Deaf suffragists fought tirelessly for expanding women’s right to vote in the U.S. and Britain .

Despite harsh, discriminatory conditions, low pay and lack of recognition, deaf women have fought with brilliance and dedication for personal and professional recognition.

Deaf writer Laura Redden Searing was a gifted American poet, newspaper reporter and writer often using the male pseudonym Howard Glyndon .

Joan Marie Naturale : Searing was a feminist who wrote about women's issues such as unequal pay and women’s sexuality.

She explained her support for an 1872 campaign for women's right to vote with an analogy to the freeing of the slaves after the Civil War .

In 1981 , she was dubbed “the first deaf women's libber” by Robert F. Panara , the first deaf professor of deaf studies at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

Chicago dyes its river bright green as it opens St. Patrick's Day celebrations.

Thousands lined the river and packed bridges Saturday and erupted in cheers.

Members of the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Union Local 130 sprayed dye into the water from boats.

The dyeing immediately precedes the annual downtown St.Patrick's Day parade.

The day , which falls on Monday , celebrates Irish culture.

Thousands of people gathered on Brazil 's Copacabana Beach on Sunday in a show of support for former President Jair Bolsonaro .

Charges against the former army captain and several key allies will go before a five -judge panel at Brazil 's Supreme Court on March 25 .

Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet filed the charges last month .

San Diego , Robstown , Alice , Beeville girls capture state powerlifting titles.

Lady Pickers and Lady Vaqueros won fourth -consecutive state championship.

London girls placed second overall after finishing with a team score of 21 .

Alice and Beevillas also won state championships.

To date, only 11 percent of all astronauts have flown in space.

Women face an earlier risk of osteoporosis due to estrogen levels.

Women are far more likely to develop autoimmune diseases, around 80 percent of these conditions occur in women.

Personalized medicine research is becoming increasingly vital for long-duration space missions.

The move toward personalized medicine for astronauts, tailoring treatment and preventive measures to each individual, continues to be an active area of research.

Advances made for space medicine also benefit healthcare on Earth .

Every medication, treatment protocol, and diagnostic test we’re using with astronauts started with Earth .

The U.S. committed to spending $20 million to counter the spread of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in northern Ivory Coast .

In Kimbirila -Nord, funding helped young people get job training, built parks for cattle to graze.

Violence in Mali and other countries in the Sahel region south of the Sahara has reached record levels.

Ivory Coast became known as a target for extremists in 2016 , when an attack on the seaside resort of Grand Bassam killed tourists.

Ivory Coast has the second -highest GDP per capita in West Africa , but according to the U.N. it remains one of the world’s least developed countries.

Bloomington North senior Sofie Garcia finishes 12th in the all-around at 36.5 .

Hannah Abel was the only Cougar to score on all four events at the meet.

Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger won its sixth title but first since 2012 with 112.975 points to top Valparaiso .

Bomb targeting bus carrying security forces kills 5 , wounds 10 in Pakistan .

No one immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion is likely to fall on outlawed Baloch Liberation Army .

Oil- and mineral-rich Balochistan is Pakistan ’s largest and least populated province.

Ethnic Baloch residents have long accused the central government of discrimination.

Germany 's benchmark DAX index was up almost 2% , while mid- and small-caps rose over 3% each.

The euro gained 0.5% to $ 1.0907 - taking its gains so far this month to 5% .

The trigger for the latest euphoria was a source-based report that German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz had reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in state borrowing.

Mice appear to administer first -aid if they find a fellow mouse unconscious, scientists have discovered.

They attempt to revive companions by licking at their faces, or even by pulling at their mouths or tongues.

Mice spent an average of 47% of the 13-minute test interacting with an unconscious partner.

The more intense grooming behaviors were correlated with better recovery.