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About one-third of African-American women who get breast cancer are younger than 50, as compared with only one-fifth of white American breast-cancer patients. Health professionals recommend separate guidelines for African-American women: they should get mammograms before age 50 and more frequently.

Having met resistance from the Pentagon and from Democrats in Congress, the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee today gave up on his effort to limit the role of women in combat. An unusual coalition changed the course of the defense bill.

Pollsters say that candidates who are women are uniquely positioned to do well in 2018 — and that many voters choose partly based on gender (even when they don't realize it).

Martin County health officials are planning a follow-up to a 2010 study that found elevated levels of mercury in Florida women.

Former Senate President Don Gaetz is in the running to head up the University of West Florida in Pensacola. But the League of Women Voters is urging the...

Jenny Rosales and Patty Rodriguez, two high-powered Latinas, talk hard work, sacrifice and Latina identity in this intimate interview.

Jen Rosales and Patty Rodriguez are two high-powered Latinas working in the entertainment industry. The two talk hard work, sacrifice and Latina identity in this intimate interview.

Jen Rosales and Patty Rodriguez are two high-powered Latinas working in the entertainment industry. The two talk hard work, sacrifice and Latina identity in this intimate interview.

President Obama is expected to meet on Wednesday with female members of Congress. There are reasons for the president's focus on women that involve both policy and politics.

Los Angeles police have arrested two elderly women on mail fraud charges for allegedly luring two homeless men into a life-insurance scam. The men turned up dead in still- unresolved hit and run cases; the women were $2.2 million richer after collecting their life insurance policies.