MR GRADY'S DAILY BLOG: EARLY BIRD NEWS

EXCLUSIVE: Model nabbed at JFK before boarding China flight with daughter — one day after losing custody of 9-year-old girl

Angie Vu, 32, was arrested by U.S. marshals at Kennedy Airport on Wednesday as she attempted to board a flight to China with her 9-year-old daughter.

Suspect behind Texas judge shooting at Austin home captured in Houston

The attack seriously wounded State District Judge Julie Kocurek with glass and shrapnel. Her Travis County’s criminal cases have garnered multiple threats in the past, sources told the American Statesman.

DEADLY 'MISTAKE': Detroit boy, 9, accidentally kills himself with father's shotgun while at home

The boy's father found him dead in an upstairs bedroom around noon on Monday, police said. Daylan was home with his dad and two siblings, cops said.

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'HELL, YEAH, I WOULD': Jeb Bush says he'd kill 'baby Hitler' if he could travel in time

Presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he once got an email asking if he would go back in time, if it were possible, and kill the baby Adolf Hitler.

Chicago family shocked to discover wrong body in mother's casket

A Chicago family were shocked when they discovered a funeral home had buried the wrong body a day early.

New Orleans man drags colleague to his ‘house of horrors’ after she spurned his advances: police

A spurned New Orleans man kidnapped the colleague who rejected him and brought her to his “house of horrors” Friday, police said.

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SICK: Video allegedly shows ISIS fiends slaughtering 200 Syrian KIDS with machine guns as they lay with their faces in the dirt

Footage of Islamic State militants mass murdering what appear to be 200 Syrian kids was posted online Monday by anti-ISIS group based in Yemen.

Jury to hear wiretapped conversation of Dean Skelos talking with son about using Cuomo’s girlfriend as pawn in budget battle

A jury will likely hear wiretapped conversations in which Skelos talks with his son using Cuomo’s girlfriend as a pawn in a budget battle.

Elizabeth Smart calls being a new mom ‘the best thing ever,’ feels her kidnapping made her more compassionate

Activist Elizabeth Smart is still getting the best revenge imaginable on the sickos who kidnapped her: Living a happy life.

Manhattan babysitter charged with sexually abusing child, may have other young victims as well: prosecutors

A Manhattan babysitter has been charged with sexually abusing a kid he looked after for six years, and may have preyed on other kids too.

J.Lo may feel the heat for new dirty-cop show

1 killed by Spartanburg Methodist College cop on South Carolina campus during alleged car break-in: report

A campus cop at Spartanburg Methodist College in South Carolina shot and killed a suspect Monday night after being hit by a car driven by the fleeing suspect, authorities said.

Exhausted cab driver who fatally struck elderly woman on UWS was legally allowed to be driving after 16 hours at the wheel

The Taxi and Limousine Commission on Monday said that Salifu Abubakar, 73, took enough breaks during the day to avoid breaking the rule on driving no more than 12 hours straight.

De Blasio joins Chicago and Los Angeles mayors calling for AG Loretta Lynch to take action against 'bad apple' gun dealers

The mayors of the nation’s three largest cities on Monday called on Attorney General Loretta Lynch to take action against “bad apple” gun dealers.

SHAUN KING Univ. of Missouri student’s protest is a historic victory, and an alarming wake-up call for the nation

Today, this is a huge, historic victory, and will likely inspire many more demonstrations in the weeks and months ahead.

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UVA frat Phi Kappa Psi files $25M lawsuit against Rolling Stone for debunked rape story

It is the third filed in response to the Nov. 2014 article entitled “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA."

Brooklyn teen struck, critically injured by SUV after bolting into traffic

A Brooklyn teen was critically injured Monday when he was struck by a car and thrown 20 feet after darting into a midday flow of cars, cops and witnesses said.

WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO Three police officers suspended after videotaped arrest of University of Alabama students

Three Tuscaloosa, Ala., police officers were suspended Monday after the video of their arrest of three college students went viral.

