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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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From the Bronx, Pacheco was previously named New York City youth poet laureate and the inaugural New York state youth poet laureate.
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The project would allow industrial facilities like steel manufacturers to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions as part of the federal plan to address the climate crisis. But some landowners and others have concerns about this carbon capture and sequestration technique.
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Causes posited by demographers for the continuing declining rate include economic, fertility and age factors.
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TikTok’s Chinese parent company says it has no intention of selling after Congress passed a law forcing it to sell the popular social media app or be banned in the U.S.
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Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill allowing teachers to carry concealed handguns in schools despite heavy protests at the state capitol.
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Detroit is testing a new way to charge electric vehicles that don’t require plugging in. Just park or drive your car on the right strip of road and watch the battery meter tick up.
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Taking effect over the next two years, the new rules will require airlines to issue consumers automatic cash refunds within a few weeks.
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Missy Nester grew up in Welch and bought a paper in 2018 to save it. But she couldn't make the economics work and last year, shuttered the Welch News.
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A grand jury indicted former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and other allies of former President Donald Trump for their efforts involvement in a so-called 'fake electors' scheme to undermine Biden's victory in the 2020 election.
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Former President Donald Trump claims that he is immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn his loss in the 2020 election.