May 14, 2017
Masahiro Tanaka implodes as horrific start dooms Yankees
The packed house in The Bronx on Sunday came for Derek Jeter Night, but the retired shortstop had barely left the field after his ceremony was over before the Yankees...
People who designed golf's most famous hole love how tough it is
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The creators of the chamber of horrors that haunts the game’s greatest players every May sat quietly with their feet up and their TV screen...
Trump's lawyer tweets out sexy picture of his daughter
President Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen has been firing back at haters on social media who are calling him out for tweeting a picture Sunday night of his very own...
Several of de Blasio's 'bundlers' have had sketchy dealings
Mayor de Blasio’s 2013 bundlers included a real-estate executive who cut a deal to testify against crooked ex-pols Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos — and another poised to take the...
De Blasio's biggest 'bundlers' got special political treatment
Mayor Bill de Blasio has long claimed he didn’t dole out favors to his top donors — but financial records from his 2013 campaign show otherwise. Nearly two-thirds of the...
Stitches gets back '2' winning
It is high, it is far, it is Stitches stuck in the car. Spent some quality time with John Sterling, radio voice of the Yankees on Sunday. Heavy Mother’s Day...
This super-rare double-eagle ended with a wet golf club
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rafa Cabrera Bello appeared like a bolt of lightning in Sunday’s Players Championship final round at the TPC Sawgrass. The Spaniard made history as the...
People have stopped buying guns since Trump took office
The gun run appears to have jammed. In the five full months since Donald Trump was elected president, the FBI has undertaken 1.6 million fewer firearm background checks compared with...
Jacob deGrom is sick of trying to explain what's going wrong
MILWAUKEE — If Jacob deGrom could pitch like he has been hitting, the Mets might have won Sunday’s game. The Mets’ ace went 2-for-3 at the plate — and raised...
City smacks landlord with lawsuit for illegal Airbnb rentals
The city just unleashed its biggest ever crackdown on a landlord illegally using Airbnb. Lower East Side building owner Rose King has been slammed with a $1.2 million lawsuit by...
Derek Jeter's pals don't get his memo on Marlins poker face
Derek Jeter arrived at Yankee Stadium as the center of attention on Sunday — and not just because his No. 2 jersey was being retired. The retired shortstop has also...
Dozens of bills aim to benefit public employees at taxpayers' expense
The remaining six weeks of the state Legislature’s 2017 session is turning into a potential pension and benefit porkapalooza for public-employee unions — and even judges. More than 90 pension-...
Co-worker claims L.A. Reid sexually harassed her
L.A. Reid, the influential head of Epic Records, was ousted from the Sony Music label after a co-worker complained to the company about several instances of alleged sex harassment, The...
The Mets are in an all-out free fall — and no job is safe
MILWAUKEE — Defcon 1 and it is only 36 games into the season. Mets starters can’t get the job done, the relievers are fire starters, any pitching move Terry Collins...
North Korea says tested missile can carry a nuclear warhead
North Korea says the medium long-range strategic missile it tested over the weekend can carry a nuclear warhead. The country's official Korean Central News Agency says the missile fired Sunday...
The rise of Michael Conforto is dooming Curtis Granderson
MILWAUKEE — As one middle-of-the-order outfielder continues to decline and could be out of a starting job shortly, another one surfaced Sunday. Curtis Granderson remains dreadful as he went 0-for-3...
Author was worth $38.5M when she jumped to her death
She was proof that money and success can’t buy happiness. Acclaimed author Jean Stein, who spent her life chronicling Hollywood’s elite, was worth $38.5 million when she jumped to her...
Players Championship winner stuns everyone — mostly himself
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — When Players Championship week began, any one of a number of star players figured to be hoisting the trophy as the Florida sun set on...
Derek Jeter always knew his audience
The first chants began in earnest at 6:28 p.m., though the diehards who had arrived 4 ½ hours earlier to enjoy an old-fashioned, single-admission doubleheader had really led things off...
Synagogue goes up in flames
A synagogue on the Lower East Side went up in flames.
Osama bin Laden was obsessed with al Qaeda's 'brand'
Osama bin Laden knew image was everything — and micro-managed his worldwide terror operation with an eye firmly on al Qaeda’s “brand” name. “Osama bin Laden was not just, you...
What Trump voters share with Spike Lee
Why did Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in 2016? A new survey hints plausibly that the results reflect a deep clash of cultures. It’s one Americans would be wise to...
