December 8, 2015
Lawyer accused of aiding Maxim 'scammer' denies wrongdoing
December 8, 2015 | 11:35pmFederal prosecutors took their turn grilling former Bryan Cave lawyer Harvey Newkirk, who is on criminal trial for allegedly duping investors into bankrolling a failed bid to buy Maxim magazine....
Amazon to offer discount on Starz, Showtime in blow to cable
December 8, 2015 | 11:20pmAmazon attacked the cable bundle Tuesday by rolling out a “Streaming Partners Program” that offers Starz and Showtime at cheaper prices than traditional pay-TV companies. The $8.99 monthly price for...
What the Starlin Castro deal tells us about Yankees' new mindset
December 8, 2015 | 11:02pmNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Starlin Castro has played in three All-Star Games and in more games than Chris Davis and is approaching 1,000 career hits. It feels as if he has...
More women of color graced fashion magazine covers in 2015
December 8, 2015 | 10:59pmFashion magazines that came under a lot of criticism a year ago for a lack of diversity are slowly making strides when it comes to featuring non-white models on their...
Chipotle blames slumping sales on E. coli investigations
December 8, 2015 | 10:43pmChipotle Mexican Grill blamed government watchdogs investigating an E. coli outbreak at the burrito chain for fanning a health scare that has slammed sales and its stock price. The firestorm...
What is going on with Apple's new iPhone case?
December 8, 2015 | 10:31pmDid this iPhone take a hard knock, or did it get knocked up? Social media was abuzz Tuesday about the very noticeable “bump” on the back of Apple’s new iPhone...
Neither party likes Trump's plan to ban Muslims
December 8, 2015 | 10:25pmWASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s demand that America ban Muslims from entering the country as immigrants or even tourists drew a harsh rebuke in the United States and around the globe...
Possible Lionel Hollins kiss of death hangs over Nets win
December 8, 2015 | 10:24pmFirst Brooklyn general manager Billy King gave his beleaguered coach a vote of confidence. Then the Nets went out and showed they hadn’t quit on Lionel Hollins, earning a 110-105...
Are these ‘Married at First Sight’ couples already in trouble?
December 8, 2015 | 10:20pmWarning: This article contains spoilers from Tuesday’s episode of “Married at First Sight” With the weddings continuing in Tuesday’s second episode of FYI’s “Married at First Sight,” all of our...
Islanders nip Flyers in shootout after blowing two-goal lead
December 8, 2015 | 10:12pmPHILADELPHIA — Travis Hamonic was doing his best to keep a straight face, knowing there was more than a bit of misdirection concerning the score of his Islanders’ 4-3 shootout...
Architect Raphael Vinoly to redesign 'Auto Row' building
December 8, 2015 | 10:10pmThe Georgetown Company has settled on architect Rafael Vinoly to re-imagine the 1928-era 787 Eleventh Ave. as a high-tech office building with auto dealerships at its base. Georgetown also just...
Warriors surge to 23-0 — and also break a Knicks record
December 8, 2015 | 9:54pmINDIANAPOLIS — Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors spent the first three quarters playing as flawlessly as their unbeaten record. They spent the last 12 minutes Tuesday trying to...
Yankees eyeing Astros' young righty flame-thrower
December 8, 2015 | 9:34pmNASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Yankees have shown an interest in Astros right-hander Vincent Velasquez, who fits into general manager Brian Cashman’s plan to add a starting pitcher with less than...
Yankees win first battle in bid to take back the town from Mets
December 8, 2015 | 9:13pmNASHVILLE, Tenn. — You know what they say in the Big Apple: If you can’t beat ’em, then indirectly sabotage ’em. Here at the Gaylord Opryland, a biosphere-esque resort that...
Mets' Wilmer Flores breaks left ankle after getting hit by pitch
December 8, 2015 | 8:57pmNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Now the Mets have two shortstops recovering from broken bones. Wilmer Flores has a non-displaced fracture of his left ankle, according to assistant general manager John Ricco,...
Yankees acquire Starlin Castro from Cubs for Adam Warren
December 8, 2015 | 8:22pmBrian Cashman said he was ready to move forward with Dustin Ackley and Rob Refsnyder at second base if he didn’t find an attractive upgrade. Then he acquired Starlin Castro...
