MR GRADY'S DAILY BLOG: AMERICAS NEWS

Gun Owners of America director actively encouraging his members to take violent actions against elected officials they disagree with

Larry Pratt, executive director of the group Gun Owners of America, was quoted Tuesday as saying he’s 'kind of glad' if lawmakers fear violence from members of his organization.

Raissman: Adam Wainwright drops ball with his delivery on Derek Jeter remark at All-Star Game

Derek Jeter’s All-Star finale had everything, including controversy. And perhaps a pitcher who cut El Capitan some slack. During the tilt, Fox’s Ken Rosenthal reported — well after it was blowing up on Twitter — that Cardinals hurler Adam Wainwright said he threw Jeter a couple of first-inning pitches “he could handle.” Jeter, leading off for the AL, lined one into the right field corner for a double.

TEEN TERROR: Texas girl, 13, arrested after allegedly threatening cancer patient, entire town on Facebook

The teen allegedly posted a date where she was 'going to kill everybody in Splendora.' The girl first ominously messaged a boy battling cancer, telling him he 'should have died.'

Adam Silver can't guarantee Donald Sterling's ouster as Clippers owner by season's start

Eyebrow-raising testimony, abrupt changes of plans, courtroom delays. If there is one thing NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has learned during the Donald Sterling saga, it's that there are no guarantees.

Staten Island man charged with stockpiling weapons had them in case of 'doomsday,' 'zombie apocalypse'

Nelson Quinones, 42, and his roommate, Meritza Hay, 37, were arrested Friday morning after cops said they seized two loaded pistols and 43 rounds of ammunition from their home.

J.Lo's new beau sounds off: H'wood ruins relationships

Mom of Cooper Harris, tot killed in hot car, asks for privacy as husband eyed in murder

A Georgia woman whose husband has been accused of murdering their 22-month-old child in his hot SUV last month lashed out against media scrutiny in a statement Tuesday as her lawyer asked the public to give “her the dignity to mourn her son in private.”

SEE IT: Camera captures tornado demolishing store

A surveillance camera was rolling as two EF-4 twisters, powering estimated 166-200 mph wind gusts, passed near a Pilger store last month. Astonishingly the video camera managed to stay attached and film the building's destruction.

United Airlines OK with raising wages to $10.10

United Airlines has signaled that it won’t fight a Port Authority demand to raise the pay of its contract workers at area airports.

EDITORIAL If you lift Gov. Cuomo's curtain it will reveal details of a politically charged ad campaign

Hammond: In high-quality TV ads popping up in living rooms across the country, Gov. Cuomo is telling the world that New York State is “Open for Business.” But exactly how he’s spending the public’s money to broadcast that message is closed to public scrutiny.

Rihanna's #FreePalestine tweet was mistake: report

EDITORIAL We need to be protected from our principals

Goldstein: Every day, it seems, I read about a new lawsuit to do away with teacher tenure. The crusade reminds me of my friend Harris Lirtzman.

All clear at Ohio University after report of shooting in dorm on Athens campus: officials

University officials warned students and staff on social media about the investigation at Gamertsfelder Hall around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday

LEFT FOR DEAD: Texas funeral home apparently abandons several corpses after it's served eviction notice

Police are investigating several unidentified and apparently abandoned bodies inside a Texas funeral home, where operators had been evicted two weeks ago, authorities said Tuesday.

Suspected norovirus sickens many swimming in northwest lakes

More than 20 people in Washington State are sick after contracting what's suspected to be norovirus from a lake southwest of Seattle, health officials said.

Oops! Lohan takes a tumble at Italy film festival

'Schizophrenic' Florida man kills two with baseball bat and takes own life hours after being turned away from help facility: family

A "schizophrenic" Florida man beat two women to death with a baseball bat and critically injured a third person before taking his own life — just hours after he was turned away from a help facility, his family said.

HATE WEARS A BADGE: Florida cop resigns, another fired after federal investigation links them to KKK

Deputy Chief David Borst resigned from the Fruitland Park Police Department July 10, after he was confronted with a report that linked him to the KKK. Fired officer George Hunnewell was also linked to the group.

SIT ON IT! Phony Queens doctor busted for botched butt lift sentenced to 2 years in jail

Liliana Coello, 40, apologized in a Queens courtroom during her Tuesday sentencing for the catastrophic cosmetic surgery — including a follow-up treatment with Krazy Glue.

Dozen guests rescued after Transformers ride gets stuck at Universal Studios in Orlando

Firefighters used safety harnesses and rope to lift a dozen thrill-seekers from Transformers: The Ride 3-D on Tuesday. No one was injured during the incident.

New York

SEE IT Locals are outraged over airplanes flying ads featuring sex and swastikas over Rockaway Beach

Sunbathers were horrified by a pro-swastika ad that flew over Rockaway Beach last weekend — one summer after a banner bearing a nude model fluttered above kids on the Fourth of July.

1 dead, 2 wounded after being shot while inside car in Harlem; cops searching for gunman

One man was dead and two more were wounded after at least one gunman opened fire on a car stopped on an upper Manhattan street early Tuesday, cops said.

Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus found in Queens, parts of Staten Island

Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have been discovered in Douglaston, College Point and parts of Staten Island - the first appearance of the dangerous virus this year.

Queens man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his parents over fear they'd leave him out of their will

Shane Jaggarnauth, 26, was sentenced to life without parole Tuesday. In September 2011, he shot his parents to death because he feared he would be cut out of their will.

Spanish tourist struck by bus blames driver

A Spanish tourist struck by a commuter bus in Hell’s Kitchen said she and her aunt had the right of way when they were hit.

