July 22, 2016
This new exhibit is a must for 'Hamilton' junkies
If you can’t get enough of “Hamilton,” the New York Public Library’s going to show you what you didn’t know about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hero — and he’s no Mr. Nice...
Lanvin and Bottega Veneta find new homes on Madison Ave
The 127-year-old Paris-based fashion house Lanvin is moving its women’s store from 815 Madison to 849 Madison Ave., where it has subleased a former Bottega Veneta storefront, The Post has...
Famed violinist says porn star ex's 'pee' suit is extortion
A world-famous violinist known as the “David Beckham of classical music” is firing back at his porn star ex-girlfriend, calling her a gold-digging extortionist for accusing him of forcing her...
Yankees bullpen nearly chokes away win in Giants nailbiter
With all eyes focused on the back end of the Yankees’ bullpen now that the trade deadline is barely over a week away, it was that most reliable aspect of...
New data shows metal detectors are making schools safer
New NYPD figures may convince even Mayor de Blasio that metal detectors make schools safer. De Blasio has announced that metal-detector placements would come under fresh scrutiny as part of...
Experts predict cybercrime surge in Rio during Olympics
Olympic athletes won’t be the only ones descending on Rio next month, security experts are warning. So will cybercriminals — a group advancing at a much faster rate than athletes...
Family sues hospital after injured cyclist dies day after release
A Queens cyclist hit by a car thought his problems were over when he was treated at a hospital for an arm injury and released. The following day he felt...
$15 minimum wage shutters old-school Brooklyn diner
Say goodbye to the late-night fries and gravy. One of the last classic Brooklyn diners is biting the dust — and soon they’ll all die off due to the state’s...
Jose Reyes makes splash in Miami return to spark Mets win
MIAMI — Maybe the Marlins should have considered giving Jose Reyes a second chance, too. Returning to Miami for the first time since being shipped away after just one season...
State's $8.7B nest egg close to running out
New York State has been relying on a stream of legal settlements with Wall Street and beyond to balance its budget — but that stream is running dry. In fact,...
Terror-filled world may be cutting into Starbucks' profits
It’s not just the weather that can ruin a retailer’s quarter. Wall Street analysts and CEOs are starting to blame civil and political unrest for changes in consumer behavior —...
Americans are having a hard time enjoying porn
It’s getting a lot harder for Americans to get their hands on pornography. Corporate America and municipalities, under pressure from advocacy groups, are making it harder for folks to access...
Trump the disruptor: Convention chaos may be a feature, not a bug
Disruptive. That’s a good word to describe Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy, and the sometimes-ramshackle Republican National Convention his campaign more or less superintended in Cleveland. Apple disrupted the music industry;...
Don't gimme shelter: East Harlem's righteous anger
We don’t blame East Harlemites in the least for being up in arms over City Hall’s move to drop another homeless shelter on their neighborhood. It means 35 more beds...
More heroism from the NYPD
New Yorkers shouldn’t need another reminder about the dangers their police officers face each day and how they willingly put their lives on the line, but this week brought one...
Bank robber to spend life in jail thanks to half-eaten hamburger
This guy's a real-life hamburglar. The getaway driver in a gunpoint Michigan bank robbery was done in by a half-eaten Wendy’s cheeseburger he'd left behind and now is going to...
A-10 recruit as a junior to Big East recruit as a junior -- again
It finally clicked in April. The AAU opponents were stronger and more skilled, but they were also older players finishing their junior year of high school like Sidney Wilson. Only...
Hoping the Linsanity can return
Linsanity II? New York can hope. The original Linsanity, of course, swept the city for one month during the winter of the 2011-12 NBA season, when Jeremy Lin came out...
Up close and personal with Mike Piazza and his post-baseball life
Cooperstown marks the end of a long journey. In Mike Piazza’s case, this is only the beginning. Being voted into the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of...
This red-hot Indians rookie is worth taking a chance on
The fantasy season is like walking the beach with a metal detector: When you hear the pings, chances are all you have found is some junk. But sometimes, on occasion,...
Clinton picks Virginia senator Kaine as her running mate
Hillary Clinton has chosen Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as the Democratic candidate for vice president. “I’m thrilled to announce my running mate, @TimKaine, a man who’s devoted his life to...
Virginia's top court blocks order giving felons voting rights
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's highest court has struck down Gov. Terry McAuliffe's executive order restoring voting rights to more than 206,000 felons. The Supreme Court of Virginia issued the ruling...
MH370 was likely a mass murder-suicide by pilot
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was likely steered into the sea intentionally, by its own captain, in a pre-planned mass murder-suicide, a new report reveals. In an exclusive story posted online...
