June 17, 2015
Woman to replace Alexander Hamilton on $10 bill
Alexander Hamilton, a Founding Father of the nation (and THE founding father of The Post), has good reason to cry — he’s being booted from the $10 bill and replaced...
Girardi thinks Teixeira's injury is just a simple pain in the neck
Mark Teixeira sat out Wednesday’s win with a stiff neck that he’s been dealing with since the Yankees played in Baltimore last weekend. “His neck’s been bothering him,” manager Joe...
Tension starts to mount as A-Rod nears 3,000-hit milestone
History is getting closer. Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees returned home Wednesday after a dismal 1-4 road trip with a milestone well within reach, and the star-crossed designated hitter moved...
Girardi resembles Torre with his Pineda approach
Christian Yelich got to Michael Pineda before Joe Girardi could. Yelich smashed the first pitch of the seventh inning — one of the few fastballs Pineda authored Wednesday night that...
$94M school bus contracts under fire for possible collusion
The city comptroller has asked the feds to investigate possible collusion by school-bus companies after finding poor oversight of contracts worth $94 million. Soon after winning the contracts in 2013,...
J.Crew executive taunts after mass firing
Hours after telling members of his team they were laid off, a J.Crew veep danced on their graves at a nearby bar with fellow survivors — posing for celebratory photos...
Former Mets owner Nelson Doubleday Jr. dies at 81
Nelson Doubleday Jr., the Mets majority owner the last time the club won the World Series in 1986, died Wednesday. He was 81. After heading a group of investors —...
Cosmos get best of NYCFC with shootout win in U.S. Open Cup
Wednesday’s all-local U.S. Open Cup match — the East River Derby — between New York City FC and the Cosmos promised all kinds of drama, and it delivered. The Cosmos...
Suspect identified in massacre of 9 at historic black church
Nine people — including a prominent pastor — were shot dead when a gunman opened fire at a historic black church in South Carolina after attending a meeting there for...
'Breaking Bad' star Aaron Paul is back on the small screen
Yo, Mr. White — look who’s back. Aaron Paul, who played lovable criminal sidekick Jesse Pinkman on “Breaking Bad,” is returning to series TV as the star of Hulu’s new...
Quickie documentary airing on escaped killers' jailbreak
Investigation Discovery is airing a quickie “instamentary” about the manhunt for convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat — still on the lam after escaping June 6 from a maximum-security...
Steve Buscemi's a 'Bench' player on AOL series
Steve Buscemi encourages guests on his AOL Web series “Park Bench” to contribute ideas. So when Robert Smigel suggested Buscemi solicit talk-show advice from Triumph the Insult Comic Dog for...
This man's music has made 'more than a million babies'
Pioneering Italian music producer Giorgio Moroder — whose juddering synths and disco beats provided the soundtrack of the ’70s and ’80s — is back in the public eye at a...
Knicks hold stealth workout for D'Angelo Russell
Before D’Angelo Russell canceled a meeting with the Sixers last weekend, raising eyebrows, the Ohio State guard quietly worked out for the Knicks on June 11 in Westchester, The Post...
Proposed law would restrict cars from driving through city parks
Driving through Prospect and Central parks will become harder under a plan Mayor de Blasio is expected to roll out Thursday, two sources told The Post. The new restrictions include...
Feds want to curb profits on prison phone systems
The feds are getting close to putting a lock on the profits private equity firms ring up on their phone systems in the nation’s jails. Prison-rights advocate Paul Wright told...
Dellin Betances, replay help Yankees salvage Pineda’s gem
Dellin Betances got the final five outs for the save on Wednesday, but instant replay deserves just as much credit in preserving the Yankees 2-1 win over the Marlins in...
Trump is crushing the social (media) scene
WASHINGTON — Love him or hate him, Donald Trump is creating a buzz on social media with his presidential announcement. Facebook reported Wednesday that 3.4 million people shared information about...
