February 2, 2015
Former city worker gets five years prison for Medicaid scam
A former city worker will spend five years in behind bars for exploiting his position to use Medicaid as his personal piggy bank. Akim Murray, an ex-eligibility specialist at the...
Dan Boyle clams up talking 'differences’ as Rangers bit player
So does two goals in two games turn Dan Boyle into the force the the Rangers were hoping for? Or does it remain — Dan Boyle, the $4.5 million third-pair...
Obama's budget proposal adds $1.5 trillion in new taxes and fees
WASHINGTON — President Obama warned Congress the days of “mindless austerity” are over as he unveiled a $4 trillion budget Monday that would raise new taxes to invest in roads,...
Subway musician sues NYPD over arrest that went viral on YouTube
A subway musician whose arrest for strumming his guitar on a train platform went viral on YouTube is suing the NYPD, claiming cops wrongly target buskers like himself even though...
Paris ad agency spreading its wings on Broadway
Global ad agency giant Publicis Groupe is consolidating its New York operations at the Rudin family’s 1675 Broadway at 52nd Street. The Paris-based media firm led by Maurice Lévy is...
Nationwide goes on the defensive after sobering Super ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKUy-tfrIHY Nationwide found itself on the defensive Monday after its sobering Super Bowl ad about children who die in preventable accidents triggered a social media backlash. The insurance giant said...
Bill Belichick shares kiss with his daughter after Super Bowl
Bill Belichick was probably pretty emotional after his New England Patriots won Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday. Maybe even very emotional. It was a hard-fought victory over the Seattle Seahawks....
King of 'Hamptons Versailles' in court over $250M palace
The reclusive owner of America’s biggest residential home was in court Monday to prove he did not steal the money to build his 62,000-square-foot Southampton mansion. In opening arguments, before...
Bubble may have burst for Kardashian game makers
How much time and money have fashion-obsessed females been wasting playing “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood”? That’s one thing Wall Street is looking to get the skinny on this week. Glu Mobile,...
Justice Department teaches S&P a $1.4B lesson
The fix is in for Standard & Poor’s. The Justice Department and several states including New York are expected to announce a nearly $1.4 billion settlement with S&P this week...
After GDP report, it’s time to start ‘Yellen’ at Janet
Janet Yellen should be fired. Ready ... aim ... fired. Yellen, as you know, is the chair of the Federal Reserve. What you probably didn’t know is that she’s also...
Trojan hitches its trailer to '50 Shades of Grey'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-BFLlqY598 Trojan is finding a fun way to advertise its products as the nation gets ready for the “Fifty Shades” movie frenzy. The company best-known for its condoms said Tuesday...
Paul Singer blames Saudi Arabia for oil's rapid free-fall
Hedge-fund mogul and oil bull Paul Singer is taking aim at Saudi Arabia. Singer — whose $25 billion Elliott Management has two board seats and a 6 percent stake in...
Why St. John’s visit to Butler could shape season's stretch run
INDIANAPOLIS — The second half of Big East play soon starts and St. John’s needs wins, no matter how ugly or unconvincing or forgettable. More than that, the Red Storm...
Jarrett Jack hits the winner as Nets stun mighty Clippers
The Nets must have been inspired by the Patriots. A day after New England grabbed Super Bowl XLIX in the final seconds, the Nets did the same, going on a...
Vogue nabs top honor at National Magazine Awards
Anna Wintour’s Vogue snagged Magazine of the Year honors at the National Magazine Awards, also known as the “Ellies,” Monday night. However, in a clear sign of the industry’s transition,...
Rangers pull it together to dominate Panthers
A bounce here, a bounce there, and something bad turns into something good. The Rangers have undoubtedly struggled to find their game since the All-Star break, and yet there was...
Tom Brady's terrible news for the Jets and AFC
PHOENIX — Bad news, Jets fans. Tom Brady is not going anywhere. The Patriots quarterback made it clear on Monday, the day after leading his team to a 28-24 win...
Vaccinating Chris Christie
Nothing makes us more inclined to take a second look at a pol as when he says something that leads to his being pilloried as anti-science. That’s what happened to...
Failure for pay and profit
We all know the difference a good teacher can make in the life of a child. But what do you do with the bad ones? If you’re the city’s Department...
Shelly's court
He may be out as speaker of the Assembly, but Shelly Silver’s legacy lives on. As The Post reported Sunday, US Attorney Preet Bharara is now investigating the state Supreme...