Trump's bluster fills the void left by other leaders' PC silence
December 8, 2015 | 8:05pmHo-hum. Another day, another absurdity from Donald Trump. As leaders go, he’s nothing if not consistent. But make no mistake: He is a leader, no matter his uncle-in-the-attic incoherence —...
The method behind Obama's madness — and Trump's
December 8, 2015 | 8:04pmIs America having a political nervous breakdown? On Sunday night, the president of the United States told a country reeling from attacks in Paris and California and a rampaging terrorist...
Nexstar TV increases its bid for rival Media General
December 8, 2015 | 7:56pmNexstar Broadcasting Group has sweetened its offer for rival TV station operator Media General, The Post has learned. Nexstar raised its bid by almost 17 percent to just under $17...
Ben Zobrist rejects Mets: Will they double back to Daniel Murphy?
December 8, 2015 | 7:53pmNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ben Zobrist won’t be taking his talents to Howard Beach. In a punch to the gut for the Mets, the veteran utilityman Tuesday agreed to terms with...
College quotas are actually destroying lives of minorities
December 8, 2015 | 7:52pmToday the US Supreme Court hears a constitutional challenge to racial preferences in college admissions. These preferences obviously hurt whites and Asians turned down to make room for less qualified...
The campus war on free speech hits Yale
December 8, 2015 | 7:44pmCount two more casualties in the campus war on free speech and academic independence. Erika Christakis, a child-development specialist, has announced she’ll no longer teach at Yale. Her husband, Nicholas,...
Obama's Iran disaster will be the next president's problem
December 8, 2015 | 7:44pmISIS is the headline threat this week, but evidence is growing daily that an even bigger danger looms: a nuclear Iran. And President Obama isn’t just shutting his eyes to...
The beer boom is a taste of what New York's economy could be
December 8, 2015 | 7:44pmCraft breweries are booming in New York — a testament to what can happen when the government makes it a bit easier to do business here. One simple recent change...
Dad, son swipe $41K worth of wings
December 8, 2015 | 7:14pmSYRACUSE, N.Y. — Authorities say a father and son stole more than $40,000 worth of chicken wings from a New York restaurant where they worked and sold them on the...
Santas ditch sleighs for skis and snowboards
December 8, 2015 | 7:02pmNEWRY, Maine — Santa and his helpers hit the ski slopes to spread some holiday cheer on Sunday. All told, a mob of 150 right jolly ol' elves hopped on...
City's DAs are ignoring Vision Zero rules: safety group
December 8, 2015 | 6:41pmA traffic safety group released a scathing report on Tuesday saying that the city's district attorneys have mostly ignored the new Vision Zero traffic laws and are not using them...
More than 1 in 10 kids diagnosed with ADHD
December 8, 2015 | 6:31pmMore than 10 percent of American children have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), reflecting a surge in recent years particularly among girls and minority groups, a new study...
Times Square Darth Vader used too much force for tips
December 8, 2015 | 6:31pmA Times Square Darth Vader was nabbed by police for aggressively hustling tourists for tips, officials said Tuesday. Philip Williams, 38, who wore a black helmet-mask and dressed in the...
Severed pig's head thrown at Philly mosque, FBI investigates
December 8, 2015 | 6:25pmU.S authorities are investigating an incident in which a pig's head was thrown at a mosque in Philadelphia early on Monday morning, as worries grew over a rise in Islamophobia...
College kids caught norovirus from Chipotle — not E. coli
December 8, 2015 | 6:19pmBoston College students went viral last weekend. The gastrointestinal outbreak at Boston College that sickened 80 students who ate at a local Chipotle restaurant was caused by a norovirus —...
Dean Skelos won't testify at his and his son's corruption trial
December 8, 2015 | 6:11pmDisgraced state Sen. Dean Skelos won't testify in his and son Adam's corruption trial. Judge Kimba Wood asked the father and son a series of questions pertaining to their right...
Stop trying to make the chocolate diamond happen
December 8, 2015 | 6:10pm“Most people know the 4 C's of a diamond,” begins one version of the ubiquitous jewelry ad. “Now Kay Jewelers brings you the newest C . . . CHOCOLATE.” On cue, a...
Meet Alana Hadid, Gigi and Bella’s low-key big sister
December 8, 2015 | 6:07pmIf you have a pulse and an Internet connection, you have felt the effects of Hurricane Hadid. The past year has been all about bubbly model Gigi: What’s she wearing?...
