CATALONIA EX-LEADER TO REMAIN JAILED
Spain’s showdown with Catalonia’s separatist leaders moved Monday to German courts as the region’s former president, Carles Puigdemont, embarked on what could be a weeks-long effort to avoid extradition from Germany. A court ruled that Puigdemont, who was arrested Sunday in Germany, has to remain in custody for the length of the extradition proceedings.
Egypt votes for president, with el-Sissi a sure winner.
CAIRO» Egyptians began voting Monday in an election that virtually guaranteed another term for President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who faced only a token opponent in balloting that resembled the referendums held by autocrats for decades before the Arab Spring briefly raised hopes of democratic change.
El-Sissi’s only challenger was Moussa Mustafa Moussa, a little-known politician who joined the race at the last minute.
GOP-led states back Trump in California “sanctuary” lawsuit.
FRANCISCO» Texas SAN and more than a dozen other states led by Republican governors got behind the Trump administration on Monday in its lawsuit over California’s so-called sanctuary laws that protect people in the U.S. illegally.
California’s laws are designed to interfere with or block federal immigration enforcement but the state does not have that authority, the other states said in a court filing in the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against California.
The filing in federal court in Sacramento supports the Justice Department’s attempt to block the laws.
Suspicious packages received in D.C. area.
The Defense Department said Monday evening that suspicious packages had been received at military installations and were under investigation.
The FBI’s Washington field office said the bureau responded to Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in the District of Columbia and at Fort Belvoir, in Virginia, according to the accounts.
In addition, an NBC news report indicated that “similar” packages were at mail processing facilities for the CIA and the White House. No injuries were reported. According to authorities, at least one of the packages did contain black powder. Black powder is an ingredient of some explosive devices.
Police say five arrests in MS13 case solve 10 murders.
Five members of the MS-13 street gang have been arrested in the killings of 10 victims in the area in the past year, authorities said Monday.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo did not identify any of the suspects but released a list of victims found stabbed and shot to death since March 2017.
He also provided a map of places where the 10 bodies were found, including federal land in remote areas near Lake Mead and mountains around the city.
Water park firm’s co-owner arrested over death.
A water park company’s co-owner was arrested Monday in Texas in connection with a Kansas criminal case arising from a 10-year-old boy’s death on what was promoted as the world’s largest waterslide.
Jeffrey Henry’s arrest follows a Kansas grand jury’s indictment last week of the Schlitterbahn park in Kansas City, Kan., and its former operations director, Tyler Austin Miles, on 20 felony charges. They included a single count of involuntary manslaughter over the death of Caleb Schwab in 2016.