November 29, 2016
Times Square strip joint files for bankruptcy — again
A Times Square-area jiggle joint is having trouble covering its assets. Cheetah’s Gentleman’s Club and Restaurant has filed for Chapter 11 — for the second time in six years. Known...
Drunken driver who pleaded guilty to killing friend gets no jail time
A drunken driver who pleaded guilty to killing his friend in a 2014 crash that also involved another drunken driver plowing into the two of them was sentenced to five...
Wall Street Journal editor jumps to Time magazine
Eben Shapiro, who left the Wall Street Journal as it was cutting its lifestyle pages and compressing itself into a two-section paper, has landed at Time magazine. He will become...
Mafia big's grandson literally picked a fight with the wrong guy
Someone get this Mafia prince a pair of glasses. The namesake grandson of notorious Colombo crime family boss Carmine “The Snake” Persico — who recently underwent eye surgery — started...
HBO plans to divert content from TV platform BamTech
Disney-backed streaming TV platform BAMTech may be losing HBO as a customer, The Post has learned. The premium pay-TV channel is looking to exit its contract sometime next year, sources...
A Devil scores first NHL goal, but it isn't enough
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Mark Scheifele and Patrik Laine each scored his 13th goal of the season to help the Jets defeat the Devils 3-2 on Tuesday night. Blake Wheeler had...
Victoria's Secret Angels reveal their diet secrets
They're ready to runway. While the rest of us were stuffing ourselves with turkey and mashed potatoes last week, the models walking in December’s annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show were...
DirecTV Now will launch without CBS
If Leslie Moonves were a sitcom character, it would be the cold, unemotional Sheldon Cooper from CBS’ “Big Bang Theory.” That much become clear this week when the latest streaming...
Daily News 'pretty much gutted' after latest round of buyouts
The Daily News has begun letting people know if their voluntary buyout applications were accepted. Close to 20 staffers are exiting as a result, sources tell Media Ink. “They are...
Sean Kilpatrick has game of his life as Nets stun Clippers in 2 OT
The Nets’ seven-game losing streak started against the Clippers — and ended against the same team. After a beating in Los Angeles that was so bad it sent them into...
Ex-Scientologist to Leah Remini: 'I realized I am rationalizing insanities'
Warning: This article contains details from the series premiere of “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.” Actress Leah Remini made a very public break with Scientology in 2013, and since...
J.R. Smith hysterically gives hug instead of playing defense
https://twitter.com/CauldronICYMI/status/803784874649759745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Let's hope the Cavaliers were prepared for the good and the bad that comes with another four years of J.R. Smith, because this was a low point for the...
MLB, union can't afford to ruin 20-plus years of labor peace
Would Major League Baseball, in the wake of a highly successful season that culminated in a World Series for the ages, actually turn off its lights and shut its doors?...
The Post defends de Blasio
We won’t say Mayor de Blasio’s effort to reform the city’s jails is working — but we can say city Comptroller Scott Stringer just failed in his bid to show...
Romney dinner may signal Trump is close to a decision
It’s the Final Four — for secretary of state. Donald Trump met with Mitt Romney for a second time on Tuesday as the president-elect went over his final list for...
How Trump will and won't transform the Supreme Court
The battle lines are forming over Donald Trump’s anticipated Supreme Court nominee. A conservative advocacy group is running TV ads urging Trump to appoint a justice in the mold of...
What Peyton Manning told Eli, Giants in his visit with team
Maybe this will ignite the inconsistent Giants offense. Peyton Manning, quarterback Eli Manning’s big brother, visited with the team Tuesday, and offered up some tips on how to win Sunday...
Romo? Petty? Breaking down divergent QB paths awaiting Jets
Here is a depressing statistic for all of you Jets fans that underscores how miserable this team’s quarterback history has been: Ryan Fitzpatrick moved past Geno Smith into eighth place...
The Ohio State attack was honed by Palestinians
Security experts looking at Monday’s car-ramming and stabbing attack at Ohio State University will find it looks familiar: Like many terrorist tactics, it was honed by Palestinians. We ignore Palestinian...
Rick Nash's brilliant moment leads Rangers to gritty win
This was a singular act of brilliance that rescued the Rangers from the depths of something bigger than a loss, and was more accurately described as a growing weakness. But...
