LOS ANGELES — If the Rangers were going to encounter the type of malaise that’s marked much of the last month through which the club has won only five of 13 games (5-6-2), better now than in another three weeks, when such stupor will result in immediate expulsion from the playoffs. For as they begin...
An iguana stole the show at the Miami Open tennis tournament. The lizard made an appearance during the opening round between Czech player Jiri Vesely and Tommy Haas from Germany. Crowds cheered as Haas, who ended up losing the match, took a selfie with the scaly court-crasher.
Hashian collapsed in the middle of a set Wednesday night aboard the Legends of Rock Cruise.
The highest-ranked players typically get byes through the opening rounds of the non-major tennis tournaments, and thus, those rounds are usually limited in star power. But not today, my friends. On Wednesday, Tommy Haas and Jiri Vesely were nearing the end of a first-round showdown at the Miami Open when they were paid a visit...
After the Islanders snatched a somewhat improbable victory over the Rangers Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, they pulled another surprise Thursday, recalling goalie Jaroslav Halak from AHL Bridgeport. With the Isles heading into a pair of critical games on consecutive nights — in Pittsburgh on Friday and versus Boston in Brooklyn on Saturday — Halak...
The fate of President Trump’s health care reform plan hung in the balance Thursday afternoon as House Republicans still lacked enough votes to pass the evolving measure. Frenzied last-minute wheeling and dealing was underway on Capitol Hill and at the White House as Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan struggled to cobble together the 215...
The Brooklyn woman whose husband allegedly hacked her to death with a hammer and saw before throwing her dismembered remains out with the trash had stabbed her hubby in the months before her murder, his defense attorney said Thursday. “She had her own history of violence,” Phillip Martin’s defense attorney David Walensky said of Diana...
A Manhattan judge has ordered the release of a woman who’s been locked up for over 26 years for killing her abusive husband after the state’s parole board said she should stay in jail. Laurie Kellogg– whose teenage lover pulled the trigger as Bruce Kellogg slept on the couch of the couple’s Seneca County lake...
For digital natives, we’re surprisingly naive. Less than half of surveyed adults could pass a quiz testing cybersecurity knowledge and safety practices, even as we hear almost daily reports of cyber-attacks on institutions like the Democratic National Committee, personal photos of Emma Watson getting hacked, or companies like Saks Fifth Avenue accidentally sharing shoppers’ personal...
The madman behind the deadly London terror attack plunged two knives – one in each hand – into a police officer’s body up to 10 times, said a witness to the horrifying scene. The knife-wielding killer – identified as British-born Khalid Masood – went after PC Keith Palmer on the grounds of the city’s Parliament...
Arkansas lawmakers are struggling to find enough volunteers to watch eight death row inmate executions scheduled in April, reports said. State law requires 6 to 12 witnesses per execution to ensure that it’s carried out, but there’s a shortage of people willing to watch the gruesome scene. At a Little Rock Rotary Club meeting Tuesday...
It’s time to get over the strange guilt that comes with being snap happy and embrace the #foodstagram. I always end up apologizing at mealtimes. The words come out of my mouth unbidden, before I’ve even had a chance to check myself. It doesn’t matter what I’m eating – burger, burrito, a bowl of grains/veggies/acai...
ESPN could … go … all … the … way in replacing Chris Berman, but won’t, bypassing the opportunity to mint an unquestioned cable star or provide an infusion of outside talent at the ailing network. The three-headed succession plan for Berman’s gigs — the whooping, nickname-coining icon was ushered into an emeritus role following...
A 4-year-old boy in the UK saved his mom’s life after he used Siri to call an ambulance, telling emergency services that “she’s closing her eyes and she’s not breathing.” The boy used his unconscious mother’s iPhone to contact police, according to a statement released this week by London’s Metropolitan Police. The 4-year-old unlocked the...
ALBANY – A Republican state Senator from the Niagara Falls area pleaded not guilty to felony charges Thursday in a campaign finance probe. Sen. Robert Ortt was charged with three counts of filing a false instrument. The accusations stem from an investigation into a Niagara County campaign that, sources say, ran afoul of state election...
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called on fellow Democrats on Thursday to filibuster the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, which would require 60 votes to overcome. “I have concluded that I cannot support Neil Gorsuch’s nomination,” the New York Democrat said. “My vote will be no and I urge my colleagues to do...
An 8-year-old boy was hurt when a school bus struck him as he was running across a Brooklyn street, authorities said. The child dashed across the intersection at Hegeman and Rockaway avenues and was hit by the bus around 7 a.m. He suffered trauma to his legs and was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital. He...
Hall of Fame defensive end Michael Strahan made a recent PR push to promote his clothing line when he reflected on his playing career, specifically the joy of sacking a quarterback. The Giants great turned TV personality sacked 64 different quarterbacks during his career for a total of 141.5 (plus 9.5 in the playoffs). One...
This is the moment the London terrorist plowed through pedestrians on the Westminster Bridge — and sent a woman plummeting in the Thames River in his deadly wake. The footage, captured on a CCTV camera south of the bridge, shows the Hyundai i40 barreling along the span at 70 mph, and the woman plunging into...
The US Department of Treasury is probing offshore financial activity from President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, according to a new report. The feds are looking into Manafort’s financial transactions in connection with an anti-corruption investigation related to his work in Eastern Europe , according to the Associated Press. The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes...
As Republicans try to shore up support for their health care overhaul, one group can’t wait for the replacement: owners of tanning salons. President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act imposed a 10 percent tax on tanning as a way to help fund provisions of the law that expanded coverage for some 20 million Americans. The...
No man is an island. But if he can cough up millions of bucks, he can buy his own near New York City. One of them floats just off Darien, Conn. — a 7.1-acre island capped with a single 8,332-square-foot residence. This car-accessible estate at 20 Juniper Road includes five bedrooms with Long Island Sound...
Authorities arrested eight people Thursday in connection with the attack by a radical Islamist-inspired terrorist who murdered three people and injured 40 others in London, officials said. The attacker, who has not yet been named, had been previously investigated by authorities, Prime Minister Theresa May said. “What I can confirm is that the man was...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A New Jersey man who interrupted a street fight between two teenagers in a video that has drawn millions of views and wide praise said Wednesday that he’s saddened that his act of peacemaking isn’t a more frequent occurrence. “I’m crying because, this whole situation, it deeply saddens me,” Ibn Ali...
