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Olaf Olafsson's second novel The Journey Home was published last year in Reykjavik, Iceland It's just now coming out in English. Alan Cheuse, who teaches writing at George Mason University in Virginia, has a review. (1:30) The Journey Home, is published by Pantheon Books.

Commentator Beth Finke describes the struggle of placing her developmentally disabled son into a group home and the unexpected relief it's brought both of them.

Wall Street is feeling tariff whiplash, plunging and then recovering some ground as President Trump said he would delay at least part of his promised global trade war.

Commentator David Weinberger recently returned from four days in Beijing, China. He says as a Westerner it was a truly foreign experience, but there's one place he felt completely at home: on the Internet.

The home-improvement chain is now one of the companies most caught up in Trump's immigration crackdown. The retailer's history with day laborers is long. So far, it's choosing to keep its distance.

An inexpensive drug called misoprostol can prevent fatal hemorrhage. But experts say fears of its use for abortion have kept it out of the hands of the women who need it.

Joshua Levs of member station WABE reports on the development of "smart homes"- computerized houses designed to track your every move, and offer medical advice if you seem to need it. Researchers say the smart home may help the elderly stay independent for longer- if they can adapt themselves to the new technology.

An area in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood known for a historic LGBT uprising is now officially a Transgender Cultural District.

Before people who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires can rebuild, they need money. But how does an insurance company figure what a house is worth when there's nothing left standing?

A 38-year-old diet soda drink has been flung into the political spotlight after both vice presidential candidates in the 2024 election professed their love of Diet Mountain Dew.