Here and Now
Weekdays at Noon on Radio IQ
Catch up with the day's top stories during this energetic hour of news and conversation. Here and Now is an essential midday news magazine for those who want the latest news and expanded conversation on today's hot-button topics: public affairs, foreign policy, science and technology, the arts and more.
The show is produced by WBUR/Boston.
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It's been exactly a decade since award-winning NPR photojournalist David Gilkey and NPR interpreter Zaihullah Tamanna were killed on assignment in Afghanistan — the only NPR staff ever killed in the line of duty. -
On the fringes of Israel's far right, some activists and political leaders dream of a Greater Israel, extending the country's borders into neighboring countries.
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It's an appreciation of his importance to poetry and how his influence on the medium continues.
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Participants say it offers the perfect blend of hands-on science and fun that teaches kids what it takes to keep aquatic ecosystems healthy, right in their own backyards.
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The book centers around two graduate students studying magic at Cambridge University who make a journey to Hell to rescue their recently deceased thesis advisor.
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China's campaign against the Uyghur ethnic minority in the country's northwest has entered a new phase. -
With the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon already appearing weak, a growing rift between U.S. and Israeli war priorities is causing new tensions between the country's leadership. -
Dr. Uché Blackstock wrote about her complicated reaction to the apology and how the Catholic church might repair the harms caused by slavery that still reverberate across the world. -
Peruvians go to the polls on Sunday in a pivotal election in which the daughter of the former dictator, a far-right senator, could win.
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The Senate passed a bill that funds U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through the remainder of Trump’s presidential term.
