exec files suit against movers for 'destroying' antique carpets
A video gaming exec claims his movers pulled the rug out from under him by ruining antique carpets. While most of the 160 items Oz Moving & Storage brought to...
All-Star move just first step in NBA's reign of toilet terror
The NBA isn’t fooling around. It means business. Monday morning it will announce the 2016-17 season will not begin until all 30 of its arenas are renovated to include bathroom...
Selling is nearly Yankees' reality as they get final Chapman offers
The more things stay the same, the more they’re going to have to change. To their credit, the Yankees have generated some positive chatter, some industry notice, during this season-defining...
Dear John: How Bill Ackman’s Herbalife plan works
Dear John : I have been following investor Bill Ackman’s short position on Herbalife for some time now. Recently, the Federal Trade Commission settled a probe into Herbalife without finding...
Jacob deGrom gets lit up as hyped duel is alarming Mets dud
MIAMI — Jacob deGrom and Jose Fernandez met Saturday night in a matchup expected to outshine almost any in the sport, the stakes raised with the outcome potentially swapping the...
Tired kids are more likely to be depressed later in life: study
If you want to raise happy kids, don’t let them stay up past their bedtimes. A new study from the University of Houston shows that children who don’t get enough...
Phil Mickelson's 1st-person look: How I won 2005 PGA at Baltusrol
Phil Mickelson gives Post readers an exclusive inside look at his 2005 PGA Championship win Baltusrol. As told to Mark Cannizzaro. When I look back on my PGA Championship win...
Hillary risks being upstaged by rivals at her own convention
Now that Donald Trump has nailed his manifesto to the door and defined the election in stark and certain terms, Hillary Clinton gets her chance. But unless she suddenly finds...
Taking out a reverse mortgage ruined my life
When Frederick Feil took out a reverse mortgage on his Howard Beach home, he thought he was ensuring a comfortable future — not putting himself at risk of becoming homeless....
When all-time greatest swimmer showed he's an all-time teammate
It is the perfect irony, really: Swimming is the most individual of sports, and by its very nature the most selfish of sports. You against the clock. You against the...
PGA Championship guide: Where to watch, eat and park at Baltusrol
The places to be 2016 PGA Championship director Ryan Cannon provides his insight on the best locations to watch all the action at Baltusrol. Best place to hear a really...
New Yorkers are losing their jobs over Pokémon GO
When Luis Disla, product manager and app architect at Appetizer Mobile, hears a colleague excitedly screech, “I see Charmeleon!” he hardly bats an eye. “If a Pokémon appears on your...
Would one person support this Isles' arena pipe dream?
Show me the money. Show me the money that is going to the construction of a single-team sports arena at either Willets Point or Belmont Park — or Utopia, for...
Mutual funds rise after Brexit's fake scare
Last week we wrote about how the Fed’s foolish faux fear tactics scared many mom-and-pop investors out of the market due to its own lack of understanding of Brexit. This...
Yankees' bullpen studs give way to heartache in 12-inning crusher
Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman showed once again how valuable they can be to a team Saturday. But the Yankees also showed — again — why the trio...
Is Raf Simons too expensive for Calvin Klein?
Is Raf Simons too rich for Calvin Klein? As the fashion world awaits his arrival there — where it’s assumed he’ll soon be appointed creative director and pull in $18...
Did de Blasio learn his funny-money games at the Clinton's knees?
When it comes to sleazy fund-raising, Mayor de Blasio plainly learned plenty from the Clintons. In May, the mayor spent nearly a whole work-week (38 hours) hitting up donors for...
Democrats' empty bench left Tim Kaine as Hillary's only real choice
Don’t let the unsurprising media praise for Hillary Clinton’s tapping of Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia fool you: She really had no other decent choice. The Obama years have been...
Jeffrey Katzenberg snatches office space on Sunset Blvd
What’s Jeffrey Katzenberg going to do with that $400 million he got from the Comcast deal? The DreamWorks Animation CEO, who’ll be handing over the reins soon, just leased office...
Chris Sale throws jersey-cutting fit in absurd protest
Sale on shirts: Everything must go. At least that’s how Chris Sale felt after he walked into the White Sox clubhouse and saw throwback jerseys hanging in each players’ locker....
