August 12, 2016
Billy Corgan taking a swing at pro wrestling
Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan has entered the smashing bodies business by becoming president of a pro wrestling organization. Impact Ventures, the parent company of TNA Wrestling and Impact...
Manning, Beckham sit and Giants drop preseason opener
The Giants’ defense was so bad last season that any sign the 2016 version can be markedly better is welcomed like a cool breeze cutting through oppressive humidity. And so,...
Starlin Castro's heroic night helps A-Rod go out a winner
Alex Rodriguez’s playing days with the Yankees are over, but he’s already showing the team he can excel in an advisory role. Just hours after mentioning Starlin Castro as one...
Terry Collins' rant falls flat as reeling Mets fall below .500
Instead of awakening his players, manager Terry Collins might have given one of them a bad case of stage fright. Exhibit A for the Mets on Friday was Logan Verrett,...
AT&T beats Citi challenge over saying 'thanks' to customers
AT&T owes a New York federal judge a big “thankyou.” The judge refused to block AT&T from using “AT&T thanks” for its customer loyalty program after Citigroup sued to stop...
US swimmer Anthony Ervin wins Olympic gold in men’s 50M freestyle; Nathan Adrian takes bronze
Sixteen years after winning his first individual gold medal at the Olympics, Anthony Ervin picked up his second with a furious dash from one end of the pool to the...
Katie Ledecky smashes women's 800M freestyle record, gets fourth Olympic gold
Katie Ledecky has delivered another dominating performance at the Rio Games, handily breaking the world record in the 800 freestyle. Ledecky joined Debbie Meyer as the only women to sweep...
Phelps' silver proves he's human, but Ledecky's superhuman
RIO DE JANEIRO — A stunner at the Rio Olympics: Michael Phelps was beaten. Rather handily at that. The most decorated athlete in Olympic history couldn’t pull off one of...
US swimmer Maya DiRado takes surprise gold in women's 200M backstroke
Maya DiRado of the United States has denied Katinka Hosszu's bid to become a four-time gold medalist at the Rio Olympics. Hosszu got off to a blistering start and led...
Why City Hall staffers are getting big pay raises
Mayor de Blasio seems to have a problem hanging on to staff — and he’s dealing with it by showering them with your money. As the Empire Center’s SeeThroughNY notes,...
Hey, Mayor de Blasio: Stop terrorizing New Yorkers with over-ticketing
What’s up with all the summonses the city’s been handing out lately? Through the first 11 months of fiscal year 2016, The Post reported this week, New Yorkers were hit...
If Americans don’t get the truth about ISIS, we’ll never defeat it
Is America winning the war against ISIS? It’s hard to know — because intelligence reports haven’t exactly been honest. In a troubling new report this week, House members concluded what...
Clinton Foundation scandals will haunt Hillary if she becomes prez
Hillary Clinton is leading in the polls, but the public still doesn’t entirely trust her. This week, those suspicions focused on the candidate’s relationship to the organization her husband founded,...
Why women can’t fully replace men as Hollywood superheroes
Screen rant recently declared that this year “is shaping up to be a breakout year for female heroes (and villains) of every sort.” The online magazine profiled “15 Characters Who...
Uber scrapping yellow cab option
The last bit of cooperation between Uber and yellow cabs is going out the window. The car-service giant is killing off the UberT option in three weeks — and as...
Derek Jeter has two thoughts on A-Rod's Yankees farewell
After days of silence, Derek Jeter offered up his thoughts regarding the end of Alex Rodriguez’s Yankees career. “I’ve spent 22 years playing against, playing with and watching Alex from...
A-Rod's controversial Yankees career closes in 'biblical' fashion
Alex Rodriguez has been many things in his career: A world-class player, adored teammate, liar and cheat. One thing he never has been is boring, and his final night as...
Smaller reigns supreme in hedge funds
When it comes to hedge funds, the little guy has the upper hand. Smaller hedge funds — those with less than $100 million in assets under management — have notched...
Syrians puff cigs and cut their beards after liberation from ISIS
U.S.-backed forces have seized full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border after the last remaining Islamic State fighters, who had been using civilians as...
