Month: July 2018

Former Knicks forward Michael Beasley has agreed to join LeBron James in Los Angeles with the Lakers, according to multiple reports.

The Lakers again were tempted to add to LeBron James’ cast of characters. Los Angeles agreed to a deal with former Knicks forward Michael Beasley on Friday, showing their continued push to assemble a veteran core around James, who signed as a free agent July 1. Beasley reached terms on a one-year, $3.5 million deal…

Since LeBron James signed, Lakers fans have unleashed a fresh strain of venom — and jokes — on Darrell Bailey, the Los Angeles Clippers superfan known for his red and blue suits.

The NYPD issued an AMBER Alert for a baby who was abducted in Queens.

Police said the abduction took place at the child’s home near Van Wyck Expressway and 91st Ave. in Queens at 9:55 p.m. Friday.

The infant was identified as August Pippins, an 8-month-old black female. She was last seen wearing…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A grand jury has leveled 23 charges against a man accused of killing five people in a mass shooting at a Maryland newspaper office, a prosecutor announced Friday.

The grand jury indicted Jarrod Ramos, 38, of Laurel, on five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Gerald…

INDIANAPOLIS — A Guatemalan man living illegally in the U.S. pleaded guilty Friday to driving drunk in a crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver.

Manuel Orrego-Savala, 37, pleaded guilty to two counts of operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content…

Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon is an experienced actress, but on criminal justice reform, she’s not playing the part of an off-the-rails liberal: She’s the genuine article.

Witness her proposal, announced Friday, to revise state law passed last year raising the age at which youthful offenders…

Defending the right of Facebook users to share lies, the CEO of the social media giant stepped in it, confusing falsehoods devised to attack and denigrate people with other types of misinformation, from mistakes to conspiracy theories.

The Holocaust is one of many “things that people get wrong,”…

Thirteen years ago, Lt. Michael P. Murphy, a Navy SEAL from Patchogue, L.I., was among 18 Americans killed in a fierce gunfight in Afghanistan’s Kunar province. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. In 2006, Lake Ronkokoma, where Murphy once worked as a lifeguard, dedicated a park in…

DOVER, Del. — A Delaware teacher with a history of alcohol-related arrests has been charged with drunken driving in an incident in which eight other vehicles were damaged.

Rehoboth Beach police say 45-year-old Martin Tuohy of Middletown turned himself in Thursday evening to be charged in the July…

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Taylor Swift brought her explosive Reputation Tour to the MetLife Stadium on Friday and will make history as the first female artist to play three consecutive shows at the venue when she performs Saturday and Sunday.

Swift was energetic and excited during her two-hour-plus…

Tips for workers to make a living

Manhattan: Marc Molinaro’s Op-Ed against raising the tipped wage (“Cuomo tips balance against restaurants,” July 16) is inaccurate, condescending and flippant. While true that New York’s restaurant industry is thriving, it’s false that its tipped workers are: They…

WARWICK, R.I. — Police say a Rhode Island woman has twice been charged with driving drunk with children in her vehicle in two weeks.

Warwick police say 41-year-old Leah Duran was charged with driving under the influence after refusing a Breathalyzer test on Thursday. Police say the Woonsocket woman…

An NYPD lieutenant — who was reported to the Civilian Complaint Review Board by another cop for foul language — has been demoted and placed on desk duty over sexual harassment allegations, the Daily News has learned.

Jonathan Blatt, assigned to Housing PSA 1 in Coney Island, had his guns and shield…

Joe Benigno, currently embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal as part of a lawsuit against WFAN, is taking a leave of absence from the station.

Benigno, who was originally scheduled to jump back behind the microphone on WFAN Monday, is taking a leave while Entercom, the station’s owner, tries…

Jacob deGrom’s demands at the All-Star Game completely blindsided the Mets’ front office, but in the clubhouse, it did not surprise anyone who had been paying attention. DeGrom’s agent’s proposition to either extend the Mets ace beyond the two years that he is under team control or trade him now…

With a sparkling 62-33 record entering Friday’s Subway Series opener in the Bronx, rookie Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he expected his club to “go out and be great” in the second half of the 2018 season, and that there is the potential for Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, CC Sabathia and Co….

Zack Wheeler was first to walk over and offer Jeurys Familia a handshake and a hug. The catchers followed and then bullpen coach Ricky Bones went over and said their goodbyes. The Mets were finalizing a deal to send their closer to the A’s late Friday night, two team sources confirmed. Word had…

Yoenis Cespedes finally returned Friday night after missing more than nine weeks and came back with a bang, but how long will he last?

After going 2-for-4 with a homer which hit off the left foul pole in the Mets’ 7-5 win over the Yankees, Cespedes revealed that all the leg injuries he’s dealt…

President Trump is once again getting the itch to insert himself into NFL players’ peaceful protest against police brutality by kneeling for the national anthem.

One day after the Miami Dolphins announced they intended to discipline any player who kneeled on the field during the anthem with a fine…

The man police believe fatally shot a Hawaii officer during a traffic stop was gunned down during a wild shootout with cops after a three-day manhunt.

Justin Joshua Waiki, 33, evaded police with the help of people on the Big Island, before they tracked him down at the extreme southern end of the…

A feud over a double-parked car escalated into the shooting death of a Brooklyn man whose pleas for help were overlooked by passing patrol officers, cops said Friday.

Jimmie Russell, 33, was busted Friday in the slaying of Robert Fason, 43.

As he feuded with Fason early on June 30 outside a bar…

Tia Coleman, who lost nine members of her family in the Branson, Mo. duck boat wreck Thursday, said her loved ones would still be alive if the captain hadn’t told them not to bother with their life jackets.

“My husband would want me to say this. He would want the world to know that on this boat…

??The Mets disastrous season has conditioned manager Mickey Callaway to expect the worst with regard to injuries.

But in Friday’s 7-5 win over the Yankees, Callaway’s Mets avoided more bad news as Noah Syndergaard attributed his shortened outing and decreased velocity to fatigue and insisted he’d…

The Yankees hoped to add some pop to their lineup with the return of Gary Sanchez on Friday, but the power-hitting catcher might as well have remained absent.

Sanchez, who returned to the lineup for the first time since being placed on the disabled list June 24 with a strained groin, went 1-for-5…

Yoenis Cespedes returned to the Mets lineup, Noah Syndergaard battled and the Yankees continued to struggle with their starting pitching and runners in scoring position as the second half of the season started with a 7-5 Mets victory in the Bronx on Friday night.

Cespedes went 2-for-4 and homered…

The cop blamed in the death of Eric Garner was charged Friday night with violating NYPD regulations against using a chokehold to subdue a suspect, sources told the Daily News.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board will prosecute the departmental case against Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who has been…

A Long Island computer guy has some bad blood with Taylor Swift, saying the pop princess swiped his trademarked label and hurt his business.

Patrick Bénot, the owner of a Wantagh-based computer consulting business, said he trademarked the “SwiftLife” name in 2007 — nine years before Swift the singer…

“The Walking Bucket” is headed to the West Coast.

The judge had confidence, but it appears the Queens man only had a con.

Brooklyn Federal Judge Jack Weinstein thought Tyran Trotter deserved a chance at life without the authorities watching his every move on supervised release.

Now it’s all going up in smoke after Trotter was arrested Wednesday…

A classic stage and screen score has been reworked as a Latin jazz opus – with part of the proceeds going to help Puerto Rico’s hurricane victims.

Veteran bandleader Bobby Sanabria has put his own stamp on “West Side Story,” the 1950s Broadway musical that was turned into a beloved Oscar-winning…

Last Thursday, as their S53 bus crossed the Verrazano Bridge from Brooklyn to Staten Island, one passenger turned to her neighbor and screamed “You f—ing speak English? ICE is here for you.” The reason: Her fellow passenger was Muslim, wearing the hijab, a head covering.

The tirade, which was…

The World Trade Center Health Program has seen a massive spike in new patients sickened by exposure to 9/11 toxins — forcing the organization to open up a new office in lower Manhattan that will see an estimated 750 patients a month, the Daily News has learned.

The new clinic, expected to open…

Having lost the battle and probably the war to City Council members captive to the hotel industry and its unions, Airbnb will soon be forced to turn over to the city details on thousands of apartment listings, many of which are surely in violation of state law banning whole-apartment rentals of…

Better shamefully late than never. Thursday, more than four years after a banned chokehold by Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo ended Eric Garner’s life, the NYPD announced that the gears of disciplinary action will finally start to turn.

Blame Washington for the fact that the surprise announcement…

It was a preposterous notion from the start: that the city of New York, which burns loads of oil and gas itself, would take the likes of Chevron and Exxon to court, demanding billions of dollars in damages for causing climate change and putting our coastal city through the ravages of Superstorm…

A duck boat packed with dozens of tourists in Missouri’s Ozarks capsized amid rough weather Thursday night, killing 11 people, according to local reports and authorities.

First responders with the Southern Stone County Fire Protection District rushed to Table Rock Lake around 7 p.m. local time…

Manhattan: As Cold War scholars know, Finland was a highly symbolic location for the Putin-Trump summit. Finlandization, meaning formal independence but political domination to the Soviets, was the fate of Finland. It was the only former-Tsarist country that Stalin invaded, but could not absorb…

BOSTON — For a few minutes, a Boston woman says she was a millionaire.

Ellen Fleming says she received a voicemail from a TD Ameritrade financial consultant Wednesday afternoon that a deposit had been made into her account.

