September 27, 2015
The small signs A-Rod may finally be snapping his slump
A ground-rule double Saturday and a pinch-hit single Sunday don’t mean Alex Rodriguez has totally shaken off his late-season slump. However, they are small signs Rodriguez is ready to get...
It looks like Steven Matz will join vaunted aces in playoffs
CINCINNATI — The Mets’ playoff rotation is all but set, but manager Terry Collins won’t officially complete the equation until later this week. In some order, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard...
Suddenly the Big Ten is the powerhouse no one expected
Did you get all your jokes in? All your potshots? Because if you didn’t take advantage of the languishing Big Ten the last few years, you’re out of luck. College...
CNBC's Larry Kudlow has decided to run for Senate
They just don’t get any respect. The Rodney Dangerfield-like New York Republican Party’s only choice to challenge Sen. Chuck Schumer next year, CNBC economic analyst Larry Kudlow, has indeed decided...
Stephen Drew reveals scary condition behind his absence
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Dustin Ackley is playing second base these days “because of the way he’s playing.” But Ackley also is playing because of the way Stephen Drew...
Homeless city workers are a national embarrassment
Meet Angelo Torres. He’s the $33,662-a-year city Parks Department maintenance worker who says that, for the past four months, he has been nearly penniless, depressed and living out of his...
How even-keeled Tom Coughlin kept Giants from desperation
Tom Coughlin did not believe it to be true but he knew he was powerless to stop the condemnation from flowing onto his players if, collectively, the Giants could not...
Lundqvist doing his best to find midseason form in preseason
There was a strange moment of déjà vu on Saturday night at Prudential Center, when a puck was loose in front of the south goal and Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist...
Hondo picks the Pack
The Patriots totally destroyed the godawful Jaguars for Hondo on Sunday, which caused the NRN (nasty red number) to be reduced to 1,522 nitschkes. Monday night: Mr. Aitch suggests you...
Victor Cruz pumped for Beckham combo in announcing return
“The return is here.’’ That is the way Victor Cruz signed off a video posted Sunday, declaring he indeed will make his 2015 debut Sunday against the Bills in Buffalo....
The 4 problems bipolar Yankees must solve in final week
The 2015 Yankees have displayed more personalities than Peter Brady. Old and tired. Young and lively. Pitching-deficient mashers. Well-armed banjo hitters. At war with Alex Rodriguez. Celebrating Alex Rodriguez. They...
Jets' Darrelle Revis shrugs off new hamstring bother
Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis was not on the field for the team’s final defensive series after tweaking his hamstring during Sunday’s 24-17 loss to the Eagles. “I’ll be fine,” Revis...
Todd Bowles downplays QB drama after Fitzpatrick's disaster
Even after Ryan Fitzpatrick’s ill-timed fourth-quarter interceptions killed the Jets’ comeback hopes in a 24-17 loss to Philadelphia, coach Todd Bowles insisted there’s no quarterback controversy and Fitzpatrick is still...
Billionaire Carl Icahn attacks 'entitled' 1 percent in video
Billionaire shareholder activist Carl Icahn is now the latest to attack the 1 percent. “I’m saying the wealthy, the elitists, are a little oblivious to the problems” facing the country,...
Eagles' Tony Romo crusher devastates Jets, too
Hero Darren Sproles came through when the previously winless Eagles needed someone to save their season, providing the eventual difference all in the second quarter with an 89-yard punt return...
How Eagles' miniature energy burst saved their season
The smallest player on the MetLife Stadium turf Sunday made the biggest contribution — and helped save the Eagles’ season in the process. With previously winless Philadelphia clinging to a...
With chance to be noticed, Jets receivers nearly disappear
With the Jets missing two of their top three wideouts — Eric Decker and Chris Owusu both out with knee injuries — persona non grata Jeremy Kerley and rookie Devin...
