July 8, 2017
Dad who claims daughter's death was suicide accused of molestation
An Oklahoma dad who allegedly shot and killed his daughter — and then told cops she had committed suicide — was accused of molesting her as a teen, according to...
Yankees eyeing trade for Marlins slugger Justin Bour: report
The Yankees may be looking to add another home-run masher to join Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez on their squad of Bronx Bombers. The team reportedly is pursuing a trade...
Hundreds mourn assassinated NYPD cop
Hundreds of grieving cops and neighbors gathered at the 46th Precinct in The Bronx Saturday night — the NYPD home of tragic slain Officer Miosotis Familia. “We never forget,” Assistant...
Ryan McDonagh will be in John Tavares' position soon enough
Sidney Crosby is operating under the most club-accommodating contract in the NHL at $8.7 million per season for 12 years, when he could have commanded a max hit of around...
Mickey Mantle's illegal bat hits the auction block
Buyer up! A bat used — and abused — by Yankees legend Mickey Mantle in 1958 is up for sale in an auction that ends on Monday. The 35-inch long,...
High-powered execs are spending thousands on fidget spinners
High-powered New Yorkers have long relied on five-star resorts, golfing and serious retail therapy to chill out. Now they have another way to de-stress: the executive fidget spinner. The humble...
While de Blasio whined in Germany, Trump was our defender
One is the leader of the free world, the other is a great pretender.
Kirsten Gillibrand's crusade for campus injustice
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is furious that the Trump Department of Education is pulling back from Obama-era demands that colleges junk due process in the name of fighting sexual assault. She...
Chaos as Brooklyn shopping mall evacuated after gunshot
A huge Brooklyn shopping mall was briefly evacuated after a gunman fired at least one shot Saturday evening, police said. No one was hit by the bullet, fired during a...
What does it take to get deadly madmen off New York's streets?
New Yorkers may never know precisely what drove Alexander Bonds to kill NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia in cold blood Wednesday. But one likely factor is no stranger to Gotham: mental...
Behind Kevin Shattenkirk's Rangers destiny, which began at 5
The question came often, from family and friends, and every time Kevin Shattenkirk answered when he was going to come play for the Rangers, he had a “twinkle in his...
One sign pointing to a potential Yankees-Padres deadline deal
Judging by the Padres sending David Post to watch the Yankees’ Triple-A club, there is a sense in the industry the Yankees are interested in left-handed reliever Brad Hand. Post,...
Nixed merger crushes media baron's investment in pharma chain
Newspaper baron and right-wing financial backer Randall Smith might be learning the hard way that sometimes diplomacy is more profitable than being an activist. Smith’s New York hedge fund Alden...
Don't underestimate traditional company stocks
The beginning of July has brought more fireworks for the high-flying technology stocks after a June that turned into their first down month of the year. It wasn’t just the...
Small-time investors are flooding the market as bigwigs pull out
Small investors are piling into stocks at a frantic pace — the event that allows veteran Wall Streeters to call a top of the market. These individual, or retail, customers...
Ex claims 'Manhattan lifestyle' corrupted her doting husband
A Staten Island woman claims her relationship went down the tubes after her computer programmer partner adopted “a Manhattan lifestyle.” Kirsten Larson met Wesley Smith in 2005 at Florida’s Full...
The 10 best rookies NY has ever seen — and Judge is chasing
When Aaron Judge barged on past Joe DiMaggio on Friday, blasting his 30th home run and breaking the Yankee Clipper’s rookie record — a mark that only had stood for...
This mom has the loudest sex in NYC
Olga Valerio, 49, outed herself to the Post as one half of the dynamic duo that sparked the most 311-hotline complaints in the city for loud sex.
What Jordan Montgomery's doing in the minors again
Before Saturday’s 5-3 win over the Brewers in The Bronx, the Yankees optioned Jordan Montgomery and Luis Cessa to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and promoted Ben Heller and Jonathan Holder from Triple-A. Moving...