'Appropriation' is how culture works
In July 1954, a 19-year-old Memphis truck driver recorded at Sun Studio the song “That’s All Right.” When a local disc jockey promised to play it, the truck driver tuned...
Yankees legends salute the 'dream' that is Derek Jeter
It was a matter of when, not if. Derek Jeter’s teammates knew this day was coming, when his No. 2 jersey would be retired in front of a packed Yankee...
What a real Penn Station plan would look like
Govs. Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie have a challenge: how to help commuters this summer as Penn Station shuts tracks. Instead of calmly and competently tackling this task, however, the...
Looking for real leadership at Penn Station
Who will stand up to fix the mess at Penn Station? The 210,000 New Jersey and Long Island commuters who use the station each weekday are trapped in a perpetual...
Yet another taxpayer-funded union perk
When “public employees” aren’t even pretending to work for the public, how is it right for them to still get paid by the taxpayers? That question is at the heart...
Queens' insatiable Crowley clan
It seems no source of patronage or money is off-limits to Queens’ Crowley clan. The Post’s Michael Gartland last week reported that Rep. Joe Crowley, the No. 4 House Democrat...
When liberals defended free speech and other notable comments
Legal Scholar: When Liberals Defended Free Speech Ronald Rotunda at Verdict recalls the time in 1963 when the Harvard-Radcliff Democratic Club invited arch-segregationist Gov. George Wallace to speak — and...
Derek Jeter to exploding Yankee Stadium: Thank you
Derek Jeter entered to Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” and exited to Tina Turner’s “Simply The Best.” In between, he was serenaded with “Der-ek, Je-ter” chants as he was surrounded by...
Can I bail on an internship offer if I get a better one?
I accepted an internship position that was my second choice, and am about to start in a week. My first-choice company just called me and said that a position opened...
Trump 'hits a few balls' on Mother's Day
President Trump wished America's moms and the first lady a "happy Mother's Day" and then headed over to his Virginia golf resort to "hit a few balls." "Wishing @FLOTUS Melania...
Yankees turn on umpire after Luis Severino wreck
Luis Severino had been one of the Yankees’ pleasant surprises so far in 2017, pitching well in four of his first six starts -- until Sunday. The right-hander gave up...
Trump orders emergency meeting after global cyberattack
President Trump ordered Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert to hold emergency meetings over the weekend after a ransomware attack spread around the globe, according to a report on Sunday. Senior...
Mom dies after saving daughter from out-of-control car
A Long Island mom died on Mother’s Day saving her daughter from being mowed down by an out-of-control motorist, police said. Diane Aluska, 55, pushed her 16-year-old daughter, Jenna, from...
This 'dirty' play on Kawhi Leonard has Spurs fans enraged
OAKLAND, Calif. — Kawhi Leonard re-injured his tender left ankle, leaving a Game 1 the Spurs would blow, as the Western Conference finals began with some drama. Because Spurs fans now...
NBA execs: Phil Jackson killing Carmelo's trade stock
You want to trade in or sell your 2003 car and get a better model. Chances are you do not initiate sale talks with: “Well, the car stalls and it...
Mets dig for rock bottom with unthinkable meltdown
MILWAUKEE — So this is life for the Mets without Jeurys Familia. There is no guarantee the Mets would have won Sunday’s game even if their All-Star closer was active,...
Macron plants kiss on wife during inauguration
Emmanuel Macron puckered up and planted one on the lips of his wife after being inaugurated Sunday as France’s youngest president during a regal ceremony in Paris. The 39-year-old leader...
Yankees bats hide all their warts in big comeback
It didn’t quite have the drama of a dive into the stands against the Red Sox or a flip play in the postseason, but the Yankees kicked off Derek Jeter...
Umpire who was shot, paralyzed breaking up robbery dead at 67
Former big league umpire Steve Palermo, whose accomplished career ended when he was shot trying to break up a robbery in 1991, has died. He was 67. Major League Baseball...
Boxer gets pummeled, humiliated and robbed during rough weekend
It was a bad weekend for Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Chavez lost a bout in Las Vegas on May 6 -- then the married pugilist was caught on...
Tim Tebow circus hits town with a disappointing outfield laugher
LAKEWOOD, N.J. — While it was Mother’s Day around the U.S. and Derek Jeter Day in The Bronx, it was Tim Tebow Day at FirstEnergy Park on Sunday. Hundreds of...
Former FBI official says promotion of interim director is 'disgraceful'
Former top FBI official James Kallstrom said Sunday it's "disgraceful" that Andrew McCabe is the acting director of the agency despite his wife's cozy relationship to Hillary Clinton operatives. "It's...
