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A dispatch from the front lines of the most amazing, exasperating campaign the GOP has ever seen may make you laugh. Or cry.
The Neuroscience of Meditation, and the Virtues of Shutting Up
What 10 days of silence can do for your brain.
In Focus
The Usual Suspects
San Salvador, El Salvador—Suspected members of the 18th Street gang are handcuffed together and presented to the media July 29. The five are accused of carrying out organized attacks against bus drivers who refused to go on a strike ordered by the gang. At least nine transportation workers have been killed, and thousands of commuters were left stranded in the Central American capital. The 18th Street gang is engaged in a prolonged drug war with rival gang MS-13, which has turned the city into one of the world’s murder capitals. June alone accounted for 677 murders. The gang is trying to use the traffic standstill to put pressure on the government, which has said it will not negotiate with criminals.
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Periscope
The pro-Russian separatists have access to a radioactive bunker. Kiev fears they plan to weaponize it.
Turkey's Risky War With the Kurds
On the brink of peace with Kurdish separatists, President Erdogan opts to go back to war.
Two Numbers: Humans Have Burned Up Half the World's Biomass
In just 2,000 years, we've burned up 400 million years-worth of fossil fuels.
Exclusive: Inside the Mysterious 'Death' of Mullah Omar
Not long before word spread of the Taliban leader's passing, reporter Sami Yousafzai received an unexpected phone call.
The Eurozone's Death by a Thousand Bailouts
The harsh austerity terms imposed on Greece have led many to question the future of the euro.
Horizons
The project will pilot in San Francisco before it rolls out country-wide.
New Tech Will Give You Superman-Style Hearing
Or just help you block out that barking dog.
Museum Dioramas Are as Endangered as the Animals They Contain
Museums don't know what to do with their very cool but very old, arsenic-laced dioramas.
The Oldest People in the U.S. Live in the Geographic Center of the North American Continent
Rugby, North Dakota, is home to a disproportionate number of centenarians.
Downtime
Doctor Gonzo's former home in Woody Creek, Colorado, will be open to visitors next year and serving his favorite breakfast: gin Jell-O.
HBO's 'Show Me a Hero' Goes Deep on the Nitty Gritty of Racial Politics
Baltimore in 2015 looks a lot like Yonkers, New York, in 1988—which makes HBO's Show Me a Hero timely and depressing.
The Importance of Being Manglehorn
Al Pacino convincingly plays a curmudgeon, to the surprise of no one.
Editor's pick
"The more people know about Alexey," a pro-Navalny volunteer tells Newsweek, "the harder it will be for the Russian authorities to kill him in prison."
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A Republican measure to block President Joe Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan would force borrowers to retroactively cover the voided pause period.
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