December 2, 2017
Hotel gave crook who set me up key to my room: suit
The Dream Downtown Hotel was a nightmare for a Queens man who was assaulted and robbed after front-desk staff handed his room key to a crook, he claims in a...
Shohei Ohtani to meet with MLB teams this coming week
Let the pitching begin for the pitcher-outfielder. Shohei Ohtani will meet with his major league suitors this coming week in Los Angeles, an industry source confirmed. The Yankees are expected...
The launch of bitcoin futures is getting politicians' attention
There’s a new thing sweeping the international investment landscape. Its price is climbing the charts even faster than Taylor Swift’s new album “Reputation,” which sold 1.2 million copies in its...
Many bitcoin investors are in it for the long haul
The life of a bitcoin investor certainly has its ups and downs, based on the dramatic price swings of the cryptocurrency. However, life is in many ways idyllic for Mark...
Three uniformed Rangers ride subway to Central Park practice
At least for a few hours Saturday afternoon, the Rangers got to be kids again. The Blueshirts held an outdoor practice in front of a packed house at Lasker Rink,...
Silicon Valley-based Fanatics trying to capitalize on female fans
Call it the year of the woman — sports fan. The largest sports licensing company, which sells jerseys, hats, sweatshirts and every imaginable doodad with a team’s logo on it,...
Investors want you to add bitcoin to your retirement portfolio
The bitcoin craze is coming after your retirement account. Executives for CoinIRA, a company that wants investors to convert their retirement savings into bitcoin, is trying to bring the cryptocurrency...
The city stinks at telling people to pick up their dog's poop
Enforcement of the city’s pooper scooper law is pretty crappy. The number of violations issued to dog owners who fail to pick up after their pooches has plummeted. The NYPD...
Fort Greene Park's 'cold' revamp plan upsets some residents
There is no mystery behind these grassy knolls: Brooklyn parkgoers love them, and the city wants to flatten them. The Landmarks Preservation Commission has green-lighted a $10.5 million Parks Department...
Canadiens hang 10 goals on the Red Wings
MONTREAL — Paul Byron got his first career hat trick, Alex Galchenyuk had a career-best four assists and the Canadiens beat the slumping Detroit Red Wings 10-1 Saturday night for...
Ex-aides reveal the wild secrets behind Trump's presidential campaign
Life aboard the Trump campaign plane was an unforgettable and bizarre experience, featuring scenes like press secretary Hope Hicks steaming the candidate’s pants while he was wearing them, a new...
'Pervnado' has offices cutting back on booze at holiday parties
Here’s one more reason to hate Harvey Weinstein: he might be this year’s biggest buzzkill. Company holiday parties will be serving far less alcohol this year over concerns that a...
Dems furious over last-minute notes scribbled into tax bill
The handwriting in the margins may have swayed some reluctant Republicans, but it triggered angry Democrats. The nearly 500-page Senate tax bill, passed just before 2 a.m. Saturday on a...
Josh Gordon hasn't made his comeback easy to root for
Some football fans face a dilemma on Sunday with the return of Browns receiver Josh Gordon — after being suspended for 53 games for a litany of violations of the...
'Steven Spielberg of porn': Stop stealing my adult films
An adult-film director who claims to be the Steven Spielberg of skin flicks wants online thieves to stop pilfering his art, according to a lawsuit. Strike 3 Holdings — which...
Disciplined Jet vows not to be haunted by rare mistake
Jordan Jenkins was anticipating getting chip-blocked by a running back. It was fourth-and-2 for the Panthers last week, and Jenkins figured there was an extra blocker coming his way. In...
Why the Panthers are the pick in key NFC South tilt vs. Saints
Panthers (+4¹/₂) over SAINTS: Understand the market move to New Orleans, looking to rebound off lackluster loss on the road against the Rams, where they never looked like a winner....
Salon customers: We've been threatened after leaving negative Yelp reviews
Someone is browbeating two customers who posted negative reviews about an Upper East Side salon on the Yelp Web site. Women who complained about Brows by Victoria said they have...
The perversity of the Israel-boycott blacklist
The UN Human Rights Council is well-known for its hostility toward Israel, but a project it’s about to complete puts it into truly bizzaro territory. UN rights chief Zeid Ra’ad...
GOP closing in on tax cuts the nation needs
It looks like the Republican Congress may be capable of delivering on its promises after all: With the Senate’s vote on the tax-cut bill in the early hours Saturday, lawmakers...
