/tags/here-now Here & Now en-US WLRN Tue, 28 May 2024 13:52:00 GMT /2024-05-28/will-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro-step-aside-if-he-loses-the-election By many predictions, Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro faces defeat in July's election. Tue, 28 May 2024 13:52:00 GMT /2024-05-28/will-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro-step-aside-if-he-loses-the-election /2024-05-28/why-protests-broke-out-in-new-caledonia A proposed law would allow more French citizens to vote — a measure that many Indigenous Kanak groups say would dilute their political power. Tue, 28 May 2024 13:41:00 GMT /2024-05-28/why-protests-broke-out-in-new-caledonia /2024-05-28/italian-teenager-set-to-become-first-millennial-saint Carlo Acutis was a teen gamer who used his computer skills to spread the Catholic faith. He died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15. Tue, 28 May 2024 13:33:00 GMT /2024-05-28/italian-teenager-set-to-become-first-millennial-saint /2024-05-28/neil-howe-says-the-4th-turning-is-here-what-does-that-mean-for-america-in-a-moment-of-crisis Decades after his book on the topic was published, Neil Howe says the fourth turning is here. Tue, 28 May 2024 13:20:00 GMT /2024-05-28/neil-howe-says-the-4th-turning-is-here-what-does-that-mean-for-america-in-a-moment-of-crisis /2024-05-28/sickle-cell-patients-navigate-gray-area-between-pressure-and-advice-over-reproductive-health Doctors are pressuring patients with sickle cell disease into unwanted sterilizations, a new STAT investigation found. Tue, 28 May 2024 13:11:00 GMT /2024-05-28/sickle-cell-patients-navigate-gray-area-between-pressure-and-advice-over-reproductive-health /2024-05-28/academic-workers-plan-strike-at-ucla-and-uc-davis They’re protesting the school's response to pro-Palestinian demonstrations earlier this spring. Tue, 28 May 2024 13:06:00 GMT /2024-05-28/academic-workers-plan-strike-at-ucla-and-uc-davis /2024-05-28/the-latest-from-sudan-as-a-u-n-expert-warns-of-genocide There has been more than a year of civil war between the country's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Tue, 28 May 2024 12:52:00 GMT /2024-05-28/the-latest-from-sudan-as-a-u-n-expert-warns-of-genocide /2024-05-28/last-seen-portmortem-explores-human-remains-market-following-harvard-morgue-managers-arrest Hundreds of people have donated their bodies to Harvard Medical School, hoping to advance science and train the next generation of doctors. But in the basement of the nation's most prestigious medical institution, something went terribly wrong in recent years. Tue, 28 May 2024 12:40:00 GMT /2024-05-28/last-seen-portmortem-explores-human-remains-market-following-harvard-morgue-managers-arrest /2024-05-28/israels-attack-on-rafah-sparks-international-outrage A deadly Israeli airstrike on an encampment for displaced Palestinians in Rafah on Sunday has led to wider international outrage and calls for Israel to stop its military operations in Rafah. Tue, 28 May 2024 12:33:00 GMT /2024-05-28/israels-attack-on-rafah-sparks-international-outrage /2024-05-28/heat-will-strain-power-grid-in-parts-of-california-arizona-nevada-and-texas-in-coming-years New research that shows that longer and stronger heat waves by mid-century are predicted to compromise the power grid in large parts of the Western U.S. Tue, 28 May 2024 12:20:00 GMT /2024-05-28/heat-will-strain-power-grid-in-parts-of-california-arizona-nevada-and-texas-in-coming-years