May 26, 2015
SFX approves CEO's offer to take company private
May 26, 2015 | 11:28pmThe clock’s ticking on whether SFX Entertainment can scare up another bidder to beat back founder Bob Sillerman’s latest offer to buy the 62.6 percent of the electronic dance music...
De Blasio's troubling relationship with teachers unions
May 26, 2015 | 11:12pmFor a very long time, teachers unions were the most fearsome opponents of mayoral control of New York City schools. They claimed for years that putting a mayor in charge...
Rangers rip Lightning to force Game 7 for trip to Cup final
May 26, 2015 | 11:06pmTAMPA — Once again, the Rangers found a way. Once again, they pulled themselves off the mat, and brought a playoff series to its crescendo. Game 6 of the Eastern...
Dewey & LeBoeuf 'fraud' trio hid firm's financial woes: DA
May 26, 2015 | 11:02pmThree white-shoe lawyers allegedly hid their storied firm’s snow-balling financial problems from auditors — and even their own partners — as the firm collapsed into the biggest law-firm bankruptcy in...
Tight-lipped Snapchat CEO confirms interest in IPO
May 26, 2015 | 10:53pmWith his app valued at $15 billion but questions piling up about the viability of his business plan and when he might be looking to take his company public, Evan...
Wilmer Flores' clutch RBI single in 10th saves Mets from brutal loss
May 26, 2015 | 10:51pmA potential soul-deflating loss turned into an opportunity for the Mets to launch a celebration near second base Tuesday night. Wilmer Flores was the guest of honor after delivering a...
Charter may give Time Warner customers more reasons to be cranky
May 26, 2015 | 10:23pmTime Warner Cable subscribers, longtime victims of poor customer service, may believe any takeover of their pay-TV company is good news. Well, they better think again. Both Charter, which has...
Adam Warren making it difficult to boot him from rotation
May 26, 2015 | 9:53pmAll it took for the Yankees to start winning again was the arrival of the team with the best record in baseball. The Yankees were able to put a bit...
New gem in the Bronx: NYC's 14th public golf course
May 26, 2015 | 8:55pmNew York City on Tuesday saw the grand opening of its 14th public golf course at Ferry Point in The Bronx. With magnificent views of the Manhattan skyline, the Whitestone...
The GOP's too-many-candidates non-problem
May 26, 2015 | 8:54pmThe size of the 2016 Republican pack is starting to prompt hand-wringing in some circles. How can 19 or 20 candidates hold a one-hour televised debate? Relax, folks — it’ll...
Bill de Blasio's free-speech hypocrisy
May 26, 2015 | 8:52pmTime was when Bill de Blasio loved protesters on the street — as long as they were carrying signs against someone else, particularly then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Indeed, back in 2011,...
The un-scary truth about NSA 'spying'
May 26, 2015 | 8:50pmIf the National Security Agency’s bulk data program expires, the coroner should conclude that it was “Death by Bumper Sticker.” Rarely has a controversial government program been so fiercely debated...
Why powerful men now hide behind open doors
May 26, 2015 | 8:48pm‘I always leave my door open when female students are in my office.” That’s what a professor at a prestigious liberal-arts college told me a few years ago. And since...
A big step toward a new Midtown boom
May 26, 2015 | 8:47pmOn Wednesday, the City Council will vote on the first major step toward a revitalized East Midtown. Despite the near-universal agreement that it is essential to reinvigorate what has long...
'Beautiful Mind' professor's fatal wreck 'unbelievable': son
May 26, 2015 | 8:30pmThe eldest son of math prodigy John Nash Jr. expressed his admiration for his famous father in the last conversation they shared before the Princeton professor died in a car...
Why this is such a crucial time for Red Bulls and Jesse Marsch
May 26, 2015 | 8:22pmNow we will find out a lot about Jesse Marsch. It was foolish to prejudge him as angry Red Bulls fans did when he replaced popular coach Mike Petke, just...
Subway push suspect accused of threatening responding officers
May 26, 2015 | 8:10pmA homeless man who cops say shoved a man off a Midtown subway platform in front of an oncoming E train last month, threatened to bash the responding cops in...
Jets GM Mike Maccagnan hires seven new scouts
May 26, 2015 | 8:08pmNew Jets general manager Mike Maccagnan completed his overhaul of the team’s scouting department Tuesday, hiring seven scouts to replace the five he fired earlier this month. Maccagnan also promoted...
