January 26, 2019
Warriors fend off Celtics for 10th consecutive victory
BOSTON — After beating the Lakers without LeBron James and the Wizards without John Wall, the Golden State Warriors were eager to test themselves against a full-strength opponent. The Boston...
The FDNY’s diversity monitor has cost the city $23 million in 7 years
The FDNY’s diversity monitor has billed the city a stunning $23 million in fees and expenses in his seven years -- and the charges have only gotten steeper. Mark S....
Keith Thurman survives stiff challenge to keep belt
Keith Thurman’s return to the ring didn’t go as smoothly as he might have hoped. What figured to be a tune-up fight turned into a test of survival, as Josesito...
Drug-dealing squatters made my life miserable for years
Dear John: My reason for writing: In the last five years my property taxes have risen over 100 percent, despite the fact that my home is adjacent to a foreclosed...
Federal employees wary of government shutdown repeat
The end of the government shutdown sent relieved federal employees back to work as usual at airports, prisons and other sites Saturday. At LaGuardia Airport, where some flights were halted...
Mets' Todd Frazier, New Jersey radio host get into Twitter feud
These two need an umpire. Mets third baseman Todd Frazier and New Jersey radio personality Bill Spadea have been taking swings at each other over the slugger’s public support of...
Rep. Steve King gets standing ovation at first event since white supremacy comments
PRIMGHAR, Iowa — Constituents applauded Republican Rep. Steve King on Saturday at the Iowa congressman's first public event since being rebuked by his House colleagues over racist comments he had...
Betting lessons of Jets’ Super Bowl upset apply 50 years later
Among the pleasures of the prelude to next Sunday’s Super Bowl are 50-year anniversary flashbacks of Super Bowl III. Joe Namath and the New York Jets beat the Baltimore Colts,...
Duke QB shows NFL scouts he can overcome adversity
MOBILE, Ala. — Daniel Jones got his bad Senior Bowl moments out of the way long before kickoff. The Duke quarterback threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score...
NYC is the most financially distressed city in the nation
New York City is officially the most financially distressed metropolis in America, according to local debt counselors and financial analysts. The city’s credit card delinquency rates and level of bad...
9 arrested at Rockefeller Center climate change protest
Dozens of climate change activists swarmed Rockefeller Plaza and its skating rink Saturday, draping the famous Prometheus statue with a protest banner. Police arrested seven men and two women in...
'He’s a monster': Suspect in cold-case murder stayed friends with victim’s family
The man charged in the brutal cold-case murder of his neighbor chillingly kept up a friendly relationship with the young woman’s family as cops botched the investigation for decades, the...
President Trump is down, but not out
Battered, bruised and beaten, Donald Trump faces a grim reality. Halfway through his term, his presidency is at low tide. The polls have cratered and his necessary retreat over using...
St. John's faces must-win rivalry game before brutal road trip
St. John’s, like virtually every other team, preaches the importance of focusing on one game at a time but can see what’s around the corner. When the weekend is through,...
How the Nets plan to survive Spencer Dinwiddie's absence
The Nets will be without Spencer Dinwiddie, possibly until March. Which raises the question: What now? D’Angelo Russell will continue to start at point guard, but he won’t have Dinwiddie...
Ex-Texas teacher indicted for trying to work for ISIS
A former substitute teacher from Texas has been indicted for allegedly trying to work as an English teacher for ISIS. Warren Christopher Clark, 34, was captured recently by the Syrian...
New York fans have two cities to despise in this Super Bowl
We tend to focus all of our energy on Boston, and on greater New England, and it is easy to understand why. After all, it has been almost three full...
Will de Blasio follow through with his homelessness promises?
Mayor de Blasio vowed last week to crack down on vagrants in the subways. Question is, does he mean it this time? “We will not tolerate people bringing vast amounts...
Cuomo plays politics with rental law changes
Gov. Cuomo’s move to shore up the rent laws is terrible news for city housing. Cuomo is calling for the end of vacancy decontrol — i.e., laws that let landlords...
Tiger Woods couldn't buy a putt — again
LA JOLLA, Calif. — The following words came from Tiger Woods following his frustrating 2-under-par 70 in Friday’s third round of the Farmers Insurance Open: “If I just continue hitting...
