11 hours ago - By Associated Press
Wichita police arrested a pregnant woman after she allegedly robbed homes after asking residents for help. Police said the woman, who is eight months pregnant, had been telling people in west Wichita that her car broke down and she needed to call someone for a ride.
Nov 19 - By Associated Press
A Mexican once put forward for the title of world's oldest woman has died at 119, government officials said Thursday.

Nov 16 - By Associated Press
A Connecticut woman who police say was set on fire by her boyfriend can be heard screaming in a 911 call tape released by authorities.
Nov 10 - By William McCall, Associated Press Writer
A pregnant woman was repeatedly beaten with a collapsible police baton before a "cutting instrument" was used to slice open her abdomen and remove her fetus, a detective testified Tuesday.

Nov 9 - By Associated Press
The driver of a Boston subway train that stopped just inches short of a woman who had fallen onto the tracks says she expected the worst.

Nov 6 - By Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press Writer
Noor Faleh Almaleki just wanted to be a normal American woman.
Nov 6 - By Associated Press
An early morning garage fire forced nine people from the home of a jailed Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter because she had become too "westernized."
Nov 5 - By Associated Press
A court hearing in Phoenix for an Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his daughter because she had become too Westernized has been delayed because he is on a suicide watch.

Oct 30 - By Associated Press
A woman dubbed the "jungle woman" after emerging naked and unable to speak from the wilds of northeastern Cambodia two years ago is sick and apparently suffering from mental illness, a doctor said Friday.
Oct 29 - By Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press Writer
A young Iraqi woman whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too Westernized died from her injuries Monday after laying in a coma for nearly two weeks.
Oct 26 - By Associated Press
Police are investigating after an Athens woman scared off a would-be burglar by acting like a dog. The Athens Banner-Herald reported Monday that the woman scared off the suspect around 11 p.m. Saturday. According to police, the woman got on the floor and began scratching at the door and acting like a large dog when the suspicious man tried turning the woman's door knob.

Oct 25 - By Associated Press
The White House scored a stroke for gender equality in sports on Sunday.

Oct 22 - By Associated Press
A woman serving in prison for her role in the 2007 kidnapping and torture of a black woman in West Virginia says the victim wasn't telling the truth when she denied this week that the attack occurred.
Oct 21 - By Tom Breen, Associated Press Writer
Megan Williams' shocking accusations initially strained the imagination: Seven white people beat her with sticks, forced her to eat feces, raped her and taunted with racial slurs over several days in a West Virginia trailer.
Oct 20 - By Associated Press
A woman who was considering jumping from a San Diego bridge has surrendered, about 8 1/2 hours after police negotiators closed a downtown freeway, backing up traffic for miles.
Oct 19 - By Associated Press
The first woman to receive a federal death sentence since the Supreme Court reinstated the punishment in 1976 is challenging her conviction in a quadruple Iowa murder.

Oct 7 - By Raquel Maria Dillon, Associated Press Writer
When Daniela Lopez visited her parents' hometown in Ecuador this summer, she talked to her mother every night on the phone.
Oct 6 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
A New York City man was convicted of hate crimes Tuesday in connection with a series of muggings that included an assault on a centenarian on her way to church.
Oct 3 - By Associated Press
Authorities in Jamaica say gunmen killed a woman and critically wounded her 6-year-old daughter and 17-year-old son.
Sep 22 - By Associated Press
Police are searching for clues after a 75-year-old woman was found shot to death outside her home in the quiet community of Tiburon, north of San Francisco.

Sep 4 - By Associated Press
A jury has recommended execution for a man who abducted, raped and killed a young southwest Florida mother.
Sep 3 - By Associated Press
Prison medical records show Dirk Nowitzki's former fiancee is not pregnant, the Dallas Mavericks forward's attorney said Thursday.
Sep 2 - By Oskar Garcia, Associated Press Writer
A 49-year-old woman was being held without bail Wednesday on accusations that she killed another woman by boiling a pot of water and pouring it onto her body at a Las Vegas apartment.
Sep 2 - By Ed White, Associated Press Writer
A Detroit-area woman who wanted to freeze her eggs before going to prison for six years failed to persuade a judge Wednesday to delay her sentence by two weeks.
Aug 28 - By Associated Press
A jury has found a southwest Florida man guilty of kidnapping, raping and killing a 21-year-old mother of two who called 911 from his cell phone.