Saturday, May 21, 2016

AMERICAS EARLY BIRD NEWS


OUTRAGE IN CHICAGO: Innocent woman gunned down as she leaves a Starbucks one block from police headquarters

Yvonne Nelson, an innocent 49-year-old who worked for the Windy City’s 311 service, was shot in the chest.

Cops release photo of perv who slapped woman on buttocks in Queens subway station

A pervert with itchy hands is the target of NYPD after he slapped the buttocks of a 23-year-old woman at the J-train Jamaica Center subway station in Queens on May 20, 2016. She managed to snap a photo of her attacker before fleeing to the streets. Cops released a photo Friday of a twisted perv who slapped the buttocks of a 23-year-old woman at a Queens subway station.

S.F. cops promise reforms as shooting victim identified as 29-year-old woman

Hannah Wodaje, president of San Francisco State University's Black Student Union raises her hand after a police officer fatally shot a 27-year-old woman in a reportedly stolen car in San Francisco, California, U.S. May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY The San Francisco woman shot dead by police has been identified as 29-year-old Jessica Williams.

BARCLAYS' BAD BOY: Puff Daddy, Busta – and Biggie!

Middle schooler collapses and dies during field day tug of war

Maddison Wentworth, aka Maddie Wentworth, age 13, collapsed and passed away during a game of tog-of-war at Williams Intermediate School in Pell City, Alabama. This is a picture from her GoFundMe site. https://www.gofundme.com/25adh6c Maddison Wentworth, a sixth grader at Williams Intermediate School in Pell City, was playing with her classmates on Thursday.

Family of Brooklyn mom found dead with throat slit want justice

Tony Herbert with family members of Sharon Whigham at a press conference. Sharon Whigham of Red Hook Brooklyn was found dead on Thursday on a Red Hook bench with her throat slashed. New York May 20, 2016 (Kevin C Downs for New York Daily News) The family of a Red Hook mom of seven found dead on a bench with her throat slit called for justice Friday.

UP-HILL BATTLE: Bernie Sanders campaign chest falls below $6 million cash amid high spending

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks on stage during a campaign event in Vallejo, California, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam - RTSEY1U Sanders' rival had five times as much money, according to new Federal Election Commission filings.

BUMBLED LOVE: Kylie pranks Kourtney with dating app 'gift'

East Harlem garden store whose blaze shut down Metro-North service held gas without permits

ALTERNATE CROP OF NYR101; AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS HANDOUT PHOTO TO BE USED SOLELY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON THE FACTS OR EVENTS DEPICTED IN THIS IMAGE. THIS IMAGE MAY BE USED ONLY FOR 14 DAYS FROM THE TIME OF TRANSMISSION; NO ARCHIV The garden supply store that caught fire, leading to a suspension of Metro-North service was holding gasoline without proper permits.

Three injured in Bronx McDonald’s; one shot and two injured amid hail of shattered glass

Police clashed with civilians on Webster Ave at East 170th Street following a minor shooting that occurred earlier in the evening. A civilian is pictured here, arrested, and being placed into a police vehicle. A violent melee in a Bronx McDonald’s Friday night left a woman shot in the leg and two others injured.

NRA endorses Donald Trump, to nobody's surprise

The bellicose billionaire has picked up the coveted NRA endorsement. Here comes a shotgun wedding between the National Rifle Association and Donald Trump.

Worker at troubled agency busted for assault of disabled teen

Third Squad detectives report the arrest of a Huntington woman for Endangering the Welfare of an Incompetent/Physically Disabled Person that occurred on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 5:52 pm in Sea Cliff. Reneisha Goodridge, 27, at SCO Family of Services in Huntington, L.I., is accused of assaulting a17-year-old.

Kimberly Tripp, who entertained as Mini Kim Kardashian, died of alcohol abuse

Staten Island ‘crackhead’ wheels dead, topless wife through neighborhood, then flees from cops

MR & PR Cops stumbled across a man wheeling a corpse on a metal dolly down a Staten Island sidewalk early Friday.

GUNNING FOR TRUMP: NRA endorses the billionaire GOP front-runner, to nobody's surprise; candidate takes aim at Hillary Clinton in gun-group convention speech

The bellicose billionaire has picked up the coveted NRA endorsement. Here comes a shotgun wedding between the National Rifle Association and Donald Trump.

