June 23, 2018
Michael Kay makes fun of fundamentals
The difference between dinosaurs and bunts is that dinosaurs leave bones, proof of their existence. You can’t find evidence of bunts — the buntasaurus — on archeological digs. Monday night,...
Pat Shurmur welcomes Tiki Barber back into the Giants' fold
No one ever rushed for more yards in a Giants uniform than Tiki Barber, but his shaky relationship with coach Tom Coughlin sparked an uncomfortable vibe whenever the former running...
Mets' Citi Field struggles reach new low in ugly loss to Dodgers
It seemed like the perfect distraction for the irrelevant ongoing season in Queens: a world-class pitching matchup between Jacob deGrom and Clayton Kershaw. Except, it further illustrated just how far...
As long as 'New York' was on uniform, dad and I cheered them
Maybe it was my father who was the outlier, though I couldn’t know it at the time. For around the first 15 years of my existence, I didn’t know from...
Democrats refuse to acknowledge safe borders are necessary
In politics, as in life, lucky is the person with clumsy and incompetent enemies. By that measure, President Trump is the luckiest man on Earth. As illustrated by the growing...
Millennials may kill tipping — and it could cost them their jobs
Debt-laden millennials who patronize the city’s bar and club scene are now officially among the worst tippers, according to a new study. This is true even though many millennials work...
Facebook has a real problem with disturbing content
Dear John: I reported a profile to Facebook through their proper channel because it contained nudity and pornography. This was the Facebook reply: “Thank you for letting us know about...
Reader shares how a tragedy turned into a blessing
Dear John: I e-mailed you about two months ago and asked you not to publish my question of concern. I just wanted to let you know the outcome of my...
A 'Space Force' will protect America's future among the stars
Last week, amid all the news about immigration, President Trump made a great leap into the future of protecting our country’s investment in technology and military spending. He began the...
Washington Heights is the new Williamsburg
Move over, Williamsburg, Washington Heights is New York City’s new hipster haven. The upper-Manhattan neighborhood is brimming with more millennials than any other ’hood in the Big Apple, with 50,103...
Man busted for attempting to rape woman at knifepoint
The pervert who tried to rape a woman at knifepoint in her Brooklyn apartment was busted at 5 p.m. Saturday, cops said. A tipster led police to Darryl Williams, 25,...
Insiders predict New York will soon make marijuana legal
Legal pot will come to New York, cannabis industry experts predict, noting the economic benefits to states and cities. Indeed, it is inevitable, they add, because, as neighboring states approve...
Red Bulls survive a red card and whip FC Dallas
A man down for much of the night? No problem for the Red Bulls. FC Dallas strolled into Red Bull Arena on Saturday night with a seven-game unbeaten streak and...
Someone pocketed dead city employee's pension checks
Someone was pocketing the pension checks of a deceased city employee, according to court papers. The city Police Pension Fund is trying to unmask the person who deposited more than...
Cuomo should keep his hands off restaurant workers' tips
Depending on whether and when he wants to earn some more left-wing cred at the expense of working stiffs, Gov. Cuomo some time soon is likely to upend New York’s...
The right way to get minorities into NYC's top high schools
Mayor de Blasio failed to get the Legislature to rewrite admission standards for the city’s specialized high schools — this year, anyway. That means he and Chancellor Richard Carranza will...
Why doesn't Google seem to care about revenge porn?
If ever there was a no-brainer appropriate for the skill level of the empty noggins in Albany, it was the bill to ban revenge porn. If someone posts online a...
Mitchell Robinson pick puts one Knick's future in doubt
The drafting of 7-footer Mitchell Robinson in the second round Thursday has put 7-foot-1 center Luke Kornet’s future in flux, according to sources. Kornet was on a two-way contract last...
Brooklyn coach busted for molesting boy held on 75K bail
A Brooklyn soccer coach who had been deported from Texas on child-sex charges in 2009 — but who returned to the US and allegedly molested a boy in the borough...
Space travel isn't so easy on the stomach: former astronaut
Would-be space tourists beware: You may regret it. “It’s not like riding a commercial aircraft . . . and I can see all these problems with people up there throwing...
Fatally stabbed 70-year-old blamed girlfriend for attack: cops
A man was stabbed multiple times in the neck outside his Queens home, and blamed his girlfriend for the attack just before he died of his injuries, police sources said....
Co-op wants to evict family over daughter's night terrors: suit
A Manhattan girl who battles night terrors after a 2015 assault faces a new horror: her family might lose their home, according to court papers. The family claims the board...
