MR GRADY'S DAILY BLOG: AMERICAS EARLY BIRD NEWS

NIGHTCLUB HORROR: Multiple casualties in mass shooting at gay club Pulse in Orlando, Florida; shooter inside club dead

Gunshots rang out during a mass shooting that struck before closing time at the club early Sunday.

STASI THE HATE'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH GOD: GOP senator's 'prayer' for Obama underscores misplaced spite for the POTUS

That hatred was laser-pointed at the President by Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia, who recited the beginning of Psalm 109.

'BULLETS DON'T HAVE NO NAME': Bronx mother of three children gunned down protecting her kids during shooting in park

When Jessica White saw a man dressed in black start shooting into the playground, she jumped up – then took a bullet to the chest

Las Vegas driver arrested after wounding two adults and three kids, two critically, in suspected hit-and-run

A suspected hit-and-run driver plowed into a group of five people — the youngest just 6-years-old — at a Las Vegas intersection, cops said.

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Missing Australian traveler’s body found on Brazil beach

A body that washed up on a beach near Rio de Janeiro is that of an Australian traveler.

Kentucky cop shot in chest while chasing down fleeing suspect

A shot Louisville, Ky., cop sparked a manhunt for his assailant late Saturday, authorities said.

Exclusive Red Hook East Houses have thousands of apartments with lead paint — the most of any housing project in the city

Thousands of residents — who have lived in the apartments for decades — may have been exposed to dangerous amounts of lead paint.

Trump expects some Pro Bowl support at GOP convention

Las Vegas Uber driver returns tote bag filled with $7G worth of chips, cash to World Series of Poker player Jacob Brundage

A World Series of Poker player says he hit an "emotional jackpot" thanks to an Uber driver who returned his $7,000 ante.

CRUEL QUARTET: 4 teen girls beat woman for ‘sucking teeth’ at them on Brooklyn subway

A 21-year-old woman was attacked by a group of teenage girls after she sucked her teeth at them in disgust on a Manhattan-bound A train in Brooklyn, cops said Saturday.

Brooklyn cop hospitalized after slipping during chase of crazed man

A Brooklyn cop was hospitalized with a head injury Saturday morning after he fell chasing an emotionally disturbed man.

German protesters form human chain against U.S. drone strikes

Demonstrators formed a human chain near a U.S. air base in western Germany.

Texas MMA fighter's wife cites 'gun play' in his shooting death

Exclusive Good Samaritan bashed in the head with glass bottle by subway flasher he told to zip up his pants

When a good Samaritan stepped in to stop a creep from flashing a woman on a subway, the sicko bashed a glass bottle over his head.

Hot air balloon handler falls to his death when aircraft is blown into the sky in ‘freak accident’ in N.Y.

A member of a hot air balloon crew fell to his death Friday night after the aircraft was unexpectedly lifted into the sky by intense winds.

Off-duty NYPD cop arrested for refusing DUI test

An apparently drunk off-duty cop was arrested after she rear-ended a car and then refused to take a Breathalyzer.

PRETTY LITTLE LIAR: Pa. beauty queen who faked having cancer pleads guilty to donation theft

Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates, 24, entered a guilty plea to four counts of theft by deception and four counts of receiving stolen property.

Embattled Mike Carey out as CBS' NFL rules analyst: sources

Tenn. man charged with drunken driving said he needed key for chastity belt ‘attached to his penis’

A Tennessee man charged with drunken driving had to have officers track down the key for the chastity belt that was “attached to his penis."

Trump insists Don King gave endorsement, despite repeated denials

Donald Trump just can’t drop the Don.

Mets bucking the trend by drafting a black pitcher

In Justin Dunn the Mets are betting on a hot stock, sort of a baseball version of Google going public.

Hit-and-run driver kills Bronx cyclist hours after passenger dies in Brooklyn collision in night of vehicular mayhem

A 26-year-old man was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bike to see his girlfriend in the Bronx early Saturday — during a night of vehicular mayhem that also saw a 20-year-old man killed in Brooklyn, officials said.

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Belmont Stakes revelers enjoy ‘a beautiful day at the races’ watching Creator win 148th running

Even without a Triple Crown on the line, thousands of racing fans headed to Belmont Park Saturday.

Child-sex abuse victim says Brooklyn Jewish group ignored, covered up allegations

Manny Waks says he was sexually abused as a child in Australia, by a member of a Brooklyn-based Jewish group.

See it SUBWAY SAVIORS: Riders pull unconscious man from tracks at NYC's City Hall station with just minutes to spare

A trio of straphangers are being hailed as heroes after they were caught on camera pulling an unconscious man from the train tracks at the City Hall station.