July 6, 2019
'I was an angry black woman': Michelle Obama jokes in New Orleans speech
Michelle Obama joked with "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King at the Essence Festival in New Orleans about her path to the White House.
Mets go from chair throwing to ejections to a hard-fought win
At least the Mets aren’t going down without a fight. They’ve got a chair-throwing GM, an embattled manager who was tossed as he watched multiple players get hit by pitches...
Queens mom gave birth to someone else's babies after IVF mix-up: suit
A Queens couple that tried for years to get pregnant suffered the mother of all mix-ups once they finally succeeded — giving birth to someone else’s babies, thanks to a...
Billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein arrested in new underage sex case
Billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested in New York in a massive new underage sex trafficking case, according to law enforcement sources. The hedge funder — who twelve years...
UK prime minister candidate Boris Johnson wants immigrants to learn English
Boris Johnson reportedly would require immigrants in Britain to learn English. Johnson, who is leading in the race to succeed Theresa May as UK prime minister, told a group of...
Nathan Eovaldi could provide boost to your fantasy bullpen
For many fantasy baseball owners, the All-Star break provides a respite from the daily grind of managing your roster. It might be just three days off, but after three months...
Team Blas is still spending faster than the money comes in
If Mayor de Blasio can’t balance his budget in good times, how would he do it if the economy sours and revenue dries up? That’s the troubling question the Citizens...
What kind of horror will it take for the Assembly to OK banning serial pervs from the subway?
If you’re wondering why not a week now goes by without news of another perv groping, grinding, exposing or even attacking innocents on the subway, well: Blame the state Assembly....
Departure of chief designer Jony Ive is rotten for Apple
When Jony Ive, Apple’s longtime chief design officer, exited late last month, it was as big a loss as could be for the company. Ive changed the world under Steve...
The 'modern Pompeii': Mayor wants Italian-Americans to help restore ruined village
An Italian politician wants Italian Americans to help him raise the funds to build a new village of Poggioreale, which was virtually destroyed by an earthquake a half-century ago. It’s...
Cops booted from Arizona Starbucks because patron didn't 'feel safe'
Five cops in Tempe, Ariz., were asked to leave a Starbucks because a customer did not “feel safe’’ with them around. Rob Ferraro, president of the police union, told Phoenix...
Inside Coney Island’s lecherous past
Before the Wonder Wheel or Cyclone, Coney Island was a “four-mile-long, half-mile-wide coastal citadel of grime, crime, intoxication and fornication.”
Meet Maduro's most corrupt crony: his party boy son
Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra, 29, is a party boy who runs a corrupt gold-mining concern and occupies several high-level positions in his father’s government, which the US and numerous other...
Liberals are eating their friends as well as their enemies
Liberals are no longer liberals, they are progressives or social-justice warriors or anti-Trumpers. Whatever they call themselves, they are still eating their friends as well as their enemies.
British ambassador trashes 'inept' Trump in secret memos
Over the past three years, Britain’s ambassador to the US has been firing off memos to officials in London insulting President Trump as “inept,’’ “incompetent’’ and “insecure,’’ it was reported...
Busted phone leaves man in Alaskan nightmare -- fending for life in Last Frontier
A Brooklyn man hoping to recreate an idyllic childhood on his grandparents’ farm ended up getting lost in an Alaskan nightmare when his busted satellite phone left him completely cut...
Callaway, Frazier ejected for arguing multiple plunkings
Tempers nearly flared Saturday night in Queens, and the Mets’ general manager wasn’t involved this time. The day after Brodie Van Wagenen threw a chair in an angry tirade following...
RJ Barrett taking his Knicks debut dud in stride
LAS VEGAS — The earthquake may have been the best part of RJ Barrett’s opening NBA night. The game being called in the fourth quarter amid precautionary concerns about the...
The first-half fantasy baseball All-Stars
The baseball season is about to reach the intermission of yet another roller-coaster year in which we have seen superstars take their abilities to new highs (and lows), unheralded players...
Nets acquire 2 players in 3-team deal with Wizards, Spurs
LAS VEGAS — The Nets acquired the draft rights to 26-year-old Serbian guard/forward Nemanja Dangubic from the Spurs and to 6-foot-9, 230-pound forward Aaron White from the Wizards. The Nets...
Lawmakers call for exemptions from NYC's controversial congestion pricing plan
Lawmakers throughout the city are calling for all kinds of exemptions to the surcharge, which is expected to be $11 to $12 for cars driving between 60th Street and The...