Out-of-control car rips through NYC supermarket
May 26, 2015 | 8:03pmA speeding SUV plowed into a Queens supermarket Tuesday, hitting a clerk and four others before coming to a stop after slamming into a giant display of apples. The elderly...
Jack Nicklaus elated at official grand opening of Ferry Point
May 26, 2015 | 8:00pmJack Nicklaus was an hour late arriving for the grand opening of the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point on Tuesday. “Traffic,” he grumbled. Actually, it was fitting considering the...
Rapist who sent apology letter to victim takes plea deal
May 26, 2015 | 7:51pmA man accused of raping a waitress in her Washington Heights apartment took a plea deal Tuesday in Manhattan court. Jean Rodriguez, 24, copped to predatory sexual assault, rape and...
Spotted Pig owners seal deal on massive venue atop 70 Pine St.
May 26, 2015 | 7:22pmIt’s a done deal for the Spotted Pig team at 70 Pine Street. Shaking up the real estate and restaurant worlds, superchef April Bloomfield and partner Ken Friedman inked a...
Deutsche Bank to pay $55M fine to settle claims of hidden losses
May 26, 2015 | 7:13pmIt’s no “London Whale” — but it might be a Frankfurt minnow. Deutsche Bank, once one of Wall Street’s most fearsome derivatives shops, will pay a $55 million fine to...
Anne Meara's dark family secret
May 26, 2015 | 7:04pmAnne Meara, who died on Saturday at 85, was best known as a comedian, half of Stiller and Meara, her husband being Jerry Stiller. She was also a trained actress,...
Al-Qaeda operative pleads guilty to terrorism charges
May 26, 2015 | 6:36pmA Yemeni member of al-Qaeda pleaded guilty to terror raps in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday and faces up to life in prison when sentenced. Saddiq al-Abbadi, 40, confessed to plotting...
'Serious ... Focused:' First look at the new Johnny Manziel
May 26, 2015 | 5:49pmBEREA, Ohio — Except for sporting a tighter haircut under his orange helmet, Johnny Manziel looked pretty much the same. He scrambled from defenders and zipped passes. He talked to...
Cops hunt for Coney Island purse snatcher
May 26, 2015 | 5:49pmA thief has been swiping women’s purses from storage areas near roller coasters in Coney Island’s Luna Park, cops said Tuesday. The suspect first struck on May 2 around 6 p.m....
De Blasio downplays surge in murders
May 26, 2015 | 5:44pmMayor de Blasio on Tuesday brushed off a spike in murders and shootings across the city, saying it’s hardly the return of New York’s bad old days. “The fact is...
Nets part ways with popular executive
May 26, 2015 | 5:35pmMoney used to be no object to Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov. That was then. This is now. In a sign that the Nets are in a new mode of trying...
Clintons omit shell company from public financial files
May 26, 2015 | 5:12pmThe newly released financial files on Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton's growing fortune omit a company with no apparent employees or assets that the former president has legally used to...
The day in photos
May 26, 2015 | 4:56pmA porcupine plays, a volcano erupts in Ecuador, torrential rain floods Austin, Texas, and more.
Cleveland agrees to overhaul troubled police force
May 26, 2015 | 4:52pmCLEVELAND — Cleveland agreed to overhaul its police department under the supervision of an independent monitor in a settlement announced Tuesday with the US Justice Department over a pattern of...
Pranksters unleash 72,000 ladybugs into high school
May 26, 2015 | 4:46pmThis senior prank had a Maryland high school bugging out. Seven students are facing criminal charges after they broke into Chopticon High School last week and released 72,000 ladybugs throughout...
Mom suing daughter for her share in $1M lottery jackpot
May 26, 2015 | 4:44pmA Brooklyn mom says her daughter skipped town with her $1 million lottery jackpot — and now she’s being forced to sue to get back the fortune. “I felt like...
Parents of boy killed in crossfire 'don't forgive s--t'
May 26, 2015 | 4:24pmTwo gunmen who traded shots at a Bronx basketball tournament, with one of the bullets killing a 4-year-old boy, were sentenced to lengthy jail terms Tuesday on what would have...
