December 29, 2016
Debbie Reynolds was at the center of Hollywood's ultimate sex scandal
Ages before “Jen” and “Brad” very publicly fractured into “Brangelina,” the high bar was set on salacious Hollywood sex scandals by Debbie and Liz and Eddie.
Matt Puempel's hat trick helps Rangers power through
GLENDALE, Ariz. — This took unheralded heroics from a most unlikely source. But the Rangers got four power-play goals on seven chances, three of them from Matt Puempel for the...
Why leaving Knicks was an easy decision for Langston Galloway
NEW ORLEANS — After getting married to his high-school sweetheart from Baton Rouge, La., on June 25, Langston Galloway got a phone call the next day from Jeff Hornacek. The...
NYC girl's 'ankles destroyed' after taking on crossover master
https://twitter.com/GilllianJordan/status/813911735618928640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Who needs a polished basketball court when you can break ankles on New York City crosswalks? Though, as 15-year-old Gillian Jordan learned, the streets are just as slippery. Gillian...
Islanders can't stop Wild's winning streak collision course
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Erik Haula scored midway through the third period to help the Wild hold off the Islanders 6-4 on Thursday night for their 12th victory in a...
Former underdog Boise State coach gets shot at Saban, Tide
ATLANTA — At the time, Coleman Shelton didn’t know his future would involve football. He couldn’t know yet how much the man on TV would affect his life. Shelton was...
Fired 'School of No' principal has petition to get job back tossed by judge
A judge has tossed out the reinstatement petition of a former Queens principal axed for being chronically tardy — because she filed it late. Marcella Sills was removed from PS...
Keith Kinkaid's 43-save night leads Devils to shootout win
WASHINGTON — Keith Kinkaid made 43 saves and stopped two attempts in the shootout, helping the Devils beat the Capitals 2-1 on Thursday night. New Jersey's backup goaltender was the...
New York Democrats slam Obama over Israel
New York Democrats are turning on the Obama administration for refusing to veto a resolution condemning Israel at the UN and then giving Secretary of State John Kerry free rein...
Bitcoin price surges to nearly $1K as year ends
In a year when whipsawing markets are poised to end much higher, one of Wall Street’s most curious investments could come out on top: bitcoin. The digital currency is one...
Jonathan Casillas' inspirational speech gets Giants fired up
After the warm-up and stretch and before the team broke away into individual drills, Ben McAdoo called the Giants together Thursday early in practice inside the field house. A large...
'Atlanta' and 'This Is Us' top the year's TV
It's that time (again) to take a look back at the year in television — from what got us psyched, to what made us lunge for the remote. Here, without...
Obama's hypocrisy when it comes to interference in our politics
President Obama’s announced retaliation against Russia’s interference in last month’s presidential election is welcome, but spare us the sermon about interfering in other countries’ politics. Obama did his utmost to...
Alabama can't afford to sleep on dangerous Huskies in semifinal
Alabama has the perfect 13-0 record, the No. 1 ranked defense and Nick Saban, the architect of three Crimson Tide national championships over the past five years, on the sideline....
Sears CEO pours more money into struggling retailer
Sears Holdings Chief Executive Eddie Lampert is throwing more money at his shriveling retail empire. The hedge fund billionaire, who is the largest shareholder in Sears, has extended a $200...
Big Apple to see chilly weather on New Year's Eve
New Year’s Eve revelers in the Big Apple better bundle up. The temperature is expected to drop on Saturday night from a high of 43 degrees in the daytime to...
Kaitlin Olson isn't so different from wild child 'The Mick' character
Like Mickey, the rebellious character she plays on the new Fox comedy “The Mick,” Kaitlin Olson likes to do things her way. When she went into labor with her first...
Darrelle Revis: I'm an all-time Jet and should be treated with 'class'
If you look at the numbers — those related to football and those related to the salary cap — Sunday’s game against the Bills at MetLife Stadium would seem obvious...
De Blasio 'dissatisfied' with efforts against homelessness
Six months after downplaying the homelessness crisis, Mayor de Blasio on Thursday pointed to his administration’s inability to get a handle on the issue as his biggest disappointment of the...
