The Denver Post

MAN ARRESTED IN TEXAS SHOOTING

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A man suspected of opening fire at an off-campus college party in Texas, killing two people and injuring 12 others, was arrested Monday.

Brandon Ray Gonzales, 23, of Greenville, Texas, was taken into custody fewer than 48 hours after Saturday’s shooting, Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks said.

Gonzales, who was arrested at the auto dealership where he worked, was booked into the Hunt County jail on a charge of capital murder of multiple persons. Bond was set at $1 million.

Justice Dept. appeals order on Mueller grand jury testimony.

TON» The Justice Department on Monday appealed a judge’s order directing the department to provide the House with secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigat­ion.

The department also asked Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell to put her own order on hold until a federal appeals court has an opportunit­y to weigh in.

Howell on Friday directed the Justice Department to produce by Wednesday grand jury testimony referenced in Mueller’s report.

Students join Iraq protests as clashes kill 3 demonstrat­ors.

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» Thousands of students joined Iraq’s antigovern­ment protests on Monday, as clashes with security forces firing tear gas canisters killed at least three demonstrat­ors and wounded more than 100.

The students skipped classes at several universiti­es and secondary schools in Baghdad and across Iraq’s majority-Shiite south on Monday to take part in the protests, despite the government ordering schools and universiti­es to operate normally.

One of those killed was a 22-year-old female medical student, the first woman to be killed since the protests began earlier this month.

Florida child migrant detention facility shuts down.

MIAMI» The Trump administra­tion announced Monday that it is shutting down one of the largest U.S. facilities for child migrants, which had come under intense criticism because of its regimented conditions and the contractor’s ties to a freshly departed White House official.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement that it has reduced bed capacity from 1,200 to zero and the contract with Comprehens­ive Health Services Inc. is set to end on Nov. 30.

About 2,000 workers will be let go in the coming days.

Guilty plea in newspaper shootings; insanity hearingisn­ext.

ANNAPOLIS,

MD.» A Maryland man pleaded guilty Monday in the slayings of five employees at an Annapolis newspaper, and a jury is expected to hear testimony next month about whether he was not responsibl­e by reason of insanity.

Jarrod Ramos pleaded guilty in the 2018 massacre at the Capital Gazette newspaper.

Judge Laura Ripken accepted his plea Monday afternoon.

Ripken said she determined that Ramos “freely, knowingly and voluntaril­y” waived his right to a jury trial to determine his guilt or innocence.

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