Skull and spine reconnected in 16-month-old boy

After a 6-hour surgery, Australian toddler Jaxon Taylor is walking and smiling again

• Oct 7, 2015

​Teen's slaying of Sydney police worker may have terror links

17-year veteran of the police force's finance department shot from behind by teenager in Sydney suburb, police say

• Oct 2, 2015

Australia deports American anti-abortion activist

Country's highest court ruled that he posed a threat to public order amid concerns he could incite violence against women

• Oct 2, 2015

The mounting pain from falling commodity prices

Cheaper gas is a boon for American consumers, but nearly everywhere else slumping raw materials are leaving bruises

• Oct 2, 2015

Is Chris Brown banned from Australia?

The R&B singer may not be allowed to tour Down Under because of his criminal conviction for assaulting Rihanna

• Sep 24, 2015

Proposed law would cut benefits if kids aren't vaccinated

Lawmakers in Australia plan to withhold tax breaks and other benefits to families who opt out of immunizations

• Sep 16, 2015

​Tony Abbott ousted as Australia's prime minister

Ruling Liberal Party chooses more moderate Malcolm Turnbull to lead; nation has now had four prime ministers in two years

• Sep 14, 2015

Boot camp for Okla. suspect in Australian's killing

James Edwards Jr., 18, pleaded guilty Wednesday to being an accessory to murder in the 2013 killing of 22-year-old Australian college baseball player Christopher Lane

• Sep 10, 2015

Australian court hearing over Depp's dogs adjourned

Johnny Depp's wife Amber Heard was charged in July with two counts of illegally importing Pistol and Boo into Australia

• Sep 7, 2015

The shear bravery of Chris the runaway sheep

From hairy circumstances to "living on the lamb," Chris the sheep's story of survival is as supersized as he is

• Sep 4, 2015
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Shark mauls 65-year-old off Australia

Seriously injured man who witnesses thought was having a heart attack managed to get back on his surf ski and get help

• Sep 4, 2015

Lost Aussie sheep found in the wild, yields 89 pounds of fleece

Unofficially the world's woolliest sheep, "Chris" shed almost half his body weight when he was shorn for perhaps the first time

• Sep 3, 2015

Great Barrier Reef may have a colorful rival

Diving deep beneath Australia's southeast coast reveals a marine park's natural wonders

• Aug 26, 2015

Hugh Jackman plans Australian concert tour

The Hollywood star plans a concert tour of his native Australia starting in November based on his successful one-man show on Broadway

• Aug 24, 2015

Watch: Eagle swats drone out of sky in Australia

GoPro camera was knocked off the unmanned aircraft by the massive bird but survived the 50-foot fall

• Aug 12, 2015

Orphaned kangaroo finds comfort in teddy bear

Baby kangaroo "Doodlebug" was found abandoned on the side of a road in Australia

• Aug 7, 2015

Surfer suffers serious injuries in Australia shark attack

Man critically wounded fighting off a shark just days after another swimmer was killed

• Jul 31, 2015

MH370 mystery: Could debris drift thousands of miles?

Currents in the Indian Ocean could have carried airplane parts a long way; might they hold clues to the crash site?

• Jul 31, 2015

Plane debris found on Indian Ocean isle fuels MH370 speculation

Sources tell CBS News Boeing thinks debris appears to be from a 777 -- the type of aircraft that vanished

• Jul 29, 2015

Shark kills man off Australia as daughter watches

Woman returned to boat with scallops she'd been collecting with her dad when she realized he wasn't with her; back in the water, horror unfolded

• Jul 26, 2015

Australia jails U.S. clergyman for abusing girls

Brother Bernard Hartman, 75, suspected of abusing kids in Pennsylvania, jailed for molesting young girls in Melbourne

• Jul 24, 2015

U.K. boy, 15, pleads guilty to role in terror plot

Teen admits to trying to convince boy in Australia to murder police in ISIS-inspired attack on memorial ceremony

• Jul 23, 2015

Temperatures in June set another global heat record

June was the fourth month in 2015 with record-breaking temperatures, making the first half of the year the warmest ever

• Jul 20, 2015

​Johnny Depp's wife charged with smuggling pooches

Amber Heard has been charged with illegally bringing the couple's dogs to Australia

• Jul 16, 2015

50-million-year-old volcanoes discovered off Australia

Researchers looking for lobsters stumbled upon a "complete surprise" off the coast of Sydney

• Jul 13, 2015

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