Piazza less assured than Griffey on Ortiz's Hall of Fame case
COOPERSTOWN — Make room for Papi. Ken Griffey Jr. threw his weight behind David Ortiz to join him in the National Baseball Hall of Fame someday. Griffey and Mike Piazza...
Sonja Morgan uses this service to plan her parties
An online concierge service, myEZBZ, is catching fire with some stars of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of New York.” When RHONY star Sonja Morgan needed to plan a party, she turned...
WNBA protests win: League backs away from fines
The WNBA has withdrawn its fines for teams that showed support of citizens and police involved in recent shootings by wearing black warmup shirts before games. WNBA President Lisa Borders...
AFC East breakdown: Is Deflategate Patriots' downfall?
The Post’s guide to the 2016-17 AFC East the Jets will face this season. Buffalo Bills Coach: Rex Ryan (second season) Biggest newcomers: Ryan was more interested in keeping talent...
Most on-demand services are failing to attract subscribers
Netflix, Dish and AT&T all came out with subscriber numbers that fell flat last week. Netflix shares took a hit after adding just 160,000 new domestic subs in the second...
NFC East breakdown: Everything to know of Giants' competition
The Post's guide to the 2016-17 NFC East the Giants will face this season. Dallas Cowboys Coach: Jason Garrett (seventh season) Biggest newcomers: Jerry Jones was conspicuously quiet in terms of...
NYC's fastest subway rider beats his own all-stations speed record
Matthew Ahn wasn’t about to let a new subway stop strip him of his title: New York City’s swiftest straphanger. The 25-year-old lawyer set the Guinness World Record last year...
Jeremy Lin opens up: On Knicks heartbreak, racism and Fitzpatrick
New Brooklyn Net, and former Knick, Jeremy Lin took a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: When you knew your Knicks days were ending, how sad...
In My Library: Tony Danza
It took a near-fatal accident to turn Tony Danza into a song-and-dance man. “I was always singing when I was a kid, some doo-wop stuff, but it was closet, mostly,”...
The claim that the Saudis are innocent for 9/11 is total bull
Saudi Arabia and an army of K Street lobbyists are now claiming that several Saudi government suspects named in the newly released “28 pages” have all been “exonerated” from 9/11...
MLB's 6 most hell-bent buyers and the stars (Chris Sale?) to pry
We’re discussing motivated buyers, and in doing so, we would be remiss if we didn’t start with last year’s Blue Jays. Now that was a seriously motivated buyer. They teetered...
Wearing a suit with no socks is an embarrassment
The first time I saw somebody wearing ridiculously short suit-pants and fancy shoes with no socks was way back in spring 2013, outside my younger daughter’s elementary school in Park...
Turkey seizes schools, charities in post-coup crackdown
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan tightened his grip on his country Saturday in the wake of the failed military coup -- seizing more than 2,250 social, educational and health-care institutions he...
Diamondbacks didn't learn from last year's biggest bust
For the second straight season, baseball’s most surprisingly aggressive offseason team has turned into the game’s most disappointing club. If you liked the 2015 Padres, you will love the 2016...
Why no-makeup selfies are not brave
Autumn Whitefield-Madrano spent more than a decade writing about beauty for women’s magazines, interviewing hundreds of women about their relationships with their looks. Now she’s spilling everything she knows in...
Le'Veon Bell's apparent drug-test solution didn't work out well
Le'Veon Bell is reportedly facing a four-game suspension for missing a required drug test, and while the Pittsburgh Steelers running back denied missing any drug tests last month, NFL Network's...
The parents who didn't sue Disney taught America a powerful lesson
Remember the Serenity Prayer? “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.” Maybe...
Jon Jones' family looks worse and worse every day
For your health and others', don't keep up with the Joneses. Brothers Jon Jones, Arthur Jones and Chandler Jones have had a miserable 2016, mixing in suspensions with arrests, becoming more...
Kaine fires back at Trump in debut as VP candidate
Donald Trump took aim at Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine Saturday — stirring up Bernie Sanders supporters against Hillary Clinton’s newly picked running mate. Trump’s barbs came hours before Clinton formally...
