September 3, 2018
Late homer gives Mets win after Jacob deGrom dominates again
LOS ANGELES — If the Cubs and Dodgers reach the postseason again, Jacob deGrom’s past week will look even better. Both teams are in strong position, but might not be...
Gulf Coast braces for Tropical Storm Gordon to reach hurricane strength
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Tropical Storm Gordon lashed South Florida with heavy rains and high winds on Monday and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane when it hits the...
DiNapoli won't audit Cuomo over Percoco calls from office
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has rejected a request to conduct a sweeping audit of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office despite the disclosure that corrupt former Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco made numerous...
Yankees headed straight for wild-card nightmare
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Yankees are faltering at the worst possible time: In front of their terrifying Ghost of Postseason Future. How does a one-and-done, loser-goes-home, American League wild-card game...
Matchup of up-and-coming women's stars lives up to hype
The match was billed as a showcase of the next generation of transcendent talent in women’s tennis, and it lived up to that billing. Naomi Osaka and Aryna Sabalenka —...
I Trulli founder opening a second restaurant
NoMad’s iconic i Trulli has been holding its own since its launch 24 years ago. Now restaurateur founder Nicola Marzovilla is launching a sister spot beside it — Ristoro del...
Why NFL ratings could fall even further this season
NFL ratings are facing yet another brutal blitz this fall — and few pundits are betting that they won’t get sacked. With ratings having plunged 8 percent in 2016 and...
Jay Bruce will seek out Mets legend for help at first base
Jay Bruce told The Post he intends to seek out Keith Hernandez on the next homestand as part of his ongoing education at first base. Bruce has sought advice recently...
Mag gives inside look on Jonah Hill's Hollywood rise
It’s hard to believe that “Superbad” was over a decade ago. New York magazine drills down on that fact repeatedly in its cover story, a profile on Jonah Hill, who...
Mom and boyfriend suspected in 'disturbing' toddler killing
LAS VEGAS — Police found the body of a 3-year-old boy Monday at a remote area near Lake Mead a day after distributing a photo showing him with a wide...
Mets to get 'creative' with next stage of David Wright's rehab
LOS ANGELES — The Mets’ air of secrecy continues regarding David Wright potentially playing this season, but don’t count on it happening Friday, when the team returns to Citi Field....
‘Shame on you!’: Cardinal scolded in Mass while asking for forgiveness
A man angrily shouted, “Shame on you!” and a woman stood with her back to the archbishop of Washington, DC, as the prelate spoke about the Catholic Church’s sex-abuse scandal....
Resilient downtown Manhattan is thriving
Seventeen years after 9/11, downtown is thriving so impressively that a visitor from Mars wouldn’t suspect that a terrorist attack killed nearly 3,000 innocent victims and left much of the...
Lincoln Square Steak set to reopen under new management
Change is coming to the staid Upper West Side. Top steakhouse Lincoln Square Steak, at 208 W. 70th St., is reopening this week under new management led by Jonathan Kohlman...
Subway killer who sparked Kendra's Law expected to be freed from prison
The schizophrenic man who killed an aspiring young screenwriter by shoving her in front of a subway — sparking statewide reforms of mental-health law — is expected to walk free...
What kept CC Sabathia from again being the Yankees' stopper
OAKLAND, Calif. — CC Sabathia selected an inopportune time to stop being the Yankees’ stopper. The Yankees’ hopes of starting this road trip on the right foot faded with every...
Man wins 5-year battle to get back ex’s 40K engagement ring
A man’s five-year fight to get his $40,000 engagement ring back after his relationship crashed and burned finally came to an end last week after a judge ordered his defiant...
Evidence Tesla may be struggling to meet production goals
Is Tesla really producing as many cars as Elon Musk says it is? Aside from generating crazy headlines — tweeting last month, for example, that he plans to take the...
Revelers strut their stuff at West Indian Day Parade
Shake a tail feather! Roughly a million revelers — including this feather-covered stunner — thronged Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn on Monday at the annual West Indian Day Parade celebrating Caribbean...
The best NFL previews to read ahead of the new season
The NFL season kicks off this week. As you finally pull the trigger on that 50-inch TV and ponder the beer run, you also might consider grabbing a few football...
Trump's federal worker pay freeze misses the real problem
President Trump may or may not freeze federal workers’ pay: Last Thursday, he sent a letter to congressional leaders saying that he would, citing “serious economic conditions,” but said later...
