I’D LIKE TO THANK THE PRESIDENT

Water Windfall

Cannon Ball, North Dakota—Protesters celebrate on December 4 after hearing

Torn From Today’s Headlines

Rome—An anti-referendum poster shows Italian Premier Matteo Renzi on December

A Broken Right Wing

Vienna—Just when it seemed as if Europe’s populist revolt couldn’t

A Death Foretold

Baire, Cuba—People declared him dead on dozens of occasions, but

The Syrian Civil War has been a nightmare for Barack Obama. It might be even worse for Donald Trump

THE LEAFLETS fell from the sky over Aleppo, offering dire

FEAR OF THE BLACK BANNERS

As the battle of Mosul rages, authorities are bracing for new ISIS attacks in Belgium. But will Parliament give them the powers they say they need?

THE MAESTRO OF MEDIA MANIPULATION

Decades after creating the infamous Willie Horton ad, Floyd Brown has helped build a media empire on largely bogus stories

GRAFT EXPECTATIONS

Congress probably won’t care that Donald Trump may violate the constitutional ban on accepting gifts from foreign powers

Will the homeless kids of the Central African Republic be pulled back into the country’s simmering conflict?

THE STREET children appear suddenly. Some emerge from the tall

ENTER THE DONALD

THE U.S. CAN GET TOUGHER ON CHINA IN A WAY THAT WOULD BENEFIT U.S. WORKERS WITHOUT TRIGGERING A TRADE WAR. BUT IT REQUIRES A STILETTO, NOT A BLUNDERBUSS

LAND PIRATES OF TULUM

HOW A HIPSTER CARIBBEAN PLAYGROUND BECAME A TOXIC DEN OF MURDER, CORRUPTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL RUIN

WOMB FOR INSTAGRAM

Virtual reality images could spot abnormalities early in pregnancy. And they’re really cool

A FRIGID DARE

The popularity of cryotherapy is growing, even though there’s little proof it works

THE EMERGENCY SHROOM

Psilocybin from hallucinogenic mushrooms greatly eases anxiety in cancer patients, and the effect might be permanent

GENETIC OUTLAW

After a 30-year chase, one of the most elusive-and dangerous-cancer culprits may finally be on the run

THE ART OF WAR

Thomas Ostermeier is using theater to take on Germany’s far right

BACK TO THE LAND

The Native American tribes of California are making wine that’s making waves

Engine Room

A PIGEON FLYING over the otherwise drab industrial rooftops of

Tothe -Do List

1 SEE German artist Anselm Kiefer likes to go big—really