MINNEAPOLIS — Even when Yankees starters were cruising through a 14-game stretch from July 2-20, the front office followed pitchers with a chance of being traded before the July 31 deadline. Now, with James Paxton and CC Sabathia getting roughed up in the two outings prior to the Yankees-Twins game on Tuesday night at Target … Continue reading "What Yankees’ Cashman is dealing with in pitching madness"

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s office smacked down Mayor Bill de Blasio when hizzoner asked if he could attend Tuesday’s press conference to celebrate the passage of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill, The Post has learned. Gillibrand is the chief author of the bill and she and de Blasio are duking it out as bottom-tier candidates … Continue reading "Gillibrand denies de Blasio’s request to join presser for 9\/11 victim’s fund"

Two Canadian teens who were previously feared missing now are the suspects in the brutal killing of an American woman and an Australian man, as well as a third unidentified person, according to a report. Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, were last seen in northern Saskatchewan, about 300 miles from where their Dodge … Continue reading "Missing teens now suspects in deaths of tourist couple in Canada"

The Forward, the storied 121-year-old Jewish publication that has been beset by losses and staff turmoil, raided the New York Times Tuesday to hire digital guru Jodi Rudoren as its new editor-in-chief. Rudoren, 48, is currently associate managing editor at the Times in charge of audience strategy. Her appointment ends a search that began in … Continue reading "The Forward hires NY Times digital guru as editor-in-chief"

City kids are struggling with basic math and English — but a new Department of Education curricular initiative focuses instead on racial privilege and activism, The Post has learned. Pushed by Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, the “Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education” program will require schools to “identify and interrupt policies and practices that center historically advantaged social/cultural … Continue reading "Forget reading and math \u2014 Carranza wants focus on racial privilege, activism"

Kathy Zhu is an intelligent, global-class beauty, worthy of being crowned Miss World. Now, she’ll never get the chance. Her goal of achieving national and international beauty-pageant stardom — to join a rarified realm in which ladies are best advised to shake their booties, not their brains — was dashed last week when she was … Continue reading "Beauty queen Kathy Zhu fell victim to the left’s ugly bias"

Get ready for “The Brady Bunch” onslaught as the iconically kitschy series nears its 50th anniversary. A slew of “Brady Bunch”-inspired specials airing on Discovery Channel and Food Network are joining HGTV’s previously announced “A Very Brady Renovation” — documenting its replication of the interior of the show’s original split-level house in Studio City, Calif. … Continue reading "‘Brady Bunch’ takes over Food Network for 50th anniversary specials"

FBI agents descended on Los Angeles’s City Hall and a public utilities agency Monday amid a wide-ranging federal probe into the local government, according to a new report. Federal agents targeted City Hall, law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times, with an FBI van spotted outside the section that houses City Attorney Mike Feuer … Continue reading "FBI targets LA’s City Hall, DWP in scathing investigation"

While many so-called mature adults opt for showers — a good soak might be better for you. Just ask researchers at the University of Texas, who say taking a warm, well-timed bath before bedtime improves sleep in those with nighttime troubles. Published in the journal Sleep Medicine Reviews,  the multi-study review analyzed over 5,000 research … Continue reading "This kind of bath could give you the best sleep ever: study"

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Shane Lowry made the 68 years between British Opens in Northern Ireland worth the wait. The silver claret jug is staying on the Emerald Isle. Lowry, the 32-year-old Irishman with stout nerves and a soft touch around the greens, endured the worst weather of the week and the Sunday pressure of … Continue reading "Irishman Shane Lowry wins British Open for first career major"