June 17, 2018
Giancarlo Stanton can't count on his bat to do the talking right now
There are moments when you are embraced as a New York Yankee in the Bronx, signature moments when you get to announce yourself as a New York Yankee in a...
Brooks Koepka flew under the radar to steal US Open show
This Shinnecock U.S. Open wasn’t defined by one particular shot or hole that will go down in golf history like the previous two played at the venerable links on Eastern...
Zack Wheeler was there to see Brandon Nimmo's first star turn
PHOENIX — Their long Mets journey began together way back in the summer of 2011 in the Florida heat. Brandon Nimmo, 18, had just signed with the Mets out of...
Zack Wheeler's revival includes heat he thought was gone
PHOENIX — Zack Wheeler’s early work on Sunday might have evoked premature thoughts for some of Jim Bunning’s Father’s Day perfect game against the Mets in 1964. For Wheeler, it...
Biggest betting factor won't be in lineups as Mets visit Rockies
One of the most extreme dichotomies possible in ballpark effects will be on display when the Mets visit the Rockies for a four-game series that begins Monday night. Coors Field...
Tottenham star will help England surpass low expectations
Usually, expectations are sky high for England entering a World Cup. Not this year, which may be a blessing in its opening match. England has a superstar-laden roster with the...
Runnin’ down a dream
Played a round of mini golf on Father’s Day. Got to the third hole and heard laughter as a 4-year-old was running after his ball after a wild swing. His...
2 feared dead, dozens injured after earthquake hits Japan
TOKYO — A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around the city of Osaka in western Japan on Monday morning, and at least two people were...
RFK Jr. sent secret memo asking to ban ExxonMobil
Environmental activist Robert Kennedy Jr. sent a secret legal memo to then-state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, urging him to ban ExxonMobil from doing business in New York for allegedly misleading...
Bill Gross got revenge on ex-wife with fart spray: court papers
The bitter divorce battle between billionaire bond king Bill Gross and his ex-wife is beginning to stink — like vomit, flatulence and dead fish. The California moneyman, who lost his...
Beyoncé and Jay-Z's new album addresses infidelity, slams Trump
On their surprise joint album, “Everything Is Love,” Jay-Z and Beyoncé maintain that they're still crazy in/drunk in love. “You did some things to me/Boy you do some things to...
These French bosses may be the world’s worst
Talk about your bad bosses. The former head of France Telecom and six of his executives must stand trial over their alleged role in driving more than 30 workers to...
Subway hires Bain to help with sales slump
Subway, the struggling family-owned sandwich chain, has hired consultant Bain & Company to professionalize operations and possibly set itself up for a future sale, The Post has learned. The 52-year-old...
Man hit by car while hitting on woman is now in a coma
A 24-year-old man who was hit by an SUV while trying to get the phone number of a woman he saw on a Chelsea street is in a coma and...
Cynthia Nixon reels in big bucks from former co-stars
Two of Cynthia Nixon’s former “Sex and the City” co-stars have cut substantial checks for her Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Cuomo. Sarah Jessica Parker, who played main character Carrie...
Grab-and-go dumplings coming to Lower East Side
Hotspot Kings Co Imperial in Williamsburg is crossing the bridge to open a Lower East Side outpost at 168¹/₂ Delancey St. The 56-seat restaurant will feature late-night dining and a...
Taqueria straight out of Tulum to open in Union Square
Taco Electrico, a new taqueria from the Gerber Group — of Mr. Purple, The Campbell, Irvington, Kingside, and Whiskey Blue — is opening later this month in Union Square. The...
Finally, there are good options for dining near Penn Station
Top chef Laurent Tourondel is expanding his presence near Penn Station — creating a dining oasis in a desert of notoriously bad food. Tourondel’s L’Amico, which serves casual, rustic Italian...
Neighbors mad at restaurant blowing smoke into windows
Where there’s smoke...there’s furious neighbors. A trendy Brooklyn restaurant has become the source of anger on its Fort Greene block, where residents claim they are being smoked out of their...
Brave girl who fell onto the subway tracks rescued herself
A girl on a Brooklyn station platform got her arm caught in a subway-car door as the train pulled out of the station — then fell onto the tracks as...
