A much-debated drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease won U.S. approval Thursday, a long-sought victory for patients that is likely to renew questions about the scientific rigor behind government reviews of experimental medicines.

A 12-year-old girl who investigators said plotted with a friend to kill their families and run away together has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials say.

Cheryl Yewdall spent most of her life at a Philly care home for people with developmental disabilities. It was there that she was found face down on the floor, in a pool of urine, suffocating on a large wad of paper that had been stuffed down her throat.

A since-deceased California priest drugged and raped a teenage boy and gave him HIV, according to a lawsuit. That experience is the foundation of a recent suit brought against the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of San Jose.

The suit alleges a violation of due process rights, negligence, emotional distress and other violations by the Uvalde school district, the city, firearms maker Daniel Defense, gun dealer Oasis Outback and firearms accessory maker Firequest International.

“Drinking caused weight gain,” Backstreet Boys AJ McLean told TODAY while marking one year without alcohol, “but it also weighed down my mental state.”

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has made the closest approach to Jupiter’s tantalizing, icy moon Europa in more than 20 years. Scientists hailed the flyby as a success, with four pictures beamed down and released within several hours. See the images here:

It’s long been widely believed that dogs can detect extreme emotions by smell. Now scientists at Queen's University Belfast in the U.K. have proven that a dog's nose knows.

A new CA law will explicitly protect digital information from being used by out-of-state investigators for procedures that are lawful in CA. If successful, it could become a model for other blue states seeking to protect digital info related to abortion.