Oddities

HALIFAX — Police say a toddler has died after he was hit by a vehicle while crossing a residential street in a Halifax suburb. Officers say they were called to the scene at Brownstone Way, in Bedford, at about 7:50 p.m. on Friday evening.

Michigan wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a large lid that was stuck around his neck — for two years.

ROME (AP) — An 80-year-old man drove a compact luxury Mercedes-Benz A Class sedan down the landmark Spanish Steps in Rome early on Tuesday before getting stuck part way down, municipal police said in a statement.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands' national museum has a new object on display that merges art with Amsterdam's infamous Red Light District: a nearly 200-year-old condom, emblazoned with erotic art.

BERLIN (AP) — A performance inside a Catholic cathedral in Germany earlier this month that featured raw, plucked chickens wrapped in diapers onstage — and the country's president and the local archbishop in the audience — has prompted the church and

NORTH ELBA, N.Y. (AP) — Two hikers in New York's Adirondack Mountains called 911 to report a third member of their party had died, but it turned out they had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms and were mistaken, officials said Wednesday.

OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian man awoke to find that a cargo ship had run aground and narrowly missed crashing into his home along the Trondheim Fjord's coast.

CALGARY — A Crown prosecutor is calling for a Calgary couple who killed their badly burned and emaciated toddler to be sentenced to eight years in prison.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark's star power and the Indiana Fever's offseason moves to bolster an already competitive roster around her is drawing strong betting interest.

FAIRVIEW, ALTA. — RCMP say a toddler who disappeared from a home in northwestern Alberta has been found safe following an overnight ground and air search.