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Why is the internet obsessed with fall?

AUTUMN DIDN'T OFFICIALLY BEGIN UNTIL SEPT. 23, but for TikToker Chasitey Pounds, it started in June. Pounds, 26, is one of many content creators who cultivate followings with comforting autumn visuals like pumpkin-spice lattes, candles, and chunky sweaters.

A Rescue Mission Like No Other

To bring home at least 222 hostages taken by Hamas, Israel's elite Sayeret Matkal commandos could be called into action by former operative Benjamin Netanyahu

The Eras Tour will make anyone a believer

SINCE HUMANKIND HAS BEEN WALKING upright, and maybe even when we still had fins for arms, we've been attracted to shiny, shimmering things. In concert, Taylor Swift is exactly that.

The Most Carbon-Conscious Cities in the World

Emissions-free transportation zones, planting trees, encouraging bicycle use and powering utilities with renewable energy are among the easiest ways for cities to go green.

AMERICA'S Best-In-State HOSPITALS

NAVIGATING A HEALTH CRISIS FOR YOURSELF OR A LOVED ONE can be overwhelming.

BEST INVENTIONS 2023

For our annual list of the year's most exciting innovations, TIME editors hunted through products and services to select 200 inventions that make the world better, smarter, or just more fun.

CAN BIDEN REIN IN ISRAEL?

As Middle East wars escalate, U.S. presidents usually act to contain hostilities. This time looks different

Eco-Friendly Cruises and Activities

Cruises are not traditionally the most sustainable way to travel. Ships carrying thousands of people burn millions of gallons of gasoline to traverse destinations far and near, while endless dinner buffets result in tons of waste from food and garbage, which is often dumped into the water, causing pollution and endangering sea life. Their sheer size is greatly disruptive to nature as they travel to port. But a new generation of cruise ships is flipping the script, providing eco-friendly travel to lively destinations with a focus on sustainability alongside fun and exploration. That means working with local artisans, eliminating single-use plastics, minimizing carbon footprints, focusing on environmentally friendly excursions and working to preserve and protect wildlife.

THE CASE FOR TRYING HAMAS AS WAR CRIMINALS

There's more than enough evidence for the International Court to prosecute those behind the attack on Israel, these legal scholars say

Josh Gad

FOR JOSH GAD, THE PATH TO RETURNING TO BROADWAY FOLLOWING HIS star-making performance in Book of Mormon wasn't easy.

How Beijing-Linked Groups Donated to N.Y. Politicians

A Newsweek investigation found people with ties to China's influence network gave big to local candidates

The Danger in 'Dehumanizing' Palestinians

\"COMPASSION AND EMPATHY ARE NOT ZERO-SUM COMMODITIES,\" THIS MIDDLE EAST EXPERT SAYS

THE IRAN FACTOR

The attack on Israel could not have happened without Tehran, says this Middle East expert

BLACK SUCCESS, WHITE BACKLASH

Black prosperity has provoked white resentment that can make life exhausting for people of color-and it has led to the undoing of policies that have nurtured Black advancement

WHAT ΜΙΤΤ RΟΜΝΕΥ SAW ΙΝ ΤΗE SENATE

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THE HYPOCRISY AND CYNICISM ARE EVEN WORSE THAN YOU THINK

THE PATRIOT

What does a general do when the commander in chief undermines the Constitution?

The Smartest Man Who Ever Lived

A novelist transforms the physicist John von Neumann into a scientific demon

Her?

No one seems to think Kamala Harris is ready to be president. Here's what they're missing.

We Are Not at War.We Are at Work.

RUNNING THE WASHINGTON POST IN DONALD TRUMP'S D.C.

After McCarthy, a House in disarray

When asked the advice he would give the next speaker of the house, Kevin McCarthy replied, "Change the rules."

The human toll of Poland's strict abortion laws

SINCE A 2020 RULING BY THE country's Constitutional Tribunal, Poland has had a near-total ban on abortion. There have been mass women-led protests ever since.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

The unique stress of growing up right now-and how young Americans are coping

THE 100 BEST MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME

The genre's most gripping, twist-filled, satisfying, and influential books, in chronological order

NEXT GENERATION LEADERS

10 TRAILBLAZERS OFFERING NEW VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is on a mission to boost Malaysia's democracy

ANWAR IBRAHIM'S POLITICAL JOURNEY IS the stuff of legend. As an Islamist student leader, he was plucked out of his relative youth in the early 1980s to join Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's government.

What can we expect from Sam Bankman-Fried's trial?

LAST SEPTEMBER, SAM BANKMAN-FRIED WAS DESCRIBED on CNBC as the \"Michael Jordan of crypto.\" Just over a year later, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX is on trial in a federal court in Manhattan in one of the most anticipated criminal proceedings of the year.

Dianne Feinstein The lioness of the Senate

IN HER PRIME, NO ONE RIVALED DIANNE Feinstein, the veteran lawmaker who defied both label and party orthodoxy during decades at the heart of some of the nation's defining moments.

AMERICA'S BEST ONLINE SHOPS 2024

The National Retail Federation, a prominent industry association, forecasts that U.S. consumer spending will increase by approximately 4 to 6 percent this year, reaching between $5.13 and $5.23 trillion.

Ukraine shows how drones are changing warfare

WAR SPURS INNOVATION. OBSERVING LIFE AND DEATH on Ukraine's battlefield, it's evident to us that modern warfare now transforms at startup speeds.

GOODBYE, COLUMBUS

To fully understand the deep roots of the toxic blend of ethno-religious identity politics known today as white Christian nationalism, we need to go back at least to 1493not the year Christopher Columbus \"sailed the ocean blue,\" but the year he returned to a hero's welcome in Spain, bringing with him gold, brightly colored parrots, and nearly a dozen captive Indigenous people.