The stunning evidence of Harvard's racism
Harvard University records unveiled Friday show the school engages in blatant, egregious racism in the name of diversity. The info came out thanks to the lawsuit by Students for Fair...
What Yankees legends love about Aaron Boone
The old Yankees raved about the current ones, predicting future greatness, potential parades up the Canyon of Heroes and World Series titles. Most of the media availability before Old-Timers’ Day...
Keep breaking the Albany logjams
As state lawmakers get set to wrap up for the year, some logjams are starting to break. Let’s hope the trend continues. The Assembly has given ground on two big...
Stop breaking up families at the border
House Speaker Paul Ryan says he wants to stop the mass separation of children from their families along the border, but his bid to fix it is pathetic. And President...
No child should be used as a protest prop
Actor Ron Perlman earned nearly 8,000 retweets when he posted a picture of a small crying child in a cage with the words “Trump, Sessions, McConnell, Ryan, this is on...
Why Yankees think Greg Bird is about to explode
The results don’t match the optimism. The numbers haven’t followed the quality at-bats. But the Yankees and Greg Bird believe he’s inching closer to a scalding stretch, that this four-game...
Hillary Clinton should've been charged and other commentary
From the right: Yes, Hillary Should’ve Been Prosecuted The difference between unclassified and classified is often a judgment call that can go either way, writes David French at National Review....
Save the speed cameras that save children's lives
As a New York City elementary-school principal, I worry about each and every one of my 350 beautiful “babies” (as I affectionately refer to all PS 124 students, no matter...
Comey protected his ego at the expense of the FBI and the nation
It seems that by his own conception, James Comey is St. James, heavenly protector of patriotism and principle. Which is only to say, few men in American history have possessed...
The maddening Dustin Johnson emerges again
Dustin Johnson never stops showing flashes of his talent. It was there during the first two rounds of this U.S. Open, when it seemed like he was going to run...
The right golfer won a chaotic US Open
The right player won. It wasn’t the most popular player; that would’ve been Phil Mickelson, who bathed in another four-hour cascade of adulation as he shot a 1-under 69 hours...
What looked like a backbreaker becomes a stunning Mets rally
PHOENIX — Brandon Nimmo and Asdrubal Cabrera put an exclamation point on an improbable rally to conclude Father’s Day in the desert for the Mets. Almost roadkill, on the verge...
Tom Brady admits he can see the end coming
Leave it to Oprah Winfrey to get Tom Brady to admit the end really may be near. In an interview set to air Sunday night on Winfrey’s OWN network, the...
That putt that could've been sours a historic US Open round
It was just about as good a round as has been played in a U.S. Open — and it still wasn’t enough. Englishman Tommy Fleetwood tied an Open record with...
This was a strange, impressive CC Sabathia start
Old-timers were the only Yankees to receive applause Sunday afternoon — even the active one. CC Sabathia left the Yankee Stadium mound to a lengthy standing ovation after throwing a...
Brewers pitcher blows chunks, hopefully not his chance
This isn't how relief pitchers typically gag on the mound. Milwaukee's Adrian Houser, a reliever recalled from the minors before the game and pitching in his third game all year,...
Man stabs himself to death after thinking his vest was 'stab-proof'
A British man who believed he was wearing a "stab-proof vest" died last summer after he took a knife to his own chest, local newspaper Teesside Gazette reported Saturday, citing an investigation into...
Brooks Koepka survives, makes it two straight US Open titles
The last putt that mattered in the 118th U.S. Open disappeared into the cup on the 18th hole at Shinnecock Hills with the early-evening sun still warm and blazing across...
Andy Pettitte has seen these startlingly young Yankees before
Andy Pettitte didn’t need the assistance of the pinstripes, like other former Yankees, whose bellies hung over their belts. When he took the mound for his first Old-Timers’ Day appearance,...
At least 5 dead as SUV chased by Border Patrol crashes
BIG WELLS, Texas — At least five people were dead and several others hurt after an SUV carrying more than a dozen people crashed while fleeing from Border Patrol agents...