Fed digs deeper hole by keeping interest rates low
The Federal Reserve is going to raise interest rates — but not now. The economy is growing moderately — for the time being. (Don’t worry, the Fed knows what it...
'Gloria' is one of the fiercest plays you'll see this year
It's not just “Game of Thrones” that boasts jaw-dropping shockers — the new play “Gloria” has such a fantastic moment, it’s killing me that I can’t spill the beans. All...
US women score favorable path to World Cup semifinals
The US Women’s National Team not only survived the so-called Group of Death at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, but won it. Their reward? A Round of 16 date with...
Swing state voters don't trust Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton has a Pinocchio problem. A majority of voters in three swing states — Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania — don’t believe the Democratic front-runner is honest...
Mets forget to pack offense for shutout loss in Toronto
TORONTO — Who knew the Canadian exchange rate was this brutal? After decent showings from the lineup in consecutive games against the Blue Jays at Citi Field the previous two...
Griffith, Banderas sell mansion for record $15.9M
Not only does this break a sales record in its Los Angeles neighborhood, but it also beats the previous record set just last summer by a whopping $4.94 million.
Gilbert Arenas bashes own Mercedes over lost Netflix password
Here's a Netflix category just for Gilbert Arenas: Action Movies with a Strong Former NBA Protagonist. The kooky former Wizards guard posted video to Instagram on Wednesday of him taking...
Billionaire Steve Cohen bros out with Guy Fieri
Multibillionaire Steve Cohen has a taste for high art—and lowly street food. In between appearances at fancy art openings and Robin Hood galas, the former hedge fund honcho flew out...
Disgraced trader asks judge for a $50M refund
Convicted inside trader Raj Rajaratnam wants his money back. The disgraced investor has asked a judge to order the government to return $50 million of the $63.8 million he forked...
Wenner Media cuts 10 percent of payroll
Jann Wenner is downsizing his media company, cutting dozens of jobs at Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men’s Journal. As many as 40 people, or about 10 percent of the...
Mets channeling their inner WWE with postgame award ceremony
TORONTO — The ultimate goal for Mets players is a ring, but on a daily basis it’s a belt. In an effort to keep the atmosphere loose and build team...
Rickie Fowler in danger of getting golf's most dreaded label
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Rickie Fowler gained some notoriety by finishing in the top five of all four major championships in 2014. But that proved to be just a stepping...
Humorless US Open suspends alternate -- for practicing
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — A USGA rule turned into a theater-of-the-absurd incident Tuesday afternoon at Chambers Bay. Clint Rice, ranked 1,188th in the world and an alternate to get into...
Wall Street mourns JPMorgan's Jimmy Lee
Four decades ago, when Jimmy Lee first joined the ranks of the dealmakers at Chemical Bank, Jamie Dimon was a college student, NBC was run by RCA, and “Ali Baba”...
Goldman goes easy on interns — makes them leave by midnight
Goldman Sachs’ Class of 2015 interns — totaling 2,900 — are now getting cushier jobs. The white-shoe firm is going easy on its new recruits, telling them to go home...
MTA launches ad campaign targeting railroad crossing safety
The MTA launched a new ad campaign on Wednesday targeting wayward drivers and pedestrians on railroad tracks following a Westchester crash that killed six people earlier this year.
How Jordan Spieth gained an edge on rest of US Open field
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Jack Nicklaus once said that when he arrived at a major and heard half the players grumbling about the golf course, he knew he only had...
Family won't bail out Rikers guard in inmate death cover-up
The ex-Rikers Island guard arrested a week ago for fatally kicking an inmate to death and then covering up the attack has been in solitary confinement ever since because none...
Reasons to be skeptical about a Warriors repeat
The sky finally fell on Atlas — in this case LeBron James. Like the mythological titan, James had shouldered as much weight as he possibly could in carrying/lifting/scoring/rebounding/assisting the Cavaliers...
Boy heroes save baby, toddler from burning house
OAKLAND, Fla. — Two grade school boys who rescued a toddler and a baby from a fire say they didn't think twice about going into a burning home. Ten-year-old Isiah...
