2011 May | Here & Now

While the jury is still out on whether Alzheimer’s can be prevented, doctors and researchers in Santa Barbara, California are confident they can reduce seniors’ risk for developing the disease through therapies that involve music, board games and more.

A special election for New York’s 26th Congressional district has focused on and drawn money from the national debate about overhauling Medicare.

We sat down with Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who launched a Facebook page that became the online heart of the Egyptian revolution. Should the U.S. support the opposition in Libya?

Officials say a tornado that cut through the Missouri city of Joplin, demolished a third of the city, ripping into a hospital and damaging thousands of buildings.

A new study found that in the Democratic Republic of Congo, four women are raped every five minutes—26 times the rate previously reported by the United Nations.

At least two companies are now selling tests that, from a cheek swab, will assess an athlete’s performance potential, enabling parents to decide whether their child is training for the right sport.

The French Open kicks off Sunday. And while Spain’s Rafael Nadal usually owns the red clay, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has other plans this year.

Conor Grennan quit his job for a trip around the world, and a stop in Nepal taught him facts about child trafficking that changed the course of his life. Read an excerpt from his book and see photos.

When you call 911 you expect that help will come right away. But 911 centers across the country are ill-equipped to handle the increase in cell phone and smart phone use and may not be able to locate you.

From Radiohead to Sigur Ros and more.

A NATO alliance spokesman says NATO jets destroyed eight of Moammar Gadhafi’s warships. NATO targeted the ships after learning that Gadhafi’s forces were increasingly relying the vessels to launch attacks against civilians.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn stepped down as head of the IMF, kicking into gear the battle between Europe and the developing world over who will lead next.

In his speech about the Middle East and North Africa, President Obama outlined massive aid packages to fledgling Middle East and North African democracies and lay out what he believes will be the foundations for peace between Israel and its Palestinian neighbors.

Evangelical broadcaster Harold Camping says the end of the world is coming Saturday, and he’s plastered the country with warning billboards… that have also brought in a lot of donations for his radio show.

From Joe Jackson to Paul Simon and more.

U.S. and Pakistani officials meet in Islamabad today, to try to mend a relationship that is at a breaking point following the discovery and death of Osama bin Laden in a military town inside Pakistan. A terrorism trial now unfolding in a Chicago courtroom might strain that relationship further.

Baseball star Roger Clemens was indicted for allegedly lying to Congress, and Journalist Matt Taibbi wants to know why Goldman Sachs executives like CEO Lloyd Blankfein haven’t suffered the same fate.

From Steve Earle to Medeski and more.

A company formed by Erik Prince, the founder of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide, is working for the United Arab Emirates, setting up a private army that would defend the country against terrorists and quash internal revolts.

Researchers commissioned by the nation’s Roman Catholic Bishops are blaming widespread clergy sex abuse on the cultural and sexual upheavals of the 1960s.