January 22, 2019
Islanders win streak ends in a shootout to the Blackhawks
CHICAGO — Valtteri Filppula and Mat Barzal scored in regulation, but it wasn’t enough for the Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders, who lost for just the third time in 15 games. Jonathan...
Sean McVay's coaching pedigree begins with famous grandfather
He is the 88-year-old grandfather of the Whiz Kid head coach of the Rams who will be matching wits in Super Bowl LIII with Bill Belichick. John McVay is certain...
D'Angelo Russell is on fire and so are the Nets
D’Angelo Russell will admit it: He is playing the best basketball of his career. But as soon as the Nets point guard agreed with that sentiment, he was quick to...
Adam Gase one step closer to getting his offensive coordinator back
MOBILE, Ala. — Adam Gase looks as if he will finally get his man. The Jets coach has wanted to bring Dowell Loggains with him from his Dolphins staff to...
Possible Giants quarterback draft target came up in the shadow of Mannings
MOBILE, Ala. — He is not a Manning, but in many ways Daniel Jones exists in the shadow of the famous quarterback family. While at Duke, Jones was coached by...
Ex-Kings exec admits to embezzling $13.4M from NBA team
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A former top Sacramento Kings executive has pleaded guilty to siphoning $13.4 million from the team to buy Southern California beachfront properties, according to court records. The...
Thriving James Harden ready to feast on Knicks' lowly defense
James Harden enters the Garden on Wednesday ready to break the scoreboard against a listless Knicks defense. Harden has scored 200 points his past four games — the first player...
With Covington kids, social media outrage quickly turned dangerous
"Open another can of outrage" is a phrase I first heard years ago. The speaker attributed the words to a New York politician and accused him of keeping manufactured outrage...
Only perfect deal should pry Chris Kreider from Rangers
If the Blueshirts believe that the construction process will last longer than they’d anticipated upon embarking on the program a year ago, the one sure way to guarantee that becomes...
Disney's plan for Hudson Square headquarters forces out tenants
Disney’s purchase of 304 Hudson, 50 Vandam, 275 Spring, along with 137 and 147 Varick streets that will all be demolished for its new 4 Hudson Square headquarters, has meant...
Edgar Martinez's touching tribute to fellow Hall inductee Roy Halladay
Making the National Baseball Hall of Fame is the highlight of any major league career, but once in a great while it is bittersweet. That was the case Tuesday night...
New York City worth $72B more than it was a year ago
To no one’s surprise, the city is worth more than it was a year ago by some $72 billion, making a 5.8 percent leap, to $1.323 trillion. The new Department...
Italian luxury brand Il Bisonte to open first US store
The high-end Italian accessories and leather brand Il Bisonte is opening in the US for the first time. The leather maker has now signed a 2,600-square-foot lease at 381 Bleecker...
MTA Police Department: 2018 was safest year in our history
Now they just need to stop the holdups on the tracks. The MTA Police Department tallied its safest year in its history in 2018, including a grand total of zero...
HBO's 'The Deuce' warehouse studio is now on the market
Even as HBO’S “The Deuce” wraps up filming in the South Bronx with Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Franco, the former handbag warehouse that’s been serving as its studio is up...
Unsexy parts of Hearst empire are thriving
At Hearst, dull is good. CEO Steve Swartz released his annual state of the privately held media giant’s performance for 2018 on Tuesday — and once again, the dullest parts...
NYC fines Standard Hotel for its pink scaffolding and lights
Pretty in pink doesn’t sit right with the Department of Buildings. The pink sidewalk shed and fuschia lights that illuminate the entrance to the Standard Hotel’s club floor in the...
PED-tainted Bonds, Clemens still fall short in Hall of Fame voting
Tuesday proved a rough day for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, the all-time greats who have been kept out of Cooperstown due to very strong evidence that they used illegal...
Jurors at Ed Mangano retrial better 'bring toothpicks' to stay awake, lawyer warns
Jurors at the corruption retrial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano were told Tuesday that the case will be so boring they should “bring toothpicks to court to keep...
Derek Jeter in 2020: Let the Hall of Fame countdown begin
The Captain is on deck. With Mariano Rivera officially elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame — the first ever to gain unanimous selection on the writers’ ballot — he...
Universal Music's new acquisition means more Madonna, Bowie merch
Expect to see an influx of merchandise from artists like Madonna, David Bowie, Aerosmith and Celine Dion as Universal Music Group said Tuesday that it acquired Epic Rights, a retail...
Supreme Court silent on Trump's appeals to end DACA
The Supreme Court closed the door at least temporarily on President Trump’s effort to end protections for the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States...
Viacom buys streaming service Pluto TV for $340M
Viacom is getting into the streaming TV business. The operator of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon has purchased free streaming service Pluto TV for $340 million. Pluto, which was founded...
Tenants sue for rent-stabilized units in Chelsea Hotel
Holdout tenants of the Chelsea Hotel are suing to cement its status as an apartment building for permanent residents. The suit is a Hail Mary pass by five lucky New...
