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Ngyuen Phan Que Mai grew up amid the devastation of the Vietnam War. She worked as a street vendor before going to college in Australia and becoming a writer.

Memories Of Tragedy Stay With Author Nguyen Phan Que Mai

Vietnamese author Nguyen Phan Que Mai grew up amid the devastation of war. Her memories of that time, and her family's experiences, became the inspiration for her new novel, The Mountains Sing.

'The Mysterious Affair At Olivetti' Attempts To Find A Cold War Conspiracy

Biographer Meryle Secrest chases a theory that two key Olivetti computer visonaries' deaths did not happen as officially recorded. While a gripping read at times, there's not a lot of solid ground.

After a gunman killed eight students and two teachers at the high school in Santa Fe, Texas, on Friday, memorials to the victims were created.

'I Don't Want To Leave My House': Santa Fe's Invisible Wounds

A gunman killed eight students and two teachers at Santa Fe High School outside Houston — and scarred hundreds, perhaps thousands more.

A sales clerk speaks with a customer in front of Microsoft Corp.'s display at an electronics store in Tokyo. Microsoft's division in Japan says it saw productivity grow by 40% after allowing employees to work for four days a week rather than five.

Microsoft Japan Says 4-Day Workweek Boosted Workers' Productivity By 40%

Employees at Microsoft Japan worked four days a week, enjoyed a three-day weekend — and got their normal, five-day paycheck. As part of the trial, the company also capped meetings at 30 minutes.

Donald Trump clearly knows the manufacturing numbers; here, he shows a graph on manufacturing while speaking during an April campaign event in Wisconsin.

Carrier Will Keep 1,000 Jobs In U.S., But Trump Faces A Much Tougher Problem

Like President Obama, Trump must deal with the millions of old-school, middle-skill jobs, like manufacturing, that just aren't coming back.

The Qualcomm headquarters building in San Diego, Nov. 2, 2011.

Broadcom Offers Qualcomm $130 Billion In Takeover Bid

The electronics company Broadcom Ltd. offered San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. about $130 billion Monday in an unsolicited takeover bid, Broadcom president and CEO Hock Tan said, and Qualcomm said it would think about it.

Paul Lubell used to vape medical marijuana to manage his chronic back and neck pain, instead of using opioid medications. Now, after getting hospitalized for lung sickness, he doesn't vape.

He Started Vaping THC To Cope With Chronic Pain. Then He Got Sick

A Navy veteran from Cleveland tried vaping marijuana to deal with his chronic pain. He landed in the hospital, becoming one of over 2,200 Americans who have suffered serious lung injury from vaping.

Christopher Msando, an elections official crucial to running Kenya's presidential vote next week, was found tortured and killed, officials said Monday.

Kenyan Election Official Found Dead Ahead Of Presidential Vote

Christopher Msando was found tortured and killed, say elections officials, about a week before Kenya's presidential election.

These large capsules, which can be swallowed, measure three different gases as they traverse the gastrointestinal tract.

Gut Check: Gas-Sniffing Capsule Charts The Digestive Tract

The electronic pill looks like the biggest multivitamin a human could possibly swallow. Tests have show that the experimental device can measure gases tied to microbes and digestion.

Armando Espinoza delivers paper products to a cafe in downtown Sonoma, Calif., where power is turned off, on Wednesday. Pacific Gas & Electric has cut power to more than half a million customers in Northern California hoping to prevent wildfires during dry, windy weather throughout the region.

Utility Giant PG&E Voluntarily Shuts Off Power, Could Impact 800,000 Californians

California is in the peak of its wildfire season. With strong winds forecast to hit 70 mph on Wednesday, the utility says it wants to reduce the chance that its wires could spark a fire.

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