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* ![Airliner with Lightning](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta99d224e9966e7a5/6988da97bc6cfc15ea3e2bcb/gettyimages-121109036.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 1, 2018  
### [Is It Safe to Fly in Lightning?](https://time.com/4910412/plane-struck-lightning-safety/)  
Should passengers worry about lightning striking a plane mid-flight?
* ![Joshua Wong](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda41a45b90cf4c45/6988e41ee76ad21da162fc75/hong-kong-democracy-l_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 6, 2017  
### [Out on Bail, Hong Kong’s First Political Prisoner Talks to TIME](https://time.com/5011057/hong-kong-joshua-wong-interview/)  
"I'm not free, I'm simply on bail"  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Eminem performing at 2014 Lollapalooza](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt358f569f8432b797/6988e346096a9417286a0265/gettyimages-453048640.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 25, 2017  
### [A New Zealand Election Ad Ripped Off Eminem's _Lose Yourself_](https://time.com/4996361/new-zealand-eminem-lose-yourself-national-party-ripoff/)  
The National Party now has to pay over $413,000 to Eminem's publisher  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![GERMANY-TURKEY-AMNESTY-PROTEST](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt605facb78f5a9e03/6988e3490a4a228e9a9d077d/gettyimages-696285774.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 25, 2017  
### [Turkey Puts Amnesty Chief on Trial As Crackdown Continues](https://time.com/4996405/turkey-amnesty-taner-kilic-trial/)  
Taner Kilic is accused of downloading a messaging app that the government says was associated with a...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Joshua Wong, Hong Kong Pro-democracy activist, spoke to TIME on August 16, 2017, a day before a ruling on his 2014 occupation of the Citizen Square. He's facing immediate imprisonment if judges rule against his favor.- Photo by Aria Hangyu Chen for TIME](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt761952b6829c2b3a/6988da0f0b72e387b76ef0f8/img_2661.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 24, 2017  
### [Hong Kong Dissident Joshua Wong Freed on Bail](https://time.com/4992800/hong-kong-joshua-wong-bail-trial-umbrella-democracy-demosisto/)  
He will be due back in court at an appeal hearing on Nov. 7  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![\(CPC\)CHINA-BEIJING-CPC NATIONAL CONGRESS-OPENING \(CN\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1a58d86f9b12d5c/6988e28a86f68e5fe26e6e9c/gettyimages-862844072.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 19, 2017  
### [Love Xi Jinping? There's an App for That](https://time.com/4988905/xi-jinping-game-propaganda-tencent-weibo-china/)  
Clap as hard as you can for the Chinese leader's soundbites  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8d6a2e68d34ffb9/6988e29622fb85ebc5e2354d/s-chandrasekhars-107th-birthday-5671696282419200-2xa.gif?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 19, 2017  
### [Astrophysicist S. Chandrasekhar's Life Celebrated With Google Doodle](https://time.com/4988829/s-chandrasekhar-google-doodle-subrahmanyan/)  
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was the first astrophysicist to win the Nobel Prize in Physics
* ![Chicago's O'Hare Airport Hosts Air Industry's World Route Forum](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3febd6f6e43ae463/6988e26086f68e1ff06e6e5b/gettyimages-455739144.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 18, 2017  
### [Aviation Officers Involved in United Passenger Removal Fired](https://time.com/4987015/united-airlines-ua-david-dao-passenger-removal-fired/)  
Footage of the April incident sparked a publicity catastrophe for United  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2deeb5b435548260/6988e25b22fb85afabe234f3/celebrating-the-studio-for-electronic-music-4914189628866560-3-2x.png?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 18, 2017  
### [A New Google Doodle Celebrates the Studio for Electronic Music](https://time.com/4986877/studio-for-electronic-music-google-doodle/)  
The Cologne studio was fertile ground for breakthroughs in electronic music and sound until its clos...
* ![John McCain Honored With Liberty Medal For A Lifetime Of Service](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7d55d3084b5785d/6988e236096a94c4a46a0095/gettyimages-862141936.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 17, 2017  
### [Read the Full Text of John McCain's Speech at the Liberty Medal Award Ceremony](https://time.com/4985185/john-mccain-liberty-medal-speech/)  
McCain hailed the U.S. as "the land of the immigrant's dream"  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![Prior of the arrival of Storm Ophelia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt306bf85c839fe9b9/6988e20a8fd2ee8e68359475/h_53833544.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 16, 2017  
### [What to Know About the Atlantic's Easternmost Hurricane Ever](https://time.com/4983412/ophelia-atlantic-storm-hurricane-ireland-united-kingdom/)  
No major Atlantic hurricane has existed that far east before, meteorologists say.  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![2014 Lollapalooza - Day 1](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61dece80ee11923a/6988e1688fd2ee880f359365/gettyimages-453054740.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 11, 2017  
### [Watch the Eminem Freestyle Everyone's Talking About](https://time.com/4977218/eminem-freestyle-trump-bet-hip-hop-awards/)  
"What we got in the White House now is a kamikaze"
* ![BRAZIL-CRIME-FIRE-CHILDREN](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte291ae1757c02dac/6988e0bf196cf4b1ab042357/gettyimages-858039908.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 6, 2017  
### [Children Set on Fire in Brazil Nursery School Arson Attack](https://time.com/4971788/brazil-janauba-childcare-center-fire/)  
The alleged attacker, a sacked security guard, set himself alight at the scene and died  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![President Trump Arrives In Puerto Rico In Aftermath Of Hurricane Maria Devastating The Island](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71023afe5a9a7245/6988e07a656a3f4056bd1f45/gettyimages-857120414.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 4, 2017  
### [Trump Says Puerto Rico's Debt Should Be 'Wiped Out'](https://time.com/4968414/trump-puerto-rico-debt-wipe-out-hurricane-maria/)  
"We're going to have to wipe that out"  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![las-vegas-shooting-victims](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt797d9c8998f52499/6988e044929fad73debedec1/las-vegas-shooting-victims.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 2, 2017  
### [These Are the Victims of the Las Vegas Shooting](https://time.com/4965896/las-vegas-shooting-victims-names/)  
One man died saving his wife's life  
[U.S.](/section/us/)

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