Giants' first-round pick is his own agent, plays hard to get
Ereck Flowers is one of just six first-round draft picks without a signed NFL contract, but the Giants’ new big left tackle from Miami is not worried. “We’re making progress,’’...
Team de Blasio needs to quit the tin-cup game
Pity poor, abandoned New York City: That’s what Mayor de Blasio and his first deputy, Tony Shorris, seem to be saying. On Wednesday, Shorris whined that “Albany’s completely dysfunctional” and...
Ray Kelly speaks up on New York's crime debate
Despite a record of plunging crime over his 12-year tenure, ex-Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has sat quietly in the face of regular slams from his successor and the new mayor....
Firefighter pensions: Bill de Blasio is right
Now we know why the unions fought so hard to keep it a secret: The Empire Center for Public Policy reports that FDNY pensions averaged $100,000 for new retirees these...
Pro-Israel Sotheby’s boss had me fired for being Palestinian: suit
A Muslim security guard is suing his employer for $4.5 million saying that when he was booted from his well-paying post at auction house Sotheby’s because of his religious beliefs,...
The mad war to house the poor in US suburbs
An African-American millionaire can buy a home in any expensive suburb. Color is no longer a barrier. Despite this progress, President Obama’s Department of Housing and Urban Development is accusing...
My daughter's heroic battle against a mystery disease
Fifteen years ago this week, my beautiful daughter Veronica entered the world. She didn’t make a sound. As I stretched out my arms to hold her in the delivery room,...
Donald Trump vs. Jeb Bush — the debate on saving the dollar
"It’s the dollar, stupid.” That’s the thought that struck me listening this week to Donald Trump announce his candidacy for president. Between The Donald and Jeb Bush, we just might...
J.R. Smith's $6.4M opt-out risk with Cavs could backfire badly
In the fourth quarter of the NBA season’s last game, J.R. Smith again showed the world what a positive he can be when he scored 15 points for the Cavaliers....
Man accused of stealing $1M from boss who denied him raise
A Manhattan bookkeeper stole over $1 million from his boss and spent it on jewelry and vacations because he claimed he never got a raise and had to cope with...
The 'toxic' lies behind Jessica Alba's booming baby business
Actress Jessica Alba, co-founder of the ironically named “The Honest Company,” recently declared, “One billion feels like a small number.” Alba was referring to her companies’ profits, made not by...
New York City would be better off without rent control
What would happen if New York’s decades-old rent-stabilization law were allowed to expire? Suddenly, the question is more than hypothetical: state legislators in Albany have already failed to renew the...
Ex-Jet Kenrick Ellis explains why life's better with Giants
Tom Coughlin is “sneaky.’’ Sharing a practice field and locker room with Eli Manning injects a “different feeling.’’ Life in the trenches doesn’t deviate much, but moving from Jets green...
We hear ...
... That finance king Mark Zittman and his wife Noelle are in contract to buy a family-sized unit at 551 W. 21st St., the Norman Foster-designed building on the rise...
Olivia Wilde, Jason Sudeikis sell $3.8M love nest
Brooklyn defectors Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have sold their Meatpacking District two-bedroom, 2½-bathroom unit at 66 Ninth Ave. for $3.8 million. The listing broker was Douglas Elliman’s Ann Cutbill...
Club dread: Ralph Lauren model eyes $3M co-op
Dreadlocked Ralph Lauren model Morgan O’Connor recently eyed a two-bedroom, two-bathroom, 2,200-square-foot co-op loft at 3 Great Jones St. that’s on the market for $3.25 million. But the visit covered...
Fashion master Alexander Wang checks out TriBeCa duplex
Celebrity designer Alexander Wang was spotted checking out the two duplex penthouses, together asking $9.26 million, at the green-friendly 60 White St. in TriBeCa. Combined, the 3,078-square-foot penthouse units have...
Prince Amukamara: Disposable until I hit Richard Sherman level
Life is good for Prince Amukamara. He cried tears of joy this past week when he became the proud father of a daughter, Princess Paisley Amarachi, now 6 days old....
