January 5, 2017
Driver flees from scene after causing fatal pile-up in the Bronx
The driver who caused a fatal multiple car pile-up in the Bronx Thursday night fled the scene on foot -- but was nabbed by cops when he sought treatment at...
'Sorry BuzzFeed': Barry Diller hates on modern media
IAC/InterActiveCorp Chairman Barry Diller has a few choice words about reality-TV execs, journalism, and the movie business: None of them are good. Diller, who owns 98 percent of the voting...
How John Mara's ultimatum led to a Giants transformation
To Charley Casserly, the key to this Giants roster came two days after last season ended. On that day, owner John Mara met with reporters and said of general manager...
Pressure on auto industry to keep US jobs could squeeze parts makers
President-elect Donald Trump’s public pressure on Detroit to keep auto manufacturing jobs in the US may soon include a related industry — auto part retailers, The Post has learned. Stores,...
Critics say party head joining lobbying firm 'worst of Albany culture'
Former Harlem Assemblyman Keith Wright has joined a high-powered lobbying firm — but he’s keeping his other job as Manhattan Democratic Party leader. While Wright insists the dual roles are...
De Blasio announces plan to set up college accounts for students
Just days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a splashy proposal to make state college tuition-free for low- and middle-income students, the de Blasio administration tried to steal back the spotlight...
Verizon exec not confident about Yahoo deal
Will they or won’t they? A top Verizon executive said she doesn’t know if the company will now acquire Yahoo. Executive Vice President Marni Walden appeared to sound a much...
Packers mock Giants 'NYPD' nickname: Can't 'handcuff' us
The Giants defensive backs are trying to be clever in the hopes of motivating themselves against the Packers in Sunday’s wild-card game -- but the Packers don’t seem to be...
Feds approve NYPD training to keep loiterers away
A federal monitor on Thursday approved new training materials that the NYPD will use to deal with loiterers in apartment buildings — and now he wants a judge to sign...
Obama ignores facts with boastful 'greatest hits' list
Flip on your TV and the news is grim. Wall Street soars while small towns shutter Main Street stores. Our government’s computer systems are regularly hacked, the IRS is targeting...
Trader's lawyer defends him with 'used car salesmen' comparison
NEW HAVEN — The deceptive practices used by Wall Street bond traders are no worse than the ones used by “your local used car salesmen,” the lawyer for former Jefferies...
Why Bucks' game-winner should not have counted
Turns out the referees missed a five-second call on Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo when he beat the buzzer and the Knicks on Wednesday. But only because they didn’t have a stopwatch....
Man accused of identity theft dating scam says he's innocent
The con man who allegedly posed as an oil tycoon on dating Web sites to lure women into an identity-theft scam pleaded not guilty Thursday in Manhattan court. John Edward Taylor...
Art & Auction exec 'voluntarily' leaves company
Louise Blouin, known as the Red Queen, has shaken up her top editing ranks again at the financially hard- pressed art house publisher, Louise Blouin Media. Early this week, David...
Here's what it would take for Time Inc. to sell itself
It’s going to take an offer of at least $23 a share to win over the Time Inc. board, media observers were whispering on Thursday in the wake of a...
Man who attacked three women sentenced to 52 years to life
A one-man terror - who violently attacked three women in Harlem within 50 minutes back in 2015 - was sentenced to 52 years to life behind bars, prosecutors said Thursday....
Lawmakers to skip out on Cuomo's 'State of the State' speech
ALBANY – None of the state’s legislative leaders will attend Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State addresses next week. “The Speaker laid out a comprehensive agenda this week on issues...
Gannett employees mistakenly sent exit interviews
Gannett put some post holiday fear into employees at an unknown number of its papers — workers who had already survived a number of downsizings. Some unidentified executive erroneously sent...
The kids of Broadway are hanging out with ‘Bob’ De Niro
Oh, to be young, on Broadway and getting notes from Robert De Niro. In other words, how nice to be Hudson Loverro, who plays the kid in “A Bronx Tale,”...
ER trips declined nearly 20% for city workers in 2016
Emergency-room visits by municipal workers plunged 18.5 percent in the first quarter of fiscal 2017 compared with the same period last year, after the city tripled the co-pay from $50...
