January 28, 2015
Jordan injures knee in St. John's loss to cellar-dweller Creighton
OMAHA, Neb. — This wasn’t the progress Steve Lavin was talking about four days ago. In fact, the St. John’s coach had a new low point to digest Wednesday night....
Latest blows at headhunter CTPartners
CTPartners, the Wall Street headhunting firm accused by former employees of sexual discrimination, lowered its profit guidance for the fourth quarter and all of 2014 late Wednesday because of an...
Albany ripe for chaos after Preet's capital crackdown
Weitz & Luxenberg fired Shelly Silver yesterday. Put another cookie in Preet Bharara’s lunch pail. The best news, of course, would have been that Bharara (pictured above) had found a...
Devils scratch out shootout win over reeling Maple Leafs
If the Devils are going to make a run at the playoffs, they are going to have to win games in which they don’t play well. That is just what...
Mansion or modest, Hamptons home prices on the rise
Hamptons home sales are continuing to soar at all price points — from modest first-time residential buys to mega-mansions, according to the latest market reports. One of the hottest ’hoods...
Free-falling Nets become Hawks 17th straight victim
ATLANTA — The Nets went into Wednesday’s game against the Hawks having lost 10 of their previous 12 games, while the home team had won 16 straight. So, it came...
It’s the year of the bromance at Sundance
PARK CITY — Empty ski lifts and movies about male bonding were rampant at this year’s Sundance Film Festival: In other words, it was bros before snows. More than half-a-dozen...
Knicks 'are a different basketball team' since fire sale
Things have gotten so weird for the Knicks recently that Carmelo Anthony has now compared newcomer Langston Galloway to “Linsanity” — Jeremy Lin. After their record 16-game losing streak, the...
In-house battle to oust correction officers union boss Seabrook
There’s an internal war raging inside the powerful correction officers union — with a rival asking a court to oust longtime union head Norman Seabrook from his position for being...
Inside Hunt & Fish, where beauties trawl for sugar daddies
On a blustery Wednesday night, Barbara Kavovit sashays through the doors of a new Times Square steakhouse in her Gucci dress and heels — pausing as scores of besuited men...
Numbers don’t add up to a good GDP
Wall Street and politicians will be groping for excuses on Friday. Meanwhile, Janet Yellen’s Federal Reserve will be searching for answers. The reason: the US Commerce Department will announce its...
FXCM to write off losses for 90 percent of customers
FXCM, the bailed-out currency broker, is willing to forgive and forget. The company is going to write off losses for 90 percent of its customers — most of them smaller...
Court takes a $4.5M ‘Wiz’ on defunct chain's co-founder
The disgraced co-founder of defunct, but iconic, electronics chain Nobody Beats the Wiz is heading to prison with empty pockets after a federal judge Wednesday ordered him to shell out...
$18 billion earnings has Icahn biting tongue on Apple
Carl Icahn is still prodding Apple CEO Tim Cook — but he’s doing it more gently now. “I don’t want to go into my discussions with Tim — we think...
Sanitation workers overdo storm cleanup to reap overtime
The overhyped blizzard was a forecasting bust — but a boon for Sanitation Department snowplow drivers, who were still raking in the overtime Wednesday, scraping the black asphalt hours after...
NYC set to execute first dog in five years
A menacing mutt was bad to the bone, and now he’ll be the first dog in five years put to death in New York City, over the objections of his...
Stanford swimmer charged with raping unconscious woman
A Stanford University swimmer who raced in the 2012 US Olympic trials was charged with raping an intoxicated, unconscious woman last week on the school’s campus, prosecutors said Wednesday. Brock...
Antonio Cromartie on Jets return: 'I didn't want to leave'
PHOENIX — Antonio Cromartie and his family are flying back to New Jersey next week to the home they lived in during his four years with the Jets. It sounds...
Sysco's $8.2B U.S. Foods merger may spoil: source
Sysco looks as though it will have to wait longer for its $8.2 billion US Foods merger to be approved by regulators, if it is at all. Blackstone Group-owned Performance...
Chirlane McCray on crutch after third sports injury
City first lady Chirlane McCray has been hobbled by a third sports injury in the last three months. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s wife sported crutches and a boot on her...
