Despite an administration change and major shifts in patterns of terrorism, the federal government is still taking a maximalist approach to homeland security.

• Stephen Engelberg
• 8:00 AM ET

The last of the four swimmers involved in a bizarre tale of robbery at gunpoint has paid $10,800 to resolve the case, for which the U.S. Olympic Committee has apologized.   

• Krishnadev Calamur
• 7:41 AM ET

New research shows Millennial men's well-being improved from staying at home, while women's improved by being the breadwinners.

• James Hamblin
• 7:00 AM ET

An American team triumphed at the International Math Olympiad for the second-straight year, despite concerns of student diversity in STEM.

• Emily Richmond
• 10:30 AM ET

A new decision shows the powerful legacy of Hobby Lobby.

• Emma Green
• Aug 18, 2016

The things that make Pride and Prejudice’s middle sister so unappealing as a supporting character are precisely what make her compelling as a star.

• Megan Garber
• 7:00 AM ET

A comedian and writer for Inside Amy Schumer drew his boss into an internet firestorm by criticizing a theater for banning an accused rapist.

• David Sims
• Aug 18, 2016

Overused phrases—“I hope you’re well,” “Best,” etc.—are more valuable than they seem.

• Julie Beck
• 8:00 AM ET

The highlights from seven days of reading about the world

• Anna Diamond
• 10:35 AM ET

After suggesting the timing of a cash delivery was unrelated to the freeing of hostages, the State Department admits the two were contingent.

• David A. Graham
• Aug 18, 2016

The picture of a five-year-old boy awaiting treatment at a hospital in Aleppo is a reminder of the nature of the conflict.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• Aug 18, 2016

A brief tour of North Korea’s surprising beer scene

• Eric Fish
• Aug 18, 2016

The ethics of defensive killing

• Matt Peterson
• Aug 18, 2016

Turkey has announced the release of thousands of inmates to make room for those arrested in connection to last month’s attempted coup.

• Yasmeen Serhan
• Aug 17, 2016

Papua New Guinea’s leader said the two countries had agreed to shut the Manus facility, which holds 854 asylum-seekers.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• Aug 17, 2016

From Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky to Simone Biles and Usain Bolt, follow the 2016 games with our handy cheat sheet.

• The Editors
• 2:09 AM ET

After the Olympics, both winners and losers are prone to emotional crashes.

• John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro
• Aug 18, 2016

Americans once completely dominated the sport—but that hasn’t been the case since last century.

• Vicki Valosik
• 9:42 AM ET

Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were taken off a U.S.-bound flight over what Brazilian authorities say are inconsistencies in their accounts of being robbed at gunpoint.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• Aug 18, 2016

What do you do when you’re competing for a country that might disappear? You dance.

• Uri Friedman
• Aug 17, 2016

She says his account, and that of his teammates, of being robbed in Rio has inconsistencies.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• Aug 17, 2016

What happens to all those stadiums?

• Linda Poon
• Aug 17, 2016

The Republican candidate brings on board a new religious-outreach director.

• Jonathan Merritt
• Aug 18, 2016

The world of GOP intellectuals and policymakers has been upended by Donald Trump. What is there to do but carry on?

• Molly Ball
• Aug 18, 2016

The talk-radio host’s unintentionally dissonant diagnosis of what threatens America.

• Conor Friedersdorf
• Aug 18, 2016

A controversy over anti-Israel statements in the Movement for Black Lives political platform shows the long history of tension between Jews and blacks in the U.S.  

• Emma Green
• Aug 18, 2016

The ethics of defensive killing

• Matt Peterson
• Aug 18, 2016

Making controversial claims without providing evidence gets attention. It’s also reckless.

• Clare Foran
• Aug 18, 2016

If the collective impression is that Trump’s campaign is failing, does it mean Democratic voters won’t be motivated to go out and vote?

• Alex Wagner
• Aug 18, 2016

Twitter announced the suspension of 235,000 accounts for promoting terrorism, bringing the total number of accounts deactivated since 2015 to 360,000.

• Yasmeen Serhan
• Aug 18, 2016

The ride-hailing service plans to launch its first such fleet this month in Pittsburgh.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• Aug 18, 2016

Hackers can use artificial intelligence to mimic their targets’ tweets—and entice them to click on malicious links.

• Kaveh Waddell
• Aug 18, 2016

A new surveillance system off the coast of New York aims to help keep the creatures out of harm’s way.

• Elizabeth Preston
• Aug 17, 2016

Machine learning allows computers to see patterns in medical images that are invisible to human doctors.

• Adrienne LaFrance
• Aug 16, 2016

As a startup, it can sometimes be hard to navigate the shifting sands of race, gender, and power. But some mistakes are easy to avoid.

• Robinson Meyer
• Aug 13, 2016

A group calling itself the “Shadow Broker” is auctioning off what it says are the agency’s cyberweapons.

• Kaveh Waddell
• Aug 16, 2016

As people move to warmer climates and cities, small towns throughout the region are weathering decline.

• Alana Semuels
• Aug 18, 2016

Campus sexual-assault guidelines have changed significantly since the '90s.

• Emily DeRuy
• Aug 18, 2016

Some say apps that make learning fun are key, but what’s lost when all that learning is spent looking at a screen?

• Timothy D. Walker
• Aug 18, 2016

Scientists are beginning to understand how Zika replicates and spreads within the womb, but they still don’t know how the virus manages to get there in the first place.