Floods kill at least 154 across China, leave scores missing
BEIJING — Torrential rains that have swept through China have killed at least 154 people and left 124 missing, officials said Saturday, with most of the casualties reported from a...
Why men are coming to blows over this Victoria's Secret model
Sometimes, it seems Shanina Shaik’s life is straight out of “Zoolander.” Take the over-the-top scene two months ago when male model Tyson Beckford hopped on his Ducati and chased celebrity...
Football player rescues unconscious woman from bar 'rapist'
https://twitter.com/TSJ_Sports/status/756610142121168897 The biggest block of Cristian Garcia's life came in the early hours of Thursday morning. The University of Florida linebacker stepped in to stop a rape that was happening behind the...
Mom of 3 keeps promise, adopts 6 kids after her friend dies
ALTON, Va. — A Virginia mother of three has made good on a high school friend's dying wish by adopting her six children. Stephanie Culley tells ABC News that Beth...
It just got easier for religious women to work out
When Nihal Al Qawasmi heard her local Lucille Roberts gym was closing, the 21-year-old Muslim woman was crestfallen. The all-female space was a safe haven for the Yonkers resident, who...
What it's really like growing up in the mafia
Frank DiMatteo witnessed his first mob murder at the age of 5. It took place on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Union Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn, 20 feet...
How JFK's favorite sister lit up her family before losing her life at 28
What can you say about a girl who was born rich, rebelled against her family and died at 28? If that girl was a Kennedy — JFK’s favorite sister, no...
Say goodbye to the traditional wedding dress
Shannon Casey considered wearing white on her wedding day — until she started researching the tradition. “It seems like the reason we wear white is because one of the queens...
More Americans supporting stricter gun laws
Americans increasingly favor tougher gun laws by margins that have grown wider after a steady drumbeat of shootings in recent months, but they also are pessimistic that change will happen...
Suspects crash into police car after fleeing homicide scene
Three suspects in the killing of a 24-year-old Bronx man were caught when their getaway car crashed into a police cruiser just a block from the crime scene, authorities said....
Man charged with murder in roommate stabbing
A Brooklyn man lost his final deal when his roommate fatally plunged a knife into his heart during the weekly poker game the victim played with family and friends, authorities...
Munich killer went on shooting rampage as revenge for being bullied
https://twitter.com/InterGarfield/status/756563899416244224 The teen killer who gunned down nine people in a Munich rampage Friday did so as revenge for years of bullying, he appears to admit in a chilling caught-on-camera...
Charles Barkley ironically rips into 'too famous' Odell Beckham
If there was ever a case in which “Consider the source’’ was appropriate, it might be attached to this latest missive from Charles Barkley: He believes Odell Beckham Jr. is becoming...
At least 80 dead after ISIS-backed suicide bombings in Afghanistan
ISIS claimed responsibility Saturday for two suicide bombings that ripped through Kabul, killing at least 80 people and wounding hundreds during a protest by Shia minorities in the Afghan capital....
The CIA tried mind control to create the perfect assassin
Next Friday, Matt Damon returns for a fourth outing in the film “Jason Bourne,” as the superspy continues to investigate his fuzzy past and piece together all the terrible things...
Teen who opened fire on Munich mall was 'obsessed' with shootings
The 18-year-old gunman who killed nine people and wounded more than two dozen others in a Munich shooting spree before turning the gun on himself had been obsessed with mass...
'Game of Thrones' stars tight-lipped on upcoming season
SAN DIEGO — Jon Snow isn't dead, but he is missing — at least from Comic-Con. The cast of "Game of Thrones" gathered Friday at the annual fan convention, minus...
3 Americans charged with trying to join ISIS
MIAMI — Authorities say three Florida men planned to travel to Syria and become fighters for the Islamic State. Federal prosecutors said in a news release Friday that 52-year-old Gregory...
Paramedics accused of taking selfies with unconscious patients
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — Authorities say two paramedics engaged in a "selfie war" by taking pictures with incapacitated patients. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office says in a news release...
'Looking' creator says audience expectations hindered gay drama
The gay-centric HBO drama “Looking” never had many eyeballs, well, looking at it — averaging only 240,000 viewers in its second and final season before the ax dropped in March...
Guess where you can find amazing man-made hills in NYC?
