Here & Now
MONDAY-FRIDAY 12-3 p.m.
Here & Now is NPR’s midday developing news program, focused on what’s changed since Morning Edition and what it means for listeners. The program is hosted by Robin Young, Deepa Fernandes, and Scott Tong.
Produced in a unique collaboration between NPR and WBUR Boston, the program showcases an unmatched range of voices and regional perspectives. In addition, Here & Now editorial partners include STAT (science & medical), Grist (environmental reporting) and regular appearances by the international reporters of the Washington Post.
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California's state board that regulates water recently voted to impose fees for farmers using groundwater in one of the state's largest farming areas.
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Author Dennis Lehane's vivid recollections of growing up in Boston during the busing desegregation crisis in the mid-1970s inspired his 2023 novel "Small Mercies."
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The playoffs have already had several close games and plenty of upset victories as teams battle to reach the Stanley Cup final.
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Container ships use heavy fuel oil called bunker fuel. They’re more efficient than trains, trucks and planes. But bunker fuel is highly polluting, and container ships produce about 3% of the world’s emissions.
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The results could provide important insight into how November’s general election might unfold in the swing state.
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The Federal Trade Commission voted Tuesday to ban employers from using noncompete clauses to prevent employees from going to work for rival companies.
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A new independent review has found Israel provided no evidence for its claim that staff in a United Nations aid agency called UNRWA have ties to terrorist groups.
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Author and political commentator Michael Harriot casts well-known historical narratives in an entirely new light.
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A computer glitch scrambled Voyager 1's communications with Earth, leaving NASA in the dark. Now, scientists have restored Voyager 1 and are making sense of its signals from interstellar space.
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Trump is accused of falsifying business records to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election. At the center of the trial are payments that the National Enquirer made to keep damaging stories about Trump under wraps.