Puerto Rico gov won’t seek reelection
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said Sunday evening that he will not resign in the face of public furor over an obscenity-laced leaked online chat, but he will not seek reelection or continue as head of his pro-statehood political party. Protesters said they were not satisfied by Rosselló’s concessions and pledged to continue demonstrations that have filled the streets of Old San Juan for more than a week.
Oregon schools OK ‘mental health days’
SALEM, Oregon — Oregon will allow students to take “mental health days” just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health under a new law that experts say is one of the first of its kind in the U.S. But don’t call it coddling. The students behind the measure say it’s meant to change the stigma around mental health in a state that has some of the United States’ highest suicide rates.
Hong Kong police launch tear gas
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s protest movement took a violent turn Sunday as police launched tear gas at protesters after a massive march continued late into the evening, and subway riders were attacked by masked assailants who apparently were targeting pro-democracy demonstrators.
Nadler: Mueller hearing to air evidence of Trump wrongdoing
WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said Sunday that this week’s hearing with Robert Mueller will air “very substantial evidence” of wrongdoing by President Donald Trump. Republicans pledged sharp questioning of the special counsel about what they see as a “one-sided” Russia investigation.