Here and Now
Monday through Friday, Noon - 2pm
WNIJ's midday news magazine keeps you 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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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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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.
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The results could provide important insight into how November’s general election might unfold in the swing state.
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The Federal Trade Commission voted Tuesday to ban employers from using noncompete clauses to prevent employees from going to work for rival companies.