MR GRADY'S DAILY BLOG: AMERICAS EARLY BIRD NEWS

LUPICA: The only way for de Blasio to mend relationship with NYPD is to admit mistakes

Here comes the arctic freeze! Cold air to blast Midwest, East Coast this week

The first major storm of 2015 will bring severe weather this January.

What a strange jail bird! Man offers new Nike shoes he got for Christmas as bail money — and judge accepts

Jason Duval of Framingham, Mass. offered a pair of Nike sneakers he got for Christmas as bail money during a court appearance, and the judge accepted.

‘TELL ME WHY I SHOULDN’T KILL MYSELF’: Transgender woman victim of prank that dispatches 20 cops to her house in Portland, Oregon

California woman had 20 Portland police officers dispatched to her former home there in revenge prank connected to Gamergate.

NO KIDDIN': Salma Hayek hangs with a very young crowd on New Year's Eve

SAD DISCOVERY: 3-week-old California baby missing after mother, father and uncle shot in home by unknown gunman found dead in dumpster

Eliza Delacruz was taken by the gunman that shot the three adults including the baby’s mother at 5:50 p.m. Saturday. She was found in a shopping center dumpster Sunday afternoon.

NYCLASS flyers aim to convince New Yorkers that horse-carriage ban supports Bill de Blasio’s ‘progressive agenda’

NYCLASS is telling New Yorkers that banning horse carriages will support Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “progressive agenda.”

RAISSMAN: Stuart Scott leaves us with legacy of class and style

Whether it was thought out or not, what’s not debateable is that Stuart Scott was a natural showman, and that’s a big part of his legacy.

Egypt disputes Amal’s claims she was ever threatened with arrest over scathing report

DONOHUE: Subway riders stopped off-duty NYPD cop from fleeing by train after alleged attack on MTA worker

The off-duty NYPD cop suspected of assaulting an MTA conductor at a subway station tried to flee by train until riders stopped him.

Fla. boy, 12, killed in elevator accident looking for pet

A 12-year-old Florida boy was killed by an elevator as he searched for his pet hamster Saturday, police said.

Boston Marathon bomber jury selection will start this week

Jury selection will start Monday in the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

FIT IN '15! Celebrity trainer designs the perfect workout to slim down in the new year

Italian boy, 4, nearly drowns in Royal Caribbean’s wave pool

An Italian family's dream vacation rapidly turned into a nightmare when a boy, 4, nearly drowned in a cruise ship's wave pool Saturday.

New Jersey Subway Restaurant employee confesses to recording teen boys in shop's bathroom: police

David Gaspar-Santiago was arrested after the boys found a cellphone filming the men’s toilet in the restaurant, police reportedly said.

SINGING KUMBAYA? Republicans, Democrats in Congress want to work together — for now

As Congress sets to convene Tuesday, Republicans and Democrats are talking about cooperating.

Slain NYPD Officer Wenjian Liu buried with view of New York next to Officer Ramos ‘his partner now for all time’

Family and city officials eulogized Officer Wenjian Liu as a humble family man who ‘believed in the possibility of making a safer world’ through service in the New York Police Department.

Daily News readers donate $384,349 to the families of slain NYPD Officers Wenjian Liu, Rafael Ramos

Daily News readers continued their support for the families of Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos on Sunday.

LOVETT: Cuomo caught between de Blasio, cop unions over police bill

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo again finds himself between Mayor de Blasio and the city’s powerful police unions.

Sen. Chuck Schumer says nasty, elongated rift between Mayor de Blasio and NYPD can be fixed

The rift between Mayor de Blasio and NYPD officers can be healed, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday.

THE NEWS SAYS: The brave Wenjian Liu was always determined to be a cop — and it cost him his life

They called him Joe, as old-fashioned an American name as there is. He bought a sticker showing the Statue of Liberty on arriving from China as a 12-year-old immigrant.

Retired NYPD cop finds Chinese translation to poem on line-of-duty plaque for Liu's parents

An old Irish cop scrambled to find the Chinese translation of a poem on a line-of-duty plaque for Officer Liu's parents.

OPINION Pat Lynch's NYPD is disappearing as a result of his immature antics

I have been reflecting more than usual about the police precinct that was mine when I was a child, more than half a century ago.

PHOTOS Brokenhearted New Yorkers mourn fallen NYPD heroes

NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were assassinated by gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley while sitting in marked patrol car in Brooklyn, New York on Dec. 20, 2014.

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EXCLUSIVE Judge tosses out two types of DNA evidence used regularly in criminal cases

A Brooklyn judge has stirred up controversy by tossing out two types of DNA evidence regularly used in criminal cases.

SUV driver sought in hit-and-run death of Brooklyn woman

Police are hunting the driver of an SUV they say struck and killed a 44-year-old woman in Morningside Heights before speeding away.

Two teens struck, one killed, in Bronx tragedy, hit-and-run driver arrested

A hit-and-run driver struck two teenagers as they crossed a Bronx street, killing one and seriously injuring the other.

Bronx woman found dead with phone cord wrapped around neck

Police are investigating a 63-year-old woman’s death after she was found dead in her Wakefield apartment Saturday night.

N.Y. street sweeper operator charged with drunken driving.

The N.Y.operator of a street-sweeping vehicle who was spotted driving erratically on a highway has been arrested on drunken driving charges.

LATEST FROM AROUND NEW YORK

EXCLUSIVE NYPD officer who accused sergeant of lewd comments, creepy texts wins $100K settlement

Police Officer Anais Perez-Villegas of the 75th Precinct alleged that Sgt. Nathan Mole defaced her memo book by writing “‘F--- you,’”

'Black brunch' interrupts meals to decry brutality

Police protesters staged rallies at at least four tony brunch spots on Sunday.

Police hunt for shooter who fired outside Brooklyn nightclub

Police are search for a pistol-packing thug who blasted away at his victim in Crown Heights early Friday morning.

Long Island man rams cop car during traffic stop, wild chase ensues

A Long Island man carrying hard drugs struck a cop car several times during a traffic stop early Saturday before leading them on a chase.

Will is one lucky guy! Sizzling Jada takes a dip in Hawaii

Ship sinks in Scotland, all 8 crew members presumed dead

All 8 crew members of a cargo ship in Scotland are missing and presumed dead after the vessel sank Saturday.

Lovejoy in the sky with diamonds! No telescope needed to see comet named for Australian astronomer

A dazzling comet will put on quite a show in the sky during most of January.

SMILE! Indianapolis men arrested for stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of Crest whitening strips: cops

Two Indianapolis men have been arrested for stealing thousands of dollars of Crest teeth-whitening strips through December.

OOOH, SHINY! From Quantum Dot TVs to MP3s see what’s going on display in Las Vegas this week

This is what you can expect to see and hear about in the upcoming week at the international Consumers Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

A very merry Swiftmas! Taylor’s ‘Gift Giving’ video goes viral in 2015

British woman's dog sniffs out aggressive cancerous tumor in her breast, saves her life

A British rescue dog has been hailed a hero after he sniffed out a cancerous tumor in his owner's breast.

‘Devin has left this world’: Pittsburgh boy, 15, known for bucket list has died

Devin Lint, 15, had been battling metastatic osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer for almost three years. He passed away on Friday, Channel 11 reported.