Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
In the news
■ Jason Lata , 44, a Texas man seen on video punching another man during an argument over President Donald Trump as an anti-Trump rap song played in the background outside a Denton convenience store, surrendered to face an assault charge, authorities said.
■ Justin Trudeau , prime minister of Canada, said that in an “exceptional” case, an orphaned 5-year- old girl whose parents, suspected of having joined the Islamic State, and three siblings were killed in an airstrike in Syria is being returned to Canada after spending months in a refugee camp.
■ Brandon Gurley , deputy police chief in Brookhaven, Ga., said an Uber driver was shot in the abdomen and thigh but is expected to survive what authorities described as a possible roadrage incident with a driver who fled and is now being sought by police.
■ Muhyiddin Yassin , the prime minister of Malaysia who took power in March after a political coup, said he is quarantining after a Cabinet minister tested positive for the coronavirus, as new cases in the country hit record highs.
■ David Wolf , police chief of Olivette, Mo., said a 73-year-old former teacher who stopped to pick up a latte at a Starbucks died and several others were injured when a 78-year- old man lost control of his SUV and crashed through a wall.
■ Donovan Evans , 39, of Meridian, Miss., accused of calling the federal court clerk’s office in Jackson and saying he “just wanted to get a gun” and shoot people at the courthouse as he sought a new judge to hear a civil case, was indicted on charges of threatening federal judges, prosecutors said.
■ Stanley Goldsby , 33, a suspect in two deadly shootings in Shreveport, has been returned to Louisiana to face charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder after he was arrested near Belton, Mo., according to police.
■ Ward Clarkson , a district judge in Shiawassee County, Mich., ruled that Mark Latunski, 51, accused of killing and mutilating a man whom he met through a dating app, is mentally fit to stand trial on a murder charge after several months of treatment at a psychiatric hospital.
■ Joel Guy Jr. , 32, faces life in prison after being convicted of killing his parents in Hardin Valley, Tenn., and disposing of their bodies to collect $500,000 in life insurance benefits after learning they were planning to retire and would no longer pay his bills, prosecutors said.