Mets look like favorites to land Zobrist after missed meeting with Nationals
December 8, 2015 | 6:03pmBen Zobrist didn't meet with the Nationals after all on Tuesday, and he's huddling with his agents in his Franklin, Tenn. home (very close to these winter meetings) with a...
WPIX launches 6:30 p.m. newscast to rival network news
December 8, 2015 | 5:45pmFormer Ch. 9 anchor Brenda Blackmon is joining Ch. 11 to co-anchor a new 6:30 p.m. weekday newscast with WPIX veteran Kaity Tong. The newscast, targeted for a mid-to-late January...
Ex-Jefferies trader's fraud conviction tossed
December 8, 2015 | 5:24pmCiting errors made by the trial judge, a federal appeals court on Tuesday tossed the conviction of Jesse Litvak, a former bond trader at investment bank Jefferies. Litvak, who stood...
Yankees have their own special definition of a 'rebuild'
December 8, 2015 | 5:16pmThe Yankees have truly embarked on a new way of doing business. Gone, for now, are the big free-agent deals. It’s a new Yankees world. Just listen to the words...
AJ McCarron got Katherine Webb pregnant
December 8, 2015 | 5:12pmCongratulations are in order for Katherine Webb and AJ McCarron. The couple is expecting. The former Miss Alabama, who became an Internet sensation during the 2013 BCS national title game...
Big-spending Diamondbacks snag Shelby Miller in trade with Braves
December 8, 2015 | 4:51pmNASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Diamondbacks are going for it, going crazy or both. In the span of a week, Arizona shocked the sport twice. Late last week, at the 11th...
Baby orphaned by terrorists at center of custody battle
December 8, 2015 | 4:40pmSuspicion surrounds the family of the jihadist couple who last week massacred 14 people in a terror attack at a Southern California office party -- but there is one family...
How Royals fit among the serious Yoenis Cespedes suitors
December 8, 2015 | 4:33pmNASHVILLE, Tenn. – Four teams have shown the most interest so far in Yoenis Cespedes, and three are no surprise. The Angels, Giants and Tigers have been expected to bid...
Ronda Rousey: Why I'm staying with a man accused of beating wife
December 8, 2015 | 4:04pmRonda Rousey is sticking by her man through thick and thin. The formerly undefeated UFC queen, who had been keeping her relationship with fellow fighter Travis Browne under wraps, talks...
Dusty Baker's domestic violence drivel confirms worst fears
December 8, 2015 | 3:53pmWhen the Nationals hired Dusty Baker as manager last month, naysayers clamored that the 66-year-old was out of touch with modern MLB's best practices, on and off the field. Some...
Bullets to Rams receiver's head likely career enders
December 8, 2015 | 3:47pmStedman Bailey, the Rams wide receiver who was shot twice in the head, has gone through what he described as a “miracle” recovery, but may never play football again. Coach...
The one factor that can determine if your marriage will fail
December 8, 2015 | 3:33pmIf you want to get married and stay married, it helps to have a college education. College-educated men and women are more likely to stay married than those without a...
The 5 worst types of moms
December 8, 2015 | 3:24pmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZCow7ASILQ Oedipus, schmoedipus. For the girls, mommy issues are even more fraught than tensions between fathers and sons — at least according to “Fix My Mom,” the Oxygen reality show...
Manziel has 4 meaningless games to prove he belongs
December 8, 2015 | 3:14pmCLEVELAND — Johnny Manziel's timeout has ended. He's starting for the Browns again. The polarizing quarterback will play Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers, returning to the lineup after being...
The new face of France's far right is a knockout
December 8, 2015 | 3:00pmShe's young, beautiful and breaking all the rules. Sunday’s regional elections in France saw a remarkable performance by Marion Marechal-Le Pen, who is fast becoming the face of the country’s...
Syrian rebels punk ISIS prisoners with fake execution
December 8, 2015 | 1:49pmSyrian rebels lined up a group of ISIS fighters for execution — only to holster their weapons and spare the men’s lives to show that they were not as evil...
Chicago's police scandal fueled by decades of one-party rule
December 8, 2015 | 1:46pmFor a moment, at least, the biggest political beneficiary of the shootings in San Bernardino wasn’t a presidential candidate or terrorist group. It was Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The killing...