Citi Bike plans to expand to the Upper East and West Sides
Citi Bike is movin’ on up. Bike-share riders may be hitting the streets of the Upper West Side and Upper East Side as early as this spring or summer as...
Unlikely duo charms in quick-witted 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'
“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” a big-bucks Fox Searchlight pickup that has made a huge splash at this year’s festival, earns the widespread comparisons to “The Fault in...
Disabled tenant sues landlord for $5B over 'violations'
That's a lot of rent checks. A disabled, rent-stabilized tenant sued the landlord of his Upper West Side building for a staggering $5 billion, claiming that the real estate mogul...
What really went wrong with C. Wonder?
Last week, as the Temptations’ “My Girl” blasts on the sound system at C. Wonder’s Soho flagship on Spring Street, Christine Lu rifles through racks of 75-percent-off bejeweled tunic dresses,...
Blythe Danner shines in 'I'll See You in My Dreams'
A measure of the growing maturity of the Sundance Film Festival is that more and more of the movies being shown deal with the roughly 300 million Americans who are...
The Assembly may be getting its first African-American speaker
The Assembly may be getting its first African-American speaker. Bronx Assemblyman Carl Heastie’s bid to succeed disgraced Sheldon Silver as leader of Albany's lower house got a major boost Wednesday...
Spitzer scandal comes to life in 'Zipper'
A thinly fictionalized version of Eliot Spitzer comes to the screen in “Zipper,” a political sex drama in which Patrick Wilson plays an ambitious prosecutor whose weakness for high-end call...
Crook nabbed after leaving footprints behind in the snow
He’s got snow clue. The Brooklyn crook nabbed after leaving footprints behind in the snow Tuesday was also flaking on his parole curfew, blaming his being late on the blizzard...
Biker accused of beating Columbia grad gets plea deal
One of 13 bikers accused of brutally beating a Columbia grad in front of his wife and kids took a plea deal Wednesday. Christopher Cruz copped to assault in the...
A lifetime away from Patriots, Hernandez murder trial opens
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Rob Gronkowski squinted his eyes, looked for a second like he was about to say something, then took a large, long gulp from a bottle of Aquafina....
Mom admits to helping her kids hide evidence of double slaying
CAMDEN, N.J. — A woman admitted on Wednesday that she helped two of her children conceal evidence of a gang-related double slaying that occurred at her home, where the bodies...
The Times' low Blow
At The New York Times, it seems, some key facts are just not fit to print when they don’t fit the liberal narrative. That appears to be the case with...
It's bigger than Shelly
We’re glad Sheldon Silver will soon be out as speaker of the Assembly. But Albany’s problem is not simply, as US Attorney Preet Bharara has charged, that Silver exploited his...
The rent is too damn scam
It’s a drama that plays out all the time in today’s New York City: landlord and tenant in a rent-stabilized or rent-controlled building locked in a vicious legal tussle over...
How Selig saved Major League Baseball
The business of baseball and the nation’s business used to be conducted in Washington with similar skill. The Washington Senators were run by Clark Griffith, who said: “Fans like home...
Rx for cleaner pols: Body cameras and stings
After the grand jury declined to indict in the Eric Garner death, some of our elected officials participated in “die-ins,” saying over and over, “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe.”...
Congress' power to invite Netanyahu
Could President Obama go to court to try to block Congress from inviting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address to a joint meeting of the House and Senate?...
Syrian spillover: Ignoring war doesn't stop its spread
Psst: Time to pay attention. The war in Syria (you know, an internal issue) is spilling over again — into Israel, no less. Until now, we had the luxury of...
How Rob Gronkowski juggles hard work with hard partying
CHANDLER, Ariz. — By nearly any measure, Patriots owner Robert Kraft has a pretty good life. He owns a football team that is in its seventh Super Bowl on his...
Seahawks to Blount: We’re not immortal, just best ever
PHOENIX — LeGarrette Blount has stirred up a hornet’s nest. And so Inflategate has begun, with the stinging, swarming Seahawks’ defense pumped up by Patriot trash talk they can’t wait to...
Jason Statham, Sofía Vergara try for a win with 'Wild Card'
“This is the height of my career," says Jason Statham sarcastically in his latest potboiler — which turns out to be only marginally better than the previous film that Oscar-winning...
The day in photos
Someone shows off some sweet ink in Berlin, the Northeast recovers post-blizzard, a rare breed surfaces in the Philippines and more.
