A fishing boat capsized off the New Jersey shore on Thursday after it was hit by a whale, police said. Two people aboard the 20-foot vessel were tossed into waters one mile off Deal, N.J. in the collision with the sea creature, but were rescued and not injured, authorities said. State police even had some...

Clubgoers fled from a Manhattan nightspot Thursday after they were overcome by noxious fumes, authorities said. Firefighters rushed to The Iridium jazz club at 9:48 p.m. to find 28 sickened people outside on West 51st Street and Broadway, officials said. They complained of headaches and nausea — consistent with carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide poisoning,...

An 8-year-old Bronx boy said Thursday he was terrified when a mugger sneaked into his building, threatened him with physical harm and ripped away his iPhone. “I was scared,” the little boy told The Post. “The only thing I worried about was my phone.” The theft happened at about 5:50 p.m. on Monday when a...

The head of the city’s sergeants union blasts NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill in an incendiary new letter — accusing him of allowing “lawlessness and complete lack of respect for police officers” to rein on city streets. “Simply put, Commissioner, things are out of control and seem destined to just get worse,” Ed Mullins, who heads...

She’s looking pretty good for a 75-year-old nicknamed “the Decrepit.” More than 300 former crew members feted the 75th anniversary of the ever-stalwart USS Intrepid at Pier 86 Thursday, marveling at how the “most frequently hit carrier” in the Navy is still shipshape. “I’m proud of it. It’s taken a lot to keep it in...

NBA journeyman J.J. Redick claims he freaked after seeing a woman apparently being caged under a blanket in the back of his car service in Manhattan, prompting him to jump out and call cops. Redick shared the story on his “The J.J. Redick Podcast” on Thursday, saying it happened Wednesday after he had done a...

Jumaane Williams, who’s running for lieutenant governor, refused Thursday to explain how he could claim thousands of dollars in tax deductions for “grooming and maintenance” expenses that usually aren’t allowed by the IRS. The Brooklyn city councilman released five years worth of returns on Wednesday, and they included write-offs totaling about $8,000 for such personal...

A man suffered life-threatening injuries when he fell in front of an oncoming subway in Brooklyn Thursday evening, cops said. The 30-year-old victim was standing on the N-line platform when he fell and was struck by a southbound train just before 5 p.m. at the 59th Street station in Sunset Park, police said. The victim...

A jury saw brutal videos of dogs ruthlessly attacking each other during the Manhattan federal trial for a man accused of animal fighting and conspiracy. Rasheed Richardson, 29, bought and trained dogs to be strong and vicious so that they could be champion killer animals, prosecutors said. When cops and the ASPCA searched Richardson’s Bronx...

She should have seen this coming. A Midtown psychic already charged with swindling $800,000 from two clients was re-arrested Thursday for scamming more than 10 additional victims. Ann Thompson, 42, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court to 17 counts, including scheme to defraud, grand larceny and forgery. Prosecutor Michael Lumley said that Thompson...

Cue the Frank Sinatra! Staten Island’s Mid-Island youth baseball team won its first Little League World Series game on Thursday by a score of 5-2. The boys opened against Midwest Regional champ Grandview LL of Des Moines, Iowa, in the first round of the tournament. An estimated 200 people made the trip to Williamsport, Pa.,...

A Bronx predator who enslaved a 14-year-old girl and sold her for sex has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars, authorities said. Creep Jermel Rosario called the teen a member of his “Cupcake Mafia,” and lured her into the home he shared with his wife and kids after she ran away from her own...

Prosecutors Thursday charged yet another MS-13 goon in connection with the murder of a Long Island 16-year-old. Ruendy Jhonatan Hernandez-Vasquez is accused of taking part in the October 2016 group slaying of Javier Castillo, who was hacked to death with a machete after being mistaken for a rival gang member. Hernandez-Vasquez was arraigned alongside alleged...

Lightning struck twice for a Westchester woman who won a $1.4 million jackpot at the Empire City Casino over the weekend — the second time she’s won big at the Yonkers gaming complex in five months. The woman, identified only as Theresa P. from Ossining, first scored a record-breaking $2,919,162 Wheel of Fortune jackpot in...

NEW YORK — New York University is offering free tuition for all of its medical students. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday the move is a first among major U.S. medical schools. Rising tuition and six-figure loans have been pushing new doctors into higher-paying fields and contributing to a shortage of researchers and primary care...

That wasn’t salt next to the tequila. Barbacks and cooks at five popular joints on Long Island’s East End — including spots frequented by Scarlett Johansson and Matt Harvey — were busted for dealing cocaine at a markup worthy of the Hamptons, officials said Thursday. The 16 suspects arrested Wednesday, most of them seasonal workers...

A Westchester man swimming off the coast of Cape Cod was attacked by a shark this week, officials said. William Lytton, 61, of Scarsdale, had been enjoying a swim at Long Nook Beach in Truro, Mass., on Wednesday when the shark struck. He suffered deep puncture wounds to his torso and legs in the attack,...

The NYPD paid Spike Lee — one of its fiercest critics — more than $200,000 to help launch a new policing program aimed at improving relations with minority communities. The department tapped the “Do the Right Thing” director in 2016 as a consultant for the campaign, a spokesman for the department’s nonprofit New York City...

Fans paid tribute to the undisputed “Queen of Soul” with a series of graffitied signs and messages in Tribeca’s Franklin Street subway station. “ARETHA” was scrawled in white marker above “Franklin Street” signs on the 1 train platform on Thursday, while a set of stairs on the southbound side of the station were adorned with...

Window washers became stuck on a scaffold more than 500 feet above ground — on the top floor of the UN Secretariat Building — Thursday morning, authorities said. The two workers were stuck on the 39th floor of the building, which lies within the UN Headquarters complex at 405 E. 42nd St., an FDNY spokesperson...