George Clooney and Rande Gerber are BFFs

This is the Pitts. To serve as his best man at Saturday's wedding, George Clooney turned not to famous buddy Brad, but to Rande Gerber, a titan of the night-life world who really does spell his first name like that. Gerber, who runs a string of high-end...

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Goldman has a long, cozy history with New York Fed

So, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D- Mass.) wants Congress to investigate Goldman Sachs' relationship with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This comes after a whistleblower tape-recorded conversations in which Fed officials seem to be treating Goldman...

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Judge finds Argentina in contempt of court

A Manhattan judge took the extreme and rare action of finding a sovereign nation — Argentina —in contempt of court on Monday. Judge Thomas Griesa, acknowledging it was an unusual ruling, said 'the court holds the Republic of Argentina is in civil contempt...

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Four spectacular outfits and a wedding for Mrs. Clooney

Modal Trigger Over the course of her wedding weekend, Amal was spotted wearing: Giambattista Valli, Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, Dolce & Gabbana and Stella McCartney. Photo: INF ; GC Images ; Splash News (2) Blooming Bride Amal in...

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All aboard the George and Amal love boat

As the sun set pink over Venice on Saturday evening, George Clooney rode up the Grand Canal in a water taxi in his last few minutes of public bachelorhood. A very happy George Clooney during his wedding weekend.Photo: AP The 53-year-old actor looked...

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US-led airstrikes hit four Syrian provinces

BEIRUT — U.S.-led coalition warplanes bombed Islamic State group positions overnight across four provinces in northern and eastern Syria, hitting a grain silo as well as the country's largest gas plant, activists said Monday. Washington and its Arab...

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SUNY offering ‘healthy breakup training’

Students at State University of New York campuses will soon be offered "healthy breakup training," while faculty will learn how to avoid sexual harassment. The nation's largest public university system is taking a proactive approach to tackling sex...

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Cuomo questions spread of terrorism while in Afghanistan

Cuomo questions spread of terrorism while in Afghanistan | New York Post Sign in / Register See something newsworthy?Tell us about it!or email tips@nypost.com(all tips will be submitted anonymously) September 29,...

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New Afghan president sworn in

KABUL, Afghanistan — Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in Monday as Afghanistan's new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country's first democratic transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban. Moments after Ghani Ahmadzai...

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More bodies found after volcano erupts

KISO, Japan — Five more bodies were found near the summit of a Japanese volcano on Monday, bringing the total presumed dead to 36, police said, as toxic gases and ash from the still-erupting mountain forced rescue workers to halt efforts to recover the...

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There’s something in the water at Charli XCX’s hometown

Charli XCX is prepping her concert tour and new album release, so we thought we'd do some digging into the "Boom Clap" singer's pop credentials. It turns out there's something in the water in her hometown of Bishop's Stortford in the UK. The punky princess,...

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Raúl De Molina: Networks need to pay attention to Hispanics

Univision TV host and former paparazzi photographer Raúl De Molina was in town last week, drawing a parade of fans of his afternoon show as he visited restaurants across the city. Bon viveur De Molina treated "On the Money" to breakfast at the Mandarin...

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Developer in battle over landmarked buildings

A developer claims it is being forced to keep two landmarked but "architecturally insignificant" Upper East Side apartment buildings because of "anti-developer political animus," according to a lawsuit. For years, The Stahl Organization has sought to...

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Recent White House intrusion wasn’t even the worst of it

The recent White House security lapse, in which a crazed man with a knife to scale a fence and waltz through the unlocked front door, is nothing compared to a terrifying incident three years earlier, it was reported Saturday. The Washington Post disclosed...

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Rob Ford makes first appearance since cancer hospitalization

TORONTO — Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has jumped back into the spotlight for the first time since being hospitalized for cancer, receiving a boisterous welcome. Rob Ford speaks at his first public event since being released from the hospital...

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Rutgers’ Flood: We’re not looking past Tulane

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — With a four-game test of Michigan, Ohio State, Nebraska and Wisconsin looming on the horizon, Rutgers' game against non-Power 5 doormat Tulane on Saturday (noon, ESPNews) looks like the proverbial trap game, the quintessential underdog...

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Rod Stewart look-alike runs amok in New York City

Some guys have all the pluck. At least one phony Rod Stewart with spiked blond locks and a cockney accent is duping star-struck fans and restaurant owners across the city into thinking he's the legendary crooner, The Post has learned. The bogus Brit,...

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Why Nick Faldo called Sergio Garcia ‘useless’

GLENEAGLES, Scotland — Former Ryder Cup star and 2008 captain Nick Faldo, speaking on NBC Friday, ripped Sergio Garcia, calling him "useless" in the 2008 Ryder Cup because of a "bad attitude." Faldo, the only European captain to lose since 1999, made...

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Top local hoop stars still playing football

The high school season bleeds into the frenetic AAU year which then leads into fall ball. Basketball prospects get no break — it's a 365 days a year grind. Three highly thought of prospects from Long Island are saying enough is enough. Long Island...

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Derek Jeter to finish career as DH against rival Red Sox

BOSTON — Derek Jeter wants to watch the replay of his emotional and scintillating final game at Yankee Stadium because he admitted his mind wasn't always right during the evening that pebbled a lot of flesh. Nevertheless, when the retiring shortstop...

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India’s PM sued for genocide in US court

The Prime Minister of India is being sued for genocide, according to court documents filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court. The American Justice Center filed a complaint on behalf of anonymous plaintiffs against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who...

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More undocumented immigrants can join military: Defense Dept.

