Jen Pawol to become first female to umpire regular-season MLB games
A woman will umpire a major league game for the first time Saturday when Jen Pawol works the bases during Saturday’s doubleheader between the Atlanta…
Women in legislatures across the U.S. fight for ‘potty parity’
For female state lawmakers in Kentucky, choosing when to go to the bathroom has long required careful calculation.There are only two bathroom stalls for women…
CBS News names veteran producer Tanya Simon to lead ‘60 Minutes’
While “60 Minutes” will soon have a new owner, the CBS newsmagazine’s next executive producer is coming from inside the family.Tanya Simon, a 25-year veteran…
Kenyans set two track world records at Prefontaine Classic
EUGENE, Ore. — Kenyans Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet set world records and American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won a star-studded women’s 100 meters Saturday as the Prefontaine Classic…
Democrats pick first woman of color to be next state Senate president
SACRAMENTO — California’s state Democrats are shaking up leadership, with the Senate Democratic Caucus pledging unanimous support to Sen. Monique Limón (D-Goleta), who will take over as…
Coco Gauff advances to her second French Open final
PARIS — As popular as Coco Gauff is, she knew full well that nearly all of the 15,000 fans at Court Philippe-Chatrier would be against her during…
Billie Jean King honored with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
The club isn’t exactly exclusive, although it retains an unmistakable whiff of glamour. Getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame continues to be…
The 119th Congress: How closely does your state’s delegation match its constituency?
When the new Congress convenes Friday, there will be fewer people of color in the delegation than in recent years.The 119th Congress will have 136…
Joan Benoit Samuelson’s Olympic gold was definitive sports moment
As Joan Benoit Samuelson negotiated the hairpin turn into the Coliseum tunnel, ran past the USC locker room and onto the stadium’s red synthetic track…
After Trump win, Black women rethink their role as political organizers
ATLANTA — As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women’s March on Washington.As…
For first time, women make up nearly half the California Legislature
SACRAMENTO — Even in a state known for crafting first-in-the-nation progressive laws and leading on reproductive rights, men have long outnumbered women in the California Legislature.The…
The divide that roils America 10 years into the Trump era
WASHINGTON — A campaign that has featured a felony conviction, a televised assassination attempt and a late withdrawal of a sitting president has reached its final…
Q&A with Jeanie Buss on WOW wrestling, Lakers’ LeBron and Bronny James
Jeanie Buss went to her first women’s wrestling match with low expectations.“My only experience with women wrestling was like Jell-O wrestling or mud wrestling,” she…
Simone Biles won’t do Yurchenko double pike vault anymore
Simone Biles may compete again. Or she may not.Either way, the 11-time Olympic medalist will not be performing her most iconic vault — one of…