Day: July 15, 2018

LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May says that President Donald Trump advised her to “sue” the European Union in the negotiations over Britain’s exit from the bloc.

Trump told reporters Friday at a joint press conference with May that he had given the British leader a suggestion that she…

Britain’s princes were not interested in charming President Trump, a report says.

Prince Charles and Prince William could have attended the President’s meeting with Queen Elizabeth II on Friday, but “snubbed” Trump in favor of other engagements, according to The Times of London.

“They simply refused…

Sunday is the 2018 Disability Pride Parade. It’s also a day on which the Metropolitan Transportation Authority can go from zero to hero (or heroine) by dramatically improving Access-A-Ride, its expensive and much-loathed transit service for people with disabilities who aren’t able to travel by…

“If the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.” So said Richard Nixon after his resignation.

Nixon left office in August 1974, just two weeks after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, U.S. vs. Nixon. The chief executive had argued he could not be investigated by a special prosecutor….

BERLIN — Quiet neighbors, pristine grounds and a view to die for: No wonder graveyard plots in Berchtesgaden are in high demand.

The German news agency dpa reported Saturday that the picturesque town in the Bavarian Alps is now taking the unusual step of holding a lottery for vacant spaces in its…

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police say a serial rape suspect has been arrested after he allegedly preyed on women by posing as a ride-hailing driver and picking up women waiting for rides.

Police said Friday that 37-year-old Orlando Vilchez Lazo of San Mateo was arrested on multiple charges including…

The NYPD and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s office are locked in a bitter standoff over what information cops will turn over to prosecutors, and when and how that handoff happens.

The DA wants systematic electronic access to police disciplinary records and investigative files, including…

The line forms early outside a Dollar Plus storefront on W. 181st St. in Washington Heights.

Men and women queue up for a chance to get into the Washington Heights Corner Project, a nonprofit needle-exchange program on the second floor — where they’re allowed to inject illegal narcotics inside…

Come the end of this month, mid-season for their fresh and healthy bounty, farmers markets nationwide will have to turn away low-income shoppers who rely on SNAP benefits.

Why? Good question, having something to do with the U.S. Department of Agriculture dropping a contractor that sponsors the…

Thousands will walk and roll wheelchairs down Broadway Sunday in the city’s third Disability Pride Parade. The pageant is important; more critical is whether people with mobility problems can get from point A to point B.

There’s been some meaningful progress since 2015, but big hurdles remain.

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GARDEN CITY, Ind. — Vice President Mike Pence turns nostalgic when he talks about growing up in small-town Columbus, Indiana, where his father helped build a Midwestern empire of more than 200 gas stations that provided an upbringing on the “front row of the American dream.”

The collapse of Kiel…

The GOP’s clueless FBI grilling

Freehold, N.J.: Watching the Republicans grill FBI agent Peter Strzok — when they should be holding hearings on more important matters, eg: Russian meddling in our elections, the missing children etc. — I was reminded of the 1964 movie, “The Pink Panther.”

In a hilarious…

CLEVELAND — A dashcam video showing an Ohio state trooper being dragged at high speed for a mile down a city street by a suspect fleeing from a Thursday night traffic stop is stark evidence of the dangers faced by police officers, a spokesman for the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

The video released…

More than 30 people aboard a low-cost airline flight from Dublin to Croatia were sent to the hospital after the plane’s cabin lost pressure.

Ryanair flight FR7312was forced to make an emergency landing at Germany’s Frankfurt-Hahn airport late Friday when it depressurized for unknown reasons and…

ALEXANDRIA, La. — A couple caught having sex in the stairwell of a Louisiana courthouse is facing obscenity charges.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Miguel Glorioso, of Alexandria, and 19-year-old Jamie Lee Coutee, of Pineville, were arrested after a courthouse employee investigating…

Maybe it’s what he wants.

Earlier this summer, Joe Girardi told The News he’d love to get back into managing and now it seems the former Yankees skipper might get the chance sooner rather than later.

Girardi has emerged as a favorite to become the Cardinals manager following Saturday’s unexpected…

?As the Yankees and Red Sox are reviving memories of what for years was called The Last Great Pennant Race, involving the Braves and Giants in 1993, it is worth remembering the difference that year ultimately turned out to be a trade-deadline deal.

?Which is why this trade season is so fascinating:…

Another lost season and a few more injuries should serve as the perfect opportunity for the Mets to find out if Dom Smith can be a regular contributor at the major-league level, so in that sense, they continue to mishandle his development by playing him so sporadically since arriving in Flushing…

Like men stranded on a remote island, Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez gaze out from SportsNet New York’s Mets broadcast booth looking for emotional rescue. Knowing there will be no relief until Mickey Callaway’s sinking ship docks Sept. 30, the three mouths are still charged with keeping…

Through his own life encounters, Shawn Dawson believes he’s one-of-a-kind — an African-American Israeli Jew.

Not that Dawson was reminded often about his differences growing up in Israel. It’s a credit, he says, to the inclusive environment promoted by his friends and countrymen. But Dawson’s story…

Here’s what the Mets have made clear to other teams inquiring about their pitchers as the trade deadline nears: of the four main starters, Zack Wheeler is the only one they’re really interested in trading – barring a massive overpay for any of the others.

And here’s what I don’t get: if they’re…

CLEVELAND – It doesn’t happen often, but when Aaron Boone gets run, he always gets his money’s worth.

For the second time in his first season as manager of the Yankees, the typically mild-mannered Boone was ejected over what he thought was a missed call, and then let the umpires have it in an expletive-filled…

New York City FC scored a pair of goals Saturday in the final 10 minutes to continue its dominance at home with a 2-0 victory over Columbus Crew SC.

Jesus Medina drilled a left-footed shot from close range past Crew SC goalkeeper Zach Steffen in the 80th minute and 10 minutes later Anton Tinnerholm…

A motorist in Queens was taken into custody after seriously injuring a 47-year-old pedestrian in a crash Saturday night, cops said.

The motorist hit the pedestrian as he drove east on Northern Blvd. near 81st St. in Jackson Heights around 11:20 p.m., said Patrick Mahony, 26, a construction worker…

U.S. regulators Friday approved the first treatment for smallpox — a deadly disease that was wiped out four decades ago — in case the virus is used in a terror attack.

Smallpox, which is highly contagious, was eradicated worldwide by 1980 after a huge vaccination campaign.

But people born since…

He’s a ‘diva.’ He ‘doesn’t have a post game.’ And he’s ‘really cocky.’ The Lakers’ newest star has not been embraced by many Kobe devotees.

LAS VEGAS — Mitchell Robinson is certainly acting the part of an NBA player now. According to league sources, Robinson, the Knicks’ 20-year-old project center who dazzled the Las Vegas summer league, has made an agent change already. Sources indicate Robinson, a Chalmette, La. product, has moved on from agent Raymond Brothers and has inked…

LAS VEGAS — Imagine the buzz for the Knicks if Kristaps Porzingis were fully healthy entering training camp and had Kevin Knox waiting on him. Knox can’t wait to meet — and play with — Porzingis. Perhaps Porzingis, too, will be motivated to get back sooner than later after watching clips from Europe. Porzingis FaceTimed…

Knicks C Enes Kanter discusses the death threats his receives and his loss of national identity.

Knicks target Jimmy Butler has reportedly turned down a contract extension with the Timberwolves.

Knicks C Enes Kanter discusses the death threats his receives and his loss of national identity.

Knicks target Jimmy Butler has reportedly turned down a contract extension with the Timberwolves.