September 3, 2015
Landlord suing everyone he can to end dirt-cheap rent loophole
A fed-up Manhattan landlord — who became the target of savvy cabbies using a legal loophole to land dirt-cheap apartments in his building near the High Line — is suing...
De Blasio signs rent-regulation bills protecting tenants
Mayor de Blasio signed three bills into law Thursday to protect rent-regulated tenants. Among the laws, which take effect in 90 days, is one that prevents landlords from pressuring tenants...
Matt Flynn makes strong case for backup QB job in Jets' win
Matt Flynn may have locked up the Jets’ backup quarterback spot with a decent performance in Thursday’s 24-18 win over the Eagles in the preseason finale. Flynn played his first...
Judge frees skater to leave Israeli national team and join US
This American is finally free to skate for Team USA. Andrea Davidovich, a pairs figure skater for Israel at last year’s Sochi Winter Olympics, had to sue the Jewish state’s...
Tim Tebow announces self as legit QB in lighting up Jets
He threw it left-handed, so that could have been Tim Tebow playing quarterback for the Eagles Thursday night against the Jets at MetLife Stadium. But this guy wearing No. 11...
Coach guides Serena toward history -- with Dad's silent blessing
Serena Williams was back in the baking heat of Flushing Meadows at 10 a.m. Thursday, grinding through a 90-minute practice session, at one juncture sitting on a chair, looking wiped...
Bums back in hobo village hours after crackdown
The NYPD proved no match on Thursday for a bunch of bums determined to defy Mayor Bill de Blasio’s order that they abandon a notorious homeless encampment in Harlem. A...
Andy Murray overcomes shaky start in five-set victory
Andy Murray must have been playing possum. Or pacing himself in the oppressive heat. Whatever the reason, the third-seeded Brit needed two sets to wake from his slumber, but it...
City teacher charged in 'scary' US Open drone crash
A Brooklyn public school science teacher got served with charges Friday for crash landing a drone into the stands during a match at the US Open tennis tournament, authorities said....
Lottery win fulfills immigrant's dream of 'making money'
A Chinese immigrant who came to the United States a decade ago with a dream to “make money,” finally fulfilled his wish on Thursday by claiming a $5 million lottery...
Cuomo receives 'Man of the Year' award from police union
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo was honored as “Man of the Year” by New York City’s largest police union Thursday in a ceremony where he reminded cops of their standoff with...
Tom Brady's break has oddsmakers loving Patriots again
The spiking of Tom Brady’s four-game suspension moved numbers from London to Las Vegas on Thursday, as bookmakers scrambled to set new betting lines. The Patriots jumped from 3-point to...
Longtime Clinton aide grilled by House committee on Benghazi
WASHINGTON — Longtime Hillary Rodham Clinton aide Cheryl Mills was grilled for hours Thursday by a House committee — a day after a former Clinton staffer said he would invoke...
Do Yankees, ESPN even realize their glaring hypocrisies?
While most of us are practitioners of various forms of hypocrisy, few of us are so shameless as to leave people staggered. Six months ago, the Yankees wouldn’t have sent...
Retirement on hold: 'Pharoah' will run in Breeders' Cup Classic
A few days of indecision over, Triple Crown winner American Pharoah is back on schedule for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic and a chance for a magical career-ending race....
Big banks may see nearly 20 percent fall in revenue
The world’s markets are about to get calmer — and Wall Street could end up worse off for it. Big investment banks could see revenue fall by as much as...
Liberty done in by 3-point shooting clankfest in loss to Sky
Courtney Vandersloot scored 21 points and Elena Delle Donne and Allie Quigley added 19 apiece as the Chicago Sky rolled to an 82-60 win over the Liberty on Thursday night...
Giants sit stars, end preseason in ugly fashion as Cowboys loom
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It is difficult to get anything past Eli Manning. The veteran quarterback on Wednesday went out for the day-before walk-through and noticed something was different. “I kind...
Why Joe Girardi believes A-Rod's 'really close' to busting out
Maybe it’s a case of crawling before walking before running, but Yankees manager Joe Girardi and hitting coach Jeff Pentland believe Alex Rodriguez is emerging from a deep funk, even...