Yankees' Brian McCann trade haul are breaking speed guns
Jorge Guzman is taking English classes. But for the Dominican Republic native, speed doesn’t need a translator. Asked if he knows the hardest he ever has thrown, the 6-foot-2, 182-pound...
How a forgotten film star became a Broadway hit at 61
Grandmother and retiree Ruby Keeler, 60, was living a quiet life in a small apartment in Southern California when, in 1970, she got an offer she never expected: a starring...
What's actually going on with Amanda Nunes' 'illness'?
LAS VEGAS — Bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes was scratched from her title defense against Valentina Shevchenko after being hospitalized Saturday a few hours before UFC 213. The UFC cited "illness"...
Even Mets pitching prospects are going down
Mets pitchers are dropping like, well, like Mets pitchers drop. A season that has been defined by injury and frustration saw more injury and frustration through the minor league system...
Tim Hardaway Jr. may have further sealed Carmelo's fate
When Tim Hardaway Jr. was traded two years ago on draft night for the rights to Notre Dame point guard Jerian Grant, Carmelo Anthony was ticked, according to sources. It...
Yoenis Cespedes' spiral deepens as Mets come up empty
ST. LOUIS — Yoenis Cespedes is present in body, even on gimpy legs, but the Mets could use a cameo from his bat. Simply, the Mets need their biggest offensive...
'Nurse of the Year' opened up her home to a cancer patient
It wasn’t enough that Olivia Chin was fighting cancer: The lifesaving treatments she needed at NYC’s Weill Cornell Myeloma Center meant traveling for more than four hours from her upstate...
Insurance wouldn't cover hospital flight for ill child: suit
A New York family whose young son had a “catastrophic” brain bleed on a Disney vacation are fighting with their insurance company, which won’t cover the flight from Florida to...
NYPD sergeant sues website for using his picture in online ad
He’s there to protect and serve — not advertise a web site, claims an NYPD sergeant suing because his picture is being used in an online ad. David Bases claims...
Mayoral candidate talks low crime numbers — as his wife's car gets stolen
Democratic Mayoral hopeful Sal Albanese said his wife’s car was stolen on Saturday afternoon -- just as he was on a campaign stop talking to cops about low crime numbers....
When going home to play US Women's Open is a problem
Marina Alex has mixed emotions about playing the 72nd U.S. Women’s Open at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., this week, and it has nothing to with President Trump...
Yankees one-upped themselves on stupid base-running plays
For today’s lesson on What Not to Do in Baseball, we’ll go straight to the second inning Saturday at Yankee Stadium with the Yankees batting against the Brewers. First, the...
'We saw this huge guy go up there': Aaron Judge's first derby
It was less than a week before Mason Katz was going to participate in the 2012 College Baseball Home Run Derby in Omaha, Neb., and the LSU junior was standing...
The Dellin Betances demons disappeared
Dellin Betances has struggled in the Yankees’ bullpen and was coming off an outing where he was — to be kind — suspect. Oh, forget kindness, and political correctness. He...
Clint Frazier 'splash' took aim at so much Yankees frustration
Clint Frazier’s legend preceded the 22-year-old redhead’s arrival in The Bronx by at least the length of his famously now-shorn hair. He was the one with the personality who wasn’t...
This 'shaman' charges thousands to protect your wardrobe from spirits
For centuries, shamans have called upon spirits for guidance on some of life’s most pressing questions. On a recent Thursday in Brooklyn, Colleen McCann closed her eyes and channeled her...
Shark washes up on Coney Island beach
It wasn’t exactly “Jaws,” but Coney Island beachgoers were starstruck by a small shark that washed up on the shoreline Saturday. The tiny, dark-colored creature attracted a crowd as it...
Why Mets think Bartolo Colon spurned them
ST. LOUIS — In the end the Mets couldn’t guarantee Bartolo Colon the one thing that might have delivered him back to the team: a shot at becoming the all-time...