Clemson coach: Trash-talker's play better match his words
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Jadar Johnson made his bed, and he’s ready to sleep in it. It will be rather comfortable, too, according to the Clemson safety. The All-ACC first-team safety...
'Cats' leads Broadway's 2016 clunkers
This was the year “Hamilton” and “The Humans” got what they deserved — multiple Tonys, including those for, respectively, Best Musical and Best Play. So let’s put them aside for...
The best and worst movies of 2016
KYLE SMITH: From a long-ago war to an animated allegory, an homage to humanity The more movies sell themselves with spectacle and sizzle, the more it matters to ground the...
Kate Spade holiday report could make brand sale more enticing
Glitter and monsters may make Kate Spade more enticing to bidders should it end up on the auction block next month. The handbag maker has yet to release official sales...
Britney and Gaga nosedived in 2016
Pop fans of the future will look back on 2016 as the year that music died. But while Prince, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and George Michael (to name but four)...
St. John's stuns No. 13 Butler in biggest win of Chris Mullin era
Shamorie Ponds pumped his fist. Marcus Lovett Jr. outstretched his arm, circling the court at a sprint and high-fiving anyone who would accept his hand following St. John’s electric, stunning...
Getting past the politically driven social-media hate
For many Americans, 2016 was a year in which contentious political disputes at times spilled over into their personal lives, with social media pushing apart friends, neighbors and even family....
Arkansas TE banned for stealing at bowl-sponsor store
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Arkansas senior tight end Jeremy Sprinkle was suspended for the Belk Bowl game Thursday night against No. 18 Virginia Tech after police accused him of shoplifting from...
Now’s the time to rein in a failed United Nations
We’ve come a long way from Daniel Patrick Moynihan excoriating the United Nations’ 1975 “Zionism is racism” resolution in one of the finer exhibits of righteous indignation in the history...
The latest explanation for New York corruption
Glenwood Management — and all the New York pols it bribed over the years — must be laughing all the way to the bank. Wednesday, the state’s Joint Commission on...
Russia closes American school in retaliation for US sanctions
Russia responded to President Obama's sweeping sanctions by reportedly closing the Anglo-American School of Moscow, a facility for the children of American, British, and Canadian diplomats. The order from the...
Seminoles will be handful for favored Michigan in Orange Bowl
The Wildcat returns for his 20th season in The Post. Including his 1997-2015 seasons in the Bettor’s Guide, Cat’s record in print stand at 546-462 (54.1 percent) against the spread....
Count on Packers to outgun Lions with division on the line
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Over/Under Rico: Week 17
Rico went 7-8-1 (2-1 Best Bets) last week on the Over/Unders. The season record is now 121-114-5 (25-20). The selections for Week 17 are: Over: Cardinals / Rams; Saints /...
Why US voters keep giving elites the boot
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, news organizations — caught with their finger distinctly off the pulse of America — are promising to do better. But however well-intentioned, they’re...
Obama’s ugly bid to snub voters and tie Trump’s hands
In his waning days in the White House, President Obama is desperately trying to make his policies as permanent as possible by tying the hands of his successor — and...
Kennedy kid who dated Taylor Swift busted after Aspen brawl
Robert F. Kennedy Jr's son got himself involved in a tussle in Aspen that landed him in jail.
Behold, the Dutch 'Magic Mike'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BREarrZqX9M If you’re in the Netherlands, you’re in luck. Newly released comedy “Onze Jongens,” which translates to “our boys” in Dutch, tells the story of a group of struggling (and...
NBC networks could be blacked out for 16 million subscribers
One million households in the metro New York City area — including most viewers in Manhattan — could be shut out of a key “Sunday Night Football” game this weekend...
The legends Broadway lost in 2016
Broadway will be dimming its lights a lot in the coming weeks. Dick Latessa, who won a Tony for “Hairspray,” died Dec. 19. Soon after, the theater lost Willa Kim,...