Rival NFL fantasy platforms shell out millions for TV ad spots
The football may be a fantasy, but the cash is 100 percent real. Two big fantasy sports platforms — DraftKings and FanDuel — are in an all-out turf war ahead...
Silicon Valley bigwigs to payout $415 million for poach plot
A five-year legal battle over claims that Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and other Silicon Valley execs conspired to keep their employees from being poached has ended. A federal judge has...
Get your hands on the new 'Star Wars' toys and action figures
May the force be with toy shoppers. Disney’s “Stars Wars: The Force Awakens” doesn’t come out until Dec. 18, but hundreds of toys and action figures associated with the movie...
FTC continues probing Staples-Office Depot merger
Staples and Office Depot may soon get schooled by the Feds on their attempted merger. The Federal Trade Commission in the last several days has sent out a second round...
At this Red Bulls town hall, no one got cursed out
When the Red Bulls held a town hall meeting for their supporters at the start of the season, there was plenty of hate, screaming and cursing. When they held another...
Mail Online sues Gawker over plagiarism claims
The UK’s Mail Online sued Gawker on Thursday — claiming the embattled New York gossip blog libeled it in a scathing March 4 essay. The essay, by James King, a...
Millennials admit they're self-absorbed and greedy
WASHINGTON — Even millennials don't think much of their generation, according to a new poll Thursday. A Pew Research Center study showed that millennials — generally defined as those ages...
The coolest place to eat is outside an abandoned smallpox hospital
The sweetest spot in town to enjoy al fresco snacking in solitude is the Great Performances Katchkie Farm truck in Roosevelt Island’s Four Freedoms Park. There’s only one problem: The...
11 awesome things to do for Labor Day without leaving NYC
Officially, the calendar says the last day of summer is Sept. 22. But we all know Labor Day is the real finish line (not that you could tell from the...
Why we've likely seen the last Deflategate scandal
The NFL might have lost to Tom Brady in court Thursday, but the league is making sure neither Brady nor anyone else can tamper with the footballs from now on....
Mom turns in 'would-be rapist' son after seeing him on the news
A Harlem mom turned an alleged would-be rapist over to the cops after watching the news and recognizing the familiar face of the suspect — her own teen son. Anthony...
Serena's next foe: A flamboyant, attacking player with 'nothing to lose'
Because of her colorful, anti-establishment on-court wardrobe, most tennis fans know Bethanie Mattek-Sands by name. Now, the 30-year-old Mattek-Sands, playing in her 13th U.S. Open, is one match away from...
How Uber is reducing inequality
Look out, Mayor de Blasio: You’ve declared war on a company that’s reducing inequality across the city. The mayor’s still plotting his next move against Uber, after the City Council...
The catch-22s of cop body cameras
Police body-camera videos will let the public judge for itself when it comes to complaints against cops, and help hold bad apples accountable. Unless, that is, the public never gets...
How could Tom Brady possibly expect to be punished for cheating?
Federal Judge Richard Berman had a fair point when he tossed Tom Brady’s well-earned four-game suspension: The pretty boy really did have no reason to know he could be punished...
JPP to return to Giants as 1st of many dominoes will fall
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The expectation around the Giants for weeks was that Jason Pierre-Paul would not show his face, or his damaged right hand, around the team facility until after...
Inside Hillary Clinton's tinfoil-hat brigade
Perhaps Hillary Clinton’s most famous remark ever was her insistence in 1998 that the real story of the Monica Lewinsky affair was “this vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring...
Ben Carson is showing how nice guys win
While Jeb Bush feuds with Donald Trump and others kowtow to him, only one candidate is seriously gaining on him. Ben Carson is now tied with Trump in one Iowa...
The Iran deal's shelf life is far shorter than advertised
What’s the Iran deal’s shelf life? Are we really guaranteed 15 years of peace, prosperity and no Iranian nukes? Perhaps the better question is, who’ll tear up the deal first,...
When a toddler's body washes ashore: Europe's crisis hits home
Aylan Kurdi was 3 years old when he washed up on the Turkish beach near the resort town of Bodrum this week. His picture, face-down in the surf, has stunned...
