Midday Roundup: Witness claims Freddie Gray may have hurt himself

Overheard. A prisoner in the same van said he thought Freddie Gray, who died after injuries he received in Baltimore police custody, tried to hurt himself by banging against the walls. A search warrant The Washington Post obtained included the statement of the prisoner, who was separated from Gray by a partition in the police van but could hear him. Police are expected to give the results of their investigation into Gray’s death to prosecutors Friday, but those results will not be made public. Meanwhile, protests against Gray’s death have been mostly peaceful since rioting broke out Monday night.

Miraculous recovery. Rescuers found a 15-year-old boy alive in the rubble of the Kathmandu Hilton five days after the devastating earthquake hit Nepal. Pemba Lama was carried to an ambulance today as hundreds of onlookers cheered. The teen’s rescue was a bright spot in Nepal’s desperate situation after the magnitude-7.8 quake killed about 5,500 people. Firefighters from Los Angeles helped pull Lama from the rubble and are still looking for two children thought to be trapped in the collapsed hotel.

Justice in Pakistan. A Pakistani court today sentenced 10 men to life in prison in the 2012 shooting of 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai. The Taliban targeted her for advocating for education for girls. The attackers shot Malala while she was riding the bus home from school. She survived the attack and won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.

Grounded. North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has canceled a trip to Russia to help commemorate World War II. Kim cited internal needs in North Korea as his reason for staying home. The Kremlin invited numerous world leaders for the May 9 Victory Day celebration in honor of the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Many Western leaders, including President Barack Obama, declined the offer in protest of Russia’s takeover of Crimea and incursion into Ukraine last year.

Spin out. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station won’t be getting their favorite goodies from Earth any time soon. The Russian space agency has confirmed an unmanned cargo spaceship carrying 3 tons of supplies to the orbiting space laboratory has spun out of control and is lost. The failed cargo ship is expected to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere and burn up with $50 million worth of supplies on board. The astronauts have plenty of provisions despite the loss.

WORLD Radio’s Jim Henry contributed to this report.