In the news

■ Mark Garnier, an international trade minster in Britain, is under investigation by the Cabinet Office after a former secretary reported that he sent her to buy sex toys and called her a disparaging name, with Garnier characterizing one incident as “hijinks” and denying they constituted sexual assault.

■ Rev. Noelle York-Simmons, rector of Christ Church in Alexandria, Va., said that, despite criticism on social media, most of her congregation supports moving two plaques, which are now in its sanctuary, that honor George Washington and Robert E. Lee, who worshipped at the historic church.

■ Corinne Geller, a Virginia State Police spokesman, said a 12-year-old boy who jumped from an Interstate 66 overpass landed on an SUV, killing the vehicle’s driver and suffering life-threatening injuries.

■ U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., has signed more than 11,000 condolence letters to families of dead troops since 2003, part of what he describes as penance for his 2002 vote for the Iraq War.

■ Todd Wayne Boyes, 44, of Caldwell, Ohio, who had been in jail in West Virginia awaiting sentencing for fleeing and possession of a stolen car, was captured trying to cross the Rio Grande River at Laredo, Texas, Border Patrol agents said.

■ Annie Murphy, the executive director of the Framingham History Center in Massachusetts, is also a member of a trust formed to oversee the restoration of the 1693 home built by Peter and Sarah Clayes, who fled Salem after Sarah Clayes escaped death during the 1692 Salem witch trials.

■ Maryam Chaudhary, a 15-year-old freshman at Collierville High School in Tennessee, started a petition to review a district policy that lets students skip final exams based in part on attendance, saying it’s unfair to non-Christian students, whose religious holidays don’t line up with school holidays.

■ U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., has sent a letter to Twitter’s CEO asking for information about all of the accounts associated with Russian- or Kremlin-linked companies that have targeted her since the 2016 election.

■ David Brady resigned as the CEO of the Texas Gulf Coast American Red Cross, saying he disagrees with decisions related to Hurricane Harvey response by the organization, which has come under fire for delays involving shelters and a cash program for storm victims.