May 27, 2018
Jump bikes could leave Citi Bike in the dust
Jump bikes may not solve New York’s transportation crisis — but they sure are fun. This reporter has been a Citi Bike subscriber for most of the past two years....
LeBron going to eighth straight NBA Finals after beating Celtics
BOSTON — With another Game 7 victory at stake, LeBron James would not sit out. He would not say goodbye to Cleveland again — not yet, anyway. And he would...
It looks like Dellin Betances has won his job back
Aaron Boone had his bullpen lined up just the way he wanted it for Sunday’s series finale against the Angels. As the Yankees tried to hold on to a two-run...
Capitals' firepower will determine Stanley Cup final
This has to be one of the most unlikely matchups in Stanley Cup finals history. The expansion Golden Knights have already had the best inaugural season in any professional sport,...
Shohei Ohtani's first Yankee Stadium trip was a nightmare
New York City can be hard on tourists. Just ask Shohei Ohtani. He was booed all weekend, failed to produce a hit, didn’t pitch and his team lost the series....
Loved ones gather to mourn cabbie who took his own life
Loved ones and fellow taxi drivers gathered on the Upper East Side Sunday to mourn the cabbie whose body was found in the East River last week after he apparently...
Mets waiting to find out just how bad this AJ Ramos situation is
MILWAUKEE — The Mets have a new potential explanation for AJ Ramos’ ineffectiveness: A shoulder ailment. Ramos was scheduled to receive an MRI exam on his right shoulder in New...
One of Yankees' risky draft plays is about to pay off
When the Yankees went on a pitcher spree in last year’s draft, an emergence like Trevor Stephan’s is what they had in mind. In an era of finicky and fragile...
Stitches needs more WillPower
Madness update. How’s your bracket going? Don’t know about you but I did not see Morgan Freeman advancing. BUSTED! ... Stanley Cup finals tonight. Washington Capitals, born 1974, have never...
Meet Citi Bike's top riders in NYC
Ginger Holton retired from a desk job in banking — and now the main thing she counts is how many Citi Bike miles she logs in a day. Holton, 63,...
Hot dog-eating champ wants to bring back his bitter rival
He’s hungry for a little competition. Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest champ Joey “Jaws” Chestnut wants to spice up this year’s match by bringing back his bitter rival, Takeru Kobayashi,...
Mets need Mickey Callaway to start showing some flexibility
MILWAUKEE — Get used to it Mets fans, this is the numbers’ world you have entered and Mickey Callaway is doubling down, living and dying with what the numbers tell...
Flash flood sweeps cars down street in Maryland
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — Flash floods struck a Maryland city on Sunday that had been wracked by similar devastation two years earlier, prompting emergency rescues as raging waters engulfed cars...
On this Memorial Day, consider what we owe America's veterans
The numbers are sobering: More than 1 million men and women have given their lives serving in our military during wartime, with thousands more dying in other conflicts. Many died long...
Shakespeare's lesson for Memorial Day
Memorial Day inspires mixed emotions: pride in the valor of those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom; sorrow that such self-sacrifice should have been necessary. Pride in...
Wilmer Flores is newest Mets injury headache to worry about
MILWAUKEE — The Mets’ backup plan at third base now needs a backup. Wilmer Flores could be the team’s next position player placed on the disabled list, after he departed...
Yankees fans' Giancarlo Stanton anger was back in force
Yankee Stadium was supposed to set up Giancarlo Stanton to produce career-best power numbers. Instead, the ballpark — or, to be more precise, his struggle there — is holding the...
Gary Bettman's meddling comes to fruition in this Stanley Cup
This is Gary Bettman’s world and the rest of us are just living in it. The commissioner is master of his domain, the Stanley Cup final his vision come to...
Yankees were just warming up for real test, which starts now
Shohei Ohtani versus Masahiro Tanaka failed to materialize in a significant way. The Angels kept Ohtani from starting as a pitcher against his countryman for what was termed “workload management,”...
Hero climbs building to save toddler dangling from balcony
Incredible footage shows a fearless man scaling a Paris building to save a 4-year-old boy dangling from a balcony. The video, filmed in the capital’s 18th Arrondissement, shows him climbing...