Jeweler to Natalie Portman sells $2.67M UES pad
Greg Kwiat, the CEO of Fred Leighton Ltd. and CFO of Kwiat Enterprises, and wife Alexandra are moving on up. They have sold their 1,633-square-foot, two-bedroom, 2½-bathroom apartment at 206...
Andre Altholz buys $10M Park Ave. unit
Andre Altholz, the real estate honcho and owner of Monopolis Frankfurt GmbH, has plunked down $10 million for an eighth-floor unit at Harry Macklowe’s redeveloped 737 Park Ave., a former...
Peter Rockefeller sells $7.2M duplex
Peter Rockefeller — the grandson of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller — and his wife, Allison, have sold their home at 130 E. 67th St. for $7.2 million. It was first asking...
Record $3.45M Crown Heights deals
A young Manhattanite sold her West Chelsea townhouse and used the proceeds to buy a ground-up townhouse in Crown Heights for a record-breaking $3.45 million in a deal that closed...
Gina Gershon sells $8.2M Chelsea duplex
Charismatic couple, actress Gina Gershon and DEDON outdoor furniture brand founder Bobby Dekeyser, who is also the subject of the biography entitled “Not for Sale!,” have just sold an $8.2 million...
The top 4 firms designing NYC
Reaching high into the sky, large-scale developments, like 432 Park Ave. and 30 Park Place, are leaving their stamps on Manhattan by staking their tall claims on the skyline. But...
Applaud 'Empire' for showing realities of homophobia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCDMJyKPiLo Of all the shocking elements in Fox’s new hit drama “Empire,” nothing is more brazen than the show’s treatment of homosexuality. Or, more specifically, the poignant-yet-painful relationship between hip-hop...
Homeowner frees deer trapped in his fence
A homeowner freed a doe left hanging after it apparently misread a jump and got its leg caught in a wooden fence, OutDoorHub.com reported. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152999478390536 The report did not indicate...
Facebook's profit, revenue beat expectations (again)
Facebook has delivered another quarter of outsize sales and profits, but Wall Street isn’t clicking the “buy” button. Shares of the social-networking giant slumped more than 2 percent in after-hours...
Super Bill: Weighing the cost of a Super Bowl trip
How much is it worth to watch the Super Bowl in person? That is the question thousands of American football fans have been wrestling with the last few weeks. Do...
Cops ask Google to remove police tracking from app
WASHINGTON — A law enforcement campaign to compel Google Inc. to disable a feature in its popular Waze traffic app that lets drivers warn others about nearby police activity shifted...
Air Force picks Boeing 747-8 to replace Air Force One
The U.S. Air Force plans to announce on Wednesday that it has decided to use Boeing Co.'s commercial 747-8 airliner to replace its current fleet of Air Force One presidential...
Scientist gets 5 years in nuclear espionage case
A former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday for passing classified U.S. nuclear weapons data to a person he believed to be...
Police arrest couple wanted for abducting their own kids
Illinois police have arrested a couple wanted for abducting their two children in 2006 after losing custody of them while authorities in Las Vegas investigated accusations the mother abused drugs...
5 ’80s comedies that should be remade with female leads
Who you gonna call? How about four female “Ghostbusters”? On Tuesday, news broke that “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig had found his cast for a women-led “Ghostbusters” reboot. Melissa McCarthy and...
The 'tough' part of Rangers' recent success
The loss to the Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum on Tuesday night isn't the only thing bothering Dan Boyle. Despite the Rangers' strong play leading into the All-Star break, they...
Tom Brady has a cold
PHOENIX — Move over Deflategate, the new big story of the Super Bowl is Tom Brady’s cold. The Patriots quarterback coughed and sniffled his way through a 45-minute session with...
Costner, Spencer fight over custody in flimsy ‘Black or White’
Despite excellent performances by Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer and other cast members, Mike Binder’s racially tinged custody battle drama “Black or White" never achieves much in the way of dramatic...
Four stars for Oscar best foreign film nominee, 'Timbuktu'
In Abderrahmane Sissako’s film about the jihadist takeover of Mali’s ancient city — an Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film, from Mauritania where it was shot — terrible things happen....
