In the Nation
NEW YORK
Author arraigned in campaign-fund case
A Republican candidate told government investigators that conservative scholar and author Dinesh D'Souza lied to her about the source of donations made to her 2012 Senate campaign, a prosecutor said at an arraignment Friday.
The candidate, Wendy Long, made the statement to investigators as they were building a case against D'Souza, 52, who made the documentary 2016: Obama's America, Assistant U.S. Attorney Carrie Cohen said. Long lost to incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.).
The prosecutor said D'Souza was indicted after he directed a person who worked for him and another who lived with him to each make $10,000 in donations to Long's campaign with the understanding that he would reimburse them, which he did.
D'Souza pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he violated campaign-finance laws. He was freed on $500,000 bond. - AP
SOUTH CAROLINA
Student shot dead
Officials at South Carolina State University say a student who was shot outside a dormitory has died. The victim, identified by the Orangeburg County coroner as Brandon Robinson, 20, was shot Friday afternoon. The school said police were looking for four people who made it off campus. The shooting came three days after authorities said a Purdue University student shot and stabbed a fellow student to death in a classroom. - AP
TEXAS
Life support to end?
A judge on Friday ordered a Fort Worth hospital to remove life support for a pregnant, brain-dead woman whose husband and parents had argued that she would not want to be kept in that condition. Judge R. H. Wallace Jr. issued the ruling in the case of Marlise Munoz. The judge gave John Peter Smith Hospital until Monday to remove life support. The hospital did not say Friday whether it would appeal. - AP