Women in high heels can now walk safely on the UES -- kind of
December 8, 2015 | 1:44pmThe MTA is installing sidewalk grates aimed at being more high heel-friendly for New York women — but they’re in a race against ever-skinnier heels. The grates, which were installed...
The courts should back cops in getting guns off the streets
December 8, 2015 | 1:36pmOn Saturday, we slammed a Brooklyn federal judge for tossing out gun evidence that would’ve sent one felon away for years. On Sunday, a local judge, Genine Edwards, let a...
This 11-year-old piano prodigy will blow your mind
December 8, 2015 | 1:26pmJacob Samuel could play a complete Mozart piece on the piano when he was just 2 years old. Now, at 11, the piano prodigy has expanded his musical talents to...
Violent criminals in public housing are getting free pass from NYPD
December 8, 2015 | 1:20pmViolent criminals and drug dealers living in public housing are getting a pass because the NYPD does not alert housing officials of their law-breaking — and even when they do,...
Eagles of Death Metal return to Paris with U2
December 8, 2015 | 1:05pmIn his first interview following the horrific attacks which left 89 people dead at the Bataclan in Paris, Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes expressed his desire to return...
Broke, pregnant Rachel Dolezal shows off her strange home
December 8, 2015 | 12:57pmRachel Dolezal — the embattled Africana studies professor and NAACP chapter president, who had a hilarious crash-and-burn entry onto the national stage this year after being outed as white —...
The town of Santa Claus, Indiana, receives the cutest letters from kids
December 8, 2015 | 12:56pmYou'd think Kris Kringle would live in Santa Claus. It’s always Christmas in this Indiana town named after jolly old Saint Nick. Every year, letters from children across the country...
Phil Jackson's free agents have Knicks mired in mediocrity
December 8, 2015 | 12:51pmGive Phil Jackson an A-plus for picking 7-foot-3 Latvian Kristaps Porzingis fourth in the draft. It’s a grand slam, and Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said after Monday’s win over the...
NYPD cops fatally shoot suspect after wild car chase
December 8, 2015 | 12:50pmA suspect was shot to death while struggling with cops Tuesday after he and a friend led them on a high-speed, wrong-way chase on the Saw Mill Parkway in Westchester,...
Chip Kelly's vision finally jells for Eagles, but will time run out?
December 8, 2015 | 12:37pmIt’s amazing what one week — and one huge upset — can do to perceptions in the NFL. Chip Kelly and the Eagles are the latest example of that after...
How a soon-to-open Nordstrom is reinventing Broadway
December 8, 2015 | 12:34pmIt may be too early to count the retail chickens, but it is inevitable they will start to roost along the Broadway corridor from West 57th Street down to Times...
Victim awarded Employee of the Year right before terror attack
December 8, 2015 | 12:30pmSan Bernardino massacre survivor Julie Swann-Paez was caught in this photo as she accepted an award at the Inland Regional Center just moments before a jihadist couple opened fire and...
Who needs a guard dog when you have a hungry alligator?
December 8, 2015 | 12:19pmPALM BAY, Fla. — Authorities say a man who may have hidden as officers investigated reports of two suspicious men in a Florida community targeted by recent burglaries was killed...
How Nationals are making Mets play 4-year poker on Ben Zobrist
December 8, 2015 | 12:15pmNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Of course, there is risk. This is free agency. If a team is willing to spend, it gets the player — and all that can go wrong. The...
Kavanaugh jumps the gun on Relativity movie releases
December 8, 2015 | 12:08pmRyan Kavanaugh’s mouth has gotten ahead of his brain — again. The head of bankrupt the Relativity Media studio, looking to give the company a bit of momentum after a...
Man arrested for stealing his mother's delicious holiday soup
December 8, 2015 | 12:00pmALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police say an Albuquerque man wanted his mother's traditional New Mexican stew so much, he broke into her home and stole it. The Albuquerque Journal reports 23-year-old Jonathan...
Nike lifetime deal brings LeBron into MJ territory
December 8, 2015 | 11:49amCLEVELAND — LeBron James has a contract with Nike that will last long after he hangs up his sneakers. The NBA megastar has signed a lifetime endorsement deal with the...
WTF was this carjacker thinking?