The craziest s---t people have gotten stuck in their eyes
May 26, 2015 | 4:15pmEach of these stories is basically its own real-life horror movie.
Is she hornier than you?
May 26, 2015 | 4:10pmNothing can be more terrifying for a guy than losing his sex drive. Here’s what you can do to bring it back.
Will ‘Tomorrowland’ flop hurt female-driven films with big budgets?
May 26, 2015 | 4:04pmFirst the good news: history was made this weekend as three female-driven movies — two of them costing at least $150 million apiece — topped the Memorial Day weekend box...
Rob Gronkowski joyfully motorboats girl at club
May 26, 2015 | 3:43pmLook away, Camille. While teammate Tom Brady enjoyed a snuggle session with his new pooch over the weekend, Rob Gronkowski made his way to South Carolina for a Memorial Day...
Woman dead, 7 kids injured in 3-car pileup
May 26, 2015 | 3:31pmA woman was killed and seven children injured after a three-vehicle accident in Queens Tuesday morning, cops said. A 2003 black GMC Envoy SUV was traveling south on 130th Street...
YouTube sensation headlines 1st all-girls tackle football league
May 26, 2015 | 3:26pmSALT LAKE CITY — The first known all-girls tackle football league has been formed in Utah featuring a star player who earned an invitation to the Super Bowl three years...
Thousands gather to bring their Steampunk fantasies to life
May 26, 2015 | 3:09pmThe Steampunk World's Fair attracted thousands of dedicated fans and thongs of cosplayers, each dressed in a unique take on Victorian-era garb. Here’s a look at what you missed.
What's behind Eugenie Bouchard's sudden, shocking fall?
May 26, 2015 | 2:55pmWimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard’s miserable season has reached hellish proportions with first-round failure at the French Open. The Canadian was dispatched 6-4 6-4 by France’s Kristina Mladenovic and faces a...
The confessions of a Vegas wedding chapel owner
May 26, 2015 | 2:33pmWe always hear stories about people getting married in Las Vegas, but have you ever wondered what it’s like to facilitate these unions? We visited the Graceland Wedding Chapel in...
New Yale grad stabs fellow student, jumps to death: cops
May 26, 2015 | 2:12pmNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Officials say a man who graduated from Yale University earlier this month stabbed a fellow student at an off-campus apartment building, then jumped to his death....
Henrik Lundqvist is the reason Rangers still plenty confident
May 26, 2015 | 2:05pmTAMPA — Another elimination game for Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers, which feels about as unique as saying it’s Tuesday. "Every year you learn about yourself, about the game, and...
Illinois couple welcomes their 100th grandchild
May 26, 2015 | 1:41pmQUINCY, Ill. — A western Illinois couple recently celebrated the birth of their 100th grandchild. Leo and Ruth Zanger of Quincy have 53 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. The...
Bulls may spite Tom Thibodeau by delaying firing
May 26, 2015 | 1:37pmTom Thibodeau's relationship with Bulls management may be even worse than thought. ESPN reports the Bulls may spitefully wait for the three NBA coaching openings to be filled before firing Thibodeau....
US Capitol evacuation blamed on faulty kitchen fan
May 26, 2015 | 1:28pmWASHINGTON -- Police briefly evacuated hundreds of workers and tourists from the U.S. Capitol and its adjacent visitors' center on Tuesday in a problem officials tentatively blamed on a faulty...
Houston is under water
May 26, 2015 | 1:18pmTorrential overnight downpours and flash foods killed at least two people near Houston and left huge swaths of America’s fourth largest city under water, authorities said Tuesday.
Woman lying in road killed by postal truck
May 26, 2015 | 1:15pmA Bronx woman was killed when a U.S. Postal Service mail truck struck her while she laid down in the middle of a Brooklyn roadway early Tuesday morning, authorities said....
Chuck Palahniuk talks 'Fight Club 2' comic book series
May 26, 2015 | 1:06pmShh. We’re about to talk about Fight Club. Or, more specifically, the novel’s anticipated sequel, “Fight Club 2,” which is being published as a 10-issue comic- book series. The first...
Woman pushed paddle away from fiance in kayak killing: prosecutors
May 26, 2015 | 1:06pmThe woman accused of sabotaging her fiancé’s kayak before a trip on the Hudson River intentionally pushed his paddle away from him as he struggled to stay afloat in the...
