May 9, 2017
Self-proclaimed hooker accused of drugging, robbing her dates
A young woman from New Jersey with an "innocent face" has been preying on men in Miami — swiping their jewelry, cash and clothing after drugging them up and sleeping...
The Mets give de Blasio a lesson in accountability
The local news in New York is dominated by two riveting stories. One involves Mets pitcher Matt Harvey, the other involves the head of Rikers Island, Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte....
Ice-cold Brews for Stitches
Stitches is sorry, too. Believe the Over/Under line was set at 12 ¹/₂ for the amount of times Matt Harvey would apologize to his teammates, fans and the Mets organization....
Rangers will make big changes after season-ending crusher
And so it ends. It ends for the 2016-17 Rangers with Tuesday’s second-round, Game 6, 4-2 defeat to Ottawa at the Garden through which, almost unforgivably, the Senators were the...
I was fired for taking my abusive ex's cake
A Brooklyn woman claims she was illegally fired for taking a piece of cake from an abusive ex-boyfriend at the “frat house” ad agency where they both worked. Nicole Brunner,...
Who's that blue girl in 'Guardians of the Galaxy'?
“I feel like I’m a walking Scottish stereotype,” Karen Gillan says with a lilt, sitting in a Manhattan hotel bar, sipping a coffee. It’s something only a Scot could get...
Investor buys Broadway building in NoMad for $13.5M
Investor Jack Terzi of JTRE has purchased 1177 Broadway in NoMad for $13.5 million. The direct deal with the owner that closed in April makes it the sixth building Terzi...
Finance firm in talks over Vornado's jumbo skyscraper
It’s déjà vu all over again. Financial firms are in talks with Vornado Realty Trust for its proposed 3-million-square-foot jumbo skyscraper known as 15 Penn Plaza, which would replace the...
Festival-goer accused of raping woman as people filmed them
A UK festival-goer allegedly raped a woman while people filmed the pair at an event organised by founder Michael Eavis, a court heard. The jury was told Joshua Jack Pigden...
Chinese dairy looking to buy US organic yogurt giant
China’s largest dairy is in talks to buy America’s No. 1 organic yogurt company, Stonyfield Farm, The Post has learned. Yili Industrial Group Co. has bid around $850 million to...
News Corp. reports stronger than expected growth
News Corp. reported on Tuesday better-than-expected results for the three months ended March 31 — led by strong growth at its Realtor.com operation. Shares of the publisher, which owns The...
Brazilian squad 'Chape' makes emotional return to crash scene
LA UNION, Colombia — Chapecoense, the scrappy Brazilian soccer club that was devastated by an airplane crash in the mountains of Colombia last year, made an emotional return to the...
IHOP waitress arrested for pulling steak knife on customers
Come hungry, leave fearing your safety. An IHOP waitress was arrested Friday for menacing customers with a steak knife at the restaurant in Massapequa, New York. Police said that waitress...
Authors and publishers feud over new 'buy' button
Amazon finds itself in the crosshairs of authors and publishers once again — this time for a new “buy” button on its site that allows book re-sellers offering cheap books...
Infamous Versace murder gets 'American Crime Story' treatment
It was a shocking crime that rocked the fashion world to its core. The infamous 1997 murder of legendary designer Gianni Versace by serial killer Andrew Cunanan was re-created in...
Paul Ryan visits Success Academy in Harlem
House Speaker Paul Ryan visited a Harlem branch of leading charter-school network Success Academy Tuesday. Arriving in a black SUV amid heavy security, the Wisconsin Republican joined Success Academy CEO...
Amazon blamed once again for forcing a retailer into trouble
Yet another retailer is blaming Amazon for its woes — this time in the plus-size apparel niche. FullBeauty Brands, a web-and-catalog retailer that’s owned by buyout firm Apax Partners and...
Eric Decker on being one of the last veteran Jets standing
Of course Eric Decker has seen the exodus of marquee veterans from the Jets roster. Darrelle Revis. Brandon Marshall. Nick Mangold. Given his age (30) and the injury-shortened season he...
Amazon responds to Walmart in free-shipping war
How low can free shipping go? The latest war of one-upmanship between Amazon and everyone else is over free shipping fees — with the e-commerce giant recently lowering to $25...
Fantasy baseball owners should release this veteran slugger
One of the biggest problems fantasy baseball owners have at this time of year is deciding which way to go with a struggling veteran. You look at track records and...
Colbert's vulgar Trump rant boosts 'Late Show' ratings
Call it the vulgarity bump. Stephen Colbert’s controversial — and bleeped — quip on May 1 about “the only thing [Trump’s] mouth is good for” attracted an average 283,000 added...
'Nobody to blame but ourselves': Rangers season ends with a thud
Is it that shocking when it was like this all season? For one last time, the Rangers gave just enough to make it seem like they had a chance. And...
