The married anti-abortion Pennsylvania lawmaker who pressured his mistress to terminate her pregnancy after he knocked her up abruptly quit Thursday. GOP Rep. Tim Murphy had earlier said he would not seek re-election, but quit under pressure from House Speaker Paul Ryan. “It’s appropriate he moves on to the next chapter of his life and...
CLEVELAND – Part of the fallout from MLB’s investigation into illegalities, especially in the international market, that led to the resignation of Braves GM John Coppolella earlier this week is how much did vice chairman John Schuerholz and president of baseball operations John Hart know and what is their level of culpability in a matter...
"It's so hard for me not to be like, 'Get in your room and watch "30 Rock." ' I was gonna spank her," Fey said.
O.J. Simpson finally got his hands on that iPhone he’d heard so much about while serving nine years in prison — and he couldn’t figure out how to work it. Simpson has relocated to North Vegas, where on Thursday, his fifth day after being paroled, he was spotted scratching his head over the newfangled...
During Christmas break in 2010, a then-13-year-old Rebecca Black recorded a song called “Friday.” Her mother paid $4,000 to a music production company called Ark Music Factory to create the song and video, with Black singing the vocals. It was a chance for the young teen, who had ambitions of being a singer, to dip...
Nobody wanted to call it a fourth line, and it isn’t in the traditional sense of the label. But it is certainly a spot further down the lineup for Jimmy Vesey, as the Rangers winger will begin his second NHL season Thursday night on a line with David Desharnais and Paul Casey at the Garden...
A veteran NYPD detective who was cleared of misconduct allegations is accusing police brass of racial discrimination for refusing to reinstate him to full duty – while protecting white colleagues. “He’s being treated differently because he’s African-American,” said Det. David Terrell’s attorney, Eric Sanders. Terrell filed a discrimination complaint against the city with the state’s...
Elizabeth McGovern spent six years playing the ideal mother — the warm, wise and nurturing Lady Cora of “Downton Abbey.” Clearly, she was ready for a change, and now she’s found one. As the matriarch in Broadway’s “Time and the Conways,” opening Oct. 10, McGovern gives us the “anti-Cora”: a childish, narcissistic British matriarch who,...
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate a September collision between an Army helicopter and a drone that was illegally flying over Staten Island, agency officials said on Thursday. The drone was flying over Midland Beach on the evening of Sept. 21 when it crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter that was on patrol while...
Defying Mayor de Blasio, Gov. Cuomo on Thursday appointed a panel to study congestion pricing and report back to him by the end of the year. “New York City is home to some of the most gridlocked streets in the nation and with this new advisory panel, we take a major step forward in coming...
CLEVELAND – Major League Baseball has launched an investigation to determine why and for what purpose Diamondbacks coach Ariel Prieto was wearing an electronic watch during their wild card game Wednesday night against the Rockies, The Post has learned. After The Post published a story that included a picture of Prieto wearing an electronic watch...
Conservative: News Media Don’t Get Guns — or Want To Most members of the mainstream news media and political left “do not understand guns,” contends Stephen Miller at Fox News: “They could not tell you the difference between an automatic or semi-automatic firearm.” And “it’s safe to say most of them had not heard the...
The world’s heaviest flightless insect, the size of a human hand, has been rediscovered on a remote rock after scientists thought it had become extinct. And now the Lord Howe Island stick insect could be re-introduced to its native home a century after it was driven out by hungry rats. Genetic testing has confirmed the...
If you’ve ever been to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia you’d know why they’re one of the state’s biggest tourist destinations. Among the quaint town of Katoomba, located 63 miles west of Sydney, are the towering Three Sisters and the rolling, endless mountains tinged blue. They’re beautiful and well worth a visit....
Desperate to lose weight? It could be as easy as popping the kettle on, experts say. Having a brew can boost your metabolism, making it easier to drop the pounds. But, there’s a slight catch for those of you partial to a white with one (or two) – and you can forget about the cookies...
Henrik Lundqvist’s first season-opener wearing the Blueshirt is the only season-opener the then yet to be named King would spend on the bench. It was Oct. 5, 2005, 12 years to the day before the 35-year-old goaltender established a franchise record with both his 12th consecutive and 12th overall opening start Thursday at the Garden...
Nearly two-thirds of new cancer drugs got the nod with no evidence they improved the quality or length of patients’ lives, a study found. And any gains they did show over existing treatments were often tiny. Experts say it means patients are being given false hope and exposed to toxic medication with potentially no benefit....
Russian government hackers stole data about how the US penetrates foreign computer networks and defends against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor removed highly classified material and stashed it on his home computer, a new report said Thursday. The hackers apparently targeted the contractor after identifying the files through the contractor’s use of an...
One brand’s trash has become your next treasure. American Eagle is rolling out a capsule collection with apparel company Atelier & Repairs on Thursday that’s been crafted from cutting floor scraps and excess product that would otherwise have landed in landfills. The upcycled denim miniskirts, jackets, sweatshirts, graphic tees and jeans running $48 to $128...
Sound the alarm: Female firefighters can help make the dangerous job safer for everyone, a new study suggests. But some fire departments’ hypermasculine culture may smother their ideas from seeing the light of day. Though women make up just 3.5 percent of all firefighters nationally, their presence could hypothetically improve fire safety because they often...
Two weeks after Hurricane Marie slammed Puerto Rico, medical officials say the health care system on the beleaguered island “is on life support” — with only one cardio-thoracic surgeon still operating in the US territory. Dr. Orlando Lopez de Victoria of the Auxillo Mutuo Hospital in San Juan said before Hurricane Maria there were 10...
The two jet fuel tanks Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock fired on from his Mandalay Bay hotel room Sunday are near a secret government-run airline, according to a report. Paddock fired at the two fuel tanks at McCarran International Airport during his attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival — but didn’t cause...
A teacher at a nursery school in London says she was fired for living ‘in sin,’ with her boyfriend. Zelda de Groen, 24, is suing Orthodox Jewish school Gan Menachem Nursery for over $25,000 for religious and sexual discrimination after she says they subjected her to a “humiliating” hour-long interview and then axed her, because...
A new, very welcome discovery, has inspired fresh hope for Australia’s Wonder of the World. Tiny sacs of white eggs in bleached coral have been found by researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS.) Researchers diving on reefs between Townsville and Cairns, some of the worst affected areas of bleaching, were assessing the...
Harvey Weinstein says he will sue the New York Times for an estimated $50 million after it published a bombshell report claiming the movie mogul subjected actresses and female staffers to “decades of sexual harassment.” Weinstein has hired Charles J. Harder — the LA attorney who brought down Gawker after winning a $140 million verdict...