December 8, 2015 | 11:33amA crazed man led the Seattle police force on a wild car chase for over an hour, ending in a hail of gunfire that killed the suspect. During the chase,...
Yale Glee Club serenades train with Christmas carol
December 8, 2015 | 11:30amHARTFORD, Conn. — A railroad conductor became a choral conductor last week when he found his commuter train was carrying the Yale Glee Club. Dan Rubins, the glee club president,...
This may be the real reason Ronda Rousey lost to Holly Holm
December 8, 2015 | 11:13amRonda Rousey's defeat at the hands and feet of Holly Holm was shocking for any number of reasons, but one of the most inexplicable aspects was how the champ just...
Off-duty cop fatally shoots man who tried to rob him
December 8, 2015 | 10:54amThe off-duty NYPD cop who shot and killed a man in Queens Monday night did so only after the man whipped out a pellet gun and stole his wallet during...
Eagles of Death Metal break down during visit to Paris massacre site
December 8, 2015 | 10:51amEagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes broke down in tears Tuesday during this emotional visit to Paris’ Bataclan theater, where 89 concertgoers were slaughtered at the band’s concert last...
Are Lakers keeping promising stars away from Kobe?
December 8, 2015 | 10:25amThe Lakers’ bizarre and frustrating season continued with coach Byron Scott’s decision to bench D’Angelo Russell and Julius Randle. The two lottery-pick rookies (Randle missed all of last season with...
BC hoops team wiped out by infected Chipotle burritos
December 8, 2015 | 10:12amThe Great Chipotle E. coli Outbreak of 2015 has invaded the sports world. Nearly half of the Boston College basketball team became ill after eating at Chipotle, according to the Boston...
Women robbed by group of armed men in Central Park
December 8, 2015 | 10:03amA group of men robbed two women at gunpoint in Central Park on Monday night, according to police. Chandra Eaton, 45, and Rachel Kieselburg, 26, were walking along the jogging...
Six charged in abduction of NY college students
December 8, 2015 | 10:00amROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Six people have been charged in connection with the abduction of two New York college students. But the details surrounding the incident, which ended when a SWAT...
Driver shot after fender-bender, argument in Manhattan
December 8, 2015 | 9:39amA man was shot after getting into a fender-bender as he was pulling out of a parking space in the West Village early Tuesday, authorities said. The 27-year-old victim was...
Man who posted video of alleged rape questioned by police
December 8, 2015 | 9:37amTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A man who posted a video of an alleged rape to social media last week has been questioned by Florida police, who are continuing to investigate whether...
Jeb Bush's Jebbush.com blunder
December 8, 2015 | 9:34amWASHINGTON — A website containing GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush's name is mysteriously redirecting users to rival Donald Trump's campaign website. Typing in www.Jebbush.com pulls up the front page of...
Trump warns of 'many more World Trade Centers' if US doesn't ban Muslims
December 8, 2015 | 9:26amDonald Trump warned Tuesday of “many more World Trade Centers” if his call for a total ban on Muslims entering the US is not heeded. "You're going to have many...
Drunk driver 'looking for New Jersey' arrested in New Jersey: cops
December 8, 2015 | 9:23amJERSEY CITY, N.J. — Authorities in New Jersey say a motorist who repeatedly told police she was "looking for New Jersey" has been charged with drunken driving. Port Authority police...
Terrorists took out $28K loan before massacre
December 8, 2015 | 9:20amAn online lender gave California terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook a $28,500 loan just two weeks before he and his jihadi wife massacred 14 people, federal law-enforcement sources revealed on Tuesday....
David Bowie wrote a musical — and it's confusing as hell
December 8, 2015 | 9:00am“Lazarus” sold out in hours thanks to three little words: David Bowie musical. Mind you, it’s by Bowie, not with him. Now that the show’s opened, we see what lurks...
Oscar Pistorius granted bail following murder conviction
December 8, 2015 | 6:49amPRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius will remain under house arrest pending his sentencing for his murder conviction, after a South African judge granted bail to the Olympic athlete on...
I was a respectable, high-functioning junkie
December 8, 2015 | 6:30amRecent studies have shown that opioid addicts are overwhelmingly white and living in suburban and rural areas. About half are women. Many develop the habit from prescription painkillers, such as...