Trump team met with Kremlin-connected lawyer during campaign: report
Weeks after he won the GOP nomination last year, top members of President Trump's team reportedly met with a Russian lawyer who has ties to the Kremlin. The New York...
Clint Frazier tells all, including the girlfriend who changed his life
Yankees rookie outfielder Clint Frazier takes a swing at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby before his game-winning home run Saturday. Q: How is Aaron Judge going to do...
'Walk of Fame' for Jewish theater stars is falling apart
It don't get no respect! Greenwich Village preservationists are channeling famed Jewish comic Rodney Dangerfield in their quest to save a crumbling historic sidewalk. The current state of the Yiddish...
Broadway barks out a tribute to Mary Tyler Moore
Broadway - through the voice of stage icon Bernadette Peters - barked out a touching tribute Saturday to late actress and noted animal lover Mary Tyler Moore. Peters, “The Good...
Cuomo's new appointees to Battery Park City board don't even live there
No one on Battery Park City’s governing board actually lives in the pricey downtown neighborhood — and Gov. Cuomo just passed up a chance to change that. Cuomo recently named...
Addict's mom claims probation officers ignored family's pleas for help
Living with her drug-addicted son during the last weeks of his life was like being a hostage — but her family’s desperate pleas for help from probation officers went unheeded,...
New Yorkers won't stop complaining about Fourth of July
New Yorkers have turned into a bunch of party poopers on the Fourth of July. Festivity-related complaints like blaring music and partying, loud talking and illegal fireworks have more than...
Clint Frazier turns disaster into a party with stunning walk-off
Two outs away from the latest in a long stretch of ugly defeats, the Yankees climbed out of a very deep ditch on one swing of neophyte Clint Frazier’s bat...
CEO's long battle with beauty queen step-mom over $2M suite
A former beauty queen’s reign over a Sutton Place pad could come to an ugly end — if the super-rich boss of a video game company gets his way. Robert...
Mets rising outfielder has collapsed lung
ST. LOUIS -- Brandon Nimmo’s shortness of breath on the Fourth of July was more serious than he could have anticipated. The Mets outfielder has been diagnosed with a collapsed...
What next year's Mets may look like — and it's unrecognizable
ST. LOUIS — The Mets have roughly $150 million in payroll, more than half of which can be shed with expiring contracts this offseason. Overall, the team’s expiring deals total...
Why drinking with colleagues is bad for workplace equality
The party’s over. Our offices can no longer be fun places where men and women interact and socialize casually without consequence. Earlier this week, The New York Times published a...
We're losing a whole generation of young men to video games
One night in the mid-1990s I tried out a computer game called “Civilization.” You started with a screen that was completely black, except for one square of land. As you...
How Michael Vick's pit bulls changed animal rescue forever
Ten years ago, 51 pit bulls were saved from the blackened sheds and bloody fighting pits of a wooded Virginia compound belonging to Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. Life for...
How Tim Hardaway Jr. became a $71M Knicks project
LAS VEGAS — The Hawks’ reported decision not to match the Knicks’ staggering offer sheet for Tim Hardaway Jr. paves the way for the young wing player’s return to the...
What Mets should be targeting in their sell-off
That the Mets must be sellers this month (and next) is the easy part. Now, the tough part: Are they selling because this is a bad year for a good...
Subway conductors may refuse to work over expired emergency masks
Subway operators and conductors may refuse to work because they lack up-to-date respirator masks they’re required to wear in emergencies, a top Transport Workers Union official said Saturday. The MTA...
The Knicks win Tim Hardaway Jr.
After a two-year course in defense in Atlanta, Tim Hardaway Jr. is a Knick again. The Hawks notified the Knicks on Saturday afternoon they would not match the four-year, $71...
De Blasio blows off Post reporter in Germany
HAMBURG — Mayor de Blasio -- forgetting that he’s accountable to eight million Big Apple residents -- blew off a Post reporter Saturday after he gave a speech in Hamburg, Germany....
