A 12-year-old Texas boy is breathing on his own just days after doctors tried to declare him “brain dead” and turn off his life support, according to LifeSiteNews.  

Mormon leaders announced support for laws designed to protect members of the LGBT community from discrimination while also pressing the importance of religious liberty in a press conference Tuesday. 

Their position, which attempted to strike a balance between gay rights and religious freedom, elicited both support and criticism from every angle. 

Marriage, especially marriage between best friends, makes people happier in the long run, according to a new paper published in the National Bureau of Economic Research.

The paper, which looked at data from the Gallup World Poll and two studies in the United Kingdom, identified a key ingredient for marital bliss—friendship—and debunked a few standing theories about why married people are happier, healthier, more financially secure, and weather stressful seasons with more life satisfaction.

Children in Illinois can now be prescribed medical marijuana, according to rules announced by state officials last week. 

The rules amend the state’s medical marijuana pilot program, which initially did not include children under 18 years old. After lawmakers approved it in June, a handful of parents spearheaded a successful campaign to open the program to children, especially those who suffer from epileptic seizures. 

Doctors removed life support from a brain-dead pregnant woman in Ireland after an emergency ruling by Dublin’s High Court last week. 

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted last week to add “sexual orientation” to the Olympic Charter. The decision comes after pressure from gay advocacy groups following Russia’s prohibition of gay propaganda during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. 

Despite nearly 25,000 supporters, a public campaign asking McDonald’s and Starbucks to install anti-pornography filters on their in-store free WiFi networks has so far been unsuccessful.

The “Porn Free WiFi” campaign, organized by the internet safety group Enough is Enough (EIE), is urging the fast-food and coffee giants to implement internet filters in their U.S. stores to stop customers from accessing or distributing child pornography and graphic adult pornography via their free internet connections.