Bitter gamblers can't stop bashing, breaking slot machines
They start out missing a “BAR” and wind up behind bars. Hard-luck — and mostly drunk — gamblers at the Resorts World Casino in Queens are venting their frustration on...
Maria Sharapova sees US Open streak end in error-ridden defeat
The bottom half of the women’s bracket is as wide open as the upper deck at Citi Field. Maria Sharapova, one of the few big names remaining there, bowed out...
This gizmo can turbocharge the DNA-identification process
Meet the newest (probationary) member of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner: a cooler-sized gizmo called ANDE, which the agency says will turbocharge the process of identifying John and...
NBC chief explains decision to block Farrow's Weinstein exposé
“We spent eight months pursuing the story but at the end of that time, NBC News – like many others before us – still did not have a single victim...
Christopher Steele's allegations are really just clickbait
Democrats’ leaks from last week’s testimony by Justice Department official Bruce Ohr brought the anti-Trump allegations of British ex-spy Christopher Steele back into the headlines, which makes it worth noting...
NYC's schools bureaucracy creates horror for parents and kids
While Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza spends much of his time railing about “bias,” the dysfunctional system he oversees is leaving medically needy special-ed kids twisting in the wind — and...
Trump is pushing the Middle East to face reality in Palestine
In a blow to decades of myth-based policy, Team Trump last week cut all US funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency — a special body that does...
The Catholic Church rooted out anti-Semitism — it can do the same for abuse
As a traditional Jew who feels blessed by my heritage, I empathize with my Catholic friends as the Church they revere convulses with scandal. My heart, naturally, hemorrhages with the...
New York politicians choose fear over science in cereal panic
The latest anti-science frenzy has come to New York. Last month, a trial-lawyer-linked environmental advocacy outfit said children’s cereals contain a weed-killing chemical with dubious health risks. Clickbait stories flooded...
Monica Lewinsky abruptly walks off stage over Clinton question
https://twitter.com/talschneider/status/1036689803025235968 Monica Lewinsky made headlines in Jerusalem on Monday -- shutting down a live television interview after being asked about her sex scandal with former President Clinton. “I’m sorry, I’m...
Steve Bannon yanked from New Yorker Festival after outrage
Longtime readers, celebrity guests and even staffers voiced their disgust after Bannon was announced as a headliner.
Carranza: Parents worried about desegregation should watch their language
As city schools prepare to re-open this week, Chancellor Richard Carranza gave a wide-ranging interview to The Post about everything from his controversial desegregation campaign to the spike in school...
Standings no longer Yankees' top concern after ugly loss to A's
OAKLAND, Calif. — Brett Gardner doesn’t put much stock in how far back of the Red Sox the Yankees are or what their lead over the A’s for the top...
Serena Williams out to avenge loss in monster US Open slate
One year before she became a mother, Serena Williams lost to Karolina Pliskova at the U.S. Open. Now, one year after Williams became a mother, Pliskova will try to repeat...
'Stand your ground' shooter who shot unarmed black man has no regrets
The white Florida man who reignited the state's "stand your ground" debate earlier this summer — when he fatally shot an unarmed black man who pushed him — says he...
Prison inmates brutally killed volunteer dog: animal rescue group
An animal rescue center in Middletown, Ohio, says one of its dogs was brutally killed while working in a prison program that pairs rescue dogs with inmates. The dog, a...
Child killed by float during Labor Day parade
WINDSOR, Colo. — Colorado police say a child has died after being struck by a float during a Labor Day parade. The incident happened during the Windsor Harvest Festival parade....
The future is here, and the Jets will never be the same
The red-numbered clock above Todd Bowles’ green Jets cap read 2:48 when the franchise-altering decision that changes the course of Jets history came down in the press room inside the...
Nike teams with Colin Kaepernick in ad campaign NFL will hate
The official apparel company of the NFL is launching an ad campaign around a player who's alleging the league is colluding to keep him out. Colin Kaepernick is the face...
The other Richard Nixon precedent and other comments
From the left: The Other Richard Nixon Precedent What happens if President Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions? At The New Republic, Matt Ford suggests it wouldn’t be the end...
Teen arrested in feud over dress code protest T-shirt: cops
One Kentucky high school student was arrested and jailed following an altercation with her school’s resource officer over a dispute sparked by her so-called dress code protest T-shirt. On Aug....
Trump blames Sessions for indictments of GOP lawmakers
President Trump interrupted his Labor Day holiday to launch a raging mid-afternoon tweetstorm at Attorney General Jeff Sessions — apparently blaming him for last month’s indictments of a pair of...