Top Carranza execs ditched their residential zones for ‘whiter’ schools
Two of Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza’s top executives ditched their residential zones to get their kids into better — and less diverse — schools, The Post has learned.
How the auction of a Titanic survivor's walking stick prompted a family feud
A wealthy widow’s glow-in-the-dark walking cane that could fetch $500,000 when it goes under the hammer later this month is now at the center of a Titanic family feud.
Former cheerleader accused of killing newborn wants three separate trials
A former Ohio high school cheerleader accused of killing her newborn baby is asking for three separate trials to face her five charges.
Biden apologizes for praising segregationists in defensive speech
Joe Biden scrambled Saturday to save his swiftly sinking campaign, finally apologizing for recent remarks in which he had positive words for segregationist Dems. “Was I wrong a few weeks...
Former Met puts dent in Yankees' momentum
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Off the bat, Travis d’Arnaud’s fly ball to right in the home ninth wasn’t a lock to splash down beyond the wall and kill the Yankees’...
Van Wagenen throws chair in heated meeting with Mets coaches
Tempers are flaring at Citi Field. A tumultuous Mets season took another strange twist, with general manager Brodie Van Wagenen punctuating a heated meeting with the team’s coaching staff by...
Police perks: Cop's son not charged after alleged threats to kill
An NYPD lieutenant’s 13-year-old son threatened to kill another boy, then gashed his head with a metal object but was let go and not charged, the victim’s parents allege.
Witness recounts shocking moment divers pulled Chris Cline’s body from wreckage
West Virginia coal tycoon Chris Cline was rushing his 22-year-old daughter to a Florida hospital for a medical emergency when their helicopter plunged into waters off the Bahamas, killing all...
Mets thinking outside the box for possible Edwin Diaz relief
Edwin Diaz isn’t losing his job just yet. Mets manager Mickey Callaway stood behind his struggling closer on Saturday following another blowup Friday night. Considering the lack of options —...
Baseball is becoming impossible to watch
The first Sunday night baseball game to include the Yankees that I recall was played 28 years before MLB sold Sunday night large-market games to ESPN. And it remains, at...
Alex Morgan is wrong about her tea-sipping critics
I feel by pointing this out that Alex Morgan will understand I’m only doing what she would expect me to do: treat her exactly as I would a man. The...
Clock is ticking on Taylor Hall and the Devils
So the Devils appear flush with cap space for 2020-21 even after assuming P.K. Subban’s full $9 million hit, which is a good thing because they are going to need...
Powerhouse US women’s soccer team driving boom in youth soccer program sign-ups
The team’s smashing success is sending enrollment in youth soccer programs into overdrive, turning 10-year-olds into seasoned analysts, and even winning over a few boys, coaches and young players.
Sapphire stolen two decades ago in Italy now at center of Manhattan lawsuit
The sleight of hand was as stunning as the stolen sapphire. No one knows how the 65-carat gem, inlaid in a dazzling art-deco diamond-and-sapphire Cartier bracelet, disappeared 22 years ago...
Cat Cops: Queens NYPD rescue kitten from car grill
Officers from Far Rockaway’s 101st Precinct had their hands full early Saturday with a particularly feisty fella who squirmed his way into a place he didn’t belong.
My harrowing road to recovery after a jet ski joyride left me in a coma
There were times the pain was so bad that I wish I had died in the accident.
Gay men are signing up for Hinge in droves because of Pete Buttigieg
According to Hinge — an app that searches users’ Facebook connections to match them with friends of friends — there has been a 30 percent increase in profiles created by...
Coco Gauff no longer perfect at Wimbledon
Turns out Coco Gauff will not win every match she ever plays at Wimbledon. Yes, she’s still unbeaten in singles heading into Monday’s fourth round (9:15 a.m., ESPN), but the...
Disney denies dad's request to put Spider-Man on son's grave
Disney reportedly refused to allow a grieving father in England to place an etching of Spider-Man on the grave of his 4-year-old son — because, the media giant said, it...
'Gone Girl' author 'sickened' over theory Jennifer Dulos staged disappearance
“It absolutely sickens me that a work of fiction written by me would be used by Fotis Dulos’s lawyer as a defense," Gillian Flynn said.
Russell Westbrook to the Knicks wouldn't work right now
LAS VEGAS — If on-the-block Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook is traded before the season starts, the Knicks will not be a good match assets-wise. With Saturday’s moratorium to make...