Post reader starts petition to stop lawmakers' 47 percent raise
ALBANY – A Post reader, spurred to action by a report about state lawmakers possibly getting a 47 percent raise, has started an online petition opposing the hike that has...
Austrian man jailed for posting photo of Hitler cat
An Austrian man was tossed in jail for posting a series of Nazi-inspired photos on social media – including one of a cat making a Hitler-like salute, according to The...
Hope Solo rips Swedish team as 'cowards' in sour-grapes rant
This was a historical disappointment, and the US Women's Soccer team exited the Olympics on Friday not with a whimper but with a dramatic, gut-wrenching scream. They lost to Sweden...
American mom wins medal in sixth straight Olympics
When Kimberly Rhode won bronze for the United States in women’s skeet shooting on Friday in Rio de Janeiro, she became the first woman to win an individual medal in...
The day in photos: Aug. 12, 2016
Pachyderms celebrate World Elephant Day, the Perseid meteor shower lights up the skies and more.
Sumner Redstone willing to be deposed in competency lawsuit
An attorney for Sumner Redstone said the media mogul would be willing to be interviewed briefly under oath in a lawsuit over his mental competency that could influence the future...
Cop pummels burglary suspect during wild arrest
Warning: graphic content https://www.instagram.com/p/BJBLo8eBUl7/?taken-by=hocus45th Video posted on Instagram shows an NYPD officer repeatedly hitting and kneeing a man in the head while trying to arrest him in the Bronx after he...
US court overturns conviction of nephew in 'Making a Murderer'
A Wisconsin man who was convicted as a teen of helping his uncle rape and kill a woman — in a case profiled in the hit Netflix documentary series “Making...
Zack Wheeler's doctor visit may wipe out 2016 comeback
Zack Wheeler’s chances of throwing a pitch for the Mets in 2016 may have entered the slim-to-none category after he was scratched from his scheduled rehab start Friday for Single-A...
Watch people build Ikea furniture after taking psychedelic drugs
The "Hikea" project captures people taking various drugs and attempting the already difficult task of assembling Ikea furniture. Filmmakers Hunter Fine and Alex Taylor started the project because it "sounded...
You should think twice before drinking tap water
The Environmental Protection Agency is working hard to remove deadly toxins from drinking water being consumed by over six million Americans. The move comes after Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School...
Mets send Michael Conforto back to Triple-A
Michael Conforto’s brutal season keeps getting worse. On Friday, the second-year outfielder was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas for the second time this season, raising further questions about his future...
Jets' Quincy Enunwa loves Dennis Rodman comparisons
Jets coach Todd Bowles compared wide receiver Quincy Enunwa to basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman a few weeks ago. Bowles was not saying he expected Enunwa to get a...
Hillary's bogus fight for religious freedom, stolen aid for Gaza, and other notable commentary
From the right: Hill A Religious Freedom Champion? Alexandra DeSanctis scoffs at Hillary Clinton depicting herself — as she just did in a Mormon newspaper op-ed piece — as a...
Why Tama Janowitz traded NYC fame-culture for life upstate
Tama Janowitz was a 28-year-old Barnard grad when her 1986 short story collection “Slaves of New York,” transformed her into a literary wunderkind and downtown It girl pretty much overnight....
Giants fans won't be happy about Ben McAdoo's preseason scratch
Those paying customers choosing to attend Friday night’s Giants-Dolphins preseason opener at MetLife Stadium expected to see Eli Manning running the offense for 15 plays or so, but that is...
Yankees continue their strange Luis Severino yo-yo
While Nathan Eovaldi awaits the results from a second opinion on the right elbow tendon injury that landed him on the 15-day disabled list, the Yankees expect Luis Severino to...
This officer dealing with a drunk dude is a model of patience
A drunk and belligerent man in Spokane, Washington, was eventually arrested after interfering with an officer's attempt to help another drunken individual. While the man was trying to film on his...
US women's soccer team eliminated in Olympics shocker
The United States women's soccer team lost to Sweden in the quarterfinals of the Olympics tournament on Friday. The US lost, 4-3, on penalty kicks after overtime ended with the...