NYC embraces the next generation of pop-ups
December 8, 2015 | 6:00amThe future of retail will soon include freestanding high-tech pop-up pods that can be reproduced like rabbits and deployed all over the globe. A 3,000-square-foot showcase of these pods, Dubbed...
10 things successful people do before breakfast
December 8, 2015 | 6:00amDo you aspire to have the pizazz of Heidi Klum? The inventive streak of Martha Stewart? The $3.1 billion net worth of Starbucks head honcho Howard Schultz? Turns out that...
Ski France in the morning and Switzerland after lunch
December 8, 2015 | 6:00amWhat’s more fun than waking up for a day of snow-centric sports in the French Alps? Getting up in France then skiing over to Switzerland for lunch. Border-hopping is routine...
How pre-war buildings are becoming the new modern
December 8, 2015 | 6:00amAll the attention given to buying, selling and rejiggering prewar buildings has driven developers to be more creative with their new purchases. “I don’t believe you can’t make an efficient...
The hottest cocktail bar in teetotaling Salt Lake City
December 8, 2015 | 6:00amA top-shelf cocktail bar in Utah — a state full of stern alcohol restrictions? It would appear to be a contradiction in terms. True, it was initially hard for Copper...
Side streets are becoming main drags for NYC business
December 8, 2015 | 6:00amThe movement by tech companies and start-ups to pre-war buildings is causing an unusual bump in rents, with some side-street buildings in the Flatiron District garnering more cash than larger...
Once-empty Third Avenue is finally hopping
December 8, 2015 | 6:00amThe overabundance of available space on Third Avenue, which was hanging over the market, has been pruned to the point that building owners are now bumping up rents. “We’ve seen...
The hidden Swiss town where the skiing comes with cuisine and style
December 8, 2015 | 6:00amThere’s something hypnotizing about heading to your Swiss winter getaway by rail. As you scale the mighty Alps, you zoom past giant snow-dusted pines and a handful of idyllic villages...
The intense workout routine of a badass escape artist
December 8, 2015 | 5:15amHe makes flab disappear. When your stage work requires escaping from a straitjacket while hanging upside down and on fire, your body has to be in tiptop shape. Jonathan Goodwin,...
JJ Abrams is all wrong about women and 'Star Wars'
December 8, 2015 | 5:01amA meme has emerged that suggests that the “Star Wars” franchise has, in some way, previously been unfriendly to women. On “Good Morning America,” “The Force Awakens” director J.J. Abrams...
These New Yorkers have an unhealthy addiction to the gym
December 8, 2015 | 4:15amI once had a friend who referred to his neighborhood buddies as the “Prince Street Posse” — because they were all obsesssed with the Prince Street branch of Equinox gym....
Restoration Hardware takes on office space
December 8, 2015 | 4:06amWhen public relations doyenne Florence Quinn decided she wanted her Quinn PR office in Midtown South to resemble a Restoration Hardware retail store, she reached out to the RH Contract...
'High Castle' a low-watt thriller
December 8, 2015 | 3:40amI had lofty hopes for “The Man in the High Castle,” Amazon’s new series based on the Phillip K. Dick novel in which America is under the thumb of Germany...
'I needed to see her naked': Horny CEO's fantasies caught on tape
December 8, 2015 | 3:34amA pretty brunette who’s suing her millionaire ex-boss for sex harassment says she has a smoking-hot piece of evidence — recordings on which the energy company CEO admits he couldn’t...
'Starchitect's luxury building leaves tenants sucking wind: suit
December 8, 2015 | 3:03amStar architect Jean Nouvel’s “Vision Machine” condo building in Chelsea — home to actor Kelsey Grammer and Motives cosmetics founder Loren Ridinger — is more like a wind machine, according...
Art curator killed by 'unlicensed' driver was holiday shopping
December 8, 2015 | 2:50amThe Brooklyn art curator fatally struck by an SUV Sunday evening was out holiday shopping with her chocolatier boyfriend when the unlicensed driver jumped the curb and mowed her down,...
Emblem Health boots 750 doctors thanks to ObamaCare
December 8, 2015 | 2:38amEmblem Health is booting 750 doctors from its downstate network of providers effective Jan. 1 as part of ObamaCare. Fearing a precedent, the state Medical Society has called on the...
'Cheating' mayor tried to scam kids out of $5M trust fund: suit
December 8, 2015 | 2:31amA neurosurgeon and Rockland County mayor schemed to take control of a $5 million trust fund that he told his former wife he was setting up for their children, a...
