Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday urged the federal government to begin a “gouge watch” to ensure “big oil” isn’t taking advantage of motorists at the pump in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, an issue first raised by a columnist for the New York Post. “Gas prices should come back down to earth just...
Police have released video of a woman who roughed up an 80-year-old man on a city bus while making anti-white statements earlier this month, authorities said. The suspect got into an argument with the man on an MTA bus near the East 30th St. and 1st Ave. around 6:30 a.m. Sept. 3. When the elderly...
ATLANTA — Robert Gsellman needed a test Sunday. After facing barely a hint of adversity into the seventh inning against the Braves, the Mets right-hander watched rookie shortstop Amed Rosario commit errors on consecutive grounders. Would this be the moment Gsellman unfolded? There was no such luck for the Braves, as Gsellman resumed his dominance...
At some point the Yankees had to stop hitting baseballs as if they knew what was coming. You just didn’t figure Ubaldo Jimenez would be the hurler to mute the Yankees’ lumber. The right-hander, who previously had won once since the middle of July and is usually viewed as a well-paid batting practice pitcher when...
Gov. Cuomo on Sunday cautioned Democrats about working with President Trump on a bipartisan plan to fix the Obama-era program to shield young undocumented immigrants from deportation, saying it will ultimately resort in a wall on the Mexican border. “I don’t like the starting point of this negotiation and I think the Democrats have to...
The skull of the Alabama teen, who vanished 12 years ago, was burned in an Aruba cave, a friend of the prime suspect in the case said in a new video. A renewed probe into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway led her father, Dave, and private investigator T.J. Ward to a friend of Joran Van...
The unnamed woman — whose image was released for the first time by TMZ — admitted she also wanted to “get paid” for the sexually suggestive footage.
ESPN wasn’t able to call an audible with Ron Jaworski. The former quarterback and longtime NFL analyst was among the mass layoffs at the Worldwide Leader in late April, and his job status had been a curiosity since he described himself in June as “in limbo” with the network he had been a part of...
WASHINGTON – President Trump could stay in the Paris climate accord if certain “conditions” are met, according to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. “I think under the right conditions,” Tillerson told CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday on the chance of the US staying in the agreement. “The president said he’s open to finding those conditions...
The John Jay College professor who said it is a “privilege to teach future dead cops” is — surprise, surprise — getting a lot of hate mail. Mike Isaacson was put on leave from the famous Manhattan school for criminal justice after his Aug. 23 tweet about the very law-enforcers he is supposed to help...
The wife of late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington tweeted a video of her husband laughing and carrying on with his family just 36 hours before his suicide — a dire warning that the depressed may not always show how bad they are hurting. “This is what depression looked like to us just 36 hrs...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders shook his head in disbelief at Hillary Clinton’s claims that he’s partly to blame for her 2016 stunning loss to President Trump. “Wow,” Sanders said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” upon hearing Clinton’s latest accusation that he didn’t work hard enough to bring his supporters to her side. “I...
The FBI knows the identity of the person who used a sexually suggestive video to extort actor Kevin Hart, according to a report Sunday. Law enforcement sources said the suspect contacted the star’s reps and demanded up to $10 million dollars to keep the footage under wraps, according to TMZ. The extortionist is either the...
OAKLAND – Christian Hackenberg is back in street clothes. The second-year Jets quarterback will be inactive for Sunday’s game with the Raiders. Bryce Petty will be the team’s backup quarterback. Hackenberg was the backup last week in Buffalo, but that was due to Petty not being over a left knee sprain. Now that he is...
BATON ROUGE, La. — Police believe the slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge were likely racially motivated and said Sunday they have a suspect — a 23-year-old white man — in custody. The suspect, Kenneth Gleason, was being held on drug charges. Authorities did not yet have enough evidence to charge him with...
LAS VEGAS — Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez had delivered as promised Saturday night. They had fought 12 hard rounds, delivering the kind of back-and-forth warfare that had the sellout crowd of 22,358 at T-Mobile Arena on its feet. It wasn’t Hagler-Hearns, but it was competitive championship boxing, the final bell sounding as...
President Trump’s social media director is asking the Commander-in-Tweet’s millions of followers whether he should follow Hillary Clinton on Twitter. “Who is the #1 ‘WHO TO FOLLOW’ Twitter recommendation for @realDonaldTrump, on his feed? Will share on Monday!,” Dan Scavino Jr.
A Minnesota mother was left nearly paralyzed and fighting for her life after a 15-foot birch tree holding the hammock she was sitting in snapped, hit her in the back of the head and broke her neck, according to a media report. “All of a sudden this big boom hit me in the back of...
NORTH BRANFORD, Conn. — Authorities have identified the second person killed in a Connecticut plane crash that claimed the life of NASCAR modified champion racer Ted Christopher. Police said Sunday that 81-year-old Charles Dundas, a resident of New York and Florida, was killed in the Saturday crash in woods near North Branford, about 20 miles...
WASHINGTON – The Trump Administration is considering a new travel ban in the wake of another London terror attack, according to National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster. “If you can’t screen people effectively to know who’s coming into your country, then you shouldn’t allow people from that country to travel,” McMaster Sunday told ABC’s “This Week”...
WASHINGTON – The US is considering shutting down its embassy in Cuba after a wave of diplomats has gotten mysteriously sick, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday. “We have it under evaluation,” Tillerson told CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “It’s a very serious issue with respect to the harm that certain individuals have suffered. We’ve...
Roger Goodell, no football expert, is not as entrenched in the sport as previously believed. After a
A 9-year-old boy was killed Sunday when he slammed into a soccer-goal bar during a game in Manhattan, according to police. Tommaso Cerase died around 10 a.m after running headfirst into the upright post of the goal, causing the contraption to fall on top of him, cops said. The incident occurred on the grounds of...
As soon as he saw the chipmunk, he knew Michael Skakel was the killer. Kenneth Littleton, a 23-year-old teacher who had been hired to tutor Michael and his six siblings at their sprawling Connecticut mansion, saw the dead chipmunk on the grounds of Belle Haven Country Club. The small furry animal had been “mashed” with...
Brazilian tennis player Guilherme Clezar apologized Saturday after making a racist gesture in a Davis Cup match in Japan. The 24-year-old Clezar put his fingers to the edge of his eyes and then stretched them after successfully challenging a line call. The Brazilian lost his singles match on Friday against Japan’s Yuichi Sugita in Osaka....