How futility may be starting to hurt the Knicks at the gate
The difference between making the Eastern Conference finals and posting 17 wins was reflected in the Knicks’ and Rangers’ season-ticket renewals. According to a Madison Square Garden spokesman, the Rangers’...
The fall of Juan Lagares: Is Tommy John surgery next?
Juan Lagares has gone from top of the world to end of the bench, but is trying to keep a positive outlook. The Mets center fielder entered the season sporting...
‘Love & Hip Hop’ star suing male model who assaulted her
"Love & Hip Hop" star Tahiry Jose is suing a male model she says viciously assaulted her backstage during last year's fashion week. Carlos "Fiasco" Suggs "suddenly and without cause...
Aging frat bros' drunken horseplay ends with wine bottle to the face: suit
Two aging frat brothers got so drunk during a raucous dinner at Bobby Van’s Steakhouse on Park Avenue that when they got back to the Times Square hotel suite where...
Managing challenge that could ruin Yankees, Mets playoff hopes
This is what you all want, right? Shoot, we haven’t enjoyed a September like this since, well … 2007. Sorry, Mets fans. It’s just that ’07 did mark the last...
Broadway actress dies after apartment fire
A Broadway actress has died from injuries she suffered when a raging fire swept through her Hell’s Kitchen apartment earlier this week. Actress Vivian Eng, 51, was caught inside her...
'Tom f--king wins!' Brady worshippers slam 'liar' Goodell
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — A woman was walking around the Patriots Team Store wearing a “Squish the Commish’’ T-shirt, naturally in Patriots blue. And oh, isn’t that exactly what Tom Brady...
Suspicious 4-alarm fire leaves several injured
A suspicious four-alarm fire tore through a Brooklyn home early Thursday and left at least five residents and a firefighter injured, authorities said. The blaze engulfed a three-story private house...
Former military outpost is now a private island you can buy
Want to hang out on Flakfortet? No, that’s not the sound Scandinavians make when they sneeze. It’s a private island off the coast of Copenhagen that’s on the market for 56 million...
Lyin' Tom Brady proves that cheaters do win
Teflon Tom Brady got himself a free pass when his four-game NFL suspension was overturned Thursday. Just because Judge Richard M. Berman ruled in favor of your appeal does not...
The real reason 'Falsettos' isn't coming back to Broadway — for now
Sad news for fans of “Falsettos”: Jujamcyn bailed on a revival that was to have opened in the spring. Sources say casting and budgets are to blame. Jordan Roth, the...
'Crocodile Hunter' daughter has her eye on the (mirror) ball
“Dancing with the Stars” doesn’t premiere until Sept. 14, but new contestant Bindi Irwin is already getting comfortable with the show’s signature mirror ball. The 17-year-old daughter of “Crocodile Hunter”...
Hey, Colbert: Follow these five steps to 'Late Show' success
Late-night audiences are a tough crowd. If they don’t love you, they don’t come back. (Just ask the dozens of aspiring talk-show hosts who didn’t last.) We’ve been waiting more...
China shows off rising power in marking WWII defeat of Japan
BEIJING -- With fighter jets roaring overhead, China's leader presided Thursday over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops that displayed growing military might, but also pledged to reduce...
4 signs that your mole is cancerous
It isn’t easy to tell which marks on your skin are harmless, and which are suspicious. But don’t sit and wonder: Rates of melanoma have doubled over the past three...
6 actors who were almost cast as James Bond
Over the past five decades, six actors have stepped onto the big screen as the ageless agent 007, beginning with Sean Connery in 1962’s “Dr. No.” After Connery, George Lazenby,...
ESPN shelves Curt Schilling for rest of season
ESPN further distanced itself from baseball analyst Curt Schilling on Thursday, announcing the former pitcher would not appear on its airwaves through the rest of the baseball season. Schilling tweeted a...
Oops — Rick Perry says broken clock is right once a day
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has something of a penchant for putting his foot in his mouth. And it looks like the Republican presidential candidate has done so again. In...
Live like the 'Flintstones' for a cool $4.2 million
If you’ve driven on the San Francisco Bay Area’s Interstate 280 anytime since, say, 1976, you’ve seen it: the brightly colored domes, made of shotcrete and wire, that make up...
