Fifty-three percent of women are the primary breadwinners, especially as there are more women are rising to this role because of partners losing jobs and marriage after divorce, according to a recent study by Prudential Financial.

South Carolina law officers who experience mental trauma after killing someone in the line of duty aren't entitled to workers' compensation, according to a ruling released Wednesday by the state's Supreme Court.

Pressing an election-year point, Republicans pushed yet another bill through the House on Wednesday to repeal the nation's two-year-old health care law, a maneuver that forced Democrats to choose between President Barack Obama's signature domestic achievement and a public that is persistently skeptical of its value.