NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
1 Biden’s son: Facing intense scrutiny from President Trump and his Republican allies, Hunter Biden said Sunday he will step down from the board of directors of a Chinesebacked private equity firm in New York at the end of the month as part of a pledge not to work on behalf of any foreignowned companies should his father win the presidency. Biden, the 49yearold son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, revealed his plan in an internet post written by his attorney, George Mesires, who outlined a defense of the younger Biden’s work in Ukraine and China, which has emerged as one of Trump’s chief lines of attack against Hunter’s father despite no proof of impropriety. Joe Biden, speaking to reporters after a union forum in suburban Des Moines, Iowa, said his son did not discuss that decision with him before posting the statement. “No one has asserted my son did a single thing wrong,” Biden added, pounding his finger into the podium, “except a lying president.”
2 Busted: The National Park Service says a copper bust of aviation pioneer Orville Wright has been stolen from the Wright Brothers National Memorial in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The agency said the monument was damaged either Saturday evening or Sunday morning. A portion of the park may be temporarily closed to visitors Sunday while the Park Service and law enforcement officials investigate. The memorial honors Wilbur and Orville Wright.
3 Church shooting: A New Hampshire prosecutor says the man charged with wounding a clergyman and a bride during a wedding at a Pelham church is the stepson of a minister from the same church who was killed earlier this month. Senior Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati said Sunday that 37yearold Dale Holloway is the stepson of 60yearold Luis Garcia who was shot to death Oct. 1 in Londonderry. Agati also says that the groom who suffered minor injuries when he was hit in the head Saturday during the shooting at the New England Pentecostal in Pelham. Mark Castiglione, is the father of Brandon Castiglione, who is charged with killing Garcia.The church bishop, 75yearold Stanley Choate, was shot with a handgun. The bride, 60yearold Claire McMullen, was shot in the arm. All are recovering.
4 Hayride crash: A northern Illinois woman has been ticketed for driving her car into a hayride wagon carrying 14 adult passengers, injuring 11 of them. The Kendall County Sheriff ’s Department says a car driven by 22yearold Kaitlin Minick of DeKalb slammed into the rear of the wagon being towed by a tractor. The accident occurred Saturday in Little Rock Township, about 50 miles west of Chicago. Authorities say she was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Little RockFox Fire Chief Greg Witek says many of the injured suffered broken bones and some were unconscious when emergency crews arrived. Three of the wagon passengers were hospitalized in serious condition. Their conditions were unavailable Sunday. Fire officials say Minick’s vehicle flipped over in the crash. She was treated at the scene.