The 26-year-old opened the company’s app on her cellphone and was surprised…

TOPEKA, Kansas — Two luminaries in the democratic socialist movement — one its national leader, the other its new star — are descending on solidly Republican Kansas on Friday, taking their emboldened liberal message to an unlikely testing ground before next month’s congressional primaries.

Vermont…

HOUSTON — Police say a 3-year-old boy has died after being left in a hot day care center van for 3½ hours parked outside the center in northwest Houston.

A statement from the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office says the child was found unresponsive when his father arrived at Discovering…

PITTSBURGH — Authorities say a Pennsylvania woman was driving drunk when she struck and seriously injured her 15-year-old sister, who had apparently jumped on the hood of the moving vehicle and was hit after falling off.

Pittsburgh police responded to the scene around 10 p.m. Wednesday.

The teen…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police in Memphis say a man stole his date’s car and drove it to a date with another woman.

Police say a woman reported her car stolen after Kelton Griffin went to her house to take her on a date. WMC-TV reports that Griffin stopped at a gas station and asked the woman to get him…

And baby makes three.

Reality star Jinger Duggar, 24, gave birth to daughter Felicity Nicole early Thursday morning, she and husband Mike Vuolo announced.

”God is so kind! Jinger gave birth to Felicity Nicole Vuolo this morning at 4:37 am. Felicity weighs 8lbs. and 3oz. and is 19.5 inches long,”…

A Brooklyn gangbanger who killed a romantic rival will spend another nine years behind bars for his role in a vicious slashing on a Rikers Island correction officer in 2015.

Darnell Green choked correction officer Ray Calderon from behind while another inmate sliced his face from cheek to ear and…

They were gunning for his older brother, but they settled on killing him instead.

A 24-year-old ex-con ganged up on and murdered a Brooklyn teen a day after his 16th birthday because they had a beef with his older brother, who was in the Crips street gang, prosecutors said Thursday.

Ralief Bradford…

Not again.

Clint Frazier was pulled from Thursday’s Triple-A Scranton game for precautionary reasons related to possible concussion symptoms, according to The Times-Tribune.

Frazier may have suffered the injury while diving for a ball in the first inning, which he couldn’t catch, according to the…

OREM, Utah — A 22-year-old Boy Scout leader drowned saving a struggling young boy during a practice exercise in a Utah pond on Wednesday.

Wesley Robert Kratzer pushed the boy to safety then dropped under the water and disappeared, said Salem police Chief Brad James.

“We don’t know if it was fatigue,…

He’s the kind of drug dealer you don’t want to piss off, the feds say.

A Queens meth kingpin ran his drug operation out of gambling dens, threatened his rivals with a high-voltage cattle prod and, in one bizarre incident, broke into a man’s house and urinated on his bed.

Federal authorities arrested…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A 71-year-old Sarasota man who ate a raw oyster at a Sarasota County restaurant died from a bacterial infection two days later, according to the Florida Department of Health.

The man and the restaurant were not identified, but health department spokesman Steve Huard said…

Former President Barack Obama was a “total patsy” for Russia, President Trump said in an interview Thursday, but he, on the other hand, would be “far tougher on Russia than any President in many, many years, maybe ever.”

On the defensive after his disastrous press conference with Russian President…

Long before he became a President who pushed for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., and railed against Caribbean and African immigrants from “s–thole countries,” Donald Trump called for a return of the death penalty after a group of black and Hispanic teens were arrested and charged in a sexual…

The NFL is taking a knee when it comes to implementing the league’s new national anthem policy.

The NFL and NFL Players Association have come to a “standstill agreement” regarding the NFL’s revised anthem policy and the NFL’s grievance against the league, the two sides announced in a joint statement…

Amy Powell, the president of Paramount TV, was reportedly ousted Thursday for making inappropriate comments.

Paramount CEO Jim Gianopulos announced the firing in an internal memo, acquired by the Hollywood Reporter, that said “multiple individuals” had raised concerns about “which they believed…

A “very accomplished” NBA player could be plotting to join Kyrie Irving and Jimmy Butler in 2019.

The Thunder have traded Carmelo Anthony and a protected 2022 first-round pick to the Hawks.

It is apparent Knicks’ first-rounder F Kevin Knox wasn’t fazed by his first taste of NBA basketball. Just look at what he did in just a few games out west in the Summer League.

The former All-Star is headed to Atlanta — and is expected to be quickly released — in a trade that involves two teams and several players.

The Knicks’ decision to waive small forward Troy Williams on Monday has provided undrafted Arizona guard Allonzo Trier a puncher’s chance at making the 15-man roster following his solid — if overlooked — summer-league performance. Trier is on a two-way G-League contract, allowing him to be on the Knicks’ roster for a maximum of 45…

Knicks fans should be thrilled the organization’s higher-ups didn’t listen to them. On draft night, they were chanting for the Knicks to draft Michael Porter Jr., who was at one point considered the top prospect in his class before dealing with health concerns over his bad back. Instead, the Knicks took Kentucky wing Kevin Knox…

The Knicks’ decision to waive small forward Troy Williams on Monday has provided undrafted Arizona guard Allonzo Trier a puncher’s chance at making the 15-man roster following his solid — if overlooked — summer-league performance. Trier is on a two-way G-League contract, allowing him to be on the Knicks’ roster for a maximum of 45…

Knicks fans should be thrilled the organization’s higher-ups didn’t listen to them. On draft night, they were chanting for the Knicks to draft Michael Porter Jr., who was at one point considered the top prospect in his class before dealing with health concerns over his bad back. Instead, the Knicks took Kentucky wing Kevin Knox…

Could Kawhi Leonard leave Toronto after this season and team up with another max player on the Knicks?

The Knicks may not be the best team in the NBA, but they are the most valuable.

Kevin Knox planned to attend the ESPYs in Los Angeles on Wednesday, but a star was born in Las Vegas last week. And it didn’t surprise his father, Kevin Knox Sr., a former NFL wide receiver whose quarterback at Florida State was ex-Knick Charlie Ward. The 18-year-old Knox, the Knicks’ lottery pick out of Kentucky,…

May 5 passed without ceremony a few months back, passed without pause, and that was probably for the best. The Yankees beat the Indians that day, and the Mets lost to the Rockies that night. The Devils, the only one of five New York area winter teams to make the playoffs this year, were already…

The Spurs’ decision to ship Kawhi Leonard to Canada stands as good news for the Knicks. While the Knicks were on the outside looking in on Leonard trade talks with San Antonio — even if they tried, they couldn’t match the Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan package — their chances of landing a top-notch free agent in…

The Dallas Wings center was ruthlessly efficient in a win over the New York Liberty, breaking a record that had held since 2013.

The Sixers had strong interest in hiring Morey to replace the ousted Bryan Colangelo, but Morey could not be lured away.

An octogenarian, oxycodone-prescribing doctor’s fate is now in the hands of jurors who have to decide if he illegally doled out more than 2 million pills to addicted patients.

Brooklyn federal jurors began deliberating Tuesday on a range of illegal oxycodone-distribution charges against Dr. Martin…

There were almost 64,000 overdose deaths in the United States in 2016, according to the Centers of Disease Control, and recent estimates suggest that this number continues to rise. All of us are scrambling for solutions at this critical moment.

We are at a crossroads: Do we go back to the punitive,…

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has apologized for calling a critic of his mini-submarine a pedophile.

Musk had inserted himself into the rescue of the “Wild Boar” soccer team from a flooded Thai cave earlier this month, and bristled at criticism from diver Vern Unsworth who said that his offer…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outhustled a 10-term incumbent to win a Democratic congressional primary. But the young Bronxite socialist’s every word is now being amplified — by supporters who see her as an exemplar of a bold new progressive future, and by foes who want to paint her as the scary face…

The hits keep coming: Eight times found guilty were former state Senate chieftain Dean Skelos and his ne’er-do-well son Adam in a replay of their 2015 trial, which showed Dean leaned on companies to pay Adam for no-show jobs.

Off to prison with them. Too bad the judge can’t sentence those remaining…

Central Park’s swimming pool and skating rink are set for a $150 million makeover, the Daily News has learned.

The city and the Central Park Conservancy will chip in for the project to rebuild Lasker Pool and Rink at the northern end of the park.

The skating rink is run by President Trump’s Trump…

Russian prosecutors want to interrogate American officials including former ambassador Michael McFaul over alleged involvement in money crimes in the aftermath of President Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin.

Putin had mentioned the alleged crimes of American-British financier Bill Browder when…

Albany: Your editorial “Roe, Roe, Roe the vote” (July 14), which questioned the need for expanding reproductive rights, was confusing, factually inaccurate and took an appallingly carefree attitude regarding the health and lives of women in our state. Why is Gov. Cuomo fighting day in and day out…

A female student entering her senior year at Sachem North High School on Long Island fell ill and suddenly died in front of over 90 fellow students Monday night, reports ABC7NY.

The unidentified, 17-year-old student was attending band practice when she appeared to have a medical emergency and “tragically…

Police found a woman’s decomposing body floating in the Hudson River off Riverside Drive in Manhattan on Tuesday night.

A 911 caller spotted the woman’s body floating near 109th St. by Riverside Park about 8 p.m. An NYPD harbor unit pulled her body from the water and took her ashore at the 79th…

LOVELAND, Colo. — A man has been sentenced to 44 years in prison for the death of his infant son in northern Colorado.