This 14-year-old is way smarter than you
FORT WORTH, Texas — A 14-year-old physics major has become the youngest person ever to graduate from Texas Christian University. Carson Huey-You was among more than 2,000 students getting degrees...
Bullied 8-year-old's death may not have been a suicide
The death was startling even to the coroner: a boy only 8 years old apparently killing himself in his Cincinnati bedroom. Now Gabriel Taye's January death is being re-examined after...
'Fun Home' cast plays host to James Comey's pity party
Ex-FBI Director James Comey probably could have picked a better way to get his mind off his recent firing by President Trump. Comey and his wife, Patrice, took in a...
Angry Gregg Popovich can't even say Trump's name
Gregg Popovich wouldn't even say his name. The Spurs coach, speaking before Sunday's Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the Warriors, took a break from basketball talk to...
Most Americans don't support Comey's firing: poll
Only 29 percent of Americans approved of President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, while 38 percent disapproved, but 32 percent of those surveyed said they didn't know enough...
Warner: I'd subpoena Trump-Comey tapes — if they exist
The ranking Democrat on a Senate panel investigating Russian meddling in the presidential election said on Sunday he would "absolutely" subpoena secret recordings of a White House conversation between President...
Heartbreaking mystery of NBAer's missing mom is solved
On a day filled with "Thanks, Mom!" social media posts, engineered more for the brand than the mother, comes a story equal parts heartbreaking and life-affirming. Randy Foye has not seen...
Someone finally says yes to Robert Griffin
On Mother's Day weekend, Robert Griffin III's gift to his favorite to-be mother was a ring. If only the NFL could be so giving. The free-agent quarterback proposed to his girlfriend, Grete...
Mom shot in the head in front of baby on Mother's Day
A 32-year-old woman was shot in the head in front of her infant child as she argued with her boyfriend at their Queens apartment on Mother's Day morning, police sources...
Trump administration suffers 'crisis of credibility': Schumer
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday said Republicans are "choosing party over country" by resisting calls for a special prosecutor to investigate Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election....
Man shot in the neck while standing in doorway
A 42-year-old man was shot in the neck in the doorway of a Queens home early Sunday, police said. The victim was shot as he was standing near the entrance...
Half of McGregor-Mayweather super-fight is just about done
DALLAS — UFC president Dana White is one step closer to making the super fight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather a reality. White told FOX Sports at the UFC...
MTA thinks women should tell the world they're pregnant
The MTA is pinning its problems on riders. The embattled transit agency is asking pregnant and disabled straphangers to do the hard work of handling loutish riders themselves — by...
Rosario Dawson's family is trying to buy city's low-income housing
Actress Rosario Dawson famously grew up in an East Village squatter’s den, where she was discovered sitting on the stoop. Her parents continued to live in the East 13th Street...
Aroldis Chapman's shoulder is officially a lengthy problem
Aroldis Chapman hasn’t looked like the dominant closer the Yankees signed in the offseason for the last handful of performances. Now we know why. The closer will miss at least...
Two men shot in Mother's Day ambush
Two men were shot -- one fatally -- during an ambush in Queens, police sources said. The suspect apparently waited in a silver BMW until he saw the two victims,...
Whistleblower bill sparks fear among advocates
A Washington politician is looking to act like Saltines to the Securities and Exchange Commission's whistleblower program. A bill advancing through Congress is worrying corporate whistleblowers, lawyers, and advocates over...
JetBlue allegedly kicks family off flight over birthday cake
Airline horror stories are everywhere these days -- but this one really takes the cake. JetBlue booted a Jersey City family off a flight to Las Vegas over a birthday...
Trump may drop Spicer, Bannon and Priebus: report
President Trump is weighing a "huge reboot" in his White House staff after becoming disappointed with several aides, according to a report on Sunday. The shake-up could include White House...
School turns away immigration agent looking for fourth-grader
An immigration agent tried to search for a fourth-grader at Queens school — but was sent packing by staff, according to city officials. “Mayor’s been briefed on a fed immig...
Grandchild of Nazis becomes friend of elderly Holocaust survivor
Nazi killers slaughtered Ben Stern’s parents and eight of his siblings, sent him to nine extermination camps and forced him on two death marches. Today the 95-year-old Holocaust survivor lives...
Several dead after Greek train derails, crashes into house
Three people died and 10 more were injured when a train derailed in northern Greece on Saturday night and ripped through a house, police said. The train carrying 70 passengers...