The rape of Ukraine: America stands by
In his State of the Union Address, President Obama touted his Ukraine strategy as a demonstration of “the power of American strength and diplomacy.” Word of this stirring success has...
Stormy weather and climate questions
It was refreshing to see meteorologists apologize for their dire — and wrong — predictions of an unprecedented snow storm that they had said would devastate the Northeast. It was...
For his next promise Obama's deal-breaking budget
President Obama says he’s had enough of “mindless austerity”; he wants to undo “the arbitrary across-the-board cuts known as ‘the sequester’ ” that he agreed to back in 2011. Releasing...
Fulton St. folly: MTA wasted $1.4 billion
Ten years and $1.4 billion down the drain — and they still couldn’t spring for a simple station map. The MTA’s gold-plated Fulton Center comically fails at its core mission...
Oprah books new OWN series based on 'Queen Sugar' novel
Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay, who first worked together on the Oscar-nominated civil rights drama “Selma,” will re-team on “Queen Sugar,” a drama series for Winfrey’s cable network, OWN, that...
Power couple Timbaland, Monique on 'Empire': 'We're making history together'
Behind every successful man is a strong woman — and in Fox’s new hip-hop soap opera, “Empire,” the fierce and fabulous Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) is the volatile key to...
This Brooklyn bar is also a skateboarding paradise
Joshua Castro is whipping around so fast, his skateboard wheels are making a whooshing noise like traffic on the BQE. He pushes his board up the side of a 6-foot...
Meet the hot trainers whipping NYC's beautiful people into shape
When John Demsey, president of the Estée Lauder Cos., needed knee surgery in August, he turned to an expert — his personal trainer, Mary Ann Browning. Not only did Browning...
Mets, Lucas Duda avoid arbitration with one-year deal
The Mets avoided arbitration with Lucas Duda by agreeing on a one-year contract worth $4.2 million, according to an industry source. With Duda’s contract finalized, the Mets’ payroll for 2015...
The lineup change that has transformed the Knicks
In the first 41 games of the season, the Knicks used 24 different starting lineups. The Knicks were 5-36 in those games. In their past seven games, the Knicks have...
6 reasons to book Hawaii as a V-Day gift — or to propose
Montage Kapalua Bay, Maui Get touchy-feely with your significant other with the Sweetheart Package at this new oceanfront property. A massage therapist from Spa Montage will guide couples with a...
The problem with the Knicks touting Amar’e Stoudemire's game
Knicks coach Derek Fisher was addressing a question concerning Amar’e Stoudemire. “When Amar’e is healthy,” Fisher said, “he gives us a real interior post presence …” As old Willy Shakespeare...
RadioShack ‘Sprints’ toward bankruptcy
RadioShack is finally about to blow its fuse. The flailing electronics chain is nearing a bankruptcy filing — perhaps as soon as this week — that will close nearly half...
Man struck by exploding manhole cover
A man who was walking his dog in Brooklyn Monday was critically injured when an underground explosion sent a manhole cover hurtling through the air, striking him in the head,...
Step inside America's 9 priciest homes
Billionaire Jeff Greene has listed his 25-acre Palazzo di Amore estate in Beverly Hills for a staggering $195 million, which makes this impressive spread the most expensive public listing in...
Urban luau: Eat your way through Hawaii
“It used to be totally down and dirty, and now it’s so swanky,” says a woman next to me as we downed hamachi tacos. We were at the fourth annual...
Northeast braces for second major snowstorm in a week
A winter storm inflicted fresh misery on the Northeast on Monday, causing the cancellation of flights, classes and major court cases across a region still digging out from last week's...
Ravens DT indicted for abusing alligator, dog
BALTIMORE — Online court records show former Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Terrence Cody has been indicted on animal cruelty charges. The records show that the indictment against the 26-year-old of...
'Genius' Pete Carroll's unlikely defender: Phil Jackson
It took almost all of Monday for somebody to defend Pete Carroll's highly questionable decision to call for a pass on 2nd-and-goal from the 1-yard line that likely cost the...
Super Bowl sets US viewership record
It’s another year, another ratings record for the Super Bowl as Sunday’s match-up on NBC averaged 114.4 million viewers, making it the most-watched TV program in history. The New England...
Woman dials wrong number, offers detective drugs: cops
Police say a woman selling drugs made a big mistake that landed her in jail — she mistakenly called an Albuquerque police detective. KOB-TV reports that 30-year-old Renea Lucero was arrested...
