October 20, 2015
Trump hints at possibility of running with Ben Carson
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump raised the possibility Tuesday of teaming up with Ben Carson on a GOP presidential ticket. “Well, I like him. He likes me. Stranger things have happened,...
Sorry, Theo, these Mets are the anti-2004 Yankees
CHICAGO — Theo Epstein has experience running baseball operations for a club that rallied from 0-3 down in an LCS to beat a New York team and end a curse....
European officials call for probe into Wall Street messenger
European officials are making noise about Wall Street-backed messaging system Symphony, calling on bank regulators to probe how it manages and deletes data. Three European Parliament members said they are...
TV Guide names new publisher, chief revenue officer
TV Guide, which two weeks ago sold itself to NTVB Media, this week added Paul Turcotte as its publisher and chief revenue officer. Turcotte had been running AmpitLive, an events...
Mets one win away from World Series after toppling Cubs again
CHICAGO — All that remains of this NLCS for the Mets is an almost inevitable third champagne celebration in the last month and the hoisting of a pennant. Unless Cubs...
Islanders, Jaroslav Halak blank Blue Jackets for 4th straight win
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It didn't feel like a big shutout win for Islanders coach Jack Capuano but he will take it. Jaroslav Halak stopped 37 shots for his 37th career...
Penthouse may be up for sale soon
Rumors are swirling that adult magazine Penthouse, at one time a top-selling rival to Playboy, is going to be sold again by its current owner, FriendFinder Networks. FriendFinder officials are...
Yahoo! makes ad deal with Google amid revenue dip
Yahoo!’s net revenue fell 8 percent in the third quarter as CEO Marissa Mayer continued to struggle to keep up with rivals Google and Facebook. With revenue after fees paid...
Why Tom Brady is so concerned about facing Darrelle Revis
Sunday’s game between the 5-0 Patriots and 4-1 Jets does not need a subplot, but the return of Darrelle Revis to Foxborough, Mass., provides an interesting one. Revis spent one...
RushCard glitch prevents users from buying food, going to work
The nightmare for thousands of RushCard users continued on Tuesday — the ninth straight day a computer glitch blocked them from accessing their cash. Many users of the Russell Simmons-created...
Get to know Justin Harper, Nets big man who's hanging on
One of the recurring preseason story lines for the Nets has been the injuries that have decimated their big-man depth. Between Andrea Bargnani (tight hamstring) and Chris McCullough (knee surgery...
McDonald's all-day breakfast not enough to compete with Taco Bell
Taco Bell is kicking Ronald McDonald’s buns. An analysis of weekly customer traffic at the fast-food chains after each added all-day breakfast to its menu shows that Taco Bell generated...
Fred Jackson crashes car; no evidence of Marshawn Lynch drag race
As if four losses in six games isn’t bad enough, Seahawks running back Fred Jackson crashed his black Corvette after pulling out of the team facility at a high speed...
What's up with JPP, Victor Cruz? This week may provide answers
Three high-profile players expected to be starters have not played a down this season for the Giants, and there is some buzz this week about all three. Jason Pierre-Paul is...
NYPD cop gunned down in Harlem shootout
A cop was fatally shot in the head while chasing a gunman amid a shootout in East Harlem on Tuesday night. Randolph Holder, 33, a five-year veteran of the force...
Paul Ryan: I'll run for House Speaker if everyone promises to vote for me
WASHINGTON — Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan says he's got to have unity from divided House Republicans before he will serve as their speaker — a tall order as the split...
Royals destroy Blue Jays, R.A. Dickey to take 3-1 lead in ALCS
TORONTO — R.A. Dickey’s fantasy of pitching against the Mets and Noah Syndergaard in Game 7 of the World Series died on Tuesday at Rogers Centre. Speaking the previous day...
Why New York teachers will never see real evaluations
Here we go again: The state’s schools czar says the latest teacher-grading makeover is “full of problems.” This, when Gov. Cuomo already plans his own big changes. This farce will...
Little League heartbreak: Lessons for kids and coaches
The season ended, as seasons often do, before anyone was ready, in 2.5 seconds of heartbreaking blur. A surprise double play, shortstop to second to first, that was over before...
Donald Trump is doing America a service
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the as-always-irrepressible Donald Trump make for an odd couple (in the fullest sense of the term). They have sharply differing worldviews, yet they’re joined...