How Jets' crucial letdown mistake could burn them next week
It was a short week following the big Monday night road win in Indianapolis. The opponent, the Eagles, came in the desperate team, winless at 0-2 and with the City of...
Songs meet sign language in this Broadway musical
The hormonal teenagers in “Spring Awakening” aren’t happy with their lot: One minute they’re singing about “The Bitch of Living,” the next about how they’re “Totally F - - ked.” And while they’re...
With Ivory on call, Jets' ground game grinds to screeching halt
The Jets didn’t want to risk Chris Ivory with a groin injury Sunday, and their vaunted running game was DOA as a result. Their leading rusher was active and ready...
Todd Frazier: Mets' 'lethal' young guns make them team to beat
CINCINNATI — The Four Flushing Flamethrowers are ready. Look for the Mets to attack the Dodgers in the NLDS in this pitching order. Jacob deGrom, 27, in Game 1. Noah...
Yes, Hillary Clinton broke the law
Since there has been much evasion and obfuscation about Hillary Rodham Clinton’s email use, it seems appropriate to step back and simply review what we know in light of the...
Here's sharp advice for this year's hunt
The coming of October means the real fall classic is upon us. That’s right — hunting season! With much of New York state now allowing deer hunting in one form...
The Brooklyn school wars are about class -- not race
Hypocrisy, thy name is “progressive” Brooklyn. The ostensibly liberal parents of successful, and overcrowded, PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights have complained loudly about their school-district lines potentially being redrawn —...
De Blasio mugged by reality on housing -- again
Bill de Blasio won City Hall by attacking Mayor Michael Bloomberg on housing. Two years later, as Ed Koch might say, how’s he doing? Well, de Blasio’s real-life housing plan...
Vladimir Putin's next trick: a strike Obama won't answer
The late, great strategist Yogi Berra claimed that “you can’t predict the future.” Well, if you remove your partisan lenses and analyze a situation objectively, you can sometimes come very...
Why Brandon Marshall pulled the 'worst play in NFL history'
You knew what Brandon Marshall was thinking — or not thinking — when he made the kind of bonehead play that wise old veterans rarely make: my Harvard quarterback may...
A season in 10 games: Tracing the Mets' incredible seesaw year
CINCINNATI — Terry Collins was as relaxed as you’ll see him, ever, a few hours before his Mets would officially kick off their drive for home-field advantage in the NLDS...
Wall Street banks are tracking everything employees do
Wall Street banks are amping up their Big Brother powers — hiring high-tech surveillance firms that can track nearly every move their employees make, from social media to the dark...
Verizon to back go90 launch with $80M marketing blitz
Verizon, surrounded by a feisty group of rivals, will look to further stand out from the crowd this week when it debuts go90, a mobile video service that, sources tell...
Take a cat home at this feline-friendly cafe
Get ready for another cat-aclysmic opening. Little Lions Teahouse, a cat cafe — half sanctuary, half cafe — is slated to open at 38-40 Grand Street in the next few...
The bizarre drive to boycott Obama's anti-extremism conference
Mayor de Blasio is being pushed to skip a White House conference on combating violent extremism, because . . . President Obama is mean to Muslims? Twenty-plus groups have written the mayor,...
Hillary Clinton's latest email drips
Hillary Clinton keeps insisting it’s all so simple, yet it all turns out to be so tangled — except when it turns out she simply lied. While most of the...
Mayor's styrofoam ban struck down by — science
It was a win for science and a loss for Team de Blasio last week when a judge struck down the mayor’s bid to outlaw Styrofoam. Justice Margaret Chan overturned...
Pope's Philly visit was a flop for local businesses
PHILADELPHIA — One restaurant owner spent $7,500 on food she couldn't sell. A smoothie shop's business was down more than 50 percent. Even as hundreds of thousands of people thronged...
Man suspicious of US Embassy's explanation of brother's death
The brother of a Long Island man killed during an alleged botched robbery while vacationing in Colombia last week says the incident is "really strange." "It's a really strange robbery...John's...
