‘I detest any kind of hate group’  —  Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise said he doesn't support “any of the things I read about” a white supremacist group that organized an event at which Scalise appeared in 2002.  —  In an exclusive interview Monday with NOLA.com |

Arrests plummet following execution of cops  —  It's not a slowdown — it's a virtual work stoppage.  —  NYPD traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94 percent following the execution of two cops — as officers feel betrayed by the mayor and fear for their safety, The Post has learned.

Michael Grimm has decided to resign from Congress days after pleading guilty: sources  —  EXCLUSIVE: The Staten Island Republican, who won reelection in the fall, has decided to vacate his seat after speaking with Rep. John Boehner.  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Michael Grimm has decided to resign …

At least 40 bodies, debris found in search for missing AirAsia plane  —  At least 40 bodies have been found in the area where AirAsia Flight 8501 last made contact with air traffic controllers, along with debris from the plane.  —  The bodies were found in the Java Sea about six miles from the plane's last known point of contact.

Autopsy reveals Ezell Ford was shot in arm, back, abdomen  —  An autopsy report, released on Monday, revealed Ezell Ford was shot three times: in the right arm, right back and right abdomen.  —  The report was made public more than four months after Ford, 25, was fatally shot by LAPD officers …

Greek Patience With Austerity Nears Its Limit  —  NEA IONIA, Greece — Alexandra Nikolovieni, 55, lost her job escorting young children on a school bus four years ago and has not been able to find another one since.  To help financially, her daughter and her son-in-law, who have two children, moved into her house.

FBI briefed on alternate Sony hack theory  —  FBI agents investigating the Sony Pictures hack were briefed Monday by a security firm that says its research points to laid-off Sony staff, not North Korea, as the perpetrator — another example of the continuing whodunit blame game around the devastating attack.

What is Paul Krugman afraid of?  —  Paul Krugman is a lot of things.  New York Times op-ed columnist.  Nobel prize-winning economist.  Arcade Fire fanboy.  Obama administration frenemy.  —  But the side of Krugman I've always found most interesting is the sci-fi obsessive.

The 10 Worst Civil Liberties Violations of 2014  —  It's been an exceptionally awful year.  —  The world may not actually be falling apart—but it feels like America is.  From police brutality and botched executions to voter suppression and election corruption, 2014 was a terrible year for civil liberties in the United States.

Testing under fire  —  Republicans may consider slashing the number of federally required tests.  —  Republicans on the Hill are finding unusual common ground with teachers unions about an overthrow of the annual testing mandate embedded in No Child Left Behind.

Obama Went on the War Path in 2014 Not Just for His Legacy, But Hillary's Too  —  After the Republican sweep in November, the conventional thinking about Obama's last two years in office was pretty bleak.  Actually, the conventional thinking about Obama's last two years in office has been bleak since 2011.