The illegal immigrant charged with murdering Laken Riley was “hunting” for women when he encountered the 22-year-old during her morning jog and bashed her skull in when she fought off his attempted sexual assault, the judge heard during the first two days of the murder trial. Here are five facts revealed during the trial so far.
Pete Hegseth, who was announced Tuesday as President-elect Donald Trump's choice as secretary of defense, went viral for a recent clip expressing opposition to women in combat.
An archaeological team’s excavation of an ancient city has uncovered “surprising” revelations about an early Christian church in Egypt, specifically, the discovery of 17 human remains and the story the bodies tell.
The Taliban has passed a measure banning women from being heard by other women in public, in the latest curb on human rights since the Biden administration withdrew U.S. forces from Afghanistan three years ago.
Former first lady Michelle Obama strongly criticized recent abortion bans, asserting that women shouldn't be reduced to mere child-bearers. Speaking at a rally in Michigan, Obama warned that women could become “collateral damage” if state laws continue to set limits on abortion.
Police in the Philippines say televangelist and Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo Quiboloy, who has pleaded not guilty to human trafficking and the sexual abuse of children, might have sexually abused some 200 women as he faced some of his accusers in that country’s senate on Wednesday.