Here & Now host Robin Young reflects on our coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing manhunt and the reaction to her interview with her nephew, Zolan, who knew one of the alleged bombers.
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Amateur detectives are going on social media sites like Reddit to comb through photos and videos and offer their opinions on the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.
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Author Dennis Lehane, known for crime novels like “Mystic River” and “Gone, Baby, Gone,” reflects on the attack at the Boston Marathon, and says it will not fundamentally change the city’s culture.
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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy – often the decisive vote in close cases – said the law appears to intrude on the power of states that recognize same-sex marriages.
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Bruce Feiler says “if you take just one idea from each chapter in this book your family will be transformed in less than a week.” Bold words. Read an excerpt to see if he’s onto something.
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H&N’s running man, Alex Ashlock, updates us on results from Tokyo’s weekend marathon, and reflects on new anti-doping policies.
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Can money make you happy? And if not, are you doing something wrong? We talk to three leaders in the field of Happynomics about the intersection of money and happiness.
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Coffee growers in Central America are facing a crisis because of a fungus that’s affecting the crop.
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We first spoke with Donzell Mintz when he was a teenager, before he was sentenced to three years behind bars. Fresh out of prison, he’s working at a cafe that trains young ex-offenders.
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Joan Parker, longtime philanthropist and the widow of mystery writer Robert B. Parker, died last Tuesday. Joan was the inspiration for the character loved by Robert’s protagonist, detective Spenser.
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The sequester budget cuts mean lower reimbursements for chemotherapy drugs for Medicare patients — a change that’s forcing some cancer clinics to turn away patients, in order to make ends meet.
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