Giants head out West to make the best of a bad situation
OAKLAND, Calif. — Justin Pugh was getting ready for practice Wednesday, still limited with a back issue. Eli Manning strolled by and asked Pugh how he was doing. Casually, the...
Trump's Russia problems are all Jeff Sessions' fault
Not many years ago, an ad for a newspaper warned that, “If you miss a day, you miss a lot.” Now you don’t need a day to miss a lot....
New Yorkers, including some Republicans, slam 'damaging' GOP tax plan
Even GOPers say New Yorkers are right to see red over provisions in the Republican tax bill that passed the Senate early Saturday. “It’s a very unfair bill,” said Rep....
Nets get two key pieces back but just one started
Allen Crabbe and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson returned to the court Saturday after injury absences. But only Crabbe was back in the starting lineup. Crabbe started and scored 12 points in the...
Trump: 'Crooked Hillary' got a pass, while Flynn had his life 'destroyed'
President Trump expressed regret that his former national security adviser had his "life destroyed" and brought up allegations against Hillary Clinton in a pair of tweets Saturday night. "So General...
'Golden Krust' CEO kills himself in Bronx factory
Lowell Hawthorne, who emigrated to the US from Jamaica and founded a restaurant franchise chain with 120 locations in nine states, committed suicide Saturday night in his Bronx factory. Hawthorne,...
Complacent media give broken sports world a pass
How do you fix wrong to make it right? Well, the first thing you do is try. It looked like a standard football play, at least by modern standards. That...
Dream run over for Fordham soccer
Fordham’s improbable run finally ended. Third-seeded North Carolina defeated unseeded Fordham, 2-1, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA men’s soccer tournament on Saturday in Cary, N.C. — ending the deepest...
Trump suggests corporate taxes should be cut less
President Trump on Saturday suggested a smaller corporate tax reduction than that proposed by Congress — throwing a new wrinkle into congressional Republicans’ tax-bill agenda. But even before final negotiations...
Michael Grabner an 'empty' threat for the Rangers
It may look like Michael Grabner is just padding his stats when he scores empty-netters, but the Rangers winger seems to have an uncanny knack for them. In Friday night’s...
Trump transition emails dispute that Flynn acted alone on Russia
Newly revealed emails show that senior members of Trump’s transition team discussed Mike Flynn’s contacts with Russia — including one missive that said Obama’ s sanctions could upset Russia. Despite claims...
Tiger Woods upbeat despite a reality-check round
NASSAU, Bahamas — Reality sucks. That’s where Tiger Woods resided for about four hours Saturday in his third round of the Hero World Challenge at Albany Golf Club, where he...
A video-sharing app turned these teens into music stars
These kids are making it big because of Musical.ly, a video-sharing app — with more than 200 million users — popular with Generation Z. “Musers” upload 15-second clips of themselves...
Case Keenum's long journey has led him to Super Bowl contender
No one could have seen this coming. Once an afterthought, always an afterthought, but Case Keenum never relented, never surrendered, never stopped believing, and now he laughs over the phone...
Witness describes terror after man hurls Molotov cocktail into supermarket
Customers at a Brooklyn supermarket Friday feared for their lives after a masked man hurled a Molotov cocktail inside, a witness said. “Everyone was scared. People were screaming. There was...
Cops injured when SUV T-bones squad car
Two cops were hurt when a Brooklyn driver blew a stop sign and slammed into their cruiser Saturday, police said. The squad car -- on its way to an emergency...
Rescued pig gets big break on Broadway
And this is little piggy went all the way ... to Broadway. Seven-hundred-pound Amelia went from being rescued from an alleged dog-fighting ring in upstate New York, where she was...
St. John's erupts with monster 2nd half against Sacred Heart
So far, the other shoe hasn’t dropped. The sky hasn’t fallen. The expectations haven’t been too much. Through eight games, St. John’s hasn’t suffered the kind of poor non-conference loss...
How Jarrett Jack's 'sacrifice' has revived the Knicks offense
Instantly, Jarrett Jack understood everything he had ever heard. The hype was warranted. The buzz was confirmed. The Georgia Tech freshman walked into Madison Square Garden for the first time...
Driver rams cop, crashes into brick wall in wild police chase
A crazed Brooklyn driver rammed into a cop, then drove more than three miles before crashing into a brick wall as police gave chase early Saturday, cops said. Cops were...
