The immense feeling of panic and fear came over me. My only thought was that the fire was going to spread and set my home on fire.' ...

Six years after Cyclone Idai ripped through Beira, the city's wounds — physical and psychological — are still raw. As a new ...

Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has accused Pakistan’s military of targeting homes in airstrikes in Kabul and Kandahar Province.

Carol Stanley is 87 years old. The Hudson resident bikes up to 20 miles, hikes, kayaks and hits the slopes every winter. And she does it all while managing a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis she received ...

A Tewkesbury woman who held a vulnerable woman captive in her home for more than 20 years has been jailed for 13 years.

James Earl Johnson allegedly locked his disabled wife inside a bedroom in the million-dollar Texas home where they shared with their children for five years.

For five years, she says she was locked in a room with barely any food and no way to call for help, according to court documents.

Kenya Prisons officers and judiciary officials marked International Women’s Day by visiting new mothers at Homa Bay Hospital ...

So I was sorry to read that Connecticut’s dairy farms had declined from about 1,000 in the ‘50s and ‘60s to fewer than 100 ...

Every woman in Yorkshire should know the faces of these violent thugs and abusers who have committed disgusting acts of violence against their partners. These are the men have been dealt with by the ...

How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, I’m a man in my 20s, and lately, on social media and loosely thrown ...