December 26, 2016
50 Cent visits wounded friend Troy Ave in hospital
The rapper visited his bullet-riddled buddy in the hospital and posted a bedside photo on Instagram.
Hillary doesn't mention Trump in year-end message to supporters
Hillary Clinton took the high road in a year-end e-mail to her backers Monday — thanking them for their support, but resisting the urge to bash Donald Trump. “While we...
Beating Rex Ryan all the reason Jets need to finish strong
There’s not much for Jets fans to get up for with one more game remaining to this forgettable season. But for those who care enough to show up for the...
7 big things that could happen to NYC real estate in 2017
Hope springs eternal in frigid January, as developers and brokers get back on the job after long holidays away. Here are some of our own hopes for the new year...
Trump says 'no way' Obama would have beat him
President Obama claims he would have handily trounced Donald Trump if only the Constitution had let him seek a third term. “I am confident in [my progressive] vision because I’m...
New generation of Knicks loving life in New York City
Derrick Rose prefers Manhattan over the slower pace of Westchester. Because the hustle and bustle of Manhattan is still less stressful than his days living in his hometown Chicago. “I...
New York City just gave up on IDing bad teachers
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña last week joined with United Federation of Teachers boss Mike Mulgrew and principals’ union head Ernest Logan to ask for a waiver from the state mandate...
De Blasio's despicable 'fake news' defense for deadly ACS failure
Mayor de Blasio is denouncing The Post and city Comptroller Scott Stringer for conspiring to create “fake news” — namely last week’s exposés of gross mismanagement at the Administration for...
Unlikely hero saves Nets after Jeremy Lin goes out with injury
It was backup point guard — and forgotten man — Randy Foye who won it with an off-balance, 3-point prayer as the buzzer sounded. But it was starting point guard...
How next year can be better -- and even worse -- than 2016
The incoming year couldn’t face a less demanding mandate: Don’t be as messed up as 2016, which seemed to set a new low almost weekly. Time Prominent among them, of...
Why investing will be risky even if the Dow hits 20,000
All right, already! Get the damn Dow to 20,000 so we can stop hearing about it. As my readers already understand, traders can push market indices up if they do...
Drones are headed to your doorstep
An outfit called Reportlinker Insight argues that the drones are coming — and they will be welcomed by Americans. I’m not so sure myself. But I am ready to capture...
Toys 'R' Us asks employees to help CEO get bonus
Retailers during the Christmas shopping season use plenty of incentives to get employees to increase sales and new credit card accounts. Bonuses and in-store discounts could be among the most...
Black Tap to take cult eatery to Brooklyn, Lower East Side
While 2016 has seen some top restaurants close, including Betony on West 57th Street’s “Billionaires Row” and Da Silvano, it has also seen some brand explosions. Black Tap Craft Burgers...
Holiday sales disappoint after DC misleads us again
Despite all the early hoopla about how great this holiday shopping season would turn out, it hasn’t worked out that way. In fact, even all the money made in the...
Eli Manning wants only one thing — another run at the Super Bowl
He has spent the last four postseasons, four Januarys and four Super Sundays, playing daddy to his little daughters instead of playing for a crack at his third Super Bowl...
City to pay NYPD cops more to wear body cameras
Most NYPD cops don’t want to wear body cameras — but they may soon get paid for their trouble. In an effort to sweeten the pot in contract talks with...
City worker coerced food stamps recipient out of benefits
A veteran city worker tasked with helping the most vulnerable New Yorkers coerced a client living with HIV to spend part of her food-stamp benefits on the employee herself, an...
Darrelle Revis remains a Hall of Famer
Revis Island was once private property with no trespassing allowed. But in 2016, it has become a destination place with quarterbacks and receivers challenging the Jets cornerback without hesitation. In...
Brandon Jennings breaks ranks with Carmelo over Knicks' issues
Knicks point guard Brandon Jennings apparently believes differently than Carmelo Anthony regarding critiques that too much one-on-one play existed in their 119-114 loss to Boston on Christmas. Jennings signaled the...
Why Giants need four different gameplans for wild-card game
Yet another wintery postseason trip to Green Bay, playing on hallowed NFL ground against Aaron Rodgers, already a legendary quarterback. Or a cross-country flight to drop their uninspiring offense into...
Bryce Petty needs shoulder surgery — what's his 2017 role?
