Democrat Bill de Blasio was elected the new mayor of New York City, scoring an overwhelming victory over Republican Joe Lhota on Tuesday night. De Blasio secured 73 percent of the vote while Lhota mustered 24 percent
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted on Tuesday that he has smoked crack cocaine "probably in one of [his] drunken stupors," but reiterated that he will not resign
After taking hits from those on both sides of the political aisle, President Barack Obama continued to fine tune his promise that Americans who like their health plans would be able to keep them under the Affordable Care Act.
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's note, which was discovered by law enforcement officers as he bled from a boat in a Watertown, Massachusetts backyard, reportedly was meant as a call-to-arms