Aaron Judge excited after finally taking big step to a return
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Aaron Judge took a step forward in coming back from a fractured right wrist Monday, when he took 25 dry swings and 25 hacks off a batting...
Cops identify mom who brought baby on high-speed chase
Police have identified the woman who was caught on video crashing her car in a high-speed chase and attempting to carjack someone — all with a baby in tow. Caitlyn...
Man shoots up home after bad restaurant review: cops
A bad restaurant review prompted a man in Florida to fire shots at the home of the person behind the online complaint, according to police. Deputies said the Daybreak Diner...
Crowds gather for annual J'Ouvert festival
Revelers participate in the J'Ouvert festival, the annual celebration the night before the West Indies Day Parade. Violence in past years has led the NYPD to shut down the parade...
What Sam Darnold proved to Jets to officially earn starting job
The Jets officially became Sam’s Club on Monday. To no one’s surprise, Jets coach Todd Bowles named rookie Sam Darnold as his starting quarterback. Darnold will become the youngest quarterback...
Kremlin accuses US of meddling
The Kremlin on Monday turned the tables on the US — accusing Washington and America’s intelligence community of meddling in Russia’s internal affairs. “The fact is that the United States...
Braylon Edwards suspended for 'f--king' angry Michigan tweet
Braylon Edwards got called for an unnecessary roughness foul — against his own team. The former Jets wide receiver targeted his own alma mater, Michigan, with a blistering critique, singling...
My parents were serial killers
The daughter of serial killer couple Fred and Rose West has opened up about life in the Gloucester House of Horrors. Traumatized Mae West also revealed how she cut off...
Brett Kavanaugh prepares for Senate confirmation hearings
WASHINGTON — Brett Kavanaugh begins his Senate confirmation hearings to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, with Democrats vowing a grilling that produces "sparks." Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee intend...
Notorious serial killer says 'demon' possessed him in new confession
The notorious US serial killer known as BTK has revealed he believes a "demon" inside him drove him to murder 10 people, including two children. In a previously unheard interview,...
Schumer finally endorses Cuomo for governor
Sen. Chuck Schumer finally got around to endorsing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s re-election bid on Monday — just 10 days before the Democratic incumbent faces a feisty challenge from actress Cynthia...
The other American woman at US Open can't be overlooked now
“There is a bunch of big stories, obviously. Serena is back. Sloane is playing really well. There is just a lot going on this year.” It’s true. Serena Williams, following...
Giants insist they have a QB plan — as they work out a vet
Just because Davis Webb won’t take the torch from Eli Manning doesn’t mean the Giants don’t have a succession plan for their 37-year-old starting quarterback. The team’s future under center...
US service member killed in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan
A US service member was killed and another wounded in an apparent insider attack in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, authorities said. The service member, who was not identified, was the...
Sister vanishes while looking for missing brother
A Texas woman vanished while searching for her missing brother who disappeared days earlier, officials said. Dinora Escobar, 61, has not been heard from since she went to her 65-year-old...
Doctors invent tool to remove 23-inch sex toy from man's colon
Doctors were forced to improvise when it came to removing a sex toy from one unlucky patient. The unnamed man turned up at the emergency room with a 23-inch sex...
Immigrants drop out of nutrition programs over citizenship fears
Legal and illegal immigrants alike are turning down government help to buy infant formula and healthy food for their kids because they fear that Team Trump could ban them from...
Sex robots are now porn stars
Sex robots have made their debut in the world of adult entertainment. Studio producers Private have collaborated with a babe-bot brothel company called Lumidolls to film a 28-minute movie. Adult...
Times Square bees living sweet life in new home
New York’s hot dog-loving bees are living the sweet life. The swarm of thousands of bees that settled atop the umbrella of a hot dog stand in Times Square last week...
Teen fell to death trying to climb into locked room for cellphone
A 15-year-old aspiring actress wanted so badly to retrieve her cell phone from a locked room at a Tribeca house party that she climbed onto the fire escape to get...
Supermarket stuck googly eyes on fish to make them look fresh
A supermarket in Kuwait has been shut down after its owners were caught sticking googly eyes on their fish to make them look fresher to customers. Kuwaiti police shut down...
Scientists are studying possible benefits of ‘microdosing’ LSD at work
Can taking very small doses of psychedelic drugs like LSD or magic mushrooms help you work better? That’s the premise of a trend known as “microdosing” that has become particularly...