Jamie Foxx sang a strange, amazing duet with Barbra Streisand
Jamie Foxx has a new side gig — duets. The Academy Award winner joined Barbra Streisand for a number onstage at Barclays Center on Thursday night, the first of the...
This sad, abandoned dog just won the lottery
Maverick, an 8-year-old German shepherd, was dropped off at the Carson Animal Shelter in LA by his former family. When he arrived, he displayed symptoms of depression, but now he's...
Fantasy football: How to solve your roster's flaws by 'streaming'
Virtually every profession conjures its own language. You know how it works, those industry terms and phrases only insiders know. Like “STAT” for doctors, or “short a stock” for Wall...
This season's must-watch players in the Premier League
A closer look at the Premier League players you won't be able to take your eye off of this season.
Cruel judge bans pizza prankster from ever getting delivery again
There’s no topping this punishment — a judge condemned a Florida man to a life without pizza delivery after he prank called too many pizzerias, according to reports Friday. Randy...
Avoid these things at all cost if you want a good night's sleep
Sleep. We all need it, but we don't all do it well. While most people equate good sleep with getting 8 consecutive hours, a University of California at San Diego...
Watch a baby being born inside its intact amniotic sac
This amazing video shows a baby who had been born still inside its amniotic sac. It is known as a caul, and happens in an estimated one in every 80,000...
Sickening footage of hit-and-run victim being robbed while left to die by passersby
Horrifying footage has surfaced of a hit-and-run victim in India being left on the road as motorists and pedestrians pass him by. The worst moment is when one man actually...
Olympic fencer shows off bikini bod after winning gold
This Olympic fencer is really letting her guard down! Russian-Armenian fencer Yana Egorian claimed a gold medal in women’s individual sabre on Monday at the Rio Games — and quickly...
Cop attacked by crazed man with hatchet feels 'lucky to be alive'
A rookie cop — nearly killed two years ago when a would-be terrorist sank a hatchet into the back of his head — said he is back on his feet...
10 burning questions for Giants' preseason debut
The Giants open up their preseason Friday night against the Dolphins at MetLife Stadium. The first order of business is to remain healthy: Injuries before the real games begin are...
Record number of Americans are living with Granny
Despite the end of the Great Recession, there’s been a surge in multigenerational households. Both the number and share of Americans living in multigenerational family households has continued to rise...
Perv who sexually assaulted sleeping woman on plane gets 2 years in prison
The Staten Island creep who slathered a woman with lotion and sexually assaulted her during a trans-Atlantic flight will spend the next two years in prison, as his victim recounted...
Congressional leaders knew about Russian hack a year ago: report
U.S. intelligence officials told top congressional leaders a year ago that Russian hackers were attacking the Democratic Party, three sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, but the lawmakers...
This is Google's plan to revolutionize your house's internet
Google Fiber is the ISP that everyone wants — absurdly fast, unlimited internet for a reasonable price. It could legitimately be called the anti-Comcast, and that name now works in...
Every late-night bit is becoming a TV show
Blame it on "Lip Sync Battle." Ever since the delightfully upbeat competition show featuring celebrities pretend-singing went from popular "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" segment to hit Spike TV series last...
Hillary Clinton releases tax returns
Bill and Hillary Clinton made $10,594,529 in adjusted gross income in 2015, according to tax returns released by the campaign Friday. The Clintons paid $3,624,55 in taxes, according to the...
The most ticketed car in America is ...
A pricey and older sedan has won a dubious distinction: The Lexus ES 300 is the vehicle that garners the most tickets in the US, according to an online insurance-quote...
Phil Jackson: Derek Fisher was in trouble 'almost from the start'
In the latest installment of "The Phil Jackson Chronicles" from Charley Rosen, Jackson dishes on the firing of Derek Fisher and how he and the former Knicks coach differed in...
This Texan does action film-worthy stunts on his quad bike
Texan Douglas Lee rarely keeps his four-wheeled ATV on all its wheels. The skilled rider filmed himself doing a series of impressive tricks.