Mason Crosby wants revenge after heart was broken twice by Giants
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Pardon Mason Crosby if the sight of the Giants in January puts him in a bit of a bad mood. The veteran Packers kicker is the...
The trouble with 'desegregating' New York's schools
The progressive educational policy establishment, along with its allies in government, has finally figured out why so many New York City public schools do such a poor job. The problem,...
Packers' biggest strength explained by one preseason cut
GREEN BAY, Wis. — At least on paper, the Giants’ vaunted secondary will meet its match Sunday. Though plenty of factors went into Aaron Rodgers and the Packers rebounding from...
Villagers sentence falsely accused woman to death by fire ants
A woman in Bolivia was bound to a tree by angry villagers — and then fatally bitten by fire ants — after being mistaken for a car thief, a report...
Obama calls hometown hate crime video 'horrific'
President Obama has condemned the chilling Facebook Live torture video that was filmed in his home city of Chicago this week -- calling it a "horrific" and "despicable" hate crime. The...
Kenny Atkinson rips Nets starters in ugly loss to Pacers
INDIANAPOLIS — When searching for a description of his starters’ energy and fight in Thursday’s 121-109 loss to the Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Nets coach Kenny Atkinson offered up...
A group of strippers almost gave Vivica A. Fox a nervous breakdown
Launching an exotic male revue might seem like a strange next step for a Hollywood actress, but Vivica A. Fox — who’s doing just that in the new Lifetime reality...
The 7 most infamous Golden Globes moments of all time
Somehow, against all expectations, the Golden Globes became an unmissable awards show, the least-scripted, most-unpredictable, freewheelingest stop on the Hollywood awards circuit. Formerly shunned and mocked, these days the Hollywood...
Man shot by cops is scion of powerful New York family
He’s the scion of an influential New York family filled with bankers, politicians and a federal judge. His great-grandmother is among the Big Apple’s legendary newspaper publishers — late, longtime...
Trump blasts report on Russian hacking against White House
President Obama received an intelligence briefing on the Russian hacking Thursday indicating that Moscow had launched cyberattacks not just against the Democratic National Committee, but also the White House, the...
Jets owner's lame joke does little to defend Christian Hackenberg
Jets owner Woody Johnson turned to humor when asked about a coach anonymously ripping rookie quarterback Christian Hackenberg over the weekend. The coach was quoted saying Hackenberg “couldn’t hit the...
'Flood tip': Giants recall miracle TD in 2012 playoff win over Pack
What Victor Cruz remembers most is the silence. It was the most beautiful sound he ever has heard on a football field. Giants quarterback Eli Manning had just connected with...
The Women's March on Washington is becoming a joke
Is the Women’s March on Washington cursed? The anti-Trump protest set for Jan. 21 keeps running into weird trouble. Start with the name, originally the Million Women’s March. The three...
Remembering the epic, frozen kick that sent Giants to Super Bowl XLII
Tom Coughlin was frozen in time, and it wasn’t just the 23-below-zero windchill that made him hesitate. His bright red cheeks blended with a look of indecision as he pondered...
A LIRR crash victim is already suing for $5M
Barely a day has passed since Wednesday's LIRR crash, but the first victim has already started the process of suing the MTA, according to court papers. Passenger Clifford Jones, who...
The perils of Cuomo's rush to build, build, build
Another day, another multibillion-dollar public megaproject from Gov. Cuomo — this one, an overhaul of Kennedy Airport, with a cool $10 billion price tag. Just don’t ask how he’s going...
Sleep apnea eyed as possible cause of LIRR crash
Could sleep apnea be the cause of three recent local train crashes? That’s what investigators are now considering as they mull the possibility that the engineer at the controls of...
De Blasio's sad addiction to cheap ego-boosters
Boy, did Mayor de Blasio’s need for ego boosts bite him in the butt this week. He was all set to legitimately take his share of credit for the city’s...
Why Britain's leader is desperate to work with Trump
British Prime Minister Theresa May hopes to model her relationship with President-elect Donald Trump on the storied Anglo-partnerships of Churchill-Roosevelt and Maggie-Ronnie. Trump should return the love. May wants —...
