Henry Hawkins, a Maryland fifth-grader, was caught arguing with another student. He was ordered to stay for detention after school. The 11-year-old later asked his mother whether she liked to clean toilets, since that was what he was told to do for his punishment. “If you want to give them detention, that’s fine,” Neshanna Turner,…

A suburban Detroit man whose pickup hit a 10-year-old boy who stepped into the street was in critical condition with head injuries in a hospital after a mob attacked him when he stopped his vehicle to check on the child. The 54-year-old man, whose name was not released, is being treated at a Detroit hospital.…

A federal judge has ruled that a transgender inmate can receive hormone treatments in prison after she argued that she suffered a medical setback when her treatments were stopped. According to the Associated Press, Antione Lee, who goes by the name Whitney Lee, had experienced facial hair growth and depression once the Department of Rehabilitation…

A Wyoming college student on spring break in Denver ate a legally purchased marijuana cookie that a friend bought from a Colorado recreational pot shop and later jumped to his death, the Associated Press reports. Levy Thamba Pongi, 19, a native of the Republic of Congo, was a student at Northwest College in Powell, Wyo.…

At least four people are reported dead after a shooting Wednesday at Fort Hood military installation in Texas, and more than a dozen were injured, according to authorities, the Washington Post reports. According to the Post, the gunman, identified as Army Specialist Ivan Lopez, 33, is among the four, having taken his own life, officials…

Rachel Canning, the 18-year-old New Jersey high school cheerleader who made national news after she sued her parents to force them to pay her college tuition, won’t need their money after all. The “spoiled teen,” as the judge who dismissed her case referred to her, will attend Western New England University on a $56,000 scholarship,…

Henry Louis Gates Jr., editor-in-chief of The Root, is among the winners of the 73rd annual Peabody Awards for his PBS documentary series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. Peabody winners were announced live Wednesday on CBS This Morning, the first live television unveiling of Peabody awardees since the inception of the awards. While…

Former football star and current talk show host Michael Strahan is expected to join the cast of ABC’s Good Morning America on a part-time basis, the Associated Press reports. While the deal has not been completed, a person with knowledge of the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity told AP that Strahan will work…

After months of training to be a 911 operator in DeKalb County, Ga., Crystal Morrow was prepared for her first day on the job. During the first half of her shift, Morrow answered several routine calls, including one reporting a burglary in progress and one about a house fire, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. Then came…