USA swim enemy's risky alibi: Michael Phelps smoked weed
Did Yulia Efimova really go there? The much-loathed Russian swimmer invited more controversy Thursday when she defended her doping history by attacking the United States' most beloved — and most...
Get to know Simone Manuel, Team USA's newest hero
Michael Phelps has used the Olympic swim meet to cement his GOAT status. Katie Ledecky has racked up three golds (and counting) to begin building her case as the greatest...
The surprising difference between angry Trump tweets and happy Trump tweets
Over the weekend, Hollywood visual effects director Todd Vaziri (you've undoubtedly seen his work in films like "Avatar," "The Avengers" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens") made a casual and rather interesting...
Olympians officially terrified of green 'fart-smelling' water
There's something in the water in Rio — and it's getting worse. The Olympic diving pool was closed Friday morning as the water continues to be a disturbing, murky shade of...
Two 6-year-old girls sexually assaulted at Legoland
A sex attacker has assaulted two 6-year-old British girls — after pouncing on them as they played at Legoland. Police on Friday launched a manhunt for the sick predator who...
Jerry Sandusky takes the stand, denies molesting boys
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky took the stand Friday to forcefully deny the child molestation charges he was convicted of four years ago and said it wasn't his idea to...
These adorable grandparents are about to watch their grandson win Olympic gold
Kyle Chalmers won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics for the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition. His grandparents were filmed watching the race, and this may be the happiest...
Cops search for creep who shoved elderly man down stairs
Cops are looking for this heartless thug, who shoved a 74-year-old man down the stairs of his Bronx apartment building and tried to rob him, cops said. Video surveillance released...
Americans stopped spending in July
Americans stopped spending in July — and that is not good news for the economy. US consumers last month appeared as tired as Michael Phelps after a 200-meter race, as...
UFC sucker punch: 'Nobody cares about Ronda Rousey and her fat arms'
In the crowded UFC women's bantamweight division, Julianna "The Venezuelan Vixen" Pena has turned to a tried-and-true method for standing out — taking a personal shot at Ronda Rousey. Asked about the...
Carson Wentz's exciting reality on preview for Eagles
The Eagles have a logjam at quarterback, and they’re going to need all four games of the preseason to sort it all out. Thursday was Philadelphia’s first chance to find...
Daily Beast yanks article that might have outed gay Olympians
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Daily Beast has withdrawn a story that prompted the ire of many readers, complaining that it could have outed gay athletes at the Rio Games....
Reality show mom oblivious to fact that 6-year-old beat baby to death
A Florida mom who appeared on the reality TV show “I'm Pregnant and 55 Years Old” has been charged with manslaughter after leaving her 13-day-old daughter alone in a minivan...
Egyptian fighter refuses to shake Israeli's hand at Olympics
An Egyptian judo star refused to shake hands with his Israeli opponent after a controversial match at the Olympics, according to reports. Islam El Shehaby left Or Sasson hanging —...
Cuomo won't talk about CUNY, SUNY 'management consultant'
ALBANY – Nearly five months after Gov. Cuomo announced that he would appoint an independent monitor to cut bureaucratic waste at SUNY and CUNY, it’s unclear if the state has...
Neil Patrick Harris signs lease for nightlife venue
Magic will happen. A formal lease has finally been inked for a magic- and culinary-filled event space along Midtown Manhattan’s Billionaire’s Row being curated and produced by Neil Patrick Harris...
Cop working Olympics security fatally shot in head
RIO DE JANEIRO — A police officer has died after being shot in the head when he and two others working security at the Rio Olympics got lost near a...
No evidence Trump provided child care services to employees
When Donald Trump vowed this week to make child care more accessible and affordable, it was just the second time during his White House campaign that he's talked about an...
Olympics plagued by bulging 'moose knuckles'
Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a pressing issue we need to tackle. And it involves the Olympic outfits for the Australian male rowers. After bemoaning the inequality in the men’s and...
IK Enemkpali tries to punch teammate, exactly 1 year after Geno Smith
One year after breaking the jaw of former Jets teammate Geno Smith, Bills linebacker IK Enemkpali commemorated the occasion by taking a swing at at offensive lineman Cyrus Kouandijo during...
