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Coventry the first woman elected as IOC pres.
Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman and first African to hold the post.ESPN - 1d -
Kirsty Coventry elected first woman president of Olympic movement
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, declaring it to be an "extraordinary moment"."This is an ...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman to lead International Olympic Committee
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, saying it was an "extraordinary moment"."This is an ...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president and is first woman, first African to lead global Olympic body
Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports.NBC News - 1d -
Nasa drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon
Promise was central plank to space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027. Nasa has dropped its longstanding public commitment to land the ...The Guardian - 12h -
MI6 has never had a woman as spy chief. That could be about to change
Real-life spies say their world is nothing like that of James Bond, but in one way truth may soon follow fiction: MI6 could be about to get its first woman leaderABC News - 3d -
Coventry elected as IOC's first female president
Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new IOC president, becoming the first woman and first African to hold the role.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Kirsty Coventry elected as first woman and first African to lead IOC
Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee.CBS News - 1d -
Legge becomes 1st woman in Cup Series since '18
Katherine Legge, the first woman to drive a NASCAR Cup Series car in seven years, spun out twice and didn't finish her debut race at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, calling the effort a "baptism by ...ESPN - Mar. 9 -
Coventry elected first female IOC president as Coe beaten
Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new IOC president, becoming the first woman and first African to hold the role.BBC News - 1d -
Woman pleads guilty in cross-burning hoax during Colorado Springs mayoral campaign
DENVER — A woman who was part of a group charged with setting a cross on fire in front of a defaced campaign sign for a candidate who became Colorado Springs’ first Black mayor pleaded guilty on ...NBC News - Mar. 12 -
Kirsty Coventry becomes first female president of International Olympic Committee
Kirsty Coventry, 41, of Zimbabwe becomes the first woman to lead the IOC. She is eligible to serve up to a 12-year term.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of IOC as Coe routed in vote
Zimbabwean former swimmer won majority in first round Sebastian Coe is third; Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr second The Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry has become the first woman to lead the ...The Guardian - 1d -
A pregnant woman and her young son were killed in Gaza by an Israeli airstrike
Afnan al-Ghanam of Gaza had given birth to her first child during war, 13 months ago, while the family was still living in their homeABC News - 2d -
How an Iowa woman became a key witness in her own murder
The last words spoken by Angela Prichard, 55, an Iowa wife and mother who called 911 to report she was in danger, was the first clue investigators had to identify her killer.CBS News - 2d -
IOC elects first woman president as Kirsty Coventry takes over for outgoing leader Thomas Bach
Coventry will officially replace Bach on June 23, 2025CBS Sports - 1d -
Doechii named 2025 Woman of the Year by Billboard
The rising rapper Doechii has earned the title of Billboard’s 2025 Woman of the YearABC News - Mar. 10 -
NASCAR teams pitch in to help Katherine Legge ahead of her Cup debut at Phoenix
Katherine Legge will be the first woman to race in NASCAR since Danica Patrick in 2018.Yahoo Sports - Mar. 8 -
Nita Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87
A Democrat, she represented Westchester County for three decades and became the first woman to lead the powerful House Appropriations Committee.The New York Times - 5d -
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry elected to lead the International Olympic Committee
First woman IOC president could preside over Utah’s 2034 Winter Games.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
F1's first female race engineer praised by Haas team after debut
German Laura Müller was hailed by her Haas team after becoming the first woman to operate as a race engineer in Formula One. She was the voice in driver Esteban Ocon's ear during the practice ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 14 -
Florida man is set to be executed for kidnapping and murdering a woman
A man convicted of kidnapping a woman in Miami and later strangling her to death is set to be executed next monthABC News - Mar. 10 -
Attacker sets a woman on fire on a train and flees
Police say an assailant poured a liquid over a woman on a train in eastern Germany and set her on fire.CBS News - 5d -
Womanizer Enhance Review: A Clitoral Suction Toy and Vibrator
Womanizer stuffs its famous Pleasure Air technology into a vibrator, delivering a winning combo.Wired - 3d -
WATCH: 73-year-old woman does 17 pull ups after being inspired by daughter
Ginny MacColl watched in awe as her daughter Jessie Graff competed on "American Ninja Warrior." She decided to get stronger too and did her first-ever pull up at age 63.ABC News - Mar. 13 -
Woman charged after allegedly holding her stepson captive for more than 20 years
Kimberly Sullivan is accused of cruelty and abusing her stepson for more than 20 years. Police say the victim, a 32-year-old man, said he was kept locked away in a room since he was 11 years old. ...CBS News - Mar. 13 -
Man arrested after woman, 40, shot dead in south Wales
A 40-year-old woman dies at the scene after being found with serious injuries.BBC News - Mar. 10 -
Infant, woman killed, 10 injured in house fire chief called "hellish"
An infant and woman were killed and ten other people hurt in a house fire in Cincinnati that the city's fire chief described as "hellish."CBS News - Mar. 10 -
Woman found alive, "trapped and alone," 6 days after crashing car
A missing woman was found and rescued Tuesday after surviving six days in her crashed car in Newton County, Indiana.CBS News - Mar. 11 -
An assailant sets a woman alight on a tram in eastern Germany and flees
Police say an assailant has poured a liquid over a woman on a tram in eastern Germany and set her alightABC News - 5d -
U.S. airman charged with killing woman missing since August in South Dakota
An airman was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the killing of a woman on an Air Force base last year, authorities said.NBC News - 5d -
New York woman pleads guilty to mailing drug-soaked documents to prisons
A New York woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to mailing drug-soaked documents to correctional facilities, according to federal prosecutors.ABC News - 3d -
U.S. offers $15M reward for woman accused of smuggling tech to Iran
A woman and three accomplices are charged with smuggling thousands of electronic components to Iran through front companies.CBS News - 1d -
U.S. offers $15M reward for woman accused of smuggling tech to Iran
A woman and three accomplices are charged with smuggling thousands of electronic components to Iran through front companies.CBS News - 1d -
Woman identified 59 years after remains found on California cliff
A woman has been identified nearly 60 years after her decomposed remains were found in California.CBS News - 19h -
For Black Women, Adrienne Adams Is More Than Just Another Candidate
The New York City Council speaker, who officially launched her mayoral campaign on Saturday, would be the first woman to lead City Hall.The New York Times - Mar. 8 -
'My parents didn't want me because I was a girl'
Puja Tomar - the first Indian woman to fight in the UFC - says her parents did not want her initially because she was a girl.Yahoo Sports - 3h -
'My parents didn't want me because I was a girl', says trailblazing UFC fighter
Puja Tomar - the first Indian woman to fight in the UFC - says her parents did not want her initially because she was a girl.BBC News - 3h -
Drop review – a standout from White Lotus excels in tight first date thriller
SXSW film festival: Meghann Fahy lands a killer star vehicle with a fun, seat-edge piece of pulp entertainment, playing a woman tasked with killing her date. I have a special place in my heart for ...The Guardian - Mar. 10 -
Two men arrested in India over alleged rape of Israeli and local woman
The two women were said to have been stargazing with three male travellers when the incident took place. Two men have been arrested in India in connection with the alleged rape of an Israeli and a ...The Guardian - Mar. 8