Coast Guard plane crash-lands in New Jersey field
A small Coast Guard auxiliary plane with two people aboard crash landed in a field in Bergen County, NJ, late Thursday afternoon, sources said. The plane came down at 4:43...
Mets' play-by-play voices on the joys of calling a pennant race
There were moments when this Mets season felt interminable — and they were not that long ago. But at this moment, the Mets are among the talk of baseball, no...
Mets say Daniel Murphy won't be out long enough to weaken lineup
Daniel Murphy’s left quadriceps strain is “mild,” according to the Mets, but it’s unclear when he will return to the lineup. The veteran infielder underwent testing on the quad Thursday....
New emergency system set to connect commuters with MTA supervisors
A planned communication system will allow subway customers to directly contact MTA supervisors across the system to alert them to emergencies. The new system will be a big step up...
Rabbi sues man who threw bleach in his face
A crusading rabbi who exposes child abuse in Brooklyn’s Hasidic community is suing the man who threw bleach in his face following the sex-crimes conviction of a religious counselor. Nuchem...
Flutie: Malik Zaire just cocky enough to lead Irish to playoffs
NBC analyst and Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie talks Notre Dame’s playoff chances and Ohio State’s quarterback competition with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: What are your expectations for Notre...
Teenage hardhat killed by collapsed wall in Bed-Stuy
A teenage hardhat was killed and two others seriously injured when a wall caved in on them at a Bedford-Stuyvesant construction site Thursday morning, officials said. The 19-year-old laborer was...
The day in photos
The Venice Film Festival doesn't impress this dog, skies above Beijing get colorful, President Barack Obama takes on Alaskan wildlife and more.
Roger Goodell got pantsed so badly, it's ruined for all commissioners
It is impossible to overstate how big a loss Roger Goodell suffered Thursday, when Judge Richard Berman nullified the four-game suspension Goodell had deemed just for Tom Brady’s part in...
This jacket will change the way you travel
Nothing sucks more than being cooped up in an airplane’s cheap seats with your gear, electronics and crucial travel documents, especially when they’re stuffed in the filthy seat pocket in...
Harvard gives students more latitude to describe their gender
BOSTON — Harvard University's largest academic division is allowing students register for the new academic year as male, female or transgender and choose which gendered or genderless pronouns they prefer, school...
US suspects more freed Guantanamo inmates returned to battlefield
WASHINGTON - The number of detainees freed from the US Guantanamo detention camp who are suspected of "re-engaging" with militant groups overseas increased over the first six months of 2015,...
Man who peddled phony ‘Star Trek’ tricorders caught in new fraud scheme
Beam him upstate, Scotty. An Illinois scam artist who copped to peddling a bogus health care tablet modeled after the famed "tricorder" used by Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy on Star...
Burger King: We'll create 'Peace Burger' without McDonald's
Maybe there’s a silver lining after all. After its rejection of its Peace Day “McWhopper” idea, Burger King says it’s going to move forward with a collaborative burger anyway –...
Novak Djokovic helps pal pop the question at US Open
Game, set, match. While practicing at the US Open with Germany's Tommy Haas earlier this week, tennis ace-turned-matchmaker Novak Djokovic was joined by longtime pal Kirk Spahn and his lady...
How Brian McCann went from big-money bust to Yankees MVP
Until going down with a severe bone bruise in his right leg, Mark Teixeira was a legitimate AL MVP candidate, among the league's leaders in homers and RBIs to go with elite...
'Transporter Refueled' goes nowhere fast without Jason Statham
“The Transporter Refueled” is a story of bodies: sleek, curvy, luscious bodies, purring for action and ready to let you do anything to them. They’re hotties, these Audis. If only...
Miley Cyrus' new album is sometimes brilliant and more new music
If the thought of hearing OMI’s “Cheerleader” for the 7,723rd time looms heavy over your Labor Day BBQ, check out this week’s releases and freshen up your playlist. Miley Cyrus...
Jack Sock carried off court after frightening collapse at US Open
https://twitter.com/NickMcCarvel/status/639521416082268160/ Young American hopeful Jack Sock couldn’t take the heat and can’t catch a break. Leading in the fourth set, Sock, 22, retired with heat exhaustion, collapsing at the baseline....