LATEST FROM AROUND NEW YORK

VIDEO Two Staten Island teachers help students build solar-powered car for national competition

Charles Dazzo and Gerard D’Ambrosio serve as the mentors of the Green Tech Team at Staten Island’s Tottenville High School, which built a solar-powered car that scored second place in a national competition last year.

Mentally ill homeless man who randomly knifed woman on Upper East Side gets 12 years in prison

Curtis Forteau, 31, pleaded guilty last month to attempted murder for knifing Sabatha Tirado in 2012.

Man sues NYPD over false arrest in police bounty case

A Brooklyn security guard is suing the NYPD detectives who arrested him for posting on the Internet a $10,000 bounty to kill a cop in retaliation for the fatal shooting of a teenager in Brooklyn.

Gov. Cuomo raises $8.5M in last six months, has $35M on hand

Gov. Cuomo raised a hefty $8.5 million the past six months, his campaign revealed in its new financial disclosure filing. At the same time, Cuomo spent $6.8 million, leaving him with $35 million on hand.

Jeff Goldblum, 61, proposes to 31-year-old girlfriend

First-person account: Cringing and scrounging in the dark amid Gaza's hell

A lot of explosions can be heard and those that are furthest away from me are still close, as Gaza is so small. The radio presenter on the local channel is reciting family names, telling them that their houses have been targets and identifying the locations of the explosions. This is a typical night since Israel’s Operation Protective Edge started last week.

Three relatives of CityTime scammer get spared prison sentences for role in $30M scheme

Mark Mazer roped his mother, wife and a cousin into the swindle that netted him $30 million from the tax-payer funded project.

Traffic violations caught on city cameras rake in growing revenues

Drivers accustomed to keeping an eye out for a cop with a radar gun and a summons book should be more worried about a hidden camera.

Journalist who became a headline after going public with undocumented immigrant status held at Texas airport

Journalist and advocate Jose Antonio Vargas, who worked for years and even won a Pulitzer Prize as an undocumented immigrant, was held by the U.S. Border Patrol in South Texas Tuesday and later released.

Boston Marathon survivor Jeff Bauman and fiancée welcome baby girl

Jeff Bauman, 28 — who lost both his legs in the horrific bombing — and his fiancée, Erin Hurley, welcomed their first baby, Nora Gail Bauman, on Sunday, a post on his Facebook page said.

Chrissy: I was fired from Forever 21 for being 'fat'

Rep. Michael Grimm's fundraising in the dumps following indictment

Since his April indictment, Rep. Michael Grimm’s fund-raising has been, well, grim.

Conn. nightclub shuts down after weekend shooting injured 5 people

The Stamford club where five bystanders were hit in a spray of gunfire over the weekend has taken down its signs and shuttered its doors for a month, the Daily News learned.

Critics blast Rep. Maloney for violating FAA rules with wedding photography drone

Maloney is considered a favorite in the race to represent New York’s 18th District, which includes suburbs and exurbs north of New York.

TOGETHER AGAIN: Baby who suffered heart attack 2 days after birth reunited with twin brother

A baby who had a heart attack at just 48 hours old and faced never walking or talking has finally returned home to join his twin brother.

Amanda Knox’s ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito says he’s innocent — according to his thesis

The 30-year-old co-defendant of Amanda Knox reportedly analyzed online social media to find if more people believed him innocent or guilty of killing Meredith Kercher in 2007.

FINDING HOPE: How creative radiation treatment at New York-Presbyterian saved her life — while she was pregnant

Timmy Sternberg's first birthday party in June was a low-key celebration — just his parents, his three big brothers, and a homemade cake in the family’s Washington Heights apartment.

Cutting-edge treatment at Montefiore's Headache Center helps journalist battle years-long migraine misery

First came the nausea. Then the crushing head pain. At its worst, Grace Gold’s migraines were happening 15 days a month, causing unrelenting suffering from the time she was 14 years old.

Former pro soccer player battles concussion syndrome with the help of doctors at NYU Langone Medical Center

The concussion symposium was coming to a close when a 20-something woman stood up to ask a final question.

Practice makes perfect for surgeons using high-tech simulators to save lives at Brooklyn's Maimonides Medical Center

Death seemed preferable to surgery when Aleksandra Gelfand learned she had a bulging aneurysm. “I say, ‘Never,’” Gelfand told the News. “I live 75 years. That's it."

ONE MOTHER'S TRIUMPH: Mt. Sinai helps 'older' moms see pregnancy through to success

No more midnight movies or dancing til dawn. But first-time mom Karen Moulding doesn’t mind. She waited a very long time to have a baby.

Docs at St. Francis Hospital's cardiac canter held working mom's heart in their hands after she suffered a ruptured aorta

One day she was a hard-charging editor for Scholastic — commuting to Manhattan, juggling career, family and being supermom to her two young sons. The next day, Tara Funk was at death’s door.

Sports

Five Giants with something to prove in training camp

Eli Manning says he’s energized and revitalized, ready and excited to learn a new offensive scheme for the first time in a decade. And next week, when the Giants open training camp in East Rutherford, their two-time Super Bowl MVP quarterback will finally get to show it.

Tweet calls Yankee captain Michael Jeter, same name as late actor

It doesn't take much for the Internet to pounce and Tuesday one erroneous tweet from the CBS account and it was off to the races.

Commissioner Selig: MLB wasn't aware of A-Rod's exemption

Bud Selig told the baseball writers at the All-Star game Tuesday that Major League Baseball did not know Alex Rodriguez had been given a pass to use testosterone in the 2007 season.

Grilling NFL trainers could kick off DEA investigation

First, they'll hit the trainers. The federal drug agents investigating the painkiller abuse in NFL locker rooms will most likely pressure trainers for information before turning their sights on team doctors and executives, former prosecutor David S. Weinstein told the Daily News on Tuesday.