A functioning partnership requires an equitable division of the workload of maintaining a family.

Vague federal directives have led to frantic action, and perhaps overreaction, before a Friday deadline.

After being lured to Pakistan, Hira Anwar was fatally shot by her father and an uncle over online posts that her parents believed were immodest, the police said.

The new defense secretary’s goals run counter to the military’s apolitical tradition and efforts to build a force that mirrors America.

The former vice president’s first acts as a nonelected official for the first time in decades could be a sign of what comes next.

Spain uses an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim is to be abused again. A Times investigation last year identified flaws in the system.

Scores of Democrats joined Republicans in approving the measure, even though existing law already allows immigrants with contested legal status who are convicted of sex crimes to be deported.

An eighth grader started a donation drive for teenagers whose homes burned in Los Angeles. Ariana Grande, Prince Harry, Meghan and others have chipped in.

Although long considered a disease of aging, certain cancers are turning up more often in younger women, according to a new report.

A new report points to a notable increase among U.S. women under 50. Experts point to a few likely causes.

Republicans’ decision to push through the measure early in the new Congress indicated their belief that the issue is politically potent for them. Its future in the Senate is uncertain.

An ancient cemetery reveals a Celtic tribe that lived in England 2,000 years ago and that was organized around maternal lineages, according to a DNA analysis.

Prosecutors said the man had sent “sexually violent” messages to the Indiana Fever star and had traveled to Indianapolis to be closer to her.

Researchers say hundreds of thousands of babies’ lives could be saved each year in developing countries with exclusive breastfeeding.

Because of a lack of access to menstruation products, girls across Africa and Asia often stay home from school when they have their periods.

In a barrage of posts rife with misinformation, he revived questions about a child sex abuse scandal, vilified the prime minister and defended a jailed far-right agitator.

Democrats wanted to end the electability debate. After Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat, a conversation that has frustrated and foiled two generations of female candidates rages on.

Eriel Tchekwie Deranger works to empower Indigenous peoples to lead the way on climate justice and decolonize environmental policy.

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Having grown up in Chad, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim has taken on the cause of negotiating for her community at the international level.

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