Executives who know both Brian Cashman and Oakland VP of baseball operations Billy Beane well describe them as executives who will not blink at the deadline if the Sonny Gray negotiations do not follow their preferred path. “I don’t think this is like when George [Steinbrenner] was in charge,” one AL official said. “I think...
This is one heck of a high-wire act. German fire crews scrambled Sunday to rescue as many as 100 passengers stuck several stories up on a stalled gondola that runs over the Rhine River in Cologne. Officials said 32 cars — carrying up to 100 people, including children — were stalled because one car crashed...
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Trump and his communications director Anthony Scaramucci, who went on an X-rated tirade against the former White House chief of staff, speak the “same language.” “President Trump is a New Yorker. He and Scaramucci sort of speak the same language,” Gingrich told John Catsimatidis on the “Cats Roundtable”...
Presumptive Republican mayoral nominee Nicole Malliotakis questioned Mayor de Blasio’s criticisms of the MTA’s capital budget Sunday, noting that his four appointees on the authority’s board rubber-stamped the spending plan. “The mayor says the capital plan has been unfair to the city,” the Staten Island assemblywoman said during an appearance on John Catsimatidis’ 990 AM...
WASHINGTON – Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said President Trump was just joking last week when he threatened to fire him in front of tens of thousands of Boy Scouts. “Oh … it was a humorous comment that the president made,” Price said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” At a huge Boy Scout...
Straphangers can expect to see subway lines shut down more overnight for repairs, which MTA Chairman Joe Lhota said Sunday he hopes to fund through finding “efficiencies.” Lhota, who appeared on John Catsimatidis 990 AM radio show Sunday morning, said he doesn’t foresee the entire subway system shutting down overnight, but because New York City’s...
A man riding an electric bike struck a pedestrian in Hamilton Heights and then stabbed the victim during a fight afterward. The 46-year-old victim was walking near the corner of Amsterdam Ave and W. 147th St. when the suspect crashed into him with his e-bike around 5 p.m. Saturday. When the injured man started arguing...
This is the shocking moment an airport worker was pictured appearing to punch a passenger holding a baby after he complained about a 13-hour delay on an easyJet flight. The startling image was taken by a shocked onlooker who took to social media to vent her fury as families waited to board flight EZY2122 from...
Altercations involving teammates during training camp is nothing new. Having punches thrown while running wind sprints? Well, that’s a new one. That is what transpired Sunday, involving cornerback Janoris Jenkins and safety Eric Pinkins, as the Giants after a lengthy practice were put through what Ben McAdoo calls “timed interval striders.’’ Translation: Conditioning running. The...
The US ambassador to the United Nations said North Korea’s mounting military provocations punctuated by the recent test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile will require an international “solution.” “Done talking about NKorea. China is aware they must act. Japan & SKorea must inc pressure. Not only a US problem. It will req an intl solution,”...
No one wants to see how this sausage is made. The terror cell busted for an “elaborate” plot to blow up an international flight in Australia planned to smuggle their bomb on-board inside kitchen equipment — possibly a sausage maker, according to new reports. Cops believe the two Lebanese-Australian father-and-son duos schemed to stuff explosive...
Never would’ve happened if they just stuck with the “Chicken Dance.” A wedding for ex-Warrior and current Maverick Harrison Barnes became a LeBron James mock-session when one of James’ jam-out songs was played, with Stephen Curry imitating a dance the Cavaliers superstar posted on Instagram last month. More relevant, though: That other Cavaliers superstar —...
WASHINGTON – President Trump will decide “this week” whether to cut off payments to insurance companies that help low-income people afford healthcare but won’t allow ObamaCare to collapse because “it hurts people,” White House officials said Sunday. “He’s going to make that decision this week, and that’s a decision that only he can make,” White...
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered 755 US diplomats to leave the country in retaliation for Congress’ approving new sanctions for Moscow’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. “We waited for quite some time that maybe something will change for the better, had such hope that the situation will somehow change, but, judging by everything, if...
With the addition of Jaime Garcia on Sunday, Joe Girardi indicated he was confident the Yankees’ rotation was good enough to get his team into the postseason. Asked if he was confident the pitching staff could now get the team “where you want to go,” Girardi said: “I am. This rotation has gotten us to...
A top Russian official on Sunday said congressional approval for sanctions against Moscow is the “last drop” and retaliation over the measure is “long, long overdue.” “I think this retaliation is long, long overdue,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov
BOSTON — Red Sox pitcher David Price remains frustrated with TV analyst Dennis Eckersley over his critical comments about some of his teammates. Speaking to reporters before Saturday night’s game against Kansas City at Fenway Park, the ace left-hander said he would speak to the Hall of Famer when he comes into the clubhouse. “If...
Princess Diana struggled for years against bulimia and was “fading physically” after learning her husband, the future king of England, was cheating, long-time pals of the late royal said. The princess’ ballet teacher Anne Allan and close friend Dr. James Colthurst both said Di’s world was turned upside down when she learned the Prince Charles...
The White House budget director said on Sunday it is Trump administration policy that no legislation should get a vote in Congress before health care – a priority that reflects “the mood of the people.” “So in the White House’s view they can’t move on in the Senate; in the people’s view they shouldn’t move...
WASHINGTON — Democrat Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to President Donald Trump, but some Republicans in Congress are intensifying their calls to investigate her and other Obama administration officials. As investigations into Russian meddling and possible links to Trump’s campaign have escalated on both sides of the Capitol, some Republicans argue that the investigations...
The Yankees get their rotation inventory piece out of the way. Now, they turn fully to trying to land a big-time starter with the strongest focus on Sonny Gray. The Yankees obtained Jaime Garcia from the Twins for minor league starters Dietrich Enns and Zack Littell. The Twins paid off all but the pro-rated minimum...
Amber Partridge places two tarantulas together — one male, one female — and uses the end of a paintbrush to get them to copulate. “What you’re going to do,” she says, “is take the brush and rub the palps.” A spider’s pedipalps are the front tentacles, hairy straws that store semen. The two arachnids in...
Talk about lighting up a room. Mike Seeler does just that without reaching for matches or flicking a switch. In a dark corner of a Williamsburg bar, the 30-year-old construction worker runs a finger along his left forearm to set off a ring of red illumination emanating from under his skin. It looks like magic,...
President Trump on Sunday implored Republican senators to renew their fight against Obamacare and to abolish the chamber’s filibuster rule. “Don’t give up Republican Senators, the World is watching: Repeal & Replace,”
SEOUL, South Korea — The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday in a show of force against North Korea following the country’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test. The U.S. also said it conducted a successful test of a missile defense system located in Alaska. The B-1 bombers were escorted...
