January 06, 2017 Issue

After each new massacre, people gather at the crime scene to check that their loved ones are not among the dead.

The Murdochs supported the rising star amid heavy criticism from president-elect Donald Trump during his campaign. Their next goal is to launch an international news network, buoyed by a potential acquisition of Sky News.

Some in Russia are lauding Trump's nomination of the Exxon CEO for secretary of state, although opponents say it 'would take a miracle for Tillerson to criticize Russia on human rights.'

Tech companies played a major role in creating the wealth gap between digital and analog America.

An unexplained shortage of the injectable version of the vaccine slows attempts to kill polio in Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.

The scourge of the Middle Ages survives

The Illacme tobini millipede has 414 legs and four gonopods—the millipede equivalents of penises.

One of Nicaragua's pockets of luxury includes a five-star resort carved into a Pacific mountainside.

"She knows what she's doing." Loach tells Newsweek what he thinks about May's attitude to austerity.

More than 40 years after "Young Frankenstein" premiered, director Mel Brooks is out with a book about the making of his monster hit.

Aarhus in Denmark and Kingston-upon-Hull in England plan yearlong celebrations of arts, spectacles and community events.