Cuomo mistakenly says major community figure is dead
Gov. Andrew Cuomo was met with loud gasps Monday at the breakfast preceding the West Indian Day parade when he mourned the passing of Una Clarke, a major figure in...
Steelers officially throwing all the pressure on Le'Veon Bell
PITTSBURGH — The Steelers are beginning preparations for their Week 1 opener against Cleveland without All-Pro running back Le'Veon Bell, and they're letting the world know they're not thrilled about...
Italy's first sex doll brothel 'booked out for weeks'
Italy’s first sex doll “brothel,” featuring lifelike female and male companions, opened in Turin on Monday to great demand, according to reports. "We're booked out for weeks, save for a...
Teen boy fatally struck by boat propeller
KEY WEST, Fla. — A 15-year-old boy is dead after being struck by a boat propeller in the Florida Keys. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said the Fort Myers boy...
Woman who fled boyfriend in shackles speaks out
The mysterious Texas woman who sparked a massive search when she was seen on video ringing a stranger’s doorbell in a T-shirt and shackles is defending the man who allegedly...
Working on a superyacht is like being in a glamorized 'pressure cooker'
It's a job that promises six-figure salaries, access to the world’s glitziest destinations and endless parties with celebrities and royalty. Working on a multimillion-dollar superyacht is an increasingly popular job...
Chinese tech billionaire busted over sex crime allegations
MINNEAPOLIS — Chinese billionaire Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, the founder of the Beijing-based e-commerce site JD.com, was arrested in Minneapolis on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct, jail...
Jon Gruden's ex-ESPN partner takes a shot: What is he doing?
It's open season on Jon Gruden before he's coached a game. The critics have turned quickly on the Raiders head coach, after the team let Khalil Mack hold out all...
Parents slammed for not stopping kid’s Fortnite addiction
Parents of teens who haven’t gone to school for as long as two years because of their gaming addictions have been slammed for their efforts to stop the problem behavior....
Abu Dhabi delays unveiling of $450 million da Vinci painting
Art aficionados aiming to catch the long-anticipated unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” at the new Louvre Abu Dhabi will have to wait — indefinitely, officials said Monday. The...
Mom only survivor after family's kayak capsizes
A Wisconsin mom is the lone survivor after her family's kayak capsized while they were on vacation, according to officials. Cari Mews, 29, and her husband, Eric Fryman, brought their...
Man turns on pet cam just as friend leaps to her death
A woman leaped to her death from a Park Avenue building Monday — as the friend she was apartment-sitting for watched in horror in real time from his doggie camera,...
Man shot during annual J'Ouvert festival
A man was shot once in the back in Brooklyn on Monday morning, more than an hour after the annual J’Ouvert festival kicked off, police said. Gunfire erupted outside 706...
Mexican cops arrest man for stealing hearse with body inside
A man in Mexico was arrested Friday after stealing a hearse that still had a body inside, according to police. The Tlaquepaque Police Department said in a Facebook post the...
Buzz Aldrin slams 'First Man' for not showing US flag during moon landing
Legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin took a swipe at the upcoming movie "First Man" late Sunday for its director's decision not to show the planting of the American...
Axe body spray cans explode in fiery highway accident
A truck carrying Axe body spray caught fire in Texas, causing an explosion that reeked of clueless middle schoolers, according to reports. The 18-wheeler was transporting the Axe shipment Friday...
Omarosa taped nearly all of her White House conversations: report
Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly recorded nearly all the conversations she had in the White House — including those she had with “all of the Trumps,” according to a report Monday....
Someone left the unreleased Pixel 3 XL in the back of a Lyft
There never was a Nexus or Pixel phone that didn’t leak before Google unveiled it. And sure, almost all leaks were pretty exhaustive, leaving very few secrets for Google to...
Brent Musburger welcomes AJ McCarron's wife to Raiders
Brent Musburger is calling football games, making headlines with his comments about women, and Jon Gruden is coaching. What year is this? Musburger, the new voice of the Raiders' radio...
Trump slams AFL-CIO chief on Labor Day
President Trump launched a Labor Day attack at AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka, who a day earlier said the commander-in-chief has hurt US workers more than he’s helped them. “Richard Trumka,...
'Total mental meltdown': The worst way to lose a golf tournament
CALGARY, Alberta — Scott McCarron had a one-hop ace on the par-3 14th and closed with a birdie Sunday to successfully defend his Shaw Charity Classic title -- with some...
Fire rips through 200-year-old Rio museum
A massive blaze gutted one of Brazil’s oldest and most esteemed museums — with close to 20 million artifacts believed destroyed. The 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, which...