Awkward Spieth-Reed pairing provides plenty of golf theater
LA JOLLA, Calif. — Unexpected gifts are always the most appreciated gifts of all. The golf gods delivered Saturday, showing their sense of humor in spectacular style by producing the...
Endangered Rhino species would rather fight than mate
They’re the least horny rhinos on Earth. The Sumatran species of rhino is among the planet’s most endangered mammals because males and females in captivity would rather fight than mate,...
Scientology's cunning plan to lure new recruits
The subtitle of Tom Cruise’s last “Mission: Impossible” movie, “Fallout,” could also describe the current state of Scientology. The church, which still maintains a flock of A-list adherents including Cruise,...
Bill Belichick's coaching tree is vast -- but far from Super
To study under Bill Belichick is to learn from arguably the greatest coach in NFL history. It is an opportunity to work with the only head coach to win five...
Stanford track team safe after charter bus fire in Seattle
SEATTLE — Members of the Stanford University track team are safe after their charter bus caught fire in Seattle on Friday. The team was traveling to an invitational track meet...
How Rep. Yvette Clarke dodged scrutiny for $120K disappearing act
In early 2016, a corruption scheme emerged inside the D.C. office of Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Brooklyn). One-tenth of her taxpayer-funded Congressional office budget — $120,000, or enough for eight computers...
Mike Pereira: More replay, full-time refs not best route for NFL
Former NFL official and officiating executive, Mike Pereira, now a rules analyst on Fox, signals a timeout for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: What would you want...
Seton Hall's toughest test comes after much-needed break
Kevin Willard welcomed the eight-day layoff. After playing seven Big East games in 22 days, and losing four of them, his young Seton Hall team needed the break — as...
Trey Burke begins showcase stretch as Knicks explore trade
Trey Burke admits he’s old by current Knicks standards, but not by his own. In fact, the 26-year-old point guard said he has not yet hit his prime. After not...
Venezuela uses Trump tweet to accuse US of 'coup d'etat' plot
Venezuela’s foreign minister tried to use President Trump’s own tweets against him Saturday, accusing the US of being “in the vanguard” of a so-called “coup d’état” against longtime ruler Nicolás...
Retired judge suspended for intervening in nanny spycam case
A retired judge who injected herself into a beef over a spycam between her prosecutor daughter and her daughter’s nanny has been suspended from her court job, The Post has...
How fatherhood is helping Lundqvist frame his new reality
SAN JOSE, Calif. — There is something that has become ever more apparent in the demeanor and attitude of Henrik Lundqvist over the past two years or so, and it’s...
'Roma' fans flock to Mexico City house where movie was filmed
“Roma” fans are roamin‘ to the Mexico City setting of the Oscar-nominated movie in droves. The tale of two women who raised director Alfonso Cuarón is set in the very...
Draft picks bail from Phil Murphy’s soccer team over broken bathrooms
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s professional women’s soccer team has really gone down the toilet. Sky Blue FC’s new star draft picks are refusing to sign with the team over...
How Scooby the golden retriever helped solve his own dog-napping
The alleged dognapper is also suspected of snatching cell phones and jewelry — and being outsmarted by a dog.
The beat goes on for Hofstra
TOWSON, Md. — Justin Wright-Foreman scored 25 points as Hofstra extended the nation's longest winning streak to 16 games with an 84-61 rout of Towson on Saturday. The Pride (19-3,...
MLB owner: The long-term free-agency deal is dead
It’s starting to look more and more like those big deals Manny Machado and Bryce Harper want just might not be out there. At least one MLB owner says that’s...
Justin Rose remains in control despite some big mistakes
LA JOLLA, Calif. — Justin Rose was in cruise control in Saturday’s Farmers Insurance Open third round at Torrey Pines, looking like a runaway train to the rest of the...
Ex-CEO of 'period-proof underwear' company laughs off sex harassment scandal
Miki Agrawal considers herself the Joan of Arc of underwear. The publicity notes for her book, “Disrupt-Her: A Manifesto for the Modern Woman” (Hay House), out Tuesday, refer to her...
Sex abuse victim testified against janitor from his deathbed
On his hospital deathbed, Stephen Erickson, 55, finally got a chance to testify under oath that the janitor at his Catholic middle school had repeatedly raped him as a boy....
