The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new drug for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, in more than two decades.
In a note to his fiancee that was found in his prison cell after he hanged himself, Aaron Hernandez had one final message: "I told you what was coming indirectly!"
For a showman president who has come to relish the made-for-TV aspects of his job, perhaps it is no surprise that Donald Trump's first foreign outing will not be to Canada.
Law enforcement officials in Georgia are raising concern about synthetic opioid drugs that are more potent that anything they've seen before and can be absorbed through the skin. CNN's Scott McLean reports.
Grieving friends and family will turn out Saturday for the funeral of Jordan Edwards, the unarmed 15-year-old boy shot dead last week by a police officer who is now charged with murder.
Edward Crawford, shown throwing a tear gas canister in an iconic photo from the Ferguson protests after Michael Brown's death, has died, his uncle said.
On the first day back to school since 15-year-old Jordan Edwards was killed by a police officer, more than 100 of his football teammates prayed and cried with the boy's family in a Dallas suburb.
Eight members of a Penn State fraternity are charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a student after a night of heavy drinking, the local district attorney's office said.
The history of competitive running is measured out by milestones. Roger Bannister's four-minute mile, Jim Hines's 10-second 100m, and Paula Radcliffe's unprecedented 2:15:25 marathon all redefined the barriers of human potential.
Country music star Loretta Lynn, 85, suffered a stroke Thursday at her home in Hurricane Hills, Tennessee, and has been hospitalized, according to a statement on her website.
No, the government is not trying to muzzle one of the most famous comedians in America because he made a vulgar joke about President Trump. Colbert is not being censored.