These crummy subway lines are a total ripoff, report finds
Riders who usually commute by the 5 and A lines are being ripped off by the MTA, a new report says. Those two lines are worst in the New York...
Prisoner escapes from Greenwich Village hospital
A prisoner under arrest for petit larceny escaped from a Greenwich Village hospital Thursday afternoon and was being sought by police, sources said. Police from Midtown South brought Daniel Ortiz,...
Delta boots passengers over 'aggressive' midair meltdown
A scheduled flight from Minneapolis to Los Angeles turned around and went back to Minnesota after two passengers suffered a midair meltdown over restroom use, authorities said. Shortly after Delta...
Is this US women's soccer's final Hope Solo snub?
Just when Hope Solo thought she couldn't be more of an outcast, her former teammates kicked her hand-picked equal-pay advocate to the curb. US women's national soccer team players said...
2016's biggest sports splashes, from the Sanchize to Linsanity 2
Even without a championship to celebrate, 2016 was another year to remember for the New York sports world. Emerging stars such as Gary Sanchez, Kristaps Porzingis and Jimmy Vesey injected...
HR director sues to find out who sent her 'a bag of d--ks'
This human resources director is taking legal action to find out who wants her to eat a bag of d--ks. Melody Lenox filed a lawsuit Tuesday after she was less...
Crazy customer gets punched out of Steve Madden store
When a Steve Madden store in Florida had to close its doors due to apparent technical difficulties, one angry customer couldn't understand and things escalated into a physical confrontation. Radio...
Jeff Hornacek's bizarre excuse for Carmelo Anthony ejection
NEW ORLEANS — Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek fiercely defended Carmelo Anthony on Thursday, saying he believes Anthony’s second-quarter ejection — for throwing a forearm at Thabo Sefolosha’s head — the...
School board demands Trump ally resign over racist Obama comments
The Buffalo school board voted Thursday to demand that Carl Paladino step down or be removed by the state Board of Education for making shocking comments about President Obama and...
Russia reportedly spent years recruiting elite team of hackers
The Russian military moved the fight from the battlefield to cyberspace and launched a recruiting drive to find the world's best hackers, a report said Thursday. The Kremlin for three...
Even de Blasio thinks it's nuts to spend New Year's Eve in Times Square
Mayor de Blasio threw a bucket of cold water on one of the biggest holiday traditions in New York City — the Times Square ball drop — even though it...
Putin considering retaliation after US sanctions
The Kremlin is considering retaliatory measures against the US after the Obama administration announced new sanctions to punish Russia for allegedly interfering in the presidential election, a spokesperson for Russian...
Ex-union boss charged with bribery likens himself to Jesus
Disgraced jail-guard union boss Norman Seabrook likened himself to Jesus and said he forgives those who abandoned him when he was nailed on bribery charges in June, according to a...
Russia dismisses Obama as lame duck after US sanctions
Russia dismissed President Obama as a "lame duck" Thursday in a biting tweet sent in response to his expulsion of dozens of diplomats from the US. “President Obama expels 35...
Clemson coach opposes 8-team playoff, has BCS nostalgia
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — If the current College Football Playoff format were to change, Dabo Swinney would support a return to the old system. Yes, the Clemson coach was a Bowl...
Lottery winner recalls moment he became a millionaire
A pizza twirler from Greece by way of Long Island got the birthday wish of his dreams—a $1 million winning lottery ticket. Dimitrios Hatzisotiriou treated himself to some scratch-off tickets...
Parents convinced Hatchimals are cursing at kids
This year's hottest Christmas gift has a potty mouth. Videos posted on YouTube show Hatchimals appearing to say "f--k me" as they sleep, their eyes glowing wildly. "Apparently some hatchimals...
De Blasio defends glitzy taxpayer-funded video
It depends what your definition of an ad is. Mayor de Blasio staunchly defended a taxpayer-funded video put out by City Hall this week that used Broadway stars to trumpet...
'Boxing led me to booze, coke and clutching a knife in the dark'
LONDON -- Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton tried to kill himself when he suffered from depression after quitting the ring, the Briton said Thursday. Hatton, who won titles at...