Sex cult members detail leader's forced kisses, branding
In the lead-up to A&E’s premiere of its “Cults and Extreme Belief” series, exclusive clips released online feature former members of NXIVM detailing how participants – including “Smallville” actress Allison...
'It was crunchy': Customer finds fingernail inside burger
One Culver’s restaurant patron bit off a little more than he wanted to chew last week. Najib Anek was visiting the Peoria, Ariz., location of the fast food chain when...
Patron shoots robbery suspect through drive-thru window
A 60-year-old man was shot twice during a robbery attempt at a fast food restaurant in California. The shooting happened about 12:45 a.m. Saturday in Santa Ana, Calif., when the...
12-year-old restaurant shooting victim in good condition
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma City hospital says a 12-year-old girl is recovering after being shot at a local restaurant where the gunman was later shot dead by armed bystanders....
Police launch probe into violent arrest of female beachgoer
The cops who got caught on video during a violent scuffle with a young woman on a New Jersey beach have been taken off the street pending a probe into...
Woman escapes abusive boyfriend by slipping note to dog's vet
A Florida woman escaped the clutches of her abusive, gun-toting boyfriend by passing a note to an unlikely rescuer — a worker at her dog’s veterinary office, authorities said. After...
Mets bullpen implodes in latest disaster
MILWAUKEE — Robert Gsellman has been among the Mets’ most reliable bullpen options this season, and Jerry Blevins drastically less dependable. On Sunday it was exit Gsellman, enter Blevins and...
Someone is actually making an 'active shooter' video game
"Active Shooter," a video game that allows players to simulate a school shooting, prompted outrage in the wake of multiple mass shootings at American schools. The game is set to...
Obama's spying scandal is starting to look a lot like Watergate
"F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims," read the headline on a lengthy New York Times story May 18. "The Justice Department...
USS Arizona Memorial closed over safety concerns
The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor will remain closed — including through Memorial Day — for repairs after engineers found cracks on its exterior, according to reports. "As Memorial...
Conservatives need to argue over ideas, not Trump
“Let’s grow up, conservatives.” That call to arms was delivered by Barry Goldwater at the 1960 Republican convention to implore members of the then-youthful conservative movement to hold their noses...
Masahiro Tanaka bounces back in dominant win over Angels
The Yankees lost three of four heading into Sunday and face the unenviable task of hosting the Astros this week, who will throw Justin Verlander, Charlie Morton and Dallas Keuchel...
Family pleads for missing soldier battling PTSD to come home
While folks nationwide fire up the barbecues for the Memorial Day holiday, a military family is scrambling to find its missing soldier daughter. Former Army military police officer Ashley Meiss,...
Flight instructor lands on highway after plane loses power
A 19-year-old student pilot helped make an emergency landing on a Utah freeway after the single-engine plane she was learning to fly lost power. According to Utah Highway Patrol, the...
Driver tries to run down cops, jumps sidewalk in dramatic video
Shocking video shows a crazed driver nearly strike several NYPD cops as he spins in circles on a Manhattan street -- before leading officers on a chase into the Bronx....
More than 228K pounds of Spam recalled
More than 200,000 pounds of Spam have been recalled after “minor oral injuries” were reported from consumers who complained of metal objects in their canned meat. The chicken and pork...
Why is it so hard to leave a job you hate?
I honestly cannot be any clearer: I absolutely hate my job. I hate everyone I work with. I dread getting up in the mornings knowing I have to go to...
Congrats, class of 2018: How to land a job, when you're ready
You know what they say about the early bird catching the worm? Something similar holds true for new college graduates and the best jobs. According to the employment-oriented Web site...
Whale carcass washes ashore on Fire Island beach
A whale carcass washed up on the beach in Fire Island Sunday morning, photos posted online show. Images posted to Instagram show the 35 to 40 foot humpback whale on...
George H.W. Bush hospitalized for low blood pressure, fatigue
Former President George H.W. Bush has been taken to a hospital in Maine where he's spending his summer vacation for "low blood pressure and fatigue," his spokesman tweeted Sunday. ...