US reportedly IDs link between Russia, Wikileaks
US intelligence agencies have reportedly identified the entities responsible for transferring the hacked DNC documents from the Russians to Wikileaks. A classified intelligence review was provided to President Obama that...
Odell Beckham Jr. channels Rey Mysterio after 'Fight Club' video
The video clip Ben McAdoo showed his Giants on Wednesday as his first playoff game as head coach nears speaks volumes about how he views his team and what he...
Why Trump is wrong to target the US intelligence community
Thursday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on cyber-warfare threats — particularly those from Russia — was a welcome moment for grownups. Frank, honest and bipartisan, the consensus from our legislators...
The must-see Broadway shows of 2017
As we swing into 2017, let’s look at the people, shows and events certain to make news on Broadway in the months ahead. Hello, $$$! Bette Midler is shaping up...
December's unemployment rate is almost here — but it doesn't really matter
The Labor Department on Friday will announce the unemployment rate for December, and the result will present to President-elect Donald Trump a great opportunity to align himself with what Americans...
The advice playoff-seasoned Giants gave to first-timer mates
Damon Harrison is one of the Giants who will be playing his first playoff game Sunday, so he’s relying on the handful of teammates who have some experience in the...
Paul Massey's mayoral bid backed by Independence Party
Republican mayoral candidate Paul Massey has landed the endorsement of the Independence Party in his long-shot bid to win City Hall. The party backed Mike Bloomberg in two of his...
School wins right to stop girl from playing on boys basketball team
A New Jersey Catholic school has won the right to keep a seventh-grader from playing on its basketball team because she is a girl, leaving the 13-year-old heartbroken. Sydney Phillips...
Dak Prescott won't fall into the Tony Romo bye-week trap
Dak Prescott is clear about his pre-playoff plans: No international getaway. No boats. And definitely no Jessica Simpson. With all the hype surrounding Odell Beckham Jr. and his fellow Giants receivers'...
Dylann Roof complains it's 'not fair' to listen to victims' families
White supremacist Dylann Roof whined Thursday that it was "not fair" for prosecutors to present so much evidence at his trail for massacring nine church-goers in South Carolina as family...
Hondo the conqueror
Hondo put the finishing touches Sunday on a historic 18-game comeback that enabled him to cop the coveted Bettor’s Guide regular season crown. As if that weren’t enough reward for...
Car in fatal hit-and-run found torched
The Ford Mustang that killed a 52-year-old Queens man on New Year's morning in a hit-and-run crash was found set in flames later in Long Island, police sources told the...
Troy Ave's latest middle finger to the world
Brooklyn rapper Troy Ave has debuted a new music video -- featuring actual footage from a sex tape he made last year -- just days after being shot in the...
News commentators defend Facebook hate-crime video
Some news panelists are rushing to the defense of the four black people in Chicago who kidnapped and tortured a mentally disabled white man — saying the savage attack was...
The biggest reason Giants will edge Packers in wild-card week
The NFL is saving the best wild-card playoff game for last this weekend, but here, it comes first. Giants-Packers. Sunday early evening, Lambeau Field. Single-digit temperatures by game’s end. It...
Meet the badass 'Guardians' fighting for helpless animals
Hidden cameras, undercover aliases and private investigators are tactics usually deployed to bust a drug-dealing ring or catch an escaped convict. In the case of the Guardians of Rescue, they’re...
Turns out you're not supposed to use Q-tips that way
Doctors are once again letting us all know that you should not use Q-tips in your ears. They can cause damage to your eardrums and clog the ear canal. Unfortunately,...
Alabama's biggest risk from dumping Lane Kiffin
SiriusXM College Sports Nation host and former Jets and Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy talks about the Crimson Tide’s offensive woes and Lane Kiffin’s departure with The Post’s Justin Terranova. McElroy...
You can always count on Lions to let you down
Football expert Phil Steele is the owner and publisher of Phil Steele’s College Football Preview, regarded as the college football bible. Get in-depth coverage of college and pro football 24/7/365...
Ex-cops who say they were falsely charged in 9/11 scam sue for $30M
Three former NYPD police officers have filed a $30 million lawsuit against the Manhattan DA claiming they were wrongfully charged in a massive 9/11 social security ripoff three years ago....