Tim Tebow visits precinct of cop killed last year
Tim Tebow stopped by the 105th Precinct in Queens on Tuesday -- the station where NYPD Officer Brian Moore worked before he was killed last year -- to show his...
How Cespedes signing only complicates Yankees' DH market
Yoenis Cespedes getting four years and $110 million to rejoin the Mets didn’t send shock waves through an industry swimming in billions but strangely entangled in a labor problem, as...
Cuomo sticks up for New York's taxpayers
Gov. Cuomo just stood with the public by vetoing several special-interest bills — including two we’d denounced under the headlines “Schoolbus Banditry” and “No More Giveaways to the Rich.” The...
Ecstasy trials approved by FDA for PTSD patients
Turns out Ecstasy could have some medicinal value. After successful preliminary trials, the FDA is moving forward with a large-scale study for using Ecstasy as a prescription drug to treat...
Former vice principal gets 6 months for rape at high school
A former Williamsburg high-school vice principal found guilty of raping a just-graduated student was sentenced to only six months in prison Tuesday before being released on bail, pending his appeal....
Tim Tebow won't commit to being at Mets spring training
Tim Tebow may not be lighting it up on the baseball diamond, but his aura still lights up a room. That was apparent Tuesday, when Tebow was at the NYPD’s...
The more Derrick Rose scores, the worse off Knicks are
When Derrick Rose scores 16 or more points, the Knicks are 2-8. When he scores 15 or fewer, they are 6-1. Go figure. Or figure that Rose needs to be...
De Blasio's fishy arrangements with 'outsider' advisers
Every mayor has a staff and a few outside advisers, too. But Mayor Bill de Blasio stands out for having advisers who act like staff — and have clients who...
Prosecutor charged with wiretapping assistant DA
The Brooklyn prosecutor charged with spying on an NYPD detective in an apparent fit of jealousy also tapped the phone of another assistant District Attorney — and the revelations have...
Trump makes sense once you realize you're watching improv
At this rate, nearly everybody who follows politics or writes about politics or thinks about politics is soon either going to be curled up in a ball in the corner,...
Kristaps Porzingis couldn't bear to watch Knicks' beatdown video
On Tuesday, the Knicks watched film of their physical beatdown by the Thunder the night before, when Oklahoma City held a 53-40 rebound edge. “We got to get effort and...
Dabo Swinney on his players allegedly using N-word: Let's fire media
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney showed he has his players' backs at Tuesday's press conference -- at the cost of shaming the media and neglecting accusations of hate speech by...
Man snatches $1.6M in gold from back of truck
Luckiest thief ever? New video shows how a quick-footed bandit swiped a bucket from an armored truck in Midtown, which — allegedly unbeknownst to him — contained nearly $1.6 million...
St. John’s hits rock bottom of the Chris Mullin era
In Chris Mullin’s first season as coach at St. John’s, tip-off times were usually appointments for embarrassment. The Red Storm failed to win double-digit games for the first time in...
Even this diminished Tiger Woods is good enough to win
NASSAU, Bahamas — If we’re being fair, what should the reasonable expectation of Tiger Woods be now that he has professed total health and is ready to resume his career?...
Trump dines with Romney amid cabinet speculation
President-elect Donald Trump broke bread with fierce critic and now-possible cabinet pick Mitt Romney Tuesday night at Jean Georges Restaurant in Trump International Hotel. Trump, joined by his chief of...
How quickly Jets' hope has evaporated, in 2 Colts games
The Jets face the Colts on “Monday Night Football” for the second consecutive season. Things could not feel much differently around the Jets from that game to this one, an...
How Eli Manning made things right with ignored Sterling Shepard
It was a simple reminder: We need you. Eli Manning saw his rookie receiver in the weight room Tuesday and wanted to make sure Sterling Shepard was aware of his...
Curtis Granderson is wild card as Mets seek Jay Bruce trade
Jay Bruce, anyone? With Yoenis Cespedes headed back to the Mets on a four-year deal worth $110 million, pending a physical, the team’s next significant maneuvers figure to be unloading...
Is this a blip, or is Joakim Noah a $72M Knicks disaster?
To many, the Knicks would have been better served writing a check for $72 million, taking it out in the backyard and setting it on fire, rather than signing Joakim...