Andy Pettitte survives Hall ballot but faces battle to enshrinement
Andy Pettitte lives to fight another year, but he faces quite a climb to immortality. In his maiden voyage on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, the beloved Yankees and...
NFL ratings for 2018 regular season crush 2016, 2017 numbers
That nasty NFL ratings slump that dogged 2016 and 2017 is history. After solid improvement during the 2018 regular season, the NFL playoffs this weekend went out with a big...
Plan to link Metro-North to Penn Station finally moving forward
The MTA’s plan to link Metro-North to Penn Station — and add four stations in The Bronx — can now move forward because the agency has worked out issues with...
Proposed bill targets money-laundered, terror-funded skyscrapers, LLCs
The iconic skyscraper at 650 Fifth Ave. towers above the edge of Rockefeller Center like a giant middle finger to US victims of terrorism. Built in 1978 by Iran, it...
Mariano Rivera: Perfect choice for 1st perfect Hall of Fame ballot
Cheers to the perfect candidate for perfection. Well, look, if you want to get all wonky about Mariano Rivera becoming the first player to ever gain unanimous Hall of Fame...
Cuomo signs bill updating New York's abortion law
New York’s abortion law was updated and strengthened Tuesday night when Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Reproductive Health Act into law that had just passed the Senate and Assembly. The...
Tesla jacks up recharging prices for electric cars
Charging up your Tesla isn’t the bargain it used to be. Elon Musk’s company has hiked the price for juicing up its electric cars at one of its Supercharger stations...
Mike Mussina 'surprised a little bit' by call to Hall of Fame
Turns out Mike Mussina knew exactly when to quit. He grew up in Montoursville, Pa., six miles from South Williamsport, home of the Little League World Series, and will wind...
Trump congratulates Mariano Rivera on Hall of Fame vote
Mariano Rivera received a congratulatory tweet from President Trump on Tuesday night for becoming the first MLB player in history to be unanimously voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame....
Ocasio-Cortez joins powerful House Oversight Committee
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and two other progressive Democrats have received spots on the House Oversight Committee, it was announced on Tuesday. The attention-grabbing Bronx politician joined the investigative committee along with...
James O’Neill mourns rookie cop killed in Bronx car accident
Police Commissioner James O’Neill was among about 250 mourners Tuesday who paid their final respects to rookie Officer Brian Kessler. Kessler, 28, who graduated from the Police Academy in October...
James Gandolfini's son to play young Tony Soprano in prequel movie
James Gandolfini's son has been pegged to play Tony Soprano in David Chase's highly anticipated "Sopranos" prequel, according to a report. “It’s a profound honor to continue my dad’s legacy...
Mariano Rivera, the perfect Hall of Famer
When the music started, the game was over. “Enter Sandman’’ would blare over the Yankee Stadium speakers, the bullpen doors would open and No. 42 would begin his jog to...
Gang leader who ordered botched killings is headed to trial
The gangbanger who couldn’t shoot straight is headed to trial. Opening statements are expected Wednesday in the trial of reputed Brooklyn gang leader Nicholas "Face" Washington -- whose crew twice...
Cyclist who alleged cop grabbed him scores $2.25M settlement
A bicyclist who said he was badly hurt when a cop grabbed him as he rode down a Brooklyn street just won a $2.25 million settlement from the city. Judge...
Judge losing patience with lawyers for accused bodega killers
A Bronx judge on Tuesday was none too pleased with the attorneys for the five Trinitarios gangbangers accused in the beating and stabbing death of Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz — after...
Mariano Rivera on Metallica: 'I don't listen to that kind of music'
Mariano Rivera's unanimous Baseball Hall of Fame election came with a surprising revelation. Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader was famous for coming into the late stages of Yankees' games...
Watch: The moment Mariano Rivera found out he was Hall of Fame bound
Yankees great Mariano Rivera became the first unanimous selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, and it was a big moment for the all-time great reliever. Surrounded by...
Brooklyn cop reunited with pup he found 'shaking, crying' in park
About three weeks after an NYPD cop rescued an abandoned puppy left in a Brooklyn park, the officer was reunited with the pooch Tuesday and is finally taking him home....
Supressing public information is the wrong kind of justice reform
In the name of criminal justice reform, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed on to at least one cure that’s worse than the disease: banning the public disclosure of mug shots...
NYPD renews search for kid who vanished from Brooklyn in 2010
Cops have released a computer-generated, age-progressed photo of Patrick Alford, who went missing in Brooklyn nine years ago this week -- when he was 7 -- to try and drum...
Democrats are now the ‘No Deal’ party
Last week, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia offered President Trump some advice on how to end the current border wall standoff. “Always try to find a solution in which...
'Grand Tour' is thankfully less injury-prone this season
Go figure: Jeremy Clarkson’s smashed thumb was the biggest mishap to hit Season 3 of “The Grand Tour.” That’s quite a dramatic injury departure from last season, which was nearly...
A welcome bit of hope for public housing tenants
Kudos to soon-to-be-ex-Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen for offering real hope for the city Housing Authority. This past frigid weekend saw 10,000-plus public-housing tenants shivering without heat and/or hot water. Meanwhile,...