Breaking down Rangers' draft after trade talks never gelled
DALLAS — Just like everyone else at this relatively sleepy NHL draft weekend, Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton had a lot fewer trade conversations than he anticipated. And so Gorton...
Gang leader 'sorry' after innocent teen is butchered in street
Sorry, we murdered the wrong guy. That’s what members of the deadly Trinitarios street gang told grieving relatives of Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, the 15-year-old Bronx teen dragged from a bodega and...
Straphangers take jab at Melania Trump with parody coat
These straphangers have a message for Melania. Two men made quite a fashion statement on an L train in Williamsburg Friday, sporting olive-drab jackets similar to the first lady’s but painted...
High school coach sheds light on enigma of Knicks' second pick
Chalmette (La.) High School coach Butch Stockton may have concerns for his former player’s first summer league game in Las Vegas as the Knicks’ new 7-foot center Mitchell Robinson gets...
Principal will still hand out diplomas days after fraud arrest
While her students will be wearing caps and gowns Monday, Port Richmond High School interim principal Oneatha Swinton might want to consider donning an orange jumpsuit. The embattled educator is...
Woman stabs stranger in head with high heel in subway brawl
A woman stabbed a stranger on the head with her high heel shoe when a squabble on a subway car turned violent, cops said. The straphangers were on a Queens-bound...
Italian restaurant chain must pay $363K in back wages: feds
An Uptown Italian restaurant chain was forced to fork over $363,284 in back pay to 109 employees after being sued by the federal Labor Department. Gina La Fornarina -- which...
Man owes nearly $1M for squatting in Tribeca loft: landlord
A Manhattan man who long ago transformed an unlivable Tribeca loft into apartments owes nearly $1 million for squatting, the landlord claims. Stephen Grant and a girlfriend moved into 329...
State senators propose stop signs to replace speed-cameras near schools
State senators proposed installing more stop signs and traffic lights near city schools after getting heat for failing to renew speed-cameras in the final hours of the Albany legislative session...
Yankees' bats silenced again by Rays in rare 2nd straight loss
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — This is what it sounds like when bats die. Even the sturdiest lumber goes limp during a six-month baseball season, so it’s not surprising the Yankees...
Residents furious over proposal to name street after mushroom fanatic
Controversy is mushrooming on the Upper West Side. Toadstool lovers and West 95th Street residents are sparring over whether to name the block between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue...
Trump claims Dems want to 'let MS-13 all over our country'
President Trump slammed “obstructionist” Democrats Saturday for standing in the way of a legislative fix to illegal immigration. “They think this is a good issue,” he said in a speech...
Angels claim Mets discard Hansel Robles off waivers
The man known for pointing to the sky is now a Halo. Hansel Robles’ days in the Mets organization are over. Saturday afternoon, the Angels announced they had claimed the...
My father stole mom's medical malpractice settlement: suit
Medical malpractice robbed her of her mom, and now a Harlem woman claims her father stole the nearly $1 million court settlement meant to ensure her future. Brittany Arthurton was...
City demands homeowner pay squatter's $25K water bill
First she lost her family’s home to a squatter, now the city wants her to pay for it. The city Department of Environmental Protection is demanding Marjorie Martin foot the...
2 shot outside restaurant by men with skateboards: cops
A group of trigger-happy skate punks shot two men outside a Latin restaurant in Queens early Saturday morning, police said. The men were walking by the crew — some with...
DL'd Tanaka is encouraged by progress, faces test Sunday
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Outside of not going deep into the first two big league starts of his career and occasional bouts of wildness, Jonathan Loaisiga has been OK filling...
Separated-at-birth triplets met tragic end after shocking psych experiment
This article contains spoilers for the documentary “Three Identical Strangers,” opening Friday. When 19-year-old Robert Shafran drove from his home in Scarsdale, NY, to the Catskills for his first day...
NYC politicians have racked up thousands in debt
Convicted felon and ex-Rep. Michael Grimm goes into Tuesday’s GOP congressional primary owing hundreds of thousands to creditors -- including his mom. Grimm reported seven different debts, the most of...
Why NHL is moving slowly to change head-hitting rules
DALLAS — Surely, albeit too slowly to protect athletes currently at risk, change is coming to the way the NHL addresses hits to the head. That is the most significant takeaway...
North Korea erasing most anti-US propaganda
Nix the nuclear warheads, cue the doves. The North Korean government is erasing much of its anti-U.S. propaganda following dictator Kim Jong-un’s forays onto the world stage. Gone are the...