Meet the poster boy for NYC's cutthroat real estate world
In his illustrious -- and, by turns, calamitous -- real-estate career, New York developer Harry Macklowe has brawled with banks, competitors, partners, tenants, Martha Stewart, multiple mayors and his own...
New HIV diagnoses hit 'historic low' in New York City
In a major development showing that the battle against HIV/AIDS is progressing, not a single baby in New York City was diagnosed with the infectious disease virus last year, the...
Murder convict gets new trial due to disgraced cop's role in case
A Brooklyn judge Tuesday ordered a new trial for a man who spent 16 years behind bars for a 1994 murder, because of disgraced former NYPD detective Louis Scarcella’s “false...
Ex-Goldman banker likely to be nominated as treasury chief
A Goldman Sachs alum and movie producer is expected to be nominated as the next treasury secretary. Steven Mnuchin is likely to get the nod from President-elect Donald Trump as...
It's not fair to call the Mets cheap anymore
Look, there is still a lot of work between here and the Canyon of Heroes, a lot of baseball to be played, a lot of injuries to be overcome, and...
Heartless family leaves escaped dog at shelter, adopts new pup
A California family is being hounded on Facebook after they were caught on camera doing their dog dirty — getting her all happy and excited to leave an animal control...
Slumlords admit to terrorizing tenants to drive them out
Two Brooklyn slumlords admitted Tuesday to terrorizing rent-controlled tenants with dogs, packing the halls with drug addicts, and tearing down walls in order to push the renters out of the...
The details behind UFC's $4.5 billion TV plan
The UFC recently was sold for $4 billion, and now the new owners are looking to cash in with a TV deal worth $4.5 billion, Sports Business Daily reports. The...
Dr. Oz sued over claims about 'fake' imported olive oil
A trade group representing olive oil importers sued television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday under a largely untested Georgia food libel law, objecting to his claims that much of...
Post-tragedy Marlins signal spending to keep up in NL East
The Marlins reached a two-year, $22 million agreement on Monday with Edinson Volquez, a strong signal to the Mets and Nationals that they are not retrenching after the death of...
These goats are dressed up in adorable costumes for their healing process
At Goats of Anarchy, a New Jersey rescue and rehabilitation center for goats, some of the residents are getting attention for wearing adorable costumes. It turns out, dressing up does...
Scores arrested in first 'Fight for $15' protests since Trump win
Scores of demonstrators were arrested on Tuesday as U.S. workers from fast-food chains staged nationwide protests for higher pay, union rights and immigration reform in their first major action since...
Tennessee man drives through raging wildfire in dramatic video
Warning: Vulgar language in video A Tennessee man documented his miraculous escape from Gatlinburg as he drove through the raging wildfires that have devastated the town. Michael Luciano shared a...
Democrats' continued denial, Kellyanne Conway's 'outside game,' and other commentary
From the left: The Flaw in the Electoral College Hail Mary There’s nothing in the Constitution or in federal law to prevent the Electoral College from making Hillary Clinton president,...
Red-hot Raiders have made this forgotten Patriots loss haunting
The Patriots’ Week 4 loss to the Bills with Jacoby Brissett starting at quarterback is still looming large in the race for home-field advantage in the AFC. New England is...
‘Boogie Nights’ house on sale, does not include porn stars or cocaine
Fans of “Boogie Nights” rejoice: The four-bedroom house in Covina, Calif., where the cult film was shot is now on sale for $1.5 million. Built in 1958, the 4,000-square-foot pad...
Man smashes truck's window with a shovel in road rage showdown
A collision between two trucks in England soon spiraled out of control. One of the drivers took road rage to a whole new level as he rammed the other truck...
Famed short-seller Tilson is bearish on Wingstop
Whitney Tilson’s latest short idea may take some of the flavor out of Sunday football gatherings. The short-seller who famously brought down Lumber Liquidators’ stock 20 months ago by highlighting...
NFL player banished for using weed to treat painful disease
The NFL suspended Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson for 10 games for what the player's agent said stems from his client using marijuana to relieve the effects of Crohn's...
AI could be coming to a gas station near you
Cortana, Siri, Alexa, meet … Miles. Through February, the oil and gas giant BP is testing a new kind of pump technology at several gas stations in the Chicago and...
