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ONE FOOT OFF THE GRID

WHEN OUR WATER was turned off one morning last January, we assumed it was due to the sinkhole slowly expanding across the width of our single-lane street in South Philadelphia. But we could only guess, as no one answered the phone at the Philadelphia Water Department, and the first city employee didn't show up on our street until four hours after the taps died. When one of my elderly neighbors asked how long it would take to restore service, the city guy said his crews were swamped. It took 27 hours.

HIGHER COSTS FOR HIGHER ED

WHEN PRESIDENT JOE Biden announced in August that he was canceling thousands of dollars in student loan debt for most current borrowers, he explained that his plan was partly a response to the rapid rise in the cost of higher education.

Iran's Women Lead the Challenge to Theocratic Rule

The focus is on women’s rights, but dissatisfaction with the mullahs is widespread. The regime is responding to growing protests with vicious—and well-practiced—tactics

Discoveries Revealed Through Drought

Extreme drought gripped the world this year, fueling wildfires, draining rivers, reducing harvests. Amid the climate hardship are artifacts of thousands of years of lost history once buried or flooded, now reappearing due to plummeting water levels. From a sunken WWII-era landing craft in Nevada to an abandoned village in Iraq to a medieval horse bridge in England and undersea prehistoric stone monuments in Spain, here are sites that silently witnessed and documented historic climate change. —fan chen

'Hype, Hubris and Blind Ambition'

GE may have brought good things to life' over its 130-year history, but its rise and fall is a business cautionary tale for modern times

AMERICA'S BEST BANKS 2023

With inflation high and interest rates rising, you need a bank that helps you make the most of every dollar more than ever

'I Feel Invisible'

A SURGE IN LONELINESS AND ALIENATION IS FUELING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AMONG TEENS AND ADOLESCENTS. HERE'S WHAT SCIENCE SAYS WILL HELP

A Reporter at Large End of the Road

In Americas bike-racing community, a murder exposes a lot of dirt.

Field of Nightmares?

For years a woman has said her father killed and buried as many as 70 people in western lowa. State and federal authorities are finally taking her seriously

THE U.K.'S 100 Most Loved Workplaces

IT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR COMPANIES TO BOND WITH AND NURTURE EMPLOYEES. HERE ARE THE BUSINESSES IN GREAT BRITAIN DOING JUST THAT

XI MISSES THE MARK

CHINA QUIETLY GIVES UP HOPE OF OVERTAKING THE U.S. ECONOMY

The visionary Egyptian entrepreneur determined to inspire the nation’s youth

A pivotal figure in Egypt's growth, Anmed Abou Hashima is focusing on encouraging the next generation of entrepreneurs

Another Change in Direction

Arctic Monkeys’ new album The Car finds the popular indie rock band employing amore subdued and elegant sound

Bringing consumer finance into the digital age

One of Egypt's largest financial services firms, Contact Financial provides innovative consumer financing products

COP27 comes to Egypt

Egypt’s COP27 Presidency places action at the heart of its agenda for the summit

Egypt comes alive

A host of marquee international events backdrop a vibrant new campaign to attract visitors to Egypt

Brooke Shields

If you think about it, purely based on her 40-plus-year career, Brooke Shields is the perfect podcast host because she has a story for everything.

Celebrating Spooky Season Around the World

The transition from fall to winter is a time filled with ghosts, ghouls and celebrations, when the gates to the underworld are thought to be open and spirits from the other side mingle with the mortals. While Americans are drinking pumpkin-spice lattes, trick-or-treating and carving jacko-lanterns this month, cultures across the world are gearing up for their own spooky-season traditions. From Hong Kong’s Hungry Ghost Festival to Mexico’s Dia de los Muertos to Haiti’s Fat Gede, here are the ways people welcome otherworldly spirits and souls. MEGHAN GUNN

Autos Awards 2022

FOR OUR SECOND ANNUAL ROUNDUP OF THE BEST NEW WHEELS, WE PRESENTED AWARDS TO REFRESHED FAVORITES AND ELECTRIFIED NEWCOMERS

Quick Turnaround

Rishi Sunak (center) meets with members of the Conservative Party in the Houses of Parliament after it was announced he will become the next prime minister on October 24. The 42-year-old former finance minister will be the U.K.'s first person of color and the first Hindu to hold the top job. Sunak, along with his wife Akshata Murthy, is also among the wealthiest people in the country, worth about $828 million, according to The Sunday Times. He replaces Liz Truss, who served just 44 days-the shortest stint of any of the U.K's previous leaders and must now deal with the fallout of her divisive tax-cutting policies as well as high inflation.

Luke Evans

luke evans is closing out 2022 with not one, not two, but three big projects coming out. “All avenues are being covered this year.”

Bibi and Barack Butt Heads Over Iran

Netanyahu wanted the U.S. to get tough to prevent a nuclear Iran. Obama wanted to kick the can down the road.” So the Israeli PM drew a red line of his own

America's Other Space Agency

How the FCC went from regulating telegraphs to regulating satellites

We Are Going to the Moon

Thanks to the rise of private spaceflight companies, mankind will have a future off-earth.

THE MILITARY-UFO COMPLEX

HOW A MOTLEY CREW OF SAUCER HUNTERS GOT A PLACE AT THE PUBLIC TROUGH

TERRAFORM THE GALAXY

SEVERAL INFLUENTIAL PHILOSOPHERS and environmentalist thinkers argue that terraforming Mars and other planets, making them suitable for humans and other Earth life, would be immoral. As we near a day when terraforming is actually possible, the arguments against it are worth reviewing and rebutting.

SPACE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETHINK PROPERTY RIGHTS

HERE'S WHAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN JOHN LOCKE AND HENRY GEORGE GO TO THE MOON.

FROM SPACE REGULATOR TO ASTRONAUT

George Nield spent his government career thinking about space. Then he got to fly.

THE FRACTAL, FRACTIOUS POLITICS OF THE EXPANSE

TAKING HUMANITY FROM EARTH TO THE STARS ISN'T EASY.

ARE WE STILL AWED BY THE HEAVENS?

IS SPACE MORE awesome than ever, now that we've walked on the moon and beheld the stunning photos transmitted by the James Webb telescope? Or is the night sky, thanks to modernity, more meh? In particular, do kids find the universe more meh than the metaverse?