MR GRADY'S DAILY BLOG: AMERICAS EARLY BIRD NEWS

Monday, May 4, 2015

AMERICAS EARLY BIRD NEWS

SEE IT: MTA hunting teens on video playing with controls, hitting the horn in moving subway train — GRAPHIC LANGUAGE

A group of teens tried to play conductor on a subway, and now the MTA and cops want them in handcuffs — for real.

Gunmen on dirt bikes opened fire on elderly pair outside Staten Island building, cops say

A 71-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman were shot by men riding dirt bikes in a bizarre attack in Staten Island on Sunday, police said.

Brooklyn grandpa was drinking, using cocaine in 17-HOUR BINGE with 3-year-old, officials say

Larry Fuller, 60, told investigators he was drinking and had used cocaine during the nearly 17 hours he disappeared, officials said.

Suspect in Indiana University student’s murder attacked grandmother: reports

The attack was one of Daniel Messel’s early lowlights on a rap sheet covering decades of thuggish acts, according to reports.

Club started by Michael Strahan in trouble over topless-dancing allegation

Four dead, 1 critical after shooting on Wisconsin trail bridge, police say

Four people, including a gunman, died in a shooting Sunday night on a pedestrian bridge over a lake in eastern Wisconsin, authorities said.

EXCLUSIVE Struggling, underfunded schools get extra $33M in Bill de Blasio’s proposed budget

In an exclusive peek at de Blasio’s financial plan, administration officials said 130 city schools will see budget increases of up to 20% under a dramatic push to boost student outcomes.

Teenage mom throws 1-year-old boy off Pennsylvania bridge, then jumps, authorities say

An unidentified mother and child were rescued after witnesses reported seeing her throw the 1-year-old boy into a river and then jump from a bridge.

Chrissy Teigen has a comment for her social media critics

Lovett: Assembly Republicans get $24K Chevys, taxpayers foot bill

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie isn’t the only one in his chamber to recently get a new set of wheels courtesy of taxpayers.

Suspected cop shooter has long rap list, including 8 years in prison for attempted murder

The crime that landed Demetrius Blackwell in prison is a chilling echo of the shooting that has left an NYPD cop fighting for his life.

HERE’S A TIP! Kansas waitress slams Gov. Brownback on receipt, tells him to ‘tip the schools’ instead of her

A Kansas waitress turned the tables on the state’s conservative governor when he stopped in for dinner. “Tip the schools,” Chloe Hough wrote on Gov. Sam Brownback’s bill.

Celebs share life lessons learned from their moms

New York, Culinary Institute team up to promote state’s food

Gov. Cuomo announced last week that the school has agreed to work with the state on its Taste NY initiative.

Slain Pennsylvania trooper’s parents forgive alleged killer Eric Frein

Appearing at a church in the same region where Eric Frein went on the run, Bryon and Darla Dickson said forgiveness has helped them move on.

'THIS IS A HUGE LOSS': Police chief dies in motorcycle accident on South Texas highway, authorities say

Corpus Christi Chief of Police Floyd Simpson, 51, succumbed to his injuries at around 5:30 p.m. in the nearby town of Port Aransas, the Corpus Christi Police Department announced on Sunday night.

Smith College changes policy to accept transgender women

Smith College, the largest of the all-female Seven Sisters schools, is changing its policy to accept transgender women.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to fight to keep post amid possible corruption charges: sources

Dean Skelos is expected to make his case Monday about why he should keep his leadership post despite his likely imminent arrest, multiple sources said Sunday.

Riot at Polish soccer match leaves 1 man dead, 14 cops hurt

Supporters of the local Concordia Knurow team stormed onto the pitch during the first half against Ruch Radzionkow, with the home team trailing 4-1.

Horror tales of Nazi concentration camp in Dachau shared at ceremony

Survivors and liberators recalled on Sunday the horror of the Dachau concentration camp and the overwhelming relief of its liberation 70 years ago.

Pennsylvania police find $63,000 in moldy bills in park

Officers in Howard Pa. are searching for the owner of $63,000 in cash after a person found the now moldy fortune at the in Bald Eagle State Park Saturday.

Sen. Chuck Schumer wants immigrants from Nepal to stay in U.S. during earthquake recovery

Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on the Department of Homeland Security to offer Temporary Protected Status to Nepalese nationals who are already in the country.

New York

RETREAT ENDS IN TRAGEDY: Three people from Brooklyn church, including teen, die in upstate van crash

Three members of a Brooklyn church, one a teenager, were killed upstate Sunday when a van carrying congregants from a religious retreat crashed, state police said.

Hundreds of New York City liquor stores busted for selling to underage kids, officials say

The State Liquor Authority sent decoys who were under 21 to 911 grocery stores, pharmacies and liquor stores across the five boroughs.

Gunfire at Bronx house party injures 4 people, police searching for shooter

A 55-year-old man was hit in the torso, a 25-year-old man and a woman, 22, were shot in their left legs, and a fourth victim was grazed across the shoulder when bullets started flying.

House Speaker John Boehner pressed to extend bill giving healthcare to 9/11 crew

House Speaker John Boehner's recent visit to Ground Zero has riled 9/11 first responders who want the Ohio Republican's help hanging on to expiring health benefits.

LATEST FROM AROUND NEW YORK

Sen. Chuck Schumer blasts North Korea for arresting NYU student

Sen. Chuck Schumer lambasted North Korea for mysteriously detaining a South Korean NYU student, calling the totalitarian regime “unreliable, erratic and often nasty” on Sunday.

Bill Bratton takes hard line on 'broken windows'

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton doubled down on his opposition to a City Council plan to decriminalize some offenses.

PBA boss Patrick Lynch holds his fire after shooting of cop

Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch opted Sunday not to bring politics into the shooting of Officer Brian Moore.

SEE IT: ‘Suicide Squad’ shares photo in full costume

PICTURED Plaque honoring Jewish man who was tortured and killed vandalized in Paris

Vandals damaged a memorial plaque honoring a young French Jewish man tortured and killed in 2006.

Hundreds of migrants saved, at least 10 dead off Libya

Italy's Coast Guard and Navy as well as tugs and other commercial vessels joined forces to rescue migrants in at least 16 boats Sunday.

SEE IT Australian man’s ‘get stoned’ to-do list mocked by police — ‘Are ur Saturdays hectic like this!!!’

An Australian pot smoker’s hilarious to-do list, which includes “get stoned,” amused cops who posted it online.

‘Real’ housewife describes her Lyme disease ‘nightmare’

Captives of Boko Haram were stoned to death, killed in land mine explosion

Boko Haram stoned captives to death, others were crushed by an armored car and three died when a land mine exploded.

Solar Impulse 2 pilot excited about historic flight from China to Hawaii

Andre Borschberg, 62, is due to fly over the Pacific Ocean for five days and five nights in the plane that has more than 17,000 solar cells on its wings to power its motors.