Jim Webb's views are too centrist for today's Democrats
Just a few years ago, Jim Webb was hailed as the Democratic Party’s great political hope: an ex-Republican and decorated Vietnam combat hero with centrist, independent views and refreshing candor...
It's time to hold the corrupt school system accountable
Teaching is a calling. The teachers that I work with at Coney Island Prep in Brooklyn work 10-, 12-, even 14-hour days to make sure their kids succeed. And it’s...
Israel's courage — seen up close
As New Yorkers, we’re used to being alert. On the subway, we stay away from the platform edge. We avoid walking down dark, unfamiliar streets. But while we’re cautious, we...
Hayden Panettiere's childhood home is up for sale
Hayden Panettiere may be starring in "Nashville" while living on the West Coast, but her roots are in New York — and now her childhood home in the secret celeb...
A PAC to feed the mayor's ego --- at the public's expense
Look at it one way, and the Progressive Agenda Committee is already an impressive outfit: It serves as a monument not just to Mayor de Blasio’s overinflated ego, but also...
The Mets have one key element that's best for the postseason
CHICAGO — Off days in the postseason are an oasis, a moment to step away from the intensity, take a breath, think a deeper thought than simply about the game...
Union heads stole funds for iPads and vacations, authorities say
Two Hudson Valley union presidents were busted for allegedly looting their unions’ coffers and blowing the cash on everything from cigarettes to iPads to Florida vacations, according to federal authorities....
Principal stalls school election results after too many white kids won
Principal Lena Van Haren’s decision to withhold the results of the student government elections angered parents and students at Everett Middle School in San Francisco. “It’s not okay for a...
Suburb founded by Nazi backers still excludes non-whites: suit
https://twitter.com/nycrecords/status/656554383547736064 A New York suburb that was established by Nazi sympathizers in the years leading up to World War Two still uses discriminatory housing practices to ensure its residents remain...
ESPN to cut up to 350 jobs
Walt Disney Co.'s sports network ESPN is planning to cut up to 350 jobs, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The job cuts would be announced to...
Ex-prep school teacher gets jail time for raping student
A Manhattan judge sentenced the ex-Riverdale prep school teacher?? convicted in February of bedding a 16-year-old student to 2 ?1/2 years in prison as she lashed into him for the...
This is what happened when I lived off pumpkin spice for a day
If you needed a reminder of just how out of hand this whole pumpkin-spice thing has gotten, know this: They now make pumpkin-spice-flavored dog treats. Do you want to be...
How Kim Kardashian went from teen wannabe to haute hottie
Everyone loves to credit Kim Kardashian’s fame?to her sex tape. But clothes have been just as important to the reality star’s narrative as a lack thereof. In a new unofficial...
Russian magnate, ex-wife settle after record divorce award
Just four months after an appeals court cut down a record-setting $4.5 billion divorce award to a ?comparatively measly $600 million, Russian Elena Rybolovleva has settled for an undisclosed sum...
The anti-Rex movement has started very early in Buffalo
It didn’t take long for Rex Ryan to get questioned in Buffalo. High-priced Bills defensive end Mario Williams was the first to wonder why he was being restrained from going...
US, Russia agree to new safety rules for flying over Syria
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and Russia put into practice on Tuesday new rules designed to minimize the risk of air collisions between Russian and U.S.-led coalition aircraft over Syria. A...
Jim Webb's PAC made 'unusual' payments to his wife, daughter
WASHINGTON – Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb dropped out of the Democratic race for president Tuesday -- which is bad news for his wife and daughter. Records show Webb's Born...
Red Bulls are thriving with MLS version of Moneyball
Ever since MLS instituted the Designated Player rule and relaxed its salary cap, critics feared money would breed imbalance. The richest clubs would buy titles at the expense of poorer...
Bill Murray can't charm the Cubs, but he's still calling Game 7
The Cubs may need to find a new trick – or comedian -- to beat the Mets. Actor and Cubs fan Bill Murray was asked by manager Joe Maddon to...
Carmelo Anthony 'laughs' at Knicks forecasts of 20-odd wins
Despite not being mentioned as one of the top six MVP candidates in the NBA GM prediction survey, Carmelo Anthony said expect a big year from him and expect a...