Ex-Yankee Mike Mussina joins Mariano Rivera in Hall of Fame class
Mariano Rivera won't be the only ex-Yankee joining the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer -- his longtime teammate Mike Mussina will also be enshrined, though Mussina might enter Cooperstown...
Terrorism is making Europe think again about appeasing Iran
Et tu, Angela? Tehran must be quite confused this week, as Germany, until now the most enthusiastic Iran enabler among the Western powers, hopped on the sanctions wagon. So, is...
How the media earn America’s distrust
Well, that was certainly a double-punch of a lesson on the modern media’s rush to judgment: two separate stories where bias — and hunger for clicks — led to “blockbusters”...
Donors save Girl Scout trip after jerk stole $1K in cookie money
How sweet! New Yorkers are stepping up to save a Girl Scout troop’s long-awaited trip after it was nearly foiled by a cookie cash-snatching crook. At least seven kindhearted donors...
Maxine Waters means nightmares for Wall Street, suburbs
There’s trouble ahead for banks, Wall Street and upscale suburbs — not to mention President Trump. Elections have consequences, and November’s midterms put the firebrand Rep. Maxine Waters of California...
Fine dining is alive and well in NYC, no thanks to influencers
Fine dining, pronounced dead time and again, is enjoying a golden age in New York — but don’t tell the Instagram-obsessed, wannabe-foodie “influencers.” On social media, the dining aesthetic tends...
Derek Jeter congratulates Mariano Rivera on Hall of Fame election
Former Yankees captain Derek Jeter was quick to congratulate Mariano Rivera on Tuesday after Rivera became the first player in history to be unanimously elected to the Baseball Hall of...
Sisters, ages 12 and 14, steal same car twice during week
They grow up so fast. A Pennsylvania 12-year-old girl and her 14-year-old sister jacked the same car twice in four days — only to crash it while zooming away from...
Boston woman who went missing from bar located, suspect arrested
Police say a missing 23-year-old woman was kidnapped after leaving a Boston bar and found alive in the suspect's apartment. Olivia Ambrose was located Tuesday at a housing project in...
El Chapo allegedly had employee killed for playing hooky
And you think your boss is a hard ass. Jurors seated on the drug trafficking trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman heard Tuesday about how he had his cousin and...
Connecticut college professors accused of sexual misconduct with students
A Connecticut university has announced it is seeking to fire two longtime theater professors following a sexual misconduct probe. The probe led investigators to conclude in their final report that...
Guilty assistant coach in NCAA corruption scandal cries in court
A former Arizona Wildcats assistant coach broke down crying Tuesday as he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in a widespread corruption case that has rocked college sports. Emanuel "Book" Richardson...
Deaths of Saudi sisters found duct-taped ruled suicides
The deaths of two Saudi-born sisters discovered bound in duct tape along the banks of the Hudson River have been ruled suicides, officials said Tuesday. Rotana Farea, 22, and her...
Mariano Rivera unanimously elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
It’s unanimous: Mariano Rivera is a Hall of Famer. The retired Yankees legend, considered by many to be the greatest closer of all time, became the first player to be...
Slain jogger's father prepares to relive killing at second trial
A retrial date has been set in the case against the man charged with brutally murdering a woman while she was jogging in Queens over two years ago — and...
Fox News host Bret Baier, family involved in 'major car crash'
Fox News host Bret Baier and his family were involved in a "major car crash" in Montana over the holiday weekend, which, according to him, left them "banged up, but...
Man wrecks own home with ax after fit over action figures: cops
This action figure fan doesn't play when it comes to his dolls. Police said a 34-year-old Wisconsin man reportedly went on a violent rampage because he believed his 46-year-old wife...
'Uber for dogs' killed our pup — and tried to buy our silence
Wag, the beleaguered dog-walking service that’s accused of losing or killing eight Big Apple pooches, has stepped in it once again. The celebrity-endorsed “Uber for dog walking,” recently valued at...
How fast food and a bad diet are ruining your sex life
If you think sexy food means whipped cream and chocolate sauce, think again. In her new book “Clean Eating, Dirty Sex” (Skyhorse, out Feb. 5), nutritionist Lisa Davis, who hosts...
Kamala Harris raised $1.5M in first 24 hours of 2020 bid
Just a day after she announced her candidacy for president, US Sen. Kamala Harris has already pulled in $1.5 million in campaign donations. A torrent of small donations flooded the...
Supreme Court to hear New York gun control case that aims to restrict firearm transportation
The US Supreme Court said it will hear its biggest gun rights case in nearly decade -- one that seeks to undercut New York City rules sharply limiting gun owners...
Chris Pratt's hot new Bible-based diet
What does God have to do with ditching dairy? Everything, if you’re on the Daniel Fast. The Bible-based diet is in the spotlight after last week, when Chris Pratt told...
How the most decorated detective in NYPD history became a pizza man
Ralph Friedman never expected to spend his golden years behind the counter of a slice joint. But if you drop into Bleecker Street Pizza on a Friday or Saturday night,...
