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Mar 23, 2011 · Last week, as the U.N. debated the no-fly zone in Libya, three women were key in pushing for military intervention: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, and human-rights ...

May 1, 2024 · Women under 60 can benefit from hormone therapy to treat hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause. That's according to a new study, and is a departure from what women were told in the past.

Jan 2, 2023 · Parts of the state remained under flash flood warnings Monday morning, after a weather phenomenon known as an atmospheric river dropped historic rain levels on San …

May 11, 2024 · ISLAMABAD — Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said Saturday.

Jun 14, 2024 · The National Weather Service cautioned that even smaller amounts of precipitation could impact saturated areas, causing flash floods on Friday before the region has a chance to recover.

Jun 15, 2023 · The fact that The Flash debuts in theaters so fast on the heels of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is doing the DC film no favors.

Jan 16, 2009 · Grandmaster Flash tells Farai Chideya how his curious nature led him to invent an entire genre of music.

Jul 23, 2022 · Members of a rescue team on Saturday search for missing people from flash floods in Iran's drought-stricken southern Fars province.