Bryce Petty’s audition as the Jets quarterback ended after Saturday’s 41-3 loss to the Patriots at Gillette Stadium. Petty suffered a torn labrum in his left shoulder during the game...
How to save more at-risk children
Could Zymere Perkins have been saved? The answer, revealed in a recent 27-page report from the state Office of Children and Family Services, is clearly yes. There were five investigations...
The entertainment elite's inaugural boycott will backfire --- again
Few performers seem willing to step up and entertain the country when the new president is sworn in on Jan. 20. With the news last week that opera singer Andrea...
The deadly harm the city wreaks by promising too much
’Tis the season to be generous. But generosity — when it comes from the government — can backfire. Especially when the government has guaranteed it will be generous to everyone....
Centuries-old tapesty possibly owned by King Henry VIII found
A high-end Manhattan carpet store might be selling a reconstruction of a tapestry owned by King Henry VIII, according to a Cambridge professor. The tapestry may date to the late...
Please stop sticking these things in those places
Americans just can't stop sticking things in themselves and each other. Renewing an inward-looking annual tradition, Deadspin has released an inventory of items that people stuffed, shoehorned or otherwise deposited...
Fired teacher and son fathered by student both found dead
The scandalous tale of a Bronx science teacher who seduced a student back in 2012 — and got pregnant after telling him not to use condoms — ended in tragedy...
Brady Skjei deserved benching — he also deserves a promotion
Regarding the Rangers, beginning this six-game segment before the Jan. 8-12 bye week with Tuesday’s match at the Garden against the Senators: 1. Alain Vigneault was correct to make Brady...
Trump taps top aide to pen inaugural speech
Donald Trump is turning to one of his closest aides to begin drafting his inaugural address. Stephen Miller has been by Trump’s side since January of this year, when he...
Eli Manning sounds like he really doesn't want to sit
So, what is Eli Manning’s “take’’ on whether he should play in the Giants’ regular-season finale Sunday afternoon against the Redskins at FedEx Field? “My take is to play,’’ Manning...
Mom drinks pee, eats twigs to survive 26-mile hike to safety
A 46-year-old mom ate twigs and drank her own urine while trudging nearly 30 miles through up to three feet of snow in northern Arizona before being rescued in what...
Abe not the first Japanese prime minister to visit Pearl Harbor
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Pearl Harbor with President Obama on Tuesday — 75 years after the sneak attack propelled the US into war with Japan. Japan's news...
Todd Bowles sees doctor to check on kidney stones
Coach Todd Bowles visited doctors on Monday to follow up on the health scare he had Friday. Because of that, Bowles was not available for a tentatively scheduled conference call...
NFL quarterbacks, ranked by playoff readiness
The list of the NFL's playoff-bound quarterbacks includes a Tom with four Super Bowl rings and a Tom with four career games played. In between: four more guys who have...
The most epic fails of 2016
And the award for the biggest idiot of 2016 goes to a number of people. The year was littered with epic failures caught on camera. The fire department had to...
Leaking toilet helps jailbirds escape
Six inmates escaped from a Tennessee jail on Christmas Day — with the help of an accomplice called "john." Authorities said the convicts took advantage of a leaking toilet inside...
Professor under fire for 'white genocide' tweet
A Drexel University professor has been summoned to a meeting with school officials after he tweeted a Christmas Eve message that appeared to support "white genocide." George Ciccariello-Maher, who is...
David Wright, Jacoby Ellsbury and the deals MLB teams would undo
Like giving gifts at the holidays, long-term contracts are bestowed with good intentions and the greatest of hope. Yet you throw in the gift receipt, just in case there was...
Neighbor allegedly stabs couple
A Manhattan couple was stabbed and critically injured Monday morning by an upstairs neighbor inside their Manhattan apartment building, police sources and neighbors said. A man, whom police described as...
Dead Ivy League lab mice blamed for polluting water
HANOVER, N.H. — Neighbors of Dartmouth College property where for years the Ivy League school disposed of mice and other small animals used in science experiments say they fear pollution...
The fantasy football title seeker's last resorts
While most of the fantasy football community has crowned a champion and laid to rest yet another outstanding season after Week 16, the battle wages on for some. If the NFL is...
