MR GRADY'S DAILY BLOG: AMERICAS NEWS

Legislator admits she paid $8K for FAKE marriage to game immigration system into granting her U.S. citizenship — she faces prison

New York State Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa was elected in 2012 to represent upper Manhattan but now she has admitted to engaging in a fake three-year marriage in order to become a U.S. citizen before seeking public office.

Banker hubby sues real estate ex for money that was meant for never-hired nanny

A quarrelling big-bucks Upper West Side couple are back at each other’s throats, court papers reveal.

Missing California firefighter found dead in rugged terrain near campsite where he was last seen alive

A California firefighter who went missing two weeks ago during a camping trip after he ran after his dog has been found dead among rugged terrain in Los Padres National Forest, authorities said Friday.

Mexican police helicopter opens fire on U.S. border patrol agents, but later denies it

The helicopter was carrying out a law enforcement operation when it mistakenly traveled north into Arizona's Tohono O'odham Reservation and fired, according to border agents.

Prince Harry shows his playful side with day-care children in Chile

Britain’s Prince Harry, taking a tour of Chile, stopped by a day-care center for at-risk, indigenous children in Santiago on Friday.

Who's up next on 'The View' after shake-up?

Vets department's heatlh care has 'significant' failures: review

WASHINGTON — A review ordered by President Obama found that the health care system operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs is beset by “significant and chronic system failures.”

Brooklyn affordable housing units going to families making $100K: officials

Most of the “affordable” housing units to be built at the long-stalled Atlantic Yards project will go to families making at least $100,000 a year — a reflection of the high cost of living in the city, officials said.

SEE IT Phillies announcer catches home run while broadcasting game live

Play-by-play man Tom McCarthy was the only Phillies announcer who brought his glove with him for a special broadcast from the center-field stands Friday night.

California woman sprayed poison weed killer in face of 7-year-old: cops

Julie Rodenhuis, 60, who has been fighting with her neighbors in the California coastal community of Grover Beach allegedly sprayed weed killer into the face of a neighbor’s kid.

Amy Adams gives up first class seat to U.S. soldier on flight

Former Fox 5 reporter gets 26 years for child sex assault in New Jersey

Charles Leaf was sentenced Friday to 26 years in prison after being found guilty on several charges including the sexual assault of a 4-year-old girl at his home in New Jersey.

Ex-New York union official gets house arrest for conspiring with mob against rival union local

It was a bittersweet sentence for a reputed Genovese mob associate convicted of conspiring to keep a rival union local from organizing workers at a Long Island chocolate factory.

New Hampshire jury convicts man of rape, murder of college student after lurid trial filled with sex and violence

A jury on Friday convicted a 31-year-old man of killing and raping a University of New Hampshire college student following a trial filled with lurid details of sexual domination, experimentation and violence.

Texas parents kept adopted son locked in garage for 5 years with once-weekly food delivery: cops

A couple allegedly kept their adopted adult son locked up for up to five years, details police only learned after they arrested the 22-year-old for stealing underwear from a neighbor’s home.

Ruffalo: Affleck is why I'm not friends with Jennifer Garner

University students want Hillary Clinton to give lecture at UNLV for free

Hillary Clinton pulled down a cool $300,000 to speak at UCLA in March — and now enraged students want her to forgo a $225,000 fee for a planned visit to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Teenage girl found hanged in basement of apartment building in Queens: NYPD

Alejandra Parapi’s family resides on the third floor of a three-story building on 101st St. near 32nd Ave. in East Elmhurst. She was found dead in the basement of the building at about 1 a.m.

Tiger leaps onto boat and snatches man in east India in front of his horrified kids

A Bengal tiger snatched a man off a fishing boat in eastern India, dragging him away into a mangrove swamp as his children looked on in horror, the man’s son said Friday.

Texas girl, 12, dies from head injuries after woman forced her to ride on car roof because of wet suimsuit

A 12-year-old Texas girl died late Wednesday night after a terrifying fall from the roof of a woman’s car.

New York

Gay Pride parade to take over Fifth Ave. for its 45th year in NYC

Grand marshals Laverne Cox, from the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” and actor Jonathan Groff, from HBO’s “Looking,” will kick off at noon and lead revelers from Midtown down to the West Village.

Mayor de Blasio says new attempt at soda ban will be difficult

A day after the state’s highest court struck down the ban on big, sugary sodas, Mayor de Blasio said he would try to pass it through the City Council — but admitted it would be a tough sell.

All 55 outdoor public city pools are now open for the summer

Everybody jump in, the water is fine! The city opened its 55 outdoor public pools Friday, promising a cool reprieve for residents from the scorching heat of summer.

LIRR strike next month '100 percent' certain unless 'someone in authority' intervenes, union official says

A strike by Long Island Rail Road workers is “100 percent” certain unless a higher authority, such as Gov. Cuomo, helps break the impasse, a union official said after a negotiation session ended in failure Friday.

LATEST FROM AROUND NEW YORK

TOO RICH FOR TRASH: Hudson Yards waster will exit by pneumatic tube

These rich people aren't trashy. Residents and workers at Related Companies' giant $20 billion Hudson Yards development on the West Side won't find themselves stepping in their neighbor’s waste.

With boss back in the ring, Adriano Espaillat staffer Elizabeth Ritter withdraws Senate bid

A staffer for State Sen. Adriano Espaillat who was running for his seat announced on Friday that she is withdrawing her candidacy and will instead support her boss in his re-election campaign.

NYC jails neglected suicide precautions: report

NEW YORK — In one case, a mentally ill New York City inmate hanged himself from a shower pipe on his third try in three days.