Saudi Arabia lifts ban on women drivers
Women in Saudi Arabia can take a victory lap on Sunday. The kingdom is lifting its longstanding ban on women driving, decades after Saudi feminists began fighting for that right....
MTA workers rescue puppy from subway tracks
Quick-thinking MTA workers rescued an adorable puppy on Friday night, plucking it from danger off the A Train tracks, officials said. Trains in both directions near Inwood ran with delays...
Homeowners, politicians blast de Blasio over property taxes
More than 100 New Yorkers rallied against city property taxes Saturday, blasting Mayor de Blasio for unfairly burdening homeowners. “We are your piggy bank for you to tap into for...
Woman killed by subway train after fainting onto tracks
A 33-year-old woman was killed when she fainted and fell in front of an oncoming train in an Upper West Side subway station Saturday morning, according to cops and the...
Islanders' push to re-sign John Tavares just got five times harder
DALLAS — This always seemed inevitable, but now that it’s clear John Tavares is going to meet with five teams during the free-agent courting period, which starts Sunday, the ground...
Millennials are now getting 'Venmo anxiety'
Whenever Caroline Keane opens the Venmo app, she always intends to just go in and out. But, inevitably, she gets sucked into the mobile money-transfer service — specifically, its social...
Father forced to pay parking ticket he got during son's birth
Welcome to New York City, baby, now pay up! Brian Leo found just how cold-hearted City Hall can be when he rushed his wife to the hospital in the wee...
US moves 100 coffins to Korean border to collect war remains
SEOUL, South Korea — The US military said it moved 100 wooden coffins to the inter-Korean border on Saturday to prepare for North Korea's returning of the remains of American...
Border Patrol union blasts Nixon for calling ICE a 'terrorist organization'
A US Border Patrol union official called out Cynthia Nixon, the Democratic primary challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, after she described Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a “terrorist organization.” “I...
FDNY candidates lied about losing family in line of duty
A stunning 399 FDNY candidates who took the latest exam to join New York’s Bravest boosted their scores by claiming a parent or sibling died in the line of duty...
US Open to factor pregnancy into seedings after Serena case
US Open tennis officials will no longer penalize women players returning from pregnancies when it comes to seeding. The New York Times first reported the story on Saturday, quoting Katrina Adams,...
FBI agent Peter Strzok subpoenaed by House panel
Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who vowed to block President Trump from winning the White House, will be in the congressional hot seat Wednesday. Strzok was subpoenaed Friday to tell...
Fashion blogger says Soho House booted her over therapy dog
A fashion blogger claims she and her psychiatrist-approved emotional support animal were booted from the Soho House by a snooty supervisor who didn’t believe in the dog’s therapeutic powers. “Show...
Massachusetts governor's son accused of groping woman on flight
The adult son of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has been accused of assaulting a woman on a flight from Washington to Boston. “On June 20, the crew of flight 1354...
Finally something positive for LeBron from that Game 1 fisaco
LeBron James tops J.R. Smith in the clothing department, too. A day after a memorabilia collector paid $23,548 for the jersey Smith wore in Game 1 of the NBA Finals...
Mike Pompeo warns Iran about pursuing nuclear weapons
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday warned Iran not to pursue nuclear weapons, saying it would face the “wrath of the entire world” if it did...
The myth of the impatient Yankees
Narratives die hard. Quick: Who is the most impatient team in the majors? The Yankees, of course. Except, a case could be made that maybe they are the most patient....
Slain teen may have been victim of mistaken identity in sex tape revenge plot
The 15-year-old who was dragged out of a Bronx bodega and butchered on the street like an animal may have been the victim of a tragic case of mistaken identity...
Ilya Kovalchuk is returning to NHL after five-year absence
Russian forward Ilya Kovalchuk has agreed to a three-year, $18.75 million deal to return to the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings. The club announced the deal Saturday with Kovalchuk,...
How communism gave birth to the world's most vicious mafia
Gennady Karkov, the notorious Soviet Union gangster known best as “The Mongol,” stood out amid a world of vicious criminals. At the heart of the cold war, as the United...
These domestic superheroes combat evil one wrinkle at a time
Some like it hot, pressed and starched. Especially members of the Brooklyn Ironers’ Union -- a group of eight domestic superheroes who combat evil one wrinkle at a time. “We...
Inside Russia's long history of poisoning political enemies
Russia’s reach is long, its methods secret, and its vengeance coldly calculated. On March 4, 66-year-old Sergei Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia, who was visiting him from Moscow, were...
Why Amber Tamblyn wrote a novel about a female rapist
Actress Amber Tamblyn, one of the founders of the Time’s Up movement, picked a surprising topic for her debut novel. “Any Man” (Harper Perennial), out Tuesday, is about a female...