Packers' run of excellence will come to an end against Giants
The Wildcat returns for his 20th season in The Post. Including the 1999-2015 seasons in the Bettor’s Guide, Cat’s record in print stands at 546-462 (54.1 percent) against the spread....
Ex-FIFA official denied curfew extension to see his mom
A Brooklyn judge Thursday refused to fix the “first-world problems” of an indicted ex-FIFA vice president, who begged to get his curfew extended so he could spend time with his...
Over/Under Rico: Wild-card round
Rico went 7-9 (1-2 Best Bets) in Week 17 on the Over/Unders. The final season record is 128-123-5 (26-22). The league was 9-7 ending with a record of 132 overs,...
How an obscure NBA veteran became an All-Star cult hero
Love him, hate him or never heard of him, 2017 could be the year Zaza Pachulia makes the NBA All-Star Game. The veteran Golden State Warriors center appeared near the top of the...
Top intelligence official says Russia undoubtedly meddled in election
WASHINGTON — America's top intelligence official said Thursday that Russia undoubtedly interfered in America's 2016 presidential election but stopped short of using the explosive description "an act of war," telling...
A respectful view of Lambeau Field, from a Giants architect
Maybe the problem is that we heap so much purple prose on baseball stadiums, there simply aren’t any adjectives, adverbs or gerunds left for any of the other coliseums where...
Edgardo Alfonzo gets in Mets manager pipeline
The Mets are turning to one of their own to be the new manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones. Edgardo Alfonzo, who spent eight years with the Mets, was named the...
Two men rough up elderly woman during mugging
Two men roughed up a 68-year-old woman during a robbery in Brooklyn last week, authorities said. Surveillance video shows the crooks approach the woman from behind and surround her as...
Greta Van Susteren joins MSNBC
Comcast Corp's MSNBC unit said on Thursday that Fox News veteran Greta Van Susteren had joined the company and will host a new program called "For the Record". Van Susteren...
Giants-Packers matchups: Which passing game blinks?
Officially, this is an NFC wild-card playoff game featuring a No. 4 seed (the Packers) and a No. 5 seed (the Giants), and in the past, such a matchup could...
Trump to name Dan Coats as director of national intelligence
President-elect Donald Trump will appoint former Indiana Senator Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence. The pick could be announced later this week, according to a person briefed Thursday on...
Giants' Justin Pugh on playoff hype, Odell's ceiling and fixing the No Fun League
Giants offensive lineman Justin Pugh blocked out some time before Sunday’s playoff clash with the Packers for some postseason Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: What was your Super...
Lightning temporarily cures woman's super-senses
A woman who could taste words and smell sounds was cured after being struck by lightning – only for it to return. Synesthesia is the ability to taste words, hear...
Maybe Trump is playing Putin and other notable comments
From the right: Maybe Trump Is Playing the Russians Perhaps Donald Trump is playing Vladimir Putin “as effectively as he played the U.S. media throughout 2015 and 2016,” suggests Hugh...
You'll want to watch this low-budget cat adoption commercial 'furever'
Have you ever seen a more purr-fect commercial? Furkids Animal Rescue and Shelters, an organization of no-kill animal rescue centers in Atlanta, Georgia, uploaded a side-splitting commercial to get people...
Suspects in police shootout were doing target practice
Two Staten Island buddies were out shooting targets with high powered weapons before the run-in with cops that ended with one of the men shot three times, police said. Patrick...
Trump to meet with longtime rival Graydon Carter
President-elect Donald Trump will meet with the leaders of Conde Nast Friday, including Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, a longtime nemesis, and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, a key Hillary Clinton...
Scientists trace mysterious radio waves to a small, faraway galaxy
Astronomers have located the origin of mysterious radio waves that have baffled them for a decade. The fast radio burst, or FRB 121102, has been traced to a faint, dwarf...
TBS weighs switching Conan O'Brien show to weekly
Conan O’Brien’s career may be taking another unexpected turn. Turner Broadcasting CEO John Martin, whose TBS network airs O'Brien's Monday-Thursday show, said the company has discussed switching the show to...
ESPN puts a happy face on silencing Chris Berman
It looks like longtime broadcaster Chris Berman is going back, back, back, back ... gone. ESPN released a statement Thursday announcing Berman’s move to a new role following the end...