Yoenis Cespedes a go-for-it gamble Mets had to make
There are four super-teams in the National League: the Cubs, Dodgers, Nationals and Mets. You want to include the Giants and Cardinals? Fine. That is six. But it is hard...
Saints star cryptically frustrated after 49-point explosion
The Saints came away from Sunday's electrifying rout of the Rams with 49 points, a victory and apparently an unhappy star wide receiver. Nine Saints receivers received a target in...
De Blasio turned to private consultants about their clients
Mayor de Blasio insists that his group of five private consultants never brought up their clients when advising him — but recently released e-mails show he had no problem bringing...
Tot on life support as cops question stepdad over abuse allegations
Police are questioning a man after his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son was found unconscious in their Brooklyn home with a massive head wound, authorities said.
FDNY firefighter charged with peddling pills outside firehouse
The heat is on a Brooklyn firefighter — who peddled pain pills in front of his own firehouse, a law-enforcement sources said Tuesday. Daniel Torres, 33, of Brownsville was busted...
Beyoncé can even make Christmas sexy
Beyoncé fans have a new way to wear their hearts on their sleeves this holiday season — or, rather, their #BeyHive loyalty on their chests. The singer just released seasonal...
Trump won and his biggest supporter is mad as hell
Scott LoBaido is one of NYC's most vocal Donald Trump supporters. We caught up with him after Trump's big win in the election and asked him what he thought about...
Super Bowl champ now knows exactly how long he'll rot in jail
LOS ANGELES — A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced former NFL star Darren Sharper to 20 years in prison for raping two women and drugging two others, but under terms...
Everything you need to know about Miami Art Week
The first week of December is chock-full of art events, from big-ticket Art Basel to smaller fairs that pack a creative punch. Here's a handy primer on the ones to...
Junior Olympic track stars are still living in a homeless shelter
Three sisters whose track and field prowess brought them medals, TV appearances and even a magazine cover are still struggling for something that's eluded them: a home of their own.
This is the most risqué selfie trend of all time
We've had the Ice Bucket Challenge, the Cinnamon Challenge, the Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge and the Mannequin Challenge. As these blink-and-you’ll-miss-them social media trends grow ever more ridiculous, the internet...
Drunk mom busted with baby bottle filled with booze
Police arrested a drunken mom when they noticed her stumbling around a Manhattan subway station with her 6-month-old son -- and a baby bottle that smelled of booze, authorities said...
Kellogg pulls advertising from Breitbart
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Kellogg says it will no longer advertise on Breitbart.com, the website formerly run by one of President-elect Donald Trump's top aides, Steve Bannon. Kellogg Co. spokeswoman...
Liberals outraged about Trump's flag-burning tweet forgot Hillary said the same
President-elect Donald Trump suggested early Tuesday on Twitter that flag burners should go to jail. While flag-burning is protected in the United States, there is a list of countries where...
People will soon be able to smoke Hunter S. Thompson's weed
Local marijuana dispensaries may be going "Gonzo" soon -- and it's all thanks to Hunter S. Thompson's widow. Anita Thompson plans to grow and sell strains of marijuana from the...
Gigantic underground oceans could be full of 'aliens'
Scientists have claimed that massive oceans are hidden up to 620 miles beneath the surface of the Earth. These mysterious bodies of water could even hold lifeforms so unusual that...
Noah Syndergaard comically leads Mets' Cespedes party
The superhero is welcoming back the king. Noah Syndergaard was the first to start crowing about four more years of Yoenis Cespedes, who agreed Tuesday to sign a deal with...
The US could be gearing up for potential space wars
The US military is reportedly readying for the next generation of warfare in space, where science fiction-like weapons such as kamikaze satellites and destructive lasers await — a prospect that...
Republicans reveal plan for ObamaCare 'transition period'
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are planning a vote to repeal ObamaCare soon after Donald Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20 with a “date certain” replacement that would kick in...
Yoenis Cespedes is coming back to the Mets
The first huge domino in baseball’s offseason fell Tuesday, leaving an imprint of Yoenis Cespedes’ face in the outfield at Citi Field. After less than a month on the free-agent...
This new invention means old people can fall without breaking a hip
One of the biggest dangers for older people is falling and breaking a hip. Now there's a device that works like an airbag for this area. It's being developed by...