More undocumented immigrants will be eligible to join the US military, the Defense Department announced Thursday. The Pentagon is expanding a program that now allows recruiters to target skilled undocumented immigrants with expertise in ­areas such...

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Bahamas beachfront battle heats up between tycoons

A battle over beachfront property in the Bahamas is heating up — and this time it's billionaire hedge fund mogul Louis Bacon who is getting sand kicked in his face. Bacon, caught in a nasty spat with Canadian clothing magnate Peter Nygard, his neighbor...

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Sears Canada braces for possible bankruptcy as CEO leaves

Sears Canada is beginning to brace itself for a possible bankruptcy. The cash-strapped department-store chain has begun to reach out to top law firms in Canada in a desperate search for restructuring advisers as it weighs a potential Chapter 11 filing,...

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Wall Street scared new Attorney General could be Preet

Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to the exit door — and that's making Wall Street nervous. Executives in the financial services industry see Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara as a possible successor — and with his tough-on-corporate-crime history...

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Hustler founder is taking the porn empire public

Larry Flynt is making noises about taking his Hustler porn empire public. The 71-year-old porn king, who has expanded well beyond his monthly magazine into Web sites, casinos, a TV network and a licensing division, thinks the business could be worth...

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Blouin files counterclaim to ex-employees’ backpay suit

The Red Queen is striking back. Seven months after former Art + Antiques publisher Kate Shanley and former Associate Publisher Wendy Buckley filed a joint lawsuit claiming they were owed back pay and expenses totaling more than $250,000, Louise Blouin,...

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Allergan must prove it isn’t thwarting acquisition: expert

Botox maker Allergan has its work cut out for it. The company, which is looking to fend off a hostile bid by Valeant and billionaire Bill Ackman, must clear this bar: it has to prove the principal reason for its offer to buy smaller rival Salix Pharmaceuticals...

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Lane Bryant’s stock plummets after disappointing sales

For Wall Street, betting on the plus-size fashion market can be treacherous. Shares of Ascena Retail Group, whose chains include Lane Bryant and its smaller plus-size operation, Catherine's, plummeted 17 percent Tuesday, their biggest one-day drop since...

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Kohl’s parkas ‘faux-fur’ found to be real

When it comes to fur, Kohl's keeps trying to pass off the real thing as fake. The department store's Web site on Tuesday was selling a parka with a "faux-fur" trimmed hood, but an investigation by the Humane Society of the US found otherwise. In fact,...

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Lopez says he can’t pay any potential settlement money

Disgraced former state Assemblyman Vito Lopez is waving a tin cup, saying he can't find a job — and can't pay any potential settlement in a pending federal sexual-harassment lawsuit accusing him of groping two former underlings. His claim, if true,...

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Preet Bharara threatens legal action over jail conditions

Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara on Monday threatened to take legal action against the city for failing to reform the problem-plagued jail on Rikers Island. He said "questionable promotions" of officials there and the alleged withholding of information...

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Fiscal Policy Institute proposes tax on luxe pied-á-terres

Left-wing allies of Mayor de Blasio have come up with a new way to tax the rich by going after nonresidents who buy expensive co-ops and condos that they seldom use. The liberal Fiscal Policy Institute on Monday proposed a tax of up to 4 percent on...

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Queen of Spain visits Washington Heights school

The queen of Spain wants New York City students to explore a new world. Queen Letizia was deluged by questions from excited youngsters at Dos Puentes Elementary School in Washington Heights on Monday in her first official visit to New York as head of...

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Hamas suspects in slaying of Israeli teens killed

JERUSALEM — Israeli special forces stormed a West Bank hideout early on Tuesday and killed two Palestinians suspected in the June abduction and slaying of three Israeli teenagers, a gruesome attack that had triggered a chain of events that led to the...

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Meeks’ Iraq trip nixed over fellow lawmaker’s ban from country

WASHINGTON — Rep. Gregory Meeks got bumped from a taxpayer-funded trip to northern Iraq because his travel companion and fellow lawmaker had been banned from the country. "They did not let us go," Meeks (D-Queens) told The Post after a lawmaker raised...

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Cabs are key to saving MTA money with Access-A-Ride

The MTA is saving millions of dollars a year — by putting people in cabs. Users of the MTA's Access-A-Ride service were diverted to taxis for 2 million trips, or 30 percent of the time, last year — largely with low-cost cab vouchers issued by the agency....

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More parents join suit to overturn tenure laws

The parents of two Queens students who say they were abused by their science teacher have joined a lawsuit to overturn New York's tenure laws. Laurie Townsend and Christine Grendeau — whose kids attend PS 101 in Forest Hills — became plaintiffs after...

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Roosting on Riis’ piece at Tribeca’s Church Street Tavern

Tribeca's Church Street Tavern is a long way from that neighborhood's humble beginnings. The restaurant, at 313 Church St., will open its doors this week, along with Bandit's Roost, the exclusive lounge downstairs, Side Dish has learned. The latter...

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Biz mag giants size up power players for fall

Power is an elusive thing. Everyone wants it, but few have it. And those who do have power, be it financial or military or cultural, end up losing it in one way or another. In some ways it's like Justice Potter Stewart's description of obscenity: "I...

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Fresh ‘Once Upon a Time in America’ cut worth every second

Sometimes even a masterpiece can get better — as audiences at the New York Film Festival will discover when a new, extended restoration of Sergio Leone's enigmatic gangster epic "Once Upon a Time in America" makes its American debut Saturday. At 4 hours...

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