I was fired for refusing to cheat on my wife: suit
His good looks got him a pink slip. Real estate broker Regis Roumila claims he was kicked to the curb four months into his job at Christie’s International Real Estate...
Ocasio-Cortez to skip Sundance premiere, citing shutdown
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she can’t attend the Sundance Film Festival premiere of a documentary she’s starring in because of the government shutdown. The congresswoman, who reps Queens and the...
Giants want Eli Manning playing major role grooming successor
Eli Manning as the starting quarterback. A draft pick such as Dwayne Haskins waiting in the wings as the backup, absorbing as much as he can from the veteran, waiting...
The blockbuster Rangers-Oilers McDonagh trade that never was
The estimable Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet’s 31 Thoughts column referred this week to an unidentified blockbuster trade then-but-not-now Edmonton general manager Peter Chiarelli had been working on, but did not...
Photo shows NYPD cop's black eye after being 'sacked' by NFL linebacker
This is the NYPD sergeant after he got sacked early Saturday — allegedly by a Detroit Lions linebacker who went berserk in a Queens holding cell. Sgt. James O'Brien was...
Gunman kills 5 people in Louisiana shooting sprees
NEW ORLEANS — Authorities in Louisiana say separate but related shootings in two different parishes have left five people dead. A suspect was at large and was being sought. Ascension...
Trump golf club reportedly fires illegal immigrant workers
Longtime employees of the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester were reportedly fired en masse last week — for being in the US illegally. The move came as the government...
Bronx rape victim tracks, detains own attacker
A rape victim and her husband turned the tables on her attacker this week in the Bronx — tracking him down to a nearby deli and detaining him until cops...
Push to make e-scooters legal in NYC despite safety concerns
Despite growing safety data on e-scooters — statistics have shown they are six times deadlier than driving — New York City Council has proposed a package of bills that could...
Knicks need to hope Fizdale is right as dysfunction rises
Knicks coach David Fizdale has denied he’s tanking, and now he denies the team’s embarrassing 10-37 record is setting up a losing culture. “Most winning cultures start with getting your...
LeBron James takes big step toward return to Lakers
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James is back in full-contact defensive drills in practice with the Los Angeles Lakers for the first time since the four-time NBA MVP strained his...
These teams' offseasons will make them MLB lightning rods
Labor tension, particularly in professional sports, can create strange bedfellows. Back in 2002, when Bud Selig pushed hard for (and eventually gained) revenue-sharing and luxury-tax concessions from the large-market clubs...
How Sean McVay became a football-obsessed coaching savant
“I’ve never really been a big birthday guy,” Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay said this week. He turned 33 years old on Thursday, but insisted all celebrations were...
This ‘Nightingale’ film will make you nauseous
PARK CITY, Utah — One unbearable scene in the first 15 minutes of “The Nightingale” features a gruesome murder, a rape and infanticide. That horrific sequence is one of my...
Greatest Show on Turf Rams aren't fully over Spygate talk
It was more than five years after he trudged off the Superdome field a loser in Super Bowl XXXVI when it all changed for Isaac Bruce. “I had no suspicions...
Trump calls on Democrats to restart negotiations over border wall
President Trump on Saturday repeated his demands for a wall on the southern border and said "negotiations with Democrats will start immediately" on funding the government past a three-week period...
Brazil dam collapse leaves disaster in its wake
A dam holding back mining waste belonging to Brazil's giant mining company Vale, collapsed near the town of Brumadinho in the state of Minas Gerias in southeastern Brazil, on January...
I was a secret Trump supporter: Model feared politics would kill her career
Elizabeth Pipko, a 23-year-old model who has appeared in Maxim, has kept a secret from her industry colleagues out of fear it could derail her career: She was a Donald...
Time to give ex-ESPN tennis analyst justice after absurd slur claims
On the second anniversary of a hideous miscarriage of justice and the preposterous abandonment of common sense, the New York Times still hasn’t addressed the story or its role in...
Boy, 13, gets 7 years in youth prison for killing younger brother
RAVENNA, Ohio — A 13-year-old Ohio boy who stole a handgun from his grandfather’s gun cabinet and fatally shot his 11-year-old brother has been sentenced to seven years in a...
Pompeo to UN: Venezuela is an 'illegitimate mafia state' under Maduro
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday told the United Nations “the time is now” to support the efforts of Venezuela’s opposition to oust President Nicolás Maduro. "The United States...
