Here & Now
Monday through Friday at 1:00pm on WLRN HD1
A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with public radio stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it’s happening in the middle of the day, with timely, smart and in-depth news, interviews and conversation.
Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Robin Young and Scott Tong, the show’s daily lineup includes interviews with NPR reporters, as well as leading newsmakers, innovators and artists from across the U.S. and around the globe.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called it a “moral necessity” to protect civilians in Gaza, speaking Tuesday with Israel’s defense minister amid tension between the two countries.
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Crews continue to search for the bodies of six missing construction workers.
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Wegovy will be covered to prevent heart problems in people with obesity and heart disease. The announcement follows the FDA’s approval of Wegovy for these purposes.
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The authors teach a course at the University of California Berkeley on using scientific tools to approach everyday problems. Now, they've turned it into a book called "Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense."
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says a rapidly aging population is putting serious pressure on social systems meant to support retirees and, in turn, putting more pressure on the working-age population.
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Mifepristone is one drug in a two-drug regimen used to end pregnancies early on.
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A container ship collided with a bridge in Baltimore overnight, leading to its collapse.
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In the first half of the 20th century, schools were racially segregated. To address the inequities, a Jewish philanthropist named Julius Rosenwald partnered with Booker T. Washington to create thousands of schoolhouses in the rural South for Black children.
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In a small prison unit in Albion, Pennsylvania, 45 inmates with intellectual disabilities and autism are learning social skills like how to greet each other.
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Ilia Malinin, 19, made history over the weekend, after landing six quadruple jumps to take the figure skating world championship title.