Bita Hemmati is believed to be the first woman to be sentenced to death over the protests.

The authorities in Puntland, a semi‑autonomous region of Somalia, have executed a woman convicted of murdering a 14‑year‑old girl, in a rare case in the region in which the death penalty has been ...

Authorities believe a woman fired a gun at a Tennessee motel, called 911 to report it, and then ambushed a responding deputy by shooting him dead. Khristi Cunningham, 44, has been charged with ...