Normally, a doubleheader against a division leader this time of year would be a big deal by itself. But with the Yankees set to take on the Red Sox in a four-game steel cage death match where the games promise to be “the most important” of the season, according to Yanks manager Joe Girardi, the...
Rollie Massimino, the architect of one of the great underdog champions in sports history, has died. He was 82. Massimino led Villanova, a No. 8 seed, to the 1985 NCAA title, knocking off Patrick Ewing and juggernaut Georgetown in the championship game. He won 816 games as a college basketball coach, including 355 in 19...
MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors say a Twin Cities man concealed his history of epileptic seizures and kept driving until he caused a crash that killed a 2-year-old boy and the child’s mother and grandmother. Thirty-five-year-old Patrick Hayes, of Savage, has been charged in Hennepin County District Court with criminal vehicular homicide stemming from the December crash...
The Oracle of Omaha sees a lot of hurricane-inflicted pain for auto insurers — including his own. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we had 50,000 [vehicle] losses, and most of them will be total losses,” Buffett said in a TV interview Wednesday, referring to auto insurer Geico, which is owned by Buffett’s investment firm Berkshire...
A scowling tabby cat on a mission to find dry land was pictured in Houston swimming in flood waters. The orange kitty, who seems to glare at the camera with frisky side eyes, is totally submerged in water as it made its voyage to dry land. Photographer Scott Olson who captured the cat said it...
Beauty bloggers are embracing their curves — but not how you’d expect them to. Squiggle brows are the hot new thing on Instagram, and they’re going viral. This head-scratching trend involves turning your eyebrows into wiggly lines, bestowing the wearer with a ridiculous “huh?” look. People on social media are just as confused. “Cool for...
A New Jersey man posted footage of a woman he allegedly sexually assaulted to Snapchat -- and police suspect he attacked a teen in 2016 as well, according to a new report.
An Egyptian director says he “hated” Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster “American Sniper” and its portrayal of the villain Mustafa so much, he is making his own movie to lobby against it. Amr Salama, the award-winning director of “Sheikh Jackson,” which will be featured at the Toronto Film Festival next month, says he already has a script...
The once-rising star from Montreal, Eugenie Bouchard, continued her crash, getting rocked in a first-round ouster for the second straight year, and her post-match answers were as short as her game. Maybe she can still win her USTA lawsuit because she’s not winning anywhere else after making 46 unforced errors in a 7-6, 6-1 loss...
FOXBOROUGH — Travis Rudolph can reach up now and catch this dream he has imagined since he was 4, and he finds strength knowing there are others reaching for it with him. There is Bo Paske, for example, the autistic sixth-grade boy he befriended last September when he noticed him eating lunch alone at his...
An Arkansas teen is teen is recovering from first- and second-degree burns on his neck after his friends doused him in boiling hot water as he slept. Nickolas Conrad, a student at Sherwood High School, said the six boys who attended a sleepover at a friend’s house attempted the “Hot Water Challenge” on him, and...
Hurricane Harvey couldn’t keep the Astros away from their home ballpark for long. The American League’s best team is returning to Minute Maid Park this weekend for a three-game series with the Mets. As Hurricane Harvey ravaged Houston and surrounding areas earlier in the week, the teams were expected to detour the series to Tropicana...
When a pregnant woman trapped in her apartment due to floods caused by Tropical Storm Harvey went into labor, her neighbors came to the rescue. The fire department eventually sent a rescue vehicle, so everyone formed a human chain to help the woman safely through the floodwaters to the back of the truck.
Good news for chocolate lovers — chemicals in the sweet treat can stave off diabetes. Researchers have discovered that certain compounds found in cocoa can actually help the body release more insulin and respond to increased blood glucose better. Insulin is the hormone that manages glucose, the blood sugar that reaches unhealthy levels among type...
An Indiana teacher started the school year off with a new rule for his first-grade students: Keep the words God, Jesus and the devil out of the classroom. But the unidentified teacher’s message, which was sent home to parents last week after a handful of his students were discussing religion at McCordsville Elementary School, triggered...
A former Yankee took to Twitter to get help for his aunt and family, who were stranded by Tropical Storm Harvey in Texas. On Tuesday, Indians reliever Nick Goody pled for help, writing: “If any1 is in the Beaumont/Nederland area and has a boat. My aunts house is flooding. And my family is stuck,” according...
These postmen didn’t just sling letters and packages — they also delivered cocaine. Sixteen U.S. Postal Service employees working in the metro-Atlanta area have been caught helping drug dealers deliver cocaine through the mail in an undercover sting operation, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. “Postal employees are entrusted to perform a vital service as...
He's put his Mediterranean-style home in Hollywood on the market for $2.95 million.
“I don’t want to present myself as the ‘perfect spouse’ and I don’t want to present our relationship as the ‘perfect relationship’ because I don’t think anybody meets that definition,” he said.
A father and his son are being held without bail in Florida for allegedly molesting two young sisters over the course several years, authorities said. Leslie Ross Sr., 69, and Leslie Ross Jr., 47, both of DeLand, are facing charges of sexual battery and lewd or lascivious molestation in connection to the alleged sexual abuse...
The former Disney star just earned her blue belt in jiu-jitsu.
A group of brave individuals risked their safety to save a small dog that was nearly swept away in raging floodwaters. The incident occurred in Texas in an area that is still dealing with the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey.
Less breast is best. So say many of the women getting boob jobs today, who are choosing a perky B cup or a small C, like Taylor Swift, over the long-desired Ds of the Kardashian clan. “I didn’t want my breasts to get too much attention, so I felt like a B cup was just...
A former dean of shady for-profit school DeVry University has been tapped for a lead role within the Department of Education, according to a new report. Julian Schmoke will head the DOE’s Student Aid Enforcement Unit — which was created last year to crackdown on fraud at higher education institutions, according to Politico. Schmoke previously...
