Here & Now

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded on Monday to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work in optogenetics, a field of neuroscience that looks at the activity of individual neurons to link them to specific behaviors.

The Supreme Court begins its new term today, with cases on climate change, immigration and religious pre-schools.

The son of Brazil's former hard-right president outperformed the polls in a national election this weekend.

Poll workers play a critical role in U.S. elections.

President Trump has found himself on the defensive, campaigning in red states with one month to go before elections.

On "Reckoning," Mary Gauthier unpacks her recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

Over the next four months the, G7 nations are going to release as many as 100 million barrels of emergency oil and diesel stocks.

The book follows the lives of four young women as they start a new life in America — learning English, repeating college and forging new identities.

The state of Tennessee tried and failed to execute her on Wednesday.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Brooklyn firefighter Stephen Siller, just off an overnight shift, saw the planes hit the towers. He geared up and ran through the Battery Tunnel, toward the danger. He died there. 

The marriage has curdled for tech titan Morgan Henderson (Dominic West) and his movie-star spouse, Carla Duval (Sienna Miller), after she orchestrates her own husband's infidelity. And London's top lawyers are salivating for the legal war to come.

Rural voters, especially farmers, have largely voted conservative in recent years. High prices for diesel fuel and fertilizer caused by the war in Iran could sway the way they vote.  

Bendancer danced for 168 hours over seven days, seemingly smashing the previous record of 127 hours set by a dancer in India.

A new generation of mothers looking for community online is often feeling manipulated by the $60-billion U.S. baby product market to buy, buy, buy.

Americans owe $220 billion in medical debt, according to a federal survey.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday appointed the state’s Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor to investigate the case.

This time of year, when peppers come in a rainbow of colors and shapes and sizes and flavors, it’s hard not to love sweet peppers.

Death row inmate Christa Pike survived two injections intended to kill her.

Santa Rosa Island is one of only two naturally occurring groves or Torrey pines in the world.

Are any of the recent unsettling food-related headlines related to FDA cuts?

It's been 50 years since Pat Metheny released his first album in 1976.

Every day, 17 veterans die by suicide. Mental health conditions, chronic pain, poor sleep, financial strain, and isolation can all compound the risk.

Fighting in Yemen reignited this summer, connected with the war in Iran, and experts say that is exacerbating a health and humanitarian crisis.

In "The Radiance," a writer who's also named Ayad Akhtar has an almost fatal bicycle accident that leaves him with a mysterious state of altered perception. 

At a bitcoin bar in Washington, D.C., on a recent Saturday night, a pro-data center party welcomed hundreds of artificial intelligence fans who enjoyed a generative AI photo booth, data-themed drinks and speeches about the race against China.