The Loveland Reporter-Herald reports Gabriel Navarrete was sentenced Tuesday for the December death of 8-month-old Adrian Dominguez. Navarrete, who previously pleaded guilty to…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Authorities say a woman drunkenly crashed an ice cream truck into a car, injuring three people on National Ice Cream Day.

News outlets report 35-year-old Ellaine Durham is charged with driving while intoxicated and three counts of hit-and-run for the Sunday crash.

Virginia…

Bode Miller’s wife is praying no other parent has to experience the nightmare she calls reality.

“It’s been 37 days since I’ve held my baby girl,” Morgan Beck wrote in an extremely emotional Instagram post, accompanied with a beautiful photo of her 19-month old daughter Emeline Grier Miller.

“I…

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has the lowest vote of confidence among American in three decades, according to Gallup pollsters.

Forty-one percent of Americans want lawmakers to confirm the federal jurist from Maryland, while 37% want him rejected for the bench job, the survey states.

The…

Hulu is bringing Anne Rice’s vampires back to life.

The streaming service has landed the adaptation of the celebrated “Vampire Chronicles,” an 11-book series about an 18th century nobleman, Lestat de Lioncourt, who was turned into a vampire.

Paramount Television optioned the rights in 2017, at…

Hader’s gonna hate.

Josh Hader is the latest athlete to have vulgar tweets from his younger years resurface on social media.

Moments after the Brewers pitcher gave up a home run in the All-Star Game on Tuesday, screenshots of racist, sexist and homophobic tweets from the then-17, -18-year-old made…

A deranged dad who hit his toddler son in his stroller on a Manhattan E train, then pulled a knife on another straphanger in a vulgar tirade surrendered to police to face criminal charges for the unhinged episode, police said Tuesday.

Edgar Rodriguez, 23, was caught on video menacing another subway…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Astros teammates Alex Bregman and George Springer hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the 10th inning of the 89th All-Star Game as they powered the American League to an 8-6 win over the National League Tuesday night at Nationals Park.

It was the sixth straight win for the…

Justin Verlander called it.

Leading up to Yankees star Aaron Judge’s first plate appearance at Nationals Park Tuesday, Verlander continuously predicted that his AL All-Star teammate was going to hit a home run.

Verlander even proclaimed so on an Instagram live while the game was happening.

His…

Wipe that ghoulish grin off your face.

The New Jersey father busted for smothering to death his 4-month-old baby with a cheap motel comforter flashed a wide smile for his mug shot despite having the charges upgraded to murder on Tuesday.

William Herring, 42, and the mother of his son, Brianna Brochhausen,…

A 12th suspect in last month’s shocking machete murder of an innocent Bronx teenager is back in New York to face murder charges in the mistaken-identity killing.

Luis Cabrera Santos, 25, was busted in Connecticut last week when a state trooper’s license plate reader showed Santos’ car was connected…

WASHINGTON — James Comey, the FBI director who was fired last year by President Trump, is urging voters to support Democrats in November’s midterm elections.

Comey says on Twitter that the “Republican Congress has proven incapable of fulfilling the Founders’ design that ‘Ambition must … counteract…

The NYPD wants to cross a Bronx triple murder suspect off the wanted list – and they’re offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who can help put him behind bars.

Cops on Tuesday announced the reward, paid by the city’s Police Foundation, for info leading to the arrest and conviction of 51-year-old…

WASHINGTON – First, LeBron James.

Now, another star is headed to L.A. — and hopefully, they still have those old Mannywood signs handy.

A decade after acquiring Manny Ramirez, the Dodgers have acquired Manny Machado in a blockbuster deal with the Orioles.

While there may still be some medical approval…

BRIDGETON, N.J. — A 9-year-old girl was shot and killed by a stray bullet as she slept in her bed early Tuesday, and authorities urged witnesses to come forward to help find the killer.

The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. about a block away from the girl’s home in Bridgeton, a city of about…

Knicks rookie Kevin Knox has been named to the All-NBA Summer League first team.

Rock bottom for Knicks G Tim Hardaway Jr. was a five-hour bus ride through the snow in Ohio.

Two-time NBA champion and two-time Finals MVP, Kevin Durant, showed some love to one of New York City’s basketball staples, as he made a surprise visit to Dyckman Park.

The Knicks and their fans only hope it continues when it counts. In his opening act, Knicks lottery pick Kevin Knox provided hope — and 21.3 points a game — and as a result landed on the first team of the All-NBA Summer League teams. Behind Knox’s athleticism, the Knicks finished the competition in Las…

The Knicks and their fans only hope it continues when it counts. In his opening act, Knicks lottery pick Kevin Knox provided hope — and 21.3 points a game — and as a result landed on the first team of the All-NBA Summer League teams. Behind Knox’s athleticism, the Knicks finished the competition in Las…

OK, the Knicks are ready to start the season. At least numerically. The Knicks waived 6-7 forward Troy Williams on Monday, and the move brought them down to 15 players under contract plus a pair of two-way contract players, the maximum allowed for Opening Night. Williams, 23, joined the Knicks last season on the first…

The fates of four alleged gang members accused of participating in a Brooklyn shootout that killed governor’s aide Carey Gabay during are in the hands of two juries.

Over 80 days, jurors in Brooklyn Supreme Court viewed nearly 350 pieces of evidence and listened to 50 witnesses — including four…

Kudos to Controller Tom DiNapoli for divesting state pension funds from the morally abhorrent private prison industry. Honorable mention to Sen. Brian Benjamin of Harlem and activists including the ACLU and Randy Credico for raising the issue months ago and finding creative ways to keep it in the…

On April 4, 2018, Saheed Vassell was killed at the hands of five police officers responding to 911 calls in Crown Heights. The officers shot at him 10 times — and even though an investigation is underway, it will be impossible to know whether any of those officers had a history of excessive force…

The agonizing death of Eric Garner four years ago today, the result of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo applying a banned chokehold to a man whose offense was selling loose cigarettes, has been followed by excruciating delays in the quest for even basic disciplinary justice.

At long last, there’s light…

Choice and NY’s governor

Manhattan: “Roe, Roe, Roe the vote” a July 15 editorial, was both confusing and factually inaccurate. You questioned the need for expanding reproductive rights in New York. Why is Gov. Cuomo fighting day in and day out to protect women’s rights in New York? The Supreme…

Putin trumps America in Finland

Bayport, L.I.: Just for a moment, following Putin’s victory lap in Finland, let’s consider him not based on character or danger to us, but as a leader. Not since Alexander the Great has a single person dominated so much of the civilized world of his time. He is absolute…

Two Chicago CVS employees were fired amid backlash from a Facebook video posted by a black customer who said white managers accused her of presenting a phony coupon and called police on her.

The pharmacy giant said it had completed a review of the Friday night incident and subsequently axed the…

Maria Butina, a Russian gun rights activist, went from running a small group in her home country to hobnobbing with major politicians and attending the National Prayer Breakfast after the election of President Trump.

The 29-year-old, indicted for allegedly acting as an unregistered Russian agent…

HONOLULU — An explosion caused by lava oozing into the ocean sent molten rock crashing through the roof of a sightseeing boat off Hawaii’s Big Island, injuring 23 people Monday, officials said.

They were aboard a tour boat that takes visitors to see lava plunging into the ocean from the long-erupting…

You, too, can dress just like a New Jersey mobster.

A treasure trove of memorabilia from “The Sopranos” is being auctioned off by Steiner Auctions this summer, including autographed scripts, a cast varsity jacket and several posters.

‘Sopranos’ prequel movie brings back series director Alan Taylor…

A New Orleans Saints defensive lineman helped a man escape from a car after it had plunged from the fourth floor of a parking garage Sunday afternoon, according to The Times-Picayune.

Mitchell Loewen was having brunch with his wife and two-year-old son when a Mercedes Benz SUV came crashing down…

WASHINGTON – Manny Machado seems likely to be traded following Tuesday’s All-Star Game.

It’s just a matter of where – whether to Philadelphia, to Milwaukee or to the Dodgers.

It appears the Yankees are out of the mix, at least as of Monday night.

Various reports said the Orioles were getting “close”…

Was there more rushin’ collusion going on in Washington Monday night?

Nationals star Bryce Harper was the hero in D.C. after beating Kyle Schwarber in a thrilling finish of the 2018 Home Run Derby, but he and his father may not have been playing exactly by the rules.

Technically, the pitcher is…

They remembered him with a cuddly teddy bear.

On the Staten Island street where he died four years ago Tuesday at the hands of police, Eric Garner was memorialized with a large stuffed bear — its arms folded and its eyes looking skyward.

“I came in this morning and saw it there. Then I quickly…

Much has changed in policing since the death of Eric Garner four years ago, but have these changes brought real relief to communities that have faced a long history of at times excessive and abusive policing? While tremendous effort and expense has gone into new training and technology, it has…

Tuesday marks the fourth anniversary of Eric Garner’s death at the hands of an aggressive group of NYPD officers. In the course of holding Garner down on the ground, one officer, Daniel Pantaleo, applied a chokehold whose use is banned by NYPD guidelines.

We police reformers focus on this incident…

Before the trade deadline and MLB’s home stretch, baseball’s schedule takes a break this week for Tuesday’s All-Star Game in D.C. By pitting baseball’s best against each other since 1933, the All-Star Game allows the game’s elite a chance to add to their legacies with legendary performances. This…

The man who paid off porn stars for President Trump on Monday trolled his ex-client’s servile support of Vladimir Putin.