New Direction: Harry Styles checks out $3.9M condo
Harry Styles, the One Direction sensation — who may no longer be single after being spotted on a date at Dirty French with Victoria’s Secret Angel Sara Sampaio this week...
Euro crash: Continental real estate on the cheap
Just a few months ago, purchasing a second home in Europe seemed like an impossibility — let alone a terrible investment. But with the rebound in the American economy and...
Why the Rockaways are real estate's new shore thing
More than two years after Superstorm Sandy pounded its shores — pummeling stately beach homes and bleak housing projects alike — Rockaway Beach, Queens, and its seven miles of oceanfront...
The gardening master who makes the High Line bloom
As the creative genius behind the planting on the High Line, Dutch garden and landscape designer Piet Oudolf is a plant-world rock star. Based in the Dutch countryside town of...
Inside the kinky mind of Christian Grey
The fourth book in the hugely popular E.L. James “Fifty Shades of Grey” canon is out, but trust us, you don’t have to have read the other three books to...
Golf's best marvel at US Open links: 'Burned out,' 'incredibly fast'
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — The stars are all here for the U.S. Open, which begins with Thursday’s opening round at Chambers Bay. Jordan Spieth, the reigning Masters champion, is seeking...
Meet the US Open czar who can turn course into hellscape
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — The most important person at this U.S. Open will not hit a single shot. Not only is Mike Davis not in Thursday’s field, he is not...
Cyclist finishes first, showboats, wipes out, quits rest of race
ALDEBURGH, England — English rider Lizzie Armitstead crashed while celebrating winning the first stage of the Women’s Tour of Britain on Wednesday and will miss the rest of the event....
Is this unassuming biscuit fast food's worst trans-fat offender?
The FDA’s new restrictions on trans fat in processed foods may hit makers of microwave popcorn, crackers, cookies and pie dough. However the call to get rid of trans fat...
Cardinals bigwigs cleared by their own 'hack' investigation
ST. LOUIS — An attorney for the St. Louis Cardinals says executives of the team were not involved in the hacking of the Houston Astros' player personnel database. The Cardinals...
Nutella lovers rage after French minister condemns snack
French government minister Segolene Royal was forced to apologize on Wednesday after saying Nutella was harmful to the environment, a comment that raised hackles in the industry and in Italy,...
Even Hollywood’s cool kids are praising Christianity now
Hollywood is having a Christian renaissance. Matthew McConaughey, Chris Pratt, Brad Pitt, Gwen Stefani, Mark Wahlberg and even wee bad boy Shia LaBeouf, who seems like the kind of guy...
Al Pacino goes full curmudgeon in ‘Manglehorn’
Al Pacino’s certainly in the right age bracket and acting cohort for playing a prickly, tactless curmudgeon with a soft side, and if things had gone slightly differently here, I...
Dez Bryant asks for sympathy over meager $13M salary
Thirteen million bucks just isn't what it used to be. Cowboys star receiver Dez Bryant, who is seeking a long-term contract extension and has threatened to hold out through the regular...
'The Tribe' is visually gorgeous but lacks a real plot
"The Tribe” is set in a Ukrainian boarding school for the deaf, where only sign language is used. There are no subtitles, no close-ups and few edits. Director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy...
5 times Johnny Manziel's now-retired money sign made news
BEREA, Ohio — Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel says he got caught up in the hype surrounding his "Johnny Football" persona and hopes to close a regrettable chapter in his life....
Not your average balloon animals
These balloon animals take a lot more than just hot air.
Hats off: The wildest headgear from the 2015 Royal Ascot
The ladies of the 2015 Royal Ascot only look like headcases.
How his best friend’s death turned George Burns into an Oscar winner
Iconic TV comedians George Burns and Jack Benny were best friends for a half-century, going back to their days in vaudeville. But Burns’ long career got a remarkable second act...
