July 29, 2016
Where to drink wine and get the best views in NYC
One of summer’s greatest pleasures is drinking on or near a body of water, and now there’s a new place to do just that. City Vineyard, a massive wine bar...
Yes, it's possible to make healthy s'mores
It's prime time now for campfires on the beach and, of course, s’mores. And while we can’t get enough of the roasted marshmallow sandwich, it’s typically full of artificial ingredients....
Invent your own wild flavors at this new ice cream shop
It’s a bit of a schlep up the stairs to the new space-age-inspired Upper East Side ice-cream parlor CoolMess, but its intriguing neon sign — “Cool Is the New Hot”...
New Yorkers can't get enough of flower than smells like rotting corpse
As if New York wasn’t stinky enough, the New York Botanical Garden has debuted a plant that smells of rotting flesh — and visitors can’t seem to get enough of...
Mobster admits to threatening to beat elderly man over unpaid loan
A Long Island mob goon pleaded guilty Friday to threatening to beat up a 71-year-old man over an unpaid loan at the behest of a Luchese family captain. Michael Capra,...
Cloud-computing startup's IPO another big win for tech stocks
A sluggish year for tech initial public offerings is warming up. Talend — a cloud-computing startup with offices in France and California — saw its shares surge 42 percent, to...
Charter school kids outpace public schoolers on state tests
Charter-school student gains on the 2016 state math and English exams markedly outpaced their public-school counterparts, according to state Department of Education figures released Friday. For grades 3 to 8,...
Terry Collins has heart-to-heart with Mets after third straight loss
Terry Collins addressed his team after another loss Friday night, this one a 6-1 defeat to the Rockies. Now that the Mets have dropped three in a row and four...
Hundreds of fans paid $100 for non-existent Trey Songz concert
Hundreds of Trey Songz fans have shelled out up to $100 a pop to see the rapper perform at Resorts World Casino in Queens Saturday. There’s just one problem: there...
Minority investor in profitable eatery files Chapter 11
Philippe Chow's popular Upper East Side eatery turns out tasty dishes and plenty of profits - but that didn't keep one minority investor from running into financial trouble. Dave 60...
Officers blame de Blasio's Rikers reforms for increase in violence
Recent violence against Rikers Island guards can be blamed on reforms being pushed by Department of Correction head Joe Ponte and Mayor de Blasio, the officers’ union charged on Friday....
Ivan Nova completely loses his cool in frustrating Yankees loss
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — No longer is every game a referendum on the Yankees’ season. These days, each inning decides if they will mount a charge from off the pace...
NYC tourist duped into buying $1M worth of fake jewelry
A tourist visiting New York from Hong Kong was duped into buying fake ruby-encrusted jewelry for nearly $1 million from a Diamond District dealer, according to a new lawsuit. Eva...
Skybridge Capital launches London expansion despite Brexit
Anthony Scaramucci’s Skybridge Capital is expanding to the UK even as the fund-of-hedge-funds firm faces headwinds in the US. Skybridge, which is based in New York, said Friday it has...
These prospects soon could be lighting up your fantasy team
No matter how good a player is, sometimes it is impossible to live up to the hype. Joey Gallo has been among the most-hyped prospects several years but has struggled...
KKR's bankrupt former fracking outfit attracts bidders
One of Henry Kravis’ big, bad energy bets is looking even worse. Suitors for bankrupt Samson Resources are seeking to pick up pieces at a steep discount to the $7.2...
Amar'e Stoudemire retired with Knicks because first pick said no
Amar’e Stoudemire loves New York, just not as much as Phoenix. Stoudemire signed a one-day contract Tuesday so he could retire as a Knick, but what the 33-year-old truly wanted...
Activist investor mad at iHeart's debt maneuvering
Radio giant iHeartMedia’s latest debt maneuver is fanning the flames of a dispute with activist investor Mario Gabelli. iHeart, led by Chief Executive Bob Pittman, owns 90 percent of publicly...
Behind the Sesame Street evictions
Generations of “Sesame Street” fans are irked that the Children’s Television Workshop is retiring Bob, Luis and Gordon. You’d think City Hall had just sited a methodone clinic on the...
