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# October 16, 2017 | Vol. 190 No. 15 October 16, 2017 |  

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Vol. 190 No. 15

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Issue name

October 16th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 15 | U.S.

Issue date

October 16, 2017

Location

U.S.

Related categories

[World](/vault/subject/world/)

[Society](/vault/subject/society/)

[Military](/vault/subject/military/)

[Politics](/vault/subject/politics/)

[Terrorism](/vault/subject/terrorism/)

[North America](/vault/subject/north-america/)

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsScienceSportsU.S.World

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _Blade Runner 2049_ Is Visually Stunning and Excessively Faithful to the Original

In harkening back to the 1982 classic, director Denis Villeneuve’s sequel is almost too reverential

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Will & Grace_ Hasn’t Changed Much. But That’s Mostly Fine

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### 6 Surprising Things That May Improve Breast Cancer Treatment

[Health](/section/health/)

### I Treated Breast Cancer for Years as a Doctor. Then I Was Diagnosed

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Tina Brown Remembers S.I. Newhouse, Jr.

The former editor in chief of 'Vanity Fair' and 'The New Yorker' recalls her time working for Newhouse

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### 'Unspeakable,' 'Incomparable.' Why Words Fail to Describe the Las Vegas Shooting

While some debate whether the shooting should be called "terrorism," many struggle to find any words that are sufficient 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### To Las Vegas, With Love From Orlando

From a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### One Undeniable Factor In Gun Violence: Men

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Rep. Jeff Duncan: Why I Created Suppressor Legislation

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Ron Chernow Talks Grant, _Hamilton_ and American Legacies

In an interview with TIME, the bestselling biographer discusses where past meets present

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Review: A Heroine for Our Times in Jennifer Egan's _Manhattan Beach_

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Tragedies of 2017 Will Test the Bonds That Connect Us, Now and for Years to Come

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Neil Gorsuch Is Already Acting Like He’s Been on the Supreme Court for Years

"I think he has ruffled some feathers"

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### Batteries Are the Next Target in China’s Clean-Energy Conquest

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### A Corruption Probe Into College Hoops Exposes More Than Shady Deals

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### The Fight Over Gun Control Isn’t Really About Guns

Will the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history change the debate over gun rights?

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The New Gold Rush for Our e-Waste

[World](/section/world/)

### Australia Has Its Say on Same-Sex Marriage

[World](/section/world/)

### Trump's Desire for a Better Deal With Iran Could Isolate the U.S.

[World](/section/world/)

### Cameos on the Catwalk

[World](/section/world/)

### This Just In (5 Oct 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (5 Oct 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (5 Oct 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (5 Oct 2017)


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