Student drives Barbie Jeep after DWI because riding bike 'like really sucks'
https://twitter.com/_c_l_a_r_y_/status/639280978842681344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw A Texas State University student who was arrested for drunk driving has found a way to keep riding around town on four wheels — by cruising on a battery-powered,...
People who donate to charity are much happier — and healthier
LONDON — Giving to others not only makes us happier but can help lower our blood pressure, while humans are most miserable in their forties for deeply rooted biological reasons,...
Apple, Google bring smartphone functions to car dashboards
LOS ANGELES — Playing deejay with voice commands will get easier for more Americans this fall as some best-selling cars get updated with software that integrates smartphones into the dashboard....
Rutgers football in shambles as five arrested for brawl, break-ins
Two days before Rutgers is scheduled to open its season, the reeling program suffered its latest embarrassment, suspending five football players indefinitely after they were arrested Thursday for their alleged...
LGBT activists blast rentboy raid as 'digital Stonewall'
Branding the raid a "digital Stonewall," roughly 70 LGBT activists blasted Brooklyn federal prosecutors Thursday for busting up popular online escort site rentboy.com last week. Holding signs and chanting, the...
The wildest photos from Burning Man
Get a glimpse of the infamous counterculture festival ... without having to deal with dust storms (or worse).
Fordham's title dream depends on little running back who could
Chase Edmonds’ size turned off almost every Division I program interested in him. The few that extended him a scholarship offer wanted him to play defensive back. One program, however,...
Doctor who treats pilots is accused of selling painkillers
A top doctor who treats commercial airline pilots at Kennedy and LaGuardia airports was busted Thursday for dealing painkiller prescriptions out of of his two practices, authorities said. Gerald Surya,...
Deflategate ruling keeps Jets -- and Rex -- under Patriots' heel
Apparently Judge Richard Berman is not a Jets fan. Any hope Jets fans had of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady missing a quarter of the season and therefore opening up the...
Bank exec busted in assault of Times Square desnudas
An out-of-town Bank of America executive assaulted two topless desnuda street performers in Times Square Wednesday night after he accused one of them of pickpocketing his wallet, police sources said....
Fallout from Brady's nixed ban: Woman beater Greg Hardy has hope
A judge’s ruling Thursday put Tom Brady back on the field, but the Patriots star still has a potential four-game suspension hanging over his head. Here are five questions that...
South Carolina church shooting suspect to face death penalty
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The white man accused of killing nine black churchgoers during a Bible study will face the death penalty, according to court documents filed Thursday. The documents said...
Modigliani nude masterpiece could set an auction record
A painting of a female nude by Amedeo Modigliani that caused a scandal nearly a century ago is going on the auction block for the first time. "Reclining Nude" was...
Someone tried to Donald Sterling the boss of the Marlins
Donald Sterling, the biggest reason the Los Angeles Clippers were a laughingstock during more than three decades as the team's owner, was infamously removed from power in 2014 following the...
Porn website offers $25,000 college scholarship, no nudity required
It's one of the most popular pornography sites in the world — and now it is making an offer to students that many would find hard to refuse. Pornhub.com is...
Match.com executive buys West Village condo for $10.5 million
Here's a profile you won't find online. Greg Blatt, chairman of IAC's The Match Group, which includes the online dating website Match.com, has just hooked up with a fancy new...
Clerk jailed until she agrees to grant gay marriage licenses
A federal judge on Thursday jailed the hypocritical Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, as hundreds of protesters cheered outside the courthouse, “Love Won!” US...
Brady, Goodell and beyond: Winners and losers of Deflategate ruling
Deflategate is finally over (thankfully), putting an end to one of the more ridiculous NFL offseason stories of all time. An appeal from the NFL may be coming, but following...
4-minute makeover for guys that she'll absolutely notice
Every guy wants to look his best, but sometimes it’s easy to miss the simple stuff. These quick tips from Men’s Health executive fashion director Brian Boyé will take you...
You're probably breathing the wrong way
Breathing may be automatic, but that doesn't mean you can ignore it. "Most people are doing it wrong most of the time," says Amy Crawford-Faucher, MD, a family medicine specialist...
The 7 tastiest airplane snacks served in coach
When Frontier Airlines’ beloved chocolate chip cookie was taken off the menu in 2012 (shortly after being adopted from its original failing airline, Midwest), the world wept. Or at least...
