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A street vigil held at Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, October 2, 2017. photograph by Matt Stuart—Magnum for TIME

U.S.The Fight Over Gun Control Isn’t Really About Guns Over the roar of the guitar, the gunfire erupted. At first the country-music fans at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas thought the loudspeakers were malfunctioning or that the pyrotechnics

Doris Huser with her children Cordelia and Aden, Las Vegas Oct. 4, 2017.las-vegas-shooting

U.S.'The Worst Feeling in the World.' A Mother's Terror During the Las Vegas Shooting Doris Huser heard the shots. Her son was missing. So she ran toward the bullets — with her daughter in tow. This is her eyewitness account of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history

A street vigil held at Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, October 2, 2017. photograph by Matt Stuart—Magnum for TIME

U.S.Victims Watched a Familiar Horror Unfold in Las Vegas Melissa Bayer had seen it in Columbine and Charleston and Sandy Hook and the movie theater in Colorado. As the gun fired in Las Vegas Sunday, she thought to herself "This is a mass shooting. This is what it looks like"

Boynton Beach inlet in Palm Beach County was pounded by wind and waves as Hurricane Irma roared ashore on Sept. 10

U.S.The Angels of Irma A hurricane is a monster with two orders of magnitude. It is a weapon of mass destruction–an atmospheric daisy cutter that descends on a region and claws away whole cities at a time. And

Florida Begins Long Recovery After Hurricane Irma Plows Through State

U.S.'I Said Goodbye to Everything.' What It Was Like to Live Through Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma threw Florida a curveball. As residents fled Miami to seek shelter in Tampa, the storm shifted course and came up the Gulf Coast. Here's what it was like to live through those tense days before and after the hurricane hit

Hurricane Irma

U.S.Hurricane Irma Starts Raking Miami Hundreds of thousands of people have fled to shelters and other forms of safety as Hurricane Irma ravages Florida. Waist-deep water flooded some Miami streets, including three to four feet in the city's financial district

Massive Hurricane Irma Bears Down On Florida

U.S.'This Is a Life-Threatening Situation.' Forecasters Warn of Irma's Wrath As Hurricane Irma bore down on South Florida on Saturday, meteorologists and hurricane experts had a dire message for local residents: This storm is strong enough to kill you. Irma is expected to hit Florida on Sunday

Florida Begins Preparing For Hurricane Irma

U.S.'It's All Hands on Deck.' Inside Miami's Hurricane Response Hub As they coordinate preparations for a storm that could devastate South Florida, Miami emergency management officials are telling residents that they may not be able to reach people for three days

Florida Prepares For Major Hit By Hurricane Irma

U.S.'It's Like Locusts Came Through.' Miami Is Bracing for Hurricane Irma South Florida is grimly preparing for a powerful storm that has already devastated large swaths of the Caribbean. An expert with the National Hurricane Center warned that Hurricane Irma "will kill you if you don't get out of the way"

McConnell’s failure on health care increases the trouble ahead for the Republican agenda

U.S.The GOP Faces a New Crossroads Even the shrewdest tacticians sometimes misplay their hand. Mitch McConnell’s error came to light in mid-July, when the Senate majority leader, having vowed to deliver on the Republican promise

A street vigil held at Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, October 2, 2017. photograph by Matt Stuart—Magnum for TIME

U.S.Victims Watched a Familiar Horror Unfold in Las Vegas Melissa Bayer had seen it in Columbine and Charleston and Sandy Hook and the movie theater in Colorado. As the gun fired in Las Vegas Sunday, she thought to herself "This is a mass shooting. This is what it looks like"

Boynton Beach inlet in Palm Beach County was pounded by wind and waves as Hurricane Irma roared ashore on Sept. 10

U.S.The Angels of Irma A hurricane is a monster with two orders of magnitude. It is a weapon of mass destruction–an atmospheric daisy cutter that descends on a region and claws away whole cities at a time. And

Florida Begins Long Recovery After Hurricane Irma Plows Through State

U.S.'I Said Goodbye to Everything.' What It Was Like to Live Through Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma threw Florida a curveball. As residents fled Miami to seek shelter in Tampa, the storm shifted course and came up the Gulf Coast. Here's what it was like to live through those tense days before and after the hurricane hit

Hurricane Irma

U.S.Hurricane Irma Starts Raking Miami Hundreds of thousands of people have fled to shelters and other forms of safety as Hurricane Irma ravages Florida. Waist-deep water flooded some Miami streets, including three to four feet in the city's financial district

Massive Hurricane Irma Bears Down On Florida

U.S.'This Is a Life-Threatening Situation.' Forecasters Warn of Irma's Wrath As Hurricane Irma bore down on South Florida on Saturday, meteorologists and hurricane experts had a dire message for local residents: This storm is strong enough to kill you. Irma is expected to hit Florida on Sunday

Florida Begins Preparing For Hurricane Irma

U.S.'It's All Hands on Deck.' Inside Miami's Hurricane Response Hub As they coordinate preparations for a storm that could devastate South Florida, Miami emergency management officials are telling residents that they may not be able to reach people for three days

Florida Prepares For Major Hit By Hurricane Irma

U.S.'It's Like Locusts Came Through.' Miami Is Bracing for Hurricane Irma South Florida is grimly preparing for a powerful storm that has already devastated large swaths of the Caribbean. An expert with the National Hurricane Center warned that Hurricane Irma "will kill you if you don't get out of the way"

McConnell’s failure on health care increases the trouble ahead for the Republican agenda

U.S.The GOP Faces a New Crossroads Even the shrewdest tacticians sometimes misplay their hand. Mitch McConnell’s error came to light in mid-July, when the Senate majority leader, having vowed to deliver on the Republican promise

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