Bill Clinton said he was “not surprised” his ailing wife fainted at a 9/11 memorial service last Sunday in lower Manhattan, playing down her spell by claiming that with “walking pneumonia … sometimes you can’t walk.”

The former president discussed Hillary Clinton’s medical episode Thursday in an appearance to promote the 12th — and final — Clinton Global Initiative on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”

“Well, you’re always concerned, but I was pretty sure I knew what it was because she had been working hard, she was dehydrated, she had been standing up a long time there, and, you know she wanted to go to that 9/11 ceremony, and we both thought it would be okay,” President Clinton told host Trevor Noah when he was asked whether he was concerned watching video of the fall.(nypost.com)…[+]

Jordan Preavy had it all as a junior in high school after making the football team. But that dream quickly became a nightmare for the 16-year-old when he was sodomized during a hazing ritual. Witnesses told police Preavy’s head “snapped back and he looked pained,” yelling “No!” and “Get off,” as he was assaulted through his clothes with a broomstick by at least two older teammates in 2011. Nearly a year later, just weeks after his 17th birthday, Preavy killed himself.

“Life as I knew it pretty much ended,” Sean Preavy, Jordan’s father, told ESPN during an hour-long “Outside the Lines” special. (nypost.com)…[+]

The hero cop who was hacked in the face after tackling a meat cleaver-wielding lunatic was released from a Manhattan hospital Friday afternoon with a 6-inch wound stretching from his left temple to his chin.

More than a hundred NYPD officers gathered at Bellevue Hospital clapped and cheered for Detective Brian O’Donnell, who was off duty at the time of the chaotic encounter in Midtown Thursday. A somber-looking O’Donnell waved and thanked supporters as he was pushed out of the hospital in a wheelchair with his family by his side. Career criminal Akram Joudeh, 32, sliced O’Donnell in the head with the cleaver after O’Donnell tackled him as cops were chasing Joudeh at the start of the evening rush hour.(nypost.com)…[+]

Donald Trump outlined his economic vision Thursday, focused on putting America’s national interests first, as he called for robust economic growth, tax reform, reduced regulation and better trade deals.

“I’m not running to be the president of the world, I’m running to be president of the United States,” Trump said, assuring the Economic Club of New York that his plan is US-centric.

Trump gave specific goals — and policy details — urging the US “to start thinking big once again.”

“[I]t is time to establish a national goal of reaching 4 percent economic growth,” he said. Robust economic growth, he said, would help America recover from its financial woes. “Over the next 10 years, our economic team estimates that under our plan, the economy will average 3.5 percent growth and create a total of 25 million new jobs.”(nypost.com)…[+]

Taxpaying New Yorkers are leaving in droves for other states.

In 2014, 126,000 tax filers fled to other places in the US — more people than in any other state, according to a study posted on newgeography.com.

The Empire State also lost the most “high earners,” who reported making more than $200,000 a year. “New York has been leading the nation in domestic migration for decades,” Wendell Cox, who co-authored the study, told the Albany Times Union.

While New York’s population is still growing, in part because of immigration, many residents are leaving for other states because of high property taxes, a lack of business opportunities and unaffordable homes.(nypost.com)…[+]

A driver got so furious when his car got slapped with a boot outside Penn Station that he attacked cops with a meat cleaver, and officers fired 18 shots at the maniac to stop his rampage, cops said.

Off-duty detective Brian O’Donnell, who jumped in to help stop Akram Judeh, 32, was struck in the face with the 11-inch blade and suffered a gash from his left temple down to his throat, said Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.

Judeh — a career criminal — was left splayed out on the street in a giant pool of blood on West 32nd Street and Broadway.(nypost.com)…[+]

An off-duty cop already on modified duty assaulted a female subway conductor aboard a Manhattan J train during morning rush hour Wednesday, sparking pandemonium among subway commuters who abandoned their belongings and ran for safety, officials and witnesses said.

The conductor opened the door to her booth in the middle of the train around 8:50 a.m., striking the off-duty officer with the door, as the train was pulling out of the Delancey Street-Essex Street station, police said.

The cop, identified by sources as Tremel Davis, 33, of Brooklyn, got into an argument with the conductor and shoved her to the floor, cops said.(nypost.com)…[+]

The stripper mother of an Ohio boy photographed in the back of an SUV with two adults passed out in the front from apparent heroin overdoses said she “bawled for four days straight” when she saw the horrifying image, according to a report.

“I want my boy back!” 25-year-old Reva McCullough told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview. Her reaction to the story that drew condemnation across the country came as the 4-year-old has found a new home. He will live with his great-aunt and great-uncle in South Carolina, Columbiana County Court Administrator Dane Walton told NBC News.(nypost.com)…[+]

Americans have a sick feeling about Hillary Clinton’s health.

Seventy-nine percent of voters have heard a lot or some about the Democratic presidential nominee’s health woes, according to a Morning Consult poll, which was taken after her caught-on-camera collapse during a 9/11 ceremony.

And 41 percent say her health is below average or very poor, compared to only 26 percent who said that in August. A plurality, 28 percent, rank her health as average. Last month, it was 30 percent. A little more than 2 in 10 (22 percent) say Clinton’s health is above average or excellent — down from 29 percent from a national poll in August.(nypost.com)…[+]

Ivanka Trump will be center stage Tuesday night as her father, Donald Trump, delivers what is expected to be a detailed “Childcare Affordability Plan,” according to the Trump campaign. “This is a policy proposal Ivanka has spent considerable time on, and reflects hours and hours of hard work to bring this proposal to fruition,” said senior communications advisor Jason Miller. The newly-detailed policy aims to make child care expenses more affordable for lower- and middle-class families. The plan will be rolled out in Aston, Pennsylvania.(nypost.com)…[+]