Man struck, killed by four cars in the Bronx
A man was killed after being hit by four cars in the Bronx early Monday, authorities said. The 66-year-old man was first struck near the intersection of the Cross Bronx...
96-year-old war pilot goes for one last ride
This 96-year-old pilot is back in the air, more than seven decades after flying planes for the UK’s Royal Air Force. Watch his surprise 30-minute flight, which was part of...
Nearly a dozen shot in San Bernardino apartment complex
At least 10 people were shot in an apartment complex in San Bernardino, Calif., with at least three of the victims in “extremely critical” condition, according to reports. Police set...
Iranians are bad at the fake news game
As if the free world didn’t have enough to worry about with Russian fake news, now the world leader in state-sponsored terrorism is getting into the act: Iran is running...
This invention will make your Labor Day party 'lit'
BBQ lighters are boring, so two inventive young men built a new one. It's gigantic, because making things bigger automatically makes them cooler.
Malaysian women caned for attempting lesbian sex in car
KUALA LUMPUR — Two Malaysian women convicted of attempting lesbian sex in a car were caned in court watched by dozens of people on Monday, media and a state government...
Tourism still suffering in town where diner denied Sarah Huckabee Sanders
LEXINGTON, Va. — A small town in Virginia is trying to recover its image after The Red Hen restaurant famously refused to serve President Donald Trump's spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders....
Myanmar journalists sentenced to 7 years in prison over secret documents
YANGON, Myanmar — A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison Monday for illegal possession of official documents, a ruling met with international condemnation that will...
Alleged MS-13 member raped 11-year-old with brother in the room: prosecutors
The reputed MS-13 gangbanger charged with raping an 11-year-old Brooklyn girl in her bed carried out his sick attack as the victim’s brother was in the bunk below her, prosecutors...
A huge scare in Shohei Ohtani's pitching return
HOUSTON — George Springer knew something was different about Shohei Ohtani in his second at-bat against the Angels' pitcher in the third inning on Sunday night. "The velocity drop was...
Son of borough president aide killed in Brooklyn shooting
The son of an aide to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams was fatally shot in Bedford-Stuyvesant, sources told The Post on Monday. Lester Jack, 22, was one of two men...
Teen falls to death from fire escape during party
A teenager fell to her death from a Tribeca fire escape during a house party on Sunday night, sources said. The 15-year-old girl was at a building on Reade Street...
We're starting to see how Jim Harbaugh would leave Michigan
The first Saturday of the season met our admittedly high expectations. There were a few significant upsets, a few very close calls, one game that will have ramifications through December,...
US Open's night card experiment delivers attendance bump
The first-ever double night sessions are over at the U.S. Open, ending with Saturday night’s dueling card. The first six days of the Open featured night cards at Arthur Ashe...
Why top bettors are back on Florida State
Sharps are flashing the “buy” sign on Florida State! Well, at least they were earlier this summer at point spreads of -5, -5¹/₂, -6, and -6¹/₂ in Monday night’s ACC...
Giant bird flies onto subway tracks, causes train delays
Geese in Queens have been known to bring down jumbo jets — but on Sunday, another wayward waterfowl, this time a cormorant, scored its first subway train. The unlikely “bird...
The best and worst of Yankees' weird minor league year
The lesson is changing, but Justus Sheffield is still learning. A season that began as a starter in Double-A Trenton probably will end in The Bronx as a reliever, the...
Man shoots himself in the head in back of yellow cab
A man committed suicide Sunday by shooting himself in the head in the back of a yellow cab on the Upper West Side. “The guy didn’t say anything. All of...
Big-name investors experiment with marijuana stocks
Pot stocks aren’t just for suckers anymore. Five years ago, when California and a few other US states started legalizing marijuana, the internet lit up with weed-driven penny-stock scams. Now,...
Sloane Stephens making 'super tough' US Open task look easy
Sloane Stephens doesn’t like to say she’s defending her title, feeling the phrase misses the mark. The quirky Californian just so happens to be doing a great job of it...
Cohen's lawyer accepts blame for 'anonymously sourced' CNN report
Michael Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, took the fall Sunday for a CNN story that suggested President Trump had advance knowledge of the Trump Tower meeting with Russians to get dirt...
Nick Saban apologizes to ESPN host after quarterback tirade
Nick Saban called ESPN reporter Maria Taylor on Sunday to say he was sorry for lashing out when she asked the Alabama coach about the Crimson Tide’s tenuous quarterback situation...