“I respect our nation’s intelligence agencies who determined that Russia, had in fact, interfered or meddled in our democratic process,” Michael Cohen tweeted Monday evening.

…

WASHINGTON – Sevy got shafted.

Luis Severino deserved to start the All-Star Game over Chris Sale — even if, as A.J. Hinch said, “the proof is in the numbers.”

Sure, Sale has a better ERA (2.23) and more strikeouts (188) than Severino (2.31, 144).

But why not give the Yankees’ emerging, 24-year-old…

WASHINGTON – It must’ve been the headband.

Bryce Harper scored a home victory in front of his fans on Monday night at Nationals Park, defeating Kyle Schwarber 19-18 in extra time of the finals to capture the 2018 Home Run Derby.

“This is for the whole city of D.C.,” Harper said afterward, choking…

The staff of the commission Mayor de Blasio appointed to overhaul the City Charter will recommend lowering campaign donation limits and offering more taxpayer cash for city candidates.

In a preliminary report set to be released Tuesday, the Charter Revision Commission staff will also say the city…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jacob deGrom wants a commitment from the Mets. The ace right-hander wants to be part of the Mets’ long-term solution, asking for an extension that would go beyond the two years that the team controls him. If not, then the Mets should consider taking advantage of this hot trade…

MGM Resorts International claimed in a new lawsuit that it has no liability in any of the injuries or deaths in the October mass shooting in Las Vegas.

The company, which owns Mandalay Bay and the Route 91 Harvest festival venue, argued that its security vendor took all necessary precautions, approved…

Putin that on the table!

Russian President Vladimir Putin become agitated when Fox News’s Chris Wallace waved a Justice Department indictment of 12 Russians who allegedly interfered in the 2016 presidential election during a tense interview.

“May I give this to you to look at, sir?” Wallace asked…

A Harlem man claims an MTA cop “leaned over and looked at” his genitals at a urinal – before arresting him on bogus allegations of indecent exposure, new court papers allege.

William Campbell was using the restroom at Grand Central Terminal about 10:40 p.m. on April 17, 2017, when a “man using…

Hardaway and his father believe that he wouldn’t be where he is today without his five-game stint in the developmental league early in the 2015-16 season.

The Knicks announced on Monday afternoon that they have waived forward Troy Williams.

The Sixers had strong interest in hiring Morey to replace the ousted Bryan Colangelo, but Morey could not be lured away.

Chappell led Wake Forest to the Final Four in 1962 and was the top scorer for the Knicks in 1963-64, averaging more than 17 points per game.

Kevin Knox and Mitchell Robinson stole the show for the Knicks during the Summer League.

The Knicks announced they have waived F Troy Williams on Monday. Williams had just completed the Summer League with New York in Las Vegas.

Chappell led Wake Forest to the Final Four in 1962 and was the top scorer for the Knicks in 1963-64, averaging more than 17 points per game.

Magic radio analyst Richie Adubato has a Croatian neighbor who gave him a language tip. After every Mario Hezonja 3-pointer, Adubato bellowed, “Gee La Vee, Mario!” on the air. That’s a Croatian expression for “Bravo.’’ The phrase wasn’t uttered nearly enough during Hezonja’s failed three-year run in Orlando. On July 1, the 6-foot-8 forward joined…

After more than 15 years in the U.S., Edwin Garcia found himself at a crossroads.

Should he stay in New York in order to continue sending money to his wife and three kids back in El Salvador — or return home to finally be with them?

The 41-year-old East Harlem man worked from morning to night,…

You’ve probably never seen a sewer backup quite like this.

The planned fix for a flood-prone Staten Island strip has dragged on more than two decades, now, and the much-needed project still isn’t even remotely close to completion.

The proposal to install a storm sewer under a stretch of Willow…

It’s a monumental mistake that’s taken centuries to fix. But with the same #MeToo outrage that’s made assaults on women’s bodies intolerable, a growing movement is now demanding that more women’s bodies be put on display — in our parks and squares and assembly halls.

I’m talking, of course, about…

Count on Gov. Cuomo to create a problem where there is none. Here’s a governor, after all, who once made New York sheriffs and police officers criminals for fully loading their sidearms.

Now Cuomo is going after the New York restaurant industry and its hundreds of thousands of food servers. It’s…

If the mask was ever on, it’s off now. President Trump is not simply crusading against illegal immigration. Nor is he basing the opposition to what he ridiculously calls “open borders” on the specious notion that undocumented immigrants are likelier to commit violent crimes, or that they drive…

Happily setting a different tone from his predecessor, newish Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza says “charter schools are public schools” and pledges to treat the independently run, publicly funded institutions fairly.

Words are nice, but he’s failing his first big pragmatic test.

A middle school…

As Democratic candidates for governor and state attorney general square off in bruising primaries, Republicans have flown mostly under the radar while raising campaign cash in hopes of being competitive in the fall.

Marcus Molinaro, the Duchess County executive running for governor, and GOP attorney…

Govs. Andrew Cuomo and Phil Murphy, joint masters of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, really do want higher wages for 40,000 cleaners, guards and bag handlers at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark airports. But the airlines objected at the last minute, forcing the Port to add another public…

Federal prosecutors are fighting to make sure a Trinitarios gang member stays locked up while awaiting trial on charges related to a broad-daylight beatdown linked to the murder of Bronx teen Lesandro (Junior) Guzman-Feliz.

Ramon Paulino, 21, is accused of bashing a 14-year-old boy with a log…

A subway rail improperly attached to the roadbed led to 39 straphangers getting hurt, two subway cars wrecked — and the MTA on the hook for $3.4 million.

That’s the conclusion of an MTA probe into the June 27, 2017, derailment of an A train in Harlem.

Most of the expense of the crash — $3.1 million…

The following is an expanded version of the second item from my “Albany Insider” column from Monday’s print editions:

ALBANY — With control of the state Senate up for grabs, Democratic senators have greatly reduced their usual fund-raising gap with Republicans.

The state Democratic Senate Campaign…

Expanding a campaign he began last week, Gov. Cuomo is set to take direct aim at eight state Senate Republicans for not taking up a bill that would strengthen the state’s abortion rights laws.

Cuomo plans a new round of digital ads starting Monday that will target the eight mostly vulnerable senators…

President Trump’s meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin is mired in the continued story of the 2016 election, though those with one eye to 2020 have another on the Helsinki summit.

With rumblings about who is running starting to get louder ahead of the midterm elections, potential challengers among…

Right to choose – a life of regret

Rego Park: So Gov. Cuomo and New York State’s legislative Democrats want to codify the Roe v. Wade provisions that the state passed two years before the Supreme Court ruling in 1973 (“Roe, Roe, Roe your vote,” July 9).

In 1972 I had an abortion in New York City,…

At least two people died and dozens were arrested after France’s win in the World Cup final sparked revelling and chaos across the country.

A man in his 50s in the city of Annecy died after he jumped into a canal without enough water in it and in the Oise region a man in his 30s died when he ran…

An “unhinged” Minnesota city council candidate is under investigation for posting a topless photo of his wife to his official campaign website in response to an order of protection she filed against him.

In a July 14 blog entry on the now-deleted page, David Martinez of St. Paul included the picture…

A jilted lover who shot his ex-girlfriend’s fiancé to death in the Bronx, then walked off with his victim’s dog was cuffed a day after the slaying, police said Sunday night.

Cops on Sunday apprehended Jose Quinones, 49, who was wanted for killing Juan Flores in the lobby of his building on Webb…

LAS LOMITAS, Texas — Border Patrol supervisor Rene Quintanilla followed a trail of kids’ clothing and empty water bottles down a makeshift trail to the edge of the Rio Grande, then squinted into the morning sun as he took a long look around.

“Some people were just here. Look at that child’s underwear…

President Trump said he isn’t going into his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin with “high expectations.” Trump said he “hadn’t thought” to ask Putin to extradite the indicted Russians accused of meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

So, what exactly will the leader of the free world…

Ivanka Trump’s name has quietly disappeared from Canada’s largest department store chain.

Hudson’s Bay has pulled the First Daughter’s brand from its website and is poised to remove all of her items from their brick-and-mortar stores.

But the 90-store retailer, which also owns Saks Fifth Avenue…

CLEVELAND – The Yankees ended a solid first half on a bad note.

Chad Green allowed a go-ahead homer to Michael Brantley leading off the eighth inning, and the Bombers lost to the Indians 5-2 on Sunday at Progressive Field.

Green has allowed a homer in each of his last two appearances after posting…

CLEVELAND – After clobbering the Red Sox on July 1, no one expected the Yankees to be 4.5 games back of their hated rivals in the AL East division standings.

But that’s where they are right now, headed into the All-Star break on the heels of a 5-2 loss to the Indians on Sunday at Progressive Field.

…

A drunken driver plowed his pickup truck into a Queens woman’s minivan on a Long Island road, killing the driver and injuring his six passengers Sunday morning, police said.

Glenn Zaleski, 36, was driving east on Route 48 in Greenport when he slammed into a minivan going in the opposite direction…

The royal children keep getting cuter with age.

Kensington Palace released new royal family photos Sunday, this time from 2-month-old Prince Louis’ christening last week.

While newlyweds Prince Harry and Meghan Markle continued a seemingly nonstop post-wedding photo op, 3-year-old Charlotte and…

WASHINGTON — Andres Gimenez had goals coming into this season. The Mets’ top prospect wanted to try and make the most of his speed. He looked to hit more line drives into the gap and run hard to get the extra base. He wanted to try and become more of a threat on the base paths.