Fellow celebs react to Shia LaBeouf's 'Cabaret' arrest

Venezuelan president’s speech about blackouts interrupted — by blackout

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said authorities were seeking more info on a blackout cutting powere in various parts of the country, speaking in a live broadcast twice interrupted by the problem.

Former guidance counselor says colleagues left feces and urine in her office after she ratted them out for having sex at Queens school: suit

Deborah Berger, 65, says in her Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit that after she complained to principal Robert Wojnarowski, who allegedly ratted her out to the randy coworkers.

Chicago dad kept teen handcuffed in basement torture chamber for A WEEK: cops

A Chicago man and another relative kept the man's 15-year-old son handcuffed in a locked basement for days while they beat him, lashed him with a hose and doused him with buckets of water, cops said.

Florida death row inmate's conviction is overturned after 28 YEARS behind bars

The Florida Supreme Court has reversed the murder conviction of a death row inmate who has spent the last 28 years in prison for killing a woman whose naked body was found in the trunk of her car.

At new sexhibit 'Funland,' eroticism is no sideshow

Concern grows over Pope Francis' health as he cancels third event this month, citing ailment

Pope Francis canceled a planned visit to one of Rome’s main hospitals Friday, the third time this month the 77-year-old has skipped or scaled back an event due to illness or fatigue.

Kentucky defense lawyer shot, killed outside office, gunman arrested: cops

Prominent Kentucky defense attorney Mark Stanziano had just reached his office near the Somerset courthouse when Clinton Inabnitt suddenly gunned him down Friday, authorities said.

Federal appeals court grants stay of Indiana’s same-sex marriage ban after it was struck down

A federal appeals court on Friday put on hold a judge’s order striking down Indiana’s gay marriage ban, bringing same-sex marriages to a halt and leaving those who’ve already tied the knot in legal limbo.

Decorated World War II veteran to receive high school diploma at age 100

This 100-year-old veteran dodged the bloodshed and bombs of D-Day, fought bravely at the Battle of the Bulge, and steadfastly won a bout with malaria. Now, he can also say he survived high school.

Sports

Tiger Woods misses cut in first start after back surgery

Tiger Woods' Double A conditioning assignment is over. It lasted two days. Woods missed the cut at the Quicken Loans National, his first start 12 weeks after back surgery, while lugging a ton of rust around Congressional Country Club.

World Cup Diary: Getting off at the last bus stop

Just another night in Brazil: We ride in the bus from the stadium to downtown Recife, make a turn into a street that is really too narrow for the bus.

Browns rookie QB Johnny Manziel bummed by recent criticism

Browns rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel has no intention of toning down his weekends. Appearing at a PLAY 60 event with other AFC rookies, Manziel says he’s been bothered by recent comments about his behavior.

Coffey: Venus Williams in no mood to talk Wimbledon goodbyes

As she walked off of Centre Court early Friday evening, she waved her right hand and the crowd stood and cheered, and then she disappeared behind a green wall and was gone, and you wondered how many more times you would see her on this most famous of courts, or any of these courts.

World Cup roundup: Suarez's bite, Herrera's epic celebrations highlight Week 2

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Venus Williams shows off her curves in ESPN's famed 'Body Issue'

PHOTOS: Meet the hottest wives and girlfriends of the World Cup

KFC confirms pit bull attack victim, 3, was NOT kicked out of restaurant

Kelly Mullin claimed little Victoria Wilcher, 3, was booted from the Jackson eatery because her severe scars were disturbing customers.

FIFA bans Uruguay’s Luis Suarez for 9 games and 4 months for biting player

Luis Suarez, the Hannibal Lecter of soccer, was banned by FIFA on Thursday for nine Uruguay matches and four months from any soccer activity - including early season games for Liverpool.

Missouri bride-to-be killed on way to her bachelorette party

Best friends Collette Moreno and Ashley Theobald were driving to Moreno’s bachelorette party on Friday when one bad move caused them to collide with an oncoming car on the crest of a hill.

Chelsea Clinton: I tried to care about money but couldn't

Hillary Clinton insists she isn’t “well-off” and now daughter Chelsea says she could care less about money.

'It's not fair': 'Too old' ex-Miss Delaware speaks out

Tea Party leader accused of conspiring to photograph senator's ailing wife commits suicide: report

Mark Mayfield, the Mississippi Tea Party leader accused of conspiring to photograph the ailing wife of Sen. Thad Cochran, has committed suicide, sources told the Clarion-Ledger on Friday.

17 members of an international drug ring busted for bringing Khat into America

The drug ring smuggled the drug from Yemen, Ethiopia, and Kenya into New York and beyond, according to a 215-count indictment unsealed Friday in Brooklyn by the state's Attorney General.

Passengers likely suffocated on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: report

The passengers and crew of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 most likely died from suffocation and coasted lifelessly into the ocean on autopilot, a report released by Australian officials Thursday said.

Stepmom of missing Detroit boy found in dad's basement released from prison after violating probation

The stepmother of a 12-year-old boy who was missing for nearly two weeks before he was found hiding in the basement of his father’s Detroit home was ordered released from jail Friday.

Yachts of fun! Michelle flaunts bikini body in Italy

'The devil made me do it': Texas Rep. Gohmert explains photobomb of colleague in live interview

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) was clowning around in the halls of the Capitol on Thursday, crashing a colleague’s live interview with a photobomb seen ‘round Twitter.

Golden Gate Bridge suicide prevention net proposal gets $76 million in funding

San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge moved a big step closer to getting an oft-debated suicide barrier after bridge officials on Friday approved a $76 million funding package for a net system that would prevent people from jumping to their deaths.