NEWS OF THE DAY

From Across the Nation

Deadly crash: A woman and a child are dead, another child has been rescued, and a third is missing after a car plunged into the California Aqueduct in the high desert city of Hesperia (San Bernardino County). An 8year-old child was found clinging to a float in the waterway shortly after the accident Thursday night, but a 2-year-old remained missing, said sheriff ’s spokeswoman Cindy Bachman. Christina Eileen Estrada, 31, and Jeremiah Robert Abbott, 3, died in the wreck. The cause of the single-vehicle crash is under investigation.

Detention lawsuit: About 62,000 people who were held at an immigration detention center in Aurora, Colo., have joined together in a lawsuit saying they were required to work for as little as $1 a day. The detainees have been certified as a class in their lawsuit alleging violations of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. The suit accuses GEO Group, the operator of the 1,500-bed Aurora Detention Facility, of forcing detainees to work as they awaited possible deportation. A GEO spokesman says its work program is voluntary and complies with Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidelines.

Tanker spill: Authorities in Florida were cleaning up Friday after a tanker truck loaded with gasoline and diesel overturned at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. More than 8,000 gallons of fuel leaked from the truck when it crashed late Thursday, Broward Sheriff ’s officials said. The driver of the truck suffered minor injuries. Fire crews used foam to soak up the spill, while the U.S. Coast Guard assisted the effort.

Fatal fire: Two people died and four people were critically injured when a fire swept through an assisted living home Friday in Baltimore, officials said. Firefighters called to the home found heavy smoke and fire showing from the first floor, fire department spokeswoman Blair Adams said. Firefighters pulled seven people from the home, Adams said. Six were taken to hospitals in critical condition and officials later learned two of them died, she said. It took 40 firefighters more than an hour to bring the fire under control. The cause is under investigation.

Transgender scout: A New Jersey branch of the Boy Scouts has agreed to pay $18,000 to a transgender boy who was barred from joining. The Northern New Jersey Council of the Boy Scouts made the agreement after Joe Maldonado’s mother, Kristie, filed a complaint with the state Civil Rights Division. Officials also gave the 9-year-old a formal apology. Maldonado was originally refused membership to a Cub Scout pack in Secaucus because he was born a girl. The Boy Scouts then reversed their ban on transgender boys when Maldonado’s story gained attention. Maldonado has been accepted by a Maplewood Cub Scout pack. The Northern New Jersey Council has agreed to change its policies in accordance with state laws against discrimination.