July 6, 2014
Dejected Jeter: Soriano is like a brother to me
MINNEAPOLIS — Like other Yankees players and members of the organization, Derek Jeter was saddened Alfonso Soriano was designated for assignment Sunday and no longer part of the club. “Soriano...
Kobe/Melo pickup game? Rumors swirl as Knicks still favorites
Kobe Bryant is pulling out all the stops to try to put Carmelo Anthony in purple and gold — perhaps playing pickup ball with him Sunday, perhaps even trying to...
Mets can thank the catcher for the win -- and it's not d'Arnaud
Life as a backup catcher isn’t easy. There are some weeks when you may be lucky to get one start. If the starting catcher is on a hot streak, forget...
To stop ISIS, help the Syrian rebels that America has forsaken
Jamal Maarouf was a construction worker before the Syrian Revolution. When protests began, he organized large demonstrations in the mountain villages near his hometown. He later took up arms to...
The landmark struggle to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Last week marked not only the 238th anniversary of the founding of our nation, but also the 50th anniversary of the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The principles...
The liberal problem with liking America
You wouldn’t think, five years into the Obama presidency, that so many liberal Americans wouldn’t like America. A new Pew survey found that 44 percent of Americans don’t often feel...
From 'Bell Jar' to 'Friendship'-- NYC in three novels over 50 years
‘Friendship,” Emily Gould’s debut novel, tells us a lot about today’s New York City. Just look at how its characters use the subways — rather than let the subways use...
Audit the IRS!
True the Vote has an idea that is the fantasy of every taxpayer who’s ever found himself sitting opposite an imperious tax collector: Audit the IRS. On Thursday, the IRS...
Cory Booker's scary big lead
Normally, Cory Booker would be feeling pretty confident, given his 20-point lead over GOP challenger Jeffrey Bell. But a closer look at the latest poll numbers suggests Booker may have...
Let the sun shine, Shelly
It looks like 2013 was a very, very good year for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. The man who single-handedly runs half our state Legislature got a raise of as much...
Murphy selected as Mets’ lone All-Star
In what has otherwise been a disappointing season for the Mets, one of their bright spots has been second baseman Daniel Murphy. In his fifth full season with the team,...
Jeter voted All-Star's starting shortstop
MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Jeter is going to his 13th and final All-Star Game and will be joined by two rookie teammates in Dellin Betances and Masahiro Tanaka next Tuesday at...
10 tips for the New York City newbie
The city can be a fickle friend - but there's no need to throw in the towel.
ESPN’s constant clamor amounts to nothing
Imagine a national network with multiple TV channels and radio stations that, for three consecutive weeks, chose to provide the sights and sounds of men and women banging together metal...
American Apparel crisis nears end with hedge-fund deal
A deal to end the crisis at American Apparel is expected early this week, The Post has learned. The embattled retailer’s board is slated to meet Sunday evening to approve...
Long Island’s Noah Rubin takes junior title
No American in the men’s or women’s field got out of the third round of Wimbledon. But as a consolation, Long Island’s Noah Rubin captured the Wimbledon junior boys singles...
Nets’ deal with Cavaliers for Jack could tie to LeBron
ORLANDO, Fla. — Despite being far over the salary cap, the Nets could still play a role in the LeBron James sweepstakes. No, not because the Nets are going to...
Demanding and passionate, Hollins traveled long road to Nets
The disarray of Jason Kidd’s failed power play and abrupt departure has lent itself to a new era in Brooklyn. One built upon hard work and determination, paying dues, applying...
TSA heightening security on cellphones and laptops
Travelers flying directly to the United States from overseas are being asked to turn on their cellphones and laptops before boarding their aircraft, officials said Sunday. The security measure calls...
Yankees' offense comes around to take 3 of 4 from Twins
MINNEAPOLIS — Did the Yankees’ perform a bat tease during the Fourth of July weekend? Or did the wood bark loudly against mediocre Twins pitching? After they won three of...
Terrorist leader sports $7K watch during religious address
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Mets hold off Rangers after first-inning outburst
Even after Sunday’s 8-4 win over the Rangers, the Mets are 10 games under .500 and no longer the beneficiaries of playing in a subpar division. Instead, NL East front-runners...
