2011 August | Here & Now

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton detailed new sanctions against the Syrian government aimed at forcing the country’s president to step down.

From Clap Your Hands to Volcano Choir.

Former Boston Globe book critic Gail Caldwell and fellow writer Caroline Knapp had a deep friendship that was cut short when Knapp died of lung cancer in 2002.

A new report finds that 20 percent of children in the U.S. were poor in 2009, hurting them academically and socially in the long run.

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in China Wednesday for talks that will focus on the economy after the downgrading of U.S. debt and the market turmoil that followed.

Why do fast food restaurants offer whipped cream and sugary sauces at no extra cost? Former F.D.A. commissioner David Kessler says the restaurants are sending us powerful cues that are rewiring our brains.

During his Midwest bus tour this week, President Obama met with Americans and small business owners, promising a “very specific plan” to create jobs and to control the deficit.

From Paul Simon to Moby.

For over four decades, Livingston Taylor has performed his music around the country, charming audiences with his easygoing performance style.

In a poll earlier this month, 45% of Floridians said they don’t like Governor Rick Scott personally. But his job approval numbers — or how he’s doing as Governor — went up six points from 29% in May to 45% in August.

If rebel forces in Libya can hold recent gains Tripoli will essentially be cut off from the rest of the world.

Some Iowans have been invited to speak with President Obama Tuesday, as he tours the Midwest on what is being called a listening tour.

There’s an escalating war for talent in Silicon Valley and some companies are resorting to “acqhiring,” buying up companies just to snatch away top engineers.

We heard tunes from Radiohead, Moby and Steve Earle.

The recent bedbug infestation has some compulsively checking their mattresses. But how harmful are the pests?

Media reports suggest that Pakistan may have allowed Chinese engineers to study the remnants of the top secret American stealth helicopter that crashed during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound.

Electric bikes seem to be taking the world by storm. China has 120 million electric bikes, Europe has a million and the car company, Daimler AG, recently announced it would start selling them. So why are electric bikes all the rage?

A new wave of violence ripped through Iraq today, killing nearly 60 people. The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction says Iraq is more dangerous today than it was a year ago.

This weekend’s Ames straw poll in Iowa helped solidify the field of top GOP presidential candidates, as President Obama heads to the heartland to push his economic agenda.

A 24-year-old Rhode Island native has won the the 2011 Primus Ikaalinen International Accordion championships in Finland.