A diary saved this woman's life after post-divorce meltdown
After being married for nearly 13 years, journalist Heather Chaplin was battling depression and the fact that the love of her life was smoking pot, no longer working and becoming...
Groom arrested over fireworks display at wedding party
A man was busted at his own backyard wedding party early Saturday after cops learned that he had been setting off professional fireworks, police said. Police responded to 39-year-old Thomas...
G20 leaders make point to single out US rejection of climate deal
It could go down in history as the “G-20 minus one” summit after 19 world leaders reaffirmed their commitment Saturday to the Paris deal on climate change, isolating President Trump...
Putin claims Trump believed his denial of Russian meddling
Vladimir Putin denied on Saturday that Russia had any illicit role in the 2016 presidential campaign, but US officials aren’t buying it. When the Russian president denied his country had...
Ivanka briefly sits in for Trump at meeting with G20 leaders
Ivanka Trump briefly filled her father’s seat at a G20 event in Hamburg Saturday, putting her shoulder to shoulder with British Prime Minister Theresa May and Chinese President Xi Jinping....
10 ways to make flying great again
America’s airlines are suffering from the same problem plaguing Gotham’s mass-transit system — 36,000 feet up in the air, just as three stories underground, sheer numbers of people are overwhelming...
One dead, one injured in Bronx shooting
One man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting in the Bronx late Friday, cops said. Armani Womack, 20, was shot in the neck and torso at Tiemann...
Putin confirms Russia will honor Paris climate deal
President Vladimir Putin says Russia will meet its obligations under the Paris climate agreement. Speaking at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the Group of...
Why anti-Starbucks hipsters sound a lot like Trump supporters
East Village apocalypse! Starbucks is at the Tompkins Square Park gates! Sound the dirge for “retail diversity and independently owned local businesses!” On July 13, a bunch of grinches calling...
De Blasio delivers remarks ahead of keynote at G20 summit
Police protect the rights of demonstrators objecting to the G20 summit, Mayor de Blasio said Saturday in a speech to a Hamburg, Germany protest rally of tens of thousands of...
Iraqi forces expected to seize Mosul as ISIS defense crumbles
Iraqi security forces expect to take full control of Mosul within hours as Islamic State's defensive lines crumble in its former de facto capital in Iraq, military commanders said on...
Eight people reported dead under collapsed building in Italy
Eight people were found dead on Saturday under the rubble of a collapsed apartment building near the southern Italian town of Naples, after rescue workers searched for bodies through the...
Deadly bombing in Egyptian army outpost claimed by ISIS
EL-ARISH, Egypt — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for attacking a remote Egyptian army outpost in the Sinai Peninsula with a suicide car bomb and heavy machine gun fire....
Donald Trump says he's made Ivanka's life harder
President Donald Trump is praising his daughter, Ivanka, and acknowledging the challenges he's added to her life. In a rare, self-deprecating moment, the president said Saturday during remarks in Hamburg,...
Trump says he had a 'tremendous meeting' with Putin
HAMBURG, Germany — Fresh from his lengthy head-to-head encounter with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday was meeting with a long list of world leaders, including...
The mystery planet that could destroy the Earth
Just in time for summer movie season comes news that something huge is lurking out there at the edge of the solar system. It’s really big. It’s never before been...
Ivanka Trump, World Bank launch fund for female entrepreneurs
First Daughter Ivanka Trump and the World Bank are rolling out a new fund that aims to help female entrepreneurs access capital, financing and other support. World Bank Group President...
Tim Hardaway Jr.? Shame on us for expecting real Knicks rebuild
Here's the thing: The Knicks actually had built for themselves a safe place that is rare in professional sports, rarer still in the NBA, and all but impossible to achieve...
Trump: US working on 'very powerful' trade deal with the UK
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday met with British Prime Minister Theresa May and said he hoped the United States can quickly seal a bilateral trade deal with the United...
Aaron Judge shatters Joe DiMaggio's rookie HR mark
The Yankee Clipper has been eclipsed. Aaron Judge’s unforgettable season landed in the record books Friday night, when the 25-year-old slugger set a Yankees single-season rookie record with his 30th...
