A federal lawsuit has been brought by four sisters who believe their breast cancer was caused by a drug their mother took during pregnancy in the 1950s.

A MAN who police believe was shot and killed by his eight-year-old son had consulted a Roman Catholic priest about whether the boy should handle guns and had taught him how to use a rifle, the clergyman said.

An eight-year-boy is accused of fatally shooting his father and another man in eastern Arizona.