School bus explodes into flames after crash in South Carolina
A school bus burst into flames after an accident on a South Carolina road Tuesday morning — but all of the 34 children inside escaped serious injury, a report said....
Schumer and McConnell reach apparent deal that may end shutdown
Top senators said Tuesday they would vote Thursday on two separate bills that could bring an immediate end to the record-breaking government shutdown. One of the bills has the backing...
Meteorite strikes moon during 'super blood wolf moon' eclipse
It was a sight that was out of this world. A meteor struck the moon Monday for the first time ever during a lunar eclipse, according to a report. Astrophysicist...
'Conniving' woman steals almost $250,000 from elderly aunt
A woman who fleeced her own elderly great-aunt out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has been jailed for six years — after the pensioner allegedly tried to kill herself...
Mom of newborn twins missing for more than 2 weeks: cops
Police are searching for a young Kentucky mom who mysteriously vanished more than two weeks ago after leaving a bar, officials said. Savannah Spurlock, 22, was last seen Jan. 4...
El Chapo's former mistress details his bold — and naked — plan to escape
He didn't want to be exposed. After Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped authorities by running nude through a secret underground tunnel in 2014, the Mexican drug lord wanted to steal...
This 'Black Israelite' from Brooklyn sparked the Covington controversy
A fringe religious zealot from Brooklyn admitted to The Post on Tuesday that he touched off the controversial face-off outside the Lincoln Memorial by viciously berating a group of Catholic...
What we should learn from the Covington case and other commentary
Conservative: Covington Kids Can Teach Media ‘Adults’ A healthy culture “investigates before it condemns,” which is why Fox News’ Michael Knowles believes “a great many adults owe” the boys of...
Wife-killer targeted his own parents to get fortune: prosecutors
A greedy philanderer with a backgammon obsession strangled his banker wife — then plotted the murder of both his parents to get his hands on her fortune, Manhattan prosecutors said...
Puppy that survived euthanasia attempt finds a new home
https://www.facebook.com/kingsharvestpetrescuenokillshelter/photos/a.744084545718947/1832572936870097/?type=3&theater Who says only cats get extra lives? A determined puppy was adopted after surviving a euthanasia attempt at an Oklahoma animal shelter. WQAD8 reports that Rudolph, a Lab-American pit...
Radar founder Maer Roshan named editor of Los Angeles magazine
Will buzz follow Maer Roshan now that he’s back to work full time? Once among the hottest editors in the Big Apple, the Radar magazine founder, 51, was named Tuesday...
Wanted: Super poopers to be fecal transplant donors
Let no good stool go to waste. Fecal transplants — in which a healthy person donates their excrement to someone who suffers from chronic belly problems — are a thing....
First-of-its-kind NYPD VR gaming system targets teens
It's the opposite of "Grand Theft Auto"! The NYPD is plugging into a first-of-its-kind virtual-reality gaming system that puts young people in wild situations on the street — and urges...
10-year-old boy bullied over colostomy bag kills himself: cops
A 10-year-old boy in Kentucky allegedly committed suicide because of the relentless bullying over his colostomy bag, according to reports. Seven Bridges' mother said she returned from the grocery store...
Meet the trainer behind James McAvoy's and Gal Gadot's killer bods
Of all the many disordered personalities actor James McAvoy switches in and out of as serial killer Kevin Wendell Crumb in the new thriller “Glass," his most terrifying is the Beast,...
Special prosecutor likely to take over case of ex-cops accused of rape
Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the case of two former NYPD cops accused of raping a Brooklyn teen in their custody formally requested on Tuesday that a special prosecutor be...
Try this workout to get ripped like James McAvoy in 'Glass'
Trainer Magnus Lygdback used several equipment-free moves to help James McAvoy get ripped for “Glass.” If you’re just starting out, try just a couple rounds of these moves when you...
World’s wealthiest people made $2.5B a day in 2018
While the poorest half of the world was scraping by on less than $5.50 a day in 2018, the world’s billionaires saw their wealth increase by $900 billion — or...
CBS sacks Super Bowl ad for medical marijuana
CBS has sacked a Super Bowl ad by a cannabis company that calls for the legalization of medical marijuana. Acreage Holdings, the US-based company backed by former House Speaker John...
Soviet 'destroyer of worlds' uncovered deep in Polish forest
The Soviet Union left a chilling legacy of the Cold War dotted across Poland – bunkers that once housed nuclear warheads hidden deep in the nation’s forests. Experts are now...
Activist puts four venomous snakes in his mouth to save the rainforest
Arteval Duarte is an activist hoping to spread awareness of Amazon rainforest deforestation. His latest stunt involved placing four South American rattlesnakes in his mouth, risking blindness and paralysis.
Deputy mayor touts City Hall’s effort to save NYCHA from feds
Outgoing Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen touted City Hall’s new effort to save the city’s embattled Housing Authority by privatizing the management of nearly a third of its 175,000 units. “The...
New blood test could detect Alzheimer’s before symptoms emerge
Alzheimer’s disease is an incredibly serious late-life ailment that can have a massive impact on an individual’s quality of life and self-sufficiency. The good news is that treatments can dramatically...