This plant causes 3rd-degree burns, permanent blindness
Officials in Virginia are warning residents to be on the lookout after an invasive plant was found Tuesday in the northern part of the state that can cause third-degree burns...
Bumblebees in trouble in Pacific Northwest
BOISE, Idaho — Hundreds of citizen scientists have begun buzzing through locations across the Pacific Northwest seeking a better understanding about nearly 30 bumblebee species. Bumblebees, experts say, are important...
The Yankees' comeback never comes in surprising letdown
As CC Sabathia moved inning by inning away from a bothersome second frame Sunday, the Yankees felt good about the chances of crawling out of the shallow ditch he pitched...
US Open underdog makes history with torrid final round
England's Tommy Fleetwood has tied the U.S. Open record with a 7-under 63 in the final round. With Shinnecock Hills playing far easier than in a brutal third round when...
Kim Kardashian wants to prove death row inmate's innocence
Kim Kardashian is on another case. The reality-TV queen tweeted about the plight of San Quentin Prison death row inmate Kevin Cooper — asking California Gov. Edmund “Jerry” Brown to...
Nunes vows 'hell to pay' if Russia probe docs not turned over
WASHINGTON — GOP House leaders Sunday threatened there'd be "hell to pay" for top officials in the Justice Department and FBI if they fail to turn over documents this week...
What’s the protocol for thank-you notes in job interviews?
I just started an internship and found out that they aren’t giving the Monday and Tuesday off before the Wednesday, July 4 holiday. My family throws a big party out...
Dem lawmakers make Father's Day visit to ICE detention center
A contingent of Democratic lawmakers made a Father's Day visit to a detention center in New Jersey to meet with men seeking asylum who have been separated from their families...
Immigrant Melania: I hate seeing families separated
First Lady Melania Trump, addressing her husband's hard-line immigration crackdown that splits children from their parents, said through a rep Sunday that she "hates'' to see families separated. "Mrs. Trump...
Why Jason Giambi turned down Yankees' job offer (for now)
For now, Jason Giambi’s job is as a father to his three young kids. He coaches his one son’s T-ball team. But in the not-too-distant future, he hopes to have...
Monday's high temperature in NYC could be record-breaking
The last time it was this hot … Herbert Hoover was in the White House. New Yorkers should get ready for a scorching high of 95 degrees on Monday —...
Schumer says he told Trump to impose China tariffs 3 weeks ago
Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday praised President Trump for slapping tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese products and said he urged the chief executive to do this "three...
Why you'll love having Gen Zers in the workplace
Workers of the world — heads-up. There’s a new generation of employees coming into your workplace, and they’re all about disrupting the way you operate. Experts use terms such as...
Schumer warns against using 'dangerous' sunscreen pills
These sunscreen pills are mighty shady. US Senator Charles Schumer warned New Yorkers on Sunday to stay away from “dangerous” sunscreen pills and called on the Food and Drug Administration...
Woman fatally stabbed by ex at Belmont Park race track: cops
A Belmont Park stablehand was fatally stabbed by her former boyfriend as she was walking a horse at the famed Nassau County racetrack early Sunday, authorities said. The worker —...
Bullets fly in Greenwich Village after fight at hookah bar
Where there was smoke there was gunfire in Greenwich Village early Sunday morning, police said. Three men were shot after a dispute broke out in a hookah bar on Bleecker...
Mexico's World Cup goal shakes soccer — and the Earth
Mexico's goal against Germany in Sunday's World Cup was seismic. The nation's geological service said the celebrations that broke out in Mexico City after its beloved team kicked its first...
Shaq has free-agency warning for LeBron: Don't be like me
Shaquille O'Neal says he hopes LeBron James doesn't make the same mistake he did in the back end of his career. Namely, don't go team-hopping in search of more championships....
Longtime NBAer busted for alleged armed robbery
NEWNAN, Ga. — A former NBA player from Georgia has been arrested for an armed robbery. Coweta County Sheriff spokesman Jimmy Yarbrough tells news outlets 29-year-old James Edward "JJ" Hickson...
Pope: Abortion is a 'white glove' equivalent to Nazi crimes
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis denounced abortion on Saturday as the "white glove" equivalent of the Nazi-era eugenics program and urged families to accept the children that God gives them....