Sarah Huckabee Sanders booted from Virginia eatery
Another high-ranking female member of the Trump administration was hounded out of a restaurant. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed she and seven members of her family were...
Vatican diplomat convicted on child porn charges in first trial of its kind
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a former Holy See diplomat and sentenced him to five years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography in the...
My twins overcame the odds to exist thanks to NYC
When I became a mother in 2014, I thought the hard part was over. It had taken me five months to conceive and almost three years to make up my...
UN human rights expert criticizes wealth inequality in US
BERLIN — A human rights expert criticized the United States on Friday for failing to tackle poverty and giving tax cuts to the wealthy — comments that came only days...
Gambling will be the death of Atlantic City
Here come just what the gambling millions haven’t prayed for: two mammoth new Atlantic City casinos opening on June 28. Beyond offering snake eyes to Big Apple players, the simultaneous...
Trump fires off some hot takes before stumping in Nevada
President Trump blasted out hot takes on the morning’s headlines via Twitter on Saturday, as he geared up for a morning flight to Nevada. “Drudge Report ‘OBAMA KEPT THEM IN...
Lawmaker badly hurt in fatal wrong-way crash
South Carolina Republican congressional candidate Katie Arrington was seriously injured in a car accident Friday night, and will require weeks of recovery and multiple surgeries. Arrington -- a state representative...
Teens groped by middle-aged creep after Broadway show
A creep in a baseball cap groped three teenage tourists leaving a Broadway show about a princess, police said Saturday. The middle-aged perv was standing in a crowd outside the...
Tech pioneer wants you to take a six-month break from Facebook
Some people have bad social-media addictions. You probably know them. But is it possible that you yourself have a mild case of social-media addiction, that it has made you a...
Why the middle class can't afford life in America anymore
After spending his days teaching AP American history and economics at the public Live Oak High School in San Jose, Calif., Matt Barry drives for Uber. Barry’s wife, Nicole, teaches...
Liberal Jews are destroying their own religion
American Judaism is broken. When two of the Jewish community’s most celebrated writers, Michael Chabon and his wife Ayelet Waldman, write an open letter stating that: “Any Jew, anywhere, who...
Explosion kills 1 at massive rally for new leader of Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — An explosion struck a huge rally for Ethiopia’s reformist new prime minister on Saturday shortly after he spoke and was waving to the cheering crowd that...
Don Jr. gunning for senator who derailed Trump's VA pick
BILLINGS, Mont. — Donald Trump Jr. urged Montana Republicans to rally against US Sen. Jon Tester in the fall election and said Friday that the two-term Democrat had fallen out...
Navy drafting plans to house up to 25,000 migrants
WASHINGTON - The US Navy is drafting plans to house up to 25,000 immigrants on its bases and other facilities, at an estimated cost of about $233 million over six...
California officials say 400 people used assisted death law in 2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California health officials reported Friday that 374 terminally ill people took drugs to end their lives in 2017, the first full year after a law made the...
Aaron Judge wasn't thrilled with the plate umpire
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s not in Aaron Judge’s DNA to howl at an umpire who might have missed a pitch on him. And across his short career, Judge hasn’t...
Clint Frazier's future in doubt again now that Gardner's back
After missing almost a week because of an inflamed right knee that underwent an MRI exam, Brett Gardner returned to the top of the Yankees’ lineup Friday. Gardner, who hadn’t...
Don't expect Knicks to be active in free agency
Knicks general manager Scott Perry didn’t sound as if he will be signing LeBron James in July. Or as if he’ll have any cap space at all. If center Enes...
GM leaves Mets fans with more questions than answers
If you were hoping to hear something from Sandy Alderson that would ease some of the nausea created by the Mets’ slide into oblivion, if you wanted assurance there was...
Clayton Kershaw is returning because Mets are just cursed
Clayton Kershaw doubled as a weatherman to get his shot at the Mets. The Dodgers ace, who has not pitched since May 31 because of a back injury, was set...
Devils draft Ty Smith in 1st round
DALLAS — There were a couple teams in the first round of the draft that seemingly benefited from what was an unpredictable first couple picks, and one of them was...
Rodions Kurucs wants to play with Porzingis and 'beat his ass'
Rodions Kurucs, the Nets’ second-round draft pick, said Friday he hopes to play alongside countryman Kristaps Porzingis on the Latvian national team, and plans to kick his butt when Brooklyn...