Rex Ryan can thank Patriots for this job opportunity
Bob Sutton is predictably out, fired two days after his defense collapsed in an AFC Championship game loss to the Patriots. His potential replacement isn’t nearly as predictable. ESPN’s Adam...
Your workplace is making you fat, study warns
Pizzas ordered for a working lunch. Cake to celebrate a colleague’s birthday. Potato chips in the vending machine. Foods like these are all too prevalent in workplaces, according to a...
Luke Kornet's injury opens door for Enes Kanter to start — for now
As the Knick centers turn, Enes Kanter has gone from fourth string to starter — off one bad turn of an ankle. A disgruntled Kanter, who sounded open to a...
NYC's 'last used book store' is packed after GoFundMe success
What a success story. The "last used bookstore on the Upper West Side" was saved from shuttering thanks to an online fundraiser that collected over $50,000 in four days --...
Sonny Gray has no idea how it went horribly wrong with Yankees
Sonny Gray is now officially an ex-Yankee, and a day after his trade to the Reds became official, the right-hander still had no explanation for why things went so wrong...
NYC jails spending rises despite population decline
Spending and violence continue to rise in New York City jails — despite a plummeting jail population, a report released Tuesday claims. Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office released an analysis Tuesday...
How Stephen Malkmus got his 'Groove' back
Stephen Malkmus is the musical equivalent of a pitcher with a natural curveball who couldn't throw the ball straight if his life depended on it. But those curveballs — like...
Retailer forced to pull anti-Semitic shirt
An online retail shop has taken down a shirt after several on Twitter called out the item's anti-Semitic phrasing. The item, which appeared on Zazzle, a company which allows users to...
Joni Ernst claims husband was physically abusive: divorce filing
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst was roughed up by her husband after she confronted him about his alleged fling with their daughter’s babysitter, according to court filings in her divorce case,...
Mom miraculously saves daughter from car after it falls in freezing pond
A Canada mom said she doesn't know how she managed to rescue her 4-year-old daughter from a freezing pond after their car slid into an embankment Sunday. "When something like...
Bizarre deep-sea fish found living with 'virtually no oxygen'
Deep in the dark depths of the Gulf of California — where "virtually no oxygen" exists — live schools of fish are thriving in an environment marine biologists would otherwise consider deadly...
Police unions say removing ICE from Long Island could be deadly
Nassau County is rolling out the red carpet for the brutal MS-13 gang by booting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from the local jail, police union leaders charged on Tuesday...
Los Angeles teachers end nine-day strike
Los Angeles public school teachers and their union reached a tentative deal with school officials Tuesday — to end a nine-day strike that forced 600,000 students out of class. The...
This $1.7M mansion could be yours for $25 and an essay
Sharpen those pencils. A woman in Alberta, Canada, announced a contest earlier this month that calls on potential homeowners to pen an essay and pay $25 to get a chance...
Visitors watch man get mauled to death after he climbed into lion enclosure
Tourists could only watch in horror as a man was mauled to death after climbing into the lion enclosure at a zoo in India. The man scaled a 20-foot barrier...
The mythical ‘Planet Nine’ theory has sadly been re-debunked
An as-yet-unseen planet may be lurking at the very distant edge of our solar system, or it might not exist at all. That incredibly vague and unsatisfying idea is the...
Young men busted for planning attack on New York Muslim community
Thanks to some students at an upstate school who saw something and said something, a plot to attack an upstate Muslim community called Islamberg with homemade bombs was broken up...
Iowa senator rejected Trump's VP opportunity due to strained marriage
An Iowa senator turned down the chance to be vice president because her hubby already resented her success, and she didn't want to put additional strain on her marriage, she...
This is the mystery soldier who saved Ernest Hemingway's life
The sun rose again for Ernest Hemingway — thanks to Fedele Temperini. Historians recently identified Temperini -- a 26-year-old private from Tuscany, Italy-- as the soldier who unwittingly saved Hemingway's...
The worst of Mariano Rivera revealed his absolute greatness
What if Buck Showalter had known? That is how I began my book, “Birth of a Dynasty,” published more than a decade ago. I wondered what would have happened had...
Cocaine levels in London's River Thames could make eels high
Londoners are taking so much cocaine that it has seeped into the city's famous River Thames, new research by King's College London has discovered, prompting concerns over what it is...
People who like spicy food are having more sex
If you prefer spicier food, there’s a good chance you also lead a spicier life, according to new research. A study into the palates and spicy food preferences of 2,000...
McDonald's manager accused of raping teen employee inside cooler
A manager at a McDonald’s in Minnesota raped a 14-year-old co-worker inside the restaurant’s cooler, prosecutors claim. Andrew Joseph Otero-Albertorio, 24, of Maple Grove, is expected to make his initial...
De Blasio defends NYCHA after residents endure brutal heat, water outages
That’s some cold comfort. Mayor de Blasio defended NYCHA on Tuesday after more than 10,000 residents were hit with heat and hot-water outages on the chilliest day of the year...