NYPD ramps up security for New Year's Eve bash in Times Square
The NYPD is beefing up its security like never before for the annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square — with an army of cops and a fleet of sand...
The terror risk to Trump's buildings and other notable comments
Professor: Censored Facebook Can Destabilize China Facebook has developed censorship software that will allow the social-media site to operate in China, where it’s been blocked since 2009, reports Kara Alaimo...
The breathtaking views from the world's highest bridge
China's Yunnan and Guizho provinces are connected by the world's highest bridge. Sitting almost 2,000 feet in the sky, this newly opened structure really tests drivers' abilities to deal with...
Celebrity death pool's list of most likely to die in 2016
Folks are now turning to macabre websites that predict which stars will pass away in the waning days of 2016.
Brooklyn set to record its safest year on record
Crime citywide is down about 4 percent for the year - and Brooklyn is leading the way with its safest year in recorded history, according to the borough District Attorney’s...
US kicks out dozens of Russian diplomats over election hacking
President Obama booted 35 Russian spies Thursday and shuttered a massive Long Island compound owned by Moscow in retaliation for interfering with the 2016 election. “All Americans should be alarmed...
How 2016 set up New York's next sports golden era
Quietly, 2016 slipped away without bringing a championship to New York City, which means that for the first time in 48 years, we have endured a five-year window in Fun...
Welcome to the world’s oldest hotel
This Japanese hotel has been “inn style” for quite some time. Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, a small property located in the town of Hayakawa, about 110 miles southwest of Tokyo, has...
Thieves use a giant forklift to steal an ATM
Security footage from a Texas credit union shows thieves using a giant forklift to make off with an entire ATM. They allegedly stole the forklift from a nearby construction site.
De Blasio isn't jumping to defend Israel after UN vote
Mayor Bill de Blasio — who has repeatedly cast himself as a fierce defender of Israel — refused Thursday to take a position on the UN resolution condemning the Jewish...
NFL coaching great sees the Super Bowl stuff in these Giants
NBC Sports analyst and former NFL coach Tony Dungy talks Giants, the AFC playoff picture and the Cowboys’ rookie duo with The Post’s Ryan Lazo. Q: How have the Giants...
Thinking about getting a divorce? Wait.
Think before you jump, or, in this case, file. Divorce filings surge in January as people decide to start their New Year with a clean slate, helped by a stressful...
Greek ambassador to Brazil disappears without a trace
RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro police say they are investigating the disappearance of Greece's ambassador to Brazil. A statement from the police Thursday says Kyriakos Amoiridis was last...
Rashaan Salaam shot himself in head, and his brain wasn't checked
DENVER — Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam killed himself after struggling with depression, an autopsy report confirmed Thursday, but investigators will never know whether the one-time running back suffered chronic...
Suspected thief surrenders after swiping Torah scrolls
A fugitive Torah thief from Brooklyn finally turned himself in to authorities Thursday morning after more than a month on the run, The Post has learned. Emil Benjamin, 35, allegedly...
10,000 sparklers set off at once makes a giant fireball
Sparklers are usually considered a safe and fun alternative to fireworks. That is, unless somebody were to tie 10,000 of them together to make one giant mega-sparkler. That's exactly what...
Cops catch jerk who faked nearly three dozen 911 calls
A Queens prankster making fake 911 calls sent police, fire and medical crews on nearly three dozen wild goose chases over a five-day period, police said. Shatiek Dotson's luck ran...
Yes, pacemakers can get hacked
Here’s a heart-stopping cyber-threat: Your pacemaker could get hacked. The Food and Drug Administration this week published guidelines to help medical manufacturers prevent hackers from breaking into implantable devices that...
Apple's edge over Samsung narrowed this holiday season
The iPhone 7 has delivered yet another disappointment. Apple’s lead over Samsung in the holiday smartphone race narrowed this year — despite Samsung’s disastrous recall of its exploding Galaxy Note...
George Karl sounds more deranged every day
We’re now in the second week of former NBA coach George Karl marketing his new book, apparently utilizing the marketing strategy of “Maybe if I offend and criticize enough NBA...