Love him or hate him, people still pay attention to Tiger Woods
NASSAU, Bahamas — Why do we still care about Tiger Woods? As Woods has made his eighth career comeback from injury this week playing the Hero World Challenge at Albany...
Hateful son of ex-FDNY commish hired as city firefighter
A former fire commissioner’s son who resigned his EMS job in disgrace over his racist and anti-Semitic rants on Twitter has been hired as a city firefighter. Joseph Cassano, 28,...
ABC News suspends reporter who botched Flynn story
ABC News reporter Brian Ross was suspended on Saturday for his botched report about Mike Flynn. "We deeply regret and apologize for the serious error we made yesterday," ABC News said in...
Nets look flat in rough outing after winning road trip
After a winning road trip, Nets coach Kenny Atkinson was worried his young team would come out flat in their first game back home. He wasn’t wrong. And he was...
The Yankees questions Aaron Boone will need to answer
“He stole. He slept. He was rude to the customers. There goes the best employee a convenience store ever had.” — Apu, talking about Homer on “The Simpsons” Joe Girardi...
Ex-Gitmo prisoner to US: Don't censor my art
A controversial exhibit and sale of art by Guantanamo detainees at a New York City college not only sparked outrage among 9/11 families, but also riled up one of the...
Bad timing, bad decisions and bad luck: The Geno Smith story
OAKLAND, Calif. — Much of the week he has been the angry storm cloud looming above all the other madness. Giants fans aren’t angry at Geno Smith, per se. They...
The billionaire who refused to pay kidnappers to save his grandson's life
The upcoming film “All the Money in the World” has been garnering lots of buzz for the scandal around it. A month ago, the filmmakers decided to to erase star...
Inside how Aaron Boone won over the Yankees
Aaron Boone couldn’t hide his lack of in-uniform credentials. It was not as if he could tell Yankees officials he had managed three years at Double-A and been a bench...
Legendary opera conductor molested teen for years: police report
Legendary Metropolitan Opera conductor James Levine molested an Illinois teenager from the time he was 15 years old, sexual abuse that lasted for years and led the alleged victim to...
Blurry, often crossed line between hero and villian for sports owners
OAKLAND, Calif — There are few things that drive me battier than this, and it happens every baseball season now, at some point, so regularly, so frequently you can set...
Infant found dead in crib: cops
A Harlem infant was found dead in her apartment early Saturday, cops said. The mother of five-month-old Savannah Wiggins found the tot unconscious and unresponsive in her crib about 3:30...
JFK sketch fetches more than Trump doodle at auction
It was the art AND the deal! John F. Kennedy went head-to-head against President Donald Trump at auction Saturday -- and there was no need for a recount. Bidders preferred...
Mall declares war on infuriating Christmas-time slow walkers
Being stuck behind crowds of dawdlers when you’re in a hurry is one of the most annoying First World Problems there is. But now, a UK shopping center has launched...
What your sex dreams really mean
Sex dreams are very common. However, only occasionally do settings and individuals depicted in the dream, relate to actual people and circumstances. As with most symbolic reference in dreams, there...
Woman's jaw broken in violent robbery
Two thugs fractured a Brooklyn woman's face during a violent robbery in the lobby of her Greenpoint building, cops said. The victim, 63, was returning to her Morgan Avenue home...
Suspect escapes police custody with cuffs on wrist
A Queens prisoner bolted from police custody -- with handcuffs dangling from his wrist, cops said. Police were arresting Alberto Sanchez around 8:30 p.m. Thursday for a domestic assault at...
Cuomo urges feds to pass $94B aid package for Puerto Rico
Gov. Cuomo urged the feds to approve a new $94.4 billion aid package for Puerto Rico as he headed to the storm-ravaged island Saturday to survey the damage from the...
ABC News corrects Flynn bombshell after stocks tank
Red-faced ABC News journalists took their time publishing an embarrassing correction to an incendiary — and wrong — story about President Trump and Russia investigation that tanked the stock market....
Eagles face another measuring-stick game
Another crazy week in the NFL, particularly at the quarterback position, where the Eli Manning has been benched by the Giants after starting 210 consecutive games, the 49ers finally take...
How wars are now won and lost on social media
Late at night on July 28, 2014, 16-year-old Farah Baker should have been asleep. Instead, the Gaza resident was cowering in fear as flares exploded around her, while sharing her...