NFL sued over blown call during NFC Championship game
In a Hail Mary move, a New Orleans attorney filed a lawsuit Tuesday to get the NFL to address a blown pass-interference call at the end of the NFC Championship...
Moderate Democrats want Nancy Pelosi to make counteroffer to stop shutdown
A group of moderate House Democrats has urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi to seek an end to the record-breaking government shutdown and make a counteroffer to President Trump’s latest immigration proposal....
How Draymond Green and Kevin Durant saved their relationship
When cameras caught Kevin Durant and Draymond Green screaming at each other on the Golden State bench in November, alarm bells started to ring in Warriors nation. When reports surfaced...
Lasagna is the gross new way to reveal your baby's gender
Today, Villa Italian Kitchen launched gender reveal lasagnas. Gender. Reveal. Lasagnas. I will say it one more time for the people in the back: Gender reveal lasagnas. For $140, you...
NYCHA managers drank on the job, mistreated workers: report
Managers at the Throggs Neck Houses turned the place into a liquor-soaked horror show where they drank on the job and abused employees, a city probe revealed, but investigators could...
Dow sinks 300 points on fresh fears of a global slowdown
Wall Street sunk on Tuesday as fresh signs emerged that the global economy could be slowing faster than investors expected. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped as much as 462.04...
FBI union says the shutdown is harming investigations
The union representing more than 14,000 current and former FBI agents released a report Tuesday detailing how the government shutdown was damaging their work — and their lives. “’Voices from...
UFC champion defends his belt and maybe gets a date with Nikki Bella
On Saturday night, UFC Flyweight Champion Henry Cejudo defended his championship by knocking out Bantamweight Champion T.J. Dillashaw in 32 seconds flat. Besides retaining his gold belt, Cejudo might have inadvertently...
Rob Gronkowski's girlfriend has a message for Patriots' critics
Camille Kostek is a proud member of Patriots Nation.
Nicole Malliotakis: De Blasio doesn't care about homeless crisis
A GOP assemblywoman who lost to Mayor Bill de Blasio in the 2017 election ripped Hizzoner on Tuesday — charging that he cares more about problems on the Mexican border...
Pissed-off worker plows digger through Travelodge hotel lobby
Police are investigating an incident in which a construction worker allegedly drove a digger through a newly completed Travelodge hotel lobby in Liverpool, England. On Facebook, the plasterer on the...
'Utterly self-centred' rich kid busted for importing endangered python skin
This Instagram rich kid has a thick wallet and a thin skin. London-based influencer Stephanie Scolaro has claimed she has been "bullied" and treated unfairly under the law after she...
Illegal immigrant suspected of killing four in month-long span
A man suspected of living in the US illegally shot and killed four people in Nevada this month, officials said. Wilbur Martinez-Guzman was arrested Saturday in Carson City for possession...
Uber's investigations unit stressed out over too much work: report
Working for Uber is driving employees crazy, according to a new report. Members of the app company’s special investigations unit are teetering on the edge of sanity thanks to a...
Trump, Pelosi still at stalemate as shutdown enters 32nd day
President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remained dug in Tuesday — the 32nd day of the partial government shutdown — even as Congress was poised to take up legislation...
El Chapo and his wife wear velvet blazers to court
They’re the Donny and Marie of the Mexican underworld. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and his former beauty-queen wife showed up to the notorious cartel leader’s drug-trafficking trial Tuesday wearing matching...
Trump explains lack of White House press briefings
President Trump went to bat for his press secretary on Tuesday, saying he told Sarah Huckabee Sanders not to hold White House news briefings because of the way she is...
Asdrubal Cabrera settles, says goodbye to Mets dream
Asdrubal Cabrera’s preference was to return to Queens. Instead, the veteran infielder will have to settle for Texas. The 33-year-old Cabrera agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million deal on Tuesday...
EBay shares surge 12 percent after activist investor calls for breakup
EBay may want to slim down to boost its stock price. That, at least, is according to Paul Singer’s Elliott Management, which argued Tuesday that a spinoff or sale of...
Long Island dad fatally stabs wife, son injured during fracas: cops
A Long Island man fatally stabbed his wife — and the couple's teenage son was injured as he pried the knife from his dad, police said Tuesday. Wayne Alcus, 49,...
Baker Mayfield ups war with radio host over Kyler Murray rip
Baker Mayfield doesn’t forget. He holds grudges. We’ve seen it with Hue Jackson, and we’re seeing it with Cleveland sports-talk show host Tony Grossi. Mayfield went after Grossi on Twitter...
El Chapo's lawmaker mistress used fake ID to visit him in prison
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's lawmaker lover on Tuesday recounted for jurors how she used a fake ID to visit the drug baron while he was in prison in 2014. Security...
The one known Mariano Rivera Hall holdout shamed into mind-change
All the rage and hand-wringing worked. It convinced one columnist how wrong he would be for not voting Mariano Rivera into the Hall of Fame. Bill Ballou, who received almost...
Hunter threatened for posing with dead elephant he shot
A Georgia hunter under fire for posting pictures of himself alongside a pair of dead elephants said criticism he's received is unfair — he shot the giants in "self-defense." A...