• Adrienne LaFrance
• Aug 18, 2016

And what it could mean for the search for life on other worlds

• Ed Yong
• Aug 17, 2016

The once-endangered species made the fastest recovery ever recorded for a mammal—but first, conservationists had to kill some pigs and relocate some eagles.

• Robinson Meyer
• Aug 16, 2016

​CRISPR, the powerful new gene-editing technique, has helped to solve a fishy mystery about how our fingers and toes evolved.

• Ed Yong
• Aug 17, 2016

What hunting for cocktail ice in Antarctica taught me about climate change. An Object Lesson.

• Michelle Iwen
• Aug 16, 2016

Chris Holman gave up on a PhD in world languages to start a farm in Wisconsin.

• Adrienne Green
• 11:23 AM ET

”People look around and think, ‘Boy, things are expensive.’ They don’t realize that they’re expensive because of decisions that the local government makes.”

• David Dudley
• Aug 18, 2016

Thad and Dianna Fellows came up with a creative way to overcome the homesickness that often is part of life on the road.

• Adrienne Green
• Aug 18, 2016

The Whopperrito is the messy culmination of America's long and growing embrace of Mexican-inspired food.

• Adam Chandler
• Aug 18, 2016

As people move to warmer climates and cities, small towns throughout the region are weathering decline.

• Alana Semuels
• Aug 18, 2016

Gary Campbell reflects on the pride America once reserved for those who helped fuel its growth.

• Adrienne Green
• Aug 17, 2016

Sam Buell, the government’s lead prosecutor in the Enron scandal, explains why convicting white-collar criminals isn’t as straightforward as most people think it should be.

• Joe Pinsker
• Aug 17, 2016

New research has found evidence the mosquito-borne virus can adversely affect cells necessary for replenishing damaged neurons.

• Marina Koren
• Aug 18, 2016

Health officials say 168 people have been sickened by the virus, which they linked to tainted scallops at the Genki Sushi restaurant chain.

• Adrienne LaFrance
• Aug 17, 2016

Vigilant, long-term monitoring of patients is the future.

• Jessa Gamble
• Aug 17, 2016

The system for preventing cancer is widely misunderstood and misleading.

• James Hamblin
• Aug 15, 2016

The convenience could greatly reduce the likelihood of missed appointments.

• Zhai Yun Tan
• Aug 15, 2016

In a new statement, the American Heart Association warns that exercise doesn’t seem to undo the health effects of excessive sitting.

• James Hamblin
• Aug 16, 2016

Not having kids is the new having kids.

• James Hamblin
• Aug 10, 2016

The up-and-coming filmmaker is under intense scrutiny for rape charges leveled against him 17 years ago. Here’s why this debate is necessary.

• Gillian B. White
• Aug 18, 2016

Rogue One’s heir to R2-D2 appears appears to be humorless, far from cute, and very fascinating.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• Aug 17, 2016

The singer’s album is not the one that’s been promised, but there’s plenty to dig into nonetheless.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• 10:00 AM ET

The HBO miniseries portrays religious hatred as just one ever-multiplying cause and effect of injustice.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• Aug 18, 2016

Her excellent new essay collection, The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo, offers a gentle rebuke to the comedian’s own self-effacing act.

• Megan Garber
• Aug 17, 2016

J.K. Rowling said there’d be no new stories about the boy wizard after the Cursed Child play. Then Pottermore announced three new e-books.

• Lenika Cruz
• Aug 17, 2016

Bradley Cooper will reportedly co-star and direct a new remake of Hollywood’s old tale of fame. But what fresh angle can a fourth version possibly find?

• David Sims
• Aug 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s proposal to make public higher education more accessible to lower- and middle-income students could have the opposite effect.

• Ronald Brownstein
• Aug 18, 2016

The Department of Education is encouraging corporations in high-demand fields to partner with universities.

• Mikhail Zinshteyn
• Aug 18, 2016

Schools want black students to feel welcome, but sometimes their attempts go awry.

• Emily DeRuy
• Aug 17, 2016

Teaching self-control is proven to be much more effective than tutoring and advanced classes.

• Erica Reischer
• Aug 16, 2016

A decision more than four decades old continues to haunt a city where everything governmental is unified—except education.

• Shaina Cavazos
• Aug 17, 2016

One city’s attempt to professionalize early education could be a model for the nation.

• Lillian Mongeau
• Aug 16, 2016

At a “newcomer” school in Indiana, teachers are finding creative ways to communicate.

• Meghan Mangrum
• Aug 15, 2016

Officials are looking into whether a Muslim group’s religious freedoms were violated when the town rejected its plans to build the graveyard.

• Yasmeen Serhan
• Aug 18, 2016

Five short years ago, James Fallows examined what the rise of Gawker meant for journalism. Now that the company’s flagship Gawker.com is shutting down, what will be its legacy?

• James Fallows
• Apr 1, 2011

The news-gossip website that was bought this week by Univision announced Thursday it will cease operations next week.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• Aug 18, 2016

The Justice Department announced it plans to stop using private prison to house inmates.

• J. Weston Phippen
• Aug 18, 2016

Residents of the Inupiat Eskimo village, identified as one of the communities most affected by coastal erosion, brought on by climate change, voted to leave their island for the mainland.

• Yasmeen Serhan
• Aug 18, 2016

Southern Louisiana is drowning again. No one seems to care.

• Russell Berman
• Aug 17, 2016

The wildfire has charred more than 25,000 acres and 80,000 people have been told to evacuate their homes.

• J. Weston Phippen
• Aug 18, 2016