4 ideas the NYC subway needs to steal from other cities
In January, Andy Byford, the new president and CEO of the NYC Transit Authority, will start tackling Gotham’s subway system head-on. He has called his new assignment “arguably the toughest...
This woman went from a slave camp to teaching at Columbia
Miriam Hoffman has led a full and accomplished life, including work as an author, scholar, journalist, playwright and social activist. She has written textbooks, won awards for her plays and...
Woman slashed in the face on Bronx bus
A stranger slashed a woman in the face on a Bronx bus, cops said Saturday. The 19-year-old victim was riding a BX4 bus around 3:20 p.m. Friday when she began...
Jets will try to stay alive with Revis, slumping Chiefs in town
For the Jets, it starts with the finish. Gang Green has spent this week trying to figure out how to solve its fourth-quarter problems entering their game Sunday with the...
FBI fires agent from Mueller probe over anti-Trump texts
An FBI investigator was fired from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between the President Trump’s campaign and Russia this summer after he exchanged anti-Trump texts with a...
Fundraiser headlined by de Blasio is shrouded in 'dark money'
Mayor de Blasio will headline a political fundraiser in Iowa without knowing who’s paying up to $2,000 to see him speak or where the cash will go – despite promising...
Courtney Lee on love for John Starks, life without Phil Jackson
Knicks guard Courtney Lee takes a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: How would you describe your hunger to win an NBA title? A: I would...
Brock Turner appealing sex assault conviction
A Stanford University swimmer who spent just three months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a frat party wants a new trial. Brock Turner asked a judge...
Trump explains why he 'fired' Flynn
President Trump insisted again Saturday that his 2016 election campaign didn't collude with Russia, and that he fired former national security adviser Michael Flynn because he lied to Vice President...
A Hall of Fame improvement that could help Hideki Matsui
Hideki Matsui should be seriously considered for the Hall of Fame. If he were, perhaps a path can be found to defuse some of the ever-growing discord and polarization about...
Man charged in disappearance of 3-year-old girl
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Authorities have arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a young girl and said they will continue to use volunteers to look for the child’s...
Trump is finally fixing this economy-killing agency
President Trump’s executive orders slashing onerous Obama-era regulations on industry have been credited with kick-starting the sluggish economy and rocket-boosting the stock market. But there’s one mountain of red tape...
Protesters gather outside eatery hosting Trump for fundraiser
Dozens of protesters yelling “shame” gathered across the street from Cipriani on East 42nd Street early Saturday where President Trump was to attend a breakfast fundraiser. “New York hates Trump,”...
San Diego opens homeless tents to fight hepatitis outbreak
SAN DIEGO — San Diego on Friday opened the first of three industrial-sized tents to house the homeless as part of the city’s efforts to contain a hepatitis A outbreak...
Trump insists 'no collusion' with Russia after Flynn plea deal
President Trump insisted Saturday morning there was “absolutely no collusion” between his 2016 campaign and Russia. “What has been shown is no collusion, no collusion,” Trump told reporters outside of...
Trump lauds 'great' Republicans after tax bill vote
President Donald Trump praised “great Republicans” in the Senate for passing a $1.2 trillion tax reform bill Saturday, just a few hours after the early-morning vote. “Biggest Tax Bill and Tax...
Science shows redheads have genetic superpowers
Amy Adams is a lucky woman. Not only is she one of Hollywood’s most talented actresses, with five Oscar nominations under her fashionable belt, she actually smells sexy. Dr. Augustin...
Why Harry's marriage is a bigger deal than William's
A logical person would argue that the upcoming marriage of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle is a minor event next to the massive 2011 nuptials of Prince William...
There's a good reason why Trump never apologizes
At some point in your journey to become a good adult, you learned that it is important to apologize for bad behavior. Ideally, an apology allows you to acknowledge your...
Teen who reportedly ran off with coach found safe in Syracuse
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Twitter Friday that the missing teenager who reportedly left Florida with a high school soccer coach has been found safe in New York. Caitlyn Frisina,...
Suspected Boko Haram bombers kill at least 12 in Nigeria
BAUCHI, Nigeria - Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed at least 12 other people in an attack on a market in the northeast Nigerian town of Biu in Borno...
Mattis arrives in Cairo for meeting with Egyptian president
CAIRO — U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has arrived in Cairo to meet with Egyptian officials and discuss cooperation before heading on to Jordan, Pakistan and Kuwait. According to...
