At least 11 swimmers have drowned at the Jersey Shore this summer, and some experts are blaming rougher surf and even beach-replenishment projects for the troubled waters. “I walk the beaches all year long and I’ve noticed the beaches are shallower much further out because of the replenishment,” says Asbury Park beach safety supervisor Joe...
Summing up all of American history in one book is nearly impossible — that’s why author Carl M. Cannon ingeniously takes it one day at a time. His “On This Date” (Twelve Books) highlights some of our country’s most important but less celebrated moments, from the arrival of the Mayflower through the 2016 presidential election,...
A Manhattan man claims in a lawsuit his cappuccino at a swanky Upper East Side steakhouse came with a nasty addition: a large cockroach. The insect was a nightmarish way to end a meal at The Arlington Club, where dinners can easily hit the $500 mark, said Steven Fleming, who brought friends to the eatery...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jason Day seemingly came from nowhere. That’s pretty difficult to do when you’ve spent as long as Day did as the No. 1 ranked player in the world. But there was Day, surging up the PGA Championship leaderboard Friday afternoon in the second round at Quail Hollow, like a proud past champion...
Let’s book him! A middle-aged mystery man strolled into the Tompkins Square Library Thursday saying he’d like to return “The Woman in the White House” by Marianne Means. The due date? June 16, 1979 — or 13,935 days ago. “I was like, wow!” library clerk Olga Estevez, 60, told The Post. “He just said he...
Libby Phelps Alvarez, 34, is the granddaughter of Fred Phelps, the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan. — the most notorious anti-gay hate group in America. Libby fled the church and her family eight years ago, and in her new memoir “Girl on a Wire: Walking the Line Between Faith and Freedom...
The smile on the face of Darian Thompson was not a byproduct of anything he did in his first game in 11 months. The second-year safety was impressed, but not amazed, by the short, sweet work of his backfield partner, Landon Collins. “He’s a different type of guy,’’ Thompson said, shaking his head. “Works extremely...
The Giants are expecting big things from their top two draft picks, tight end Evan Engram and defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson. Neither is at present listed as a starter, but that can change and both will play, early and often, in their rookie seasons. Engram caught one pass for 11 yards but the focus after...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chris Stroud was done. Checked out. Finished. He’d arrived to a place, at age 35, where most golfers don’t allow themselves to arrive until much further down the road, because most golfers hang on until they no longer have any fingernails left. Stroud had become a realist, understanding his own mortality in...
A car plowed into a group of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia on Saturday afternoon, news reports said. An Associated Press reporter saw at least one person on the ground receiving medical treatment immediately after the incident. Video on social media showed more than one vehicle involved in the incident. The car...
"They’re not shy, they’re quite up front and happy to have a go.”
LOS ANGELES — If Patrick Vieira was still playing today, he wouldn’t mind playing in MLS. “Yeah, no doubt about it,” the New York City FC coach told The Post. “I advise a lot of players to come here to help the game to grow up and to have a good career. … I really...
The "Summertime Sadness" vocalist handled the situation like a pro.
President Trump on Saturday denounced the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA. “We ALL must be united & condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Lets come together as one!” Trump tweeted at 12:36 p.m. Virginia authorities declared a state of emergency...
Alt-right white supremacists were spotted Saturday at the Charlottesville, Va., rally carrying objects with the Red Wings logo on them. It did not take long for the NHL organization to react. The Red Wings
Cops arrested one of two crooks wanted in the gunpoint robbery of a trendy Brooklyn restaurant, police said. Tony Thomas, 38, of Brownsville, was arrested Friday evening in connection to the early Wednesday heist at The Meatball Shop in Williamsburg. Thomas, who was armed with a handgun, entered the shop with an accomplice around 3...
Jets quarterback Josh McCown is 38 years old and has four children. He wants to make it clear he does not have six, even though fellow quarterbacks Christian Hackenberg and Bryce Petty are closer to his oldest daughter’s age than to his. McCown was asked this week if he ever uses his parental experience in...
The Yankees starting rotation has suddenly become a MASH unit. A day after CC Sabathia was placed on the 10-day disabled list with discomfort in the right knee, Masahiro Tanaka is joining him with right shoulder inflammation, the Yankees announced early Saturday afternoon. The news was a legitimate surprise. There has been no talk that...
Gabe Marks sat in his home in Venice Beach, Calif. watching the NFL draft, waiting for his name to call. Marks had been a record-setting wide receiver at Washington State, but he watched round after round go by without hearing his name. He took to Twitter to air his frustration. “Round 6. On it goes,”...
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency on Saturday as helmet-clad white supremacists brawled with counter-protestors in a Charlottesville park where officials plan to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Bearing shields and chanting racist slogans, thousands of alt-right nationalists descended on Emancipation Park – formerly Lee Park – in...
North Korea took its turn Saturday in the country’s escalating, back-and-fourth with President Trump with the state-run newspaper saying leader Kim Jung Un’s revolutionary army is “capable of fighting any war the U.S. wants.” The assertion was made in an editorial that also states the Paektusan army is now “on the standby to launch fire...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Authorities say a U.S. fighter jet has crash landed at Bahrain International Airport, disrupting flights to and from the island nation. Social media pictures of the aircraft showed the grey fighter jet’s nose tipped into the air but largely intact. Bahrain’s Transportation and Telecommunications Ministry identified the fighter jet as...
London police cleared an American investment banker of charges he shoved a woman into the path of a bus on an oncoming bus. Eric Bellquist, 41, has been ruled out as a suspect, The Sun of London reported on Saturday. Bellquist was detained on the basis of video showing a jogger shoving a 33-year-old woman...
Cops on Saturday morning nabbed the fiend who allegedly tried to rape a woman in a Bronx Walgreens bathroom this week, police said. Victor Augustus, 28, who is homeless, was charged with attempted rape, sex abuse, forcible touching, assault and harassment, cops said. His 50-year-old victim took a break from shopping just before 4 p.m....
