The New York Department of Financial Services is investigating the National Rifle Association for its role in offering now-banned insurance products for gun owners in the state — and earning at least $14 million in the process, The Post has learned. The investigation, which hasn’t been previously reported, is an outgrowth of consent agreements last … Continue reading "NY regulators probing NRA for illegal gun insurance kickbacks"

An elderly married couple who died in an apparent murder-suicide in Washington State this week left several notes saying they could not afford medical bills that had been piling up for them in recent months, authorities said. The husband Brian Jones called police in Whatcom County soon after 8 a.m. on Wednesday and said, “I … Continue reading "Couple who couldn’t afford medical bills dies in apparent murder-suicide"

Let’s not put the kid in Canton just yet, OK? OK? But boy oh boy, did Danny Boy turn those MetLife draft-party jeers to cheers in a hurry. You saw the poise and you saw the accuracy and you saw the smarts and you saw the deep ball that has been lighting up the summer … Continue reading "Daniel Jones’ time may arrive sooner rather than later for Giants"

“Bat Out of Hell: The Musical” takes songwriter Jim Steinman’s operatic lyrics to heart. The sirens are constantly screaming, and the fires are endlessly howling. The strobe lights nearly gave me a seizure. This theatrical assault on the senses, which opened its monthlong run off-Broadway Thursday, is just plain overwhelming, even if the epic tunes … Continue reading "Review: ‘Bat Out of Hell: The Musical’ pummels the senses"

The Hubble Space Telescope is really, really good at spotting distant objects in space, but it’s just as well-suited for catching a snapshot of planets that are a lot closer, like our very own Jupiter. On June 27 the spacecraft did just that and the resulting image (and animation) might be one of its finest … Continue reading "NASA’s Hubble telescope just captured a breathtakingly vivid photo of Jupiter"

Federal authorities apparently had a good reason for conducting one of the biggest immigration raids in a decade this past week. Six of the seven Mississippi food plants that got hit by ICE agents on Wednesday were “willfully and unlawfully employing illegal aliens” — with many working under false names and fake Social Security numbers, … Continue reading "Mississippi food plants ‘willfully’ employed illegal workers: feds"

The FBI is having trouble unlocking Dayton mass murderer Connor Betts’ primary smartphone — and it may take years before they crack it. Agency officials said during a congressional hearing this week that if Betts was using a six- to eight-digit PIN, it could take months or even years to crack the code, The Hill … Continue reading "FBI can’t hack into Dayton shooter Connor Betts’ phone"

Saving the planet isn’t always as straightforward as you’d think. Just ask McDonald’s British division, now reeling from the Great Drinking Straw Debacle. In a bow to green sentiment (and a pending legal deadline), the chain last fall started banning plastic straws from its 1,300 UK outlets, replacing them with paper ones. see also McDonalds … Continue reading "Sentiment vs. science: The great straw debacle"

President Trump lashed out and called Hollywood “racist” as he traveled between two high-dollar fundraisers in the Hamptons Friday. “Liberal Hollywood is Racist at the highest level, and with great Anger and Hate! They like to call themselves ‘Elite,’ but they are not Elite. In fact, it is often the people that they so strongly … Continue reading "Trump lashes out at \u2018racist\u2019 Hollywood while fundraising in the Hamptons"

The only question was whether it would land fair, but Todd Frazier crushed this fastball so darn hard it never had a chance to hook foul. Home run. Tie game. And just like that, the close-to-sellout crowd at Citi Field was celebrating in the ninth inning Friday, evoking memories of the Mets’ postseason runs in … Continue reading "Mets are pressing all of the magical buttons right now"