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Dr Sanjiv Patankar allegedly used the instruments on at least five patients

Officers were responding to a domestic disturbance when they were shot. The incident occurred just weeks after three people were shot dead at a Walmart store in Colorado.

Woman said she was "embarrassed" after a nurse who identifies as trans was assigned to carry out her cervical smear test.

Arrest came months after Stephen Paddock masacred 58 people from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas.

Countries around the world are ringing in 2018 with spectacular firework displays

An estimated 700 tigers are kept in dreadful conditions in Laos, only to be slaughtered so that their bones, meat, claws and skins can be sold.

Mary Konye was jailed for 12 years for the attack in Dagenham, east London, in 2012.

Aaran Cadman, 23, was charged with possession of a controlled drug, assaulting a police officer and being drunk and disorderly.

Researchers have found that performance gaps between male and female students increased or decreased based on the emphasis that teachers laid on the value of examinations.

China's ban on ivory products is seen as a major push towards reducing the poaching of African elephants.

Home Office confirmed it was discussing plan to use "border force special volunteers" to bolster border force, which carries out controls on goods and people entering the UK.

The emotional moment Heather and Dave Mosher were married at a Hartford hospital, Connecticut, after her courageous fight against breast cancer.

People have been demonstrating against high living costs and unemployment. However, rallies soon turned into calls for the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to step down.

An 11-year-old boy and the pilot are believed to have been killed in the incident

Russia says the development is a "violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) by the U.S. with practical assistance from Japan".

In 1992, on the pretext of buying her a birthday gift, John Esposito took a young Katie Beers captive to subject her to days of sexual assault.

From an Illinois woman who lived with her 3 dead siblings to a Nascar fan, there were many who just refused to let go of their beloved ones.

Alexandra Zurawaska, 16, was last seen at about 7pm on 25 December in South Yorkshire. It's feared she may have travelled to Sutton, in south-west London with an older man.

The Asda store in Barry, Wales encouraged shoppers to help themselves the trolley loads of free veg.

A dog-walker found the body of a man at on Brown's Bay in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. Northumberland Police fear the man may have been a victim of Storm Dylan.

The suspect opened fire on two security guards at Arizona Charlie's Decatur Hotel and Casino in the early hours of Saturday (30 December) morning.

9-year-old Aramis Jenkins opened her Magic mixer baking set to find two bags of marijuana in the box. Her grandmother reported the matter to police and to Walmart where the Christmas toy was bought.

Twelve fire engines tackled the fire at a 12-storey apartment block in Joiner Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter.

A man who claims to be equipped with explosives is in a stand-off with police at a Ukrainian post office, with nine adults and two children reportedly being held hostage.

Erica Garner, the eldest daughter of police brutality victim Eric Garner, has died aged just 27. She became an outspoken Black Lives Matter campaigner after her father's death.

Jacob Lavender, 11, was last seen on the evening of 30 December in Shalvey, Australia. Police officers searched the surrounding area but could not find him.

Following four terror attacks in London in 2017 and the threat level at 'severe', the Metropolitan Police plans to have fewer officers on London's streets on New Year's Eve.

Counter Terrorism officers in South Yorkshire have arrested a fifth man as part of an ongoing investigation.

The Nepali government voted to ban foreign solo climbers from Everest following concerns over the number of deaths on the world's highest mountain, plus certain disabled climbers.