Covington High School closed for the day amid video furor
The Catholic school in Kentucky whose students faced off with a Native American elder in a video that went viral was closed Tuesday amid security concerns — while protesters gathered...
Young mom who lost baby while battling cancer dies months later
A selfless mom who chose to postpone her own cancer treatment in a bid to give her unborn son a chance at life has died. Brianna Rawlings, 19, passed away...
Oscars 2019 overlooks 'Green Book,' 'Bohemian' backlash
Here’s why your favorite movies shouldn’t win an Oscar. That’s the award-season refrain in 2019. Instead of being a celebration of cinema, they’ve become vicious, months-long takedowns of the movies...
Iowa bar scraps 'MLKegs' event after swift backlash online
A bar in Iowa canceled an event honoring Martin Luther King Jr. called “MLKegs” after the planned holiday weekend bash was blasted on social media as racist, insensitive and the...
Marine vet spent 12 hours naked in cell following police strip search: lawsuit
A Marine Corps veteran is suing Illinois sheriff's deputies for reportedly "forcibly" stripping her naked and leaving her that way in her jail cell for 12 hours. Surveillance video from...
The NFL is still trying to steal Tony Romo back
Tony Romo’s success as a broadcaster hasn’t eliminated interest from the league in him as a player. The NFL has seen the star analyst and misses the star quarterback, and...
NYPD cops used pink handcuffs to arrest transgender woman: suit
New York City police officers mocked a transgender woman by putting her in pink handcuffs — then slapping her with a “false personation” charge, a new lawsuit charges. Three cops...
Bull rips man's pants off during public festival
A town in Tamil Nadu, India, was holding a Jallikattu event during which a bull is released into a crowd of people, who then attempt to hold onto the animal....
Bill Belichick has Jets jokes over Adam Gase era
Bill Belichick hasn't forgotten a short chapter of his past. During a radio appearance Monday on WEEI, Belichick joked about his brief tenure as coach of the New York Jets,...
Al Leiter surprises his YES Network boss with Yankees booth exit
After a dozen years in the YES Network booth, Al Leiter will not return this season, The Post has learned. The main reason Leiter is choosing to exit is to...
Twitter suspends account that shared video of Native American's standoff with 'MAGA' teens
Twitter has suspended an account that helped spread video of the encounter between a Native American elder surrounded by Kentucky high school students wearing “Make America Great Again” caps. The...
Arconic shares plunge 25 percent as company cancels auction
Aluminum giant Arconic’s shares folded Tuesday after the company said it was abandoning talks to sell itself — a surprise announcement that sent its stock tumbling 16 percent, to $17.09....
Jayme Closs' alleged kidnapper reportedly hid her during Christmas party
The man accused of kidnapping Jayme Closs hosted a Christmas Day gathering while he held the terrified teen captive, forcing her to stay hidden under his twin bed, according to...
Inside American's shocking underdog run at Australian Open
Danielle Collins' secret is to stay grounded. The American's stunning Australian Open run continued Tuesday, when the indestructible Collins came from behind to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 to...
How does this bottle of water instantly freeze?
A man in Anchor Point, Alaska, was shocked when he dropped a bottle of water and it instantly turned to ice. This was caused by an unusual set of circumstances...
Adult virgin threatened to 'kill as many girls' as he could: cops
A frustrated creep was arrested for threatening to kill as many women as possible, because he's a 27-year-old virgin who's never had a girlfriend. “All I wanted was a girlfriend,...
'Looked like a dead body': New Yankees reliever's frightening story
The Yankees have a fearsome bullpen that will be hard to crack into this season. Challenges like these are probably laughable to Danny Farquhar. The newest addition to the revolving...
Troll dolls inspire a hair-raising new style trend for men
Move over, fashy — the “fashion troll” is the hot men’s hair style of 2019. Esquire is calling it now after Thom Browne’s Paris runway show on Saturday, in which...
Native American vet wants to meet with 'MAGA' teens
The Native American vet, whose confrontation with a group of Kentucky high school students wearing “MAGA” caps in Washington, DC, went viral, has extended an invitation to meet with the...
Supreme Court reinstates Trump ban on transgender military personnel
The Supreme Court, breaking along ideological lines, on Tuesday allowed the Pentagon to move ahead with a plan to bar transgender people from serving in the military while lawsuits contesting...
My husband turned on me after more than 50 years of marriage
When 78-year-old Ada Anbar arrived home after a brief trip out of state seeing relatives, she knew better than to use her keys to enter. Instead, she rang the doorbell...
NFL investigating laser that was aimed at Tom Brady
If the Chiefs defense couldn't, what chance did a laser have? The NFL is "looking into" a report by a Kansas City television station that a laser pointer was aimed...
Trump slams 'evil' media for coverage of smiling teen, Native American
President Trump said news reports of the confrontation between a Covington Catholic student and his classmates with a Native American activist shows how "evil" the media can be. "Nick Sandmann...