Yankees' tipping-point decision: Pushing to contend or develop
Right now, with their season coming off the rails, Joe Girardi and the Yankees need to choose a lane and stay there. Are they pushing their pitchers in the interest...
Finally, the Mets have a real 1-2 punch
ST. LOUIS — The Mets were extremely disappointed there will be no Bartolo Colon reunion now that Big Bart has taken his aged talents to the Twins and the American...
US bombers hold firing drills with South Korean forces
Two U.S. supersonic bombers conducted live-fire drills on Saturday in South Korea in a show of force following North Korea's test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the South's military...
Clint Frazier enjoying ride with Yankees — for however long it lasts
Clint Frazier still has much to learn about New York City. Frazier has played in The Bronx for less than a week, and currently is staying in a hotel near...
NBA star busted for driving with a suspended license in Queens
NBA player Taj Gibson was busted driving with a suspended license after being pulled over for making an illegal U-turn outside a Queens strip club, cops said. The Brooklyn native...
Will elite New Jersey guard answer St. John's prayers?
The July live recruiting period begins Wednesday, which means college coaches and high school prospects criss-crossing the country for three five-day periods of AAU tournaments. It’s an evaluation period for...
The standouts — and flops — in Nets' first summer league taste
LAS VEGAS — The Nets, with their roster comparatively veteran laden by the standards of summer league, should have an edge. They did Friday night in pulling out a 75-72...
Why new Devil sees 'positives' in joining a struggling franchise
It is going to be a big change of scenery and culture for Marcus Johansson, but he is embracing the new attitude. Johansson was traded Wednesday from the Presidents’ Trophy-winning...
What Caris LeVert is looking to get out of Nets' summer league
LAS VEGAS — With Caris LeVert universally regarded as one of the foundations of the Nets’ rebuilding process, it is easy to forget how inexperienced he is. Barely old enough...
Pregnant British man gives birth to daughter
Britain’s first pregnant man gave birth to a daughter, it was reported Friday. London’s Sun newspaper said Hayden Cross, 21, had found a sperm donor on Facebook. Cross, born female,...
US to carry out new test of missile defense system as North Korea tensions mount
The United States plans to carry out a new test of its THAAD missile defense system against an intermediate-range ballistic missile in the coming days, two U.S. officials told Reuters...
Stitchmeister’s no Globetrotter
This Brat’s the Wurst. In a week when police officer Miosotis Familia was murdered, NYPD cadets were sworn in, Penn Station was in its latest state of chaos and the...
Dad who lost legs trying to save daughter killed in boat accident dies
TEMPLE, Texas — Authorities say a man has died after losing his legs last month while trying to save his fatally injured 4-year-old daughter when a houseboat ran over her...
Tim Hardaway Jr. move proves Steve Mills isn't Phil Jackson
Ousted Knicks president Phil Jackson wouldn’t have done this Tim Hardaway Jr. $71 million offer sheet. The Knicks have moved on rapidly in philosophy in the 10 days since Jackson...
Lonzo Ball's Lakers career starts with a bang and ends with clangs
LAS VEGAS — It took Lonzo Ball 20 seconds to get a near-capacity crowd off its feet in his first summer league game. Just like LaVar taught him. Ball's highly...
Altuve to Judge to Kershaw: Your 1st-half fantasy baseball all-stars
We are at the intermission of this injury-plagued, roller coaster of a first act — when power and unexpected contributions from unlikely sources took center stage. Since we have some...
Tyler Clippard and pen implode again as Yankees reach new low
It has gotten so bad the Yankees can’t beat a team that made five errors in the first four innings. In a rare visit to The Bronx, the cement-handed Brewers...
Mom snaps adorable pics of Obama holding her baby
Waiting with her baby daughter to board a flight in Anchorage, Alaska, Jolene Jackinsky did a double take: She saw a man who looked just like former President Barack Obama....