• ‘It Was Pathetic’: Trump Slams Seattle Mayor for Allowing ‘Autonomous Zone,’ Promises to Resolve Situation

    ‘It Was Pathetic’: Trump Slams Seattle Mayor for Allowing ‘Autonomous Zone,’ Promises to Resolve Situation

    President Trump slammed the Seattle mayor over her response to anarchists declaring an “autonomous zone” in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, warning that “if they don’t straighten that situation out, we’re going to straighten it out.” Speaking to Fox News’s Harris Faulkner on Thursday, Trump lambasted Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan for her administration’s decision to …
  • Mickey Mantle’s 1953 Yankees contract sells for $39,237 at auction

    Mickey Mantle’s 1953 Yankees contract sells for $39,237 at auction

    Mickey Mantle’s 1953 Yankees contract sold for $39,237 at auction. In the four-page document — signed “Mickey C. Mantle” and dated Feb. 23, 1953 — the slugger agreed to render his “skilled services as a baseball player” for $17,500. He listed his hometown as “Commerce, Okla.” The document is countersigned by general manager George Weiss. …
  • Giants mailbag: Weighing Daniel Jones’ Super Bowl chances

    Giants mailbag: Weighing Daniel Jones’ Super Bowl chances

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Giants. Do you see Daniel Jones leading the Giants to a Super Bowl in this decade? — Marcadiell …
  • 25-year-old Antifa member Margaret Channon arrested on 5 federal counts of arson for setting fire to five Seattle police vehicles

    25-year-old Antifa member Margaret Channon arrested on 5 federal counts of arson for setting fire to five Seattle police vehicles

    A 25-year-old Tacoma woman was arrested Thursday morning on five federal counts of arson after police say she burned five Seattle police vehicles on fire as protests turned violent in downtown Seattle on May 30. U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran said in a news release that Margaret Aislinn Channon was taken into custody without incident …
  • Lady Antebellum changes name in support of Black Lives Matter movement

    Lady Antebellum changes name in support of Black Lives Matter movement

    Lady Antebellum says it needs that name no more. The country-pop trio — which won Record and Song of the Year Grammys for the 2009 smash “Need You Now” — have renounced the name that fans have known since Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott joined forces in 2006. Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and …
  • Vanessa Bryant reveals tattoos honoring Kobe, daughter Gianna

    Vanessa Bryant reveals tattoos honoring Kobe, daughter Gianna

    Vanessa Bryant showed off new tattoos Wednesday in honor of her late husband Kobe and their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, both of whom were killed in a January helicopter crash. The mother of four shared videos of herself getting inked on Instagram, courtesy of tattoo artist Nikko Hurtado. “I wanted my boo boo’s @kobebryant sweet message …
  • Kandi Burruss gets emotional telling 4-year-old son about police brutality

    Kandi Burruss gets emotional telling 4-year-old son about police brutality

    Kandi Burruss broke down while sharing a conversation she had with her 4-year-old son, Ace Tucker, about the Black Lives Matter movement and police brutality. During Wednesday’s episode of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star explained that her toddler, who previously dressed up as a police officer for “Career …
  • European Union plans antitrust charges against Amazon: report

    European Union plans antitrust charges against Amazon: report

    The European Union is planning to file antitrust charges against Amazon for its habit of copying third-party products, according to a new report. The charges against the ecommerce juggernaut could arrive as soon as next week and are the latest step in a two-year investigation into Amazon’s practices, according to the Wall Street Journal. The …
  • Eddie Redmayne speaks out against J.K. Rowling’s transphobic tweets

    Eddie Redmayne speaks out against J.K. Rowling’s transphobic tweets

    “Fantastic Beasts” star Eddie Redmayne is the latest actor to speak out against author J.K. Rowling following her recent remarks that many found transphobic. “As someone who has worked with both J.K. Rowling and members of the trans community, I wanted to make it absolutely clear where I stand,” he said in a statement Wednesday …
  • National Guardsmen Test Positive for Coronavirus after Washington, D.C. Demonstrations

    National Guardsmen Test Positive for Coronavirus after Washington, D.C. Demonstrations

    Members of the Washington, D.C., National Guard have tested positive for coronavirus after they responded to massive demonstrations sparked by the killing of George Floyd, a spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday. “We can confirm that we have had COVID-19 positive tests with the DCNG,” D.C. National Guard spokeswoman Air Force Lt. Col. Brooke Davis said in …