NFL star Torrey Smith pays for 46 adoptions at animal shelter
This Eagle is flying to the rescue. Thanks to the Philadelphia Eagles’ newest wide receiver Torrey Smith, cats and dogs at a Baltimore animal shelter are one step closer to...
Why James Comey had to go
A curious belief in some circles of journalism holds that if both sides are equally unhappy with your story, you’ve done a good job. I never subscribed to that approach,...
Yankees can't bail out CC Sabathia this time
CINCINNATI — Considering the five-game road trip opened in Chicago with a ninth-inning, two-out, two-strike, game-winning home run by Brett Gardner, there was an instant Tuesday night when it was...
Mets end day of Harvey drama with a win to claw back to .500
The crazier things get around the Mets, the better they seem to play. They won again on Tuesday night, beating an awful Giants team, 6-1, for their fifth win in...
Nonprofit sues over nursing homes converted to condos
A legal nonprofit is suing the state's Department of Health for access to records about the conversion of two nursing homes into pricey condos, claiming the agency rubber stamped the...
Student with 'baby-hands' shares epic graduation photos
https://www.facebook.com/delaney.henry.1/posts/10210577061955053?pnref=story Give this college gal a big hand -- or two. A student's graduation memories have gone viral after she shared five photos to Facebook posing in her cap and...
Ex-mortician sues over 'anguish' from working with dead bodies
A former mortician says he's still haunted by his work with the recently departed. Jeremy Hoes, who worked at Accu. Care Mortuary Service, Inc., had sued his one-time employer claiming the work...
Rory McIlroy switches clubs in a $100M deal
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — A lot has changed in a short amount of time for Rory McIlroy. He recently married Erica Stoll, and now, after his ballyhooed signing with...
These star-studded London plays could be coming to Broadway
Let's give the Tonys a rest for a minute and look to London, where three productions — past, present and future — may be Broadway-bound. Everybody’s talking about Nathan Lane,...
Why 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin won't make full WWE comeback
WWE fans love nothing more than seeing legendary figures return to the ring after long absences, but arguably the most popular superstar in the history of professional wrestling has no...
Comey reportedly found out he was fired by watching the news
He found out like most people. Ousted FBI Director James Comey first learned that he was fired from watching the news — which was playing on television screens during a...
It might be a bad idea to go on a diet
Katy Weber was 14 when she tried dieting for the first time, swilling a SlimFast to combat her new curves. “My body was changing, and I was uncomfortable,” says Weber,...
The Winter Classic will be played at Citi Field
Enter a new contestant into the running for worst timing ever. As the Rangers were facing elimination from their second-round series with the Senators, and after they went down, 2-0,...
Rangers player gives amazing gift to homeless couple
Before New York Ranger Matt Puempel joined his teammates for the biggest game of the season, he stopped to help a couple whose problems are a lot worse than playoff...
Cheerleader arrested after lying about stolen uniforms
A Texas cheerleader faces charges after going to great lengths to avoid returning her high school cheer uniform, police said. Gina Nicole Torrijos, 18, was arrested Friday for filing a...
You won't get a hangover from these cocktails
The latest alcohol trend at bars this season has a secret ingredient: less alcohol. Lower-alcohol cocktails that get their drinkers slightly buzzed but not drunk are popping up at more...
Cranky judge has meltdown after arriving late to court
A Manhattan judge had a meltdown down Tuesday after arriving an hour late to a hearing, barking at the press as soon as she entered the courtroom that they should...
Missing python returns home after disappearing for 2 weeks
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 17-foot python that had caused concern in a community north of Anchorage, Alaska, since it went missing two weeks ago has returned home. Matanuska-Susitna Borough Animal...
The big barrier Dustin Johnson faces now that he's No. 1
PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — The baton has been passed — albeit grudgingly — from Player A to Player B to Player C to Player D for the last three-plus years....
There's a new concerning trend replacing the 'thigh gap'
First came the thigh gap. That was quickly followed by the ab crack, but now a worrying new Instagram craze sees super-slim celebrities reveal their ribcages. Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski...
Edward Snowden doesn't think Comey should have been fired
Edward Snowden, who has been waging war with FBI Director James Comey for years, condemned President Trump's decision to abruptly fire him on Tuesday -- saying it was "political interference...
Trump's best bet for cleaning up Obama's Afghan mess
President Trump spent the 2016 campaign slamming the folly of getting US forces bogged down in nation-building missions in Middle East quagmires. But he also promised to fight terrorism hard...
The safety net anti-Ryan protesters don't want to talk about
It’s no accident that the hundreds of left-wing protesters who jeered House Speaker Paul Ryan’s visit Tuesday to a Harlem charter school only wanted to scream about health care —...
It was already past time for James Comey to go
President Trump’s decision Tuesday to fire FBI Director James Comey took Washington by surprise — but was likely inevitable. Comey had lost the trust of Democrats and Republicans alike. The...
