Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson became the first African-American woman to achieve the rank of major general in 2011.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share BOSTON (AP) — A dog fatally attacked a woman Monday evening and bit two police officers in a Boston ...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Today, women in Africa generally have better access to education, healthcare, and opportunities than ever before. Yet, as they step into the world, a gap between them and ...

Video obtained by News 5 shows what appears to be two teens attacking a 61-year-old woman and her dog last month.

(WJAR) — Boston police said a woman who was attacked by her own dog on Monday night has died. Police said the dog attack was reported at around 4:29 p.m.in Roxbury. The dog bit the woman and ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Thousands from the junta-led countries in Africa’s Sahel region gathered this week in the Nigerien ...

A 73-year-old woman died and her husband was badly injured after they were attacked by a family dog, Boston police say. Getty Images A Massachusetts woman who “loved animals” died after she ...

African women have expressed worry about the impact on their health care now that Donald Trump is president-elect of the United States In his first presidency, Trump invoked the global gag rule ...

As families grapple with the aftermath of these harrowing events, the pressing need for accountability and preventative ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Officers arrested an 84-year-old man accused of murdering an 83-year-old woman and her dog in east Austin earlier this week, the Austin Police Department said in a news release ...

A Roxbury woman who was viciously attacked by her dog inside her home died from her injuries suffered in the attack that also severely injured her husband, Boston police said Tuesday. Jeriline ...