NEWS OF THE DAY
Pregnant teen slain: An Indiana high school football player told investigators that he killed a 17-year-old schoolmate because she waited so long to tell him she was pregnant with his child that it was too late to get an abortion, authorities said Monday. Aaron Trejo, 16, was charged as an adult with murder in the Sunday killing of Breana Rouhselang and the fetus. He was arrested Sunday and is due to be arraigned Tuesday. He has no attorney on record. Authorities said Trejo stabbed Rouhselang during a fight over her pregnancy, put a plastic bag over her and put her body in a restaurant dumpster in their hometown of Mishawaka, which is next to South Bend and about 80 miles east of Chicago.
Deadly house fire: Five children, including 1-year-old twins, died in a fire that swept through a house in Youngstown, Ohio, after neighbors were awakened by a loud boom, firefighters said. The only survivor was the children’s mother, who jumped out of a secondfloor window late Sunday, according to Fire Capt. Kurt Wright. The other three children who died were ages 9, 3 and 2, he said. State and local authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze. Fire officials said there were no immediate signs to indicate the fire was suspicious.
Police review: Police are investigating after a video was posted online that shows a group of New York City officers, one of them wielding a stun gun, violently yanking a toddler from his mother’s arms while arresting her at a food stamp office. A witness said a security officer confronted the woman, Jazmine Headley, who had sat on the floor of the crowded office for two hours because of a lack of chairs. Police were called when she refused to leave. Other customers in the office shouted at the officers. At one point, an officer can be seen on the video pulling her stun gun and pointing it at people in the angry crowd. The NYPD called Friday’s confrontation “troubling.”
Immigration ruling: A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Monday that the Trump administration provided adequate justification to end a program that reunited hundreds of immigrants from Central America with family members in the U.S. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler threw out the bulk of a lawsuit that argued the termination of the Obama-era Central American Minors program violated the Constitution. The program allowed parents legally in the U.S. to apply to bring children or other relatives living in Honduras, Guatemala or El Salvador to the country.
Douglas birthday: Actor Kirk Douglas celebrated his 102nd birthday with a special video message from his daughter-in-law. Catherine ZetaJones shared a tribute in an Instagram video Sunday. The actress and wife of Michael Douglas wrote, “Happy 102nd birthday to the most beautiful man. We love you Kirk.” The video featured photos of Douglas throughout his movie career and with family members. Chronicle News Services