Body thought to be missing Texas mom found in creek bed
A body believed to be of a Texas mother who disappeared after watching a movie at a co-worker's home earlier this month was found in a creek bed, authorities said....
Cristiano Ronaldo all smiles while losing $21 million
MADRID — Cristiano Ronaldo smiled broadly after leaving court Tuesday despite the unwanted trip back to Madrid to plead guilty to tax fraud. The Juventus forward, who was facing charges...
A whisper set off tension in Aussie Open quarterfinal
The temperature was turned up in Ash Barty’s quarterfinal debut against Czech destroyer Petra Kvitova in a second set in which both players found their lungs. The two players embraced...
Soccer star presumed dead after plane disappears over English Channel
Argentinian soccer star Emiliano Sala is presumed dead after a small plane he and another person were aboard went missing over the English Channel, according to reports and the French...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gives 'zero' f--ks about what other Democrats think
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez admitted that she gives "zero" f--ks when her Democratic colleagues criticize the youngest woman elected to the House for speaking her mind. Appearing on "The Late Show...
Giuliani says 'tapes' prove Trump's innocence, then says there are no tapes
Rudy Giuliani in a new interview denied a BuzzFeed report that President Trump directed his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, claiming he had listened to...
Oscar 2019: Full list of nominees, surprises, snubs
Hollywood's award season gold rush reaches full gallop Tuesday with the announcement of nominations for the 91st annual Academy Awards. Dark horse "Bohemian Rhapsody" stampeded its way to a Best...
Millennials make disturbing confessions to their childhood self
Life comes at you fast. The Instagram page “20yrsfromnow” is gathering millennials’ embarrassing stories from adulthood and sharing them with the kid version of themselves from 20 years ago.
China demands US drop Huawei extradition request with Canada
BEIJING — China on Tuesday demanded the US drop a request that Canada extradite a top executive of the tech giant Huawei, shifting blame to Washington in a case that...
American charged with spying in Russia allegedly had classified docs
MOSCOW — The lawyer for an American man being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying said on Tuesday that his client was given a flash drive containing Russian "state...
Death toll rises in Taliban attack on military base: Afghan officials
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan was reeling on Tuesday from a brazen Taliban assault on a military base in the country's east the previous day that killed at least 45 people...
High tide creeps up on Florida eclipse-watchers, floods car
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Some moongazers in Florida forgot to keep an eye on the tide as they watched Sunday night's lunar eclipse. The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office...
Cops looking for perv accused of masturbating on subway
Police are searching for a man who masturbated in front of other passengers on a Brooklyn subway and then lit a cigarette before getting off the train. The suspect was...
Starbucks partners with Uber Eats to expand coffee delivery
Starbucks is expanding its delivery service and aims to offer it at nearly one-fourth of its U.S. company-operated coffee shops. The company said it is launching the service Tuesday in...
Klay Thompson puts on epic shooting display in rout of Lakers
LOS ANGELES — Klay Thompson set an NBA record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range, scoring 44 points as the Golden State Warriors beat the short-handed Los...
Teen gunned down at Illinois mall, shooter still at large
ORLAND PARK, Ill. — Authorities say a man was shot and killed at a suburban Chicago mall and the suspect remains at large. Orland Park police say the 19-year-old was...
Ocasio-Cortez: System that allows billionaires is 'immoral'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview on Monday that she believes a system that allows people to become billionaires is “immoral.” The New York Democrat made the statement while...
The quarterbacks, pass-rushers Giants will stare down at Senior Bowl
MOBILE, Ala. — The majority of the players considered to be the big-name pass-rush talent this year are underclassmen and thus cannot attend. The top quarterback in the 2019 NFL...
Video captures moose chasing skiers at resort
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — A woman, in an effort to warn others of the dangers of moose, posted a video on social media of a moose charging skiers and snowboarders at...
Sean McVay is the new-school answer to Bill Belichick's genius
This is a Super clash between two eras, between two slogans, between one boy genius and one old genius. This is Bill Belichick standing as the standard bearer for a...
This could be year Mussina gets over hump to earn Hall induction
Mike Mussina’s approval rating has gradually climbed to the point he’s within striking distance of the Hall of Fame. Whether the former Yankees pitcher belongs to the Class of 2019...
Cops recapture escaped prisoner wanted for attempted rape
Police on Monday rearrested a suspected sex fiend who escaped from Homeless Services cops on Saturday afternoon, authorities said. Jose Bisono escaped from the cops as they were transporting him...
Nets 'covet' sweet-shooting forward with Kenny Atkinson bond
Two months ago The Post reported on Clippers star Tobias Harris’ longstanding relationship with Nets coach Kenny Atkinson, and how he should be a prime free-agent target. Now other reports...
KFC debuts gravy-scented candle
If the chicken-scented yule log and herbs and spices bath bomb hasn’t filled your house with enough KFC smells to last a lifetime, the Colonel’s newest item sure will. The...
Video shows white man pull gun on black kids, yell racial slurs
Warning: Video contains graphic language Video posted online Monday night shows a white man in South Florida pulling a pistol on a group of black kids and repeatedly calling them...