Why won't the Assembly help protect kids from MS-13?
MS-13 and other violent gangs are a plague on minority and immigrant communities, targeting black and Hispanic teens with extortion, beatings and murder. But some New York lawmakers are flinching...
What Bartolo Colon texted Matt Harvey to get his head right
Big Bart has hit another home run for the Mets. One year after hitting a magical home run in San Diego for the Mets, Bartolo Colon, who is now a...
How Matt Harvey may have hurt grievance while ignoring it
Matt Harvey said all the right things Tuesday as he returned from a three-game suspension without pay for missing Saturday’s game. One thing he didn’t do, though, was rule out...
Stop copying Trump to try to counter him
A great deal has been said about Donald Trump’s violations of “democratic norms.” I agree with much of it. But the big problem with violating democratic norms (the unwritten customs...
End de Blasio's giveaway to bus companies
Last month, the de Blasio administration extended a city program that has been eroding savings gained through a competitive-bidding process and undermining the integrity of the city’s contracting system. The...
Chelsea Manning thanks supporters before release from prison
Chelsea Manning, the US Army private sentenced to a military prison for passing classified documents to WikiLeaks, released a statement Tuesday thanking her supporters eight days before her expected release....
Is this $38 pizza worth it?
It's the upper crust. A new pizza served at Sofia Pizza Shoppe in New York City is going for a whopping $38, advanced reservations required. Twice a night, two nights a...
Cotton swabs send dozens of kids to the hospital every day
The most dangerous item in your bathroom may be light as a feather and soft as a pillow. According to a new study, cotton tip applicators such as Q-tips send an average of...
Jets scoop up speedy receiver in possible Bryce Petty sign
The Jets on Tuesday acquired a receiver, KD Cannon, who is well-acquainted with one of their quarterbacks in Bryce Petty. Cannon was claimed off waivers by the Jets one day after...
I was Prince Philip's 'mink knickers' woman
Prince Philip, husband of the Queen, announced last week that he was retiring from public life at the age of 95. For the media, the tabloids in particular, it’s a...
This 22-year-old man is back in jail following his 53rd arrest
This Florida man has proved that he's no criminal mastermind -- more than four dozen times. Saevon Broaden, 22, was back in the slammer Monday following his 53rd felony arrest after...
Defiant Joe Girardi makes case that Yankees are for real
CINCINNATI -- No matter how many times the question is asked of Joe Girardi, the answer is the same in a calm, but confident voice. Tuesday in Great American Ball Park’s...
Nearby fire causes posh private school to evacuate
A private Upper East Side high school was evacuated Tuesday afternoon when a nearby building caught fire, sending clouds of dark smoke over the neighborhood. A spokesman for Loyola High...
ACLU warns travelers to stay away from this state
Don't mess with Texas -- no, really, says the American Civil Liberties Union. The nonprofit legal group is warning travelers to stay away from the Lone Star State after it...
Girl dies on water park ride during school trip
An 11-year-old girl died after falling from the Splash Canyon water ride while on a school trip to a British theme park Tuesday. Visitors described hearing cries and screams from...
Mike D’Antoni comes clean: I quit because of Carmelo
Former Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni admitted to the worst-kept secret of his departure — he resigned on March 14, 2012, because of Carmelo Anthony. On the day of his resignation,...
Drunk woman enters wrong house, ends up in stranger's bed: cops
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — Police in Pennsylvania say a woman who decided to walk rather than drive after a night drinking ended up at the wrong house and in the...
Fireworks explosion kills at least 14
MEXICO CITY — An errant firecracker landed on a cache of fireworks and touched off a powerful explosion at a home in central Mexico, killing at least 14 people, 11...
United passenger claims trip was canceled for filming dispute
The headaches for United Airlines continue with yet another recorded confrontation, but this time a passenger claims the airline canceled his flight for filming a dispute. Navang Oza, 37, said he was checking...
The golf scouting report on Tony Romo, from a star
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- This simple question was posed on Tuesday to Jason Day: “True or false: Jason Day will one day tee off with Tony Romo?’’ “Probably true, I...
Teen calls cops after being shot in the face, suspects arrested
A 19-year-old got shot in the face during a home invasion in Brooklyn — and then managed to call police for help, sources said. The young man was inside an...
Customs agents accused of sick hazing involving 'rape table'
Customs agents at Newark Airport suffered sexual abuse – including being assaulted on a “rape table” – as part of sick hazing rituals orchestrated by other officers, according to a...
Nick Mangold is really torn over playing for Bill Belichick
Retirement isn’t in his plans, but Nick Mangold isn’t rushing to find a new team, either. The longtime Jets center, cut in late February after 11 seasons with the team,...
Identity theft ring busted after suspects spend $150K at Macy's
An identity-theft ring was busted Tuesday for using forged credit cards to rack up $150,000 in luxury cosmetics at Macy's flagship store in Herald Square, officials said. The six defendants...
