Rob Ford, the outrageous former mayor of Toronto whose career crashed in a drug-driven, obscenity-laced debacle, died Tuesday after fighting cancer, his family said. He was 46. Ford rode into office on a backlash against urban elites. He cast an image sharply at odds with Canada’s reputation for sedate, unpretentious… Read More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ2n5X7vJPg Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Rymer Liriano was released from the hospital and visited his teammates in the clubhouse Monday, a day after he was hit in the face by a pitch. The 24-year-old Liriano sustained multiple facial and nasal fractures. He will start the season on the disabled list, manager… Read More

The uncle of a Chicago teen accused of providing the gun used in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in a Facebook feud over a boy has been sentenced to 100 years in prison. Judge Thaddeus Wilson sentenced 27-year-old Donnell Flora on Monday after he was found guilty of… Read More

The Easter bunny has scuffled in a mall brawl. A mall Easter bunny and a father got into a tussle Sunday after the man’s child slipped from a chair while getting her photo taken, Jersey City police said Monday. A video posted on Twitter on Sunday evening shows a chaotic… Read More

Apple unveiled a small new iPhone, a new iPad tablet for business use and price cuts for its Apple Watch at a product event Monday. The announcements, which were largely expected, aim to keep up the company’s commercial momentum in the face of mounting challenges. The company could use a… Read More

A collection of memorabilia including Babe Ruth’s baseball glove and Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse ears is coming up for auction off the beaten path in Maine, far from the Big Apple where Ruth smacked home runs and the theme park and studio Disney created in California. The items that once… Read More

It’s a name that might suit a rubber ducky, not an extremely expensive state-of-the-art research vessel designed to explore the coldest regions on Earth. Nonetheless the name “Boaty McBoatface” may be given to a 200 million pound ($288 million) vessel because of a public preference for that moniker. The name… Read More

Authorities are searching for someone who left a puppy tied to a plastic shovel to drown on a Los Angeles-area beach. The body of the brown-and-white terrier mix was found Friday by canoe paddlers at Mother’s Beach in Marina del Rey. A blue-handled plastic shovel was stuck through the dog’s… Read More

Sitting at a desk in the American embassy in London, a former U.S. State Department employee used his government-issued computer to prey on vulnerable young women and manipulate them into sharing nude photos, amassing thousands of images to make himself feel powerful, prosecutors said. Michael C. Ford, 36, faces years… Read More