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Placenta purveyors often dehydrate and grind a new mother's placenta to a powder, then add it to a pill capsule. Generally, the goal is to increase her milk production, energy and mood, but scientists dispute such benefits.

Opinion: Placenta-Eating Went Mainstream When Many Doctors Stopped Listening

Preparers of pills made from placental tissue have gained online momentum, claiming to support each new mom in her slog to recovery. A historian traces the trend to a mother's need to be heard.

Liese Siegenthaler (left) and Maggie Feldman-Piltch attended the recent conference. #NatSecGirlSquad creates opportunities for networking and mentorship and provides professional development support to women at various stages of their national security careers.

From A Hashtag To A Movement: #NatSecGirlSquad Empowers Women In National Security

#NatSecGirlSquad is focused on placing and promoting women in national security, a field that's overwhelmingly white and male. "We don't want anything special. We just want equal footing."

Angelita Chegup (left) and Tara Amboh are among four women banished from their reservation for what they say are political reasons. They're now suing the Ute Tribe in Utah.

'It Changed Our Lives': Banished Native Women Fight Tribal Leaders In Federal Court

Banishment in Indian Country is usually used for violent offenders only. But in Utah, some tribal members are suing in federal court after being banished for what they say are political reasons.

Israeli Prime Minister won a decisive victory to remain the leader of the Likud Party — and he's now promising more concessions from the U.S., as Israel prepares to hold a general election in March.

Netanyahu Wins Likud Party's Primary, Setting Up Another Election Run

One month after being indicted on corruption charges, Israel's longest-serving prime minister wins his party's support to seek reelection in March.

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg addresses the press from his Philadelphia field office on Dec. 21. The former New York City mayor entered the race late and is not contesting the early primary states, instead concentrating efforts toward Super Tuesday and beyond.

In A Month, Michael Bloomberg Has Spent More Than $100 Million On Campaign Ads

As a late entrant in the Democratic presidential primary, Michael Bloomberg is not campaigning in the first primary states and is instead marshaling his billions of dollars into advertising.

As the world prepares to ring in 2020, many people are arguing over whether a new decade will also begin on Jan. 1 or whether it will actually begin on the first day of 2021.

People Can't Even Agree On When The Decade Ends

In these binary times, it might not surprise anyone that people can't even agree on when one period of time ends and another begins.

Ramapo police officers escort Grafton Thomas from Ramapo Town Hall to a police vehicle on Sunday. Thomas is accused of stabbing multiple people as they gathered to celebrate Hanukkah at a rabbi's home in the Orthodox Jewish community north of New York.

Gov. Cuomo Calls New York Hanukkah Attack 'Act Of Domestic Terrorism'

A man stabbed people celebrating Hanukkah at the home of a rabbi in Rockland County, a New York City suburb, on Saturday night. The incident comes amid a surge of anti-Semitic violence in the region.

The case is set to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on March 4.

The Louisiana Clinic At The Center Of Abortion Case Before Supreme Court

Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport is challenging a 2014 state law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital in case of an emergency.

The S&P 500 has seen a nearly fivefold increase since the depths of the Great Recession. It has gone up nearly 30% this year alone.

A Decade After A Fearful Market Hit Bottom, Stock Bulls Continue Historic Run

The S&P 500 has seen a nearly fivefold increase since the depths of the Great Recession. But some analysts say the bull market may have gone on too long, encouraging investors to take more risks.

On a trip to India, Abraar Karan (second from right) interviews a local woman to talk about the challenges of cataracts.

Opinion: It's Time To End The Colonial Mindset In Global Health

Health workers from rich countries who do short-term stints in poor countries are perpetuating the colonialist story in which the "white savior" comes to the rescue of the native population.

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