Vatican to priests: Transsexuals can't be godparents
ROME -- The Vatican told a Spanish bishop that transsexuals cannot be godparents after he asked for a formal answer on the matter, the cleric in the diocese of Cadiz...
Fugitive eyed in pawn shop murder, rape caught in Brooklyn
A dangerous fugitive nabbed in Brooklyn for stealing a woman’s car, murdered a pawn shop owner and raped a child in North Carolina two days prior, Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday....
Wing part found on Reunion Island definitely from MH370
PARIS — The piece of wing found on the shore of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean has been formally identified as part of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight...
Turkey doubts that Thailand bomb suspects are Turks
BANGKOK — Turkey expressed skepticism Thursday over reports that its nationals were involved in the Aug. 17 bombing of a Bangkok landmark that killed 20 people, as Thai authorities reported...
Biden sticks close to Obama while exploring run for president
DAVIE, Fla. — Exploring a presidential campaign, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday offered a robust defense of a nuclear accord with Iran strongly backed by the White House in...
2 Vice News journalists freed from jail in Turkey
https://twitter.com/vicenews/status/638856404447596545 ANKARA, Turkey — Two Vice News journalists who were arrested in Turkey on terror-related charges have been released from jail, a Turkish government official said Thursday. Their assistant will...
AOL to buy Millennial Media for $250 million to boost mobile ads
AOL, which boasts a deep-pocketed new owner, has agreed to buy mobile ad firm Millennial Media for about $250 million in cash. The $1.75-a-share offer represents a 31 percent premium...
Anguished dad of drowned Syrian boys: 'I realized they were all dead'
The anguished dad of the toddler whose photo sparked a global outpouring of sympathy and outrage after his body washed ashore has told how he desperately tried to save his...
The 3 must-watch games to kick off college football
The curtain is ready to rise on the 2015-16 college football season Thursday night with 10 games on the schedule. Here are the three must-watch games for opening night: North...
Nationals have a serious pain in the butt with Bryce Harper
Max Scherzer and Ryan Zimmerman led the Nationals to a nail-biting 4-3 victory Wednesday night in St. Louis to keep pace with the NL East-leading Mets, but the huge win...
This overgrown lost sheep produced 30 sweaters worth of wool
CANBERRA, Australia — A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 89 pounds of wool — the equivalent of 30...
'Teflon Tom': NFLers mostly happy Brady beat Goodell
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had his day in court and took down Roger Goodell and the NFL when Judge Richard M. Berman ruled Thursday morning to overturn Brady's four-game Deflategate suspension....
'Happy' salmon spawns all over Obama's shoes in Alaska
DILLINGHAM, Alaska — This oh-my moment was nowhere on the official schedule for President Barack Obama's visit to Alaska: salmon spawning on his shoes. "You see that?" Obama declared Wednesday...
Trump signs pledge promising no third-party presidential run
Donald Trump on Thursday signed a pledge saying he would support the eventual GOP presidential nominee and not run as a third-party candidate if he loses the Republican primary. “I...
Lance Stephenson in Brooklyn court over child support
An NBA star who holds a New York high school scoring record was in Brooklyn Family Court Thursday fighting the mother of his two young kids over child support. Los...
Iran's top leader: No nuclear deal unless sanctions lifted
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader says world powers must lift international sanctions and not merely suspend them as part of a landmark nuclear agreement. Speaking to a group of...
Brady's Deflategate suspension tossed; judge mocks Goodell
Tom Brady won the Deflategate court battle on Thursday — and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell took another hit when the federal judge bashed him for “dispensing his own brand of...
Slave Trade video game altered after backlash for trivializing slavery
LOS ANGELES — An educational video game has been edited following a social media backlash over a scene depicting slaves being packed into a ship. The creators of Playing History:...
Elon Musk reveals Tesla's mass-market electric car will cost just $35,000
Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk took to Twitter on Wednesday to give a firmer deadline and price for the company’s Model 3, the mass-market car that many expect...
Jeb laughs off Trump's criticism of speaking Spanish
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says his first reaction was to laugh at rival Donald Trump's criticism of him for speaking Spanish. Bush told ABC's "Good Morning America"...