Why didn't the Democrats even mention the Clinton Foundation?
In all the Democratic convention speeches seeking to “humanize” Hillary Clinton, something went curiously missing: her work with the family charity. You’d think Hillary, Bill and Chelsea would want to...
As the US economy slows even more, Hillary has no answers
Just hours after Hillary Clinton promised to give the nation more Obamanomics if she wins the White House, the Commerce Department reported that the US economy grew at just a...
Cops stage fake traffic stop to help man's marriage proposal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iYOZyEX7Q8 Three NYPD cops staged a fake traffic stop to help a man propose to his girlfriend in Queens after a friend connected to the scandal-plagued Shomrim patrol group asked...
Eli Manning: Not winning Super Bowl is like not eating for years
He is The Last Manning Standing, his Big Brother retired and now a pitchman/fan, his head coach for the first 12 years of his career no longer on the sidelines,...
Sexism's secret gift to Hillary Clinton
Marissa Mayer — the CEO of Yahoo, which was just bought for $4.8 billion by Verizon — recently expressed her frustration with how the media consistently covers her as a...
Cops release sketch of creep who lured girl into his car
Police released a sketch of a suspect who allegedly lured a 10-year-old girl into his car in Richmond Hill, according to authorities. The child was walking near her family’s 102nd...
What the Democratic Convention failed to do
It was a variant on a traditional convention for a party seeking a third straight term in the White House, attempting to overcome an apparent post-convention bounce for the opposition:...
Turnstile jumper busted with loaded gun
Game, set, match for this farebeater. A Harlem man was caught jumping a subway turnstile while carrying a loaded gun -- and he tried to convince cops he was headed...
To win in Syria, target Hezbollah
The military situation in Syria has turned against the US-supported opposition over the past year, due mainly to Russian intervention. Without some rebalancing now in favor of the opposition to...
Mets dangle Travis d'Arnaud as bait in hunt for Jonathan Lucroy
The Mets are not bluffing. Not posturing. They want Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy. They recognize their offense needs a boost and see the righty’s bat helping while giving them a...
Which celebrity lips are these?
It’s National Lipstick Day, which means today is all about the pout. So, take a look at these 10 famous smoochers and see if you can guess who they belong...
De Blasio floats closing 14th Street during L Train shutdown
Mayor de Blasio said on Friday that he is considering a proposal to close perpetually busy 14th Street off to car traffic during the 18 months that the L train...
Cop in bikini tackles bad guy
STOCKHOLM — She was off duty and wearing a bikini but that didn't stop Swedish police officer Mikaela Kellner from catching a suspected thief. A photo of Kellner pinning the...
This woman is an adult baby
This grown woman just wants to be a baby. Jess, a 21-year-old based in Lakeland, Fla., loves to wear nappies, drink from sippy cups, and sleep in an oversize cot...
It's scary how many things in your house can be hacked
Donald Trump may think he’s wreaking havoc when he tells the Russians to hack into Hillary Clinton’s e-mail, but America’s vulnerabilities go way beyond the Democratic presidential candidate’s missives. Here...
Fantasy football: How to adjust draft board for late QB, RB news
The fantasy news wire has been a collection of the good, the bad and the ugly of late. The good: Ryan Fitzpatrick, at last, signed a deal to remain with...
White Sox have never been more willing to trade Chris Sale
Interest in Chris Sale and his great skill and tremendous team-friendly contract (three years at $38 million for 2017-19) did not begin this month. But in the past, executives say,...
Russians 'likely responsible' for Clinton campaign hack
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s campaign computers have been hacked, said sources who added Friday that the Russian government is likely responsible for yet another attack on Democrats. The newly revealed...
Carl Frampton says he's about to become boxing 'superstar'
Carl Frampton has a chance to make history as the first boxer from Northern Ireland to win world titles in two different weight classes. His roadblock, Leo Santa Cruz, is...
The day in photos: July 29, 2016
Bill Clinton gets mesmerized by all the hot air at the DNC and more.