Mass graves, booby traps found in Aleppo
BEIRUT — Russia's Defense Ministry said Monday that its troops had found mass graves in Syria's Aleppo with bodies showing signs of torture and mutilation. Dozens of bodies have been...
Israel says Obama was behind UN 'gang-up'
A top Israeli diplomat said on Monday that President Obama was behind the "gang-up" anti-settlement vote in the UN last week and they have the evidence of the White House's...
Courtney Lee struggles with Knicks orders to shoot more
Get greedy. Courtney Lee, the Knicks' starting shooting guard, has made the rounds of the NBA, but this season is the first one in which his coach has begged him...
A quick guide to 2017 fantasy football keepers
You might be stoked this week about a Christmas gift you received. Or you might be bummed you didn’t get what you wanted. You might be jazzed about a fantasy...
Steph Curry's funk now features lecture from coach: 'Be smarter'
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr benched the reigning unanimous NBA MVP in the final seconds of of thrilling NBA Finals rematch in Cleveland, and Steph Curry watched Kyrie Irving...
2016's dumbest criminals caught on camera
Not all criminals are masterminds. The Washington, DC, police have released surveillance footage of one of the world's most desperately hungry criminals. After sneaking into the restaurant behind a delivery...
Russell Westbrook lashes out at 'Thank you Kyrie' video
This is a case of incredibly amazing timing. Shortly after Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers knocked off Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day, the Oklahoma...
Black subway rider slashed after offering his seat
A black Bronx hair stylist was carved up by a subway psycho who made racial remarks before the attack that left him with nearly 100 stitches, police sources said Monday....
Toddler son found dead in bathtub, mom in living room
A mother and her 3-year-old son were found dead Monday morning inside their West Harlem residence, police said. Cops found the 36-year-old mother with an electrical cord tied around her...
Rabbi rips into Obama at National Menorah Lighting
The rabbi leading the National Menorah Lighting outside the White House on Sunday night ripped into President Obama for allowing a United Nations vote condemning Israel to pass Friday at...
Church adds Tupac song to Christmas service
One of the largest Christmas Carol services in Sri Lanka accidentally printed the lyrics to late rapper Tupac Shakur’s vitriolic banger, "Hail Mary".
Deadly typhoon rips through northern Philippines
BATANGAS, Philippines — A powerful typhoon blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday after killing at least six people and spoiling Christmas in several provinces, where more than 380,000...
Evil cat attacks man unwrapping Christmas present
Paws off the Christmas presents! Andrew Woodward, of Georgia, was enthusiastically ripping the wrapping paper off his new PlayStation 4 on Sunday when his cat pounced on him and viciously...
These are the 5 craziest anti-robbery fights of 2016
2016 was a year chock-full of fighting back. From cashiers throwing hammers at robbers with guns to a little kid testing out his real-life street-fighting moves on a thief at...
Obama cried at send-off, says he could have been re-elected
President Obama admitted he cried at a recent senior staff send-off dinner — and is now claiming that he’d be able to get re-elected if he had run for president...
Ivanka Trump and husband celebrate Hanukkah in Hawaii
Future first daughter Ivanka Trump is celebrating Hanukkah in Hawaii with her family. Trump shared a picture of herself, with husband Jared Kushner and their three kids, celebrating the first...
Chinese warships pass Taiwan amid renewed tension
A group of Chinese warships led by the country's sole aircraft carrier entered the top half of the South China Sea on Monday after passing south of Taiwan, the self-ruled...
Why the fashion industry will miss Michelle Obama
NEW YORK — The morning after Michelle Obama's big speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2012, in which she argued passionately for a second term for her husband, designer...
Mudslide plows through apartment complex
At least four Southern California residents have been displaced after a mudslide plowed through an apartment complex on Christmas Day. No one in the Oceanside housing complex was injured, on-duty...
Divers find Russian airplane fragments in the Black Sea
SOCHI, Russia — Fragments of a plane were dragged out of the Black Sea on Monday amid a massive search operation as Russian officials declared that their investigation into the...
Naked man takes over Times Square, screams about Donald Trump
A chiseled young model strutted around the Great White Way in his birthday suit Thursday putting on an epic, hourlong peep show that brought traffic to a halt and had...
2016's most epic animal encounters
What do you get when you find a boxing match between two kangaroos in a front yard, a family of bears hanging out on a hammock, and a close encounter...