Ray Kelly says ISIS is a threat to America
Former NYPD police commissioner Raymond Kelly said Sunday that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria poses a significant threat to America. The advancement of ISIS, which has as much...
12 shot in 5 bloody hours in NYC
The Fourth of July weekend brought the city’s most concentrated explosion of gun violence this year, with 12 people shot — three fatally — in little more than five hours....
4 cops injured after gunman hurls Barbie bike 'bomb'
It’s getting rougher out there for New York’s Finest. Four NYPD cops were walloped by a child’s Barbie bike that was tossed at them from a fifth-floor balcony in Brooklyn...
Accused killer escapes jail during fireworks display
EMINENCE, Mo. — A southeast Missouri man awaiting trial for his wife's death is on the loose after escaping custody while watching a fireworks display. KYTV-TV reports 32-year-old Jason McClurg...
Shark attack victim: It lunged and locked into my chest
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — Steven Robles was an hour into his regular weekend swim off some of Southern California's most popular beaches when he came face-to-face with a great white...
Yankees' best Soriano sub is tearing up Triple-A
Not even a year after they desperately obtained Alfonso Soriano and he nearly powered them to the playoffs, the Yankees could no longer watch his failings on both sides of...
McCain accidentally refers to Hillary as 'president'
http://youtu.be/THseeRn14lM Sen. John McCain doesn’t need friends like this. The former GOP presidential nominee on Sunday uncomfortably laughed off a compliment from Hillary Clinton, who had called McCain her “favorite...
Aussie crooner drops her sixth album
Tuesday, Australian singer Sia Furler drops her sixth album, “1000 Forms of Fear.” Although her solo career may not ring any bells, you know more of her songs than you...
Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer for second Wimbledon title
LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic's large lead in the rollicking Wimbledon final was slipping away, due in no small part to Roger Federer's regal presence and resurgent play. No man...
The day in photos
Prince Amedeo of Belgium gets married. The festival of San Fermín begins. Mel Gibson takes a selfie and more.
Yankees trade for McCarthy, dump Soriano
MINNEAPOLIS — The Yankees believe they improved a suspect starting rotation Sunday by acquiring right-hander Brandon McCarthy and cash from the Diamondbacks for struggling left-hander Vidal Nuno on the same...
Hondo a Tribe man
Hondo was close to cashing with the Yankees in Minneapolis Saturday, but Cervelli chucked it away, causing the bulbous deficit to balloon to 1,450 powers. Sunday: Mr. Aitch will deliver...
Man $525 richer after winning wife-carrying contest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqWA-VCdMJI A promo video for the Monona Community Festival's Wisconsin Wife Carry Championship Race featuring footage from 2013's competition. MONONA, Wis. — The eighth annual Wisconsin Wife Carry Championship Race...
6 Jewish suspects arrested in killing of Palestinian teen
Israel has arrested six Jewish suspects in the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teenager whose death sparked violent protests in Jerusalem and Israeli Arab towns, a security source said...
Amazing photos from the World Bodypainting Festival
The World Bodypainting Festival in Poertschach, Austria.
Five charged with stoning woman to death in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — The father of a pregnant Pakistani woman who was stoned to death and four other men have been charged with killing her after she married against the family's...
Fired shock jock deletes all of his tweets
He’s a day late and a few tweets short. Radio buffoon Anthony Cumia’s filthy Twitter feed was scrubbed clean Saturday morning — a day after SiriusXM announced his firing for...
Pistorius re-enacted girlfriend's shooting in video
Oscar Pistorius re-enacted on video the fatal shooting of Reeva Steenkamp — standing on his stumps and pointing an imaginary gun, Britain’s Telegraph newspaper reports. In chilling footage leaked to...
Video shows alleged head of terror group Islamic State
The world got its first look Saturday at the shadowy, self-proclaimed “caliph” of all Muslims — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “Obey me,” the Islamic terror kingpin demanded in what appears to...
Earlier city school start times due to teachers’ contract
Along with their ABCs, city school kids will soon need to catch up on their Z’s. Thanks to the new contract between the teachers union and Mayor de Blasio, some...
Robbers enter bank by sawing hole in roof during fireworks
O say did you see this bank heist? Daring thieves sawed a gaping hole in the roof of a bank on the Lower East Side on the Fourth of July...
