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Authorities in Phoenix say former pro wrestler The Ultimate Warrior died of cardiovascular disease.Maricopa County spokeswoman Cari Gerchick says that's the finding from an autopsy conducted Thursday by the county Medical Examiner's Office. Results were released Monday.

The traditions that have defined the Boston Marathon for 118 years — a joyous holiday for the city, thousands of triumphant runners streaking or limping across the finish line — will wait a week.

Two parolees raped and killed at least four women last year while wearing GPS ankle bracelets, police in California said Monday.

The wife of the FedEx big-rig driver who died in a head-on crash with a tour bus, killing nine others, remembered her husband as her best friend.

WATERTOWN, Mass. -- “Don’t approach the subjects. Wait for backup.”That was the terse reply to Watertown police Officer Joe Reynolds from a dispatcher when he radioed that he was tailing a black SUV.But Reynolds would soon learn that waiting for backup was not an option.

Authorities say the man landed on scaffolding about 25 feet above the sidewalk in Manhattan.

Investigators say the stabbing appeared to have followed an argument.

The Washington Wizards capitalized in a 114-93 win over Miami on Monday night that clinched the No. 1 seed for the Indiana Pacers.

The Bruins have to hope the kids are alright, because Zdeno Chara can only do so much.

Nahshon Shelton didn’t want to pay the 22-cent tax on his $1.79 two-liter of Pepsi on Saturday afternoon, Chicago Police said.