Bella Hadid struts in stripes at Milan Fashion Week
In her final walk at Fashion Week, Hadid rocked stripes for Missoni.
Jordan Spieth has richest golf season ever after FedEx Cup win
ATLANTA — Jordan Spieth treated the Tour Championship as if it were a major. He played like it was, too. Looking for a fitting finish to a sensational season, Spieth...
Will any university stand up to the bogus 'rape epidemic' hype?
A new survey of sexual assault on college campuses? Cue the claims of proof positive that a “rape culture" exists at schools across the nation. Take it with a large...
Filling the MTA's funding hole — and fixing the malpractice behind it
In another front in the turf war between Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio, Cuomo-appointed MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast warned last week that he’ll have to cut funding for projects...
Jets report card: Offense was even worse than the numbers
Offense Don’t be fooled by the 323 yards the Jets put up. The offense was terrible. Outside of a 79-yard drive before halftime, they looked awful. The run game was...
Woman busted with DWI after Billy Joel concert
A boozed-up interior designer was busted after crashing her brand-new Mercedes into another luxury car following a Billy Joel concert at Madison Square Garden early Sunday, Port Authority Police Department...
Warren Buffett is ready to sub in for the Dolphins
https://twitter.com/JeffDarlington/status/648220353127424000 Maybe even Warren Buffett is jealous of that Ndamukong Suh megadeal. The billionaire was on the sideline in Miami before the Dolphins kicked off against the Bills on Sunday, and...
Biker killed by car's sudden U-turn
A motorcyclist was fatally struck by a car trying to swing a U-turn in The Bronx on Sunday, officials said. Both drivers, 23, were heading west on Boston Road around...
Jonathan Papelbon attacks Bryce Harper in Nationals dugout
https://twitter.com/_JakeRussell/status/648227315479093248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Throwing at opposing batters wasn't easing Jonathan Papelbon's frustration. So he turned to a teammate. The chaos surrounding the disappointing Nationals hit -- and we do mean hit -- a...
With eyes on wild card, Severino blanks White Sox in Yankees’ win
Joe Girardi is banking on ace Masahiro Tanaka recovering from a right hamstring problem and pitching the first game of the Yankees’ postseason, which will almost certainly be the AL...
Hillary Clinton: Email scandal like a drip, drip, drip
Hillary Clinton said she’s been “transparent enough” about her use of private emails while she was Secretary of State and lamented the story was spinning away form her. “It is...
Jets’ pitiful 1st half dooms them in dreadful loss to Eagles
That sound you heard in North Jersey around 2 p.m. Sunday was the Jets returning to Earth with a thud. The Eagles handed the Jets their first loss, 24-17 at...
The must-have shoes and bags for fall -- all under $500
Trend: Marrakech Glam Channel the globe-trotting luxe-hippie vibe of the 1970s with richly embellished leathers, twinkling metallics and plush velvet Trend: Mod Madness Swinging-’60s style is huge this season, and...
What hangover? Mets' JV squad destroys Reds
CINCINNATI — Weren’t the Mets supposed to take Sunday off? With most of their starters on the bench — Michael Conforto was the exception — the Mets kept rolling, hardly...
Sean Penn's kids show up fashionably late for Milan show
After an unexpected applause from the front row, Dylan and Hopper Penn took their seats.
Ben Roethlisberger carted off after grisly blow to knee
ST. LOUIS — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been carted off after injuring his left knee on a sack in the third quarter against the Rams. The team said he...
Girardi concedes cutoff date for Tanaka to get wild-card tuneup
The starting pitcher for the Yankees in the wild-card game -- and let’s assume that’s where they will reside after the regular season -- is something everybody affiliated with the...