Harlem man dies in police custody: NYPD
An emotionally disturbed man died while in police and EMS custody early Sunday morning, authorities said. The 39-year-old's family called 911 to his East Harlem home on East 116 Street...
Woman struck by alleged drunk driver in Montauk
A Manhattan woman was struck by a drunk driver in Montauk over Memorial Day weekend, according to a report. The 26-year-old Manhattanite was struck Saturday morning by Queens resident Jose...
Mickey Callaway has backed up his talk but now must build on it
Just forty-nine games into his professional managerial career, Mickey Callaway has re-taught us two valuable lessons: 1) No matter how formal or impressive your preparation, managing a major league team...
Danica Patrick crashes out of Indy 500 in final race of career
INDIANAPOLIS — Danica Patrick's racing career ended with a wreck in Turn 2 at the track that made her famous. Patrick had been running near the middle of the pack...
Video shows cop punching beachgoer in head during scuffle
A viral video shows a young woman getting pummeled by a cop during a wild scuffle on a New Jersey beach at the start of the Memorial Day weekend. The...
Rubio pushes back on immigration policy that splits up families
GOP Sen. Marco Rubio signaled on Sunday that he would be open to changing a Trump administration policy that separates children of illegal immigrants from their parents when they cross...
Monster lightning storm causes chaos at London airport
LONDON — British meteorologists said thousands of lightning strikes hit the U.K. during a powerful overnight thunderstorm, and a London-area airport reported flight disruptions Sunday after an aircraft refueling system...
Venus Williams flames out in first round of French Open
Venus Williams is out of the French Open on opening day. The 2002 runner-up and ninth-seeded American lost 6-4, 7-5 to Wang Qiang of China in the first round on...
Gulf Coast braces for Subtropical Storm Alberto
Subtropical Storm Alberto is whipping around over the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and may land on the Florida panhandle by sunrise on Memorial Day morning, according to weather...
Owner's excuse for leaving dogs in hot car: I was drunk
The Staten Island man who left his two dogs trapped inside a stifling hot car in Brooklyn allegedly told police he was drunk and forgot about them, police sources told...
Karate instructor busted again for sexually abusing girls
A Manhattan karate instructor has been charged with sexually abusing five young girls in his studio — nearly 20 years after he was arrested for preying on another child, police...
Giuliani: Firing Mueller would look too much like Watergate
President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Sunday said the White House won't start firing people to kill special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation because it would raise parallels to...
Mexico arrests wife of drug lord blamed for US heroin epidemic
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has arrested the wife of Nemesio Oseguera, one of the country’s most wanted drug lords, officials said Sunday. Known as “El Mencho,” Oseguera is blamed for...
Woman shot while leaving Brooklyn nightclub: cops
A woman was shot twice leaving a Brooklyn nightclub early Sunday morning, police said. The 32-year-old was leaving El Gran Mar De Plata on Fulton Street in Cypress Hills just...
South Korea: Kim Jong Un is OK with 'complete' denuclearization
A team of US officials crossed into North Korea on Sunday to prepare for upcoming talks between President Trump and Kim Jong-un as South Korea's leader said the despot is...
School behind silent tribute for Gaza victims gets death threat
A moment of silence at the Beacon School for those killed in Gaza continues to reverberate. William Stroud, the assistant principal of the public high school in Hell’s Kitchen, told...
Trump says Mueller probe has 'destroyed' people's lives
President Trump said "young and beautiful lives" have been destroyed by special counsel Robert Mueller's "Witch Hunt" investigation into Russian interference during the election and any collusion on the part...
26 ways 'Sex and the City' left its mark
It was June 6, 1998, when “Sex and the City” premiered on HBO — introducing the world to only-in-New-York dramas, trends and heartbreaks that women in Seattle and Omaha nonetheless...
Studios are now looking for actors who are Insta-famous
Today, when studios ask an actor for their credits, chances are they aren't looking for their roles — they want to know how many social media followers they have. And...