This pint-sized politico is hell-bent on getting Trump elected
Donald Trump wants Oprah as his running mate — but he might want to take a look at this 10-year-old kid. Plucky Shay Doyle of Waverly, Iowa, is determined to...
How does your paycheck stack up to a stay-at-home mom’s?
You might tell people that being a mom is the most rewarding job in the world—and most of the time it is. The rest of the time, though, you might...
Why Jordan Spieth shot down date with Kendall Jenner
Sorry Kendall, Jordan Spieth's only got eyes for one brunette beauty.
The day in photos
A baby ray keeps it cute underwater, President Barack Obama gets sheepish, patriotic fans revel in the Women's World Cup and more.
The miracle that cured my son's autism was in our kitchen
When a doctor told Susan Levin her 4-year-old son, Ben, was autistic, she was shocked. It was October 2007, and autism wasn’t mentioned in the media nearly as much as...
Giants spy on themselves with drone at practice
At first, Daniel Fells did not see anything unusual, but he heard “a little buzz’’ when he hit the practice field Wednesday on a picture-perfect second day of Giants minicamp....
Tour New York's most expensive apartment building
We sat down with famed interior designer Jamie Drake to get the details on this $28.5 million apartment at One57, the extra-luxe tower that is home to the city's most expensive...
Mark Ruffalo shows his real strength as a bipolar dad in 'Infinitely Polar Bear'
Mark Ruffalo is so wonderful as a bipolar single dad who raises his two daughters in 1970s Boston that you can almost overlook that Maya Forbes’ quasi-autobiographical film is the...
Prosthetic penises make for a fun, sexy time in 'The Overnight'
Prosthetic penises, anatomically correct paintings and breast-milk fetish videos are just some of the raunchy props in this breezy, dirty comedy from director Patrick Brice (“Creep”), spawned from the relatable...
Sundance darling ‘Dope’ isn’t that great of a trip
The thing about “John Hughes meets ‘Boyz n the Hood’ ” as a log line for a movie is that, in “Dope,” these ideas don’t go together any better than a...
Jimmy Lee, top JPMorgan banker, dead at 62
Jimmy Lee, the vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase and one of Wall Street’s most prolific and respected dealmakers, has died. He was 62. JPMorgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said Lee...
MLB managers in a rage: Replay system getting worse
Replay hasn't solved baseball's problems, it's just created new ones. Two straight days provided outbursts from major league managers, with the Angels' Mike Scioscia and the Tigers' Brad Ausmus voicing...
Why Warriors title is sweet vindication for Mike D'Antoni
With the Warriors being crowned NBA champions with Tuesday’s 105-97 victory over the Cavaliers in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, the 2014-15 season has officially come to a close....
More terror arrests in US expected ahead of Independence Day
Federal authorities are making an all-out push to round up home-grown terror suspects before the July 4 holiday, The Post has learned.
HBO making big push for Bill Simmons: report
Bill Simmons may not be out of work much longer. The Hollywood Reporter cites multiple sources who say HBO had been in discussions with Simmons about giving the former ESPN writer/personality...
7 celebrities who’d be better presidents than Trump
Calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” and touting his ability to build websites for $3, a local businessman named Donald J. Trump announced Tuesday that he was entering the presidential race. If...
Lindsay Lohan goes fringe-crazy in new collaboration
Lindsay Lohan has survived two embarrassingly bad fashion collaborations — with Kristi Kaylor and PacSun, respectively — so will her latest collection with Lavish Alice prove that the third time’s...
De Blasio and Bratton's policies will increase murders of young men: Ray Kelly
Ex-NYPD boss Ray Kelly ripped Mayor de Blasio and current Commissioner Bill Bratton for being overly “reactive” to crime — a policy he said will mean more murders of young...
US to abandon Chinese-owned Waldorf at UN General Assembly
WASHINGTON — The State Department is bailing out on a decades-long tradition of putting up US diplomats at The Waldorf-Astoria only months after it was sold to a Chinese company....