Air force cadet killed in freak skydiving accident
A military cadet just weeks away from graduating from the Air Force Academy died on Sunday during a skydiving accident near Colorado Springs. Cadet Kaleb Estes, an English major at...
Jimmy Vesey is cementing he's more than everyone thought
Well, this Jimmy Vesey decision turned out well for everybody, didn’t it? It seems like a long time ago when Vesey decided this summer to become a free agent and...
President Trump fires FBI Director James Comey
President Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey late Tuesday for a startling reason — ending the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server. “The FBI’s reputation and credibility have suffered...
Broker to the stars made assistant buy drugs, watch him have sex: suit
A real estate broker who boasts of rich and famous clients like actors James Franco and Kirsten Dunst was a terrible boss who made his personal assistant procure illegal drugs...
This transgender model actually enjoyed the Fyre Festival
If there’s one thing being stranded on a desert island is good for, it’s getting to know your fellow castaways. That’s why, for transgender model Carmen Carrera, the nightmarish Fyre...
Rory McIlroy talks dream wedding: 'Best weekend of my life'
It has been a good start for Rory McIlroy in 2017. The 28-year-old golfer, who inked a $100 million, decade-long endorsement deal Tuesday with golf manufacturer TaylorMade, opened up for the...
Disney's stock dragged down by disappointing ESPN profits
Walt Disney disclosed steeper-than-expected drops in profitability at its ESPN division, pummeling its stock despite strong results at its movie studio and theme parks. The company’s shares fell more than...
French stud is right Knicks fit for the wrong reasons: Fraschilla
Fran Fraschilla, ESPN’s international draft guru, said he believes French point guard Frank Ntilikina is a terrific fit for Phil Jackson’s triangle but took a series of shots at the...
Substitute teacher fired after allegedly ripping girl's hijab off
A substitute teacher at a Bronx elementary school was fired after ripping the hijab off an 8-year-old girl's head because she refused to get out of his chair, cops said....
Protesters are throwing poop bombs at police in Venezuela
Demonstrators in Venezuela, now on their sixth week of protests against the socialist government of Nicolas Maduro, have reportedly started responding to police’s tear gas attacks with so-called “poopootov cocktails”...
Con Edison spills gallons of oil into East River
https://twitter.com/kroesserstrat/status/861323503395647488/ As if the East River wasn't toxic enough. A Con Edison substation spewed gallons of oil into the polluted waterway — prompting a clean-up effort that delayed ferry commuters...
Trump agrees to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria
The Trump administration said Tuesday it will arm Syria's Kurdish fighters to help recapture the key ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, despite intense opposition from NATO ally Turkey, which considers its...
Where you live has a big effect on when you die
How long you live may depend on where you live. Life expectancy at birth for both sexes combined was 79.1 years overall, but differed by 20.1 years between the counties...
Giants cool down their Davis Webb hype
Hold on a minute. Or an entire season. That is the plea of Giants co-owner John Mara, who certainly endorsed the selection of Davis Webb in the third round of...
Macron's win doesn't end France's divide and other comments
From the right: Macron Euphoria Ignores Reality Marine Le Pen’s defeat in the French presidential election “was no surprise,” says John O’Sullivan in National Review. But “12 million voters cast...
'Embarrassed' Matt Harvey will get counseling as apology begins
Matt Harvey offered an impassioned mea culpa to his Mets teammates on Tuesday, but the verbiage only took him so far. “Actions speak louder than words,” one Mets teammate said...
'Idol' reboot's missing ingredient: nostalgia
"American Idol” is back — a move sure to thrill the 16 people clamoring for its return. Let’s face it: ABC’s decision to reboot “Idol” next season, only a year...
Try not to buy your mom a stolen gift for Mother's Day
Loving your mother shouldn’t be a crime. This May 14, criminals will sell an estimated $20 million of stolen merchandise to consumers, according to estimates from fraud detection and protection...
Nobody is having sex during the week
Sundays really are Fundays. Research shows that weekends are the prime time for between-the-sheets action, particularly Sunday. An analysis of Instacart data, which offers grocery and other delivery from local...
Draymond: Kristaps Porzingis was 'maybe drunk,' definitely not hacked
Draymond Green believes he knows the truth behind the mysterious Kristaps Porzingis tweet, and it has nothing to do with someone hacking into his account. The villainous Warriors forward, who...
Genetics determine how much coffee you can drink before it goes wrong
The other day a patient came to see me concerned that every time he drank coffee, his heart seemed to twitch. “Is this cardiac twitch a sign of heart disease?”...
Airline CEO gets pied in the face during speech
Now that's pie in the sky! An airline boss was pied in the face with lemon meringue in front of hundreds of people — in what some flyers might see...