Body found in storm drain near NYU hospital
The body of a 49-year-old man was found in a storm drain near NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, cops said Tuesday. The man, whose identity has not yet been...
Giants fan mouths off, gets two-punch KO from Eagles fan
https://youtu.be/DTohNIpXXbI The Giants went to Philadelphia and got punched in the mouth. Then one of their fans did, too. A Giants fan wearing a No. 10 Eli Manning jersey got...
Modern-day 'Ferris Bueller' hacks into school's computers to change grades
A Long Island teen hacked into his high school’s computer system to inflate his grades — and mess up the schedules of 300 students before the first day of class,...
The most hated player in college football is a hot Australian model
University of Michigan fans are still reeling from Saturday’s loss to Michigan State that came courtesy of a last-second mistake by University of Michigan punter Blake O’Neill. He fumbled the...
The day in photos
Lemurs get in the Halloween spirit, Vice President Joe Biden mulls on Walter Mondale and more.
Christie urges Port Authority to reject Newark-Cuba flights over cop-killer case
WASHINGTON – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is urging the Port Authority not to reopen direct flights between Newark and Havana because of Cuba’s continued harboring of convicted cop killer...
NFL power rankings: Vikings are a mounting threat to Packers
Don’t count on the Vikings staying off everyone’s radar for much longer. The Vikings?aren’t winning pretty, but style points don’t matter — especially when you’re frantically trying to keep up...
Masahiro Tanaka gets elbow surgery for secret bone spur
TORONTO — A physical exam before Masahiro Tanaka signed with the Yankees unearthed a bone spur in his right elbow that dated to his days pitching in Japan, but hadn’t...
Inside Britney Spears’ new $7.4M SoCal mansion
She’s so lucky, she’s a star, and now she’s the new owner of a glitzy Southern California spread. It’s been a busy couple of months for pop princess Britney Spears....
Kobe Bryant's Lakers ending a guaranteed Hollywood flop
Over these two weeks, The Post will be running through 10 of the hottest issues around the NBA heading into the 2015-16 season. It’s rare for an NBA legend to...
Rangers put Tanner Glass on waivers
With a logjam up front, Tanner Glass finally became expendable. The Rangers waived the rugged winger Tuesday, making him available for the rest of the league to claim the two...
Porn plays on monitor above baggage carousel
Please pick up your belongings from the baggage carousel and feel free to enjoy the complimentary pornography. That was the case for traveler Diogo Seabra as he arrived at the...
Webb drops Democratic bid, considers independent run
Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Tuesday, ripping both major parties for "being pulled to the extremes" while suggesting he may consider an...
'Star Wars' trailer overpowers NFL in TV ratings
Football is no match for The Force. More people watched the newest trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” when it debuted during halftime of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” than...
How can Mets humiliate Cubs' next starter? Just ask Columbia
If the Mets need any last-second pointers for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series, they should place a call to Morningside Heights and the Columbia baseball program. The...
Hollywood Benghazi film sparks controversy inside Libya
BENGHAZI, Libya — Even before the film's release, Hollywood director Michael Bay's new action movie is stirring controversy among government officials and residents of Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city and the...
Giants, Coughlin right not to trust 'low football IQ' Damontre Moore
It will not happen, but boy, if it happened, every individual in the Giants locker room would stand up and take notice. The Giants won’t send Damontre Moore packing, but...
Enough already with all the TV reboots
The Internet had a collective freak-out Monday over the news that Netflix has reportedly closed a deal?to revive “Gilmore Girls” as a limited series — bringing the mother-daughter duo of...
College student blames booze for his alleged racist attack on Muslim woman
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A 19-year-old Indiana University student accused of trying to remove a Muslim woman's headscarf and shouting racial slurs says he had been drinking alcohol and hadn't taken...
Debt collector punches alleged deadbeat on Manhattan street
Warning: Graphic Language A furious debt collector punches and kicks a debtor in a "Sopranos"- style beef caught on video in Midtown. “He owes me three, four hundred dollars!” growls...
NBA GMs knock down Kristaps Porzingis' potential
The Knicks were invisible in the NBA GM prediction survey released Tuesday – and no slight was bigger than the one directed at 7-foot-3 rookie Kristaps Porzingis. Five players received?votes...
