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At a time when more women than men are graduating from college and earning doctorates, just a third of Ph.D.s in economics go to women. Now there's an effort to increase women economists at the Fed.

The country's top market watchdog has promised tougher scrutiny of virtual currencies, but we still don't know what will be unveiled.

The Gaza Health Ministry says at least 42 people died Sunday and more than 50 people were wounded. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks were continuing at "full force."

Regan is the top environmental regulator for North Carolina. He would be first African American man to run the EPA, and he would oversee much of the federal government's response to climate change.

By wide margins, parents across the political spectrum are satisfied with how their children's schools teach about race, gender and history. That's according to a new national poll by NPR and Ipsos.

Troops from 27 countries wrapped up one of the largest NATO war games since the 1980s — in the Arctic. Russia's war in Ukraine made the exercise feel like more than a game.

The families of 346 people who died in two Boeing crashes want the DOJ to rescind a settlement that protects Boeing and its executives from criminal prosecution but the DOJ stands behind the deal.

State TV has long been Russians' top news source. Now it's becoming the only word of record, presenting stories of "surgical" attacks on Ukrainian nationalists and threats of anti-Russian bioweapons.

A short-lived program in the early 2000s allowed married couples to consolidate their student loans for a lower interest rate. Now, with no legal way to separate the loans, some want changes.

Staffers at Bloomberg News accused editors of spiking an investigative story to avoid the wrath of the Communist Party. But analysts say accusations of self-censorship go far beyond this one case. One American academic compares China's censorial authority to a "giant anaconda" — its mere presence enough to make people limit their behavior.