Why the Under is a good bet in Mexico-South Korea match
The World Cup’s most earth-shaking game so far has been Mexico’s 1-0 upset of Germany. Mexico faces South Korea on Saturday and can advance to the knockout stage with a...
Fantasy baseball owners must beware of this pitching injury
When it comes to making those tough roster decisions in fantasy baseball, we are taught to look for red flags in our player scouting. One of the biggest, obviously, comes...
How to gauge the Under when it comes to Citi Field
Back on Monday, we suggested Mets hitters would feel as if they were playing on the moon in Colorado. You saw the effect a friendly hitting park had on offense....
Stitches and deGrom care. Do U?
NHL hardware handed out. The Devils’ Taylor Hall won the Hart, the Isles’ Mathew Barzal the Calder and, to no one’s surprise, Monika Caryk took home the Cyberbully. Stunned, her...
Yankees show how dangerous they are — even when they lose
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — If enough goes right, you can defeat these 2018 Yankees, as the Rays exemplified Friday night when they prevailed, 2-1, in Aaron Boone’s Tropicana Field debut...
Man shot dead while camping with two young daughters
CALABASAS, Calif. — Authorities say a man has been shot to death while camping with his two young daughters at a Southern California campground. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department...
Michael Cohen denies discussing Trump with Tom Arnold
President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen says he didn't discuss the president with comedian Tom Arnold, who is working on a new TV show to hunt down recordings of...
Man in prison for killing 2 women admits to killing 2 more
HARTFORD, Conn. — A prison inmate convicted in the killings of two women has pleaded guilty to the deaths of two more. The Hartford Courant reports 57-year-old Robert White pleaded...
Errol Spence wants to provide fighters the help he doesn't need
Unbeaten welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. says he doesn’t need a promoter and doesn’t want one. Yet he has formed his own promotional company and plans to begin signing fighters...
Teens who taunted drowning disabled man won't face charges
COCOA, Fla. — Florida prosecutors say they aren't charging a group of teens who taunted a drowning disabled man and recorded his death. State Attorney Phil Archer released a statement...
Jay Bruce thinks he found a new reason behind his hip injury
Blame the shoes? As Jay Bruce assesses the right hip strain that placed him on the disabled list earlier this week, he said the plantar fasciitis in his left foot...
Surprising Nets connections run deep for first-round draft pick
The Nets love gym rats, players who love the game. They won’t have to worry about that with first-round draft pick Dzanan Musa. When Musa was asked when he fell...
Rangers look to Russian teen to reverse 55 years of draft futility
DALLAS — The NHL’s inaugural draft was held in 1963 in Montreal, where six players were chosen in a private affair. It has since evolved into a sprawling extravaganza, the...
Toddler dies after mom leaves her in hot car for hours: cops
PORTLAND, Ore. — A toddler in Oregon died after being left alone in a hot car while her mother went to work as a family nurse practitioner, authorities said Friday....
Thousands of whiskey barrels crash to ground after building collapse
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thousands of whiskey barrels crashed into a massive heap Friday when a large section of a decades-old storage warehouse collapsed at a distillery in the heart of...
Staten Island principal busted for role in auto insurance scam
A Staten Island principal has been arrested and charged with felony insurance fraud for registering her luxury cars at the Pennsylvania home of a city vendor, a scheme first exposed...
Man convicted of slashing his baby gets 26 years in prison
LANCASTER, Pa. — A man convicted of kidnapping his newborn daughter, slashing her neck and cramming her into a trash bag inside a backpack has been sentenced to at least...
Bail out fantasy baseball team with backup plan for your closer
Imagine you’ve been at the same job for 10 years. You’ve gotten really good and comfortable at the job. You’re respected by your colleagues and have fallen into a daily...
What Kristaps Porzingis told the Knicks' top draft pick
Kristaps Porzingis has gone from exit-interview blow-off malcontent to team leader in one offseason. Kevin Knox, the Knicks’ No. 9 selection in Thursday’s NBA draft, received a big, 7-foot-3 welcome...
Boy's 'suspicious' death prompts removal of 7 other children from home: police
Authorities in California on Thursday were investigating the “suspicious” death of a 10-year-old boy at a home in northern Los Angeles County where police and social workers had previously responded...
GOP to go ahead with immigration vote despite Trump's criticism
For the second time in two days, President Trump told Republican House lawmakers on Friday that voting on an immigration bill was a waste of time — but the GOP...
Top prosecutor says safe injection sites come at 'expense of public safety'
The city’s top drug prosecutor ripped City Hall’s plan to open safe injection sites in a letter she sent to state health officials this month, calling it a threat to...