And, he wanted to…

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.

…

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.

Knicks’ first-rounder Kevin Knox has been taking the NBA world by storm. Well, at least the NBA Summer League for now.

In the Knicks 82-75 Summer League loss to the Celtics, second-round pick Mitchell Robinson stole the show.

Former Knicks guard Greg Anthony talked about Kevin Durant’s options, rookie Kevin Knox, and more.

While the Knicks have two eyes on the summer of 2019, Scott Perry says they will keep their options open for the rest of this offseason.

LLAS VEGAS — Knicks coach David Fizdale left the Thomas & Mack Center on Friday the 13th, but for a change, the floundering franchise had found mostly good luck. Stamp the summer league a success as Fizdale left Vegas raving about Kevin Knox’s “great toughness’ in “answering the bell” and project center Mitchell Robinson’s “timing.”…

Enes Kanter just opted in to the final year of his $18.6 million contract to stay with the Knicks for the 2018-19 season, but no amount of money can expunge the challenges the 26-year-old, who has been called a “terrorist” in his native Turkey, now faces. He is wanted for arrest, has had his passport…

Jimmy Butler does not want to stay in Minnesota for the long haul. The Timberwolves star has rejected a four-year extension worth about $110 million, according to Minneapolis TV station KSTP. Butler’s current contract expires after the 2019-20 season. Butler is said to be unhappy with Minnesota’s current situation, with the Chicago Sun-Times reporting earlier…

LAS VEGAS — Clippers point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Knicks forward Kevin Knox were never able to accomplish a goal of bringing another NCAA title to Kentucky. In fact, for the Wildcats, it was something of an underachieving season, losing to Kansas State in the Sweet 16 after going through a four-game losing streak in…

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.

Lin missed all but one game of the 2017-18 season after injuring his knee in the opener.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday signed legislation that institutes a minimum age of marriage in the state, capping an effort among lawmakers and advocates to crack down on child marriage in the state.

When the law takes effect on Aug. 28, no one under the age of 16 will…

From the moment the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists on 9/11 and for months afterward, men and women from around the state descended on Lower Manhattan, where an around-the-clock operation was underway to first rescue and then recover victims of the worst terror strike on U.S. soil.

…

TURNBERRY, Scotland — A roving press conference. Reporters piling into golf carts and running along fairways trying to keep up. A protester scattering golf balls marked with swastikas.

The last time Donald Trump traveled to Scotland was in 2016, hours after the Brexit vote and shortly after he…

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man is accused of driving drunk and putting a 1-year-old boy behind the wheel of his SUV in a Minneapolis suburb.

Thirty-one-year-old Domonic Green of Hopkins is charged with child endangerment and DWI in connection with the Saturday night incident. Both charges are gross…

Supporters of the long-established right of American women to have an abortion would be foolish not to fear the future should Brett Kavanaugh be confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice. But cries of doomsday make little sense in New York. Here, Roe or no Roe, state law holds abortion legal…

SAN ANTONIO — Detaining immigrant children has morphed into a surging industry in the U.S. that now reaps $1 billion annually — a tenfold increase over the past decade, an Associated Press analysis finds.

Health and Human Services grants for shelters, foster care and other child welfare services…

Just when you got used to Citi Bike, transit innovators are salivating over motorized scooters. There’s an Uber-owned sharing service called Lime. One called Bird. And another, Spin.

Four big questions: Will they be made legal? If so, will they roll in bike lanes or on sidewalks? Will riders get…

SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration, under order to quickly reunify families that have been separated at the border, is moving ahead — somewhat reluctantly — with a new, streamlined plan to bring together the roughly 2,500 remaining children and their parents in order to meet the court-imposed…

Russia no friend of this nation

Brewster, N.Y.: On Sept. 11, 2001, the United States suffered the worst attack on American soil from a foreign enemy. American troops were mobilized and sent off to fight those enemies in Afghanistan. The U.S was supported by some friends and of course our NATO allies….

PHOENIX — Arizona authorities say a 44-year-old uniformed security guard is accused of impersonating a police officer by trying to pull over an unmarked car that happened to contain two state troopers patrolling a Phoenix freeway.

The Department of Public Safety says Matthew Allen Disbro of Mesa…

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — Florida police say an infant that was left in a parked vehicle has died.

The Miami Herald reports Pembroke Pines police and fire departments responded to the scene Friday afternoon and found a 17-month-old boy that had been in the vehicle for hours. The National Weather Service…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency was unprepared for the series of hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico, according to a report published Friday.

FEMA faced a heavy year in 2017. Three hurricanes — Harvey, Irma and Maria — hit Texas and the Caribbean in quick succession. In addition to…

Shredding protocol in the same way the British burned Washington in 1814, President Trump set tongues wagging Friday at Windsor Castle by walking in front of the Queen.

While the President and Her Majesty reviewed a red-coated and bearskin-hatted Guard of Honor, Trump stepped ahead of Elizabeth…

MINNEAPOLIS — A prison inmate serving a life term for two murders is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota. And it’s legal.

Minnesota law bars inmates from running for state-level offices, but they can run for federal office. Leonard Richards is keenly aware of the loophole, and he’s unsuccessfully…

CLEVELAND – The Yankees obviously need at least one starter.

But after a night like Friday, it makes you reconsider they might actually need two.

Domingo German couldn’t command his fastball, issued too many free passes and got burned early as a result in the Bombers’ 6-5 loss to the Indians at…

The Mets have been happy with the work Amed Rosario has been putting in on a daily basis, and they’re thrilled it is leading to results on the field.

Rosario had another big night at the plate Friday in the Mets’ 4-2 win over the Nationals, going 2-for-4 with a triple, double, run scored and a…

A homeless man is accused of stabbing another homeless man to death as the two argued while drinking outside a Queens shopping plaza, police said.

Antonio Cabrera was busted Friday for the slaying of Velibor Flores, 39, who was stabbed several times in the chest outside Woodside Plaza at 60th St….

CLEVELAND – Manny Machado obviously would be nice and all, but what the Yankees could really use is some starting pitching.

In typical fashion, Domingo German struggled out of the gate, and the Bombers lost, 6-5, to the Indians on Friday night at Progressive Field.

Giancarlo Stanton got the Yankees…

Earlier this week Mickey Callaway said the hot-hitting Jeff McNeil was viewed as “purely a second baseman,” which was a big reason why he hasn’t yet been given a shot in the big leagues since Asdrubal Cabrera is occupying that position — at least until the trade deadline.

It was an odd comment…

Noah Syndergaard was on track to be the Mets ace. Two years ago, it didn’t look like anything could stop the hard-throwing, right-hander who has taken to being called “Thor” for his blistering velocity and long, blond locks. But the last two seasons, Syndergaard’s fast track to stardom has been…

CINCINNATI — A county prosecutor in Ohio who is frustrated by death row appeals says he wants the state to bring back death by firing squad amid complaints about lethal injection.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said in a Thursday interview that capital punishment “is not supposed to be a…

Considering he hadn’t started a major-league game in seven weeks, this was a solid return for Noah Syndergaard.

Having last pitched on May 25 because of a strained finger ligament, Syndergaard allowed one run in five innings and earned the win Friday in the Mets’ 4-2 victory over the Nationals…

Billy Bush and his wife are headed to Splitville.

Sydney Davis, the wife of the former “Today” host, who lost his job for chuckling at President Trump’s misogynistic bragging, filed for divorce, according to a report on TMZ.

She’s asking for primary custody of their two children, but will allow…

OMG, seriously?

The Tampa Bay Rays’ Double-A affiliate is causing quite the rift on social media after posting a promotion for its “Millennial Night.”

“Want free things without doing much work? Well you’re in luck,” read a tweet from the Montgomery Biscuits on Wednesday. “Riverwalk Stadium will…

Members of a West Louisville community want to put the Kentucky governor in check after they say he insulted their neighborhood and their high school chess club.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin appeared on a social media post outside Nativity School in St. Boniface to promote their after school programs.

…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday signed legislation that institutes a minimum age of marriage in the state, capping an effort among lawmakers and advocates to crack down on child marriage in the state.

When the law takes effect on Aug. 28, no one under the age of 16 will…

From the moment the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists on 9/11 and for months afterward, men and women from around the state descended on Lower Manhattan, where an around-the-clock operation was underway to first rescue and then recover victims of the worst terror strike on U.S. soil.

…

TURNBERRY, Scotland — A roving press conference. Reporters piling into golf carts and running along fairways trying to keep up. A protester scattering golf balls marked with swastikas.

The last time Donald Trump traveled to Scotland was in 2016, hours after the Brexit vote and shortly after he…

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man is accused of driving drunk and putting a 1-year-old boy behind the wheel of his SUV in a Minneapolis suburb.

Thirty-one-year-old Domonic Green of Hopkins is charged with child endangerment and DWI in connection with the Saturday night incident. Both charges are gross…

Supporters of the long-established right of American women to have an abortion would be foolish not to fear the future should Brett Kavanaugh be confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice. But cries of doomsday make little sense in New York. Here, Roe or no Roe, state law holds abortion legal…

SAN ANTONIO — Detaining immigrant children has morphed into a surging industry in the U.S. that now reaps $1 billion annually — a tenfold increase over the past decade, an Associated Press analysis finds.