Head for the Hills! You’ll find plenty of them at Governors Island, the 172-acre oasis off the southern tip of Manhattan, part of which just became a thrilling new playground....
Alex Rodriguez meets with Hal Steinbrenner as slump worsens
With Yankees brass trying to decide whether to keep their roster intact or shed some assets before the trade deadline, team owner Hal Steinbrenner was at The Stadium for Friday’s...
Soul singer Sharon Jones shares Coney Island memories
They make ’em tough in Brooklyn. Soul singer Sharon Jones grew up in Bed-Stuy during the ’60s and ’70s dreaming of being a star, only to be dismissed for her...
70-year-old woman among 12 busted in Staten Island drug ring
Twelve people, including a 70-year-old woman, have been busted as part of a Staten Island drug ring linked to at least two overdose deaths, officials said. The operation snagged six...
Man suspected of stabbing roommate to death in Brooklyn
A man is suspected of stabbing his roommate to death in Brooklyn on Friday, police said. Cops say the two began fighting just after 7 p.m. at a barbecue at...
Masahiro Tanaka finds his fight in gutsy performance
In the first, fifth and sixth innings Friday night, Yankees righty starter Masahiro Tanaka was downright perfect against the Giants: nine batters up, nine batters down. In the second through...
Hondo de-lighted
Hondo cashed Friday night with the Tigers and Cards, who worked long and hard to dispose of the Dodgers and increase the earnings to 2,847 zacharys. Saturday night: Mr. Aitch...
Zack Wheeler in battle against clock of Mets' playoff hopes
MIAMI — Zack Wheeler threw 30 pitches during a bullpen session Friday at Marlins Park, but the right-hander remains unsure when he will be able to make his first rehab...
Don't believe the calendar, the Yankees are running out of time
The schedule is a lie. Because while there are 66 games remaining in the season, the truth is that there are only eight until the Aug. 1 non-waiver trade deadline....
Brooklyn judge tosses $2 million lawsuit filed by 'Booty Grabber'
A $2 million lawsuit filed by a Queens man who was dubbed “Carlos the Booty Grabber” was tossed out Friday by a Brooklyn judge who didn’t buy his claims that...
Didi Gregorius goes back to his roots for help with swing
When Didi Gregorius was traded to the Yankees, former Yank and current Giants hitting coach Hensley Meulens gave the young shortstop some advice. Keep working, keep your head in and...
This awesome rooftop vineyard is atop the Brooklyn Navy Yard
You're more likely to grab a cocktail than board a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The old shipyard, at Wallabout Bay and the East River and next to the...
Jail guard's union boss blasts plan to move teens off Rikers
The head of the city’s correction officers union says the $300 million plan to move teenage inmates off Rikers Island is seriously flawed. Elias Husamudeen, president of the Correction Officers’...
Judge reverses decision to grant Manson disciple parole
California Gov. Jerry Brown Friday reversed a Parole Board decision to set free a former disciple of infamous cult leader Charles Manson. Leslie Van Houten, 66, was recommended for parole...
Mets get dream matchup with deGrom against Fernandez
MIAMI — When the Mets have needed a win during the past two seasons, a stopper almost always was scheduled to take the mound. With so many talented arms in...
Ivanka Trump markets her fashion label with RNC dresses
Her speech was a success — and so was her dress. Ivanka Trump wore a simple blush-pink shift dress when she gave a rousing address on behalf of her businessman father,...
Mets won't be able to work trade deadline magic this season
MIAMI — Another Yoenis Cespedes probably is not walking through the door between now and Aug. 1, so the players you saw on the field and in the dugout Friday...
Cabby who drove off after robbing drunk rider loses license
A cabby who stole a drunk passenger’s cellphone and credit card and then injured her as he was speeding away has been taken off the road. The Taxi and Limousine...
Carmelo Anthony likes leading Team USA minus Knicks burden
LAS VEGAS — When the US Olympic Team gathered Sunday night for its first meeting, Carmelo Anthony was asked to give a little speech. The Olympic coaching staff believes Anthony’s...
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The Bronx A deranged, ranting woman invoking the Black Lives Matter movement went on a tantrum in a Pelham Bay pet store, causing $500 in damage and killing several fish,...