Cold snap to bring chilly temps and light snow to NYC
It's going to feel — and look — like winter, at least through the weekend. The Big Apple will be dusted with up to an inch of snow, which will...
Injured baby elephant learns to walk again in water
An injured baby elephant in Thailand is making a splash! Wide-eyed five-month-old Fah Jam — which translates to Clear Sky — is the first elephant to receive hydrotherapy at an animal...
Bodybuilder overcomes obesity and an eating disorder
A bodybuilding competitor’s toughest battle is the one he overcame with himself. When Fort Worth, Texas, native Beau Jackson was 17 years old, he weighed an alarming 289 pounds. After...
The new MacBook feature that Apple doesn't want you to have
Touch screens are coming to MacBooks — whether Apple likes it or not. The Neonode AirBar, a $99 gadget announced this week at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, can convert...
Man admits he used phone to record sex with women
A New Jersey man admitted he secretly recorded sex with six women using his iPhone. Philip Johnson, 29, of Flanders, pleaded guilty while one of his victims quietly wept in court...
Phil Simms: Naive to expect Giants players not to party
Nothing. That is the effect the off-day Miami jaunt by Odell Beckham, Victor Cruz and fellow receivers Sterling Shepard and Roger Lewis six days before a playoff game against the...
State Senate's ban on cell phone recordings is unlawful: expert
ALBANY — The state Senate rule barring cell phone recordings in the chamber violates the state's open meetings law, according to the state's expert on open government. Robert Freeman said...
US Navy-trained dolphins are trying to save their brethren from extinction
US Navy-trained dolphins are being tapped to save the world’s smallest porpoise, the vaquita, an extremely elusive creature that is on the verge of extinction in the Gulf of California....
Mathematician predicts the next decade will be awful
Call it the mathematics of misery. A professor from the University of Connecticut claims that his numerical calculations predict years of turmoil and unrest for the world. A pioneer in...
Baby elephant learns to walk again after hunting tragedy
After getting her leg caught in a hunter's trap, a baby elephant named Fah Jam was in danger of losing the appendage. Thankfully, through the use of hydrotherapy, Fah Jam's...
Trump's latest 'big border tax' threat aimed at Toyota
Donald Trump targeted another automaker on Thursday, warning Toyota that the Japan-based company would pay a steep price if it builds a new plant in Mexico instead in of the...
Suspects hit with hate crime charges for torturing white special-needs man
Warning: Graphic content The four African-American people accused of terrorizing and beating a white, mentally disabled man in Chicago and streaming footage of the disturbing incident online were charged with...
What the first 20 games taught us about the Premier League
After a frantic rush of games around the holidays in which most Premier League teams played three games in the span of just nine days (or five, if you're Southampton),...
Delta cargo boss accused of regularly masturbating at work
While two female Delta cargo agents were busy handling baggage at Kennedy Airport, their boss was tending to his own package, according to a shocking new $10 million gender discrimination...
AJ Daulerio reveals cokehead past, childhood molestation
In a revealing interview about the crushing legal battle over Hulk Hogan's sex tape, ex-Gawker editor AJ Daulerio says his boss Nick Denton abandoned him when he was in the...
Cubs shopping with audacious 6-man rotation in mind
Whether they sign Tyson Ross or not – and the Cubs are perceived as one of four finalists for the righty – the defending champs intend at some point next...
A guy will be the face of another beauty brand
Maybe he’s born with it. Or maybe — well, officially, as of Wednesday — beauty vlogger Manny Gutierrez is helping hawk Maybelline mascara as the brand’s first male ambassador. The...
Retro trend sweeping tech industry as CES turns 50
Technology is having a retro moment. As tech execs suit up for the latest and greatest at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, they might spare a...
Ivanka heckler's husband gets poop and powder-covered hate mail
The Hunter College professor who was kicked off a JetBlue flight at JFK after his husband harassed Ivanka Trump was sent a pair of anti-gay “hate mail” letters at work...
How Woody Johnson will judge Todd Bowles: It's not the playoffs
Woody Johnson’s Jets have not seen the postseason in six seasons, but he is not ready to hand head coach Todd Bowles a playoffs-or-else ultimatum for 2017. “I don’t really...