NYers filed 1,400 unleashed dog complaints in last 2 years
It’s a dog-gone shame. The city Department of Health fielded more than 1,400 complaints about unleashed canines in the last two years, statistics show. Neighbors unloaded their rage via the...
Man says newspaper photo of him made him ‘lose his mind’
At least he’s smoking less. A Queens man claims he went crazy after a city Chinese newspaper used a picture of him smoking for an article on tuberculosis in the...
Police continue search for flag-stealing thief
Cops continue to search for a bike-riding thief they say stole American flags in Brooklyn on July 4. The Post revealed a man snatched six flags on and around 10th...
FDNY won’t hire woman with fake eye as paramedic: suit
They don’t see eye to eye. A Queens woman with a prosthetic eye is suing the FDNY because it won’t hire her as a paramedic. Nadya Buttigieg says she meets...
US warns Israel over Florida teen's arrest during funeral
US officials issued a stern warning to Israel Saturday over the treatment of a Tampa, Fla., teenager. “We can confirm that Tariq Khdeir, an American citizen, is being held by...
Rabies cases on Staten Island soar 800 percent
Rabies cases on Staten Island spiked an alarming 800 percent last year — and officials fear the outbreak will only get worse without aggressive action from the city Department of...
Push to rename street to honor writer Thomas Paine
This change is pure Common Sense. An effort is under way to change the name of tony Barrow Street in the West Village to honor Thomas Paine, the 18th century...
Taxes now funding kiddie yoga, 'jargon lessons' for hotel workers
An organization that teaches Chinese hotel workers “English jargon” is among hundreds of politically connected nonprofits getting a cut of a $50 million city taxpayer-financed slush fund. Last week, the...
The $120 bottle of truffle-infused beer coming to NYC
For those with beer tastes and champagne budgets, your brew has finally arrived. Truffle-infused suds are coming to New York’s high-end restaurants, and the per-bottle price tag — upwards of...
Cop injured after being hit by bike dropped five stories
An NYPD cop was clocked in the head and injured by a bicycle thrown from a fifth floor window in Brooklyn early Sunday, authorities said. The cops were called to...
This means Warren: Obama backs challenger to Hillary
President Obama has quietly promised Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren complete support if she runs for president — a stinging rebuke to his nemesis Hillary Clinton, sources tell me. Publicly, Obama...
SI neighbors are modern-day Hatfields and McCoys
The Hatfields and McCoys have nothing on two Staten Island couples living in attached town houses. Joel and Lexei Validum have been battling Sam and Veronica Hamed since the two...
Lubavitchers moving to Mississippi to provide Jewish resources
And then there was one. After its members fled Europe during World War II to set up a new headquarters in Brooklyn, one of the central missions of the Chabad-Lubavitch...
Obama called the N-word in headline
The WHAT in the White House? Well-heeled West Villagers will be in for a rude surprise when they open the latest copy of their local newspaper and see the headline,...
K-9 officer sues TSA after security job goes to younger hires
A veteran Long Island K-9 cop claims he was passed over for a security job at Kennedy Airport because he’s an older white man. Gregory McKeon, 62, says in a...
NYers lodge over 7,000 ice cream truck complaints in 4 years
It’s a jingle out there. New Yorkers have lodged a brain-freezing 7,031 complaints about music-blasting ice cream trucks in the past four years, city data reveal. Fed up residents at...
As Mets near cellar, they now must be sellers
The ice is broken and possibilities are opening up for the Mets on the trade front. They must take advantage of all their years of losing: It is sell time,...
Teacher isn't fired after giving teen gifts, sending 'love' texts
A Queens middle-school teacher let a 14-year-old student drive his car, gave him cash and expensive gifts, and exchanged hundreds of texts behind his parents’ back. But, over the objections...
Niese could land on DL again
Jon Niese could be headed to the disabled list, according to Mets manager Terry Collins. “There’s a possibility,” he said after Saturday’s 5-3 loss to the Rangers at Citi Field....
FDNY lieutenant dies after fighting apartment blaze
A hero firefighter died Saturday night while battling a blaze sparked by a faulty air conditioner wire in a high-rise apartment building in Brooklyn. Gordon “Matt” Ambelas, 40, who leaves...