Health and Human Services grants for shelters, foster care and other child welfare services…

Just when you got used to Citi Bike, transit innovators are salivating over motorized scooters. There’s an Uber-owned sharing service called Lime. One called Bird. And another, Spin.

Four big questions: Will they be made legal? If so, will they roll in bike lanes or on sidewalks? Will riders get…

SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration, under order to quickly reunify families that have been separated at the border, is moving ahead — somewhat reluctantly — with a new, streamlined plan to bring together the roughly 2,500 remaining children and their parents in order to meet the court-imposed…

Russia no friend of this nation

Brewster, N.Y.: On Sept. 11, 2001, the United States suffered the worst attack on American soil from a foreign enemy. American troops were mobilized and sent off to fight those enemies in Afghanistan. The U.S was supported by some friends and of course our NATO allies….

PHOENIX — Arizona authorities say a 44-year-old uniformed security guard is accused of impersonating a police officer by trying to pull over an unmarked car that happened to contain two state troopers patrolling a Phoenix freeway.

The Department of Public Safety says Matthew Allen Disbro of Mesa…

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — Florida police say an infant that was left in a parked vehicle has died.

The Miami Herald reports Pembroke Pines police and fire departments responded to the scene Friday afternoon and found a 17-month-old boy that had been in the vehicle for hours. The National Weather Service…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency was unprepared for the series of hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico, according to a report published Friday.

FEMA faced a heavy year in 2017. Three hurricanes — Harvey, Irma and Maria — hit Texas and the Caribbean in quick succession. In addition to…

Shredding protocol in the same way the British burned Washington in 1814, President Trump set tongues wagging Friday at Windsor Castle by walking in front of the Queen.

While the President and Her Majesty reviewed a red-coated and bearskin-hatted Guard of Honor, Trump stepped ahead of Elizabeth…

MINNEAPOLIS — A prison inmate serving a life term for two murders is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota. And it’s legal.

Minnesota law bars inmates from running for state-level offices, but they can run for federal office. Leonard Richards is keenly aware of the loophole, and he’s unsuccessfully…

CLEVELAND – The Yankees obviously need at least one starter.

But after a night like Friday, it makes you reconsider they might actually need two.

Domingo German couldn’t command his fastball, issued too many free passes and got burned early as a result in the Bombers’ 6-5 loss to the Indians at…

The Mets have been happy with the work Amed Rosario has been putting in on a daily basis, and they’re thrilled it is leading to results on the field.

Rosario had another big night at the plate Friday in the Mets’ 4-2 win over the Nationals, going 2-for-4 with a triple, double, run scored and a…

A homeless man is accused of stabbing another homeless man to death as the two argued while drinking outside a Queens shopping plaza, police said.

Antonio Cabrera was busted Friday for the slaying of Velibor Flores, 39, who was stabbed several times in the chest outside Woodside Plaza at 60th St….

CLEVELAND – Manny Machado obviously would be nice and all, but what the Yankees could really use is some starting pitching.

In typical fashion, Domingo German struggled out of the gate, and the Bombers lost, 6-5, to the Indians on Friday night at Progressive Field.

Giancarlo Stanton got the Yankees…

Earlier this week Mickey Callaway said the hot-hitting Jeff McNeil was viewed as “purely a second baseman,” which was a big reason why he hasn’t yet been given a shot in the big leagues since Asdrubal Cabrera is occupying that position — at least until the trade deadline.

It was an odd comment…

Noah Syndergaard was on track to be the Mets ace. Two years ago, it didn’t look like anything could stop the hard-throwing, right-hander who has taken to being called “Thor” for his blistering velocity and long, blond locks. But the last two seasons, Syndergaard’s fast track to stardom has been…

CINCINNATI — A county prosecutor in Ohio who is frustrated by death row appeals says he wants the state to bring back death by firing squad amid complaints about lethal injection.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said in a Thursday interview that capital punishment “is not supposed to be a…

Considering he hadn’t started a major-league game in seven weeks, this was a solid return for Noah Syndergaard.

Having last pitched on May 25 because of a strained finger ligament, Syndergaard allowed one run in five innings and earned the win Friday in the Mets’ 4-2 victory over the Nationals…

Billy Bush and his wife are headed to Splitville.

Sydney Davis, the wife of the former “Today” host, who lost his job for chuckling at President Trump’s misogynistic bragging, filed for divorce, according to a report on TMZ.

She’s asking for primary custody of their two children, but will allow…

OMG, seriously?

The Tampa Bay Rays’ Double-A affiliate is causing quite the rift on social media after posting a promotion for its “Millennial Night.”

“Want free things without doing much work? Well you’re in luck,” read a tweet from the Montgomery Biscuits on Wednesday. “Riverwalk Stadium will…

Members of a West Louisville community want to put the Kentucky governor in check after they say he insulted their neighborhood and their high school chess club.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin appeared on a social media post outside Nativity School in St. Boniface to promote their after school programs.

…

Len Chappell, who led Wake Forest to its only Final Four trip in 1962 and was an NBA All-Star with the Knicks, has died at 77.

LAS VEGAS — Celtics forward Semi Ojeleye is starting to make his name as an emerging young defensive stopper. He played a lot on LeBron James during the playoffs. This was a bit less of a task, but the 23-year-old muffled 6-foot-9 Knicks lottery pick Kevin Knox, stalling his summer-league scoring rampage. After racking up…

LAS VEGAS — Kyrie Irving didn’t see the summer-best of Knicks lottery pick Kevin Knox on Thursday at Thomas & Mack Center, but at least Mitchell Robinson made up for it, resembling a shot-blocking machine. Though Knox finally struggled, Robinson, the Knicks’ second-round pick, had his most menacing game yet, coming up huge in another…

LAS VEGAS — It’s France vs. Croatia on Sunday. And Frank Ntilikina vs. Mario Hezonja. Ntilikina told The Post he plans to make a wager with his new Croatian teammate on Sunday’s World Cup final. If they are still in Las Vegas, they plan to watch the game together. “We discussed it, I think we…

BROWNSVILLE — Two months after immigration officials tore her away from her 10-year-old son, an emotional Guatemalan mother wouldn’t let go of the boy minutes after they were reunited outside a Brownsville, Tex., shelter for separated children.

Lesvia Vazquez, 39, wrapped her arms around Yudem…

Rising rapper Young Ash has been busted for her role in a “card cracking” scam in which she posted ads depicting wads of cash on Snapchat to try to recruit participants, prosecutors said.

The artist, whose real name is Ashley Bautista, 22, of the Bronx, allegedly was part of a crew of six that…

The U.S. Supreme Court ended its session by handing down a bevy of decisions that will hurt average Americans — crippling public sector unions, legitimizing President Trump’s racist travel ban and allowing fake pregnancy centers to withhold medical information from women.

Then came Justice Anthony…

LONDON — Hundreds of people saw “Trump Baby” take its first steps in Parliament Square Garden Friday.

Spectators marveled as the giant, orange, diaper-wearing inflatable went up in the air at exactly 9:30 a.m. local time.

The 20-foot tall balloon — which depicts President Trump as an iPhone wielding…

After tedious testimony at a City Council hearing on rezoning the gentrifying upper Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood, the audience cheered Tuesday when Councilman Francisco Moya asked a question: Why do we rely on the market and private developers to create affordable housing?

City housing commissioner…

Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty: The verdict in the Manhattan federal corruption trial of four who saw in Gov. Cuomo’s big-money upstate development programs a neon invitation to self-enrichment leaves an indelible impression of scandalous inattention at the top.

SUNY Polytechnic Institute founder…

We sure hope the whiplash didn’t hurt state Sen. Marty Golden too much.

Golden — a Brooklyn Republican whose political shenanigans at the end of session in Albany last month helped deep-six widely supported plans to reup, much less expand, life-saving speed cameras on city streets — succumbed to…

Fox 5 “Good Day New York” workers have something to celebrate — higher wages, thanks to a new union contract that took years to finalize.

The Writers Guild of America East — which represents about 54 news writers and news assistants at the Midtown TV station that’s part of Rubert Murdoch’s 21st…

Enough of this nonsense

Bronx: Does Donald Trump really believe his displeasure with NATO has spurred (if indeed it has) the members to increase their commitments? Just like he convinced North Korea to get rid of their nuclear stockpile. Trump is a fool and the whole world knows it except him….

Heads, you’re free. Tails, you go to the slammer.

A woman caught zipping past a police cruiser in Georgia was arrested after cops let a coin toss decide her fate, according to 11Alive.

Shocking body-cam video shows Sarah Webb being pulled over for speeding by Officer Courtney Brown, who returned…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Porn actress Stormy Daniels has performed at an Ohio strip club a day after police arrested her at another club.

Daniels performed at Vanity Gentlemen’s Club in Columbus early Friday, baring her breasts but not physically interacting with any patrons. A host warned several times…

CONROE, Texas — A Houston woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that she offered to sell her 2-year-old daughter for sex at a cost of $1,200.

Twenty-five-year-old Sarah Marie Peters was sentenced Thursday after earlier pleading guilty to charges that include…

CLEVELAND – Someone was having a little fun on Manny Machado’s Wikipedia page on Thursday, and changed his employer from the Baltimore Orioles to New York Yankees.