Ex-Stanford swimmer pleads not guilty to raping unconscious woman
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A former Stanford University swimmer has pleaded not guilty to five counts of sexual assault. Brock Turner was arrested on Jan. 18 after being caught on...
Bet against A-Rod’s bat vs. Headley’s? No thanks
Alex Rodriguez used to love to talk about weightlifters, the sort who could carry a team. He would be dismissive when certain names were broached — a kind of “That guy couldn’t...
Woman dead after she's run over by snowplow
WEYMOUTH, Mass. — Authorities say a woman has been run over and killed by a snowplow at a Massachusetts condo complex during a snowstorm. A spokesman for the Norfolk district...
American remakes of foreign series usually tank, but they keep on coming
For every “The Office,” there are five cases of “Gracepoint,” or an American remake of a successful foreign show that inevitably goes down in flames. Actually, it usually goes down...
Inksane: Venezuela's International Tattoo Festival
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For these body modification enthusiasts, that eye may be tattooed black and that beauty may include a lot of ink and a...
'Embarrassing, hypocrite’: Edelman torches ESPN analysts
Julian Edelman has something to say to all of the doubters: Go eat crow. On the Monday morning after the Patriots beat the Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX, Edelman delivered...
Warren Sapp arrested for hiring prostitute at Super Bowl
Warren Sapp should have gone to sleep. The 42-year-old Hall of Fame defensive tackle, who was covering the Super Bowl for NFL Network, was arrested early Monday at a hotel...
Mike Francesa’s angry Seahawks rant doesn’t disappoint
Want a strong opinion the day after a big sporting event? Mike Francesa never fails to disappoint. The bombastic WFAN drive-time host opened up his show Monday afternoon by launching...
Bag of rats may take down accused hit-and-run killer
An accused hit-and-run killer may be done in by one key, if not repulsive, piece of evidence -- his own bag of rats. Prosecutors revealed Monday at the start of...
5 things to know about ‘Heroes: Reborn’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6zVQXpUe_0 NBC hit a ratings home run in 2006 with the premiere of “Heroes.” Created by Tim Kring (“Crossing Jordan”), the series centered on a group of ordinary people possessing...
Zoo ordered to stop using dogs to herd elephants
The federal government has ordered the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium to stop using dogs to help control its elephants and protect human handlers. The inspection report by the U.S....
Was Seahawks' bad beat so painful it snuffed a dynasty?
PHOENIX – It was maybe a second and a half after Malcolm Butler stepped in front of Russell Wilson’s ill-fated and ill-er-advised slant pass that the questions about the Seattle...
Opening for Taylor Swift concerts isn’t an automatic ticket to glory
Every other year, Taylor Swift takes her magic wand and anoints the acts who will open her new tour. Now she’s just announced that Haim, the LA rock band featuring...
Russell Wilson megadeal looms over Seahawks offseason plans
GLENDALE, Ariz. — A split second after the moment that will be forever remembered in Super Bowl annals — for all the wrong reasons for the Seahawks — the eyes of head coach...
A dolphin seduced me, and we enjoyed a torrid year-long affair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwu1XfqlTgE This tale sounds a bit fishy. In a documentary movie that premiered at Utah’s Slamdance Film Festival last week, a man details his year-long affair with a dolphin. No...
Snow and sleet wreak havoc on subway, at airports
A mix of snow and freezing rain turned Monday’s slushy commute into a nightmare when a power outage on the 7 line in Queens stranded hundreds of riders, officials said....
Fishermen's cars swallowed by frozen lake
A group of Russian buddies hit the ice for a day of fishing and it was the lake that got the biggest catch -- all of their cars.
My son impersonated me and stole my clients: Diamond District jeweler
The patriarch of a three-generation family Diamond District business is suing one of his two sons for $2 million, claiming the wayward child impersonated him and his brother to steal...
Etan Patz's mother breaks down in tears describing son's disappearance
The mother of Etan Patz shared her pain with a Manhattan jury on Monday, detailing publicly the tragic disappearance of her 6-year-old son 35 years ago as he walked alone...
Man gunned down in NYC ID'd as Communist historian
A Croatian national and Communist historian was murdered by a fellow European in Astoria over a failed real-estate deal for a property in northeastern Italy, police source said. William Klinger,...
Christie calls for vaccination-law 'balance,' then his office clarifies
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday called for “balance” between parental rights and state-mandated vaccinations — before his office clarified, calling shots an “important public health protection.” Christie, in England on...
