Dear Eric: I retired a couple of years ago. I, like many people, I think, have realized that most of my friends and even acquaintances were work-related. My family doesn’t live close. I’ve always been a loner, so this doesn’t normally even bother me. I recently had a health issue come up where I needed a “responsible… Read More »

PHILADELPHIA — The Mets can blame their four-game losing streak on facing four pitchers who were nearly unhittable, and they wouldn’t be wrong. However, the thing about facing good pitching as a potential playoff team is that in the playoffs, you have to be able to hit good pitching. Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Ranger Suarez shut… Read More »

With an erratic bullpen ruining their eagerly-awaited series-opener against the first-place Tigers, the Yankees lost a 12-2 laugher on Tuesday. The Bombers are now 80-64 on the season. The Blue Jays and Red Sox, the two teams fighting the Yankees atop the American League East, had yet to finish playing by the time the pinstripers… Read More »

Actor James McAvoy reportedly got sucker punched in a Toronto bar late Monday by a stranger who was being shown the door. The unprovoked, out-of-the-blue blow blindsided the “Speak No Evil” actor, who was in town for the world premiere of his directorial debut “California Schemin’ ” at the Toronto International Film Festival. McAvoy and… Read More »

The city’s Board of Elections on Tuesday approved putting housing measures to fast-track development on the November ballot, after Gov. Hochul — who has the power to remove BOE commissioners — got involved in the matter. The ballot proposals, which were pushed forward by Mayor Adams’ Charter Revision Commission, have been at the center of… Read More »

PHILADELPHIA — The last time the Mets came back to win a game after being down in the eighth inning or later, it was when Pete Alonso hit that infamous home run in Game 3 of the Wild Card series against the Milwaukee Brewers last October. Alonso was floored when heard, thinking the Mets had… Read More »

A Connecticut man was charged Monday with two counts of murder for a deadly New Haven shooting that his attorney claims was self-defense. Sergio Thomas, 39, was accused of killing Daiquan Hyman, 26, and Ernest Williams, 32, on Aug. 25, the New Haven Register reported. He was arraigned Monday and held on $3 million bail.… Read More »

By FATMA KHALED and STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement Tuesday in Cairo to pave the way for resuming cooperation, including on ways of relaunching inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities. The announcement followed a meeting among Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, his Iranian counterpart… Read More »

Charlie Sheen could soon return to the screen, and not just for his explosive Netflix documentary out this week. The Emmy-nominated “Two and a Half Men” alum, 60, teased his return to acting when speaking to TMZ in his native New York on Tuesday — one day before the release of “aka Charlie Sheen,” and… Read More »

Actor Raymond Cruz, best known for playing drug lord Tuco Salamanca on “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” was arrested after he allegedly sprayed a woman with a garden hose in Los Angeles, according to reports. Cruz was washing his car when the incident occurred on Monday around 10:40 a.m., People reported. According to his… Read More »