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The Great Galveston Storm of 1900 destroyed two-thirds of the Texas city and heavily damaged surviving structures. It remains the most deadly natural disaster and worst hurricane in U.S. history.

Former San Francisco City Attorney Louise Renne was Kamala Harris’ boss when Harris served as head of the office’s division on children and families — a job that demanded both grit and empathy.

Sister Theresa Kane, a champion for women's ordination in the Catholic church, has died. She even spoke directly to Pope John Paul II about the issue during his visit to the U.S. in 1979.

A man who fought racial injustice with lessons he learned from the segregated south, a nurse who traveled the globe to heal not just bodies - but hearts…

Carolyn and Mary Jane DeZurik grew up on a Minnesota farm, but they rose to musical fame in the 1930s. Their special talents included yodeling and imitations of birds and barnyard animals. Their story is told again by writer John Biguenet in the music issue of Oxford American magazine.

Among the Springfield-area women traveling to Washington D. C. to take part in the women's march Saturday is the sister of a U. S. Representative that…

Team USA's entry in the International Jump Rope Union World Championships, held in Japan this week, includes two pairs of sisters.

Valerie Paradiz's new book is Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales In it, Paradiz challenges the stories of the Brothers Grimm traveling the German countryside collecting folktales. She credits over half of the 200 tales published to woman collaborators.

We've invited the Haims to play a game called "You're my Wonderwall." Three questions about Liam and Noel Gallagher, the brothers behind Oasis.