News of the Day From Across the Nation

1 Police attacked: A New York Police Department lieutenant shot in the arm by a gunman who opened fire in a precinct building was released from the hospital to cheers and applause on Monday. Jose Gautreaux was wounded Sunday in the Bronx station. The suspect, Robert Williams, 45, was captured at the station. That attack came just hours after Williams approached a patrol van in the same part of the Bronx on Saturday night and fired at two officers inside, wounding one — Paul Stroffolino — before escaping on foot, police said. Williams faces charges including attempted murder and resisting arrest.

2 Churches burned: The suspect in a series of fires set at African American churches in Louisiana last spring pleaded guilty Monday to four federal criminal counts. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Holden Matthews pleaded guilty in Lafayette to three counts of intentional damage to religious property, a federal hate crime carrying a possible 20-year sentence per count. Matthews, 21 at the time of his arrest last year, is white and the destruction of the three historic black churches in St. Landry Parish evoked memories of civil rights-era terrorism. But race is not mentioned as a factor in the charges. The indictment said the fires were set “because of the religious character” of the properties. Three churches were burned in a span of 10 days.

3 University leader arrested: The president of Jackson State University resigned Monday after he was arrested in a prostitution sting in central Mississippi. William Bynum Jr., 57, was among more than a dozen people arrested during the weekend in Clinton, according to police Chief Ford Hayman. A statement from the Mississippi university system on Monday said Bynum submitted his resignation, and it took effect immediately. Bynum...