Hank Greenberg loses appeal over AIG's 2008 bailout
Maurice “Hank” Greenberg is on a losing streak. In another blow to AIG’s 92-year old former CEO, a federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out an earlier ruling that the...
Lawyer convicted of beating ex-girlfriend's dog to death
Justice for Snoopy! A corporate lawyer was convicted Tuesday of beating to death his girlfriend’s poodle as his mother burst into sobs in the gallery. Anthony Pastor, who had a...
Out-of-control drone crashes into bicyclist
A bike race in California was interrupted when a drone flew into the path of the bikers and crashed into one, sending him flying over the handlebars. The rider suffered...
Sally Yates was the real blackmailer
In dramatic testimony Monday, Obama holdover Attorney General Sally Yates testified that she warned the incoming White House its newly installed national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was “compromised” by a...
Sleep and coffee are better pain relievers than morphine
Sleep or coffee is more effective at relieving pain than ibuprofen or morphine, a study found. Scientists say just one extra hour of sleep each night could ease the agony...
Cops stop 8-year-old boy driving on lap of 'drunk' mom
A Wisconsin mother allegedly caught driving drunk for a third time — most recently with her 8-year-old son driving as he sat on her lap — had one thing on...
Three arrested for starting airport brawl
Catch the spirit — and maybe a few left hooks. The latest airline disaster erupted on terra firma Monday night when three knuckleheads from Long Island sparked a melee over...
Weed could help prevent memory loss in elderly
A toke a day keeps the dementia away. Marijuana could help reverse brain aging in senior citizens, especially Alzheimer’s patients, according to a new study. Researchers administered low doses of...
The Penguins, NHL can't get story straight on Sidney Crosby
After missing a single game following yet another concussion, Sidney Crosby went headfirst into the boards and was slow to rise on Monday. What happened next depends on whom you...
There's something unfamiliar about this Rangers team
With the Rangers facing second-round playoff extinction in Tuesday night’s Game 6 against the Senators at the Garden, they don’t have even a single Stanley Cup winner in the lineup...
As 'Guardians' rakes in millions, director trades starter home for mansion
James Gunn, the writer and director of the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, is on quite a roll these days. Not only did the latest “Guardians” installment just rake in...
We're in a golden age for indie horror flicks
Last week, the trailer for “It Comes at Night” was released just days after the film’s surprise premiere at the Overlook Film Festival (a horror-centric gathering held, terrifyingly, at the...
Naked body found floating in Central Park reservoir
The body of a badly decomposed naked man was found floating face down in the Central Park reservoir Tuesday — just yards from a popular tourist picnic spot and the...
Matt Harvey emerges with an appropriately sad snack
The Dark Knight rises. Matt Harvey emerged Tuesday from the Greenwich Village apartment where he's been holed up since his three-game suspension, stone-faced and completely engrossed in his phone as...
Video shows anger management not working for Pacman Jones
Warning: Explicit language Adam "Pacman" Jones went on a profanity-laced rant Tuesday after someone allegedly hit his Rolls-Royce in Ohio. In a video obtained by TMZ, the troubled Bengals cornerback...
US gave France a 'heads up' about election hacking
The US spotted Russia meddling in the French presidential election and gave officials a "heads up" before internal documents stolen from one of the candidates could be released publicly, National...
Man allegedly hired seniors to pose as dead homeowners in deed scam
A Brooklyn man hired seniors to pose as dead people and file phony ownership deeds so he could steal six properties across the borough -- including a multimillion-dollar landmarked mansion...
Paul Lo Duca: The time a Dodgers security guard nearly ODed on greenies
This was one day Paul Lo Duca will never forget: the day a Dodgers security guard nearly overdosed on amphetamines. It was early in a game, when a "well-known starting...
Lion attacks circus trainer in front of horrified families
A lion trainer at a circus in France was attacked by one of the giant cats in front of a horrified crowd. The beast was subdued with a fire extinguisher,...
Ponte unsure about his future with Department of Correction
Embattled Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte sounded uncertain Tuesday about how long he'll be in the job, saying he’ll reveal his plans in the coming weeks. "I think we’ll probably talk...
Trump launches new site for re-election campaign
Team Trump on Tuesday launched a new website that officially launches the president's re-election campaign — less than four months after he took office. The campaign described the new website...
Emergency declared after tunnel collapses at nuclear waste site
Hundreds of workers at a nuclear site in Washington state were ordered to take cover Tuesday after a tunnel containing rail cars laden with nuclear waste caved in – but...
Electronics ban could soon include flights from Europe
Laptops, iPads and cameras could soon be banned on flights from Europe to the US, according to a new report. The Department of Homeland Security is considering expanding its prohibition...
This nightmare seatmate makes screaming babies look good
Threatening staff members, egregiously canceled flights and pet deaths are all hazards of flying the not-so-friendly skies. The latest issue to rankle frequent fliers? Sitting next to an overweight person....
