Nation & World Watch
vWashington: Kushner to speak to Senate panel
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law has volunteered to answer questions before the Senate Intelligence Committee about arranging meetings with the Russian ambassador and other officials, the White House confirmed Monday.
Jared Kushner has agreed to speak to the committee, which is conducting an investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, including whether there are any ties between Trump associates and the Kremlin, the White House said.
Kushner is the fourth Trump associate to offer to be interviewed by the congressional committees looking into the murky Russia ties.
vOklahoma City: Cop dies after traffic-stop shooting
A 22-year-old officer and new recruit died Monday morning after a shootout with a man who fled a traffic stop in central Oklahoma, police said.
Officer Justin Terney was shot several times late Sunday and died after undergoing surgery overnight, Tecumseh Assistant Police Chief J.R. Kidney said. Terney had only graduated from the police academy last summer, Kidney said.
The man who fired on Terney was also shot multiple times and in intensive care Monday morning, Kidney said. Police have not released his identity.
vSanford, Fla.: 1 dead, 5 injured in domestic dispute
A woman and her boyfriend were arguing over property before he fatally shot her and also shot five others, including her two young sons, police in Florida said Monday. The woman and the gunman were arguing Monday morning at a gas station, and the woman approached a police officer about it, said Officer Bianca Gillett, a spokeswoman for the Sanford Police Department. The officer settled them down, but sometime later an officer was called to the home, where the argument had flared up again. After the officer left, the gunman fatally shot the woman and also shot her two sons and their grandfather. The gunman then went to a nearby street and shot two bystanders, including a high school student waiting for a bus. The gunman was arrested him, Gillett said.
The boys, ages 7 and 8, and grandfather were in critical condition, and the bystanders were in stable condition.
vNew York: ‘Fearless Girl’ statue stays until February
The globally popular statue of a young girl staring down Wall Street’s famed “Charging Bull” will remain in place through February instead of being removed this Sunday, Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio said, appearing with the “Fearless Girl” statue Monday on the lower Manhattan traffic meridian where the two bronze figures face each other.
The 4-foot, 250-pound ponytailed girl in a windblown dress was installed this month to highlight the dearth of women on corporate boards as she stands strong against the 11-foot-tall, 7,100-pound bull. The girl became an instant tourist draw and internet sensation.
“Fearless Girl” will be allowed to stay in place for another 11 months through an art program of the city’s Department of Transportation that manages lower Broadway near Wall Street.
vGreat Britain: No proof attacker linked to IS
Police have found no evidence that the man who killed four people in London last week was associated with the Islamic State or al- Qaida, a senior British counterterrorism officer said Monday.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu of the Metropolitan Police said Westminster attacker Khalid Masood clearly had “an interest in jihad,” but police have no indication he discussed his attack plans with others.