Why Holly Holm will beat Amanda Nunes in UFC 239
Amanda Nunes is the UFC women’s champion at featherweight (145 pounds) and bantamweight (135 pounds). She is undefeated in her past eight fights, including a KO of previously untouchable Cris...
Candid A-Rod on Yankees, J Lo's scouting report and more
MLB analyst Alex Rodriguez — the mercurial former Yankee, 14-time All-Star, often the epicenter of controversy — takes a swing at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. (You can...
'Sick and twisted': Blogger opens up about her dark past
Beneath her high-functioning exterior, Tiffany Jenkins was a desperate junkie, spending an average of $200 a day on her opioid habit — and exchanging sexual favors for pills.
California braces for possible third big earthquake as aftershocks continue
Experts say there’s just under a one-in-10 chance another high-magnitude quake could hit Southern California within the next week.
Zion Williamson's NBA Summer League comes to a sad end
The Zion Williamson Show is taking a summer hiatus The Pelicans' No. 1-overall pick in this year’s NBA draft will sit out the rest of NBA Summer League after bruising...
NYC park bathrooms could be hazardous to your health: report
Some restrooms in the city’s 1,700 outdoor recreation spaces are so foul, they could cause physical injury, according to a new report.
The real-life college admissions scandal was even crazier than this novel predicted
Most of the time, novelists turn in their manuscripts, complete edits and then hope that their book is well received once it makes its way into the bookstore displays and...
Pope Francis moves NYC Archbishop Sheen one step closer to sainthood
Pope Francis officially recognized a miracle attributed to Sheen on Saturday, clearing the way for the beatification of the Emmy Award-winning cleric, who died in 1979.
AOC responds after Gingrich blasts her as a 'cruel' liar in op-ed
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich engaged in a put-down battle over her recent visit to the US-Mexico border. “Profoundly vicious, cruel and dishonest,” Gingrich said of...
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's privacy with baby Archie is royal ridiculousness
We know who got the honor of being named godparent to all of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s kids — because they told us. But when it comes to their...
CUNY hires high-priced law firm to handle sexual misconduct allegations
The board of the public university system approved spending up to $1.5 million to hire high-powered law firm Covington & Burling to investigate “various claims.”
Where do the Raptors go from here?
"Enjoy this moment, and have fun with it." That was Kawhi Leonard's advice to Raptors fans at the team's first championship parade in mid-June. It ended up doubling as his...
Cop chase of 'reckless' Citibike rider ends in collision
A Citibike on an allegedly wild run through the East Village ended up partially wedged under an NYPD patrol car in an incident now under review by the department. The...
How insects have played a role in the world's most significant creations
When Naoko Takahashi won the gold medal in women’s marathon running at the 2000 Summer Olympics, she had assistance from an unexpected source: hornet juice. The new book, “Buzz, Sting,...
Skateboarders angered over plans to remove asphalt at Tompkins Square Park
Skateboarders are up in arms over a city plan to put grass on their paved paradise. An online petition with a rare plea to actually “save the asphalt” had topped...
Two city workers shot by BB gun sniper at NYCHA housing complex in Manhattan
Two city workers were shot with a BB gun at a lower Manhattan housing development Saturday morning, police said. A NYCHA and a city sanitation employee were struck about 10...
How Anti-Semitism in Britain's Labour party made me feel Jewish again
Two weeks ago I went to my local synagogue for the first time in 33 years. This was surprising, chiefly because I haven’t set foot in a shul in all...
The Yankees have a fifth All-Star
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Five years after an elbow injury denied Masahiro Tanaka a chance to pitch in the All-Star Game as a rookie, the right-hander is getting a second...
Where Mets and Phillies go from here after ugly first half
Saturday night’s Phillies-Mets showdown in the NL East (Fox, 7:15 p.m.) gives us a chance to update disappointing campaigns for both teams from a market perspective. Backers of each would...
The Lakers have their Big Three
The Lakers have their Big Three. DeMarcus Cousins on Saturday agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Lakers, where the oft-injured center will team up with LeBron James...
Biden condemns violent Antifa assault on conservative journalist Andy Ngo
Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke out against the violent assault on journalist Andy Ngo. The Democratic presidential candidate “believes violence directed at anyone because of their political opinions is...
John Daly's answer to latest golf cart saga
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Organizers of the British Open have refused a request by former champion John Daly to use a golf cart at the championship in Royal Portrush this...
