President Trump and Ivanka Trump got a surprise welcome party at South Korea’s Blue House: members of superstar K-pop boy band EXO. An excited Ivanka gushed about the group’s “phenomenal” performance at the closing ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, which she attended, and cooed over copies of their latest CD, “Love Shot,” Read more about K-pop band EXO welcomes Trump family with signed albums[…]
Transit officials worldwide worry that ride-hail apps like Uber and Lyft are creating traffic and pulling passengers away from public transit. Amid that concern, Florida’s Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority in 2016 tried something unusual: It began to subsidize rides on Uber, taxis, or wheelchair-accessible cars that ended at a public transit stop. In a sense, Read more about Transit Agencies Turn to Uber for the Last Mile[…]
Fox’s hotly anticipated sci-fi series “The Flare” gets its own after-show, “What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage, ” premiering Sunday night. Well, sort of. In reality, “The Flare” is a fictional show, but it’s the template for “What Just Happened??!” (9:30 p.m.), an homage to after-shows and late-night talk shows that really is hosted by Read more about Fred Savage gives fandom a meta poke in ‘What Just Happened??!’[…]
The Supreme Court’s conservative justices ruled Thursday that the highest court doesn’t have the power to address partisan gerrymandering, the practice in which politicians redraw district maps to help their own party win more elections. In two cases, Lamone v. Benisek and Rucho v. Common Cause, the court split along ideological lines 5 to 4. Read more about Big Data Supercharged Gerrymandering. It Could Help Stop It Too[…]
Governor Andrew Cuomo is taking the wheel at the MTA — by testing out cars that don’t use them. The governor on Friday toured the Jerusalem offices of Intel subsidiary company Mobileye, which produces the video technology used to guide self-driving cars — suggesting that the same technology could be valuable on New York’s subways. Read more about Cuomo: Israeli robocar tech could work in NYC subways[…]
Kamala Harris rode her performance in Thursday night’s Democratic debate to “the best fundraising day of the campaign.” But one tactic that helped bring in $2 million in 24 hours is turning off some would-be supporters. During the debate, she took former Vice President Joe Biden to task for his past opposition to federally mandated Read more about Kamala Harris raises $2M in 24 hours with help of ‘That little girl was me’ shirts[…]
Joey Chestnut, the No. 1 competitive eater in the world, still isn’t exactly sure how he broke his own record last summer — eating 74 hot dogs (and buns) in just 10 minutes at the annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. “I just found a rhythm,” Chestnut, 35, told The Post. (His previous record, Read more about The wild, outrageous and downright disgusting secrets of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest[…]
Mayor de Blasio apologized pretty quickly for quoting Che Guevara to a Miami audience full of Cuban-Americans, but he still doesn’t get it — and neither do the countless lefties who think Che is cool. see also De Blasio apologizes for quoting Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara in Miami MIAMI — ¡ Que idiota! Mayor de Read more about De Blasio still doesn’t see what a monster Che Guevarra was[…]
The beer-guzzling season started early this year for the maker of Corona and Negra Modelo — sending its stock up more than $12 a share. Investors bid up shares of Constellation Brands more than 7 percent on Friday after the beer and wine maker said beer sales grew 7 percent during its fiscal first quarter. Read more about Corona parent’s stock is up after sales soar in first quarter[…]
Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular | Thursday, 8 p.m., NBC This year’s Macy’s extravaganza moves down river from Midtown East to the Brooklyn Bridge. The 25-minute display in honor of Independence Day has a musical theme this year: classic American Cinema and the score will feature instrumentals from American films such as John Williams’ Read more about Derek Hough is giddy to see his first NYC 4th of July fireworks[…]