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All the Nordic countries are in the top tier. Some developing countries are making gains. Meanwhile, what about the U.S.?

In the U.S., 3 percent of the CEOs at top companies are women; in India, that figure is 14 percent. Economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett says women in India and other emerging economies, like China and Brazil, are surpassing their American and European counterparts. They're "pointing the way," she says.

Guatemala's president resigned last week and is waiting trial in a military prison on corruption charges. Renee Montagne talks to Eric Olson of the Latin American program at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Shortly after Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was made a field marshal, the military said he should "answer the call of the people" and run for president. Elections are set for April.

Miss USA beauty pageant contestant, Sheena Monnin of Pennsylvania, says the contest was rigged and that she has left the organization because of its immoral behavior. The Miss USA pageant says Monnin has changed her story, and that she first quit because she opposed transgender contestants.

One man said he and his family retreated to the attic of his home because the water had reached the top of the door frame.

Three weeks after Capt. Brett Crozier was relieved of his command of a coronavirus-infected aircraft carrier by a Navy official who has since resigned, top Navy brass want him back on his ship.

President Trump's top public lands chief is still helping lead the Bureau of Land Management, despite a federal ruling removing him from the top post there.

Google Rick Santorum's name and one of the top results is a scatological and sexual site called SpreadingSantorum.com. The site is an online prank, staged in 2003 by gay-rights activist Dan Savage to redefine the former senator's name, that has endured thanks to the power of Google's algorithm.

Imagine racing over a frozen lake on a wind-powered sled, hitting speeds that top 40 miles an hour. That's what ice sailors all around the world do just about anywhere water freezes. In the U.S., Lake Champlain has emerged as one of the country's best ice sailing venues.