Solving the Mets' other nightmare
The Mets are a terrible defensive team. The execrable bullpen is a more overt culprit in explaining how a team with expectations could begin the holiday weekend with a better...
White Sox ace will shut down Cubs
Celebrating America’s greatness, past and present, is not really what the Democratic Party is into these days, but they survived the Fourth of July. Nevertheless, the Nike sneaker line featuring...
Multiple injuries reported in gas explosion at Florida shopping center
An explosion at a Florida shopping center injured at least 23 people, two of them seriously, and damaged several buildings Saturday morning. The blast at a vacant pizza restaurant undergoing...
Doomed chopper was taking billionaire's daughter to hospital before crash: report
West Virginia coal tycoon Chris Cline was rushing his 22-year-old daughter to a Florida hospital for a medical emergency when their helicopter plunged into the Bahamian sea, according to a...
Russell Westbrook is stuck in Thunder purgatory
Russell Westbrook is now alone in Oklahoma City and his future has never been this uncertain. The All-Star point guard saw sidekick Paul George traded early Saturday morning to the...
New York eyes plan to clear criminal records for over 200K pot arrests
New York State officials are scrambling to figure out how to erase more than 200,000 criminal records for marijuana possession as a bill to strike those charges awaits Gov. Andrew...
The Kawhi Leonard phone call that nearly changed everything
For all the helicopters that tracked Kawhi Leonard's every move, his free-agency remained a mystery until news broke Saturday morning that he'd be teaming up with Paul George in Clippers...
Cop on patrol seriously injured in motorcycle crash on Long Island
An on-duty Long Island motorcycle cop was critically injured Saturday by a hit-and-run driver who was later arrested, authorities said. The unidentified Nassau County Police officer was on routine patrol...
Indians' pitcher won't let leukemia stop him
CLEVELAND — Indians starter Carlos Carrasco is being treated for leukemia, but remains hopeful he'll pitch again this season. Carrasco, who was diagnosed in June, told a TV station in...
This bikini-clad GOP crusader is tackling risky business of NY politics
Andrea Catsimatidis is a billionaire heiress, business bombshell, jet-setter, NYC native and chairwoman of the Manhattan Republican Party — and that’s just according to her Instagram bio. Like her father,...
Could the theory of stowaway hijacker unravel the mystery of MH370?
A stowaway hijacker intentionally plunging Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 into the ocean is one possible scenario that some aviation experts say may have doomed the plane that became modern aviation's...
At least 6 subway lines stall as train communications go down
At least six subway lines shut down Saturday morning due to "a communications issue," leaving passengers stranded in trains and sweltering on stifling platforms. "We are troubleshooting a network communications...
The shocking recklessness that killed JFK Jr. and 2 of his friends
The teenager set off solo for a two-mile paddle across the bay. It was a chilly New England day, and the weather was worsening. A wave capsized his slender kayak,...
Julius Randle: Joining the Knicks is a 'dream come true'
LAS VEGAS — Julius Randle wanted the Knicks as much as they wanted him. He believed the chance to play for “a starving fan base’’ in a city considered the...
Man fatally shot while riding bike in Queens
A 37-year-old man was gunned down while riding his bike in Queens Friday night, authorities said. The victim, identified as Dwayne Smith, was on his way back home from the...
Hong Kong protests have sparked a new level of Chinese paranoia
Up to 2 million people have taken to the streets of Hong Kong to protest in recent weeks. The immediate trigger was an “extradition agreement” that China had demanded the...
Trump slams Biden as 'reclamation project' in most biting attack yet
President Trump dismissed former Vice President Joe Biden as a “reclamation project” Saturday in his harshest attack yet on the stumbling Democratic presidential front-runner. “Joe Biden is a reclamation project....
Shocking video shows moment man is shot in the stomach in Harlem
Shocking surveillance footage released by cops shows the moment a Harlem man was shot in the stomach. The victim, 30, was standing with a group of people outside of 170...
How a climate of outrage persecuted 2 women who refused to take down Kavanaugh
In what was one of the most brutal Supreme Court confirmations in American history, Brett Kavanaugh was accused of the attempted sexual assault of a 15-year-old schoolgirl, Christine Blasey Ford,...
Iran: UK 'should be scared' of retaliation over seized tanker
Iran said Saturday the United Kingdom should be "scared" of possible retaliation after the Royal Marines captured an Iranian supertanker in Gibraltar. “I am openly saying that Britain should be...