This lie-detecting robot is the customs officer of the future
Travelers in the US and Canada may soon be forced to undergo a lie detector test as a standard part of airport security. The Automated Virtual Agent for Truth Assessments...
Millennials are killing the dinner date
In recent years, somewhere between endless Tinder swipes and countless OkCupid matches, the dinner date has fallen by the wayside. As online dating surges in popularity, few millennials have the...
Toddler found wandering in Brooklyn
A toddler was found wandering a Brooklyn street early Thursday — and cops have found his family and launched an investigation, cops said. The boy, who cops say is about...
Massive 'anomaly' lurks beneath ice in Antarctica
Scientists believe a massive object that could change our understanding of history is hidden beneath the Antarctic ice. The huge and mysterious “anomaly” is thought to be lurking beneath the...
In 2016, we learned how Earth will be destroyed
While humans have understood the dangers of an asteroid hitting the Earth for a long time, it's only just recently become clear how likely an extinction-level impact really is. A newly...
Robots will join forces in 2017, and we should be worried
The next year will see robots begin to join forces to collaborate in unprecedented new ways, experts have predicted. British academics have predicted the rise of a global system called...
Man saves dog by punching cougar in the head
A brave Canadian man miraculously survived a brawl with a cougar — after he punched the big cat to save his dog. William Gibb, of Alberta, told CBC that the...
Earth's beauty as seen from space
Gaze down at the Earth's sprawling surface from the International Space Station. Throughout 2016 astronauts aboard the ISS have been documenting the ever-changing face of the Earth, capturing vast deserts,...
Nick Saban gives a very precise denial of flirting with Giants
ATLANTA -- Nick Saban has nothing left to prove in college football, but even if the Alabama coach wins an unprecedented fifth national title in eight years, he said he...
Cuomo once flew Robert De Niro in a State Police helicopter
Gov. Cuomo sent a State Police helicopter to whisk his Hollywood pal Robert De Niro — a major fund-raiser — from Manhattan to a tourism event in the Catskills. De...
Rwandan soccer bans witchcraft after totally freaky goal
The Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) is taking steps to put an end to what some believe is witchcraft working its way into soccer matches. New rules have been put in...
Richard Sherman's new feud is really boiling
Richard Sherman’s relationship with the media might be heading toward a breaking point. A little more than a week after threatening to “ruin” a radio host’s career, the Seattle Seahawks’...
Amazon plans to build flying warehouse to deploy drones
Amazon isn’t just planning to fill the skies with drones — it wants to build them a mothership. The Seattle-based web giant has won a patent for a zeppelin-like flying...
Suspected child killer's home had trove of mutilated Barbies
An 85-year-old Massachusetts man who died last month is a suspected child killer who had a hidden trove of sick toys, including Barbie dolls with their breasts severed, according to...
World's oldest male panda is dead at 31
Pan Pan — whose name means hope in Chinese — has died at 31. The world's oldest male panda succumbed to cancer on Wednesday in China's Sichuan province, officials told AFP....
8-year-old shot dead walking home from birthday party
DANIA BEACH, Fla. – Authorities say an 8-year-old boy was fatally shot while walking home from a birthday party near his South Florida home. Broward Sheriff's spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright tells...
Debbie Reynolds was more than just beauty
It would be a mistake to remember Debbie Reynolds primarily for the way Eddie Fisher dumped her for Elizabeth Taylor when she was 27, or for the terrible final chapter...
When Kim Jong Un fires you, he's not kidding
Landing a plum Cabinet post in Kim Jong-un’s North Korean government can be a death sentence, according to a new report. Out of the 340 people the dictator has ordered...
Journalist shot dead in front of her 6-year-old son
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The slaying stunned the small island of Bahrain: a young mother gunned down in the street as her 6-year-old son watched from inside their car....
Duterte says he once threw man from helicopter, would do it again
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened corrupt government officials with the prospect of being thrown out of a helicopter in midair, warning he has done it himself before and had...