Cyberattack hits at least 100,000 in 150 countries: Europol
It's a global epidemic. The massive cyber-attack sweeping across the world's computers has now infected at least 100,000 organizations in 150 countries, Europe’s police agency announced Sunday. And things are...
Emmanuel Macron inaugurated as French president
France has inaugurated new president, Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old independent centrist who was elected on May 7. The president of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, proclaimed the official result of...
Michael Conforto's biggest fan is his Olympic gold-medalist mom
Sweet-swinging Mets outfielder Michael Conforto’s No. 1 fan is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in synchronized swimming. His mom, Tracie. For Mother’s Day, the 24-year-old budding star paid tribute to...
Metallica isn't going to let unofficial merch sell at concerts
Bootleggers are unforgiven even before they get a chance to hawk fake T-shirts in the parking lot of Metallica’s upcoming Long Island concert. The heavy-metal superstars got a court order...
Suffolk County DA won't seek re-election amid probe
Suffolk County DA Thomas Spota has announced he will not seek re-election this fall. Soon after Spota’s announcement Friday, county Police Commissioner Timothy Sini formally declared his candidacy to replace...
Italian exec used embezzlement funds to pay for city apartment
An Italian cosmetics exec convicted of embezzling millions from his Milan-based company used some of the ill-gotten gains to buy a stunning Central Park West apartment, court papers say. Piofrancesco...
Landlord busts tenants for swiping mezuzahs from neighbors: suit
The mystery of the missing mezuzahs is solved for one Manhattan landlord, who claims a pair of tenants have been terrorizing their Upper West Side neighbors. Tanya McLeod and Anthony...
Troopers are handing out traffic tickets at astronomical rate
They’re super troopers — at least when it comes to slinging traffic tickets. State Police officers doled out 14,542 summonses to New York City motorists in the first four months...
Mother's Day rainfall might not be as bad as we thought
It will be a day only a mother could love. A spring storm will soak the city with nearly 2 inches of rain before the weekend is done, but Mother’s...
Americans can only get this album on a USB drive
Mark Aaron James, an indie singer and musician, released his newest album, the aptly named “My Mighty MAJic Stick,” last week. The recording is the first nationally distributed album that...
Meditation is the key to these stars' success
May is National Meditation month, and that seems to be the topic on everyone’s mind. On the Money reports that supermodel Gisele Bundchen told a crowd at the David Lynch...
Nets guard has special bond with children of jailed parents
For many NBA players, speaking at charities is perfunctory. But for Sean Kilpatrick, talking to the Children of Promise was personal. The organization serves children throughout the city whose parents...
Jason Day's mom sacrificed everything for her son's success
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Mother’s Day, indeed. They celebrate the holiday in Australia just like we do in America. Unfortunately for Jason Day, he won’t be able to spend...
Fateful call kept Tim Tebow from baseball longer than he wanted
The Mets could use some help, and Tim Tebow is working his way through the minor league system so he may someday lend a hand. But if not for one...
Interim FTC chair will encourage Alphabet's monopolizing ways
Alphabet may be breathing a big sigh of relief. Interim Federal Trade Commission Chair Maureen Ohlhausen has risen to become the favorite to land the permanent spot in what would...
The fall of retailers means doomsday for malls
American retail culture may well have reached a tipping point. Major department stores are floundering about like fish in a rapidly draining pond after reporting dreadful earnings last week. The...
Derek Jeter farewell will leave fans with a lifetime of memories
It is possible — likely, even — that none of the words that echoed through old Yankee Stadium on the afternoon of Aug. 31, 1997, made any kind of permanent...
Warner Music boss nears royalty deal with Spotify
Fresh off a pact to license music to YouTube, Warner Music boss Steve Cooper is turning his attention to music streamer Spotify — and a deal could be signed by...
Trump is making it hard for even supporters to back him
Not long ago, a friend was reciting things she needed to do before celebrating Passover with her family: preparing the ritual foods, doing something special for her grandchildren and making...
Derek Jeter retirement perfect for another Yankees money grab
Thursdays’ Astros-Yankees on YES was an appropriate preamble to tonight’s Derek Jeter ceremony. At the top, then during the game, Michael Kay and Paul O’Neill noted this was a matchup...
The sad new life of exiled Ruth Madoff
OLD GREENWICH, Conn. — Every morning, the petite blonde with the bright red lipstick walks the few blocks from her nondescript condo to the Upper Crust Bagel Company on Sound...