ISIS claims responsibility for Ohio State attack
CAIRO -- The attacker who plowed into pedestrians at Ohio State University and stabbed others with a butcher knife "is a soldier" of Islamic State, the group said on its...
City council speaker questions costly Trump Tower protection
Continuing to provide NYPD protection of Trump Tower is "unsustainable," according to City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, a vociferous critic of President-elect Donald Trump. "I have serious concerns," she said...
How Jeff Hornacek is protecting Carmelo's one-man offense
You hear the murmurs and boos now – and it’s not just on social media. In the last three Garden games, whenever Carmelo Anthony receives a pass, holds onto the...
Why women are rubbing wasabi on their lips
Wasabi’s not just for sushi anymore. According to the millennial lifestyle Web site Refinery29, it turns out the green paste not only gives a little kick to your eel-and-avocado roll,...
Trump, Bloomberg speak for first time since election
Former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who described Donald Trump as a “dangerous demagogue” at last summer’s Democratic National Convention, spoke on the phone with the president-elect Monday, a source confirmed to...
City ramps up Vision Zero efforts with pedestrian deaths on the rise
The city is ramping up its Vision Zero efforts to protect pedestrians -- who are still being killed at a higher rate this year than in 2015. “The bottom line...
Kidnapped jogger was branded, starved nearly to death
The California mom who vanished while jogging was horribly beaten and branded by her abductors, her husband revealed on Tuesday. Keith Papini admitted that he “was filled with so much...
Kate Mara's ex-boyfriend dented the Giants' Super Bowl trophy
If the Giants need a new kicker, they might want to try out Kate Mara's ex. The Hollywood starlet, appearing on Tuesday night's episode of "Conan," related the time her...
Danica Patrick is 'so sad' and sick of mediocrity
This isn't going as Danica Patrick hoped. The star driver, who came over from IndyCar in 2013 as a marquee attraction and women's trail-blazer, vented her frustrations about another lost...
Colombia crash reminiscent of 1972 Uruguayan rugby tragedy
The plane crash that wiped out most of a top-flight Brazilian soccer squad late Monday evoked memories of the 1972 Uruguayan rugby tragedy that spawned the book and hit movie...
Jesus lookalike backpacker can't help but be worshipped
A bearded backpacker has been forced to deny being Jesus after his arrival in Kenya prompted a stampede and viral online speculation that he signified “the Second Coming.” Dressed in...
Tiger Woods can finally put his worst fears to rest
NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods, who has accomplished virtually everything there is to do in golf, is about to do something he thought he might never be able to do...
Cops search for Orthodox Jewish man who groped woman
Police are looking for an Orthodox Jewish man who groped a woman in Brooklyn last week, authorities said. The victim snapped a quick picture of the creep before he slinked...
Computers will soon write our Christmas music
“Lots to decorate the room. The Christmas tree is filled with flowers." That may sound like the beginning of a first-grader’s holiday poem, but it’s actually the opening lyrics of...
Trump gearing up for 'thank you' tour to battleground states
Donald Trump will be kicking-off a 'thank you" tour to battleground states later this week. The president-elect's first stop will be at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday...
Brazilian goalie in plane crash called wife just before dying
A Brazilian goalie critically injured in the Colombian plane crash used his final moments to make a gut-wrenching phone call to his wife. Minutes before he took his last breath,...
Murder of black man eyed as possible hate crime
SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities in the San Francisco Bay Area are investigating the slaying of a young black man as a possible hate crime amid growing concern over racially motivated...
Jose Aldo calls Conor McGregor a fight-dodging ‘p−−−y’
Conor McGregor became a superstar when he backed up his big mouth and knocked out Jose Aldo with a single punch at UFC 194. Now, Aldo is taking a page...
New Yorkers arrive in droves to adopt cats from ASPCA
Black Friday was a record-setting shopping day in the Big Apple — for cats. A line wrapped around East 92nd Street for most of the day last Friday as dozens...
Newspaper deliveryman allegedly sold pot on route
A newspaper deliveryman was busted for allegedly selling marijuana along his morning route. Douglas Lukehart, 58, of Sardinia, NY, was arrested early Saturday after investigators received anonymous tips about someone...