The Kushners spend the holidays in Hawaii
Ivanka Trump and her family spent Christmas at a beachfront Hawaiian resort just days after she was harassed on a JetBlue flight by a Brooklyn lawyer. The soon-to-be first daughter,...
Mind blowing art in 2016
Your mom may have hung your art on the fridge, but it does not compete with this. When street art depicting Hillary Clinton in a bikini popped up on a...
These ladies could cover it up, but why would they?
These ladies could cover it up, but why would they? While there may be others, this is an important contest that deserves your attention. The Miss Bum Bum competition decided whose...
Animals that stole our hearts, made us cry, and kept us guessing
Cute and cuddly, but don't get too attached. A man from Yunnan province, China, decided to adopt an abandoned puppy. The arrangement was going along perfectly until that puppy started...
2016's freakiest bodies
If you thought you have seen it all, you are mistaken. Aditya Kumar Jangum, nicknamed "Snake Boy," is a 13-year-old contortionist from India who has been training for the past...
Mad brawls exploding in 2016
These folks would rather use their hands more than anything else. An alleged road-rage argument in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, turned into a multi-person street fight with several bystanders joining...
2016’s old folks who won at life
These women prove you're never too old to win at life. Nelly Jacobs grew up riding horses, but when she started showing signs of Parkinson's disease in her early 50s,...
Food that will make you bug out
Try anything once, even some of these unconventional and bug-filled meals. In South Korea, eating bugs is becoming big business. Not only in obvious ways, but also in new, scientific...
Technology on steroids in 2016
Technology in 2016 literally kept the lights on. An electronics company called Agic created a pen that allows electricity to flow. Silver ink within the pen connects circuits through the drawing...
These cops took it to the next level in 2016
Policemen show with their bravery that what they do is not just a "job." Dashcam footage captured Sgt. Greg Boger responding to calls about a man walking through traffic in...
These cops resorted to extreme force in 2016
This may be disturbing to you. These policemen were caught on camera using extreme force on civilians. CCTV footage surfaced of a Florida police officer punching a handcuffed woman in...
Russia says focus is on faults, not terror, in plane crash probe
SOCHI, Russia — A pilot error or a technical fault — not terrorism — is likely to be the cause of the plane crash into the Black Sea, Russia's transport...
What to do the day after Christmas and beyond
Drag yourself out of bed, and kick off the day after Christmas right -- with New York's best entertainment, fashion, family activities and fitness fun, as recommended by Post writers.
2016 was not a good year for famous people
It’s been a tragic year for celebrity deaths. George Michael is just the latest in a long line of stars who have passed away in 2016 — a list that...
Syrians celebrate Christmas amid Aleppo cathedral ruins
War-weary Christians celebrated a Christmas Mass amid the ruins of the bombed-out St. Elias Cathedral in Aleppo on Sunday, just days after civilian refugees were evacuated and the government regained...
Little girl torches family's apartment playing with matches
A six-year-old girl playing with matches torched her family's apartment and forced others in the building to evacuate on Christmas day, according to sources. The blaze broke out around 6:45...
Rape charges dismissed against Moroccan pop star
A Moroccan former lounge singer who became an international pop star while on the run from a Brooklyn rape rap just caught a big break — he won’t be prosecuted...
Ray Kelly backs Trump's plan to vet Muslim immigrants
Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said he backs Donald Trump’s plans to give more scrutiny to Muslim immigrants and refugees. “We need deeper vetting. It’s absolutely necessary,” Kelly said in...
AFC playoffs wrecked with Derek Carr out, Texans in
Not all Christmas surprises are good. Sometimes the package contains a lump of coal, or in the case of this weekend, a lump and a half. The AFC playoffs were...
Expired passport saves Russian choir member's life
A singer in Russia’s Red Army Choir has his expired passport to thank for saving his life. Another avoided death because of daddy duty. Roman Valutov, 29, was listed in...
It's the most wonderful time of the year for activist investors
Sometimes success for activist hedge funds is as simple as showing up at the right time. Just ask Jeffrey Ubben of ValueAct Capital, who turned up on Morgan Stanley’s doorstep...
Snapchat to buy Israeli tech startup: report
Messaging app Snapchat is buying Israeli augmented reality startup Cimagine Media, according to a report on Sunday. The Venice, Calif., company is paying an estimated $30 million to $40 million,...