Red Bulls purge pushes out costly veteran Tim Cahill
The divorce between the Red Bulls and Tim Cahill is official. Cahill and the club agreed to tear up the final year of his contract, making the Australian midfielder a...
Website reveals the players behind this year's Super Bowl ads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTwzsV3I3OQ The ad players behind this year’s Super Bowl commercials are being revealed by a new social-media site for marketers. The site, San Francisco-based Shocase.com, is ultimately aimed at ad...
Belichick defends letting Edelman play: Not my job
Julian Edelman's play paved the way to a Patriots title and for the chirping of the cartoon birds circling around the receiver's head. On 3rd-and-14 from the Patriots 28, early...
Sysco sells off $4.6B in assets ahead of US Foods deal
Food distributor Sysco Corp. is feeling the heat. With its $3.5 billion proposed acquisition of US Foods stuck in regulatory review — and risking getting the thumbs down from the...
Dutch team recovers remains near MH17 crash site
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch defense ministry says a team of experts has recovered a small amount of human remains from a village near the site where a Malaysia...
This factory worker walks 21 miles a day to get to work
A Detroit man walks 21 miles everyday, just to make it to his factory job.
Katy Perry dazzles in four spectacular outfits during Super Bowl halftime show
Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime show was a dazzling showcase of her musical talents — and Jeremy Scott’s design skills. During the set, Perry was accompanied by rapper Missy Elliott,...
Sanford Rubenstein sues his rape accuser
Cop-bashing lawyer Sanford Rubenstein filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against the Al Sharpton crony who accused him of raping her after the race-baiting Rev’s celebrity-studded birthday bash on Oct. 1...
RIP Bonne Bell Lip Smacker
Nearly 90 years after it was first founded, Bonne Bell Co., the genius behind the first mass market, flavored lip gloss, Lip Smacker, is shutting down its operations and laying...
5 coaching blunders to rival Pete Carroll's Super Bowl brain lock
Pete Carroll's mind-numbing decision to throw a pass from the 1-yard line with 20 seconds remaining in the Super Bowl instead of handing off to the unstoppable Marshawn Lynch brings...
One month in, how are our dieters doing?
It’s been one month since six Post readers made a pact: to lose weight and improve their health by Memorial Day weekend. While some are starting to face the difficulty...
Bear outsmarts electric fence to get deer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eC9ZmCaIWY You can’t trick this bear out of his dinner! Heather Reich has been studying bears in Montana for a decade, but she wanted to try an experiment. The 39-year-old...
Bud's 'Lost Dog' was most watched Super Bowl spot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAsjRRMMg_Q Budweiser’s “Lost Dog,” commercial was the most watched spot during Sunday’s Super Bowl, set-top-box firm TiVo said Monday. The giant brewer, whose Super Bowl spots are generally both the...
Prosecutors want 3 years in jail for Korean Air 'nut-rage' exec
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors on Monday recommended three years in jail for the former Korean Air executive charged with endangering flight safety during a tantrum over how...
Johnny Manziel enters rehab
Browns quarterback Johnny "Football" Manziel -- whose partying habits have been well-documented -- has entered rehab. "Johnny knows there are areas in which he needs to improve in order to...
Dan Quinn parachutes away from Seahawks, takes Falcons job
ATLANTA — A person familiar with the negotiations says Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn has agreed to a five-year deal to become the Atlanta Falcons coach. The Falcons are expected...
Spoiled Bostonians unwilling to get arrested after Super Bowl
BOSTON — New England Patriots fans from Boston to western Massachusetts celebrated another Super Bowl title raucously, but without the destruction and mayhem that has often followed championship victories by...
Pregnant woman delivers her own baby while driving to hospital
SALT LAKE CITY — A pregnant Utah woman driving herself to the hospital gave birth to a healthy, nearly 10-pound baby boy on the side of an interstate highway, police...
Damon, Affleck, Simmons is peak Patriots fanboy photo
You are a Boston transplant celebrity in Los Angeles, so how to enjoy Super Bowl XLIX? Apparently, you congregate at Jimmy Kimmel’s house.
Man threatened to bomb precinct days after NYPD executions
A man called 911 four days after the executions of officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos threatening to blow up a NYPD precinct, authorities said. The unidentified man made the...
Take a mental picture -- 6 places where selfies are banned
People have strong opinions about selfies. Usually it’s just an annoyance with the proliferation of them in our social media feeds. Like, seriously, how many pictures of your own face...
