January 2, 2017
Trump's agenda will officially kickoff this week
The Trump agenda officially begins being implemented this week. The new Congress is being sworn in Tuesday, and Republicans will get to work on the broad, sweeping agenda that propelled...
Henrik Lundqvist baffled by alarming habit of early goals
It marked the sixth time Lundqvist had surrendered a goal on either the first or second shot he had faced.
The four factors that can get Mets over Jay Bruce trade hump
The Mets hope to learn more this week about the outfield trade market. That would be the outfield trade market they’ve been trying to infiltrate for over a month now...
Size matters when it comes to holiday gifts
There are many classic Christmas gift returns — like dad’s tie or Auntie Em’s tacky sweater. But among the most returned items in the weeks after Christmas are items that...
Airport customs outage causes nationwide chaos
Passengers at airports nationwide suffered hours-long delays Monday when tech glitches jammed up Customs processing systems. The four-hour outage affected airports from Florida to Boston, including JFK and Newark Liberty...
People are actually paying for music again
Music labels might be singing a happier tune in 2017 as years-long efforts to get consumers to pay for music appear to be gaining traction. Subscription streams grew a stunning...
Cuomo forms task force to enforce new minimum-wage
The state has formed a 200-person task force to enforce new minimum-wage requirements, Gov. Cuomo announced Monday. He dismissed concern from small-business owners that the higher wage would make it...
Broncos linebacker recounts horrifying paralysis moment
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver linebacker Zaire Anderson says he didn't regain feeling in his arms or legs until he was on the way to the hospital after being carted off...
Streets of Baghdad literally running red with blood
The streets of Baghdad were literally running red with blood Monday following a wave of car bombings that left more than 50 people dead and scores injured. A video posted...
Teen found dead in Prospect Park Lake
A 19-year-old man was found dead in Prospect Park Lake Monday evening, according to police. Cops say passers-by discovered him floating near the lakeside gazebo at the southeast corner of...
Nets waste solid defense in falling back into NBA basement
The Nets ended 2016 with in-game discord and postgame discourse, a players-only meeting they hoped would help break their slump. They opened 2017 by playing hard, and playing together —...
'Sleepy Hollow' star 'totally worried' about replacing beloved character
When a lead actor bolts from an established series, it can create a significant narrative hole. Just ask any showrunner who has cleaned up after departing stars like David Caruso...
Is ‘The Bachelor’ looking to turn a one-night stand into a relationship?
http://www.hulu.com/watch/1020328 New year, new Nick Viall? Finally in the driver’s seat as this season’s “Bachelor,” the 36-year-old Wisconsin native took center stage with an open heart during Monday night’s...
I totally transformed my body with these easy steps
When British acting student Alice Liveing decided to ditch her poor eating habits and take up regular exercise, she never imagined that posting online photos of her nutritious meals and...
Jeff Hornacek hints at changes after defense hits rock bottom
After arguably their worst loss of the season Monday, Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek lowered the boom, delivering his most damning assessment of his team’s defensive woes, admitting perhaps this roster...
Here's what happens to all those unwanted Christmas presents
Welcome to the retail returns season — the much less popular sibling of the holiday retail sales. Every year roughly $260 billion worth of stuff bought at retail is returned,...
Hornacek: Why Knicks bench has earned a minutes shake-up
No disrespect to the starting lineup, but ... Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek’s edict to cut the starters’ minutes is not only to keep players like Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis...
A guide to making de Blasio a one-term mayor
Mayor Bill de Blasio looks easy to beat this fall, with only 39 percent of potential voters thinking he deserves re-election, according to a Quinnipiac poll. But such polls can...
Todd Bowles explains when this Jets year went wrong
Jets coach Todd Bowles is not entering his third season on the job looking at it as playoffs-or-bust. After missing the playoffs in his first two seasons, Bowles said he...
Designer to the stars tried to cheat store manager out of $25K: suit
A fashion designer favored by Kanye and Jay Z tried to coerce the manager of his London and Paris stores to hand over her ownership in the retail venture she...
Ranking 11 contenders for 2nd best coach in playoffs
The Post’s Bart Hubbuch begins a five-day series ranking the playoff teams in specific areas. First up are the head coaches: 1. Bill Belichick, Patriots Four rings. Tom Brady still...
US money transfers to Mexico soared in November
Mexican citizens living in the US sent nearly $2.4 billion back to their home country in November, in a possible reaction to the election of Donald Trump, according to a...
‘Iron Man’ will be barhopping in Brooklyn this month
Cue the Black Sabbath and set the dial for permanent press. A Brooklyn dad who calls himself Iron Man will be barhopping around Brooklyn this month — teaming up with...