You don't have to be Catholic to like Pope Francis, poll shows
Americans — including Catholics and non-Catholics alike — give Pope Francis a big thumbs-up as he prepares for his historic visit to the US, according to a new Quinnipiac poll...
Canada rejected entry to family of boy who washed up on shore
ANKARA, Turkey — The 3-year-old in blue shorts and a red T-shirt photographed face-down in the surf set out for Europe only after Canada had rejected his family's refugee application,...
Islanders owner adds a personal touch to sell season tickets
With just 18 days until the New York Islanders open their first season in Brooklyn, team owner Jonathan Ledecky is personally calling prospective season ticket holders to help close the...
2,000 fleeing Syrians have drowned in Mediterranean
GENEVA — More than 2,000 Syrians have drowned in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe since 2011, a UN panel reported Thursday, saying there's no end in sight to...
FBI kept tabs on Burning Man festival
The annual Burning Man counterculture festival now taking place in a Nevada desert is known for attracting scantily clad revelers, bike lovers, artists, musicians — and, as it turns out,...
1 Marine killed, 9 hurt in helicopter training exercise
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — One Marine has been killed and nine others were hurt when a helicopter made a hard landing at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The CH-53E Super...
Times Square desnuda busted for offering oral sex to cop
A Times Square desnuda has showed her true colors, offering a cop oral sex as her handler tried to peddle drugs to undercover officers, law-enforcement sources said. Destiny Romero, 20,...
Chinese warships spotted off Alaska coast during Obama visit
Five Chinese navy ships are sailing in international waters in the Bering Sea off Alaska, the Pentagon said Wednesday, in an apparent first for China's military that came as US...
Tim Tebow returns to scene of crime: MetLife Stadium
Tebow Time returns to MetLife Stadium on Thursday night. Three years after his disastrous tenure with the Jets, Tim Tebow will be back to face his former team as a...
Why we keep getting fooled by bad science
Almost three years ago, Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman penned an open letter to researchers working on “social priming,” the study of how thoughts and environmental cues can change later,...
Joe Girardi: Alex Rodriguez not 'comfortable' at first base — yet
BOSTON — Manager Joe Girardi opted not to play Alex Rodriguez at first base Wednesday against Red Sox left-hander Henry Owens, but the manager said it’s possible, with more time...
Trump is now feuding with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
After one of the NBA's all-time greats made his displeasure with Donald Trump's presidential campaign known, Trump didn't hesitate in returning the message to former Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles...
Ohio State not a safe bet vs. Virginia Tech in Week 1
Oh, you're back? Fantastic. When we last met, I was wrapping up a championship run last season as The Post’s top college football handicapper, taking Ohio State to upset Oregon...
David Wright: Why these Mets won't choke down stretch
The feeling is the same, only better, in David Wright’s estimation. You never want to mention two numbers — 2007 and 2008, years that live in collapsing infamy — to...
Seven college football betting tips to help you win money
Another college football season begins Thursday night, officially kicking off peak betting season. Entering another season blindly, the odds of overall success in handicapping remain slim, with decades of history...
Rafael Nadal after win: Media treats me like I'm 'No. 200' in world
Rafael Nadal was fresh off his 7-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over Diego Schwartzman at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Wednesday’s second round of the U.S. Open but, as he sat before...
This tried-and-true angle makes underdog Minnesota the pick
A multiple major handicapping-contest winner against top competition, The Wildcat returns. Including the 1997-2014 seasons in The Post, Cat’s record in print stands at 523-446 (54 percent) against the spread....
Madison Keys talks about potential Serena showdown
The knock on Madison Keys is she actually hits too hard: New statistics show Keys hits her groundstrokes at a higher average speed than anyone on the WTA tour —...
Mardy Fish's star-crossed career ends on uplifting note
When Mardy Fish approached the net for the last post-match handshake of his professional career Wednesday, his opponent, Feliciano Lopez, quietly told him: “You deserved to win. You were the...
Chris Mullin's early gameplan for new-look St. John's
The excitement of the whirlwind nature of his ascension to the head coaching job at St. John’s has leveled off considerably for Chris Mullin, but there are matters that still...