What America's brightest designers want to do in 2017
With New Year’s comes the hope of self-improvement, and that includes bettering our homes. We turned to some of the design world’s most prominent names to find out how they...
Cops hunt for 3 women tied to fatal hit-and-run
Cops are searching for three women in connection with the hit-and-run that killed a local DJ last week, one of whom may have been driving when the fatal accident occurred....
Black boxes reveal no evidence of explosion on Russian plane
Russian officials probing the crash of a military plane that carried the Red Army Choir said Thursday that the black boxes revealed no evidence of an explosion on board –...
Trump considering privatizing parts of Veterans Affairs
The Trump transition team announced it is considering privatizing elements of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the government agency tasked with distributing benefits to veterans. “It’s one of the options...
This club for divorcées is better than therapy
Divorce had a way of bringing Suzanne Riss and Jill Sockwell together. Riss, a freelance journalist living in Maplewood, NJ, had just separated from her husband in 2011 when she...
Bill Clinton vows major donation to foundation
The Clintons are redoubling their commitment to their family foundation — pledging to donate $200,000 to their family charity after Donald Trump pulled off a stunning victory over Hillary Clinton...
Syria regime and rebels agree to cease-fire
The Syrian government and opposition rebels agreed Thursday to a cease-fire brokered by Turkey and Russia – the latest effort to negotiate a political solution to the country’s nearly six-year...
Politicians lost their composure in 2016
The 2016 elections will go down in history as one of the craziest cycles ever. Throughout the entire season, even professional politicians couldn't help but embarrass themselves, not even counting...
What you need to watch in January
Just because the holidays are over doesn’t mean there’s nothing to watch on television. In our overview of January’s best TV, we feature the most intriguing new series (with one...
New Year's resolutions will kill your relationship
Samia Mounts had always been “heavier,” and the talented singer and actress felt plagued by self-doubt because of it. So, five years ago, as the holidays were winding down, she...
Technology is making baby boomers total losers
A few weeks ago, I rode in a friend’s Tesla. Although the futuristic car is famous for its chargeable engine, self-driving capabilities and winged doors that open invitingly, my pal...
I made out with 10 strangers to find love
Love may be blind, but what about a first kiss? The upcoming TV series “Kiss Bang Love” (premiering Tuesday at 10 p.m. on FYI) tests how much you can tell...
Why Odell Beckham Jr. is conflicted about Redskins game
This is different. And, Odell Beckham Jr. admits, not easily categorized or put in its proper place. Here are the Giants, preparing for their regular-season finale against the Redskins, knowing...
Knicks miss their jack-of-all-trades when he's out
ATLANTA — Things changed. Early in the day, Knicks guard Courtney Lee predicted he would be able to play through a wrist injury. Then he went through shootaround. The first...
Jeremy Lin's out, so Nets return to 'ensemble' approach
CHICAGO — When Jeremy Lin strained his left hamstring earlier this season, the Nets had to go 17 consecutive games — five straight weeks — without their starting point guard....
St. John's Big East 'revenge' tour starts now
St. John’s would rather forget last year’s run through the Big East, but the Red Storm cannot afford to pretend that 1-17 debacle didn’t happen or they risk repeating it....
Washington needs big game from its not-so-secret weapon
ATLANTA — Only against Alabama could the fourth-highest scoring offense in the country be questioned about its ability to put up points. But for Washington, entering the Peach Bowl will...
Clemson smack talk: Ohio State's a bogus favorite
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Ohio State has history on its side, and that’s the only reason the Buckeyes are favored in Saturday’s College Football Playoff semifinal, according to Clemson running back...
Ambulance strikes, kills 89-year-old attempting to cross highway
A man was killed Wednesday night when an off-duty FDNY ambulance slammed into him as he tried to cross a highway, police said. The unidentified 89-year-old was struck just after...
EMT lied about being slashed by thugs on Christmas: police
An FDNY emergency medical technician who claimed to have been attacked by a gang of thugs and robbed on Christmas actually concocted the whole elaborate story, cops said Wednesday. Steven...