Here and Now
Weekdays at 12:00pm
Stay up-to-date with the news between Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Here & Now combines the best in news journalism with intelligent, broad-ranging conversation to form a fast-paced program that updates the news from the morning and adds important conversations on public policy and foreign affairs, science and technology, and the arts: film, theater, music, food, and more.
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Canadian politician Doug Ford is dismissing President Trump’s executive order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America.”
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Oxford University professor Katherine Rundell became the first children's author since J.K. Rowling to simultaneously reach number one on the U.K. and U.S. sales charts. -
In her 2016 global bestseller “Grit,” University of Pennsylvania psychologist Angela Duckworth argued that passion and perseverance are the engines of achievement. -
Country music fans from Kenya to Nigeria say they relate to Dolly Parton’s stories of hardship and resilience.
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A first-of-its-kind center for people with disabilities is set to close after cuts to federal funding.
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Bill Gates says the world is not ready for the era of artificial intelligence, which he warns “will be one of the most turbulent times in human history." -
The National Park Service confirms at least two people have died.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act was supposed to make it easy for people to access their personal data collected by companies, but it turns out, that's not the case. -
Western intelligence officials call it Russia’s most ambitious destabilization campaign outside of Ukraine.
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Insanity defenses are notoriously difficult to win. But Massachusetts law could give Lindsay Clancy a better chance.
