Here & Now

Georgetown professor Charles King tells the story in his book "Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah."

It's a holiday tradition for many Jewish families: ordering Chinese takeout on Christmas. How did this happen?

WBUR's Deborah Becker visits a community in the north of Italy, thought to be a model for these kinds of addiction treatment centers.

In the world of gaming, fans are mourning the loss of a true giant.

There has been a 19% drop in the number of international students arriving in the U.S. compared to last year.

Attorney Jennifer Freeman explains why she's still pushing for justice for Maria Farmer, the first Epstein whistleblower, as the Justice Department is compelled to release all of its files about him. 

The Federal Reserve is carefully balancing a cooling job market with inflation as it decides on interest rate cuts. Concerns about an AI bubble have grown.

The traffickers who transport cocaine to the U.S. from Colombia in high-speed boats can make up to $100,000 a day.

A choir member who sang on the original recording of the soundtrack to "A Charlie Brown Christmas," which turns 60 this year, reminisces about the experience.

A new telescope equipped with the world's largest digital camera will collect more astronomical data in a single year than all others combined.