Hillary Clinton's pot stance could lock down Malia's vote
Hillary Clinton says she would reclassify weed if she becomes president.
Putin fires longtime chief of staff
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday fired Sergei Ivanov, his chief of staff and one of his closest allies, in the most high-profile power reshuffle at the Kremlin...
Hundreds ignore man dying on side of road after hit-and-run
NEW DELHI — A stream of cars, motorcycles and pedestrians passed by an injured man struck by a delivery truck on a New Delhi street, leaving him to die, news...
London schoolgirl-turned-'jihadi bride' killed in Syrian airstrike
LONDON — One of three London schoolgirls who traveled to an area controlled by the Islamic State group in Syria to become "jihadi brides" is believed to have been killed...
Thailand attackers used firebombs, hid explosives in plants
HUA HIN, Thailand — Attackers using firebombs and homemade explosives struck a series of popular resort cities and beach towns across Thailand in some of the worst violence to hit...
Dozens on JetBlue flight sent to hospital after bumpy ride
Twenty-four people, including two crew members, were injured when their JetBlue Airways flight from Boston to Sacramento, California, experienced heavy turbulence, CNN reported on Friday. Flight 0429 landed safely on...
College student shot dead in front of his twin brother
A John Jay student with FBI dreams was gunned down Friday outside a Brooklyn bodega as his twin brother stood nearby — in a possible case of mistaken identity, cops...
Man accused of using young son as human shield
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man is accused of using his 7-year-old son as a human shield when a West Virginia state trooper had him at gunpoint. News outlets, citing a...
Trump dismisses claims that Obama founded ISIS as sarcasm
Donald Trump said Friday he was being sarcastic when he accused President Obama of being the “founder” of ISIS. “Ratings challenged @CNN reports so seriously that I call President Obama...
Trump: If GOP drops me, 'I'll stop funding the Republican Party'
The Republicans' money train will come to a screeching halt if the party doesn't squarely back its presidential nominee, Donald Trump warned Thursday. Trump issued the warning on Fox News’...
Americans accused of terrorism should be tried at Gitmo: Trump
United States citizens accused of terrorism should be tried by military tribunal at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, according to Donald Trump — offering support for a proposal which, under current federal...
Couple gets married while dangling above terrifying drop
Everyone wants to have a memorable wedding day, but this Chinese couple will never be outdone. They got married while suspended from the bottom of a glass-bottom bridge, dangling over...
Why Olympians are suddenly speaking out against doping
Irrefutable archival evidence proves that, during the 1970s, the communist East German government systematically administered anabolic steroids to its Olympic women’s swim team, which won 11 out of 13 possible...
The Post is the real star of Meryl Streep's new movie
The Post gets results. In the case of Florence Foster Jenkins, we killed her. Or so the new movie — “Florence Foster Jenkins,” starring the great Meryl Streep — would...
Chinese swimmer fails doping test at Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO — A female Chinese swimmer has tested positive for a banned substance at the Rio Olympics, China's swimming association said Friday — the first competitor in the...
Rick Springfield says he never saw 'Jessie's Girl' again
Rick Springfield knows what you used to think of him. “I was a one-dimensional soap-opera pretty boy,” he tells The Post, remembering his role on ’80s daytime staple “General Hospital.”...
The ghost of Christopher Walken haunts the NY Fringe Fest
The 20th annual New York International Fringe Festival rolls into town Friday, and for the next two weeks, you and sundry hungry off-Broadway producers are invited to look for the...
How to embrace your inner unicorn
There are two types of people in the world: those who believe that unicorns exist and those who don’t. But even nobelievers can agree that the magical creature is popping...
5 things to know about music star Halsey
Last August, Ashley Frangipane — a k a Halsey — released her debut album, “Badlands,” an electro-pop concept album based on the idea of a dystopian, futuristic society. The Jersey girl’s huge...
This shark may have been 400 years old
WASHINGTON — In the cold waters of the Arctic, a denizen of the deep lurked for centuries. Now scientists calculate that this female Greenland shark was the Earth's oldest living...