Giants leaders: Odell Beckham can be more mature
Not a finished product. That is Victor Cruz’s view of Odell Beckham Jr., who is entering his third NFL season: a highlight-reel player who has endured some rough-around-the-edges moments, both...
Day drinker throws plate at bartender at Times Square pub
A slobbering drunk demanding drinks at a Times Square pub shouted "I'm Irish!" and threw a plate at the bartender's head Friday when he was ordered to leave, according to...
Don't sleep on Giants to make another 'Zack Wheeler trade'
The Giants filled a need they tried to address in the offseason – a multi-positional player – by obtaining Eduardo Nunez on Thursday night. Now, they are fixated on adding...
Judge blasts Nick Denton for lying about Gawker stock value
A Florida judge said Gawker founder Nick Denton “misled” the court about the value of his company — and punished him by ruling that Hulk Hogan could start seizing his...
Pokémon Go lures children near homes of sex offenders
Pokémon Go is inadvertently luring its young players right to the homes of “high-level” sexual predators, an alarming investigation has found. A report dubbed “Protecting our Children: How Pokémon Go...
France tries to wish terror away, Trump's laughable 'treason,' and other notable commentary
From the right: Libs Now Call America ‘Great’ When? Eugene Slaven at American Thinker wasn’t taken in by all the Democratic convention rhetoric about how great America really is. “The...
Phil Jackson: Today's NBAers too inept to run triangle, so let's run triangle
Phil Jackson thought NBA players lack the skill to play the triangle offense, yet insisted in running it with the dismal Knicks last season. In Part 3 of Charley Rosen's...
Yankees wouldn't trade Andrew Miller for Nats gem Lucas Giolito
The Nationals are doubtful enough that Andrew Miller will be available or attainable with what they are willing to do that they have shifted their focus more strongly toward Kansas...
Cops make dramatic rescue of stranded jet skier
NYPD officers saved a man who was stranded in the waters off New Jersey Thursday – and part of the dramatic rescue was captured on video. Two helicopters from the...
Jeremy Lin's oddball version of 'Space Jam': Your move, LeBron
Michael Jordan. LeBron James. Jeremy Lin? The new Nets point guard – and social media icon – joined that list when he took the starring role in a "Space Jam...
The USA Olympic uniforms are everything a bro could wish for
Americans at the Olympics are known for two things: winning gold and, recently, looking like they summer in Kennebunkport, Maine. Credit for the latter is due to Ralph Lauren, who...
3 sisters go from homeless to stars on the track team
NEW YORK — Every morning, three young sisters wake up together with their mom in one bed in a Brooklyn homeless shelter. Every afternoon, they train in a sport that...
It's illegal to sell cat or dog hair in New York and other bizarre laws
Over the years, some pretty unusual laws have been passed. They're eventually forgotten about and not enforced, but they're still technically on the books.
Did this staffer have the best or worst job at the DNC?
https://twitter.com/VKtrue/status/758937317591568384 Forget about the Bern. He’s feeling the pop! A portly DNC staffer has the best or most thankless job to close down the party convention: popping the hundreds of...
Trump goes after 'little' Michael Bloomberg
As if the presidential race weren’t kooky enough, now the New York billionaires are rumbling. Donald Trump lashed out at Mike Bloomberg on Friday — even taking a crack at...
De Blasio says $16M screw-ups no big deal
After a rough week on the sidelines of the Democratic convention, a combative Mayor de Blasio repeatedly minimized the screw-ups that garnered negative headlines for his administration over a botched...
'The Bachelorette' is screwed no matter which man she picks
Should JoJo Fletcher get engaged on Monday's season finale of "The Bachelorette," she's looking at a starter marriage -- at least that's what the cosmos predict. As zodiac expert Ophi...
British actress found safe after going missing from home
"Foyle's War" actress Honeysuckle Weeks has been found safe after vanishing last night. Concerned police appealed for help tracking down the actress when she disappeared on Thursday talking of her...