Brandon Marshall front-runner for Jets' dumbest turnover of year
Brandon Marshall gives, and he takes away. Two weeks after an incredible strip following a Ryan Fitzpatrick interception, Marshall had a brainlock Sunday, literally tossing the ball to the Eagles....
Boehner slams GOP 'false prophets' hoping to replace him
House Speaker John Boehner vowed to keep the government open for business in the waning weeks of his term in office Sunday but warned against the “false prophets” in his...
Cop peels 5-foot python off woman's arm
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — A southwest Missouri police officer his being called a hero for calmly peeling a 5-foot python off a woman's arm after the snake sank its teeth...
'I'm back': Long offseason is over for rejuvenated Carmelo Anthony
The long wait is over for Carmelo Anthony. The Knicks superstar considers his offseason to have begun after the All-Star Game in late February, when he underwent season-ending surgery to...
You'll never guess what Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe have in common
If you’ve never seen Marilyn Monroe’s menorah — or heard Elizabeth Taylor softly recite the Jewish prayer, the Shema, in Hebrew — what are you waiting for? Just unveiled at...
NFL game put on hold after field catches fire
At least no players were handling the fireworks. The Steelers-Rams game in St. Louis was delayed after a pyrotechnics fire sprang out as the Rams were running onto the field...
Man killed by subway train in Brooklyn
A man was fatally struck by a train in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, officials said. The man, believed to be in his 50s, was attempting to jump onto the tracks...
Leonard Fournette is freaking out NCAA defenses and Twitter
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Leonard Fournette posed for a photo with former Syracuse great Floyd Little after leading LSU to another victory, a fitting end to another stellar day for the...
Student 'murdered' in 1984 found alive in Germany
A woman who disappeared 31 years ago in Germany and was registered dead after a man confessed to her murder, was found two weeks ago living in Dusseldorf, the International...
Mullins says City Council a bigger problem for cops than de Blasio
The City Council is a bigger obstacle than Mayor de Blasio for cops seeking to maintain law and order in the city, a top police union official said Sunday. Council...
The top six career and technical schools
You can learn a lot more than the three “R’s” in New York City schools — these teach you a trade as well. 1. Aviation Career & Technical Education High...
Curt Schilling's anti-Muslim tweet won't cost him ESPN's playoffs
LOUDON, N.H. -- Curt Schilling is headed back to TV for ESPN. Schilling said Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway he would return to work for the sports network as...
Models snap selfies on Dolce & Gabbana runway
Selfies for spring? All the models are doing it, dressed in head-to-toe Dolce & Gabbana.
France fires first airstrikes against IS in Syria
PARIS — Six French jet fighters targeted and destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria, President Francois Hollande said Sunday, making good on a promise to go after...
Polygamous towns host rare, public memorial after deadly flood
HILDALE, Utah — A survivor so young he stepped on a stool to reach a podium microphone, remembered his heart "whacking like a sledgehammer" in the moments before a flash...
Iraq to share intelligence on IS with Russia, Syria and Iran
BAGHDAD — Iraq will begin sharing "security and intelligence" information with Russia, Syria and Iran to help combat the advances of the Islamic State group, the Iraqi military announced Sunday....
Ben Carson just one point behind Donald Trump: poll
As he surged to a virtual tie with GOP front-runner Donald Trump in a new poll, Ben Carson doubled down Sunday on his controversial assertion that a Muslim should not...
Several hurt after crowd rushes stage at Arizona music festival
As many as 12 people were injured after a crowd rushed a stage during a music festival Saturday night at a park near the city's downtown, authorities said.
Pope Francis meets with church sex-abuse victims
Pope Francis met privately Sunday with victims of priest sex abuse, saying that “God weeps for them” and vowing that church officials responsible “will be held accountable.” The half-hour audience...
'Ground Zero Mosque' site to become ultra-luxury condos
Remember that 15-floor “Ground Zero Mosque” that caused such a ruckus five years ago? The developer has now decided to build an ultra-luxury, 70-story residential skyscraper on the site, two...
