Budapest, November 1944: Another German train has loaded its cargo of Jews bound for Auschwitz. A young Swedish diplomat pushes past the SS guard and scrambles onto the roof of a cattle car.

Budapest, November 1944: Another German train has loaded its cargo of Jews bound for Auschwitz. A young Swedish diplomat pushes past the SS guard and scrambles onto the roof of a cattle car.

Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB on Friday said its first-quarter profit fell 55 percent, which was better than expected, and the company's shares soared more than 25 percent.

The freeway may soon not be so free in the land of the automobile.

Author Cynthia Ozick is sitting for what she calls a "mid-career" interview, notable not only because she has just won two lifetime achievement awards, but because only recently did she accept that she has a "career."

Fred Hiatt’s article “The bumpy road to congestion relief will be paved by debate” (The Examiner — Wednesday, April 16, 2008) seems to advocate that because congestion fees are in effect in London, Stockholm and Singapore, they should be enacted here in the U.S. also.

Part of choreographer Shen Wei's work is at first hidden on the gloves and socks of his dancers - until they begin to move.

The world has never been more connected, but in some corners, it's developing a real hang-up over the ubiquitous cell phone.

A Dutch railway won an annual research and analysis prize for its schedule restructuring that improved on-time performance.

Kahlil Gibran, a sculptor and painter who wrote a biography of his famous poet cousin of the same name, has died. He was 85.