Cops bust ex-con in attempted rape of unconscious woman
Police have arrested a homeless ex-convict they suspect attempted to rape an unconscious woman in the Lower East Side early Wednesday, police sources told The Post. Sean Walker, who has...
Trump's RNC speech wasn't just a success -- it was a smash hit
CLEVELAND -- Strange and terrible things can happen at these supposedly “too-scripted,” “glorified infomercials” we call political conventions. Backstage in 2012 at the Republican convention in Tampa, none of the...
Rent the Manhattan home where Philip Seymour Hoffman lived — and died
There’s yet another life in store for a luxe two-bedroom rental in Manhattan’s West Village — a 1,100-square-foot spread that’s back on the market for $10,250 per month. But sadly...
French drama 'Summertime' is a drag to watch
Two dull people have a dull love affair in “Summertime,” a French drama that drags on like an August afternoon. Izïa Higelin stars as a lesbian farm girl who leaves...
The day in photos: July 22, 2016
A baby elephant gets shy, Trump triumphs and more.
Leaked emails show how Democrats screwed Sanders
The notorious hacker collective WikiLeaks dumped a massive trove of e-mails from the Democratic National Committee onto the Web Friday just as Hillary Clinton was preparing to celebrate her presidential...
Kevin Hayes deal puts wrap on familiar-looking Rangers roster
Both deals seem equitable, and both deals seem like Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton believes the collective “chip on the shoulder” of his team will be the prevailing force to...
Valeant stock slides after feds flunk new glaucoma drug
Another Friday, another dose of bad news for Bill Ackman. Federal regulators Friday failed to approve Valeant Pharmaceuticals’ glaucoma drug due to concerns about the drug’s manufacturing facility. The news...
'Stranger Things' is filled with '80s nostalgia-bait
Netflix’s new series “Stranger Things” is getting a lot of love from a certain demographic: those of us who grew up in the 1980s. Twin-brother creators the Duffer Brothers —...
Texan's drunken rant about racism in America goes viral
Texan Isaiah Galloway decided to get on Facebook Live one evening to share his thoughts about people who have embraced the motto "Make America White Again." His hilarious anti-racism video...
People in line for cronuts unfazed by nearby corpse
Not even a dead body could stop these determined “Cronuts” customers. A man’s corpse was discovered on a bench outside the original Cronuts bakery in SoHo early Friday — but...
A doctor's plea on Syria, a Dem pollster's warning to Hillary, and other notable commentary
A doctor’s plea: President Obama, Please Save Syria Samer Attar, a Chicago surgeon who does volunteer work in Syria, says each trip there is to “descend into the lower depths...
Trump's not a savior -- but neither was Obama
‘He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy.” That line from Monty Python's "Life of Brian” seems to sum up a lot of commentary on Donald Trump’s speech accepting...
Hornets part-owner sends loony email praising NC bathroom bill
After Hornets owner Michael Jordan issued a neutral and reasonable response to the NBA's decision to relocate the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, one minority owner of the team had a...
Chasson Randle could be natural fit as Knicks' third point guard
LAS VEGAS — Summer-league sensation point guard Chasson Randle has narrowed down his choice to three teams, including the Knicks, according to his agent. Randle fit in so smoothly running...
The silver lining to Ronda Rousey's extended UFC absence
A potential headliner for UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden could take shape Saturday night when former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm takes on Valentina Shevchenko on the UFC...
The cruel truth of why men lose weight easier than women
Weight loss is hard…unless you’re a guy. Women cut calories, count grams of sugar, overhaul their diets, work out daily, and can still struggle to achieve a healthy weight. Men...
Man intentionally sets himself on fire at gas station
A man set himself on fire at a Long Island gas station Thursday night, suffering burns to 90 percent of his body, officials said. The unidentified man walked up to...
Draymond Green makes 'slap' charge go away for $560
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Lawyers say Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green will pay $560 for a noise violation in a deal that gets rid of a misdemeanor assault-and-battery charge....
NYC won't get NBA All-Star Game after Charlotte exit
With the NBA pulling the All-Star Game out of Charlotte on Thursday, reports circulated that Brooklyn was a possibility to land the game. But a league source told The Post...
This soldier finally found happiness as a woman
The biggest battle Alana faced as a Special Forces solider wasn't on the front line, but within herself. "I joined the military initially because I felt like it was my...
Bison cause the most majestic traffic jam ever
One of the perks of living outside of big cities is supposed to be the lack of traffic. Unfortunately, as this video demonstrates, sometimes a herd of bison will decide...
