Tornadoes swept through Mississippi Friday night, killing at least 23 people, 13 in Rolling Fork alone, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said.

An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend, missing both celestial bodies.

Pope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up cases of sex abuse, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that vulnerable adults can also be victims of abuse when they are unable to consent.

Zijiao Chen can read your mind, with a little help from powerful artificial intelligence and an fMRI machine.

A defrocked New York priest accused of sexual abuse continues to run a charity that could put him in contact with children, according to public records.

Vladimir Putin can safely head to Hungary, South Africa’s a maybe, but much of the rest of the world may be out for him: An arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court threatens to not just shrink the Russian leader’s world but to divide everyone else’s, undermining efforts to isolate the Kremlin over its actions in Ukraine.

Some adults who take prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are required to have their urine tested for drugs several times a year.

A business jet violently pitched upward then downward after pilots responding to automated warnings switched off a system that helps keep the aircraft stable, officials said Friday.

DUNNIGAN, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom ended some of the state’s water restrictions on Friday because a winter of relentless rain and snow has replenished the state’s reservoirs and eased fears of a shortage after three years of severe drought.

Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth are divorcing after more than a decade of marriage.