New Sandy Hook Elementary School opens 4 years after massacre
Sandy Hook Elementary School has risen from its ashes with this message, spelled in a green tile mosaic, for all who enter its doors: “Be kind.” The rebuilt, $50 million...
Cowboys' summer has been a complete disgrace
The Dallas Cowboys' offseason has been wracked with multiple suspensions for drug use, a domestic violence investigation and, furthest from the field, an accident involving the team's tour bus that...
New York launches reverse-mortgage probe
The New York State Department of Financial Services has launched a wide-ranging probe into Reverse Mortgage Solutions and Champion Mortgage’s reverse-mortgage operations, following a story by The Post. Last Sunday,...
MLB insiders skeptical Marlins' go-for-it trade was worth it
The Marlins are going for it. Is that a good thing? They have every reason to try to make the playoffs this season, considering only the Mariners have gone longer...
Wild turkey crashes into Greyhound bus
This wild turkey was dead meat as he crossed I-87 in upstate New York and crashed into a Greyhound bus full of passengers traveling from Montreal to Manhattan. "It smashed...
Malia Obama skipped the DNC for Lollapalooza
Malia Obama skipped out on Hillary Clinton's historic speech at the Democratic convention Thursday night, choosing to rock out at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago instead. The first kid was...
Victor Cruz's full-go first practice showers good vibes on Giants
Victor Cruz is on the money about so many things, almost always hitting the right note throughout his storybook Giants career. But he is wrong about this: “If I’m not...
How Jordan Spieth's skillful bogey saved his PGA chances
Jordan Spieth’s day began with a 45-minute rain delay inside of a tent, he hit a spectator with a shot at No. 18 and he nearly ended his afternoon with...
Japan is getting a little weird with their Godzilla obsession
Japan loves Godzilla, and with a new movie coming out, they've got giant monster fever right now. The famed monster is popping up everywhere, usually promoting products that have nothing...
Clinton's speech not the favorite among delegates at the DNC
PHILADELPHIA --Hillary Clinton did not give the most popular speech of the Democratic National Convention, attendees told The Post. Instead, the Democratic faithful appeared more enamored with the Obamas --First...
Six state employees charged in lead-tainted water crisis
FLINT, Mich. — Michigan's attorney general has charged six more state employees with crimes related to the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint. The Flint Journal reports a judge Friday authorized...
Officer claims prosecutors silenced him in Sandra Bland case
DALLAS — A police officer in the small Texas town where Sandra Bland, a black woman who died in a jail cell after a traffic stop, says the county's top...
Derrick Rose's gang-rape case is headed to trial
Derrick Rose tried to get a sexual assault civil case against him thrown out, but his request was denied this week and the new Knicks point guard is headed to...
Trump can't stop tweeting about Clinton's speech
Donald Trump did not like Hillary Clinton's speech Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention -- and the mogul has been railing about it on Twitter since. "Crooked Hillary Clinton...
Ryan Fitzpatrick reconnects with Brandon Marshall -- and it's beautiful
Ryan Fitzpatrick lofted a rainbow high into the Florham Park sky, and Brandon Marshall caught it in stride down the left sideline past Dexter McDougle. “That was the best deep...
ISIS teen who killed priest passed background check for airport job
The bloodthirsty jihadist who executed a Catholic priest in France “easily” passed a background check to become an airport baggage handler, according to a report. Abdel Malik Petitjean, 19, worked...
Drug dealers are mixing heroin with elephant sedatives
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A drug used to sedate elephants and other large animals, 100 times as potent as the fentanyl already escalating the country's heroin troubles, is suspected in spates...
Bill Belichick was so annoyed by this Tom Brady question
https://twitter.com/AlbertBreer/status/759018004013158401 Bill Belichick is already in midseason form. Although some have been fueling speculation that if backup Patriots quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo plays well enough during Tom Brady's suspension for the...
Tragic end for man who gave away spot on kidney donation list
A Turkish man who gave a young girl his spot on a kidney-transplant waiting list was killed when he crashed an all-terrain vehicle he had received for his kind gesture....