Out-of-control car slams into Bronx pizzeria
An out-of-control car plowed into a Bronx pizzeria Monday afternoon, trapping several people inside, authorities said. The red Honda hatchback barreled through the front window of Famous Pizza Express at...
Giants-Packers Part 3: Because this was too perfect not to happen
Well, you can’t say the folks who write these mystical football scripts haven’t been paying attention, and don’t know a good thing when they see it. First, they have given...
Recovering Rick Nash: If I can go all-out, I want to play
The Rangers could take the extreme precautionary approach with Rick Nash and hold him out of the three games preceding the bye week in order to ensure the winger’s groin...
Trump issues stern warning to North Korea about nukes
Donald Trump promised that North Korea will not develop a "nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the U.S." in a stern Twitter warning issued Monday evening. "North Korea just...
How Ben McAdoo helped create the monster he must stop
Pupil Ben McAdoo helped master Mike McCarthy create the monster quarterback that is Aaron Rodgers. And when he returns Sunday to his old Green Bay stomping grounds for his first...
Bills owner breaks silence: Why I fired Rex Ryan
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula has full confidence in general manager Doug Whaley's ability to turn around his franchise, and outlined the reasons coach Rex Ryan...
Mom sues over son's fatal plunge at abandoned hospital
The mother of a Staten Island teen who died after falling down the elevator shaft of an abandoned hospital is suing the city and the owner of the property, claiming...
McAdoo stunned when asked if partiers would be punished
Receivers Odell Beckham Jr., Victor Cruz, Sterling Shepard and Roger Lewis returned from Sunday’s 19-10 victory over the Redskins in Landover, Md. and headed to Miami for a night and...
Leona Helmsley's executors gripe about 'unfair' estate fee
The four men managing billionaire Leona Helmsley’s estate — including two of her grandsons — say New York’s attorney general wants to cheat them out of nearly $90 million. In...
Thieves steal $6M in jewels while ball drops on New Year's Eve
A trio of Midtown burglars waited for the stroke of midnight to pull off a $6 million New Year’s Eve heist, law enforcement sources said Monday. “They laid in wait...
It looks like Rex Ryan escaped a Bills s--t show
Getting fired by the Bills might have been the best thing to happen to Rex Ryan. Judging by the bizarre dysfunction coming out of the organization, Ryan might be better...
Giants stars' crazy party with Bieber before playoffs begin
Those who believe the Giants finally ending their five-year playoff drought and looking ahead to a postseason clash with the Packers is cause for celebration should know they are kindred...
Art heir hits back in billionaire row over townhouse sale
No signature, no sale. Art heir David Wildenstein says billionaire Len Blavatnik should have known better than to consider a verbal promise to sell him his family’s townhouse for $79...
Curt Schilling: I cheered the wrong lynching to get into Hall
Curt Schilling doesn't think it's disqualifying he was pro-lynching, just a problem with whose hanging he applauded that's keeping him from the Baseball Hall of Fame. The claim from the pitching...
Carpool apps could reduce city traffic by 300 percent: study
There's a way to slash congestion in the Big Apple's clogged streets, and the name of the game is "carpooling". If that sounds obvious enough, a team of scientists at...
Ex-wife of energy tycoon is sued for asking chef to cook 'black people food'
The ex-wife of energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens told her African-American chef to whip up “black people food” — describing her ideal menu as fried chicken, BBQ ribs and corn...
Ronald Lauder eyed in Netanyahu graft probe
Ronald Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress and Estee Lauder heir, admitted to investigators he bought a suit for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and paid for his...
Dozens killed in massive prison riot between rival drug gangs
Around 60 people were killed in a bloody prison riot in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus sparked by a war between rival drug gangs, officials said on Monday, in...
Trump: Chicago mayor should ask feds to help curb violence
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday decried Chicago’s astronomical murder rate — and offered help from the federal government to get it under control. “Chicago murder rate is record setting -...
New quarterly journal to be launched in wake of Trump's win
A new journal is launching next month in reaction to Donald Trump’s presidential victory. American Affairs journal, a quarterly, will begin publication in February, an outgrowth of the anonymous The...
Lane Kiffin stunningly raised his own bar for awkward exits
Even for Lane Kiffin, twice fired from head-coaching jobs in September, this was stunning. This time, he was let go seven days before his team was set to play in...
Transgender woman says she was assaulted, robbed on subway
A transgender woman told cops she was assaulted and robbed of her pocketbook on a Manhattan subway New Year’s Day, police sources said. The 36-year-old woman said her attackers struck...
MTA chairman set to retire in coming months
The head of the MTA is stepping down, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast, who was promoted to his current position in June 2013, will retire from...
Jets open up on locker-room fights and give Bowles his task
Now that he’s been given his stay of professional execution — at least for the 2017 season — Todd Bowles has a lot to check off on his to-do list...