Naked woman in stolen police cruiser led cops on chase
A naked woman driving a stolen police cruiser led authorities on a wild, wrong-way chase across southern Arizona. The unidentified woman was headed the “wrong way for a short while”...
Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats favored for intel director
Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats is the favorite to be the next Director of National Intelligence, according to a report. Coats, a former US ambassador to Germany, has emerged as...
Woman miraculously survives getting thrown through air and pinned under a car
Kanta Anand was exiting her apartment complex when an oncoming car lost control and slammed into her, throwing her against another car, which then fell on top of her, pinning...
Man survives car accident, gets hit by another car 10 minutes later
An Emirati national has been killed in a road accident, just 10 minutes after surviving another. The Khaleej Times reported that the man had survived a car crash Wednesday, but...
Macy's job cuts hammer retail stocks
It’s hangover time for the nation's largest department stores. With the news that Macy’s is axing 10,000 jobs, and weak results trickling in from other big chains as shoppers increasingly...
Why did Coach K bring back Grayson Allen before vanishing?
Grayson Allen was back — and Coach K was leaving to fix his back. Coincidence? Definitely not. A sympathetic cover story for short-circuiting a star player's controversial ban? A tricky...
Sisters get kicked off flight, miss terminally ill dad's last moments
Two sisters rushing to see their dying dad were booted from an airplane after getting into a squabble with the flight crew — causing them to miss the final moments with...
Becoming NFL's punchline may have saved Bills $30 million
"Hey, doc, there's a couple of million in it for you, if you mess up this surgery a little bit." Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor posted to Snapchat on Thursday morning...
TNA wrestling sells majority stake to Anthem Sports
Anthem Sports & Entertainment announced an agreement late Wednesday to acquire a majority interest in TNA IMPACT Wrestling — a move that strips former majority owner Dixie Carter of her...
Truck used in Berlin terror attack could soon be in museum
The big rig used to kill a dozen people at a Berlin Christmas market may one day become an attraction at a German museum, according to a report. The House...
Amazon bookstore set to open in New York this spring
New Yorkers will soon be able to buy books at an Amazon store. Amazon, the online behemoth, is opening its first retail outlet in Manhattan — and the East Coast...
Pageant girl-turned-sugar baby claims it's feminism
That's rich — this sugar baby claims she’s a feminist! Jeanemarie Almulla, 25, uses her life of luxury dining at fancy restaurants, receiving countless designer items and traveling all over...
John McCain says Julian Assange 'put lives in danger'
Sen. John McCain slammed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for putting “lives in danger” with his continued document dumps — as the lawmaker grilled top intelligence officials Thursday on cybersecurity risks...
Osama bin Laden's son added to US terror watch list
WASHINGTON — A son of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and a senior leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula were added to the US counterterrorism blacklist on...
Catholic cardinals have no prayers for the Vatican McDonald’s
Now, tourists can visit St. Peter’s Basilica, the Sistine Chapel and the Golden Arches. Last Friday, a new McDonald’s opened in Vatican City, just a stone’s throw away from St....
Meet the bombshell sister of NFL's most unlikely playoff QB
Ready or not, Connor Cook is about to make his first professional start on one of the NFL's biggest stages. The Raiders rookie, who was drafted in the fourth round...
Andrew Bogut is basically begging the Mavericks to trade him
Andrew Bogut can see the writing on the wall in Dallas. The Mavericks center, moved to a bench role on one of the NBA’s worst teams, doesn’t expect to be...
Struggling Sears sells Craftsman tool brand for $900M
Stanley Black & Decker may do for Craftsman what Sears couldn’t — get the tools into customers’ hands. Sears Holdings reached an agreement with Stanley to sell Craftsman, a maker...
Amanda Nunes now attacking Ronda Rousey's legacy
Everyone was shocked by Amanda Nunes' destruction of Ronda Rousey at UFC 207 last Friday night. Well, everyone except "The Lioness" herself. Speaking to TMZ, Nunes revealed she had been planning to destroy...
We hacked Russia's goalie
MONTREAL — Troy Terry scored on all three of his shootout attempts, the last in the seventh round to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Russia on Wednesday...
Man gets harpooned on fishing trip
A fisherman is lucky to be alive after he was shot in the head with a harpoon during a fishing trip in Brazil. The 27-year-old man — identified in local television...