Jackson, Kerr share NBA title congrats (as Knicks fans once dreamed)
After Steve Kerr tipped his cap to Phil Jackson on the championship podium, along with his other former coaches, the Zen Master returned the favor in a congratulatory tweet this...
Mystery buyer planning $250M NYC penthouse
A deep-pocketed mystery buyer from Qatar is planning to create a mega-penthouse that would shatter the record for the city's priciest home, according to a report. Several apartments at 220...
Tom Brady's biggest hater backs him on Deflategate
Terrell Suggs won't let a little bad blood interfere with logic. Having battled for AFC supremacy with Tom Brady and the Patriots in multiple playoff encounters, the Ravens linebacker has...
What the escaped killers might look like now
DANNEMORA, NY — Authorities admitted on Wednesday that they have no idea where two escaped killers are hiding — and the best they could do was release sketches of what...
Blind teen inspires with NBA Finals national anthem
https://youtu.be/YOgS4nDbeg4 Cleveland's best performance came before tip-off. Singing before Game 6 of the NBA Finals, 19-year-old Marlana VanHoose -- a Kentucky native who has been blind since birth and was...
US coach gets handshake refused after World Cup win
Nigeria was eliminated from the Women’s World Cup after battling three of the world’s best, but their final act was one of poor sportsmanship. Nigerian coach Edwin Okon refused to...
How does Jeb Bush stack up against other pols who slow-jam the news?
After former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush formally announced he is running for president on Monday, he stopped by “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Tuesday night to slow-jam the news...
California says Uber driver is an employee, not a contractor
Uber’s costs may rise — and its reported $50 billion valuation could fall — following a California ruling that its drivers are employees, not contractors. The California Labor Commission ruled...
Tractors battle each other in demolition derby
This is not your average demolition derby! A rural farming community in Lind, Wash., watched crop cars go at it Saturday during the city’s annual Combine Demolition Derby. Photos snapped...
Postal workers charged in 'Operation Santa' scam
There’s no doubt which list these postal workers are on. Three part-time workers at the huge James A. Farley Post Office in Midtown allegedly rigged the famous “Operation Santa” charity...
Man hides proposal in crossword puzzle
LONDON — It's a case of two down: the aisle. A crossword-loving British lawyer hid a marriage proposal in The Times newspaper's daily puzzle. Matthew Dick thought of the cryptic...
'And then the shark bit my arm — off': Teen in East Coast attack
https://youtu.be/P1C_OaVpiZI OAK ISLAND, N.C. — Hunter Treschl and his cousin were "playing around in the waves" at a North Carolina beach when he felt something bump into his left calf....
Dolezal 'forced to make sex tape' with ex
Embattled NAACP activist Rachel Dolezal was forced into making a homemade sex tape by her ex-husband, she claims in court papers. Dolezal — who stepped down Monday as president of...
3 little pig houses removed from site where truck full of piglets crashed
Three miniature houses modeled after the "Three Little Pigs" folktale have been removed from the side of an Ohio road where a truck hauling 2,200 piglets crashed — but it...
Psychiatrist called theater shooter's mom after he confessed homicidal thoughts
CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- The psychiatrist who treated James Holmes before he attacked a Colorado movie theater said she did not have enough evidence to have him detained, but was so...
North Korea says it's been hit by worst drought in 100 years
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea says it has been hit by its worst drought in a century, resulting in extensive damage to agriculture. The official Korean Central News Agency...
J.R. Smith rides off into sunset on PhunkeeDuck scooter
Remember when J.R. Smith caught the NBA world’s eye with his PhunkeeDuck, the motorized skateboard-type gadget that carried him to the locker room before Game 4 in style? At that...
Walmart has $76B 'hidden' in overseas tax havens: report
Walmart has at least $76 billion stashed away in overseas tax havens that it doesn’t disclose to investors, a new report claims. The world’s largest retailer has a global network...
Dolezal broke down in tears over Caitlyn Jenner
Former NAACP president Rachel Dolezal said she broke down in tears reading about Caitlyn Jenner, claiming the Olympic hero’s transformation to a woman “resonated” with her.
