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Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer probed her psychiatrist’s expertise, prescribing decisions and overall treatment as the defence sought to suggest that the mental health-care system mishandled the mother’s decline in the months before she killed her three young children.

The captain of a boat that capsized Saturday night in the busy waters near the Statue of Liberty, killing a young mother and her 5-month-old daughter, faces two federal counts of misconduct or neglect of a ship officer resulting in death.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits.

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved ones and rescue workers searched through rubble.

Defence Minister David McGuinty has acknowledged that the procurement review of F-35 fighter jets is a 'point of debate or dialog' as tense trade negotiations with the United States continue.

U.S. President Donald Trump extended a waiver for 90 days for foreign ships to transport goods, including oil, fertilizers and other fossil fuel products.

Iran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait since the United States and Israel attacked in late February, and wants to charge tolls for passage, striking ships it accuses of attempting to circumvent its preferred route.

A yacht owned by Mark Zuckerberg didn’t respond immediately to a call for help from a small skiff that ran out of fuel off the coast of Alaska, but a maritime law expert said Monday they may not have been obligated to after the Coast Guard determined the boat wasn’t in distress.

German prosecutors said Monday they were investigating dozens of suspicious cases which could be connected to a palliative care nurse already jailed for the murder of 10 patients.

A multimillion-dollar power link between the United Kingdom and Ireland has been diverted after distraught “Harry Potter” fans pointed out that its planned route would cut through a beach memorial dedicated to a beloved character from the series, Dobby the house-elf.

Suspected drugs were found in a storage unit after it was auctioned off in North Carolina, according to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.

Threats from passengers on two flights early this week led to the execution of emergency protocols, including a lockdown, according to air traffic control audio reviewed by CNN.

A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 12 people and wounded 39 others, authorities in the Tatarstan region said.

Indian inspectors have seized around 18,000 boxes of Diageo liquor bottles for allegedly lacking markings to show they were made using safe recycled plastic, government sources said, in the latest blow to the world’s largest spirits group.