Tucker Carlson will replace Megyn Kelly on Fox
Preppy TV news anchor Tucker Carlson, who joined Fox News Channel in November, will be Megyn Kelly’s replacement in the vaunted 9 p.m. time slot on the network, sources confirmed....
Cops slammed for downplaying black teens' attack on white special-needs man
Warning: Graphic content Social media users are blasting top cops with the Chicago Police Department for apparently downplaying the nature of a disturbing online video showing a white special-needs man...
Bernie Sanders used a giant Trump tweet as a prop
Bernie Sanders made a poster child out of Donald Trump -- or at least one of his tweets. The self proclaimed socialist brought an oversized printout of one of the...
Out-of-control SUV slams through restaurant wall
This is the moment an out-of-control SUV slams through the wall of a Michigan restaurant — miraculously missing a trio of customers sitting just inches away. The 74-year-old woman behind the...
South Korea plans 'decapitation unit' to wipe out Kim Jong Un
South Korea is ramping up plans to create a “decapitation unit” whose chief mission is to paralyze North Korea by wiping out its top officials — including wacky dictator Kim...
Sore loser accused of stalking, threatening to kill lottery officials
A Philadelphia woman enraged about not winning the lottery – striking out on scratch-offs and the daily number games – is being sought by police after allegedly making death threats...
Kodak launches bid to revive Super 8 camera at CES ... again
This year will be “take two” for Kodak’s bid to revive its Super 8 camera. A year ago, the 136-year-old film firm caused a stir at the Consumer Electronics Show...
WWE legend Ric Flair is still a weightlifting beast
WWE legend Ric Flair may be 67 years old, but “Nature Boy” insists he hasn’t seen his last wrestling match. And after this video, who is to doubt him? Flair...
Deadly car bomb hits Syria after first week of cease-fire
BEIRUT -- Syrian state media say nine people have been killed in a car bombing in a coastal, government-held town - the first such explosion since a new cease-fire last...
Obama touts laying a 'new foundation for America' in exit memo
President Obama is calling his time in office a success, staking claim to "a new foundation for America” in a memo to the public. The memo, an 1,812-word document, details...
Police capture second suspect in Staten Island shootout
Police nabbed a second suspect wanted in connection with a wild shootout on Staten Island, sources said. Jonathan Derbyshire, 25, was captured hours after the incident and was being questioned...
No one would actually survive a zombie apocalypse
Zombies could wipe out the population in less than six months, according to a scientific study. Students at Leicester University were tasked with crunching the numbers to see just how...
Video shows cop slamming girl to the ground during school fight
ROLESVILLE, N.C. — As two girls fought in the cafeteria area of a North Carolina high school, another student raised her cellphone to make a video, sparking a furor when...
Why peanuts are actually good for your babies
WASHINGTON — Most babies should start eating peanut-containing foods well before their first birthday, say guidelines released Thursday that aim to protect high-risk tots and other youngsters, too, from developing...
Lefty group trying to block Mnuchin's Treasury nomination
A left-leaning research group on Wednesday started a media offensive aimed at keeping Steven Mnuchin from being confirmed as Treasury secretary. Allied Progress launched a media blitz in Arizona and...
Trump tears into 'clown' Chuck Schumer on Twitter
Donald Trump described Sen. Charles Schumer as a "clown" Thursday in urging both parties to unite and replace ObamaCare. The comments came in an early morning tweetstorm, in which the...
FBI apparently never asked for access to hacked DNC servers
The FBI never bothered to inspect the Democratic National Committee's infiltrated servers — despite claiming that the Russians were responsible for hacking the group's servers, the according to a new...
Joe Biden vows to rake in cash for Democrats
Democrats will be rolling in dough in the next three months — if Vice President Joe Biden has anything to do with it, he vowed Wednesday night. “I'm doing 17...
Man admits to using syringe to spray his semen on women
A man was arrested for allegedly filling syringes with his own semen, then terrorizing several women at an Ohio Wal-Mart by spraying them with it, according to a police report. Timothy...
This city is so cool, it's literally frozen solid
China kicked off its 33rd Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, displaying some truly amazing ice and snow sculptures. These building-size pieces are elaborate works of art that utilize real lights.