Cop arrested for killing his sheriff brother
STAGECOACH, Texas — A Texas police officer is accused of fatally shooting his brother, who was a deputy sheriff, during what may have been a welfare check. The Montgomery County...
NYPD rescues kayakers stranded in Jamaica Bay
In a dramatic rescue, cops used an NYPD helicopter to scoop up two people who had tipped out of their kayaks in Jamaica Bay on Saturday. The NYPD got a...
Reed Hastings and the Obamas are making bank with Netflix deal
Reed Hastings, the founder, chairman and CEO of Netflix, had quite a run last week. The darling of streaming saw his company pass Disney and Comcast in market cap as...
Credit card rewards may stop existing soon
The days of credit card users getting just about anything and everything in rewards are over, as issuers gird for choppy earnings. “There’s no question that banks are concerned about...
Casual attire can hurt business productivity: book
As Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial beginning of summer, many offices now will allow casual attire on more than just Fridays. But there is a growing sentiment that dressing...
Bottom fell out for Yankees after one bad Aaron Boone decision
Well , that was weird. Oh, sure, Sonny Gray stunk again Saturday night, failing to get out of the fourth inning in the Yankees’ 11-4 loss to the Angels at...
Brian Cashman: Jacoby Ellsbury has been legitimately hurt
Jacoby Ellsbury is battling a back injury and isn’t doing any baseball activities, general manager Brian Cashman said. Add that to issues with his hip and oblique — as well...
Tommy Kahnle's disappointing return doesn't bother Yankees
Tommy Kahnle was supposed to add some needed depth to an overworked Yankees bullpen. On Saturday, making his first appearance since being shelved for more than a month with shoulder...
Mike Trout proves again why he's the greatest show in baseball
The Angels arrived in The Bronx on Friday with all eyes on Shohei Ohtani. With each passing crack of the bat Saturday night, Mike Trout served a not-so-subtle reminder that...
Mets' bad pitchers shouldn't be rewarded with endless chances
MILWAUKEE — Bad deals. Bad pitching. Bad decisions. Terrible results. How much longer can the Mets put up with this? Jason Vargas was handed $16 million by the Mets this...
Aaron Boone navigating difficult first year like seasoned pro
Aaron Boone had never coached or managed when general manager Brian Cashman hired him to take over a team that had come within a game of the World Series a...
Mets keep finding reasons to play Jose Reyes
MILWAUKEE — Jose Reyes’ lethargic play hasn’t been enough to bury him completely on the Mets bench. With Amed Rosario getting a rest Saturday, manager Mickey Callaway opted for the...
NBA experts: Two Bridges can help Knicks, one has the edge
The lead-up to the Knicks’ 2018 draft can be entitled “The Bridges of Madison Square Garden.’’ With the No. 9 pick, the front office seeks a versatile combo forward as...
Stitches, start your Engine
Indy 500 this afternoon. Tony Kanaan is the 7-1 favorite while sentimental favorite Danica Patrick is listed at 30-1 to win her career finale. Race officials have made it clear...
Long Island widow remembers hero husband killed in Iraq for Memorial Day
Every night, 5-year-old Eva climbs into her parents’ bed and curls up in her dad’s side. “The last thing he told her was to keep his spot warm, and she...
Cashman can't get over power Torres has been showing
Gleyber Torres’ home run streak was snapped at four games and the rookie second baseman made a costly error in Saturday’s 11-4 loss to the Angels, but his importance to...
Joe Namath never misses chance to make a memory
On the field and off, Joe Namath made a splash everywhere he went. Here are 12 of No. 12's most memorable moments: 1. Broadway The classic Sports Illustrated photo shoot...
Klay Thompson's 3-pointer flurry carries Warriors to Game 7
OAKLAND, Calif. — An awful start followed by three quarters of utter dominance, spot-on shot-making and beautiful defense — even against one of the game's greatest and hardest to stop...
Freed hostage from Venezuela 'overwhelmed with gratitude'
WASHINGTON — Joshua Holt, who traveled to Venezuela from Utah in 2016 to marry a Spanish-speaking Mormon woman but soon found himself jailed and later branded the CIA's top spy...