Geraldo: Congrats to new Canadian PM ... I slept with your mom
Here's looking at you, "kid"! Fox News Channel personality Geraldo Rivera sent a congratulatory message Tuesday to “stud” Canadian Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau — whose mother he once claimed to...
TCU's Trevone Boykin melts hearts with pregame friendship
Anybody who believes athletes don't have hearts hasn't yet seen the impromptu act of kindness displayed by TCU quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate Trevone Boykin prior to Saturday's game at...
Suspect with 56 prior arrests escapes NYPD custody in cuffs
A Brooklyn suspect with 56 prior arrests escaped from police custody Tuesday — with his hands still cuffed behind his back — enraging the city’s top cop. It was at...
Canada's sexy new PM Trudeau faces pressure to perform
MONTREAL - Canada's Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau, having trounced his Conservative rivals, will face immediate pressure to deliver on a swathe of election promises, from tackling climate change to legalizing...
Judge tells mom to stop subsidizing NYC rent for Ivy-educated kids
A Long Island judge told an overprotective mom to cut the cord already — tossing out a marriage contract that required her estranged husbandto pay the Manhattan rents for their...
Biden's new account of bin Laden raid undercuts Hillary's version
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden on Monday offered a revised account that upgraded his role and downgraded Hillary Clinton's in the discussions leading to the perilous raid that killed...
If you have bad credit, you're also bad at relationships
A single, three-digit number can predict whether your relationship will be filled with domestic bliss or fights and tears. You and your partner’s credit scores can predict how likely it...
France's Le Pen says trial over Muslim remarks is 'persecution'
LYON, France — France's far-right National Front party leader Marine Le Pen said the government was using the judiciary to persecute her as she went on trial on Tuesday for...
Mother, boyfriend can conduct own autopsy in 'Baby Doe' case
BOSTON — A judge has ruled that a mother and boyfriend charged in the death of a 2-year-old girl whose body washed up on a Boston Harbor beach can have...
Wesleyan student paper gets sold out to the speech police
Wesleyan University’s student government just voted to slash funding for the school paper, The Argus, by more than half. It was a blatant concession to the politically correct speech police...
Teen busted in robbery of boy at subway station
A teenager was busted for robbing a 14-year-old boy at a Brooklyn subway station last month, police said. Jonathan Garner, 17, was taken into custody Monday night for the Sept....
Maniac who hacked family to death with meat cleaver to spend 'rest of life in a cage'
A woman who lost five family members, including four who were just children, when another relative hacked them to death with a meat cleaver in Brooklyn begged the killer on...
Sheldon Silver's cronies 'afraid of him'
Disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver told officials at a powerful real-estate firm that there was no problem with him taking fees from a law firm to which they steered...
Jefferies cuts bond traders after poaching Nomura team
Jefferies Group slashed its New York-based emerging markets debt desk to make room for a team that it hired away from Nomura, The Post has learned. The investment bank, led...
Palestinian truck strikes Israeli motorist
An Israeli man was run over and killed by a Palestinian trucker in the West Bank on Tuesday when he jumped from his car with a club after demonstrators threw...
Edited-out James Dolan vow: 'Would not' hire Isiah back to Knicks
Knicks owner James Dolan professed his forever friendship with Isiah Thomas in HBO excerpts released Monday, but in a transcript of the "Real Sports" interview obtained Tuesday, Dolan vows he...
Turncoat cousin fingers Asaro for Lufthansa heist at 'Goodfellas' trial
A Mafia turncoat shone a floodlight on the infamous Lufthansa cargo heist Tuesday, telling rapt jurors in detail about the planning, execution and short-lived euphoria of the wiseguys who pulled...
Jim Buss slams Magic as clock ticks down on his Lakers reign
The way Jim Buss sees it, he gets all of the blame when the Lakers fail and none of the credit when they succeed. Now, as he insists the Lakers'...
Revisiting the Lufthansa Heist immortalized in 'Goodfellas'
As Vincent Asaro heads to trial, look back at the real-life case that inspired "Goodfellas."
Bride presents dad with 'certificate of purity' on wedding day
https://instagram.com/p/8_vAX0GyGh/?taken-by=drmikefreeman This blushing bride proved that she waited until marriage — presenting her dad with a “certificate of purity” on her wedding day. Brelyn Bowman wanted to show her dad,...