Inspiring doc tells story of US WWII pilots fighting for Israel
Scarcely had the infant State of Israel emerged from the womb in 1948 when it was obliged to put on a helmet. But how do you wage war with no...
Record 117M people passed through NYC airports in 2014
Not just the subways are setting records with their sardine cars — the airports too are more packed than they have ever been. A record 117.1 million people last year...
'Alien Outpost' is a sci-fi film with porno production value
A sci-fi actioner with the production values of your average porno, “Alien Outpost” spews clichés like a machine gun set on maximum triteness. Aiming to be a successor to “District...
D-League teammates have a different kind of bench-clearing brawl
DES MOINES, Iowa — NBA D-League teammates Kalin Lucas and Jarnell Stokes were ejected after a skirmish broke out behind their bench. The incident occurred late in the third quarter...
'Girlhood' tells a story of sisterhood, life in French poverty
French director Céline Sciamma explores a very different coming-of-age than in her 2011 film, “Tomboy,” with this vibrant portrait of a teenage girl (Karidja Touré) who joins a female gang...
The 5 most shocking reveals from the ‘Fantastic Four’ trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-BVs-KCSiA The trailer for the forthcoming movie “Fantastic Four” hit the Web on Tuesday, and while the footage was more impressionistic with scant plot details divulged, one thing seems reasonably...
Sundance unreels surprise screening of ‘Jupiter Ascending’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoCyL_Pqzu8 PARK CITY, Utah — The Sundance Film Festival lurched out of its gentle indie orbit and crashed into Planet Hollywood last night as a surprise screening of the Wachowskis’...
American Media sells Shape, 2 others for $60M to Meredith
American Media Inc. is trying to get its balance sheet in shape — without Shape. The struggling publisher on Wednesday sold the title — and sister magazines Natural Health and...
Red Bulls complete acquisition of US stud Sacha Kljestan
A day after acquiring the MLS’s top allocation spot, the Red Bulls used it to bring U.S. National Team midfielder Sacha Kljestan back stateside. The move to acquire the 29-year-old...
Meet Madison Keys, America's would-be teenage tennis savior
With American teenager Madison Keys having reached her first ever Grand Slam semifinal – her coming-out party was Wednesday's Australian Open quarterfinal win over idol Venus Williams – the question...
UPS man chucks package, pees on customer's house
A Houston man was a wee bit peeved after catching a UPS deliveryman on video as he dumped his package, damaging its contents – then took a brazen leak right...
Herbalife adds firepower to battle state AG probes
Embattled Herbalife has hired a Republican consultant in a move to head off any action against the company from state attorneys general. Marcus Reese, a former George W. Bush campaign...
Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan running to replace Sheldon Silver
Queens Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan announced Wednesday that she's running to replace Sheldon Silver as speaker of the state Assembly, saying it was time to end a culture that allowed sexual...
Stan Lee makes his long-awaited cameo in ‘Agent Carter’
Fans really took a shine to Stan Lee in Tuesday night’s episode of “Agent Carter.” The 92-year-old Marvel godfather made a surprise cameo on the series, popping up at a...
Phil Jackson story gets hallowed old Knicks tied to Deflategate
Deflategate at the Garden? Say it ain't so, Phil! Knicks president Phil Jackson, in a 1986 interview with the Chicago Tribune, acknowledged the 1973 Knicks title team deflated basketballs to...
Sanford Rubenstein back in court for first time since rape allegations
Scandal-scarred attorney Sanford Rubenstein was back in a courtroom Wednesday for the first time since he was accused of raping an Al Sharpton adviser. “I’m back!” the diminutive personal-injury lawyer...
Who is Gigi and Bella Hadid’s little brother, Anwar?
On Tuesday night’s episode of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” viewers were in for a surprise — a rare appearance by Real Housewife Yolanda Foster’s third child. The show...
Real 'American Sniper' would've been proud, embarrassed by movie: widow
Real-life "American Sniper" Chris Kyle would have been proud of — and monumentally embarrassed by — all the accolades the box-office smash has received, his widow said. The Clint Eastwood-directed flick has...
Nets doctor predicts full recovery for Mirza Teletovic
ATLANTA — The Nets announced Wednesday morning forward Mirza Teletovic is expected to make a full recovery from the blood clots discovered in his lungs last week. Teletovic left last...