This accident will make you terrified of waterslides
On a trip with his friends, this Dallas man thought he was taking a fun ride down a waterslide. Instead, he ended up with a broken humerus, fractured ribs and multiple lacerations. That's probably...
Behind the Trump tans at the RNC
What do the nation’s top Republicans have in common with Kim Kardashian? A tireless glam squad. In the midst of a notably crazy week, Cleveland-based Jason Kelly — the official...
Pizza shop owners found guilty in coke smuggling ring
Looks like coke and a slice is gonna earn this father and son some stiff jail time. A Brooklyn jury took less than three hours to convict Gregoria and Angelo...
Celtics leader calls out Durant for stealing anti-Warriors secrets
The Boston Celtics know the secret to knocking off the Golden State Warriors, and now Kevin Durant's going to go blab about it. That was the message from what started...
Ex-head of corrections union pleads not guilty to corruption charges
Norman Seabrook, the troubled ex-head of the NYC correction officers' union, pleaded not guilty Friday to an alleged bribery scheme even as the government announced it has collected wiretaps in...
Ryan Fitzpatrick lets Carson Palmer do some of his dirty work
Count Carson Palmer among those who support Ryan Fitzpatrick getting paid by the Jets. The Arizona Cardinals quarterback, who was backed up by Fitzpatrick on the Bengals in 2007 and...
Former KKK leader David Duke announces US Senate run
https://youtu.be/OJ97gEFBH5k BATON ROUGE, La. — Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke announced Friday on his website that he plans to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana. A registered Republican,...
Why Sheldon Richardson's set up for a monster 2016
As the Jets get close to training camp, I am going to examine the roster and give you my top 25 players. Each weekday, we will reveal another person on...
Cops say suspected gunman among 10 dead in Munich shooting
At least nine people died and 21 were injured when a teenage gunman opened fire on a McDonald’s and a shopping center in Munich — including children gunned down as...
Trump says he won't accept Cruz endorsement anyway
A bristling Donald Trump declared Friday that Ted Cruz's endorsement no longer matters and he would no longer accept it. "I like Ted, he's fine," Trump said sarcastically at his...
Man stabbed family because father was scratching his crotch
A Moroccan man stabbed a mom and her three daughters while they were vacationing in the south of France because he caught the father scratching his crotch, according to media...
Derrick Rose goes too far, compares Knicks to Warriors
Derrick Rose's visions of Knicks grandeur grow by the day. On Wednesday, Rose told Slam Magazine he thought the Knicks "have a chance to win every game, and in the league, that...
First baby born with Zika-related birth defect in NYC
The first Big Apple baby to be born with the Zika-related birth defect microcephaly was delivered in July, city health officials announced Friday. The infant, whose mother contracted the disease...
NBA WAG has unique way to check if husband's cheated
Jackie Christie doesn't use a lie detector to determine if husband Doug Christie remains faithful to her. Her checks go below the belt. The "Basketball Wives LA" personality told TMZ's...
Honoring the New York architect of America's clipper fleet
It took 134 years, but a heroic New Yorker is finally getting some overdue recognition: On Saturday, the National Maritime Historical Society will unveil a headstone at the grave of...
Former mistress of John Edwards 'will always love' him
NEW YORK — The former mistress of one-time Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards says she "will always love" him and they're "great co-parents" to their 8-year-old daughter. Rielle Hunter appeared...
How to find out if your social media has been hacked
When it comes to the internet, there are few things more frightening than finding out that one of your social media accounts has been compromised. Our Facebook accounts in particular are home...
Longtime NFL coach Dennis Green dead at 67
Dennis Green, an NFL head coach with the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals, has passed away at the age of 67. Green died Thursday night from complications of cardiac arrest....
False alarm! Former 'Bachelor' no longer running for office
Ben Higgins political career ended before it ever got started. Despite prior reports that the former "Bachelor" would run for office in Colorado, Higgins confirmed Friday he will be bowing...
This 3-month-old girl just heard her mom's voice for the first time
This adorable, awestruck 3-month-old girl is melting hearts after being caught on video the moment she hears her mom for the first time. Annabelle Lawrence of Idaho, who received two...
Verizon to pull plug on some unlimited data users
Verizon Wireless customers who still have grandfathered-in unlimited data plans and use more than 100GB per month are being asked to pick a limited plan by Aug. 31 — or...
Apple Car reportedly delayed until 2021
The rollout of the Apple Car reportedly has been delayed until 2021. According to a report by tech news site The Information, sources said that while Apple was targeting a...
