--- --- Back to the vault # December 12, 2016 | Vol. 188 No. 24December 12, 2016 | Vol. 188 No. 24  Issue name December 12th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 24 | U.S. Issue date December 12, 2016 Location U.S. Related categories [World](/vault/subject/world/) [Central America](/vault/subject/central-america/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents BusinessEntertainmentIdeasU.S.WorldOthers ### Business [Business](/section/business/) ### Artificial Intelligence Invades the Home ... In Toys ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Haters Shall Be Lovers In _La La Land_ [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _Jackie_ Places the First Lady Under a Microscope [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### A Star-Studded Tribute to a Lovable Lensman [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _Hairspray Live!_ Promises Retro Fun With Little Risk ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Cuba Is a Litmus Test for Trump 'Let’s hope for a pragmatic approach' [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Crucial Difference Between Christmas and a Trip to the Store [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Lawyer in _Bush v. Gore_: The 2016 Recount Is a Folly 'Recounts are expensive, time-consuming distractions' ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Bringing a Hero Home: A Decade-Long Quest Ends With a Pilot’s Third Burial A decadelong quest ends with a pilot's third burial at Arlington ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Dies at 90 Castro will be remembered as much if not more as a tragic caudillo [World](/section/world/) ### How Castro Will Be Trump's First Foreign Policy Test [World](/section/world/) ### Style Over Substance: Why Fidel Castro's Revolutionary Chic Was a Fraud [World](/section/world/) ### 8 Questions With Krista Tippett The host of radio's On Being talks about wisdom, debate, downright disagreement--and coming together when things fall apart [World](/section/world/) ### Castro's Cuba Is the Only Way of Life Many Have Known [World](/section/world/) ### Quick Talk With Helen Mirren The English actor, 71, stars in Collateral Beauty (Dec. 16), a drama about a grieving advertising executive (Will Smith) who is forced to confront his loss in an unusual way. [World](/section/world/) ### John Legend's Light Shines Even Brighter [World](/section/world/) ### It's a Mean, Sometimes Sad World-but Reading Can Help [World](/section/world/) ### Florence Henderson Was Television’s Archetypal Mom Television's archetypal mom [World](/section/world/) ### Florence Henderson Was A Wellspring of Comfort [World](/section/world/) ### Jill Stein's Recounts Are Destructive to Democracy [World](/section/world/) ### Why the Embattled 'Death Tax' May Not Be Long for This World [World](/section/world/) ### A New Vision for Business [World](/section/world/) ### For the Record (1 Dec 2016) [World](/section/world/) ### Why Spending Dipped on Black Friday Although more shoppers hit the mall over Thanksgiving weekend this year than last, they spent about $10 less per person, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). [World](/section/world/) ### Milestones (1 Dec 2016) ### Others ### ### ### ### ### ### December 12th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 24 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"December 12th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 24 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/4587715/december-12th-2016-vol-188-no-24-u-s/"}]}]} ```