Divorced oligarch's $88M NYC penthouse off the market -- for now
May 26, 2015 | 12:56pmPut away your checkbooks -- an $88 million Central Park West penthouse at the center of a bitter divorce is staying off the market, for now. Russian oligarch Dmitri Rybolovlev,...
Biker dog races down highway at 70 mph
May 26, 2015 | 12:54pmThat's one badass pooch. A schnauzer took a 70-mph motorcycle ride down the I-15, strapped to his owner's back. The cool-as-a-cucumber dog was even sporting a red pair of biker's...
The 4 craziest moments from Monday night’s ‘Bachelorette’
May 26, 2015 | 12:53pmHouston, we have several problems. Only three episodes into Season 11 of “The Bachelorette” and host Chris Harrison already has his hands full. Following the early (and much appreciated) dismissal...
Ex-‘Saturday Night Live’ stars go for the hard sell
May 26, 2015 | 12:31pmEverything old is new again — especially for ex-“Saturday Night Live” troupers. The news that former “SNL” cast member Darrell Hammond is now playing Colonel Sanders for Kentucky Fried Chicken brings...
Derek Fisher backlash shows need for NBA lottery reform
May 26, 2015 | 12:26pmSome thought Knicks owner James Dolan, president Phil Jackson and coach Derek Fisher got their just desserts last Tuesday when the club dropped to the fourth pick in the NBA...
Flock of sheep munch on villager's hedges
May 26, 2015 | 12:20pm[theplatform account="4uMbOC" media="media/guid/2389494712/5319A018-7D11-B849-B092-90CC6F078841" player="gm_EJGhnGLiu"] Graze along! Venice resident Nicola grabbed his camera and started filming when hundreds of sheep and goats began parading down the street. Local farmers were herding...
Man takes shotgun blast to his chest -- and survives thanks to iPhone
May 26, 2015 | 12:15pmA 25-year-old man who was shot in the chest is alive, thanks to an Apple iPhone he had in his pocket. Nineteen-year-old Ryan Duggan has been found guilty of attempted...
Giants court August intensity with joint Bengals practices
May 26, 2015 | 12:03pmWant a way to ramp up the intensity as training camp winds down, heading into the first preseason game? Compete against someone in a different uniform. Tom Coughlin has been...
Cuomo's popularity rating drops to lowest level ever
May 26, 2015 | 12:02pmGov. Cuomo’s popularity rating has dropped to its lowest point ever amid Albany corruption scandals and fierce fights over education policy, according to a poll released Tuesday. Cuomo's favorability rating...
Mamrie Hart is YouTube’s raunchiest — and booziest — star
May 26, 2015 | 11:41amRutabaga. It’s a word that appears several times throughout YouTube star Mamrie Hart’s first memoir, “You Deserve a Drink: Boozy Misadventures and Tales of Debauchery” (Plume, $16, out today) —...
4-year-old shoots self in the face
May 26, 2015 | 11:37amA 4-year-old Yonkers girl was critically wounded when she accidentally shot herself in the face late Monday, police said. The accident happened at about 10:30 p.m. at Walnut Street near...
Emilio Estevez's amazing 'Mighty Ducks' references troll Blackhawks fans
May 26, 2015 | 11:33amIt's the Ducks vs. the Hawks, and Emilio Estevez just couldn't sit it out. Estevez, who starred in "The Mighty Ducks" trilogy, went on a Twitter cheering spree during Game...
Missy Franklin doesn't want to be the next Alex Morgan
May 26, 2015 | 11:24amDon't expect to see Missy Franklin in a bikini anytime soon. Nope, the 20-year-old swimming phenom, who is in line for marketing millions after recently turning pro, says racy promotions are...
Inside A$AP Rocky’s drug-heavy second album
May 26, 2015 | 11:22am“There’s definitely a psychedelic influence on my new album,” A$AP Rocky told The Post recently. He wasn’t kidding. Due to a leak, his long-awaited second album, “At. Long. Last. A$AP,”...
Televangelist warns men who masturbate: Your hands will be pregnant in afterlife
May 26, 2015 | 11:19amA Muslim televangelist has advised male followers to stop masturbating — because it will leave their hands pregnant in the afterlife. Turkish preacher Mücahid Cihad Han told viewers that masturbation...