Knives, blades not allowed at NRA leadership forum in Louisville featuring Trump

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses members of the National Rifle Association's during their NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during their annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., May 20, 2016. REUTERS/John Sommers II They brought knives to a gun convention.

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in new national poll

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S., May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Hillary Clinton leads the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump by six points in a new national poll.

'VIOLATED': Uma Thurman offended by lingering kiss from Fiat heir

Florida police seen punching man who entered store during drug bust; man who was beaten arrested for resisting

Shocking video that shows DeMarcus Brown roughed up by Florida police. Brown is a plumber who works with his father. That’s his dad buying a drink at the Ethio food mart in northwest Jacksonville, when a drug arrest goes down. So Brown says he came in to check on his dad and this goes down. He and his lawyer say this is blatant police brutality. A Florida man who walked into a convenience store during a drug bust wound up beaten and arrested by police.

Troubled man survives ‘miracle’ leap in front of NYC subway train

A troubled man leapt in front of a subway train at the 59th St.-Columbus Circle station Friday, May 20, 2016 horrifying staphangers, only to emerge unscathed from a gap between the train and platform. (Courtesy of Walter Flores) A troubled man somehow emerged unscathed after leaping in front of a subway train, horrifying straphangers at the 59th St.

Eagles of Death Metal booted from two festivals over frontman's Paris attacks comments

Jesse Hughes, the singer of the American band "Eagles of Death Metal" is seen during an interview with AFP in Stockholm on February 13, 2016. The Eagles of Death Metal band played at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, when a jihadist attacktook place in which 90 people died. / AFP / GUSTAV MAARTENSSONGUSTAV MAARTENSSON/AFP/Getty Images Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes has gotten the band booted from two French festivals.

Girl, 15, admits to having sex with some male students in bathroom of Florida high school

South Fort Myers High School in Florida. This is not the kind of after-school activity parents had in mind.

'SWEET AND JUICY': Tamera Mowry admits she made sex tape with husband

'VICIOUS' ENCOUNTER: Georgia fifth grade girl allegedly attacks 6-year-old in elementary school bathroom

A vicious attack in an elementary school bathroom landed a 6-year-old to the emergency room, according to her mother. A Georgia mother is distraught after her first-grade daughter was brutally attacked at school by a fifth-grader.

Exclusive Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle says he has doubts about eliminating child-sex victims’ statute of limitations

Assemblyman and Majority Leader Joseph Morelle addresses the media Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 in the State Capitol Building in Albany, NY after Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on corruption charges in New York City. Photo by Eric Jenks, For the NY Daily News “With each passing year, it gets harder and harder to reconstruct the truth," Morelle told the Daily News.

British woman killed her husband with a stone frog and told all her friends — and no one believed her for 18 years

Leigh Ann Sabine beat her husband to death with a stone frog and tossed him in the back yard, police said. It wasn’t until after she died herself that her husband’s mummified remains were discovered. No one believed the British woman who told her friends that she’d killed her husband — until they found the body 18 years later.

Lesbian couple get $80,000 after getting arrested for kissing inside Hawaii grocery store

Courtney Wilson, left, and Taylor Guerrero pose for a photo in Honolulu on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. On Friday, it was reported that the couple received $80,000 after a cop arrested them for kissing inside a grocery store. Courtney Wilson and Taylor Guerrero were visiting from LA last year when the officer didn’t like their public displays of affection.
Autos

Uber, GM test autonomous cars, Google debuts Android N, and more

uber-autonomous-pittsburgh-ford-fusion We've also got ethanol blending and just a pinch of politics in today's Daily Drive-Thru.

SEE IT ALMOST GNARLY: Skater avoids getting struck by oncoming car

Skater barely avoids getting hit by oncoming car This lucky skateboarder is happy to be alive after nearly getting hit by a car.

LIST TEEN MACHINES: Best new cars for teen drivers under $20,000

Thanks to standard all-wheel drive and great crash test ratings, the Subaru Impreza is an IIHS Top Safety Pick+ and an excellent first car for a teen driver. Many parents buy used, but if you want the latest and greatest for your teen, these are the 6 safest cars you can buy on a budget.

SEE IT IS THAT COVERED? Rhino attacks people in car on Safari

Rhino charges suv full of tourists on a safari Going on a safari seems cool, until a rhino attacks.