Proof that we're all paranoid that our loved ones hate us
Ever wondered if your other half has been unfaithful? You’re not the only one. A team of UK data analysts uncovered the most common Google searches made about loved ones...
Now you can get a sound tattooed on your body
Bizarre sound-making tattoos that let you inscribe a loved one's voice or your favorite tune onto your body have gone viral. A tattoo parlor says its audio squiggles can be...
Matt Harvey took first step to saving himself — and Mets
Matt Harvey did the right thing, which when it comes to him, actually qualifies as news. After his camp floated a bunch of stuff about migraines and grievances and his...
Insurers request big hikes for ObamaCare premiums
Health insurance companies are requesting big hikes for their ObamaCare plans next year — and blame instability in the health insurance market for driving up premiums. In Connecticut, Maryland and...
'Wonder Woman' fights socialists in South America
This is the image that brought global attention to the crisis in Venezuela. It shows 44-year-old Caterina Ciarcelluti — who has been dubbed Venezuela’s "Wonder Woman" — in denim daisy...
Your kids are fat because you work too much, new study says
Longer hours at the office may be causing your child to gain weight. New research suggests that when both parents are working and away from their children, their offspring may...
Subways snarled during morning commute due to signal problems
A power outage at the DeKalb Avenue station in Brooklyn knocked the B line out of service, caused delays on other lines and snarled the Tuesday-morning rush for thousands of...
Masters champ now sucks so much that caddie fired himself
Danny Willett's downward spiral since his Masters triumph has taken another bitter twist: He has been fired by his caddie. Jonathan Smart, who was on Willett’s bag when he shocked...
Girl injured in terrifying kangaroo attack at zoo
Terrifying cellphone video captured the moment a kangaroo reached through its wire-fence enclosure at an Alabama safari and attacked a screaming 9-year-old girl. In the video, young Cheyenne White can...
Axed ESPNer gets 'brutally honest' note from daughter
No one is more curious about Danny Kanell's uncertain future than his 8-year-old daughter, Dylan. Kanell, one of the victims of ESPN's layoffs, posted the blunt message from his quizzical...
Disgraced police chief busted with oxycodone in jail cell
Drugs were found in the prison cell of a disgraced former Long Island police chief serving time for beating up a man who stole a stash of porn and a...
This guy broke a Twitter record with his love for chicken nuggets
https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/861938018806095872 It’s a good day for Twitter user Carter Wilkerson. He just broke a record for the most retweeted post ever — beating out previous retweet champ Ellen DeGeneres — and...
Why it's nearly impossible to keep banned fans out of Fenway
Last week, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones blasted the concept of stadium bans, referring to such suspensions as a “slap on the wrist” following the team’s May 1 game against...
Security team bum-rushes an adorable dancing Pikachu
A dancing, deflating Pikachu was dragged off stage at the Pokémon World Festival 2017 in South Korea. The 15 seconds of chaos, which involved a team of security guards swarming...
Paul Singer's fund sues Dutch paint giant to force a merger
Elliott Advisors, the hedge fund that has been pushing Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel to enter takeover talks with US rival PPG Industries, said on Tuesday it has begun legal...
Teen gets home detention for tossing elderly woman into pool
A teenager accused of tossing an elderly woman into a swimming pool during a raucous party at a Florida apartment complex has been ordered by a judge to spend the...
This bag will clean your gross gym gear
We all know it’s important to clock up a few fitness hours each week. And if your chosen sweat session is somewhere en route to your place of gainful employment,...
FBI chief grossly overstated Huma-Weiner emails
FBI Director James Comey overstated the number of Hillary Clinton emails that top aide Huma Abedin forwarded to her husband during Comey's testimony to a Senate committee last week, according...
No, the health bill doesn't gut coverage for pre-existing conditions
If you’ve only followed coverage of the Republican health care bill loosely in the media, you might believe that House Republicans, after much effort, passed legislation to deny people with...
Judge tosses Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction
Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez is no longer a convicted murderer because he hanged himself in prison last month before his appeal could be heard, a judge ruled...
Amazon unveils a new Echo speaker
Amazon is giving its voice-enabled Echo speaker a touch screen and video-calling capabilities as it competes with Google’s efforts at bringing “smarts” to the home. The new device, called Echo...
Defense attorney gets prison for raping unconscious client
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A longtime suburban Philadelphia defense attorney convicted of having raped an unconscious client at her apartment has been sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison. Fifty-seven-year-old...
ESPN host destroys Colin Cowherd over layoffs
The ones who were gone from ESPN long before the layoffs hit have adopted an air of prescience, and Stugotz is fighting back. Jon "Stugotz" Weiner, sidekick on ESPN's "The...
Metro-North conductor: Don't blame us for seat-hogging riders
A veteran Metro-North conductor insisted Tuesday that he and his fellow MTA workers are relatively powerless to handle seat-hogging slumberers. "You try to do the best you can but you...