Katherine Webb furious: Keep my naked husband off TV!
Katherine McCarron -- formerly known as Katherine Webb -- hit Twitter on Monday, upset over a video taken after the Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. The video...
Watch Fans Scream and Cry Over New 'Star Wars' Trailer
Last night, Disney gave fans their biggest look yet at "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." The trailer premiered during the Monday Night Football game between the Giants and the Eagles,...
Balkan neighbors trade barbs as refugees flow into Slovenia
BREZICE, Slovenia — Thousands of migrants flooded into Slovenia on Tuesday, as Slovenia and Croatia traded accusations over who is to blame for the exodus that has overwhelmed the Balkans...
Israeli cafe offers 50% discount to Arabs and Jews who dine together
An Israeli eatery is dipping into hummus diplomacy. In a bid to unite Israelis and Palestinians, the manager of the Hummus Bar in Kfar Vitkin is offering 50 percent discounts...
Robbers shoot family dog, steal $4K in Queens
Armed robbers broke into a Queens home early Tuesday and shot the family dog dead before making off with $4,000 in cash, cops said. “Where is it?!’’ the crooks yelled...
Cosmonaut snaps breathtaking image of New York City
The Russians are watching! A cosmonaut snapped this breathtaking image of New York City from the International Space Station over the weekend. Midtown and the blocks around the World Trade...
Bratton wants police recruits to see play about prejudice
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton explained Tuesday why he’s having new recruits see a play about prejudice and speaking at an empowerment seminar for female cops. Bratton described how growing up...
Video shows racist confrontation in supermarket line
Warning: Graphic language Aisle be back! A Bangladeshi-American went ballistic after another shopper made racist comments to him at a Queens supermarket, a wild new video shows. The bizarre confrontation...
Wrong-way driver in deadly crash on Long Island highway
Two people were killed in a head-on collision that caused one car to burst into flames on a Long Island highway Tuesday, cops said. The wrong-way driver slammed into another...
Louisville escort pimped out daughters to hoops stars for $100
The pressure around the Louisville basketball program is reaching its tipping point. Former Louisville recruits and players confirmed in detail the stripper parties and a pay-for-sex system?spearheaded by former Cardinals...
Chinese gang builds fake interrogation room to extract money
BEIJING — Four Chinese men are accused of building an official-looking interrogation room where they posed as anti-corruption investigators and extracted a promise of a payment from a local official...
Suburban high school played racist song before football game against city school
RICHMOND, Va. — The principal of a suburban Richmond high school has apologized to his counterpart at a predominantly black city school for a song with racist lyrics that was...
Student arrested for homemade clock visits White House
WASHINGTON — Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas teenager arrested after a homemade clock he brought to school was mistaken for a bomb, capped a whirlwind month with a visit to the...
3 boys arrested after teacher beaten to death with stick
BEIJING — Three boys aged 11 to 13 attacked and killed a teacher and robbed her of a cellphone and a few hundred dollars in cash in southern China, state...
'Star Wars' fans crash ticket sellers' websites
The force was too much for online ticket sellers Monday night. Fans of the upcoming ”Star Wars: The Force Awakens” waited in light-years-long virtual lines after crashing sites selling tickets...
Apple Music sheds millions of users after free trial period
Millions of early adopters who signed up for Apple Music dropped the service after the free trial period ended, the company revealed late Monday. Apple CEO Tim Cook said it...
Racists are the only people not excited about new 'Star Wars' movie
This is one of the biggest weeks in history for Star Wars fans across the world with tickets for "The Force Awakens" going on sale and a new trailer to...
Some lucky Madoff victims will get all their money back
Some victims of Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme will be able to recover about $1.1 million each, according to federal court papers filed on Tuesday. Anyone who invested up to...
India court finds Uber driver guilty of rape
NEW DELHI — An Indian court has found an Uber driver guilty of raping a female passenger in his taxi in the Indian capital last year, a court official said...
Texas cuts off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas announced Monday it was cutting off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics following undercover videos that featured discussions about fetal tissue, potentially triggering a court fight...
IHOP's Twitter account compares pancakes to boobs
IHOP is turning some stomachs after the breakfast chain sent out a sexually charged tweet Sunday suggesting that women’s breasts are like pancakes. “Flat but has a GREAT personality,” the...