Seller of Cabbage Patch Kids sabotaged by executive: lawsuit
There’s trouble in the Cabbage Patch: a company licensed to sell the ubiquitous 1980s doll claims it was sabotaged by one of its own executives. California-based Jakks Pacific has held...
Eight hidden gems in the NYC school system
Don’t limit your search to the city’s best-known high schools. Some lesser-known, up-and-coming places of learning make the grade. Insideschools.org, the Department of Education and The Post recommend eight such...
WTC tightrope docudrama ‘The Walk’ nails the landing
Robert Zemeckis’ “The Walk’’ reaches for the sky when aerialist Philippe Petit mounts a wire perilously stretched between the original World Trade Center towers, two-thirds of the way through this...
The top NYC high schools for art and performance students
For the aspiring artist, the high schools that specialize in turning teens into stars. 1. Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School Of Music & Art and Performing Arts 100 Amsterdam Ave....
Pope got one last look at Statue of Liberty before leaving NYC
On his way to JFK Airport on Saturday morning, Pope Francis took a poignant detour, asking the pilot of his helicopter to circle the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island,...
Korean singer should pay for missing own gigs: lawsuit
A famous Korean singer with a long rap sheet whose inability to get a timely visa resulted in canceled gigs in New York and Los Angeles should pay for the...
The top sports high schools in NYC
The Post highlights the schools that year-in and year-out field some of the city’s best teams. Football Lincoln HS: The Coney Island school, under coach Shawn O’Connor, is known for developing raw...
Cops save man from second floor leap at LaGuardia Airport
Port Authority police may have saved the life of a distraught man at LaGuardia Airport Saturday afternoon, by wrestling him away from a second floor ledge as he tried to...
The top 40 public schools that don't require the SHSAT test
How we ranked them: The New York Post’s Top 40 includes all schools that don’t use the SHSAT test for enrollment. We also broke out Arts and Career schools as...
The Elite Eight: Here are the top schools in NYC
These New York City schools are the only ones that admit students based solely on their scores on the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT), which students take in the...
How to get into the high school you want
It’s time for New York City eighth-graders to pore over a smorgasbord of 400 public high schools — and apply to a dozen. But getting into one of the best...
Something borrowed: Bride is 11th to wear 120-year-old family gown
Future bride Abigail Kingston is taking the “something borrowed” refrain to heart — she’ll be the 11th woman in her family to get married in the same dress. The gown,...
Students: School hired us to fix computers — and never paid up
This high school bytes! Administrators at William Cullen Bryant HS in Queens put a crew of tech-savvy kids to work repairing and servicing computers — but stiffed them out of...
How Hillary Clinton manages a leaky scandal
While the presidential news continues to revolve around the Donald Trump & Barnum & Bailey Circus, by far the most significant political fact of the summer that just ended was...
A trunk full of Britain’s WWII secrets saved the world
On June 4, 1940, a defiant Winston Churchill delivered his famous “Dunkirk” speech to Parliament. The British had just rescued 338,000 retreating Allied soldiers, cornered by German forces. France was...
'CSI' has ruined the American justice system
The suspect was caught two blocks from the scene. The gun was inside his backpack. Multiple witnesses identified the shooter who tried to kill a man on a Brooklyn street....
Burlesque queen Lili St. Cyr was the Kim Kardashian of her day
At a burlesque club called the Gayety in Montreal, the dancer took the stage to the sound of the jazz standard “Harlem Nocturne.” With a packed crowd watching in rapt...
The first lady who made herself president (no, not that one)
When news broke on April 4, 1841, that William Henry Harrison, our ninth president, had died after only 32 days in office, Vice President John Tyler rushed to Washington to...
New York-Presbyterian was biggest beneficiary of slush fund
New York-Presbyterian Hospital was the biggest beneficiary of state money from a slush fund controlled by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, records show. Not only did NYP cancer researcher Dr....
