Jul 4 - By Kristie Rieken, AP Sports Writer
The portrayal of black women in popular music and videos is too often degrading and the black community must find a way to change these images, best-selling singer Jill Scott said Monday. Complete Story
Jul 4 - By Jimmy Golen, AP Sports Writer
Annika Sorenstam gets pep talks from Tiger Woods and awe from her opponents. When she was done with Pat Hurst in their U.S. Women's Open playoff, there was nothing for the runner-up to do but ask for an autograph.
Jul 3 - By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer
Annika Sorenstam kept trying to convince herself the U.S. Women's Open was just another tournament, despite reminders at every turn how much it meant and how long it had been since she won.
Jul 2 - By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer
The U.S. Women's Open isn't quite through punishing Annika Sorenstam and Pat Hurst. After four rounds of fog, mud and wind better suited for one of Newport's America's Cup races than a golf championship, the Open was coming back for an 18-hole playoff Monday to break a tie that 11 hours of golf on Sunday couldn't.
Jul 1 - By Jimmy Golen, AP Sports Writer
Michelle Wie took a penalty stroke to escape the bushes and had to drop in the mud and muck, turning that adventure into an amazing par that kept alive her hopes Saturday at the U.S. Women's Open.
Jun 30 - By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer
The rain washed away the fog, the wind blew away the rain, and Annika Sorenstam found herself on the ninth hole at the Newport Country Club wondering what the weather had in store for her next.
Jun 30 - By Jimmy Golen, AP Sports Writer
Se Ri Pak, seeking a second consecutive major victory and sixth overall, shot 2 under Friday to tie for the lead midway through the fog-delayed first round of the U.S. Women's Open on Friday.
Jun 30 - By Diana Elias, AP Writer
Kuwait's first parliamentary elections in which women could vote were a victory for political reformists but a disappointment for female candidates, none of whom won a seat, according to official results Friday.
Jun 28 - By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer
Newport Country Club is dripping with history. The links-style course hugs the Atlantic shoreline and is such a throwback that it still doesn't have an irrigation system, relying on Mother Nature to decide whether it plays firm and fast or long and lush. The first major champion in the United States was crowned at Newport in 1895, and the club is one of the five charter members of the USGA.
Jun 27 - By Steven Wine, AP Sports Writer
Venus Williams found herself upstaged on the fashion front Wednesday, eclipsed at Wimbledon by an opponent who introduced the roller-disco look to Centre Court.
Jun 26 - By Associated Press
Three Japan LPGA regulars and two South Korean players declined invitations to the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship on Tuesday, opening a spot in the field for Hall of Famer Beth Daniel.
Jun 21 - By Will Weissert, AP Writer
Mexico's presidential hopefuls are reaching out to women ahead of a tight election, appearing on television shows aimed at housewives to tell how they wooed their wives or show off their skills with a barbecue grill.
Jun 20 - By Robin Hindery, AP Writer
For all the talk about Hillary Rodham Clinton and Condoleezza Rice battling for the presidency in 2008, the closest a woman has come to the Oval Office is actress Geena Davis, star of the recently canceled TV series "Commander in Chief."
Jun 19 - By Brian Murphy, AP Religion Writer
Long before battles over gay priests, the main quarrels in the worldwide Anglican Communion were over how far a woman could rise in its churches. The issue roared back to center stage after the American church became the first to choose a woman as leader.
Jun 17 - By Associated Press
Despite winning her first LPGA Tour title at 19, Jee Young Lee rates herself a late bloomer in her native South Korea, which is swamping women's golf with winners.
Jun 14 - By Associated Press
A federal judge ordered the government to find 11 Hondurans it deported last year and bring them back to testify in a human trafficking trial.
Jun 13 - By Justin Pope, AP Education Writer
Harvard University outlined plans Tuesday to expand child care and other faculty support, detailing how it would begin spending $50 million President Lawrence Summers committed last year to help women and minority employees.
Jun 12 - By Nasser Karimi, AP Writer
Iranian police with batons and shields beat women's rights demonstrators in a downtown Tehran square Monday, injuring one protester and detaining 20.
Jun 9 - By Associated Press
The first women to be elected heads of state in Jamaica and Chile met Friday and said their recent victories were a sign of change in the Americas.
Jun 5 - By Jonathan Paye-Layleh, AP Writer
The first African country led by a democratically elected woman began recruiting women into its new postwar army Monday.
Jun 3 - By Associated Press
Meseret Defar of Ethiopia set the world record in the women's 5,000 meters in 14 minutes, 24.53 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix on Saturday.
Jun 1 - By Ben Feller, AP Education Writer
Women now earn the majority of diplomas in fields men used to dominate — from biology to business — and have caught up in pursuit of law, medicine and other advanced degrees.
Jun 1 - By Jason Straziuso, AP Writer
Everyone she passes — each taxi driver, every man and burqa-clad woman — is looking at Sofia. The stares and glares are no surprise: She's female, she's driving, and she's just 14 years old.
May 31 - By Kim Gamel, AP Writer
U.S. forces killed two Iraqi women — one of them about to give birth — when the troops shot at a car that failed to stop at an observation post in a city north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials and relatives said Wednesday. Nabiha Nisaif Jassim, 35, was being raced to the maternity hospital in Samarra by her brother when the shooting occurred Tuesday.
May 30 - By Kim Gamel, AP Writer
Two Iraqi women were shot to death north of Baghdad after coalition forces fired on a vehicle that failed to stop at an observation post, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Iraqi police and relatives said one of the women was about to give birth.
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