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Police detained 10 women for donning prayer shawls at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Monday. They are part of the group Women of the Wall, which is fighting to worship in the same manner as men do at Judaism's holiest site.

Journalist Maya Dusenbery argues that medicine has a "systemic and unconscious bias" against women that is rooted in "what doctors, regardless of their own gender, are learning in medical schools."

Fort Myers joined hundreds of cities across the country where Women's Marches were held this weekend.

Women can now apply for ground combat positions in the Marines, and training female recruits for those jobs will begin in June. But so far, no women have signed up.

Opinions are mixed. Women are already in dangerous places handling difficult assignments. But some troops, both men and women, say they think few women will want to take combat positions, and they question whether women will be able to meet the current physical standards.

A new study finds that the academic disciplines most associated with "geniuses" are also the fields in which women are underrepresented.

At a writing conference in Boston, the legendary writer said women writers of his generation seldom took on tough subjects.

Women got the lion's share of new jobs in December and now outnumber men on U.S. payrolls. This unusual situation reflects the growth of industries like health care where women dominate.

Crowds gathered on Saturday morning for the Women’s March for Equality in Fort Myers.

Florida has added 10 new cases of the Zika virus, and the overall number of infections involving pregnant women has reached 90, according to information...