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'Final' climate report

Unsettling unknowns

Should I take a pill to prevent Long COVID?

RECENT PRELIMINARY RESEARCH HAS found that certain medications may reduce the chance of developing Long COVID if taken shortly after catching COVID-19.

The history of Presidents who (almost) got indicted

DONALD TRUMP COULD MAKE HISTORY ONCE again—this time as the first former U.S. President ever to be criminally indicted. If it happens, it’s apt to be by the Manhattan grand jury probing his alleged hush-money payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, says she and Trump had an affair; Trump denies this.

THE POINT OF COLLEGE

Soon after the 2008-9 financial crash tanked the economy, Americans' unflagging faith in higher education started to falter. By 2011, more than half of college graduates were unor underemployed. The economy rebounded and the conversation faded, only to be revived again by the epic fallout from the pandemic. This time, the college degree's comeuppance has been more profound.

Health Matters

CLIMATE EXPERTS HAVE LONG warned about the many ways a warming planet can negatively affect human health. Now that global temperatures are predicted to increase by 1.5°C by the 2030s, that risk is becoming increasingly real.

Working through grief after losing my father

AFTER MY FATHER DIES, I BECOME, FOR A time, someone I do not recognize. Entire weeks are all but lost to me, scooped out of my once airtight memory. Our rental term ends two months after the funeral, and when we move into another house, I hardly remember packing or unpacking.

An artist creates, amid distraction and because of it

MAKING ANYTHING OF VALUE—A work of art, a poem, a solid piece of furniture—demands a deep descent into the self, to the point that it’s easy to neglect the needs of others in your orbit.

Ali Wong and Steven Yeun face off in a BEEF for the ages

IMPLICIT IN EVERY VIRAL ROAD-RAGE video is the same question: What is wrong with these people? BEEF, a wild black comedy from first-time creator Lee Sung Jin, delves deep into the sources and fallout of two L.A. motorists’ fury.

The case for betting on Tom Wambsgans' Succession

MIDWAY THROUGH THE THIRD SEASON of Succession, Tom Wambsgans tells his underling and cousin by marriage, Greg Hirsch, a colorful anecdote from an empire in decline. “Sporus was a young slave boy—he was Nero’s favorite,” Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) explains.

THE DARING OF GEHRY

Revisiting the museum that started it all, the 94-year-old architect reflects on his methods, his influence, and his ambitious new projects

Crimes and Punishment

AS THE WAR DRAGS ON AND EVIDENCE OF RUSSIAN ATROCITIES MOUNTS, UKRAINE SEEKS JUSTICE

Two-Way Main Street

The U.S. economy is strong. But with high interest rates, it's not all good news if you aren't rich

A solar revolution driven by power cuts

About 2,300 ft. above Beirut in the Matn district mountains, Roger Mazloum and his brother Elias greet me on an unusually balmy winter day as they chop wood to help keep their early 20th-century home warm before the cold returns.

Reading the (recording) room

ON FEB. 19, MANHATTAN'S BEACON THEATER was at capacity for a live taping of The Read, the beloved pop-culture podcast hosted by comedians Kid Fury and Crissle West.

In pursuit of the elusive climate drama

IN THE NEAR FUTURE IMAGINED BY THE Apple TV+ sci-fi drama Extrapolations, humans have discovered how to communicate with humpback whales.

A meet-cute worth singing about

THE BROADWAY-TO-HOLLYWOOD pipeline has never been more active, and it's easy to see why. Streaming needs content.

An amateur researcher follows a hunch, and the rest is history

RICHARD III AS A FICTIONAL CHARacter has a lot to answer for: Shakespeare painted him as a deformed, power-mad schemer.

THE WORLD'S Greatest PLACES

The travel industry is back in full swing in 2023, but not without notable shifts in how and where we wander. Steeper costs and increased interest in sustainability and authenticity are reshaping the landscape. Explore these 15 and 35 more of the most exciting spots at time.com/worldsgreatestplaces

The Mail Man

INITIALLY CAST AS A TRUMPIAN VILLAIN, LOUIS DEJOY IS DELIVERING FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE, AND DEMOCRATS

CLOCK WISE

After three years of pandemic, our relationship with time has changed- maybe for the better

Christian revival's unique opportunity

SOMETHING HAPPENED AT ASBURY UNIVERSITY. MANY Christians called the weeks-long worship service at the small Wilmore, Ky., school, which attracted tens of thousands and disrupted campus life, a revival.

Netanyahu faces his biggest test yet

AFTER MORE THAN 15 years, spread across three separate runs as Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has plenty of hard-won political experience. He's never needed it more.

THE REAL BANK CRISIS

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the Biden Administration's unprecedented response, guaranteeing deposits and backstopping regional banks, has catalyzed an important and necessary national conversation over what went wrong, and what can be done to prevent future crises. But SVB's fall has also set off a frenzy of mythmaking, ranging from ideological clichés to hyperbole.

Luxury watches search for a different kind of green

AS WATCHMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD GATHER in late March in Geneva for one of the industry's biggest events the Watches and Wonders fair-Switzerlandbased Oris will announce a luxury diver's watch with a swirly blue and green dial.

BIDEN'S BIG OIL TRUCE

Opening a wilderness to drilling, the President recasts relations with an industry he'd vowed to phase out

5 ways to find happiness on your own

Forget everything you've heard about being single starting with the assumption that it means ready to mingle.

A boxing franchise that feels like a gift, again

Now that our lives revolve around tiny screens tailored to our individual likes and dislikes, the act of trying to please a crowd-specifically, a crowd of moviegoers gathered at an actual theater has become more a noble pursuit than a purely money-grubbing one.

100 Years of TIME

A century-long tradition began March 3, 1923, with the first issue of TIME. Ten decades later and counting-we're still covering the world's news through the stories of the people who shaped those events. To mark TIME's centennial, we're looking back at some of our most influential moments, all framed by the cover's red border-and looking ahead to the stories that the events of tomorrow may bring. Find more at time.com/100-years

Women OF THE Year

12 EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS FIGHTING FOR A MORE EQUAL FUTURE

IN THE SHALLOW

Amazon's Daisy Jones & the Six adaptation is the latest rock-'n'-roll saga to paint a superficial portrait of musical genius