Search results for

Many of the men and women who returned from Iraq with traumatic brain injuries may never fully recover. As part of our Span of War series, we continue our story of one soldier's attempt to grasp his new limitations and ultimately head home to his wife and family in West Virginia.

Canadians are voting in a national election and are expected to have a new prime minister by Tuesday morning. Polls show that Stephen Harper, head of the Conservative Party, is likely to replace Prime Minister Paul Martin. But it's not clear the Conservatives can win a majority in Parliament.

Ford Motor Co. announces plans to eliminate 25,000 to 30,000 jobs in North America -- more than 20 percent of the workforce. The long-awaited restructuring plan also includes closing 14 plants in the United States, Mexico and Canada over the next six years.

Campaigning for this week's Palestinian parliamentary elections officially ended Monday. Opinion polls show many Palestinians are fed up with the ruling Fatah movement, and the militant Islamist group Hamas is expected to make a strong showing in Wednesday's voting.

After Katrina, sections of wall holding back water in New Orleans canals failed when they should have held. In a letter released Friday, an independent panel says engineers who designed the canal walls should have included a larger safety margin.

In his new book, Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine, Yale professor and literary critic Harold Bloom wrestles with the meaning of God's covenant with the Hebrew people. Bloom discusses his own troubled feelings about the Hebrew God Yahweh with Debbie Elliott.

Renee Montagne talks to Kenneth Gross, head of the political practice at the law firm Skadden Arps, about the details of Jack Abramoff's guilty plea and who could be ensnared in this scandal.

Seven years ago this week, Kim Emerson lost her sister to random violence on a subway platform. Soon after, Emerson found a cherished reminder of her sister's life. The Kendra Webdale case sparked the creation of "Kendra's Law," meant to ensure that mentally ill people take needed medication.

The Turnaway Study followed nearly 1,000 women who sought abortions, interviewing them regularly for years to understand the impact on their mental and financial wellbeing.

In many ways, Spike Lee's film Inside Man is reminiscent of an earlier heist flick called Quick Change. Scott Simon discusses both movies with Elvis Mitchell, host of The Treatment on NPR station KCRW in Santa Monica, Calif.