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Kentucky man indicted in mayoral candidate shooting case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Kentucky man who police said fired a handgun at a Louisville mayoral candidate has been indicted on attempted murder and endangerment charges.
Quintez Brown, 21, was arrested shortly after the Feb. 14 shooting. The mayoral candidate, Craig Greenberg, was not hit by the gunfire at his campaign office but said a bullet grazed his sweater.
A grand jury in Louisville on Monday indicted Brown on one count of attempted murder and four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. Four of Greenberg’s staffers were nearby when the shooting occurred, according to a media release from Jefferson County Commonwealth’s Attorney Tom Wine.
Missouri participant in Capitol riot charged in fatal crash
UNION, Mo. – A woman photographed carrying a wooden name plate torn from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection faces felony charges for allegedly driving drunk and causing a fatal wreck in Missouri.
Emily Hernandez, 22, of Sullivan,
Missouri, is charged with driving while intoxicated involving the death of another and DWI involving serious physical injuries. She was charged Thursday. Her attorney, Ethan Corlija, said Monday that he will seek a reduction of Hernandez’s $250,000 bond. She has not yet entered a plea.
The accident happened in January on the eve of the first anniversary of the insurrection. Hernandez is accused of going the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 44. Her Volkswagen Passat struck a 2019 Buick Enclave. Victoria Wilson, 32, of St. Clair, Missouri, died and Wilson’s husband was injured.
Michael Flynn’s onetime business partner to have new trial
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal judge ordered a new trial for a onetime business
partner of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn accused of acting as an unregistered agent of the Turkish government.
The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga is the latest twist in the long-running legal saga for businessman Bijan Kian, who was a partner with Flynn in the Flynn Intel Group.
Kian was charged in 2018; the case spun off from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian election interference.
IS claims killing of 2 in Israel, 2nd rampage in a week
TEL AVIV, Israel – The militant Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday after a pair of Arab gunmen killed two Israeli police officers and wounded four others in central Israel
before they were killed by police, authorities said.
On Tuesday, a lone attacker inspired by the Islamic State group killed four people in a stabbing rampage in southern Israel before he was killed by passersby, police said.
Top diplomats from Egypt, Qatar discuss ties in Cairo
CAIRO – Egypt’s foreign minister held talks with his Qatari counterpart Monday that focused on improved ties between the two countries.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry met with Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Cairo.
It was the second visit for Qatar’s chief diplomat since Egypt and three Gulf nations ended their dispute with the energy-rich country last year.