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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell listens during his renomination hearing with the Senate Banking Committee on Jan. 11. The Fed is planning to become more aggressive in fighting inflation.

Game time: The Fed unveils a tougher plan to fight stubbornly high inflation

The Federal Reserve is preparing to raise interest rates sooner and — perhaps — more aggressively after inflation reached the highest in nearly 40 years.

50 years ago, 'Zoom' spoke to children about their real lives

For the anniversary of the kids' TV show, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting has more than 100 episodes set to stream online. Original cast members are celebrating on, you guessed it, Zoom.

Pro-abortion rights signs are seen during the March for Life 2016 in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, on Jan. 22, 2016. The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state abortion ban will remain blocked while a lawsuit over its constitutionality proceeds.

North Dakota Supreme Court ruling keeps the state's abortion ban on hold for now

The state's high court ruled Thursday that a North Dakota abortion ban will remain blocked while a lawsuit over its constitutionality proceeds.

In London to address a gene-editing summit last week, Victoria Gray took a break to visit Sir John Soane's Museum. In 2019, Gray became the first patient to be treated for sickle cell disease using CRISPR, an experimental gene-editing technique. She was invited to talk about her experiences at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing.

Sickle cell patient's success with gene editing raises hopes and questions

A Mississippi woman's life has been transformed by a treatment for sickle cell disease with the gene-editing technique CRISPR. All her symptoms from a disease once thought incurable have disappeared.

New record label La Boîte à Pépites dedicated its first release to French composer Charlotte Sohy (1877-1955).

A new label revives forgotten female composers' music

The new record label La Boîte à Pépites is dedicated to raising the profile of female composers whose works have been neglected.

Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green, co-authors of Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

Published 8 years after her death, Mary Rodgers' memoir is a true tell-all book

Rodgers, the daughter of theatrical legend Richard Rogers, was a songwriter, children's book author and philanthropist. Her memoir, Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers, is out now.

U.S. soldiers stand guard in Fallujah, May 2003. Congress will vote on whether to repeal the authorization for the use of military force orders passed in 1991 and in 2002 for two separate armed conflicts in Iraq.

Senate advances a bill to repeal Iraq war authorizations

A bill to repeal authorization of the use of force in Iraq has cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate. A final vote in the chamber could come near 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Young giant sequoia trees are seen during a prescribed pile burning on Feb. 19 in Sequoia National Forest. Researchers say 20% of Sierra Nevada conifers are a mismatch with their climate.

Climate is changing too quickly for the Sierra Nevada's 'zombie forests'

One in five Sierra Nevada conifers are no longer compatible with the environmental conditions around them, raising questions about how to manage the land. Researchers say it may get worse.

New York State GOP Chair Ed Cox speaks with reporters on Tuesday

Ed Cox takes a second turn as head of NY's Republican Party

Ed Cox and other Republicans at the party’s annual meeting are buoyed by some unexpected wins in New York in 2022.

Noorshad Begum, seeking legal help, walks through the gate of the court complex with her son. "My husband married another woman," she says. "He abandoned me. I have five children. He doesn't bother to ask about us."

'I Want Women To Have Rights Like Men,' Says Lawyer In Pakistan's Swat Valley

A dozen lawyers are helping other women in the Swat Valley with divorce, custody and inheritance cases. Some of the women lawyers defied the Taliban to study law and continue to endure threats.

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