Hey, Machado did “like” an Instagram post from his verified account of himself photoshopped in a road gray Yankee jersey the night…

MIAMI — The indictment was damning enough: a former police chief of Biscayne Park and two officers charged with falsely pinning four burglaries on a teenager just to impress village leaders with a perfect crime-solving record.

But the accusations revealed in federal court last month left out far…

LeSean McCoy’s estranged live-in girlfriend told police in her 911 call she suspected the Buffalo Bills star orchestrated the home invasion that left her beaten and bloody, audio of the call revealed.

“I have cameras all outside my house, and my boyfriend who I feel like did this — who set me…

A Kansas water park plans to tear down a giant water slide on which a 10-year-old Caleb Schwab died in 2016.

According to the Kansas City Star, an attorney representing an affiliate of park operator Schlitterbahn said Thursday that the 17-story slide called Verruckt would start coming down a week…

The Brooklyn Nets’ long rebuild took another small step forward Thursday night.

In two separate deals, the Nets traded Jeremy Lin to the Hawks and former second-round pick Isaiah Whitehead to the Nuggets, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

In return for Whitehead, the Nets received forwards…

A 17-year-old boy is accused of the fatal shooting of a Brooklyn man outside a deli a block from the victim’s home, cops said Thursday.

Rennie Patterson was busted for the murder of John Barnes, a 32-year-old man slain Dec. 16, 2017, around the corner from his Crown Heights home.

Barnes was outside…

PHOENIX — An Arizona state lawmaker was seen telling a sheriff’s deputy he sometimes drives as fast as 130 or 140 mph after he was pulled over for speeding, and the deputy said in a report later that the driver claimed to have legislative immunity

State Rep. Paul Mosley was stopped on March 27…

CLEVELAND – Luis Severino got hit unusually hard on Thursday night — and the Yankees’ typically unhittable ace wondered if maybe the Indians knew what was coming.

The 24-year-old gave up more homers (two) than he produced strikeouts (a season-low one), but the Bombers picked him up and continued…

A reputed Bonnano crime family associate narrowly escaped with his life in a botched mob hit — rolling through the street outside his Bronx home in a desperate effort to dodge a hit man’s bullets in a dramatic video cops shared Thursday.

The harrowing surveillance tape captures the hit men making…

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded nearly $4.7 billion in total damages to 22 women and their families after they claimed asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer in the first case against the company that focused on asbestos in the powder.

The…

A former Ohio State University student-athlete who says Rep. Jim Jordan ignored the sexual misconduct claims surrounding Dr. Richard Strauss recalled the wrestling doctor’s abuse with sobs.

While attending the Columbus school, UFC hall-of-famer Mark Coleman revealed that Strauss would grab his…

ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a popular Kellogg’s cereal has been linked to a salmonella outbreak that has infected 100 people in 33 states.

The CDC announced Thursday that customers should avoid Honey Smacks, tweeting, “Do not eat this cereal.” The agency says it…

HUDSON, Colo. — The driver of a flatbed truck fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a school bus Thursday, injuring multiple Colorado high school students, investigators said. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gary Cutler said the truck drifted…

BROWNSVILLE — Two months after immigration officials tore her away from her 10-year-old son, an emotional Guatemalan mother wouldn’t let go of the boy minutes after they were reunited outside a Brownsville, Tex., shelter for separated children.

Lesvia Vazquez, 39, wrapped her arms around Yudem…

Rising rapper Young Ash has been busted for her role in a “card cracking” scam in which she posted ads depicting wads of cash on Snapchat to try to recruit participants, prosecutors said.

The artist, whose real name is Ashley Bautista, 22, of the Bronx, allegedly was part of a crew of six that…

The U.S. Supreme Court ended its session by handing down a bevy of decisions that will hurt average Americans — crippling public sector unions, legitimizing President Trump’s racist travel ban and allowing fake pregnancy centers to withhold medical information from women.

Then came Justice Anthony…

LONDON — Hundreds of people saw “Trump Baby” take its first steps in Parliament Square Garden Friday.

Spectators marveled as the giant, orange, diaper-wearing inflatable went up in the air at exactly 9:30 a.m. local time.

The 20-foot tall balloon — which depicts President Trump as an iPhone wielding…

After tedious testimony at a City Council hearing on rezoning the gentrifying upper Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood, the audience cheered Tuesday when Councilman Francisco Moya asked a question: Why do we rely on the market and private developers to create affordable housing?

City housing commissioner…

Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty: The verdict in the Manhattan federal corruption trial of four who saw in Gov. Cuomo’s big-money upstate development programs a neon invitation to self-enrichment leaves an indelible impression of scandalous inattention at the top.

SUNY Polytechnic Institute founder…

We sure hope the whiplash didn’t hurt state Sen. Marty Golden too much.

Golden — a Brooklyn Republican whose political shenanigans at the end of session in Albany last month helped deep-six widely supported plans to reup, much less expand, life-saving speed cameras on city streets — succumbed to…

Fox 5 “Good Day New York” workers have something to celebrate — higher wages, thanks to a new union contract that took years to finalize.

The Writers Guild of America East — which represents about 54 news writers and news assistants at the Midtown TV station that’s part of Rubert Murdoch’s 21st…

Enough of this nonsense

Bronx: Does Donald Trump really believe his displeasure with NATO has spurred (if indeed it has) the members to increase their commitments? Just like he convinced North Korea to get rid of their nuclear stockpile. Trump is a fool and the whole world knows it except him….

Heads, you’re free. Tails, you go to the slammer.

A woman caught zipping past a police cruiser in Georgia was arrested after cops let a coin toss decide her fate, according to 11Alive.

Shocking body-cam video shows Sarah Webb being pulled over for speeding by Officer Courtney Brown, who returned…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Porn actress Stormy Daniels has performed at an Ohio strip club a day after police arrested her at another club.

Daniels performed at Vanity Gentlemen’s Club in Columbus early Friday, baring her breasts but not physically interacting with any patrons. A host warned several times…

CONROE, Texas — A Houston woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that she offered to sell her 2-year-old daughter for sex at a cost of $1,200.

Twenty-five-year-old Sarah Marie Peters was sentenced Thursday after earlier pleading guilty to charges that include…

CLEVELAND – Someone was having a little fun on Manny Machado’s Wikipedia page on Thursday, and changed his employer from the Baltimore Orioles to New York Yankees.

Hey, Machado did “like” an Instagram post from his verified account of himself photoshopped in a road gray Yankee jersey the night…

MIAMI — The indictment was damning enough: a former police chief of Biscayne Park and two officers charged with falsely pinning four burglaries on a teenager just to impress village leaders with a perfect crime-solving record.

But the accusations revealed in federal court last month left out far…

LeSean McCoy’s estranged live-in girlfriend told police in her 911 call she suspected the Buffalo Bills star orchestrated the home invasion that left her beaten and bloody, audio of the call revealed.

“I have cameras all outside my house, and my boyfriend who I feel like did this — who set me…

A Kansas water park plans to tear down a giant water slide on which a 10-year-old Caleb Schwab died in 2016.

According to the Kansas City Star, an attorney representing an affiliate of park operator Schlitterbahn said Thursday that the 17-story slide called Verruckt would start coming down a week…

The Brooklyn Nets’ long rebuild took another small step forward Thursday night.

In two separate deals, the Nets traded Jeremy Lin to the Hawks and former second-round pick Isaiah Whitehead to the Nuggets, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

In return for Whitehead, the Nets received forwards…

A 17-year-old boy is accused of the fatal shooting of a Brooklyn man outside a deli a block from the victim’s home, cops said Thursday.

Rennie Patterson was busted for the murder of John Barnes, a 32-year-old man slain Dec. 16, 2017, around the corner from his Crown Heights home.

Barnes was outside…

PHOENIX — An Arizona state lawmaker was seen telling a sheriff’s deputy he sometimes drives as fast as 130 or 140 mph after he was pulled over for speeding, and the deputy said in a report later that the driver claimed to have legislative immunity

State Rep. Paul Mosley was stopped on March 27…

CLEVELAND – Luis Severino got hit unusually hard on Thursday night — and the Yankees’ typically unhittable ace wondered if maybe the Indians knew what was coming.

The 24-year-old gave up more homers (two) than he produced strikeouts (a season-low one), but the Bombers picked him up and continued…

A reputed Bonnano crime family associate narrowly escaped with his life in a botched mob hit — rolling through the street outside his Bronx home in a desperate effort to dodge a hit man’s bullets in a dramatic video cops shared Thursday.

The harrowing surveillance tape captures the hit men making…

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded nearly $4.7 billion in total damages to 22 women and their families after they claimed asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer in the first case against the company that focused on asbestos in the powder.

The…

A former Ohio State University student-athlete who says Rep. Jim Jordan ignored the sexual misconduct claims surrounding Dr. Richard Strauss recalled the wrestling doctor’s abuse with sobs.

While attending the Columbus school, UFC hall-of-famer Mark Coleman revealed that Strauss would grab his…

ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a popular Kellogg’s cereal has been linked to a salmonella outbreak that has infected 100 people in 33 states.

The CDC announced Thursday that customers should avoid Honey Smacks, tweeting, “Do not eat this cereal.” The agency says it…

HUDSON, Colo. — The driver of a flatbed truck fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a school bus Thursday, injuring multiple Colorado high school students, investigators said. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gary Cutler said the truck drifted…

It is premature to throw the word “hope” around New York’s chances to contend in 2018-19, but the Knicks’ future prospects have shined in Las Vegas.