Venus keeps alive hope for Serena showdown with 3-set win
At 35 years old and dealing with Sjogren’s Syndrome, Venus Williams doesn’t have the speed or endurance she once did. Since being diagnosed with the chronic ailment, the oldest player...
4-year-old critically injured after being struck by car in Brooklyn
A 4-year-old was critically injured after being struck by a car in Brooklyn Wednesday night. The child was hit near the corner of East 84th Street and Avenue L in...
Staffer who set up Hillary's private server: I'll plead the Fifth
A former State Department employee who helped Hillary Clinton set up her private email server says he will assert his Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the House Select...
Murder suspect 'can’t stand' North Carolina, begs for NY extradition
A man who allegedly gunned down a Brooklyn cabby begged to be extradited to New York because he “can’t stand” North Carolina, sources said. Unique Gray, 23, was arrested on...
Arizona State will upset Texas A&M; USC will cover big number
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Man to stand trial in 1996 double murder -- for the fifth time
A man will be tried for the fifth time for the same crime, the 1996 double-murder of a millionaire and his home health aide, according to a new court ruling....
How an Apple-techie turned cop helped nab a dangerous fugitive
A former Apple tech whiz-turned-NYPD cop helped nab a dangerous fugitive wanted for murder and rape in North Carolina after the suspect allegedly stole a car in Manhattan Tuesday. Officer...
De Blasio creates his own New York Post cover
Mayor de Blasio, who has finally admitted The Post was right about the homeless problem, has let us get under his skin. He tweeted this phony Page 1 Wednesday, hailing...
De Blasio, Cuomo clash (again) over who does more for homeless
Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio have found yet another issue to squabble about, clashing Wednesday over which one is doing more to help the homeless. The governor poured the...
Hondo makes Brave move
The Cardinals and Phillies conspired Wednesday night to inflate Hondo’s deficit, which grew to 1,718 horners as a result of their failures. Thursday night: Because nobody beats the Wisler and...
Cops break up sprawling hobo village
NYPD cops on Wednesday rousted a homeless horde that has long tormented Metro-North commuters and Harlem residents — more than six weeks after it was exposed by The Post. The raid on...
Mets deserve praise for how they've handled Matt Harvey
The word from the Mets was this: dehydration, weakness, and so Matt Harvey was marooned for a bit in the trainer’s room, the full effects of 101 pitches and 6...
NYPD brass tout 'safest summer' in modern history -- sort of
NYPD brass on Wednesday bragged that the Big Apple just saw its safest summer in modern history — despite a nearly 14 percent spike in murders in certain crime-ridden precincts...
Politics drove ex-nun to ditch de Blasio and work for free
The deputy mayor who announced she’s leaving after only 20 months was “miserable” in her job and felt the administration politicized too many decisions, multiple sources told The Post. Despite...
City agencies pick up NYPD's slack on issuing civil summonses
The Police Department issued nearly 35 percent fewer summonses for civil violations last year — but other city agencies more than made up for the shortfall by increasing their output...
SFX's stock plunges amid cash concerns
SFX Entertainment, the struggling electronic dance music event promoter, plunged Wednesday on concerns about a cash crunch. The stock fell 33.7 percent, to an all-time low of 67 cents —...
Firm recommends BofA separates CEO and chairman roles
Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan is in for a bumpy ride this month. That much was assured on Wednesday after proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis recommended shareholders...
Prokhorov nears deal to buy all of Barclays Center, Nets
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is nearing a deal to buy all of the Barclays Center and the Brooklyn Nets from Bruce Ratner’s Forest City Enterprises, The Post has learned. Prokhorov...
Meet Wall Street's busiest and most selective recruiting firm
Wall Street’s biggest recruiting firm launched four months ago. It doesn’t use pushy sales pitches, and its founders don’t wear suits or ties. If you have trouble believing any or...
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Brooklyn Investigators released the police sketch above of a suspect who allegedly raped a 19-year-old woman in Canarsie. The victim was walking along Rockaway Parkway near Avenue N at about...
Clinton Foundation looked to bring CEO of sanctioned oil company to US
WASHINGTON — Bill Clinton’s foundation, which sought but failed to receive State Department approval for him to give speeches tied to North Korea and the Congo, also asked that the...