• Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto acknowledged a drug problem for the first time and vowed in an emotional statement at City Hall that his commitment to "living clean is now unwavering" as he returned to work after a two-month stay in rehab.
• Indio Falconer Downey, 20, the son of Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr., was booked on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, thought to be cocaine, and possession of drug paraphernalia after a car he was riding in was pulled over in West Hollywood, Calif., authorities said.
m Sergei Filin, the Bolshoi Ballet director who suffered burns and a loss of vision in an acid attack in January 2013, is back at work after being hospitalized for an allergic reaction that led him to be put in intensive care.
• Rolf Harris, 84, an Australian-born television entertainer known to generations of children in Britain and Australia, was found guilty in London of a string of indecent assaults on young girls that took place from the 1960s to the 1980s.
• King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on their first foreign trip as monarchs and invited the pontiff to visit their country.
• Jim Michelotti of Sunnyvale, Calif., discovered that a stray kitten had hitched a ride in the engine compartment of his 1993 Mitsubishi Diamante during the 30-mile trip to his parents' house and said it was greasy and scared, but otherwise OK.
• Travis Paul Smith, 49, of Elsmere, Del., received second- and third-degree burns to his lower body when the lighted cigarette he threw out his car window blew back in and ignited the interior of the vehicle.
• Ronald Johnson, 49, of Wilmington, Del., who authorities say tried to retrieve 72 pounds of whole frozen chickens he stole from a delivery truck and stashed at a day care, was charged with assault and theft.
• Wayne Dodge, 52, who was accused of punching another man and hitting him with his car in a dispute over pew space in Utah, was ordered to spend 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge.
• Sinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen, 25, of Garden Grove, Calif., who used Facebook and other Internet communications to connect with al-Qaida and planned to train its fighters in Pakistan, was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison followed by 10 years of supervised release.
A Section on 07/01/2014