The World 6/23/11

THURSDAY

Representative Anthony Weiner, 46, a New York City congressman, ensnared in a humiliating flap for sending lewd photos of himself to women online, resigned, ending a weeks-long scandal that made his fellow Democrats cringe.

A climber attempting to reach the 14,410-foot peak of Mount Rainier was overcome by hypothermia and slid 2,000 feet into a treacherous “icefall” area to his death.

A black mamba, widely considered the world’s most poisonous snake, was suspected in the death of a woman who kept 75 snakes as pets at her suburban New York home.

Riot police fired tear gas to control a...