Dylann Roof to have closed competency hearing
Mass killer Dylann Roof will have a closed-door competency hearing to determine if he will continue to represent himself in the penalty phase of his trial, a judge ruled Monday....
Dog braves speeding train to protect injured pal
This brave pooch proved he's dog's best friend. Incredible video footage shows the brave canine rushing to protect his injured chum, perilously stuck on railroad tracks in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. The...
Trump expected to pick Sonny Perdue for agriculture secretary
Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is the leading candidate for secretary of agriculture, according to a report Monday. Perdue and Trump met in November and Politico reported he is the...
A bizarre Duke season takes turn as Coach K steps away
DURHAM, N.C. — To add another twist to a strange season, Hall of Fame Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will step away from the team to have lower back surgery. The...
Brandon Marshall's sick of this and open to Jets paycut
Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall called 2016 his “most frustrating year,” but the 32-year-old wants to keep playing and hopes to be back with the Jets in 2017. Marshall is...
Tyrod Taylor isn't going down quietly
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Quarterback Tyrod Taylor is unhappy that the Bills benched him to close the season and is questioning whether he's played his final game for Buffalo. Taylor...
These twins were born minutes apart but in different years
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Twins delivered 10 minutes apart at an Arizona hospital over New Year's weekend have different birth years. Phoenix TV station KNXV-TV reports that parents Holly and Brandon...
Man dies after plunging 10 floors into hotel basement
WASHINGTON – Police and fire officials say a guest at a Washington hotel died after falling into a boiler shaft on the roof and plunging 10 floors to the basement....
Prepare for a world without work
As we start the year full of good intentions to flourish at work, social scientists are warning that our careers could be over sooner than we expect. The world is...
McAdoo's shot at glory has so much juice — that he won’t touch
And so, here we go again, another Giants trip to Green Bay in the playoffs, invading frigid Lambeau Field as an underdog, facing a legendary quarterback, seeking to legitimize and...
Mark Zuckerberg reveals he's no longer an atheist
Mark Zuckerberg is a true believer again. The Facebook founder, who formerly identified as an atheist, revealed last week that religion has come back into his life in a holiday...
Two tots among 4 dead in apparent murder-suicide
Four people found dead in a South Carolina home Sunday evening were killed in an apparent murder-suicide, local authorities said. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher identified the victims in a...
Lawmaker shot in the head at New Year's party survives
A Texas lawmaker was struck in the head by a stray bullet during a New Year’s celebration and survived. State Rep. Armando Martinez was in Weslaco, Texas, with family and...
The world's 'hottest felon' is now living the high life
Two years ago, criminal Jeremy Meeks was dubbed the “hottest felon” in the world after his police mugshot went viral. Now the ex-con and Instagram hit has been posting pictures...
I stayed alive by playing dead during nightclub shooting
The American wounded in the New Year’s massacre at an Istanbul nightclub said Monday that he survived the shooting rampage by playing dead — as ISIS took credit for the...
The early buzz on NFL coaching carousel with six jobs open
The traditional Black Monday for NFL head coaches became Bloody Sunday with the firings of Chip Kelly and GM Trent Baalke in San Francisco, Mike McCoy in San Diego, and the resignation...
Migrant teen found curled up inside suitcase
A migrant teen shocked officials in Spain when they found him trying to smuggle himself out of Morocco curled up inside a suitcase. The Spanish Civil Guard released photos over...
2 carjacking suspects killed crashing into synagogue
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Two men suspected of a carjacking in Connecticut were killed when the stolen car crashed into a synagogue following a police chase. New Haven police say...
Your water bill could get even more expensive
The city plans to give the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection power to jack up water rates even if there isn’t a drought emergency. Proposed regulations published in...
Obama to deliver farewell speech in Chicago
He's only just begun to write. President Obama announced Monday that he'll deliver his farewell address to the nation next week in his hometown of Chicago. "I'm just beginning to...
The 5 books guaranteed to advance your career in 2017
Welcome to the working world of 2017, where patience and conformity will not be seen as virtues. You are going to have to think critically and act quickly to succeed,...
This dad and his baby perform circus-like balancing acts
Kevin Russell wanted to help his daughter improve her balance, so he started practicing having her stand on his outstretched hands. After a year-and-a-half, the results are pretty impressive.
Sorry, you're not entitled to overtime pay just yet
I work for a hotel and when we got raises, mine was based only on my salary, not yearly earnings. My salary is now $33,000 a year — am I...
Out-of-towner is city's first homicide victim of 2017
A man in town for his grandmother’s funeral became the city’s first murder victim of the year when he was shot early Monday coming to the aid of his younger...
JFK's new animal terminal will make you wish you were a dog
Visiting Kennedy Airport may feel like one big cattle drive for humans — but at least animals will soon be able to travel through the airport in the lap of...