LeBron's camp hasn't been 'subtle' about Luke Walton feelings
LeBron James hasn’t spoken publicly in about a month, but his camp certainly has an opinion on Lakers coach Luke Walton's future. According to ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan during an appearance...
The world's richest man is also the cheapest
For the world’s richest man, charity begins — and stays — at home. Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has given only a tiny fraction of his $160 billion fortune...
Top law professor sued by housekeeper over grueling hours, low pay
A Columbia Law professor who’s advised three presidents and was the nephew of another is being sued in federal court by his allegedly badly-underpaid housekeeper. Blueblood Philip Bobbitt -- who...
It's time to blow up the bureaucracy that's killing America
For decades now, Americans have slogged through a rising tide of idiocies. Getting a permit to do something useful, say, open a restaurant or fix a bridge, can take years....
Careless drivers are getting away with murder
Earlier this month, I was scrolling through Instagram when a good friend’s post stopped me cold. She was saying goodbye to her best friend Betty,* a lively woman I knew...
Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie opts to have thumb surgery
Spencer Dinwiddie has reportedly opted to undergo thumb surgery that could sideline him for up to six weeks, or into mid-March, according to experts. The Nets point guard has been...
A sick, twisted puppy no more: Vet fixes upside down paws
STILLWATER, Okla. — A puppy born with his front paws facing up instead of down and unable to walk is recovering after surgery at Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary...
How Madonna, J.Lo and Clooney partied in '90s Miami
Manny Hernandez, now 47, was still in college when he hit the streets of Miami and began photographing celebrities. It was the 1990s, and the city had emerged as a...
It's time for a #MeToo moment in hip hop
In the weeks following the horrific revelations made in Lifetime’s bombshell six-part docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly,” the fallout has been immense. The 52-year-old R&B superstar, accused of alleged sexual and...
NFL linebacker goes berserk after arrest, decks NYPD sergeant
A Detroit Lions linebacker with just a single solo tackle this year recorded his first sack of the season early Saturday inside a Queens stationhouse — when he flew into...
Why Americans can't expect a comfortable retirement anymore
In the old days, when people retired, 30 or 40 years of service to a company was often rewarded with a gold watch. Today it’s more likely to be a...
NYPD officer arrested for punching his mom in the face
An NYPD officer was busted this week for allegedly socking his mom in the face during an argument, cops said. Joseph Wong, 35, got into a scuffle with his 63-year-old...
‘Untouchable’ movie hits Harvey Weinstein where he lives
PARK CITY, Utah — Harvey Weinstein has a new movie at Sundance! Only it’s not the sort of movie the fallen mogul would want here. Before the bombshell 2017 accusations...
Cop charged after game of Russian roulette ends in rookie's death
A St. Louis officer is dead and another is charged with involuntary manslaughter following chilling Russian Roulette-style gunplay in the shooter’s apartment, police said. Officer Nathaniel Hendren, 29, is accused...
UK paper will pay 'substantial damages' to Melania Trump over false report
First Lady Melania Trump forced a British newspaper to apologize — and pay “substantial damages” — for libeling her in its pages. The Telegraph said Saturday it was sorry for...
Why women are so desperate to escape Saudi Arabia
A few weeks after her 24th birthday, Dina Ali Lasloom tentatively approached a Canadian tourist at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila and pleaded to use her cellphone. Saudi...
Trump and Ocasio-Cortez use the same tricks to win at politics
They're both brash outer-borough New Yorkers, each with their own notorious nickname — she’s AOC; he’s The Donald. Both shocked their parties by coming out of nowhere to win their...
Measles outbreak near Portland grows in anti-vaccination 'hot spot'
VANCOUVER, Wash. — The number of confirmed measles cases near Portland grew to 31 on Friday — an outbreak boosted by lower-than-normal vaccination rates in what has been called an...
Osaka edges Kvitova for Australian Open title, No. 1 ranking
MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka recovered after wasting three championship points and reasserted herself down the stretch to win the Australian Open for a second consecutive Grand Slam title, edging...
Soldiers accused of arranging fraudulent marriages for money
RALEIGH, N.C. — Federal prosecutors have accused two Fort Bragg soldiers of arranging fraudulent marriages between soldiers and immigrants in exchange for money, furniture and housing. News outlets report the...