Apple removes New York Times from Chinese app store
Apple Inc. has removed the New York Times Co.'s news apps from its app store in China following a request from the Chinese authorities, the companies said separately Thursday. Apple...
Take note, Odell: 5 non-QBs who led their teams to the Super Bowl
Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. makes his postseason debut Sunday, as one of the elite non-quarterbacks in the playoffs. While signal-callers often determine Super Bowl berths, there have been...
It took 11 days for Knicks season to turn into an utter train wreck
The whole thing played out as a three-act play from hell: ball in the air, ball through the net, final buzzer. And with one last tour-de-force, Giannis Antetokounmpo had edged...
The 50 most bed bug-infested cities in America
For the first time, Baltimore has topped pest control company Orkin’s list of the top 50 cities with the most bed bug treatments, a ranking based on national home and...
Clay Matthews doesn't like Odell Beckham enough to pay for his jersey
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Odell Beckham Jr. has a big fan in Packers linebacker Clay Matthews, and not just because of Beckham’s eye-popping skills on the football field. The Green...
Creep arrested, accused of sexually assaulting toddler
SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio-area man is jailed on a first-degree sexual assault charge after a female toddler he reported had been mauled by a dog was determined by...
NYPD on hunt for armed suspect after shootout on Staten Island
Cops wounded a man wearing a high-tech bulletproof vest during a wild shootout on Staten Island, where the manhunt for a second suspect who ditched an assault rile in the...
Ben McAdoo on why Giants made a run after Packers loss
The Giants were beaten by the Packers, 23-16, in early October at Green Bay, but coach Ben McAdoo says, “I think we’re two different teams.’’ One of the differences McAdoo...
Have the Rangers finally found a partner for Ryan McDonagh?
PHILADELPHIA — The Rangers got a glimpse of what might be the solution to the right-side vacancy on their top defensive pair when coach Alain Vigneault shifted lefty Brady Skjei...
Russell Westbrook gets a 'T' for hitting ref in head with ball
Oklahoma City point guard Russell Westbrook was assessed a technical foul after he threw a ball at a referee, who was struck in the head, toward the end of the...
Killer Menendez brother breaks silence nearly two decades later
An ABC special/documentary is revisiting the shocking, cold-blooded murder that produced a circus-of-a-trial airing on national TV — two years before OJ Simpson’s “Trial of the Century.” “Truth and Lies:...
Moving to NYC in my 50s was the best decision of my life
It was Shefvon Rivers’ 50th birthday, but she wasn’t celebrating. “All around me people were getting sick and dying,” says the hairstylist about her 50-something friends in Summerville, SC. “All...
New York's most eligible (hunky) nerds
The nerds are having their revenge! Last week, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, 33, popped the question to tennis phenom Serena Williams after dating for a little over a year —...
Uber is making booty calls easier than ever
For years, when Allison, a freelance producer, told potential love interests she lived in Jersey City, NJ, she might as well have said she lived on Mars. No one was...
Bikram yoga founder ordered to give up business proceeds amid lawsuit
LOS ANGELES — The founder of Bikram yoga has been ordered to turn over the proceeds from his global fitness business to go toward a $6.8 million judgment his former...
Man accused of locking woman in box, forcing her to perform oral sex
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin man locked a woman inside a wooden box that he screwed shut after using a stun gun to subdue her and forcing her to perform oral...
Man found safe after being abducted in front of barber shop
A Bronx man who was reportedly abducted yesterday from in front of a barber shop by people who shouted "Where's my f--king money" has been found safe, cops said. Russell...
De Blasio's Soviet-style propaganda machine hits a new low
Mayor Bill de Blasio used one of the city’s gleaming cultural icons for “cheap propaganda” Wednesday — promising an NYPD photo exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum that turned out to...
ESG Capital settles suit over Facebook shares
A Philadelphia investor group allegedly conned out of $11.25 million of pre-public Facebook shares has settled with the national law firm retained by Troy Stratos, the convicted fraudster who pulled...
Judge blasts accused Chelsea bomber's lawyers for trial delay
A Manhattan federal judge scolded lawyers for the accused Chelsea bomber, accusing them on Wednesday of dragging their feet and demanding they hurry up and get ready for trial —...