Homeless Georgia woman’s Facebook profile helps detectives find her, arrest her in 30-year cold case murder: police

Detectives probing a murder case traced fugitive Sandra Hartzag, 50, to a homeless camp some 700 miles away using her Facebook page.

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Staten Island couple arrested after leaving 11-month-old daughter alone in hotel room while they got drunk: police

Jenna Roloph, 28, and Douglas Lopez, 31, returned tipsy to their baby girl after they left her alone for over an hour in a hot hotel room.

Drunken Ohio man has 9-year-old drive him to store — for barbecue sauce

A drunken 27-year-old man recruited a 9-year-old to drive him to the store for some barbecue sauce.

'This was not a threatening situation for the police': La. dad had hands up when cops shot son, 6: lawyer

“This was not a threatening situation for the police,” attorney Mark Jeansonne said of the shooting that left Jeremy Mardis dead.

SHAUN KING Investigation into Tamir Rice shooting case has taken FAR too long — a glaring injustice to his family

It has been 352 days since Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehman shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside of his home. It took police seeing Tamir just 0.792 seconds to shoot and kill him.

AUTOS

CAN'T BUY VW LOVE: Volkswagen looks to buy trust back

After installing emissions cheating software in millions of vehicles, Volkswagen is looking to make amends to customers with cash.

DROP YOUR TOP: Range Rover rolls out Evoque Convertible

The competitive and ever-growing world of compact SUVs has a new player courtesy of the Range Rover Evoque Convertible.

REVIEW: 2015 McLaren 675LT is exclusive and electrifying

Move aside, P1. The gorgeous McLaren 675LT is their most exclusive model, and arguably the most exciting.

Porsche shifts course with shifting gears

Finally, Porsche tosses out its “wrong way” shift behavior.

Subaru announces new three-row crossover to premier in 2018

The newly previewed Subaru will come out in 2018 and replace the current Tribeca crossover.

Bentley driver in Australia hits 206-mph on public road

Not only did the Bentley hit 206-mph but it did so legally, thanks to an unrestricted highway in the north of Australia.

New York

EXCLUSIVE Department of Labor investigation finds NYCHA knew dangers of trash hoists, but did nothing until worker's death

The Housing Authority knew how dangerous jerry-rigged trash hoists at its developments were — but did nothing to fix the problem until after worker died in one.

EXCLUSIVE New bill would prevent NYC landlords from checking credit scores and debts of would-be tenants

Landlords would be banned from checking credit scores to decide whether to rent to would-be tenants under a new City Council bill.

New York State government earns D-minus in public integrity report, tied for 30th in U.S.

The Center for Public Integrity’s report on state government accountability and transparency gave New York a score of 61, placing it in a tie for 30th place.

NYPD Commissioner Bratton says panhandlers would move on if they didn’t get money

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton had a radical solution Monday for those offended by New York’s homeless: use some common cents.

Average cost of daycare in NYC tops $16G, leaving many families struggling to provide care for kids

The average annual cost of infant care in the city is a whopping $16,250, according to a new report by Public Advocate Letitia James — and the cost of childcare overall is increasing by $1,612 each year.

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Would-be robber in Brooklyn shot by detective walked into a trap

Altron Atwater was shot after pulling a gun on detectives who had set up a sting in Bed-Stuy to catch the bandits behind a a Craigslist rental scam.

New York Assembly budget worker says he would ‘hide’ money for Sheldon Silver

Deputy Assembly Budget Director Victor Franco testified he would “hide” public money Silver allocated to himself from a spreadsheet listing allocations to all members of the Assembly.

NYPD cops angry over tiny 1% raise to protest at Gracie Mansion, hoping to send a 'strong message' to Edelman and de Blasio

Cops furious over an arbitrator’s decision to give them a 1% raise will take their outrage to Gracie Mansion, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association said Monday.