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is heading back to NYC
May 26, 2015 | 11:16amThe Victoria's Secret Angels are bidding farewell to Londontown after just one runway season abroad. Elsewhere, Rachel McAdams preps for her chicest role yet, while PacSun finds itself in hot...
For-profit colleges called on cast of DC insiders
May 26, 2015 | 10:39amFor-profit colleges used a lineup of Beltway heavy hitters to keep open the $30 billion-a-year spigot of student loans. Here are some of the insiders that went to bat for...
Why Stephen Curry is so sure he doesn't have a concussion
May 26, 2015 | 10:29amHOUSTON — When Golden State's Stephen Curry crashed into Trevor Ariza's shoulder, was upended and sent flying toward the court on Monday night against Houston, it felt like forever before...
Driver dies after striking NYC bus: cops
May 26, 2015 | 9:46amA speeding driver struck an MTA bus on Staten island and died when he careened off the roadway and into a fence, cops said. The victim, 32, was traveling northbound...
Honeymoon in hell: ISIS creates its own Niagara Falls
May 26, 2015 | 9:20amBEIRUT -- The honeymoon was a brief moment for love, away from the front lines of Syria's war. In the capital of the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed "caliphate," Syrian fighter...
Couple missing 2 weeks in California desert drank rain, ate oranges
May 26, 2015 | 9:18amWARNER SPRINGS, Calif. — An elderly husband and wife stranded for two weeks in Southern California's high desert ate oranges and a pie and drank rainwater that they collected in...
French farmer on trial for shooting truffle thief
May 26, 2015 | 9:13amPARIS — A French farmer is on trial for killing a suspected truffle thief with two blasts from a pump-action shotgun. Laurent Rambaud, 37, told police he was guarding a...
Man uses SUV to find organ donor: 'Got kidney? I need 1'
May 26, 2015 | 9:11amThe message on Neal Raisman's silver-blue SUV reads: "Got kidney? I need 1." It includes a phone number for interested callers.
Taco Bell to get rid of artificial flavors, colors
May 26, 2015 | 9:05amCall it the Chipotle effect. Taco Bell and Pizza Hut say they’re getting rid of artificial colors and flavors, making them the latest big food companies scrambling to distance themselves...
You’re 45% more likely to be murdered in de Blasio’s Manhattan
May 26, 2015 | 8:28amMurders are way up so far this year in Manhattan, The Post has learned. Sixteen people were killed around the borough between the first of the year and Sunday. Over...
Apple design czar Jony Ive promoted to C-suite
May 26, 2015 | 8:20amJony Ive is finally moving into the C-suites at Apple. The British-born design genius — who worked closely with Steve Jobs to create the iMac, iPod and iPhone after the...
Casino shooter: 'I killed her and you're never going to catch me'
May 26, 2015 | 7:55amA murderous, spurned lover fatally shot his ex-girlfriend, then cruelly taunted her new boyfriend and several of her relatives -- boasting that he was the "grim reaper" before getting killed...
US airman guns down Wal-Mart worker before killing himself
May 26, 2015 | 7:52amGRAND FORKS, N.D. — Two people died and several more were injured in a shooting early Tuesday at a Wal-Mart Supercenter store in Grand Forks, North Dakota, police said.
Charter to buy Time Warner Cable in $55B deal
May 26, 2015 | 6:31amNEW YORK — Charter Communications will spend $55.33 billion to acquire Time Warner Cable in a cash-and-stock deal that would instantly create one of the largest pay-television and broadband operators...
The crazy new diet taking over NYC — and your Instagram
May 26, 2015 | 6:00amIn a recent Instagram post, 27-year-old Chelsea Naftelberg looks pained, with her eyes shut, a hand over her face and a grimace. https://instagram.com/p/x8K7WvuanM/ She’s superimposed a cartoon hamburger, ice cream...
Floodwaters rise in Houston; search goes on for dozens missing
May 26, 2015 | 5:50amTorrential overnight downpours and flash foods wreaked havoc across Texas, Oklahoma and northern Mexico on Tuesday as rescuers scoured big cities and rural backwaters for the missing. Tornadoes and hard...