Billionaire's doomed chopper was headed to Florida on medical emergency
The Bahamian helicopter crash that killed billionaire coal magnate Chris Cline, his daughter and five others, was headed to Fort Lauderdale for a guest's medical emergency when it went down,...
North Korea claims detained student was spying, spreading propaganda
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Saturday that an Australian student who was released by the country after being detained for a week had spread anti-Pyongyang propaganda and engaged...
UK Conservatives face ballot glitch in vote for new prime minister
LONDON — Members of Britain's Conservative Party have started receiving their postal ballots in the contest to become the country's next prime minister, amid concern that some people have been...
Zion Williamson show cut short after knee-to-knee hit
LAS VEGAS — The buzz began before noon local time Friday, well before the first of 10 games tipped off on the opening day of the Las Vegas Summer League....
Inside look at Aaron Boone's theory for resting Yankees
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — With the way baseball organizations emphasize resting players throughout the season, we may have seen the last of the player who participates in all 162 games....
Knicks' Mitchell Robinson gets picked for US Select Team
LAS VEGAS — Knicks center Mitchell Robinson will be back in Las Vegas in August. Robinson, coming off a season in which he garnered second-team All-Rookie honors, found out Monday...
Former Clemson running back, Tyshon Dye, drowns during family outing
CLEMSON, S.C. — Former Clemson and East Carolina running back Tyshon Dye drowned Friday after swimming in a lake during a family outing. Dye was 25 years old. Elbert County...
It's a familiar, painful story for Jacob deGrom
It was Jacob deGrom’s Mets career in a nutshell. A dominant performance. Execution when the game was on the line. A bad call. And a no-decision leading to defeat. It...
Time is now for Shamorie Ponds to show what he's got
LAS VEGAS — Shamorie Ponds is a long way from Brooklyn and St. John’s, but he’s feeling right at home. His fit in the Rockets’ up-tempo system or the fact...
Two key young Nets looking at summer league as time to grow
LAS VEGAS — The Nets are all about player development. And for center Jarrett Allen and power forward Rodions Kurucs — the only starters taking part in the Las Vegas...
Two Rangers file for arbitration
The July 5 restricted free agent frenzy began for the Rangers with Pavel Buchnevich and Jacob Trouba filing for salary arbitration. If things go according to plan, both will have...
When Mets are planning to return Steven Matz to rotation
Steven Matz’s return to the Mets rotation could come as soon as the team’s first series following the All-Star break. Though the Mets have the option of going with a...
Jones, Nunes hold different places in MMA's G.O.A.T. debate
Only in combat sports can someone proclaim themselves the “Greatest of All Time” and have it be viewed as a positive self-portrayal instead of an egotistical boast. A football player...
Kawhi Leonard-Paul George blockbuster explodes Twitter
Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are heading to the Clippers to form their own superteam, according to an ESPN report. As expected, Twitter reacted as only it can to the...
The secret behind Aaron Judge's sudden breakout
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Watch closely and you will see an approach from Aaron Judge that focuses on hitting the ball the other way or up the middle. That approach...
Kawhi Leonard, Paul George joining Clippers in shocker
Kawhi Leonard will be part of a superteam in Los Angeles — it just won’t be with the Lakers. The reigning NBA Finals MVP informed his other suitors that he...
It's getting harder for Mets to sell their bright future
Jerry Seinfeld was the guest attraction at Citi Field on Friday night complete with Seinfeld Bobblehead dolls and frequent highlights from his long-running sitcom. You figured it was going to...
Earthquake brings entire NBA Summer League to a halt
LAS VEGAS — Friday night’s Pelicans-Knicks matchup was expected to be a showstopper, just not like this. The summer league game was halted in the middle of play with 7:53...
NYPD officer accidentally shoots himself in the groin
An NYPD cop was grazed by a bullet when his gun accidentally fired in a Brooklyn housing project Friday night, police said. The bullet grazed the on-duty officer’s groin area...
Trump offers sympathies to Chris Cline's family after fatal helicopter crash
President Trump on Friday offered his "deepest sympathies" to the family of West Virginia businessman and philanthropist Chris Cline, who died alongside his daughter in a helicopter crash off the...
Dapper 'Burberry Bandit' back robbing Manhattan banks: cops
Manhattan's "Burberry Bandit" is back. It's only been five months since dapper robber Cornell Neilly was paroled from prison, but cops say he's already back hitting banks. Neilly, 38, has...