Bill Clinton mastermind can't even fix Roger Goodell's image
When Joe Lockhart resigned from his position as White House Press Secretary in September 2000, then-president Bill Clinton said to the press, "[Lockhart] told me that I was no longer...
J.J. Watt injury gets worse by the second
J.J. Watt, the two-time reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, underwent back surgery to repair a herniated disc. And in the course of mere minutes on Thursday night, the Texans...
Ex-girlfriend accuses Cowboys star rookie of assault
The NFL and the Cowboys could be facing another domestic violence controversy. Tiffany Thompson, the ex-girlfriend of prized Dallas rookie Ezekiel Elliott, posted photos Friday on her Instagram account of bruises...
Groundhog says it's time to chuck de Blasio
He’s going to make New York great again, one burrow at a time. A groundhog who has been casing City Hall this week revealed himself on Thursday as Charles G....
Verizon eyeing nearly $5B Yahoo deal
Marissa Mayer’s stint at Yahoo may be nearing an end — and it looks like she could get kicked aside by her old Google co-worker, Tim Armstrong. Verizon Communications —...
Colorado town’s water may make you high
Officials told residents of a small Colorado community not to drink or shower in tap water Thursday because one of the town’s wells may have been contaminated with THC, marijuana’s...
Elizabeth Warren gives up hope of being Clinton's VP
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is not holding out hope of winning the Hillary Clinton veepstakes. Warren appeared Thursday night with Stephen Colbert, who asked: “Is there any chance that I...
Rangers lock up Chris Kreider for four years, $18.5M
The Rangers’ looming offseason Chris Kreider question has been answered, and it seems a rather equitable resolution for both sides. The Blueshirts inked their 25-year-old speedster to a four-year, $18.5 million...
'Harry Potter' play could reach Broadway next season
While Broadway goes through its “Hamilton” craze, London is obsessed with Harry Potter. Advance sales for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” at the Palace Theatre have hit $32 million,...
North Korea might have a secret nuclear site
A U.S. policy institute said it may have located a secret facility used by North Korea in the early stages of building its program to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons,...
Most voters thought Trump's nomination speech was great
Three-quarters of Americans felt “positive” about Donald Trump’s nomination speech – in which he declared to be the voice of disaffected Americans and who can alone fix the country’s myriad...
Bar manager shot after refusing to serve drunk patron
A co-owner of a Bronx watering hole was shot and critically wounded early Friday after he refused to serve alcohol to a drunken assailant, police said. Mario Ramirez, a 52-year-old...
A lot of people were watching Muslim porn during the RNC
Politics makes strange bedfellows indeed. With the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week, masturbators in the Ohio city flooded the internet with searches for Trump and Muslim/Arab pornography. Cleveland area searches...
American killed fighting ISIS in Syria
DENVER -- A Colorado man who joined Kurdish forces in their fight against the Islamic State group was killed in combat in Syria, his mother said. Susan Shirley said the...
Cops body-slam teacher, say blacks have 'violent tendencies'
AUSTIN, Texas -- Patrol car video shows a white Austin, Texas, police officer violently throwing a black woman to the ground during a traffic stop, followed by another white officer...
The simple reason Republicans are furious at Ted Cruz
Donald Trump isn’t the most popular Republican presidential nominee ever. Sure, he got more votes than any nominee in history, but he also set a record for most votes cast...
Ozzy Osbourne wants to go to Mars — if there's an AA meeting
Ozzy Osbourne has spent most of his life on tour, but for the first time, the Prince of Darkness is embarking on a detour. With his son Jack at his...
Meet Britney Spears' new favorite rapper
Oakland, Calif., rapper G-Eazy is used to people writing him adoring fan letters, but when Britney Spears heard this year’s breakout hit “Me, Myself & I” (recorded with New York...
Indian military plane carrying 29 goes missing
NEW DELHI — The Indian air force Friday lost contact with a transport plane carrying 29 people to islands in the Bay of Bengal, the defense ministry said. The AN-32...
Baby's day care death treated as homicide after Benadryl found in blood
Authorities in Connecticut are investigating the death of a 4-month-old boy at an unlicensed day care as a homicide after medical inspectors working the case months later found that the...
Search for Flight MH370 to be suspended, possibly forever
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — The more than two-year-long hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will be suspended once the current search area in the Indian Ocean has been completely scoured, the...
Here's your chance to see rare 'Star Trek' episodes
The popularity of “Star Trek” — in all its TV iterations — makes it challenging to air the classic series with a new wrinkle. But, starting Sunday, digital network Heroes...