Former Knicks forward Charles Oakley was arrested in Las Vegas and charged with committing a fraudulent act while gambling.

While the Knicks have two eyes on the summer of 2019, Scott Perry says they will keep their options open for the rest of this offseason.

In the Knicks 82-75 Summer League loss to the Celtics, second-round pick Mitchell Robinson stole the show.

Could Jimmy Butler and Kyrie Irving be teaming up on the Knicks in 2019?

The Knicks will go after Kevin Durant if he elects free agency in the summer of 2019.

Many athletes around the world have FIFA World Cup fever, but none other than Knicks teammates Frank Ntilikina and Mario Hezonja. They even have a side bet on the final match.

Knicks legend Charles Oakley has reportedly been arrested for cheating in a Las Vegas casino.

The former Knicks forward could be headed back to New York in the next couple of days.

Knicks president Steve Mills and GM Scott Perry didn’t rebuttle O’Quinn’s tanking comments. Instead, they diverted when asked what to make of them.

New Knicks guard Mario Hezonja celebrated Croatia’s World Cup victory over England on Wednesday.

Knicks draft pick Kevin Knox has been unleashing ferocious dunks and burying threes while dominating in the Summer League.

There was no secret that former Knicks star F Carmelo Anthony and former head coach Mike D’Antoni didn’t see eye to eye in New York.

President Trump can’t rely on luck seeing him through his Friday the 13th meeting with the Queen.

As Trump gears up for his U.K. trip and the honor of meeting the Queen on June 13, high on his list of preparations should be learning the myriad protocols in place for all social interactions with…

It has come to pass that Laura Ingalls Wilder is now bad, too.

There are generations of readers who can trace their first love for books straight back to Wilder and her nine entries in her “Little House” series, first published in the 1930s and early 40s. For many of us, these were our first moments…

The Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” family separation policy is drawing much-needed attention to the abuses perpetrated by ICE, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

But the crisis didn’t start there. And the debate around what to do with ICE is not as complicated as some…

BRUSSELS — President Trump threatened European allies that he could ‘go it alone’ in a shock at the NATO summit in Brussels, according to a report.

The commander-in-chief had blasted Germany and others for not spending more on their own defense, and a report from the Germany news agency DPA said…

Only thorough, independent investigation will tell whether anyone could have stopped one Rikers Island detainee from putting his hands around the throat of another and killing him.

But the first fatal assault by one inmate on another in more than a decade serves as ghastly reminder that the jails…

Here’s how stupid elections can get in New York: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who beat incumbent Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley, also won a primary in a neighboring district — on the Reform Party line. With a grand total of nine write-in votes, or 10 if spelling doesn’t count.

And that’s not even the…

Back in May, when he was blaming Democrats for a policy his White House devised and implemented, President Trump called the practice of forcibly separating migrant children from their parents “horrible.”

Tuesday, as his administration failed abysmally to meet a court-ordered deadline to return,…

ALBANY — A dispute between Gov. Cuomo and the state Assembly over criminal background checks has jeopardized up to $12 million in federal day care funds — potentially hitting poor, minority and immigrant children hardest, the Daily News has learned.

The disagreement centers on a program that provides…

A pair of Brooklyn progressive state Senate Democratic candidates is set to announce on Thursday they will back each other’s bids.

The two 27-year-old first-time candidates are Julia Salazar and Ross Barkan.

Salazar, a self-described democratic socialist, is running a primary challenge against…

A smarter way to clear NYC trash

Bronx: Re “Trash war heats up with new private sanitation bill in City Council” (June 27), we applaud Councilmen Robert Cornegy and Mark Gjonaj for standing up for New York’s small businesses. The two Council members have introduced a smart, innovative, responsible…

A 16-year-old boy was killed when a gunman shot him in the head in broad daylight as the teen walked with his girlfriend on a tree-lined Brooklyn block Wednesday, police said.

The victim was walking with his sweetheart on Macon St. near Stuyvesant Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant when he got into a war…

SUNRISE, Fla. — In the crucial first minutes after a gunman began shooting students and staff at a Florida high school, law enforcement’s response was hampered by quirks in the local 911 system that caused many calls from inside the school to be transferred, the chairman of a commission investigating…

A savvy squad of Queens detectives used devices — both old and new — to track down and save a woman trying to hang herself in a Midtown hotel, cops said Wednesday.

The hi-tech, life-or-death rescue effort began when a panicked woman came running into the 107th Precinct in Flushing on a video call…

A hate-spewing passenger unleashed an anti-Muslim tirade on a city bus, verbally attacking another woman with profane threats for wearing a headscarf.

“ICE is here for you,” the instigator, who identifies herself as Ashley, can be heard screaming on the Brooklyn-bound bus from Staten Island.

The…

Stormy Daniels, the adult film star suing the President after an alleged affair, has been arrested in Ohio, according to her lawyer.

Michael Avenatti said that his client, who was paid $130,000 not to discuss the alleged affair during the 2016 campaign, was “arrested in Columbus, Ohio, performing…

A Tennessee pastor is being accused of raping a 17-year-old girl.

James “Ronnie” Messer, 46, was arrested after the girl’s family reported him to authorities claiming he took the 17-year-old to the Crossway Worship Center after their plans to go swimming fell through.

The girl’s sister alleged…

HURON, Kan. — Authorities say a councilwoman for a tiny Kansas town kicked, hit and scratched deputies and that they had to use a stun gun to subdue her.

Atchison County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Jack Laurie says 48-year-old Carol Fowler remains jailed Wednesday on $25,000 bond after the June 29…

BALTIMORE – Tyler Wade’s parents are getting another MLB keepsake from their son: his first career home run ball.

Wade went deep for the first time as a major-leaguer in the sixth inning of the Yankees’ 9-0 victory over the Orioles on Wednesday night at Camden Yards.

“No idea. I blacked out,” Wade…

In the end, the happiest man in baseball put a smile on all of Citi Field, which was fitting, of course, for Brandon Nimmo.

As Mickey Callaway put it, when asked whether he saw just how energized Nimmo was after hitting his pinch-hit walk-off home run in the 10th inning of Wednesday night’s 3-0…

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The mother and stepfather of a 21-year-old man with a genetic disability that prevents him from speaking are accused of beating, binding and caging him.

News outlets report 40-year-old Christina Boyles and 39-year-old Herbert Boyles, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, were arrested…

BALTIMORE – The Manny Machado race is in full swing – and apparently No. 13 thinks he’d look good in a Yankee uniform.

On Wednesday, Machado “liked” an Instagram post from his verified account – “machados13” – that showed him wearing the Yankees’ gray road uniform.

Yeah, that actually happened.

…

Jacob deGrom shut the Phillies out over eight innings Wednesday night before Brandon Nimmo sent the Mets home victorious with a 10th-inning three-run walk-off homer.

DeGrom’s season ERA is now at 1.68 entering the All-Star break. It’s the best mark in the majors.

Callaway was asked after the game…

After blowing the first of two deadlines to return migrant children to their families, the Trump administration anticipates reuniting a number of separated kids Thursday.

A San Diego judge ordered the feds to reunite all 102 children under age 5 by Tuesday — a deadline that was missed when only…

TRENTON, N.J. — Whose mother wouldn’t say her child should be in the big leagues?

That is essentially how Tim Tebow reacted to his mom, Pam, telling TMZ at LAX that she would have her son called up to the big leagues and play for the Mets if it were up to her.

“That was my mom trying to be sweet…

Lakers fans will have to wait until the NBA season starts up to see LeBron James in purple and gold.

Jonas Never, one of the artits responsible for a controversial mural depicting LeBron in a Lakers jersey, painted over his work on Wednesday after it was vandalized twice in four days.

Never and…

LAS VEGAS — Frank Ntilikina was out with a groin strain Tuesday, so that gave the Knicks a chance to take a look at former Arizona shooting guard Allonzo Trier at the point. Remember these are the David Fizdale Knicks of positionless basketball. According to sources, failed PED tests were not the overriding reason the…

LAS VEGAS — Burgeoning lottery pick Kevin Knox loves to play and has taken Thomas & Mack Center by storm. But he also loves to watch. When the Knicks are finished with their summer-league games, the 6-foot-9 forward can be seen afterward in the stands — and out of the scorching Las Vegas sun. Knox…

LAS VEGAS — Knicks president Steve Mills and GM Scott Perry brushed off Kyle O’Quinn’s dig at the Knicks but didn’t do a lot to dispel the big man’s premise. After signing last weekend with Indiana, O’Quinn said he rejected a similar Knicks offer because he “wanted to be a part of something bigger than…

LAS VEGAS — Frank Ntilikina was out with a groin strain Tuesday, so that gave the Knicks a chance to take a look at former Arizona shooting guard Allonzo Trier at the point. Remember these are the David Fizdale Knicks of positionless basketball. According to sources, failed PED tests were not the overriding reason the…

LAS VEGAS — Burgeoning lottery pick Kevin Knox loves to play and has taken Thomas & Mack Center by storm. But he also loves to watch. When the Knicks are finished with their summer-league games, the 6-foot-9 forward can be seen afterward in the stands — and out of the scorching Las Vegas sun. Knox…

LAS VEGAS — Knicks president Steve Mills and GM Scott Perry brushed off Kyle O’Quinn’s dig at the Knicks but didn’t do a lot to dispel the big man’s premise. After signing last weekend with Indiana, O’Quinn said he rejected a similar Knicks offer because he “wanted to be a part of something bigger than…