Swedish yoga pilot will make you want to do downward dog
A Swedish beauty wants you to elevate to another plane. Professional pilot Malin Rydqvist, 29, not only soars thousands of feet in the air in the cockpit of her Boeing...
Man charged with raping girlfriend, locking her in crate
CLAYTON, Mo. — A Missouri man is accused of beating, stabbing and raping his girlfriend and confining her to a dog crate. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 25-year-old Michael...
Cuomo nixes tax breaks for music, digital gaming industries
Gov. Cuomo delivered a sour note to the music and digital gaming industry Tuesday, vetoing legislation that would have provided millions of dollars in tax breaks to companies in both...
Cuomo vetoes bill providing job guarantees to school bus drivers
Gov. Cuomo has vetoed legislation that would have inflated New York City's school bus bills by tens of millions of dollars through job guarantees for drivers. "This bill raises legal...
US economy grew even more than expected this quarter
The US economy grew faster than initially thought in the third quarter, notching its best performance in two years, buoyed by strong consumer spending and a surge in soybean exports....
Uber gives driver $7K for Tibetan community center
A Tibetan immigrant and former sheepherder now working as a city Uber driver just landed a $7,000 gift from the company as one of the first recipients of its new...
Forgotten passport saved my life: Brazilian coach's son
The son of the head coach of the Brazilian soccer team whose plane crashed in Colombia revealed why he didn’t board the tragic flight. Matheus Saroli, whose father, Caio Junior,...
Woman paid $700 for 'hairless cat' who later sprouted fur
A faux-feline fraudster scammed fans of hairless cats in Canada out of hundreds of dollars. JoAnne Dyck thought she was shelling out $700 for a Sphynx kitten she named Vlad,...
Ohio State attacker kept hatred toward America secret
ISIS claimed responsibility for the Ohio State University terror attack Tuesday — as they declared the Somali refugee who committed the mass slashing a “solider for the Islamic State.” OSU...
Trump to select Elaine Chao for transportation secretary
Elaine Chao, the former labor secretary in the George W. Bush administration, will be named transportation secretary in the Trump administration. Chao's forthcoming nomination will be announced Tuesday afternoon by...
Baylor athletic director re-hired with no mention of rape atrocities
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Ian McCaw, former athletic director at scandal-plagued Baylor, is the new athletic director at Liberty University. The school made the announcement on its web site Monday. McCaw...
Amazon employee jumps off company building after ranting email to staff
A distressed Amazon employee sent out an email to hundreds of co-workers criticizing the company before leaping off its Seattle headquarters in a failed suicide attempt. The unidentified worker, who...
A tutorial on covering up domestic violence injuries with makeup sparks backlash
A TV show in Morocco issued an apology for a segment in which women were shown how to cover up bruises caused by domestic assault with makeup. Instead of addressing the...
Spectacle around Trump Tower hurts business at Tiffany & Co.
Donald Trump has stolen some of the sparkle from Tiffany & Co.’s Fifth Avenue flagship. Sales at the jewelry chain’s headquarters location have fallen since the Republican real estate licensing...
Oldest person in the world celebrates another birthday
Emma Morano, thought to be the world's oldest person and the last to be born in the 1800s, celebrated her 117th birthday on Tuesday, is still swearing by her diet...
FTC review to delay Cabela's-Bass Pro merger
The merger of Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s has hit a speed bump. The Federal Trade Commission has asked Bass Pro Shops for more information on its $5.5 billion acquisition...
Reporter quits after 'downright terrifying' death threats
An award-winning television reporter in Denver says she quit her job because her former station did not support her after she got death threats from the subject of a four-part...
DeMarcus Cousins, John Wall want to end NBA misery together
DeMarcus Cousins and John Wall played one very successful season together at Kentucky, going 35-3 and losing to West Virginia in the Elite Eight. Neither has come close to replicating...
Internet has field day with Aaron Rodgers' pants-dropping tent
The mystery of Aaron Rodgers' mid-game detour to a privacy tent on the Green Bay Packers sideline has been solved, and the explanation turned out to be the first one...
South Korea's scandal-ridden president offers resignation
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that she'll resign — if parliament arranges the technical details — in her latest attempt to fend off impeachment...