Tragic end to search for Spanish boy trapped in hole for 13 days
MADRID — Rescue crews in Spain early Saturday found the body of a 2-year-old boy, whose fall into a deep borehole 13 days earlier prompted a complex and heart-wrenching search-and-rescue...
Osaka takes 1st set in Australian Open final vs Kvitova
MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka has won the first set 7-6 (2) in her Australian Open final against Petra Kvitova and is potentially one set from winning back-to-back major titles....
A 13-year-old figure skater wins US nationals
DETROIT — Alysa Liu was already a phenom. Now she's a national champion at age 13. Liu stole the show Friday night, breezing through a free skate that included two...
In Machado and Harper limbo, White Sox believe hot prospect is about ready
CHICAGO — Eloy Jimenez is coming. He might not break camp with the Chicago White Sox, but it sure sounds as if the outfielder will make his anticipated major league...
Driver who allegedly dragged Westchester cop in stolen car busted in Connecticut
A suspect who allegedly dragged a cop with a stolen car on the Westchester-Bronx border was arrested in Stamford, Conn., on Friday, authorities said. Howard Rowlett, 24, was riding in...
Gary Bettman 'not looking for a fight' with Players' Association
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Gary Bettman has found his new favorite refrain, so prepare to hear it over and over again in the coming months as the commissioner and his...
Adam Ottavino already getting insight into Yankees bullpen role
Adam Ottavino’s dream has become a reality. The day after his signing became official, the right-handed reliever said it was “a dream come true” to play for the Yankees, the...
Pelosi: What does Putin have on the President?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday night said the arrest of Trump ally Roger Stone showed there was a "deliberate, coordinated attempt" by Trump officials to subvert the 2016 election....
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson takes a licking and keeps on ticking
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson looked like a heavyweight (OK, at least cruiserweight) fighter after the Nets’ 109-99 win over the Knicks on Friday at Barclays Center. One game after being forced off...
Kentucky's the way to go in showdown versus Kansas
Kentucky is hosting Kansas on Saturday in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge. Both are ranked in the top 10, but it is the Wildcats who are on the move. They have...
Inmate serving life sentence for human trafficking escapes prison
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An inmate serving a life sentence for human trafficking escaped from an Alabama prison by hiding inside a trailer used to haul furniture, state officials said Friday....
Frank Ntilikina's latest chance to start ruined by fouls
Frank Ntilikina was not the magic elixir to end the avalanche of losing. Ntilikina made just his seventh start at point guard as a Knick on Friday in a 109-99...
David Fizdale gets crash course in managing a losing locker room
The greatest achievement in David Fizdale’s honeymoon season as Knicks head coach has been keeping locker-room peace amid the losing. Figuring on a titanic spate of defeats, Fizdale predicted during...
Fight at funeral ends in deadly shooting
COMPTON, Calif. — A fight at a Compton funeral has ended with a deadly shooting. Authorities say one man was killed and two other people hurt Friday afternoon outside New...
Keith Thurman has this fight to silence all the jokers
Keith Thurman has heard it all. During a nearly two-year absence from boxing to allow injuries to heal, the native of Clearwater, Fla., had to hear his moniker “One-Time” mocked...
Record-tying Justin Rose doesn't care what course he's on
LA JOLLA, Calif. — If someone is going to stop Justin Rose this weekend at Torrey Pines, it’s going to take some seriously good golf to do it. Two rounds...
Johns Hopkins buying Newseum building in DC for $372M
BALTIMORE — The founder and main funder of the Newseum, a Washington museum devoted to journalism and the First Amendment, has reached a deal to sell its sleek steel-and-glass building...
SEC/Big 12 Challenge will be midseason March Madness preview
Handicappers and bettors have a great opportunity Saturday to study two major college basketball conferences head-to-head in a midseason preview of March Madness. It’s the SEC versus the Big 12...
Migrant with flesh-eating bacteria detained at US border
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man among a group of migrants detained in a desolate part of New Mexico near the border with Mexico has been diagnosed as infected with flesh-eating...
David Fizdale buries Enes Kanter again as feud hits new level
Knicks coach David Fizdale continued to bury center Enes Kanter — a move that backfired famously in a 109-99 loss Friday to the Nets at Barclays Center. And in a...