Celebrities love chowing down on their afterbirth
Multiple Kardashians have sampled placenta pills, among others.
Inside suspected pedophile's lair, a glimpse at a global child rape epidemic
MABALACAT, Philippines — The suspected pedophile could see people banging on his front door through his security cameras. Were they neighbors? Cops? One had letters on her jacket. As David...
Three dead after avalanche strikes French ski resort
PARIS — French officials say three people have died in an avalanche that struck the ski resort of Bonneval-sur-Arc in the Alps. The Savoie prefecture said the avalanche struck around...
How assembling the right cancer team may save your life
Moments after Eve Bender was told that a suspicious spot on her breast was cancerous, she phoned her brother, Lew Bender, who runs a cancer research company. “He said, ‘Don’t...
Murder suspect tries big-penis defense – and it might work
A Florida man accused of murdering his girlfriend claims she accidentally choked to death while performing oral sex — and his unusual defense just might work, according to a renowned...
Deer found feasting on human remains
Forensic scientists have caught a deer munching on human remains for the first time ever. The animal was snapped gnawing on bones by a motion-sensitive camera set up by researchers...
Postal worker busted for dumping 3,000 pieces of mail
A letter carrier has given a new meaning to the term “junk mail.” Vincent Holder Jr. was nabbed Monday for dumping nearly 3,000 pieces of undelivered mail, according to federal...
The Celtics tried — and failed — to squash the Ray Allen beef
https://twitter.com/KGArea21/status/861768141696679936 At least one member from the Celtics’ 2008 NBA championship team is ready to stop beefing with ex-teammate and traitor Ray Allen. Paul Pierce said he and the Celtics...
Stone Age cavemen might have been rock stars
Ancient humans who took a leap forward in stone tool technology 1.75 million years ago may have been budding musicians, research suggests. The brain circuits that led to two-sided tools...
Christie doesn't think Trump will gut drug czar office
Gov. Chris Christie said on Tuesday he has "good reason to believe" the Trump administration will not gut the office of the nation's drug czar by slashing its budget by...
Soccer star's sad attempt to cover up viral cheating scandal
A soccer star is at the center of a bust-up after a picture of him naked in a woman’s bed was posted online — and seen by his girlfriend. Shocked Daniella Francesca...
New law would protect motorists who plow into protesters
Drivers in North Carolina might soon be allowed to plow their cars through protesters forming human walls on the road. A new bill approved by the state House will legally...
Visit the French hotel that's hosted the world's elite
At the very tip of a scenic south of France peninsula sits the Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat. Forty minutes from the Nice airport, it’s a storied 108-year-old spot frequented by notable names...
Pandora weighing sale as KKR takes $150 million stake
Could Pandora be in someone else’s box by the end of the month? The scenario looks more likely after the music streamer said it is weighing a possible sale. The...
School guard allegedly had sex with student again after his release from jail
A Maryland high school security chief -- a one-time NYPD cop -- allegedly continued to have sex with a 17-year-old student after he was released from jail and ordered to...
12-year-old boy shot in the ankle while playing with friends
A 12-year-old boy was shot in the ankle while playing with friends in Brooklyn, authorities said. The boy, identified by sources as Michael Andrews, was outside the Louis H. Pink...
Spirit cancels 150 flights, then this happens
Total chaos broke out overnight Monday at a Florida airport after multiple flights were canceled due to a contract dispute between Spirit Airlines and its pilots. Spirit said it’s canceled...
White House delays meeting on Paris climate deal
President Trump has delayed the decision on whether the US should pull out of an international climate change agreement on Tuesday as the second meeting of White House advisers on...
Cops discover dead body smoldering in stairwell
A man set fire to a woman's dead body after dragging her corpse into the stairwell of a building at an East Harlem housing project -- and then tried to...
ABC is bringing back 'American Idol'
"American Idol" is officially being revived just a year after it went off the air -- this time, on ABC. The network announced Tuesday on "Good Morning America" that it...
Student with Down Syndrome finds out he's going to college
Keith Griffith is getting to live his dream of going to college. The 19-year-old with Down Syndrome was accepted into the University of South Alabama's certificate program for students with...
Mom pretended her kid was disabled — until the girl rebelled with murder
On June 16, 2015, 23-year-old Gypsy Rose Blanchard walked into a Wisconsin courtroom in handcuffs, implicated, along with her boyfriend, in the murder of her mother, 48-year-old Dee Dee Blanchard,...
South Korea exit polls forecast win for new president
Exit polls in South Korea are forecasting a win by liberal candidate Moon Jae-in in an election to succeed ousted President Park Geun-hye. Polls closed at 8 p.m., and official...
