Here and Now
Weekdays at 1pm 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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Big publishers like Gannett and the New York Times aren’t eligible for the tax credits.
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The rate of kids dealing with serious mental health issues has been on the rise since the pandemic. But if parents want to help their kids, research suggests they should look at themselves and their own mental health issues.
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The Utah high school where "Footloose" was filmed invited Kevin Bacon to visit for their prom on the 40th anniversary of the film's release.
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College students in California have begun scanning 2 million pages of water rights records on paper to make them more easily available in digital form to the public as part of a $60 million project.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has been moving a big foreign aid package through the House.
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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in former President Donald Trump's claims that he should be immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to subvert his 2020 election loss.
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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.