The next trend in fancy spa treatments? Snails
CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- The last time I encountered escargots they were served up by a French waiter, sizzling in garlic and herb butter. Now, one is slithering up the...
Scientists have learned how to un-boil an egg
Scientists have cracked the mystery of how to un-boil an egg. As useless as it sounds, the innovation could dramatically reduce costs for cancer treatments, food production and other segments...
Tepper loses fight to restructure Caesars in Delaware
Score one for private-equity mogul Leon Black. The co-founder of Apollo Global Management won the first round in a heavyweight bankruptcy court battle — pitting a unit of the firm’s...
NFL looks to nail Marshawn Lynch for his hat, not his words
The NFL may find a way to levy a massive fine against Marshawn Lynch, after all. According to ESPN, the league will review possible punishment for the Seahawks running back...
Man turns speed camera ticket into a proposal
Take notes, fellas. A man in Germany purposely drove through a speed-trap camera while holding a sign saying "Will You Marry Me" — and then police delivered the photo to his...
The crudest foods: From 'Crunky Ball Nudes' to hot 'Urinal' cordials
Care for some Crunky Ball Nudes and a cup of hot Urinal? Or how ’bout Only Puke crackers with fresh Cemen Dip? If these goodies don’t whet your appetite, they...
Clippers forward accuses cursing Suns owner in tremendous rant
Matt Barnes is used to having the NBA in his pocket, but his latest fine has him ranting because he claims this latest fine for cursing at a fan was...
Danny Meyer boosts IPO price of Shake Shack
Danny Meyer is super-sizing the initial public offering of his Shake Shack burger chain. The company controlled by the Big Apple restaurateur increased the range at which shares will be...
5 more songs banned from political campaigns
Using pop music in political campaigns is always a risky business — and so it has proved to be the case again. This week, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was publicly...
Fugitive treasure hunter caught after years in hiding
A treasure hunter locked in a legal battle over one of the greatest undersea hauls in American history was arrested in Florida after more than two years on the lam,...
Bloomberg reaches for more consumer eyeballs
On Tuesday night, when much of the northeast was digging out from a snowstorm, Bloomberg LP quietly launched its much-delayed Bloomberg Business web site. The site is intended to be...
Meet Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s hot model brother
Good genes must run in the family: Twenty-four-year-old Toby Huntington-Whiteley — younger brother to, you guessed it, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley — made his shirtless modeling debut for Jamaco. Meanwhile, retail giant...
'Comeback billionaire' Jim Clark buys Bunny Mellon mansion for $37M
Comeback billionaire Jim Clark is on a massive real estate buying spree. He has just closed on the famed 40-foot-wide Mellon mansion on the Upper East Side for $37 million,...
The most expensive boarding school in the world
It counts some of the world’s most famous faces and families among its alumni. Students who are privileged enough to attend this school spend their winters on the ski slopes...
Bill Simmons throws dirt at Ray Lewis over Deflategate take
The only thing Bill Simmons loves more than stirring up trouble in ESPN Land (besides maybe making oblique '90s pop culture references or using footnotes) is his Boston sports teams,...
7 amazing, under-the-radar spots you must see before you die
The term “bucket list destination” can be misunderstood, because it implies that there are certain select places in the world that everyone needs to see before they die. But what...
Condo-monium: Retail living is a hot commodity
The sales of retail condos picked up at a rapid rate last year as retail rents rose in every market. As the rents rose, it also propelled the pricing on...
180 Maiden Lane is getting a $28M renovation
A tower in FiDi with panoramic views of New York Harbor has new owners who are hoping to get it new leases for life. Norman Sturner’s MHP Real Estate Services...
'Shocked' bikers catch Stanford swimmer 'raping' unconscious woman
A former Stanford University swimmer who raced in the 2012 US Olympic trials has been charged with raping an intoxicated, unconscious woman on the school's campus. The San Jose Mercury...
Meditating mummy found in Mongolia
The haunting, mummified remains of a possible lama teacher have been found in Mongolia — still sitting in the lotus position after about two centuries.
Mayweather, Pacquiao randomly meet for first time, swap digits
MIAMI — Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao have finally met — in person. And now talks might get serious about them meeting in the ring. The fighters were both...
Boxing studio is the latest to join Flatiron's workout routine
As the Flatiron District gets more residential development and young technology, advertising, media and information (TAMI) firms, it is getting, well, fitter. The Shadowbox boxing studio signed a lease for...