Jealous model 'plunges knife' into twin sister's chest
A Croatian model is facing attempted murder charges for allegedly plunging a kitchen knife into her identical twin sister’s chest Saturday night in a jealousy-fueled rage. Sara Grkovic got into...
'Madden' simulation of Super Bowl was spooky accurate
Want to live the events of the Super Bowl, without all the commercials and Katy Perry costume changes and pesky human drama and emotion, days before it actually happens? That...
Man runs into burning house to save sister
A Brooklyn man raced back into his burning home Sunday to try to rescue his sister who was trapped inside, but he collapsed from the smoke and she tragically died,...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn goes on trial for 'aggravated pimping'
PARIS — Dominique Strauss-Kahn is going on trial for sex charges in France — the nation where he once was considered a top presidential contender. The former head of the...
Stony Brook University 'indifferent' to my sexual assault: student
A Westchester woman who says she was sexually assaulted by a fellow Stony Brook University student in an attack so painful she couldn’t sit, eat or sleep afterwards, is suing...
From homeless to Hollywood: NYC man impresses 'Idol' panel
He’s gone from homeless to Hollywood. An aspiring singer who slept in shelters and subway cars in New York got the break of a lifetime when he impressed the judges...
It wasn't public lewdness because Pratt's a private school: masturbator
What a jerk! A man argued that he didn’t actually commit the crime of public lewdness after getting busted pleasuring himself inside Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute — because he performed the...
Editorialist, Fleur du Mal among the hottest sales of the week
Avenue32.com Sale: Ongoing. Up to 70 percent women's clothing, shoes and accessories. Brands include Andy Wolf, Alexander Wang, Carven, Olympia Le-Tan, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, Vivetta and more. Bloomingdale’s 1000...
Groundhog survives de Blasio visit, thanks to glass wall
Mayor de Blasio couldn't get his groundhog killing claws anywhere near the 2015 version of Staten Island Chuck, who was kept safe in a Plexiglas enclosure while making his annual...
Bob Dylan surprisingly succeeds with Sinatra cover album
Album of the Week Bob Dylan “Shadows in the Night” ★★★ Dylan singing songs Sinatra did could have been 10 kinds of awful, but on the long-anticipated (or should that...
Landlords have cases before Silver-linked judge
Two Lower East Side landlords with ties to outgoing Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver have property-tax cases pending before a judge who owes his career to the disgraced Manhattan Democrat, The...
1 killed, 4 injured in upper Manhattan shooting
At least one person was killed and four others wounded in a shooting in upper Manhattan late Sunday night, cops said. The gunman approached one man and shot him in...
Security guard shot after fight breaks out
A security guard was shot on Sunday when a fight took place outside an apartment complex in the Bronx, cops said. The large dispute took place at 120 Donizetti Place...
Super Bowl ads that scored -- and bored
Madison Avenue ordered up warm and fuzzy for Sunday night’s Super Bowl broadcast. The modern Mad Men pitched products such as Budweiser, Toyota, McDonald’s and Dove — with expert doses...
New charity raises more than $10K for families of officers
An NYPD sergeant teamed up with his colleagues to raise more than $10,000 in two weeks through a new charity that benefits families of officers who have been stricken by...
Why Sheldon Silver can’t resign — yet
Soon-to-be-ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is holding on to his Assembly seat, despite the humiliation of losing power, because he thinks it will help him in his federal corruption trial, sources...
Cuomo’s new budget calls for tax on health-insurance policies
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s new budget includes a nearly $69 million tax on health-insurance policies to pay for the administrative costs of continuing New York’s ObamaCare health exchange, The Post has...
Do trial lawyers already have a friend in Carl Heastie?
Business advocates are worried that the lawsuit-happy trial-lawyers lobby already has its hooks into Sheldon Silver’s likely successor as Assembly speaker, Carl Heastie of The Bronx. Silver was the king...
Teen shot after cops kicked him out of the station house: suit
A terrified Brooklyn teen fleeing a gunman ran into an NYPD station house seeking refuge, but cops there callously booted him back outside — where he was shot dead, a...
'Thought it was TD’: The worst moment of Russell Wilson’s career
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Two weeks ago, Russell Wilson was the centerpiece of a miracle comeback in the Seahawks improbable victory over the Packers in the NFC Championship Game. On Sunday...
Soup-maker Nicole Chaszar aims to clean up with cleanse
http://instagram.com/p/x1_ZSHgfan/?modal=true If juicing leaves you cold — especially in winter — there’s a new trend to try: the soup cleanse. While juices taste delicious, they often don’t incorporate the whole...