Hondo draws two aces
It’s raining misery and there’s not an umbrella in sight. Hondo, who was swept with the Jays and Yanks Monday night to raise the debt to 1,365 mcauliffes, had his DDDPs (dwindling disposable...
Phillies find epic new low with bullpen phone debacle
A 19-3 loss is never going to be pretty, but the Phillies added some extra shame with an embarrassing miscommunication. Outfielder Jeff Francoeur entered the game in the seventh inning...
Starbucks bids adieu to La Boulange shops
Starbucks will close all of its 23 La Boulange cafes — more than half of them located in the Bay Area — by the end of September and make it...
Getty heir died with toxic levels of meth in body
LOS ANGELES — Andrew Getty, an heir to Getty oil fortune, died from an ulcer-related hemorrhage but he also had a toxic level of methamphetamine in his body, according to...
Tiger kills man, man kills tiger
TBILISI, Georgia — A tiger that broke loose after severe flooding at the Tbilisi Zoo mauled a man to death Wednesday before being shot by police. The Interior Ministry in...
Brazen thief calmly robs gas station at gunpoint
Cops have released a video that captured a brazen thief walking into a Bronx gas station with a gun and making off with an undetermined amount of cash.
Two vehicles in fatal strike of jaywalkers in Manhattan: cops
A 24-year-old man is dead and another clinging to life after they were struck by two vehicles in upper Manhattan on Tuesday night, cops said. The men, 24 and 35,...
Off-duty cop kills ex-wife in front of young daughter: prosecutors
ASBURY PARK, N.J. — A recently divorced off-duty police officer chased down and fatally shot his ex-wife on Tuesday, then put the gun to his head and held police at...
Thanasis Antetokounmpo in Knicks limbo until draft
Thanasis Antetokounmpo, the Knicks’ unsigned 2014 second-round pick from Greece, could have a major decision to make if the club doesn’t agree to sign him after the June 25 NBA...
Jeb Bush 'slow jams' the news with Jimmy Fallon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5GMhGpk5jY Republican Jeb Bush "slow jammed" the news, told about meeting his wife, offered a guacamole recipe and oddly compared his presidential father and brother during a "Tonight Show" appearance....
Driver still at large after ramming car into pair of cops
A driver slammed his Nissan Altima into two Staten Island cops early Tuesday and is still at large, police said. The cops pulled over the car for running a red...
Rory McIlroy's US Open bravado: I'm the best and I'm long
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Channeling his inner LeBron James, Rory McIlroy sounds like a player ready to back up his status as the world’s No. 1-ranked player at this week’s...
Soccer star wrecks Ferrari in alleged drunk driving accident
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's star midfielder Arturo Vidal was driving under the influence of alcohol when he crashed a Ferrari in the outskirts of Santiago, police said on Tuesday. The...
Jose Reyes amazed he used to tutor Juan Lagares at shortstop
Juan Lagares is a much different player than the one Jose Reyes took under his wing in 2007, when Lagares was still a shortstop and Reyes was still with the...
LeBron James blames Kyrie, Love injuries for his 4th Finals loss
CLEVELAND — LeBron James was good, historically good in the NBA Finals. But after his Cavs were eliminated by the Warriors, he admitted he would rather his team had been...
Rise of the Warriors offers hope for all NBA fans — even the Knicks'
CLEVELAND — The buzzer was groaning, the stands were emptying, the scoreboard numbers — Golden State 105, Cleveland 97 — frozen forever. Stephen Curry was working his way through a...
Phil Mickelson is a US Open ghost story and a 45-year-old threat
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Phil Mickelson knows exactly what’s at stake. And, having turned 45 on Tuesday, he’s well aware the window of prime opportunity is slowly closing. But he...
Yankees rotation may need a re-think or fickle ways will continue
MIAMI — The 2015 Yankees are chronic streakers. Will Ferrell’s drunken proclamation from “Old School” — “We’re going streaking!” — probably won’t find as many laughs among the Yankees and...
