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The captain of the wrecked Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia broke into sobs as he made a final appeal to judges ahead of a verdict in his trial. After outlining the harassment and character assassination he says he has suffered over the last three years, the 54-year-old captain on Wednesday urged the three judges who will decide his fate not …

An 11-year-old girl has been charged with murder over the death of a two-month-old child. Zuri Whitehead was found covered in blood and with a swollen head when the older girl’s mother woke up at around 3.30am on Friday.

A man from Maitland in Lunenburg County has been arrested and charged with trying to lure several girls over the internet — one as young as 10 years old.

Urban Outfitters has been found selling a T-shirt which is “eerily reminiscent” of the uniforms worn by gay prisoners at Nazi concentration camps.

Anthony Diaz,13, was shot and killed as he recorded a fight between his older sisters and members of a neighborhood gang, the Chicago Tribune reports.

A 28-year-old man from Sydney is facing a hefty fine — and possibly a higher than expected vehicle rental fee — after allegedly being clocked at 226 kilometres an hour on the Trans-Canada Highway in Pictou County. An RCMP officer spotted the vehicle speeding along a highway in the Telford, N.S. area around 5:30 a.m. Monday.

Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, Ohio used to be a gathering place for the community. Today, it is covered in snow.

Researchers are hopeful that “smart” insulins which are undergoing trials could revolutionise the way diabetes is managed. To mitigate the dangers inherent to insulin dosing, a Univ. of Utah biochemist and fellow scientists have created Ins-PBA-F, a long-lasting “smart” insulin that self-activates when blood sugar soars. Tests on mouse models for type 1 diabetes show that one injection works for …

Miranda Lambert bleeped at Grammys? The 2015 Grammys got its first dose of country music and pumped up sass early in the broadcast, when “Automatic” singer Miranda jumped up on stage and brought out her Platinum single “Little Red Wagon.” Dressed in a tight, all-black outfit with cowboy boots, Lambert took the stage in front of wind fans and fog …

Helen Mirren trips up red carpet stairs as she attends Berlin Film Festival, The 69-year-old actress was left red-faced after she stumbled on her gorgeous green lace gown on the red carpet as she made her way into the screening of her forthcoming film, ‘Woman in Gold.’

French court orders 1.88 million euros ($2.1 million) for babies switched at birth. The clinic’s lawyer, Sophie Chas, said she wasn’t immediately certain whether an appeal would be lodged against Tuesday’s decision by the court in Grasse.