4 new Zika cases likely came from Florida mosquitoes
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida's governor says the state has concluded that four mysterious Zika infections likely came from mosquitoes in the Miami area. Gov. Rick Scott said Friday that no...
Ronda Rousey denies pregnancy rumor spread by rival
Cris "Cyborg" Justino wants you to believe Ronda Rousey has a little fighter on the way. As Rousey's extended hiatus from the Octagon approaches the nine-month mark, Justino -- her would-be...
Prison builds wall to protect TV star from poop attacks
Maximum security prison Goulburn Main has built a protective wall to prevent disgraced TV star and convicted pedophile Robert Hughes from being pelted with urine and feces by fellow inmates....
The 'corpse flower' is blooming, and it smells like death
https://youtu.be/zfV5K_uJ-iM There’s a big stink happening at the New York Botanical Garden. The malodorous event is courtesy of the late-blooming Amorphophallus titanum – or “giant misshapen phallus” -- also known...
Second-quarter US economic growth weaker than expected
The US economy grew at a pace of 1.2 percent in the second quarter of 2016, worse than analysts’ expectations of 2.5 percent. The slow results for the April-June period...
Barn of horrors discovered during college kid's murder investigation
The man suspected of killing a pretty Ohio co-ed had a full-blown “house of horrors” on his property — including a death chamber and a blood-splattered freezer, it was revealed...
Next great bar trend.... levitating cups
Whenever anyone imagines a high tech future, everything is always levitating or flying. Well, based on this new Kickstarter page, cups of the future may finally be here.
Pope Francis visits Auschwitz
OSWIECIM, Poland — Pope Francis paid a somber visit to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau Friday, becoming the third consecutive pontiff to make the pilgrimage to the place...
Baz Luhrmann's 'The Get Down' offers dazzling look at hip-hop's rise
Television’s search for the first great musical drama has been a fraught journey, with a few expensive dead-ends. Either the music was there and the story wasn’t (“Smash”) or the...
Stephen Colbert can't be 'Stephen Colbert'
After CBS "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert told viewers that lawyers representing his old Comedy Central show said he couldn't be "Stephen Colbert" anymore, he thumbed his nose at them...
'Bourne's awesome chase scene shut down the Las Vegas Strip
It's the most wanton act of Vegas-based destruction not involving Mike Tyson and a tiger. Last January, a 4 ½-ton truck plowed down the Strip, destroying a dozen or so cars...
How this Cuban dancer is honoring his legendary dad
Stevie Insua is one of the most popular instructors at Alvin Ailey, where he teaches Afro-Cuban dance on Friday nights to the general public. It doesn’t matter that the 40-year-old...
San Diego cop killed, another wounded in shooting
https://twitter.com/SanDiegoPD/status/758965384657592324 SAN DIEGO — One San Diego police officer was shot dead and another wounded during a late-night traffic stop Thursday, authorities said Friday. The two cops, both members of...
Judge wants to prevent sex offender from being raped in jail
A Brooklyn judge wants a convicted sex offender to serve his 15-year sentence at a medical facility instead of prison — where he’d be exposed to “dangers of rape and...
These are the best songs of the summer
If you’ve ever wondered why it’s important to have a good summer song, just ask Charlie Puth and OMI. Both had giant hits in the summer of 2015, which effectively...
Bosses mocked my ADHD — and CC'd me on the emails
Two Manhattan mean girls violated the golden rule of e-mail — if you’re going to make fun of a co-worker, don’t accidentally copy her on your nasty missives, a new...
Philly police say uniformed cops were barred from DNC floor
Some Philadelphia police officers say they were barred from patrolling in uniform on the floor of the convention while it was in session — spurring claims that Democrats are anti-law...
East River sailor busted for carrying unlicensed weapons
A 69-year-old man sailing a 110-foot vessel on the East River was arrested Wednesday and hauled off by cops after they discovered a cache of unlicensed weapons in a locked...
Teen busted for threatening to kill cops wanted for Florida shooting
The Florida teen busted Wednesday at the Port Authority Bus Terminal for threatening to kill a cop is wanted in his home state for a multiple shooting last month, sources...