The case for Andre Iguodala as MVP, over Curry and LeBron
CLEVELAND — Andre Iguodala had the most difficult assignment in the NBA Finals. “Guarding LeBron James,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr, “had to be the hardest job in basketball.” Heck,...
White-power prison gang saved my life: Ex-NBA ref
Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy said the leader of a white-power prison gang “saved his life” while he was incarcerated in a federal lockup, a new report says. Donaghy,...
Jacoby Ellsbury healing 'going slower' than Yankees thought
MIAMI — Any hope the Yankees had of getting Jacoby Ellsbury back from the disabled list before July 1 vanished Tuesday. Now, manager Joe Girardi has his fingers crossed the...
Bobby Parnell breathes a sigh of relief two years in the making
Bobby Parnell isn’t going to reclaim his role as closer anytime soon, a fact general manager Sandy Alderson made clear Monday. But when the opportunity arises, like it did Tuesday,...
Rikers' $16.7M taxpayer-funded waste
Yikers! City taxpayers pumped $16.7 million into a centralized intake center at Rikers Island that was kept open for just three months before being abandoned early last year, The Post...
Councilman: We're not in a rent control crisis -- yet
ALBANY — Legislators continued to drag their feet on extending New York City’s expired rent-control regulations Tuesday as tenants became increasingly nervous. Politicians rang alarm bells, warning of severe consequences...
9/11 beams spared from auction
A monument made of two steel beams from the fallen north tower of the World Trade Center will not be auctioned in a foreclosure sale as planned, but donated instead....
Two men in critical condition after being hit by SUV
Two men were in critical condition Tuesday night after being struck by an SUV in upper Manhattan, cops said. They were running across 207th Street and Ninth Avenue when the...
State Senate passes bill allowing MMA in New York
ALBANY — The state Senate on Tuesday night passed a bill to allow mixed martial arts in New York, raising hopes the sport could be legalized soon. “It’s the right...
Puerto Rican Day Parade chair blasts 'tasteless' Daily News photo
Organizers of the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Tuesday demanded a front-page apology from the Daily News over the tasteless tabloid’s photo of two topless panhandlers it claimed took part...
2014 FDNY retirees taking in $100K pensions
Firefighters who retired last year are pulling in annual pensions averaging $100,636 because the majority left on disability and is collecting three-quarters of their final salaries, a watchdog group said...
Upper West Side co-op board demands doggie DNA tests
It’s doggie discrimination. Residents of an Upper West Side apartment tower are barking mad over their co-op board’s new policy requiring them to provide proof of their pooches’ pedigrees. The...
Crooked jeweler sentenced to prison -- on his birthday
A Wall Street jeweler spent his 61st birthday Tuesday being sentenced to prison for three to 9 years for stealing more than $2 million from customers. And the angry victims of...
Trump funding presidential campaign without donors
Donald Trump said Tuesday he will pay for his own presidential campaign — and with a claimed net worth of $8.37 billion, he should have no problem picking up the tab....
Bloomberg steals de Blasio's spotlight with $100M donation
He still knows how to make headlines. Former Mayor Mike Bloomberg grabbed the limelight from his successor ahead of Tuesday’s Cornell Tech groundbreaking on Roosevelt Island — announcing a last-minute...
Michelle Obama sips tea with Prince Harry
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama sat down for tea with Prince Harry in Kensington Palace in London Tuesday at the start of a grand European tour that will take...
Monster Energy loses Beastie Boys lawsuit, forced to pay up
The Beastie Boys won $668,000 in attorney’s fees from Monster Energy in addition to a $1.7 million jury award over the company’s use of the iconic band’s songs in a...
Warriors crush LeBron to claim NBA championship
CLEVELAND — In the end, the best player in the world, LeBron James, simply could not overcome the best team in the world, the Golden State Warriors. “What really wins...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Police are hunting for a University Heights chain snatcher. The suspect followed a 56-year-old man into his apartment building in the vicinity of Simpson and Freeman streets on...