Buffett's NetJets agrees to hike pilot pay 30% over five years
Warren Buffett got schooled by his NetJets pilots. After years of maintaining that the corps of 2,800 pilots who fly his company’s fleet of 700 Gulfstreams and Cessnas were well...
Saudi royal in alleged LA sex assault dodges felony charge
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors declined to press a felony sexual assault charge against a member of the Saudi royal family because of insufficient evidence, a spokeswoman said Monday....
Why this shoe is selling out everywhere
Carrie Bradshaw would’ve loved to add these to her $40,000 shoe wardrobe. The “Tartt,” a $385 Mary Jane from the fall 2015 shoe line of Sarah Jessica Parker’s SJP Collection,...
The four fitness apps that will get you through winter
Sure, it’s cold out and you don’t want to leave your couch. But these four fitness apps will get your butt in gear. Yoga Studio $3.99 on iOS With this...
What nobody tells you about getting pregnant after 30
Much of the fertility talk aimed at women over 30 can be alarmist (ticktock!) or depressing (scary statistics!). But authors Christa Orecchio and Willow Buckley, a nutritionist and a homeopath,...
This hot guy holds the secret to getting a Victoria's Secret body
https://instagram.com/p/8HAEWzJRtH/ When Christopher Kadima was playing professional basketball in France, the handsome 6-foot-4 shooting guard was approached by a modeling agent who thought the Frenchman could have a career on...
Massive blaze consumes vacant Chelsea building
About 200 firefighters battled a massive five-alarm blaze that swept through a vacant 10-story building under renovation at West 17th Street in Chelsea -- while nearby buildings have been evacuated,...
Police release sketch of man wanted for exposing himself in Union Square Park
Police released a sketch early Tuesday of the pervert who exposed himself to a 63-year-old woman inside a Union Square Park bathroom on Sunday and demanded a sex act. The...
Man says cops arrested him for being a 'black man in a hoodie'
A Harlem man told police they had the wrong guy — even showing them his time card from his stock job at Macy’s for the perfect alibi — but cops...
Upstate lawmakers want their piece of pie after $11B MTA deal
ALBANY — The agreement between Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio to bridge the MTA’s $11 billion budget gap has prompted two lawmakers to join upstate officials in calling for...
'Corruption' doc set to deliver death blow to Sheldon Silver
The doctor at the center of the corruption charges against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver “disapproved” of him and his law firm and referred cancer patients there only as long...
PBS show embarrassed by Affleck sets January return
PBS genealogy show “Finding Your Roots” will return in January after being put on hold when it was revealed that host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. caved to Ben Affleck’s demands...
Sales and the city: 2015 is a record year for big deals
No matter how you count ‘em, commercial sales are on track to surpass the 2007 records and end 2015 with anywhere from $75 billion to as much as $90 billion...
'I was a big part of us losing': The fumble that changed Giants' fate
PHILADELPHIA — The Giants trailed by a touchdown in the second quarter Monday night when they got a 9-yard reception from Odell Beckham Jr. for a first down and an...
Why retail sales are raging across New York
The enthusiasm for city retail continues unabated. “Every retailer outside of New York has a desire to be in New York but it’s a process and it takes time,” said...
The next generation of Gotham's grooviest skyscrapers
New York is undergoing a skyscraper evolution with a slew of towers ranging from 800 feet tall to nearly twice that; and all clamoring for a spot on the skyline....
Hotel maven Sean MacPherson is always looking to expand
In the past two years, hotelier Sean MacPherson has seen two consecutive hotel openings: the 2014 debut of the 175-key Ludlow on the Lower East Side and his 2013 delivery...
It's never been cheaper to fly to the Caribbean
It has never been as cheap, adjusted for inflation or otherwise, to fly to the Caribbean. But thanks to Southwest Airlines and JetBlue adding new routes, fares are unlike anything...
The best way to visit the DR's sexiest peninsula
There's something not quite right about the gentleman traipsing about the gas station we pass by in our taxi, en route to the Moon Club in the small Dominican town...
Coughlin tries to explain the disappearing Odell Beckham
PHILADELPHIA — Well, Odell Beckham Jr. played for the Giants on Monday night. So they had that going for them. It did them no good, however. Beckham, though he led...