Jewish artifacts in ISIS’s hands after capture of ancient city
May 26, 2015 | 5:38amISIS militants routed Syrian government forces from the ancient city of Palmyra last week and now historians fear they will destroy a 2,000-year-old Hebrew script to obliterate the last remaining...
Magazines to make you a grill master
May 26, 2015 | 5:19amMemorial Day has come and gone. After the solemn contemplation of honor won and sacrifices made, it has somehow left us with burgers on the brain. So it’s time for...
One Vanderbilt is expected to get the green light
May 26, 2015 | 5:09amHere comes One Vanderbilt! It took 18 months of rugged negotiations, but on Wednesday the City Council is expected to overwhelmingly green-light Vanderbilt Avenue rezoning — allowing much larger new...
9-year-old boy fires gun near Fordham University
May 26, 2015 | 5:05amA 9-year-old boy fired a pistol near Fordham University after he found the weapon in the lobby of a building, police sources said. The young boy spotted the gun in...
BLT Steak, where the elite eat meat
May 26, 2015 | 4:56amAnother meaty Mecca is coming to prime steakhouse territory in Midtown. BLT Steak will open its second location as the anchor of a new luxury high-rise at 135 W. 52nd...
Etan Patz trial jurors visit site of disappearance
May 26, 2015 | 4:50amSeven jurors from the recent Etan Patz murder trial visited the Soho intersection near where the boy disappeared 36 years ago to commemorate National Missing Children’s Day. They laid flowers...
Girl fatally stabs mom's sleeping boyfriend over a soda
May 26, 2015 | 4:42amA sleeping Brooklyn man was hacked to death by his girlfriend’s daughter because her sister refused to hand over a can of soda, law-enforcement sources said Monday. Bernette Singleton, 34,...
Wolverine-obsessed man found dead after killing family
May 26, 2015 | 4:37amA Brit obsessed with the sharp-clawed X-Men character Wolverine massacred three of his family members Saturday before being found dead two days later. The body of Jed Allen, 21, was...
Driver caught with 17 pounds of pot pressed his luck with cops
May 26, 2015 | 4:29amA Port Authority cop got the last laugh on a scofflaw driver who fled into the Holland Tunnel during a traffic stop — by nabbing the rogue motorist in nearly...
GQ cover makes Cuba look sexy
May 26, 2015 | 4:10amWish you were aquí. GQ’s June issue gives Americans a brightly colored invitation to visit Cuba as US relations with the Communist-ruled island nation are warming up. The spread showcases...
Rampaging muggers beat, stab man in broad daylight
May 26, 2015 | 4:02am[theplatform account="4uMbOC" media="media/guid/2389494712/jV_YVqTKJalrWraYDQZ2yHE5OwJ1uOqH" player="gm_EJGhnGLiu"] Surveillance video captured a group of men viciously beating a 25-year-old man during an afternoon mugging on a Bronx street earlier this month, police said. The...
Cabbie who killed boy claims logistic error to dodge lawsuit
May 26, 2015 | 3:57amThe cabbie who mowed down a 9-year-old boy in an Upper West Side crosswalk — sparking a law that clamps down on careless taxi drivers — is trying to use...
Boy’s plea at Marine father’s grave: 'Come back, Daddy'
May 26, 2015 | 3:41amA 4-year-old boy made a heartbreaking plea at the grave of his soldier father in Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. “I hope for you to come back soon, Daddy....
The air in NYC lowers kids’ IQs
May 26, 2015 | 3:29amThe city’s air is polluting children’s brains. Big Apple kids exposed to high levels of airborne filth and economic hardship have lower IQs that will haunt them into adulthood, according...
Bribes for parking passes won't work in the Hamptons
May 26, 2015 | 3:05amYou can’t bribe your way onto this Hamptons guest list. East Hamptons vacationers have been pulling out all the stops to score coveted beach parking passes — offering to plunk...
Worst fear realized: John Nash's mentally ill son now alone
May 26, 2015 | 2:47amThe wife of famed math genius John Nash Jr. recently worried that she and her Nobel Prize-winning husband might suddenly die, leaving their mentally ill son without their support, a...
Bullets injure three including 14-year-old bike rider
May 26, 2015 | 2:20amThree innocent bystanders -- including a 14-year-old boy -- were injured after a gunman opened fire on a Queens street Sunday evening, authorities said. The teen was riding his bike...