Radioactive body of ex-Russian spy was 'most dangerous' autopsy ever
LONDON — The body of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko was so radioactive that his post-mortem was "one of the most dangerous" ever undertaken, a pathologist said Wednesday. Nathaniel Cary...
The millennial ISIS preacher radicalizing the next generation of jihadis
BEIRUT — Turki al-Binali has crisscrossed the Islamic State group's self-declared caliphate in Syria and Iraq with a pistol holstered at his side, delivering fiery sermons in which the 30-year-old provides...
The 11 best over the top tunes from NFL films
They show up everywhere, and instantly conjure images of the gridiron. They’re the corny tunes composed years ago specifically for NFL highlight reels, and they’ve stuck with us ever since....
How a typo destroyed a 124-year-old company
Never underestimate the importance of a single letter. In this case, an S. A 124-year-old family business went kaput within two months because of a typo on a government register....
De Blasio: Still 'no regrets' over city shutdown
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday still wasn't over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s blindside subway shutdown ahead of this week’s snowstorm that briefly paralyzed New York. Appearing on NBC’s “Today” show,...
Inside Brazil's dangerous plastic surgery obsession
Andressa Urach went from being a single teenage mom nicknamed "Beanpole" to a reality TV bombshell in Brazil thanks to silicone implants, anabolic steroids, a nose job, and gel and...
Hezbollah claims responsibility for attack on Israeli convoy
SHEAR YASHUV, Israel — Missiles fired by the Lebanese Hezbollah group struck an Israeli military convoy Wednesday, killing two soldiers in an apparent retaliation for a deadly airstrike attributed to...
Jordan ready to swap terrorist for pilot held by ISIS
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan said Wednesday it is willing to swap an Iraqi woman held on death row in Jordan for a Jordanian pilot captured in December by extremists from the...
Does Darrelle Revis feel sorry for Jets fans? 'Um, not really'
PHOENIX — Darrelle Revis isn’t sympathetic to Jets fans that his first career Super Bowl trip came as a member of their hated rival. Revis said they should blame owner...
Okposo replacement comes up with big goal for Islanders
So this Drum of Depth that Islanders coach Jack Capuano has been pounding all season is now in the forefront. So much so, it might make Keith Moon smile. In...
Sherman: Goodell should face same media pinch as Lynch
PHOENIX — If it were up to Richard Sherman, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would have had a riser on Media Day alongside reluctant Marshawn Lynch. “I don’t think [players] should...
Seahawks GM: Idzik got an unfair deal from Jets
PHOENIX — Seahawks general manager John Schneider said he believes John Idzik got a raw deal from the Jets. Schneider worked with Idzik for three years in Seattle before the...
How the Nets’ rebuild plans are being held captive by Hawks
ATLANTA — After making a pit stop in Philadelphia, to avoid being potentially snowed in, the Nets rolled into town for Wednesday’s game against the Hawks with a crystal clear...
Why experts give Revis slight edge over Sherman in CB battle
PHOENIX — When it comes to debating individual talent, the quarterbacks are taking a surprising backseat to a pair of cornerbacks in the run-up to Super Bowl XLIX. Yes, Darrelle...
De Blasio staying out of fight for Assembly speaker
The city isn’t meddling in Albany’s closed-door power scramble to anoint a new speaker of the Assembly, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. During a chat with reporters, the mayor...
Seahawks: Quiet man known as Beast Mode is really a great guy
PHOENIX — The podium had been left unoccupied for more than a half-hour and so, it was suggested to Robert Turbin, why not take a load off your feet and...
Kremlin-run news agency tells feds to lay off Russian spies
The Kremlin-run news service linked to a Russian espionage ring broken up by FBI agents in Manhattan issued a blistering demand to the United States Tuesday: Quit busting our bungling...
How Rysheed Jordan is becoming the player St. John's envisioned
OMAHA, Neb. — Whatever the reason was for Rysheed Jordan’s leave of absence, it seems to have done the trick. The enigmatic sophomore guard from Philadelphia is finally playing as...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn An off-duty police officer was caught driving while intoxicated after being involved in a car accident in Flatbush, cops said Tuesday. Officer Joseph McAuliffe, 56, was driving on Kings...