15 reasons why Puerto Rico should be our next state
You know what our flag's missing? A 51st star. So, Puerto Rico for statehood, it is — huzzah! Wait, I can sense your hesitancy. Is it because of the quirkiness...
The Giants found a way to out-awful Sam Bradford
PHILADELPHIA — Someone asked Sam Bradford if it were OK to win as ugly as the Eagles did against the Giants on Monday night at Lincoln Financial Field. “A win...
Scott Stringer delayed press release on low pension returns
Comptroller Scott Stringer waited more than two months to issue a press release on the return rate of the city’s five pension funds after they dropped into the low single...
Giants DE blames his football smarts after epically dumb play
PHILADELPHIA — One mindless play changed everything for the Giants Monday night. One mindless play injected life into the previously lifeless Eagles. One mindless play led to the worst Giants...
Rugby player goes on drunken rampage after failing to pick up women, police say
A disgraced Australian rugby player was sprung from a Manhattan jail on Monday after drunkenly accosting two women on the Upper West Side and telling them, “Tonight is the night...
This Eli Manning will doom Giants to irrelevance
PHILADELPHIA — Here, Eli Manning and the Giants said to the Eagles: “Take the game, it’s yours.” Bad Comedian Eli Manning and a comedy of errors doomed the Giants, 27-7...
City plan to seize Coney Island land supported at public hearing
The city’s plan to seize about 75,000 square feet of land in Coney Island won some key support Monday at a public hearing where even those who oppose eminent domain...
Teachers took lavish, taxpayer-funded trip as students failed
The principal and four teachers at one of the city’s lowest-performing middle schools spent eight days backpacking through the Colorado Rockies in the name of educational training this past summer...
Troy Tulowitzki blows up after ump mysteriously tosses him
TORONTO — Troy Tulowitzki is curious to hear from umpire John Hirschbeck why he was ejected from Monday night’s ALCS Game 3 against the Royals. After Hirschbeck, the plate umpire,...
Cops to get paid time off for Suze Orman seminar as murders rise
As the city grapples with a rising number of murders and rapes, NYPD cops will be allowed to take paid time off work to attend a seminar about personal finance....
Hondo rolling with Jays
Resilient Hondo bounced back from his disappointing 2-for-5 showing on Sunday by sweeping with the Eagles and Blue Jays to lower the deficit to 1,682 wathans. Tuesday night: Mr. Aitch...
Thieves swipe car, quickly ditch it after finding baby in backseat
Three thieves swiped a car left running outside a Subway sandwich shop in Long Island on Monday, but quickly ditched it after finding an infant strapped in the back seat....
UFT president slams Albany for lack of financial support
Just ahead of a charter-school rally targeting the mayor over school inequality, United Federation of Teachers?President Michael Mulgrew on Monday hailed the city for helping to reduce the number of...
Giants report card: Big, fat 'F' for ghastly offense
Offense Great first drive, great second drive … until Larry Donnell loses the ball and all hell breaks loose. Dismal showing from the line. Eli Manning was sacked three times,...
GOP head says de Blasio should listen to Rahm Emanuel
New York state’s GOP leader says Mayor de Blasio should take a cue from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel when it comes to cops. Party Chairman Ed Cox issued a statement...
Oscar Pistorius released from prison, placed under house arrest
JOHANNESBURG -- Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympic runner who fatally shot his girlfriend in 2013, was released from prison and placed under house arrest on Monday night, a South African...
Are long, dramatic seasons catching up to tired Rangers?
It is impossible to calculate just how much of the Rangers’ halting start can be assigned to mental fatigue or lingering health issues following the club’s extended postseason runs each...
Teen who 'hacked' CIA director says Pentagon big is next
The teen who claims to have hacked into CIA Director John Brennan’s personal email account said Monday he has already picked his next target: Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work, the...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Two armed men got away with $1,000 in cash after mugging a 48-year-old woman in Morris Heights, police sources said. The suspects pulled a gun on the woman...
Meet the Mets stars in these awkward yearbook photos
Today, they’re the New York Mets aces who rule the mound at Citi Field. But just a few years ago, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey and Steven Matz were...
Eli Manning's Giants made Eagles CB look unstoppable
Hero Eagles cornerback Nolan Carroll gave the Eagles a 14-7 lead they would never relinquish with a 17-yard return for a touchdown of an Eli Manning interception in the second...