Shady hot dog vendor shows price list after Post report
May 26, 2015 | 2:11amA food vendor exposed for overcharging customers right outside City Hall tried to paper over his hot-dog deception Monday by finally posting a mandatory price list on his cart. A...
Carnival company to give free party for kids who missed out
May 26, 2015 | 2:03amThe carnival company hired for a Queens elementary school’s end-of-year festival that only paying students could attend is now offering to throw a free bash for the banned kids. “I’m...
Ivy-educated drug dealer's t-shirt 'mocked' prosecutors
May 26, 2015 | 1:59amThat’s a pretty dumb move for such a smart fella. An Ivy League-educated chemist who pleaded guilty to importing over 1,400 pounds of chemicals from China to make synthetic marijuana...
Toasted: Man who hid gun under loaf of bread arrested
May 26, 2015 | 1:43amAny way you slice it, he picked a bad spot to hide a gun. A pistol-packing Bronx man thought he had outsmarted cops when he stashed his gun under a...
Cuomo to station state troopers on de Blasio's turf
May 26, 2015 | 1:32amGov. Andrew Cuomo is upping the ante in his battle with Mayor Bill de Blasio — by putting a state trooper barracks right in Hizzoner’s back yard, sources told The...
NYPD visits Baltimore to help cops cope after riots
May 26, 2015 | 1:29amNew York cops have a tough job, but their comrades in Baltimore had it a lot tougher when violent street riots erupted last month following the death of a black...
Census Bureau’s books just don’t add up
May 26, 2015 | 1:26amThe Census Bureau juggled its finances so much during the 2010 nationwide survey that its own auditors say they can’t tell how much the next big census will cost. The...
Warren Buffett wants to cut benefits of his planes' pilots
May 26, 2015 | 1:05amThe 1 percent is giving Warren Buffett agita again. Berkshire Hathaway-owned business-jet operation NetJets is trying to wrangle benefit cuts from its pilots union just as boom times fuel a...
Malone's on a mission to beat back Netflix
May 26, 2015 | 1:00amThe Cable King is now the Broadband Boss. John Malone is set to become the No. 1 broadband provider on the planet with 46 million subscribers — 27 million in...
Feds on watch for fake merchandise at playoff games
May 26, 2015 | 12:57amAs pro hockey and basketball head to the playoffs, fans will not be the only ones flocking to the games. Vendors selling fake hats, T-shirts, jerseys and other merchandise are...
Not even DC could help for-profit colleges
May 26, 2015 | 12:53amIn 2012, former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott was a busy man. For-profit colleges were desperate to beat back efforts by the Obama administration to stem the schools’ abuses and...
Daily Blotter
May 26, 2015 | 12:10amBrooklyn A 59-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by a pervert who lured her into a Crown Heights building and choked her until she passed out, authorities said. The victim was...
Charleston's a colonial charmer
May 26, 2015 | 12:01amCharleston, SC, is one of the country’s most charming — and well-mannered — cities (at least when Bravo cameras aren’t following around its “Southern Charm” cast). And with a booming...
Ten-a-see: 10 reasons why Nashville rocks
May 26, 2015 | 12:01amBelieve the hype: Nashville is as cool as everyone says it is. Whether you’re looking for world-class art or down-home cooking, Music City is an oasis of creativity and culture...
CBS fills midweek 'Briefcase' while NBC explores age of 'Aquarius'
May 26, 2015 | 12:01am“The Briefcase” Wednesday at 8 p.m. on CBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beu5HCbw9e8 New reality show from the creator of “The Biggest Loser” presents two down-on-their-luck American families with a briefcase containing $101,000 and...
Class is again in session for 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'
May 26, 2015 | 12:01amBack in 2007, “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” became the rare TV game show to break out in the cultural zeitgeist, attracting an average of 11.5 million viewers...
The real breakout star on 'Real Housewives'
May 26, 2015 | 12:01amThe hottest new cast member of “The Real Housewives of New York” has a gut, chest hair and sweats at the mere sight of sun. Meet John Mahdessian, owner of...
Bite into Savannah — Georgia's urban peach
May 26, 2015 | 12:01amAt first glance, long-time Vogue fashion icon André Leon Talley would seem like an unlikely ambassador for the city of Savannah. But there he is every couple of months presiding...