Jay-Z gives explanation for sitting during Super Bowl national anthem
"We had ... a commercial running [on] social injustice during the Super Bowl ... Given the context, I didn't have to make a silent protest."
"We had ... a commercial running [on] social injustice during the Super Bowl ... Given the context, I didn't have to make a silent protest."
Homeless New Yorkers are poised to hit the jackpot in the affordable-housing lottery without even entering, thanks to a new de Blasio administration initiative. After Feb. 14, City Hall will match shelter residents to affordable units that go unclaimed in the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s lottery, The Post has learned. The city will...
The Wilpons’ and Katzes’ deal to sell the Mets to hedge-fund magnate Steve Cohen, who already owned a minority share of the team, is on life support. Got some questions? We have some answers. Q: What in the name of David Einhorn is going on? Weren’t we already speculating about Cohen throwing money at Mookie...
Some precincts across Iowa found themselves in an awkward situation on Monday night when two candidates ended up with the same number of votes. In order to break those ties and hand out delegates, the precincts conducted a coin toss — as recognized in the Iowa Democratic Party’s (IDP) rules. The caucus chairs or other...
Seton Hall finally lost a game, but it caught two breaks since its 10-game winning streak was snapped on Saturday by Xavier. Sometimes, it’s that kind of year. An MRI exam on senior guard Quincy McKnight’s injured left knee came back clean, revealing only a muscle strain, and the stout defender and second-leading scorer will...
Daniel Jones said last week in Miami that he planned to continue one of Eli Manning’s traditions: Gathering Giants wide receivers for some throwing and route-running sessions in the offseason. Given that Manning often ran these sessions at Duke, it made sense that Jones would do the same, given that he actually played at Duke....
Hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen was planning an Opening Day gala that would announce his majority ownership of the Mets, according to The Post’s Mike Puma. But invitations were never sent out, and now may never be, after Cohen’s $2.6 billion deal to purchase the Mets went south, as The Post revealed on Tuesday. Cohen,...
A teenager was shot in the head and killed near a Brooklyn intersection on Tuesday evening, police said. The 19-year-old victim was near Elton Street and New Lots Avenue in East New York at about 6:45 p.m. when a gunman opened fire at him, cops said. The teen was hit at least once in the...
Rush Limbaugh, who recently revealed he has advanced lung cancer, will be in attendance at President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. One of Trump’s lawyers, Jenna Ellis, confirmed Limbaugh’s planned presence in a tweet, calling the invitation from the president an “Amazing and excellent call.” The president said earlier Tuesday at a...
Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg plans to double his already massive nationwide TV-advertising budget — an ambitious effort to cash in on the chaotic Iowa caucus. The 77-year-old business tycoon — who has already spent $314 million of his own fortune on broadcast television, cable and digital advertising — is hoping to capitalize on the...
As birthday parties go, Barbara Maier Gustern’s won’t be your typical candle-blower. The singing teacher turns 85 on Monday, a milestone she’s celebrating with a concert starring two dozen of her students — Debbie Harry, Heidi Rodewald and Stew among them. And every penny from the $30 and $250 tickets for the Joe’s Pub bash...
A moron wearing a sign over his shirt that read “Caution, I have the Coronavirus” strolled into an Illinois Walmart and started spraying Lysol around the store, police said. The man, who was also wearing a yellow face mask, entered the grocery store in Joliet, Sunday afternoon around 4:09 p.m., The Chicago Tribune reported. The...
A bonehead tried to gain viral internet fame by announcing he was infected with the coronavirus in the middle of a flight from Toronto to Jamaica — forcing the plane to turn around and landing himself in cuffs. James Potok, 28, told CityNews it was “simply a joke” when he stood up and declared to...
There are plenty of arresting performances on Broadway — but only one performer whose arrests outnumber his stage credits. That’s James Cromwell, the “Babe” and “L.A. Confidential” star seen more recently on “American Horror Story: Asylum” and “Succession.” He’s currently playing the curmudgeonly half of a long-married couple in Bess Wohl’s “Grand Horizons,” his first...
A masked robber is causing quite the scare in Virginia. A serial stickup artist has terrorized a half-dozen gas stations near Richmond over the last year while wearing the distinctive mask from Wes Craven’s slasher-film franchise “Scream” — leading investigators to dub him the “Scream Bandit.” The FBI is now offering a reward of up...
The auction is for a seven-day hunting trip aboard a luxury yacht in Alaska with Don Jr., according to an advertisement flyer for the excursion.
ALBANY—State Senate Democrats on Tuesday passed a slew of bills geared toward combating the opioid crisis that’s plagued New Yorkers. The package includes several pieces of legislation requiring new standards of medical education, streamlining access to recovery methods, and reforming the opioid prescription process. One bill named “Stephen’s Law” is named after Stephen Canastraro, who...
TAMPA — Yankees position players don’t report until Feb. 16, but Aaron Judge was at the team’s minor league complex Tuesday, shagging fly balls and taking batting practice alongside other regulars such as Gary Sanchez, Luke Voit and Miguel Andujar. “See you in a couple weeks,’’ Judge said, referring to the team’s first full workout....
The Rangers finally have been able to depend on their power play of late. Perhaps a little too much. As the Rangers’ man-advantage has become more of a threat, their five-on-five offense has become less of one. Over their past six games, the Rangers have scored 14 goals — nine on the power play and...
Assistant US Attorney Robert Sobelman said that if the prosecutors could hear Avenatti confer with his lawyers and respond to testimony, it was likely those weighing his fate in his Nike extortion trial could, too.
A mysterious bank Jeffrey Epstein opened in the Virgin Islands in 2014 — which has been seemingly stagnant for years — suddenly received millions of dollars from his estate after his death, the New York Times reported Tuesday. The fallen billionaire and accused sex trafficker applied to open one of the territories’ first international banking...
An Australian tourist who had both legs amputated last month after falling on PATH train tracks plans to sue for negligence — and was hit by not one but two locomotives, according to new court filings. Visaya Hoffie of Brisbane filed a petition in Manhattan Supreme Court against the Port Authority, the MTA and the...
A violent pimp who allegedly forced a 17-year-old girl into prostitution was hit with child sex trafficking charges on Tuesday, prosecutors said. In April of 2019, Arthur Dawson, 28, and another individual lured the teenager through Facebook’s messaging service and then sold her for sex in the Bronx and other locations in New York City,...
There are no perfect solutions for the Knicks right now, because that is the sentence for a team that for 20 years has wandered in a fugue state. Firing Steve Mills was a necessary decision that also comes a few weeks — or years — too late. There is a perfect candidate to replace Mills,...