GALLERY 2016 Mini Convertible is a smile-inducing ride

2016 Mini Cooper Convertible blue side There are a billion ways to customize your Mini Cooper Convertible, which makes it a truly unique vehicle.

REVIEW FUN IN THE SUN: 2016 Mini Cooper Convertible first drive

Mini gave us a slew of Cooper and Cooper S models for a trip down the Jersey shore on a sunny May day to find out just how much better it is. No surprise, a Mini Convertible is exactly what you’d expect it to be. But thanks to a few tweaks, it’s now more livable.
New York

SUV crushes 72-year-old woman in Queens

NYPD Officers investigate the scene on 52nd Street in Queens where an elderly woman was struck by an SUV backing up the street, Friday, May 20, 2016. (Jeff Bachner/New York Daily News) A 72-year-old woman was crushed when the SUV backed up over her.

Access-A-Ride overhaul gets OK, allows disabled people appeals

Wheelchair bound and blind individuals protested the plan to slash the state's Access-A-Ride program $40 million this year and $80 million next year outside of 135 West 23rd Street today December 6, 2009. Going forward, applicants who were denied or granted limited privileges will get to know why the decision was made.

Leak of Board of Elections' referral of de Blasio probed

May 18th 2016 Mayor de Blasio is answering the question from reporters during the press conference with business leaders to discuss mayoral control at City Hall in Manhattan, New York (Jeenah Moon for New York Daily News) The Inspector General's office is looking into who released the information about the mayor's fund-raising operation.

Thief stabs man while stealing his iPhone at Brooklyn train hub

Not Released (NR) A man was stabbed in a Brooklyn train station Friday by a thief who made off with the victim’s iPhone, officials said.

'I DON'T NEED A THANK YOU': Rookie NYPD cop saves overdose victim with life-saving squirt of Naloxone

Officer Daniel Newman, a rookie NYPD cop, used naloxone on an overdose victim who was found unconscious early Friday on an F train in the Stillwell Ave. station in Coney Island. A rookie cop saved a straphanger's life early Friday, using Naloxone on an overdose victim in Coney Island.
LATEST FROM AROUND NEW YORK

Private investigator who paid off cop to get inside information spared jail time to his family’s delight

The judge told Dwyer he'd already "jeopardized your livelihood and embarrassed yourself and your family." A private investigator who paid off a cop to get information to help his indigent clients was sentenced to five years probation.

NYC teen arrested for sexual bullying over Snapchat, FaceTime

JHS MS 104, Simon Baruch High Middle School at Gramercy Park, Manhattan New York. A 14-year-old boy was arrested for using Snapchat and FaceTime to sexually bully girls at his Gramercy Park school, cops said.

New York City Water Board sets 2.1% water rate hike for some homeowners

NR The city's water rate will rise by 2.1% in July — but only some homeowners will get soaked.

Assembly Majority Leader Morelle stands in the way of protecting children from sexually abusive predators

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Assemblyman Morelle fails to grasp that the existing law ignores the emotional hell unleashed on children forced to endure the unspeakable.
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Yankees do what they haven't done all season: Win three in a row

OAKLAND, CA - MAY 20: Catcher Stephen Vogt #21 of the Oakland Athletics chases down a wild pitch as Ronald Torreyes #17 of the New York Yankees scores their fourth run in the fourth inning at O.co Coliseum on May 20, 2016 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) Break up the Yankees. It took more than 40 games, but the Bombers finally have their first three-game winning streak of the season, beating the Athletics, 8-3, in the second of four games at the Oakland Coliseum.

Mets Insider: Here's a good sign for Michael Conforto at plate

May 20, 2016; New York City, NY, USA; New York Mets left fielder Michael Conforto (30) hits a two-run home run against the Milwaukee Brewers during the sixth inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Michael Conforto’s ability to hit to left field Friday is as good a sign as any to him and Terry Collins.

Carmelo Anthony reveals how long he wants to play in the NBA

Carmelo Anthony wants to play in the NBA at least seven more years. Robert Parish. Kevin Willis. Kevin Garnett. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Kobe Bryant. Those are the names of the five players in NBA history who played at least 20 seasons in the league. Carmelo Anthony wants to be on the list, too.

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