'Jeopardy!' winner could get prison for sneaking into emails
ADRIAN, Mich. — A seven-time "Jeopardy!" winner who taught history at a small Michigan college faces up to five years in prison for sneaking into the email accounts of other...
'Nobody likes' separating kids from parents at the border, Conway says
Top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said "nobody likes" separating children from their parents and pushed back on claims the Trump administration is using the kids as a bargaining chip...
Bannon: I don't believe Trump has ever lied
WASHINGTON - President Trump has never lied or misled the American people, according to his former aide Steve Bannon. The remarkable statement came Sunday when ABC’s Jonathan Karl pressed the...
Mexico stuns reigning World Cup champs in early statement
MOSCOW — Germany became the third defending champion in the last 16 years to lose its opening match at the World Cup, falling to Mexico 1-0 Sunday. Hirving Lozano scored...
Ex-CIA head compares US immigration policy to Nazi Germany
A former CIA director compared US immigration policy to Nazi Germany in an ominous Tweet. “Other governments have separated mothers and children,” Former CIA and NSA chief Michael Hayden wrote...
Phil Mickelson returns to scene of crime as a changed man
Hard to hit a moving golf ball if it sinks in the cup. Phil Mickelson saved par on the 13th hold on Sunday and raised his arm in mock celebration,...
Giuliani doubts Trump knew about Roger Stone's meeting with Russian
WASHINGTON – President Trump likely would have known nothing about a newly revealed meeting between Roger Stone and a Russian during the 2016 campaign to obtain dirt on Hillary Clinton,...
Woman yelling 'Allahu akbar' attacks 2 at French supermarket
PARIS — A woman crying "Allahu akbar" — "God is great" in Arabic — injured two people with a box cutter Sunday at a supermarket in southern France before she...
Giuliani: Trump isn't planning to issue pardons during Russia probe
Rudy Giuliani said on Sunday that President Trump isn't planning on pardoning former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and other allies caught up in the special counsel's probe but wouldn't rule...
NBA All-Star's brother shot dead outside bar
INDIANAPOLIS — Authorities say Sacramento Kings forward Zach Randolph's brother was shot and killed early Saturday outside of a bar in the Indiana city where the two grew up. Police...
Trump blasts Schumer for downplaying North Korea summit
President Trump lashed out at Sen. Chuck Schumer in a tweet on Sunday for downplaying the significance of his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, proclaiming he's stopped the...
Slain NYPD officer's 'Angel' baptized at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
The daughter of fallen officer Wenjian Liu and his wife Pei “Sanny” Xia Chen was baptized at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday surrounded by her NYPD family. Commissioner James O’Neill...
Trump slams critics of his North Korea summit
President Trump on Sunday assailed the "Fake News" media and critics who claimed he gave away too much at his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by saying...
Dallas Cowboys cheerleader reveals why she's suing the team
During the 2014-2015 NFL season, Erica Wilkins had a banner rookie year as a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader [DCC]. Then 22, the Friendswood, Texas, native was one of just 16 women...
One dead, multiple injured in shooting at New Jersey art festival
Father's Day fun turned into chaos at a New Jersey all-night arts festival when two gunman opened fire -- injuring over a dozen people, including a 13-year-old boy, early Sunday....
Sports agents are panicking over their clients' old tweets
A day before the 2018 NFL draft in April, a bombshell hit University of Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen, when racially offensive tweets sent from the white player’s account in 2012...
FBI head proves Washington has a vendetta against Trump
As FBI Director Christopher Wray started giving his response to the blistering report on the Hillary Clinton investigation, I hoped he would accept the findings as proof that the agency...
Children of fallen servicemen write Father's Day notes to late dads
Some children of US servicemen killed in combat are giving their late dads a special gift this Father’s Day: a letter telling them how much they still mean to them....
An absurd suggestion on how to fund Trump's border wall
Dear John: If we are so concerned about China owning so much of our Treasury debt, why don’t we do this: Allow Americans to buy Treasury bonds and pay no...
How do companies afford giveaway sweepstakes?