The myth of the college 'rape culture'
So Harvard has now released the results of its sexual conduct survey and there’s only one question left to answer: How many incidents of sexual assault did not involve drinking?...
Leonard Williams on his imprisoned dad, hair and life as Jets rookie
Jets rookie defensive lineman Leonard Williams tackles some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Are you in touch with your dad Clenon at all, or no? A: Yeah, every...
Beyoncé outshines the stars at Global Citizen Festival
The message came with a decent helping of music at Global Citizen Festival on Saturday. The daylong event in New York’s Central Park took the organization’s mission statements of ending...
Two cops, four passengers hurt in West Village crash
A car crash involving a police cruiser in the West Village sent two cops and four civilians to the hospital Saturday evening, officials said. The cop car collided with another...
Judge in line for NY Supreme Court post amid 'back-room deal'
Civil Court Judge Noach Dear — who was booted from the Criminal Court bench three years ago after making insensitive racial remarks and head-scratching rulings — is up for a...
City agencies pay $1.6B in overtime last year as costs surge
Some city agencies saw their overtime costs surge by as much as 45 percent as the city forked over $1.6 billion in additional pay to municipal workers over the past...
'Phony' lawyer admits to tricking dozens of clients, collecting $40K
An earlier version of this article, published on September 27, 2015, featured a photo of a building located at the address listed in an advertisement for Mr. Perlov's business. The...
Lunar eclipse, 'supermoon' will be visible for first time in decades
Get ready to be supermooned Sunday night. For the first time in more than 30 years, we’ll be treated to a total lunar eclipse combined with a supermoon — a...
Putin to offer Russian military for fight against ISIS: report
In his address to the UN on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin will offer Moscow’s military might to help in the fight against Islamic State militants, according to a report....
Stars who snubbed the Clintons
What do Pope Francis, President Obama, Leonardo DiCaprio, Elton John and Angela Merkel have in common? They’re all spurning the Clintons this weekend. The Clinton Foundation invited scores of leaders,...
Mets playoff history: Thrilling, satisfying, frustrating — but never boring
CINCINNATI — Look, there isn’t a Mets fan alive who wouldn’t exchange their team’s history for the Yankees’, because there isn’t a fan of any team in any sport that...
TV staffers forced to work 24-hours straight: lawsuit
The real drama on the TV series “The Following” and “The Blacklist” was behind the scenes, claim two staffers who say they were forced to work 24-hour shifts without breaks...
David Villa's goal on penalty kick in stoppage lifts NYCFC
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — David Villa scored on a penalty kick in stoppage time to give New York City FC a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night....
Why Rangers' Kevin Hayes is struggling to find comfort zone
Alain Vigneault was saying he wanted to see more from Kevin Hayes, and it’s hard to say if that’s what he got when he changed Hayes' position for Saturday’s 4-3...
Pats where it’s at for Hondo
Hondo suffered the dreaded double-flusher Saturday night, swirling down the drain with the Reds and Oregon to raise his deficit to 1,622 hannahs. Sunday: Mr. Aitch is pumped up for...
This East Village chef cooked for Pope Francis
Two months ago, a priest ate barbecue at Ismael Alba’s Argentinian restaurant, Buenos Aires, in the East Village, afterward calling him over and asking if he’d mind cooking up some...
Crawford, Stamos and Lowe heat up TV this week
1. Quantico Sunday, 10 p.m., ABC Series premiere. The lives of seven FBI recruits are followed in flashbacks between the future (the aftermath of a terrorist attack on Grand Central...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan Empty-handed after a robbery try at a Chase bank, a suspect succeed 25 minutes later at a Chase branch nearby and walked away with $1,175. The failed heist went...
Broncos rediscovering menacing calling card to unburden Manning
Peyton Manning won’t have to do this by himself. And that’s a good thing, because Scott Boras already would have his 39-year-old arm on a pitch count if he represented...