Suicide bombing kills dozens in Baghdad market
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden vehicle Monday in a bustling market area in Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, Iraqi officials said, hours after the arrival...
Trump says no computer is safe from hackers
Donald Trump may be addicted to social media, but he still believes the only way to guarantee that a message is safe from prying eyes in the computer age is...
Group demands investigation into de Blasio's taxpayer-funded ad
A group dedicated to ousting Mayor de Blasio is demanding a city watchdog investigate a “propaganda” video produced by City Hall for possible campaign-finance violations. In a letter dated Dec....
This man lovingly cuddles his alligator and brushes its teeth
Nobumitsu Murabayashi bought a baby alligator at a festival over 30 years ago, and they're still best friends. He takes the gator for walks, brushes its teeth, and even tucks the...
Parents found dead near SUV, 3 kids inside unharmed
DELAND, Fla. — Authorities have identified a couple whose bodies were found alongside a Florida highway, with their three young sons sitting safely in a nearby SUV. The Volusia County...
Turkey detains several over nightclub shooting
Turkey's state-run news agency says police have detained eight people in connection with the Istanbul nightclub attack. Anadolu Agency says that the eight have been taken into custody by Istanbul...
A woman live-tweeted a hellish date involving a man who 'doesn't do menus'
A woman took to Twitter to document an unbelievably horrible date she was witnessing in a sushi restaurant. We at The Post enlisted top-notch voiceover actors and stock images to bring...
Bryan Cranston lends familiar dark humor to 'Sneaky Pete'
Bryan Cranston seems to be everywhere (Movies! TV! Broadway!). And in the case of “Sneaky Pete,” that’s definitely a good thing. The award-winning actor (“Breaking Bad,” Broadway’s “All the Way”)...
'That's never happened': Button maker sells out of Trump merch
Nothing sells like success. The president-elect is a source of fascination to Americans who can’t get enough of Donald Trump-related merchandise, according to one vendor. Mort Berkowitz, who has been...
Oil industry rebounds for hedgies who invested last year
Investing in anything relating to oil at the beginning of 2016 seemed like the surest way to lose your shirt. In fact, for some investors, it was. At least 70...
Get rich, find love and look hot in 2017
Get your life in gear. Experts from fashion to fitness share their tips for staying fit, fab and mindful all year long. STYLE Simon Doonan, creative ambassador, Barneys New York...
Delaware man injured in Istanbul nightclub attack
One of the survivors of the horrific New Year's Eve terror attack in Istanbul was a Delaware man who was reportedly saved when a bullet was deflected by his cell...
Chilling video shows gunman open fire outside Istanbul nightclub
Chilling footage emerged Sunday showing the moment an Islamic terrorist stormed an Istanbul nightclub packed with New Year’s revelers and fatally shot 39 people. Video from outside the club shows...
ISIS claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub massacre
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ordered the New Year’s Eve massacre at an upscale nightclub in Istanbul that claimed 39 lives and left scores wounded, it was reported Monday....
Homeless could get more hotels as de Blasio vows to get rid of them
The city could be using hotel rooms to house the homeless for another nine years under a new proposal, despite Mayor Bill de Blasio’s stated goal of changing that policy...
Tony Romo is the insurance policy the Cowboys needed
Tony Romo is back! Actually, he’ll be back on the sideline in two weeks when the Cowboys open their Super Bowl quest as the top seed in the NFC playoffs....
The economy isn't going to do what Trump wants, banks say
Wall Street is not convinced the incoming Trump administration will immediately reignite the US economy’s afterburners. While President-elect Donald Trump is promising to increase US gross domestic profit to 5...
These storylines will dominate the college football title game
College football’s first national championship game rematch is set, and it has the potential to be an all-time classic, loaded with future pros, elite playmakers on both sides of the...
St. John's surges atop Big East standings after dropping DePaul
ROSEMONT, Ill. — After recording its first win against a ranked opponent in three years on Thursday night, St. John’s made it three wins in a row Sunday as four...
NBA scout rips Knicks for 'draining' Kristaps Porzingis
With Kristaps Porzingis developing Achilles soreness last week, one NBA scout with European connections believes Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek is overextending the 21-year-old Latvian, saying, “It’s worrisome.’’ Unsure how the...
Giants defense goes all out with another shutdown performance
LANDOVER, Md. — Somebody forgot to tell the Giants defense the Giants had nothing to play for Sunday afternoon. The Big Blue D treated this meaningless regular-season finale against the...
How Nets realized Isaiah Whitehead was in NBA to stay
Isaiah Whitehead’s first three months in the NBA have represented an ongoing challenge, which the Brooklyn native continues to answer. In 25 minutes Friday night, the Nets rookie displayed his...