Bastille Day terrorist planned attack for months — and wasn't alone
PARIS — The truck driver who killed 84 people on a Nice beachfront had accomplices and appears to have been plotting his attack for months, the Paris prosecutor said Thursday,...
Cops looking for man who tried to rape unconscious woman
Cops are looking for a man who attempted to rape an unconscious woman in the Lower East Side early Wednesday morning. The 21-year-old victim was in and out of consciousness...
6 things you didn't know about internet star Hayes Grier
Internet star Hayes Grier will star in a new half-hour unscripted Web comedy series, “Top Grier,” dropping this fall on go90.com. In the show, Grier, 16 — who boasts 14...
I'm an opera singer — and I got to backup the Rolling Stones
You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometime, you just might find ... you’re singing backup for Mick Jagger. Hey, it happened to Matthew Ciuffitelli. Three...
Worst neighbor ever cooks urine, causes building evacuation
AMHERST, Mass. — The strong smell caused by a man cooking urine prompted the evacuation of an apartment building in Massachusetts. Police responded to the Amherst apartment complex Wednesday afternoon...
Meet the singing dentist who cleaned Billy Joel's teeth
Laughing gas has its place — but don’t count out a Tony Bennett or Frank Sinatra song, sung live, to dull the pain. So says Billy Joel and others who’ve...
Ohio official sorry for saying Hillary should be 'hanging from a tree'
NEWARK, Ohio — A county official in Ohio is apologizing after a newspaper quoted him as saying that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton "should be hanging from a tree." Licking...
DJ Khaled wants to Snapchat his kid's birth
Think Snapchat is for narcissistic millennials? Try telling DJ Khaled that. The 40-year-old Miami resident has built a solid career in the hip-hop world during the past 10 years, with...
Son of 'coke ring' pizza shop owner turns on dad to avoid jail
A Queens man charged with running an international cocaine-smuggling operation from his family pizzeria threw his co-defendant father under the bus Thursday in a bid to stay out of jail....
Two insiders vying for InStyle editor gig
Two insiders are said to be in the running to land the InStyle editorial director job: People Stylewatch Editor Lisa Arbetter and Jane Pratt, the editor of the Time-owned sites...
Trump faced his biggest challenge yet — and he nailed it
Donald Trump had a big job to do Thursday night, but of course big jobs are what he does for a living — so it’s really no surprise that he...
Pandora stocks end roller coaster day down 8%
Pandora traded like a Six Flags roller coaster on Thursday, soaring more than 20 percent in early trading — topping out at $13.61 — after the Wall Street Journal reported...
Hungry Jews flock to Sheldon Adelson's RNC suite
The fourth floor convention suite of billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has become a magnet for observant Jews — including Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner — because it’s stocked with...
Protester sets himself on fire while burning American flag
It pays to be careful when you’re burning an American flag. “You’re on fire! You’re on fire, stupid!” a cop could be heard yelling when a protester outside the convention...
Trump's kids are his greatest asset
CLEVELAND -- ‘You can’t fake good kids,” vice presidential nominee Mike Pence said the other night. And after each of Donald Trump’s four adult children had addressed the convention, it...
Geno Smith in middle of another Jets 'soap opera' training camp
The Jets seem to be the masters of training-camp drama: from Darrelle Revis’ holdout to Tim Tebow’s arrival to Geno Smith’s jaw. The good news for the Jets this training...
Yankees offense faces huge test against trio of Giants aces
Joe Girardi has talked about the Yankees being in “playoff mode” for a while now, with his team treading water around .500 and on the verge of falling out of...
Your complete bettor's guide to the 2016 Saratoga meet
Paradise by the toteboard light! It’s Christmas in July again as the nation’s premier thoroughbred meet gets underway for the 148th time on Friday afternoon at Saratoga. Let’s take a...
Joe Girardi mocks MLB proposal to cap pitching changes
If it were up to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, Joe Girardi might not be able to call on his fearsome trio of Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman whenever...
Ivanka Trump wears her own label's $158 dress to introduce Dad
Ivanka Trump doesn't need a $2,000 designer dress to make an impact. The model entrepreneur introduced her father on the last night of the Republican Convention in Cleveland not in...
Mets' biggest trade need might not be so easy to get
MIAMI — A little extra bullpen help would be a relief to the Mets. Even with the rotation showing signs of wear and tear, the team’s primary focus heading toward...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A suspect robbed two cabdrivers in Bensonhurst, authorities said. According to cops, he first got into a taxi parked along 86th Street at about 2:45 a.m. on July 12. When the 34-year-old...