You'll want to 'Get Down' and boogie to this nostalgic Netflix gem
New York City didn’t have much going for it in 1977. The murderous Son of Sam was on the loose, thousands were arrested for looting in the July blackout —...
Christian Hackenberg's Jets debut paused till further notice
Rookie quarterback Christian Hackenberg has to wait to make his Jets debut. The second-round pick from Penn State did not play in Thursday’s preseason-opening 17-13 win over the Jaguars. Third-string...
Ratings-minded NBC ignores shrinking gymnasts, health risks
Forgive me. Even better, believe me. I’m not trying to rain on anyone’s U-S-A! U-S-A! gold-medal parade. But it seems clear that NBC again has engaged in misdirection on behalf...
Collins' fire-and-brimstone rant a sign of Mets' desperation
If only the Mets’ bats were as explosive as Terry Collins’ words. Rock bottom was hit Thursday afternoon at 2:15 when many of the 39,271 fans started filing out of...
Nathan Eovaldi's balky elbow brings pitching staff shakeup
BOSTON — Nathan Eovaldi will get a second opinion on his right elbow after being examined by Yankees physician Chris Ahmad and undergoing a dye contrast MRI exam Thursday. That...
Poised Geno Smith starting to show he can take a punch
These preseason openers mean little to the Ryan Fitzpatricks, Brandon Marshalls, Eric Deckers and Nick Mangolds, but everything to the free agent dreamers and desperadoes on the bubble. And everything...
David Diehl: What Giants defense needs to be great
After a 16-game regular season and whatever else this Giants season holds, Friday night’s exhibition opener against the Dolphins will be long forgotten. But that does not mean it lacks...
Clinton Foundation had help from Hillary's top aide
A top aide to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Manhattan to interview candidates to head the Clinton Foundation, it was reported Thursday. Cheryl Mills, then the chief of...
City College's athletic director concealed sex-offender past
A convicted sex offender who spent a decade behind bars for a heinous attack was able to work as a CCNY athletic director for years because school officials were oblivious...
Dee Milliner's career with Jets in jeopardy after latest debacle
There were plenty of positives in the Jets’ 17-13 preseason-opener win over the Jaguars Thursday night at MetLife Stadium. Dee Milliner was not one of them. Freshly signed starting quarterback...
City Hall groundhog makes another run at mayor's office
Clearly, he’s still running. Charles G. Hogg II, the City Hall groundhog and as-yet-declared mayoral candidate, was spotted in front of the historic building Thursday, again dunning Mayor Bill de...
Facebook and ad-blockers play game of cat and mouse
No sooner did Facebook move to bypass ad blockers this week than Adblock Plus launched a workaround, according to a report. But the workaround “ham-handedly” removed posts from friends and...
Slain dog's owner wants pit bull put down — now
A Staten Island man whose Chihuahua was killed by a pit bull named Caesar earlier this year is pleading for a Manhattan judge to allow the condemned dog to be...
Ice cream bandits are wreaking havoc on NYC supermarkets
Two-bit ice cream thieves are enraging billionaire John Catsimatidis. The supermarket magnate has issued a $5,000 reward for information on a gang of crooks swiping ice cream from his stores...
Will A-Rod play for another team? 'He might get the itch'
BOSTON — Now that Alex Rodriguez has his Fenway Farewell out of the way, just what will he be celebrating on Friday: His final game as a Yankee — or...
A-Rod's last call: 22 high-profile years boiled down to a night
BOSTON — At last there is this: one final day at the office, maybe the best baseball office of all. At last there are nine more innings, four (maybe five)...
It's time for de Blasio to wake up and make our parks safe again
The late-day sun shone brilliantly as giddy joggers, walkers and bicycle riders jammed their bodies into city parks. It was a Tuesday evening, and even the most cynical New York...
Why we love Michael Phelps — bong rips and all
Michael Phelps waved one finger and then it was four, in case anyone had lost count. Of course we hadn’t, though Phelps seems intent on reminding us he’s one of...
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Bronx Police released this sketch of a man who tried to lure a young girl into a stairwell in Morris Heights. The creep followed the 12-year-old victim into the elevator...