The Case Against Fireworks
Fireworks explode over the Charles River in Boston on July 4, 1987. —Jan Housewerth—The Boston Globe via Getty Images This...
Why Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego Is Under Federal Investigation Over Suspected Campaign Finance Violations
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D, Ariz.) arrives for the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh,...
A ‘Tremendous Loss’ and a ‘Big Win’: Trump Reacts to Mixed Bag of Supreme Court Rulings
President Donald Trump during a presidential memorandum signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on...
We’ve Been Undercounting the Insects. There May Be Three Times as Many Species as We Knew
A macro wildlife photograph capturing butterfly resting on the ground. —Prasert Krainukul—Getty Images Think your back yard can get buggy...
After Venezuela’s Earthquakes, Neighbors Dig Through Rubble for Survivors
People walk past a collapsed building in Caracas after powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 25, 2026. —Manaure Quintero—AFP/Getty...
Will This Summer Be a Record Hot One?
People are seen at the Hole-in-the-Rock as temperature hits 107 Fahrenheit at the Papago Park in Phoenix of Maricopa County...
Recursive Self-Improvement is the Human Skill We Need in the AI Age
—Andriy Onufriyenko—Getty Images The news is full of sober warnings about AI. The latest: recursive self-improvement, or RSI. RSI is...
More Than 72M Americans Are Expected to Travel the Week of July 4th. Here’s How to Make Your Trip Go Smoothly
Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York...
Introducing ‘No. 10 North’: U.K.’s Likely Next Prime Minister Andy Burnham Lays Out Devolution Plans
Andy Burnham delivers a speech at The People’s Museum in Manchester, England, on June 29, 2026. —Jeff J Mitchell––Getty Images...
10 Things Doctors Want You to Know About Hearing Aids
—Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Images: Cultura Creative, Iparraguirre Recio, peakSTOCK—Getty Images) Plenty of people put off getting hearing aids because...
Mara Brock Akil Changed TV. But Her Most Urgent Story Demanded a New Medium
Mara Brock Akil knows how to savor a moment. You might presume that, for the creator behind a long list...
How America’s 250th Birthday Party Split Into 2 Rival Events—and Only One With Trump
President Donald Trump appears on stage during a Freedom 250 event kicking off the Great American State Fair on the...
This European Social Enterprise Is Giving Gen Z Jobs They Actually Want—And Protecting Our Oceans
Sea Rangers taking water samples in the North Sea for plastic pollution tracking. —Courtesy Sea Ranger Service For 17 generations,...
U.S. and Iran Agree to Stand Down, Resume Talks After Days of Hostilities
—Douglas Rissing—Getty Images The U.S. and Iran have reportedly agreed to stand down after days of tit-for-tat hostilities that threatened...
What to Know About the Heat Wave Headed to the U.S. Ahead of Fourth of July
A supporter of President Donald Trump fans herself against the heat during the Great American State Fair Kickoff Celebration on...
