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Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C. West Bank sees biggest settler rampage since war in Gaza began as Israeli teen's body is ... Read More

World News

All but three of the 18 people killed or injured Saturday were women. While the attacker’s motive may never be known, many said the episode spoke to a larger problem. The Iranian attack on ... Read More

The country with the highest female suicide rate in the world

How one former beauty queen made it her mission to reduce the rate of female suicide in her country ... Anne Wood tells the story of how she created the Teletubbies. Read More

Women suicides in prison hit record

The number of women committing suicide ... the prison population continues to surge and the system remains under such stress. "The number of prison suicides will only fall when the numbers in ... Read More

What Your Job Says About Your Suicide Risk

A new CDC report details which lines ... That's more than a 10-fold difference in suicide risk. Of the 12,313 reported suicides, 77.2 percent were male while 22.8 percent were female. Read More

Why Did The Lisbon Sisters Kill Themselves? The Virgin Suicides Ending Explained

The heart-wrenching ending of The Virgin Suicides explores themes ... of understanding another's inner world. Based on the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, the story navigates through the constrained ... Read More

‘Are We Willing To Listen To Girls’ Stories?’: New Global Collection Uplifts Girls’ Resistance And Activism

Stories of Girls’ Resistance brings together so much wisdom from girls, women and non-binary people across the world, and we hope it helps us get there because it is changing how people ... Read More

Economy

April 12, 2024 • Money makes the world go around, faster and faster all the time. At Planet Money, a multimedia team of reporters tracks down the economists, investors and regular folks who are ... Read More

Behind the News Stories

Donate Now If you submitted questions for the news team to be answered during the ... Something’s in the Air Get the inside scoop on how stories in the Herald about two reader boards on Rucker ... Read More

World News

Israeli leaders are crediting an international military coalition with thwarting Iran’s direct attack and calling the coordinated response a starting point for a “strategic alliance” of ... Read More

World News

The Russians filed three cases, asking for the gold. For the first time, women professional softball players in Latin America have a league of their own, another gain for women seeking more ... Read More

World News

April 15 (UPI) -- Flags were flying at half-mast throughout Australia on Monday as it mourns Saturday's fatal mass stabbing at a Sydney shopping mall that left seven people, including the armed ... Read More