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# October 9, 2023 | Vol. 202 No. 11 October 9, 2023 |  

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Vol. 202 No. 11

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Issue name

October 9th, 2023 | Vol. 202, No. 11 | U.S.

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October 9, 2023

Location

U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsScienceU.S.World

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### How We Chose the TIME100 Most Influential People in AI

Our first-ever list of the most influential people in AI features leaders, policymakers, artists and entrepreneurs from around the world

[Business](/section/business/)

### How TIME and Statista Determined the World's Best Companies of 2023

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Jessica Knoll Wants to Correct the Record on Ted Bundy

In her new book, 'Bright Young Women,' the author sets out to prove that the notorious serial killer wasn't as smart or charming as history seems to believe. 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### HBO's _Savior Complex_ Indicts the White Supremacy of American Do-Gooders in Africa

The HBO docuseries uncovers the racially charged hubris of well-meaning, white, often evangelical Americans in Africa.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Paul Hollywood Answers All of Your Questions About _The Great British Baking Show_

Hollywood said that controversial Mexican week came from a ‘good place.’

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### 6 Things to Do if Your Doctor Isn't Listening to You

Spend time preparing for every appointment, take someone with you, and get vulnerable.

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Inside Elon Musk's Struggle for the Future of AI

'I can't just sit around and do nothing.' An exclusive excerpt from Walter Isaacson's new Elon Musk biography

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Inside the Controversy Over the National Museum of the American Latino

The National Museum of the American Latino doesn’t even have a building yet, but its work is already controversial.

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Facing Pressure from Hard Right, McCarthy Orders Biden Impeachment Inquiry

The inquiry will center on whether Biden played a role in, or benefited from, his son Hunter Biden’s overseas business affairs.

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Russia Is Recruiting Cubans to Fight in Ukraine

A large, organized effort appears to have openly recruited hundreds of Cuban volunteers to fight for Russia

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### How NASA Got a 'UFO Czar'—And Why it Matters

It's an increasingly important job as sightings of unexplained craft have have soared in recent years. 

### U.S.

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

### What's Behind the Spike in Child Poverty in the U.S.

According to new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, 12.4% of children were living in poverty in 2022.

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### India Tried to Re-introduce Cheetahs to the Wild. It Didn't Go Well

A plan to reintroduce once-extinct cheetahs to Madhya Pradesh in India has struggled after many of the animals died.

[World](/section/world/)

### Photos Show Resilience in Morocco Amid Death and Devastation

Morocco's largest earthquake in over 100 years has killed thousands and impacted over 300,000 people.


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