It takes some serious Swedish meatballs to wear this Ikea fashion
After Balenciaga unveiled a pricey Ikea-esque blue bag at Men's Fashion Week 2017, artists online started sharing their own Ikea-inspired designs, including purses, face masks, shoes and a thong —...
Nearly 250 missing after two shipwrecks in the Mediterranean
Almost 250 refugees are missing and feared dead after two shipwrecks were found in the Mediterranean, the United Nations reported Tuesday. The first shipwreck took place Friday night, when a...
Why Marine Le Pen's loss is a win for Trump
The media are framing the defeat of Marine Le Pen in the French election as a defeat for President Trump and his brand of populist nationalism. The Washington Post reported...
This guy looks scarily similar to Lionel Messi
No, Lionel Messi wasn’t just hanging out in the city of Hamadan, Iran over the weekend. It was a guy who looked just like him — and for a lot...
Man gets life in prison for killing son, feeding him to pigs
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A former Kansas bail bondsman was sentenced to life in prison Monday for killing his 7-year-old son, who authorities say endured abuse and starvation before his...
Burglar shot after six-hour standoff with Los Angeles police
LOS ANGELES — A man who broke into a Los Angeles home on Monday and repeatedly exchanged gunfire with police while barricading himself inside was shot and killed by officers...
Judge to weigh erasing Aaron Hernandez's conviction
FALL RIVER, Mass. — A judge is set to hear arguments in a push by lawyers for late NFL star Aaron Hernandez to erase his conviction in a 2013 murder....
Embattled jail chief in middle of DOC spying probe
The head of internal affairs for the city’s jails was put on modified duty Monday amid accusations he directed staffers to spy on other city investigators — who were probing...
Cops searching for punks who dragged man down sidewalk
Cops were looking for two punks who were caught on video in the Bronx knocking a man down and dragging him across the pavement while trying to steal his backpack....
What's really going on between Goldman Sachs and the federal government?
Just for laughs, let’s start out with this idea — that Goldman Sachs acts as an agent of the federal government. Let’s see if I can persuade you. For starters,...
This isn't the Jacob deGrom the Mets crave or fret over
Jacob deGrom appears healthy and he hasn’t gone MIA. Those are two significant positives. But the lanky right-hander has yet to claim the team’s absent ace throne, either. “The stuff’s...
When the Mets would think about trading Matt Harvey
The latest Matt Harvey controversy has created a lot of questions. The Post answers some of the more pressing concerns: Will Matt Harvey file a grievance challenging his suspension? The...
Inside Phil’s early psychological warfare — and what it means for Carmelo
Late in 2000, their first season together, Kobe Bryant lamented to confidants he never had a private conversation with new Lakers coach Phil Jackson. The only interaction came when Jackson...
Coach aiming for younger customers with proposed Kate Spade purchase
Kate Spade is the trophy wife Coach thinks it needs to stay young and hip. The proposed $2.4 billion marriage between the two retailers brings together an iconic 75-year-old brand...
Reds pitcher keeps plunking Yankees until one really hurts
CINCINNATI — Nobody believed the Reds’ Drew Storen was intentionally throwing at the three Yankees he hit in the seventh inning Monday night. However, that doesn’t mean there is a...
Charles Cohen breathing life back into Park Avenue
Landlord Charles S. Cohen came up with a novel way to land a store tenant in a wretched retail leasing market: Buy the store first. London-based men’s clothier Richard James...
How Yankees rewarded their young, exhausted relievers
CINCINNATI — Even though the Yankees elevated right-hander Chad Green from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and sent utility player Rob Refsnyder out prior to Monday night’s 10-4 win over the Reds at...
Ermenegildo Zegna moving corporate offices to 53rd Street
Even as luxury Italian men’s designer Ermenegildo Zegna prepares to open a new flagship store in the Crown Building at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, it’s moving its corporate offices...
Ghosts are allegedly haunting Ted Bundy's childhood home
A contractor hired to remodel the childhood home of serial killer Ted Bundy claims to have encountered ghosts inside the Washington state residence — which had the skeptic scrawling Bible...
De Blasio defended Ponte despite knowing about DOC probe
Mayor de Blasio knew as early as last Wednesday that the city’s Correction Department was under investigation for allegedly spying on other probers looking into a travel scandal involving his...
Paul Ryan expected to visit Harlem charter school
House Speaker Paul Ryan is expected to visit a charter school in Harlem Tuesday, a school source said. Staff at Eva Moskowitz’s Harlem Success Academy were told to prepare for...
Aviation businesses warn New Jersey about Trump 'shutdown'
Embattled aviation businesses near President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort have a message for their counterparts by his “Summer White House” in New Jersey: Prepare for profits to nosedive. Palm Beach planes...
Stitches toughs it out
Hello. Yeah, it’s Stitches. Not coming in today. Migraine. Bye. As Howie Rose and Ralph Kramden might say, “Get a load of Harvey”! The dark Dark Knight refused to show...