Jail guard charged with pepper-spraying inmate's genitals
SCRANTON, Pa. — A Pennsylvania county jail guard has been placed on paid leave and charged with simple assault for allegedly pepper-spraying an inmate's genitals. The (Scranton) Times-Tribune says the...
Several fall ill at subway station
Stand clear of the barfing straphanger. Six people fell ill inside a Harlem subway station -- and trains had to bypass the stop for more than a half-hour -- after...
Teen stabs boyfriend after she lets him drink her blood
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Police say a 19-year-old Missouri woman allowed her intoxicated boyfriend to drink her blood, then stabbed the wannabe vampire during a subsequent argument. Victoria Vanatter of Springfield...
Dozens of protesters arrested at minimum wage rally
At least 26 people who clogged a Lower Manhattan street while protesting for higher wages were arrested Tuesday morning on charges including disorderly conduct, authorities said. The protest began around...
Citigroup runs like a 'boys' club': suit
Citigroup is run like a “boys’ club” that favors men over women and treats some female financial advisers like a “glorified secretary,” a former financial adviser claims in a shocking...
Climate change causes record deaths to Great Barrier Reef
CANBERRA, Australia -- Warming oceans this year have caused the largest die-off of corals ever recorded on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, scientists said Tuesday. The worst-affected area is a 700-kilometer...
College hoops player didn't know the score, and it's painful to watch
https://twitter.com/MikeGoldFool/status/803448724005515264 The joy of victory has never felt so hollow — or brief. Bryant's Ikenna Ndugba dribbled out the final few seconds and lofted the ball high in the air from...
Rainstorms sweeping South renew hope in battle against wildfires
ATLANTA — As a strong storm system approached some of the largest wildfires burning in the South, the rain signaled new hope for firefighters working to extinguish the blazes. But...
Few survive after plane carrying Brazilian soccer team crashes
Six people have been pulled out alive from the wreckage of a chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team that crashed in Colombia, killing 75 people, while en route to...
Donald Trump can't stop ranting against CNN
“I thought that @CNN would get better after they failed so badly in their support of Hillary Clinton however, since election, they are worse!” Donald Trump tweeted early Tuesday. The...
Trump says people who burn American flag should face jail
President-elect Donald Trump wants flag burners to be severely punished — possibly by revoking their citizenship. “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag — if they do, there...
An 8-foot-long snake emerged from this apartment's toilet
A gigantic cobra crawled up through an apartment building's plumbing and popped up in one resident's toilet, proving that nightmares sometimes do come true. Snake handlers tried to capture the...
Hero police officer praised for quick action at Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Officials on Monday praised an Ohio State University police officer who shot and killed a man a minute after he drove his car into a crowd and...
Mom charged after overdosing while shopping with 2-year-old
LAWRENCE, Mass. — Authorities say a New Hampshire mother who allegedly overdosed and collapsed to the floor while shopping with her 2-year-old daughter in a Massachusetts dollar store faces a...
Al Qaeda mastermind may have inspired Ohio State rampage
The Somali immigrant who allegedly went on a rampage Monday at Ohio State University was one of many terrorist disciples of al Qaeda hate preacher Anwar al-Awlaki. College student Abdul...
Doris Duke twins lose bid to sue over 'junkie' dad who blew their billions
Their dad may have blown most of their trust fund on heroin, four wives and a rented Wyoming manse dubbed “Outlaw Acres” — but it was his money to burn....
Justin Trudeau to skip Castro's funeral amid uproar over comments
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not be attending the funeral of Fidel Castro amid an uproar over his comments over the weekend praising the late Cuban leader....
Why patients are shelling out thousands for 'concierge medicine'
Five years ago, while Paul Cernuto was mountain biking on a Friday afternoon, he suddenly developed a severe headache. “It was excruciating — I couldn’t even pedal to the car,’’...
Green Party poised to cash in on Jill Stein's recount crusade
The Green Party could end up keeping millions of dollars it’s raising for a recount of the presidential vote in three battleground states. Jill Stein, the party’s presidential nominee, has...
Raging fires force tourists to flee Dollywood
A series of vicious fires tore through southeast Tennessee Monday, causing tourists to flee their cabins at the Dollywood theme park. Firefighters battled 14 wildfires in and around Gatlinburg, Tenn....