TSA whistleblower wins case, but braces for long wait for back pay
Here’s proof that telling the truth doesn’t always pay. A former federal air marshal who was axed for spilling the beans on a plan to cut security amid a serious...
New York braces for 'slop storm'
A mix of snow, rain and sleet will make for a “messy commute” Monday morning, a week after the city shut down ahead of the historic blizzard-that-wasn’t. “It’s going to...
Rob Gronkowski about to go wild after Super Bowl triumph
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Rob Gronkowski didn’t have big numbers but still made a big difference in Super Bowl XLIX. The Patriots’ All-Pro tight end capped a remarkable comeback season by...
Marshawn Lynch gives a real answer — and takes the high road
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Well, let your final impression of Marshawn Lynch from this week of Super Bowl XLIX be a favorable one. Given the chance on NFL Network to light...
Seahawks explain brawl that ended game
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The end of Super Bowl XLIX featured a brawl in the end zone that resulted in a player getting ejected and the Patriots gaining 15 yards to...
Darrelle Revis digs at Jets while basking in title with Belichick
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Darrelle Revis’ big bet on himself paid off in spectacular fashion Sunday night. The former Jets All-Pro cornerback can now add “world champion” to his sparkling individual...
What made Bill Belichick crack with emotion after fourth title
GLENDALE, Ariz. — When Patriots 28, Seahawks 24 was over, Bill Belichick inflated his champion players. “This is a great team — a great group of competitors who never gave...
Julian Edelman finds Super Bowl glory after brain-rattling hit
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The feeling inside the Patriots locker room after it was all over was universal: The game-winning play was made by the perfect Patriot, the player who best...
Marine and MTA cops help save doctor’s life at Grand Central
A Kentucky pediatrician was brought back to life by a hero Marine and MTA first responders at Grand Central Terminal — and the doctor’s wife believes he might never have...
Storm blankets Midwest in snow, creeps toward Northeast
CHICAGO — A slow-moving winter storm blanketed a large swath of the Plains and Midwest in snow Sunday, forcing the cancellation of thousands of flights, making roads treacherous and forcing...
Smoke from warehouse fire still fills air in Williamsburg
A posh stretch of Williamsburg waterfront has been declared a bad-air zone, as smoke from a still-smoldering warehouse fire continued to billow Sunday. The blaze forced residents in the trendy...
Scott Walker says he’d consider sending troops to fight ISIS
WASHINGTON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, now atop a new Iowa 2016 presidential poll, signaled Sunday he’d be willing to send troops to Syria to fight ISIS if he were...
Seahawks point fingers after dreadful play call
GLENDALE, Ariz. — There were plenty of explanations offered, first by Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, then by offensive coordinator Darren Bevell and quarterback Russell Wilson, but at the end of...
'Humans of New York' blogger raises over $1M for students
It took less than a week for the Humans of New York photo-blogger to raise more than $1 million for underprivileged young New Yorkers living in one of the city’s...
Obama targets offshore profits
President Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget will seek new taxes on trillions of dollars in profits accumulated overseas by US corporate giants like Apple, Pfizer and General Electric. Reviving a long-running...
The highs and terrible omissions of Super Bowl broadcast
Sunday’s Super Bowl mostly made for good TV. NBC kept our screens clean, our eyes on the field — often because it had no choice. Although Al Michaels identified the fleet...
Daily Blotter
Staten Island A violent mental patient who was granted a furlough from the South Beach Psychiatric Center in Ocean Breeze — and never came back — was finally caught after...
NBC pledges its 'Allegiance' to new show this week
“Being Mary Jane” Tuesday at 10 p.m. on BET https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W5qfum6kyM The Gabrielle Union drama returns for Season Two with her cable news anchor Mary Jane Paul taking a career turn...
ABC's 'Fresh Off the Boat' a little stale
"It's hard getting respect when you’re eleven,” gripes Eddie Huang (Hudson Yang) in the opening scenes of “Fresh Off the Boat,” a new comedy that debuts Wednesday on ABC. He’s...
A totally nonboring guide to a pregnant woman’s rights at work
In an ideal world, maternity leave lawyers would set up shop right next to the OB-GYN and give pregnant women pamphlets advising them of their rights: “Oh happy day! Buy...
What's the best way to ask for a raise from my boss?
I’m not happy with my raise. I can’t live on this amount of money and keep working these hours. What is the best way to discuss this with my boss?...