In the news

■ David Sorbello, an adjunct lecturer at the State University of New York’s Geneseo campus, faces a school investigation and a push by students to have him fired after he gave a sociology class a quiz titled “‘Female or Shemale’ can you tell?”

■ Afrah Nasser, a Yemeni journalist who is also a citizen of Sweden, wrote that she has twice been denied a visa to attend a ceremony in the U.S. where she is to receive the International Free Press Award, after the most recent iteration of the U.S. travel ban, which includes restrictions on Yemeni citizens.

■ Christian Pezzino, who was permanently disabled after he drank wine that contained LSD and jumped through a fourthfloor window of a building at Green Mountain College in Vermont, lost a suit filed by his mother seeking damages from the school.

■ Ames Mayfield, 11, has found a new Cub Scout pack near Denver after being kicked out of his previous den over questions to a Colorado lawmaker, about gun control and the lawmaker’s previous comments on blacks, that Scout leaders said were inappropriate and disrespectful, his mother said.

■ Ashley Bennett was inspired to get involved in politics and is challenging Atlantic County, N.J., Freeholder John Carman for his seat after he shared a meme on social media in January about the Women’s March on Washington asking whether the protest would be “over in time for them to cook dinner.”

■ Layne Gosnell pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges and faces up to 20 years in prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded Staples out of more than $1.4 million using rewards accounts set up with fictitious information.

■ Andrew Aldridge, an auctioneer in Devizes, England, said a U.K.-based collector bought a letter written by a passenger aboard the Titanic for $153,000 even though it is heavily water-stained, a record price for a note written by someone on the ship.

■ Luteni Muharukua, who authorities said entered Etosha National Park in Namibia as part of a group of rhino poachers, had the tables turned on him when a rhino charged him and inflicted a severe leg injury, according to police.

■ Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader who plans to run for president against Vladimir Putin, was released from jail after serving a 20-day sentence for calling an unauthorized demonstration in Putin’s hometown of St. Petersburg, and later spoke at an authorized rally.