Emails reveal de Blasio's PR team was ghostwriting politicians' quotes
Mayor de Blasio’s favorite public-relations firm didn’t just run his 2013 mayoral campaign, it also functioned as a virtual shadow government, ghostwriting press release quotes and letters to the editor,...
Man, woman found shot in the head in apparent murder-suicide
A man and woman were found dead in an upper Manhattan apartment -- the woman bound and gagged, and both shot in the head -- in what cops believe was...
Time Inc.'s stock spikes amid billionaire's offer
Time Inc.’s stock surged Monday on news that billionaire Edgar Bronfman Jr. and two other private equity billionaires are sizing up the company to take it private in a $1.8...
Air rights on the High Line are selling at huge prices
It might be a last gasp of a vanishing market, but a chunk of precious High Line district air rights has sold for a whopping $800 per buildable square foot....
Only church destroyed on 9/11 raises cross atop new building
The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine — a historic house of worship that was destroyed on 9/11 — held a “topping out” ceremony on Monday, commemorating its...
Assistant DA arrested for wiretapping to spy on NYPD 'love interest'
A Brooklyn assistant district attorney has been arrested on charges of eavesdropping after she allegedly forged documents in order to spy on a love interest who is an NYPD detective,...
WeWork expands Lexington Ave. office space with 3 more floors
The relentless march of WeWork shows no sign of taking a pause. The shared-workspace giant has just signed for three more floors at Charles S. Cohen’s 135 E. 57th St....
Arcesium takes over fourth floor of Minskoff's 6th Ave. tower
Arcesium, a spinoff of DE Shaw, has outgrown the space it shares with the investment and technology firm on the fifth floor of Minskoff Equities’ 1166 Sixth Ave. Arcesium just...
FCC floats replacement candidates for Tom Wheeler
Beltway buzz is now centered on who will replace FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, the former cable lobbyist who has been in the job for three years. On Thursday, Wheeler will...
Cops using social media to see if daredevil teen is a criminal
Police are using social media to probe a teenage daredevil who just can’t seem to stop climbing skyscrapers around Manhattan, sources said Monday. Instagram shots posted by human fly Justin...
The federal government keeps wasting money on absurd things
The federal government keeps finding new ways to waste money — from an a $495,000 exhibit about “smells” in Medieval times to a $500,000 study of fish bones found in...
Women still struggling to get top financial jobs
Women still can’t get a toehold into the top jobs of global finance, according to a new study. Only one in five mutual funds around the world has a woman...
Fifth Avenue Desigual store closes after Black Friday
There will be less “sex, fun & love” on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 45th Street. The Desigual store that had been at that location for a couple of...
Knicks finally trust Joakim Noah and it totally backfires
Joakim Noah was jacked to play against his college coach, Billy Donovan. The duo teamed up in glorious times, winning two NCAA titles together in Florida. Perhaps that is why...
Get ready to see a lot more cleavage at the gym
Before she started going to the high-intensity sports-conditioning studio Tone House, Callie Gullickson used to dance and do planks in a boring racerback sports bra. But when the 22-year-old Upper...
Plane carrying Brazilian soccer team crashes in Colombia
MEDELLIN, Colombia — A chartered plane with a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 71 people,...
NFL injury reports leave fantasy football players twisting in wind
As the NFL game has changed over the years, so too has the game of fantasy football. The increased use of a two-back system and subsequent rise of the touchdown...
What Russell Westbrook is doing now is absolutely remarkable
So … we can spend some time, and some paragraphs, on all the troubling things the Knicks put on display Monday night at Madison Square Garden. We can start with...
Companies bolting East Midtown for the Hudson Yards district
Not that it comes as a surprise — but East Midtown is the Manhattan office sub-market that’s taking the worst beating from the Hudson Yards district. According to JLL’s latest...
Derrick Rose could play his way to contract security with Knicks
Through 17 games, point guard Derrick Rose has shown enough progress that a lucrative new contract could be in store for him with the Knicks this summer. However, Rose, who...
Discover Florida's most underrated beach getaways
In spite of its reputation, Florida is no longer the dominion of retirees and spring breakers — in fact, trendy enclaves are blossoming across the state, from the Atlantic to...
3 dead, at least 5 sickened after Thanksgiving dinner
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Bay Area health officials were trying to determine Monday if three people who died and five who were sickened after eating Thanksgiving dinner at a...