Tarantino refuses to answer questions about 'jail stint'
December 8, 2015 | 2:22amAt the LA premiere of his new flick, “The Hateful Eight,” Quentin Tarantino showed he has plenty of room left in this heart for a ninth thing to hate: The...
Oliver Sacks leaves $5M fortune to charity and lover
December 8, 2015 | 2:06amLate neurologist and best-selling author Oliver Sacks left his estimated $5 million fortune to his lover and his charity. But he also reserved a $1,000 bottle of 1948 brandy to...
Woman doesn't go to card game without her loaded pistol: cops
December 8, 2015 | 2:03amA female passenger was busted near the Holland Tunnel for carrying a loaded gun in her purse — and allegedly told cops she needed the piece for protection when she...
Bricks fall 32 stories off Upper East Side building
December 8, 2015 | 1:54amBricks from an Upper East Side building came crashing down to the street below on Monday night, authorities said. There were no injuries reported from the cascade of bricks that...
Republicans ready to join Obama in tightening visa-free travel
December 8, 2015 | 1:53amWASHINGTON — President Obama’s Oval Office speech on containing terrorism was panned by Republicans, but they’re ready to join him in a bipartisan effort to clamp down on visa-free travel....
ISIS trying to infiltrate US via Syrian refugee program: GOPer
December 8, 2015 | 1:48amWASHINGTON — ISIS terrorists have tried to exploit the Syrian refugee program to get into the United States, the House Homeland Security Committee chairman claimed Monday. “Now we have direct...
FBI puts California terrorist's dad on watch list
December 8, 2015 | 1:40amThe 66-year-old father of California jihadist Syed Rizwan Farook was placed on the FBI’s terrorist watch list as investigators expanded their probe to include the killer’s family members and friends,...
Ted Cruz jumps to the top of the GOP heap -- for a few hours
December 8, 2015 | 1:33amWASHINGTON — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz seized the lead in an Iowa GOP presidential poll for the first time Monday — but a second poll released a few hours afterward...
Donald Trump could be Time’s Person of the Year
December 8, 2015 | 1:28amDonald Trump has made the short list for this year’s Person of the Year bestowed by Time magazine, which cited his “populist rhetoric,” which has “stirred debate about the [Republican]...
Dean Skelos debates taking the stand in son's corruption trial
December 8, 2015 | 1:25amDefense attorneys will make an 11th-hour decision Tuesday on whether state Sen. Dean Skelos will take the stand in his and son Adam’s corruption trial. If the former majority leader...
Deron Williams gushing about Dallas sure to enrage Nets fans
December 8, 2015 | 12:50amDeron Williams admitted moving from the Nets to the Mavericks during the offseason was the best thing that could have happened to his career. “It’s been a great move for...
Carmelo Anthony starting to get that sinking feeling again
December 8, 2015 | 12:35amCarmelo Anthony sounded almost envious. The Knicks’ star was asked what he thought about former Nets guard Deron Williams, who scored 20 points to help the Mavericks outlast the Knicks...
Mark Cuban: Mavs were ready to trade up for 'real deal' Porzingis
December 8, 2015 | 12:23amDallas owner Mark Cuban said if he could have, he would have traded up in the draft to try to net Kristaps Porzingis. And Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said he...
Sip like a pro with new wine app
December 8, 2015 | 12:13amAntonio Galloni is looking to drag the wine industry out of its dusty cellar — and load the whole thing onto your smartphone. The world-renowned wine critic — a protégé...
Giants exult as Cowboys, Redskins turn NFC East to chaos
December 8, 2015 | 12:11amLANDOVER, Md. — It was hideous, but the Cowboys — and the Giants — will definitely take it. Big Blue has new life in the awful NFC East after Dallas...
Former Super Bowl hero Burress pleads guilty to tax evasion
December 8, 2015 | 12:10amFormer Giants and Jets receiver Plaxico Burress made a sweet deal with New Jersey prosecutors on Monday, scoring a plea bargain that’s likely to keep him out of prison for...
Daily Blotter
December 8, 2015 | 12:01amThe Bronx A group of armed thieves is wanted for a string of muggings in Morris Heights, authorities said. The spree began Sept. 17 when one of the thugs robbed...