'Suicide Squad' might just save comic book movies
It's looking like anything but Suicide. After a summer of yawn-inducing sequels and universe-expanding films nobody wanted, the surprise hit of the summer may well arrive in theaters next Friday...
The biggest speech of Hillary's life was an uninspired wish list
In his emotional speech Wednesday, President Obama promised that “we’re going to carry Hillary to victory.” To judge from Clinton’s performance last night, being carried by the party is the...
The message behind Hillary's neutral pantsuit
Hillary Clinton eschewed the true-blue shades of liberals on Thursday’s Democratic National Convention. At least that’s the message she wanted her clothes to send to Independents and Trump-wary Republicans tuning...
Democrats strip convention walls bare in bid for historical souvenirs
PHILADELPHIA — Democrats didn't leave the convention without their historical souvenirs — even if they had to rip them from the wall. Signs, symbols, and even the liberty bell forming...
PGA fans can't get enough of Andrew 'Beef' Johnston
They like beef in Springfield, N.J. — Andrew “Beef” Johnston that is. Johnston, with the jovial demeanor, bushy beard and catchy nickname, has become a fan favorite in golf circles,...
Cop probed after calling de Blasio's wife a 'former crack addict' online
An NYPD cop from Staten Island is under review after posting racist diatribes on social media including one that called Mayor de Blasio’s wife a “former crack addict,” sources said....
Yankees enter every series now like it's season turning point
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When the Yankees’ 2016 schedule came out, who would have believed three games with the Rays in late July would carry so much weight? Coming out...
Kareem Abdul Jabbar's got jokes against Donald Trump
PHILADELPHIA — Pro basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar needled Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump with humor Thursday and then skewered him with seriousness. The 69-year-old NBA legend walked to...
Todd Bowles is just glad no one got punched this offseason
At this time last season, coach Todd Bowles had to deal with Sheldon Richardson’s four-game suspension and the defensive tackle’s subsequent arrest for speeding. Then came a sucker-punch to Geno...
How Hillary blew her big moment
Well, Hillary Clinton took the stage after four days of Democratic triumph — the party staged what was even to these conservative eyes and ears the best, tightest, most interesting...
Ryan Fitzpatrick blames Post for crazy hairstyle
I’m wracked with guilt right now. I’ve scared Ryan Fitzpatrick away from his barber shop. Much to my horror, here was Fitzpatrick, his formidable beard making a mockery of Nick...
Democrats haven't told famous donors their info was hacked
Democrats have yet to contact many of the party’s richest and most famous donors whose private information was exposed in a massive computer hack job. Addresses, Social Security and bank...
Hondo sails with the M's
Hondo kept the ol’ horsehide rolling in the right direction Thursday when he cashed with the Brewers to inflate the chunky wad to 2,930 bosios. Friday: With Hondo 3000 looming,...
Letitia James passed over for speaking role at DNC
PHILADELPHIA — New York City Public Advocate Letitia James was passed over for any formal role at the Democratic convention. “I’m sure she would have wanted [one],” said a staffer....
Mets rob fans coming and going in the name of 'convenience'
Dear New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman: Given that you and your office have shown recent interest in ridding the inside-dealing and systemic price-gouging that regularly — and for...
These city schools see the most student crime
They’re the city’s most chaotic schools. A total of 13 public educational institutions have racked up at least 10 student arrests, summonses or juvenile reports during the first three months...
Now Trump Jr. is accusing Obama of plagiarism
A half-dozen words that both used in their convention speeches led Donald Trump Jr. Thursday to accuse President Obama of plagiarism. “I’m honored that POTUS would plagiarize a line from...
Did Bill Clinton catch some ZZZs during Hillary's speech?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPbUhcvDgCo PHILADELPHIA — Cameras appeared to catch former President Bill Clinton getting a few ZZZs during his wife's speech to the Democratic National Convention. The former president had a front...
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Brooklyn Crown Heights vandals have repeatedly cut down Orthodox Jewish demarcation wires that created an eruv — and the NYPD is investigating the acts as hate crimes. The eruv wires...