Dear John: My daughter and I receive many letters from Publishers Clearing House about its $5,000-a-week giveaway for life. How does the company do it? And what if they go...
Gleyber Torres just showed why he looks untouchable
If Brian Cashman ever reconsiders listening to trade offers for Gleyber Torres, the prized rookie would likely pop the general manager’s second thought the second it surfaced. Less than 24...
The April Didi Gregorius is back
Didi Gregorius is putting his brutal May behind him. The shortstop, who had homered in three straight games entering Saturday, added another hit in the Yankees' 4-1 win over the...
Craft breweries are exploding in NYC
A revolution is brewing. The number of craft breweries in the five boroughs has exploded 413 percent over the last five years, with 41 today compared to only eight in...
Jonathan Loaisiga flattered by comparison to Yankees legend
As impressed as the Yankees were with Jonathan Loaisiga’s MLB debut on Friday night, the most glowing praise came from Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash, who compared the 23-year-old right-hander...
It's so bad that Mickey Callaway had to treat Mets like kids
PHOENIX — All the Mets position players gathered near home plate hours before Saturday night’s game against the Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Instead of taking batting practice, the group moved...
Fashion icon's widow remains in jail following eviction battle
The widow of famed fashion designer Oleg Cassini has been jailed for more than six weeks after refusing to follow court orders in the tortured legal battle over his $55...
Aaron Judge just doesn't stop
The ride to baseball’s best record hasn’t always been smooth. Didi Gregorius swapped an incredible April for a miserable May. Giancarlo Stanton rarely has looked like a reigning MVP. Gary...
City has spent $44M on subway, bus advertising since 2014
The city has spent nearly $44 million advertising on buses and subways since January 2014, records show. Health Department posters promoting safe sex and social services are responsible for $42.5...
Historic City College building sits empty with no signs of life
A historic City College building once slated to house a center dedicated to a US congressman and then a secretary of state is an empty shell with no sign of...
Mets made wrong kind of history
PHOENIX — The elevator has never moved faster zooming up to the 10th floor and then 10 floors underground. With their loss Friday to the Diamondbacks, the Mets became the...
Two golfers now sitting pretty thanks to chaos at US Open
Both Daniel Berger and Tony Finau were done early, then they were able to sit and watch as the U.S. Open became a bloodbath and their names shot up the...
Yankees can complain way out of Sunday Night — why not fans?
It’s an old business adage: “Don’t ask me to do for you what I wouldn’t do to you.” Yet, if only the media had gone to bat for baseball’s suckered...
3-day-old child mysteriously found dead in home
A 3-day-old child died Saturday after her mother found her not breathing inside her Queens home, police sources said. Joyce Liang was discovered unresponsive at the home on 136th Street...
Michael Conforto, Steven Matz propel Mets to a rare victory
PHOENIX — The rare combination of Matz and bats convened Saturday night to end a Mets losing streak. There was Steven Matz with 6 ²/₃ superb innings, but more startling...
New Yorkers are spurning public transport for ride sharing
New York’s straphangers are now turning to their smartphones to get around town, a new state study says. Train and bus ridership is down, while car driving, fueled in part...
Former mobster slams 'horrible' John Gotti movie
Mobster John Alite, who testified against John “Junior’ Gotti in 2009, is giving the movie about John Gotti Sr. a horrible review. The film “Gotti,’’ with John Travolta in the...
This hedge funder is actually making the world a better place
While Wall Street takes its lumps for being too profit-driven, people on the Street are some of the most dedicated and generous do-gooders around. For every Bernie Madoff, there’s a...
Why Germany will beat Mexico
Germany looks to become the first team since Brazil in 1962 to defend its World Cup crown. The Germans open with a fully healthy squad, including star goalkeeper Manuel Neuer,...
Nets eyeing Euro prospect who believes he's a lottery pick
Dzanan Musa’s NBA dream started with him crying himself to sleep every night, an 11-year-old living on his own in a strange city. The gifted Bosnian scorer landed in New...
How a string of violent sex crimes was traced to former NFL star
An eagle-eyed neighbor helped crack the bizarre case of a former NFL star now accused in a slew of attacks on women. It was just after 2:30 p.m. June 7...