If we can't beat online radicals, why not ban them?
For much of the Obama presidency, the State Department waged a narrative war against the world’s jihadists. Through a small office known as the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, a...
McAdoo, Reese and Mara's lack of communication ruins Giants
The robot coach says one thing, the co-owner says another while the invisible general manager says nothing. Yet, coach Ben McAdoo insists everyone is on the same page. Standard operating...
Aaron Boone is following in Steve Kerr's footsteps
New Yankees manager Aaron Boone won’t be the first person to go from broadcasting to coaching a major pro team. Here is a list of coaches who made the move...
Knicks' Jeff Hornacek: G-League can be good for Joakim Noah
Joakim Noah could be line for more minutes — with the Westchester Knicks. Noah, who has played just three minutes with the big league Knicks since returning from his season-opening...
Jets’ diminutive kick returner keeps ‘beating the odds’
JoJo Natson isn’t one for small talk. “A lot of guys can’t play an NFL game at 5-foot-7, 160 pounds,” he said at his locker. He is told that he...
Illegal immigrant in San Fran pier shooting got lucky with defender
SAN FRANCISCO — Jose Inez Garcia Zarate grinned broadly and hugged his public defender tightly immediately after a jury acquitted him of killing a young woman on a San Francisco...
Ryan McDonagh's back, and 'he was a force out there'
It was a successful return to the ice for Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh, as the defenseman came back from a four-game absence because of an abdominal strain and was solid...
Snapchat post leads to student assault in rich Connecticut suburb
NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Police in Connecticut say trash talking on social media led to an assault at a home in a wealthy suburb that resulted in the arrests of...
The anti-Revis: What Morris Claiborne has brought to Jets
Number 24 will be back at MetLife Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Back in East Rutherford, where he earned his reputation as one of the game’s great cornerbacks. Back where he...
Crazy half-court shot at the buzzer propels Boise State
EUGENE, Ore. — Lexus Williams hit a 3-pointer from half-court at the buzzer to lift Boise State to a 73-70 victory over Oregon on Friday night and snap the nation's...
Senate passes GOP tax bill after marathon voting session
The Senate early Saturday narrowly voted to pass an expansive $1.2 trillion tax reform bill. The 51-49 vote on the nearly 500-page bill took place shortly before 2 a.m. after...
Austin Seferian Jenkins: Replays likely will never go my way
Austin Seferian-Jenkins isn’t counting on his instant-replay luck changing anytime soon. The Jets tight end, who has had two touchdown calls overturned against him, won’t be hoping for that to...
Aaron Boone was born into the game
Among the many intra-Boone exchanges that went over the transom Friday was one from the new Yankees manager’s father to his nephew. “Aaron’s got some tickets,” Bob Boone, a Nationals...
Several women accuse ex-radio host John Hockenberry of sexual harassment
Retired WNYC radio host John Hockenberry was accused of sexually harassing several female co-workers, according to a published report Friday night. Hockenberry suddenly stepped away from the NPR station in...
Emergency crews track down cab passenger's missing hand in public trash can
BERLIN — Berlin authorities say emergency crews got a shock when they responded to a call from a taxi driver asking for help for a bleeding passenger and arrived to...
Pelosi calls on Democratic congressman to resign amid sexual misconduct report
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that Nevada Rep. Ruben Kihuen should resign after a report of a sexual misconduct. Pelosi issued a statement after a woman told...
FDA approves one-of-a-kind cancer gene test
U.S. regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind test that looks for mutations in hundreds of cancer genes at once, giving a more complete picture of what's driving a patient's tumor and...
Police say suspect only victim in reported hospital shooting
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A gunman fired through an emergency room window at a hospital Friday in Bakersfield, California, then walked inside, but no one was injured until police shot and...
Hype machine surrounding Tiger Woods already in overdrive
NASSAU, Bahamas — Cue the craziness. Tiger Woods stood on the 12th tee Friday at 9-under with the outright lead in his first tournament since last February against a field...
Good Samaritans box in suspected drunk driver
BEAVER FALLS, Pa. — Police say two Good Samaritans used their cars to stop a suspected drunken driver swerving all over a Pennsylvania highway. State police say the driver was...
Ben McAdoo on Evan Engram: 'He needs to catch the damn ball'
If the cold didn’t provide enough of a mental jolt for Evan Engram, the drops did. After catching a touchdown pass in four straight games, the Giants’ rookie tight end...