The Week makes sense of the news by curating the best of the U.S. and international media into a succinct, lively digest.
Editor’s letter
Trump’s federal election-fraud trial set for March
It wasn’t all bad
Note to readers
Hurricane Idalia batters the Southeast
A racist shooting spree in Jacksonville
Prigozhin: How his killing will affect Putin’s grip on power
Good week/bad week
Only in America
School fight
Soccer’s Kissgate scandal
Why Cooper played the villain • Alice Cooper
Harvard’s extraterrestrial outsider • Avi Loeb
Keough’s weighty inheritance • Riley Keough
In the news
Capturing carbon
Christians who love to hate
Legal or not, Hunter’s acts were wrong
Near misses at the airports
Viewpoint
I read it in the tabloids • It must be true…
Elgin Marbles are not safe in Britain
A country ruled by grannies
Russia: With Prigozhin dead, can Putin control Wagner?
Australia: Was mushroom poisoning really an accident?
War is no fix for Niger coup
Factories, not cars, clog the air
GOP debate: An elephant in the room
Noted
Musk: His growing power over government
Travel: Why tourists are behaving badly
Wit & Wisdom
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Back-to-school: The chatbot invasion
Innovation of the week
What’s new in tech • Bytes
Covid has long-term effects on most
Y chromosome sequenced
Regaining a voice through tech
Babies need faces, not screens
A fish that sees with its skin
Gambler: Secrets From a Life at Risk • Book of the week
Bridge • Novel of the week
Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life
Chosen by Paul Murray • Best books…
In school dramas • Also of interest…
Elizabeth Rush • Author of the week
Beyond Granite: Pulling Together • Exhibit of the week
Zach Bryan • Zach Bryan
Jaguar II • Victoria Monét
Haunted Mountain • Buck Meek
Bottoms
Golda
The Writer
Streaming tips
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
The Changeling • Show of the week
Chicken and gin: Surprising sophistication from simple parts • Recipe of the week
Pizza farms: A growing Midwestern tradition
Wine: Mount Etna finds
The wild beauty of Olympic National Park • This week’s dream
Life House, Berkshires • Hotel of the week
Storybook Carmel-by-the-Sea • Getting the flavor of…
Homes in converted buildings
Pharma: Medicare drug price negotiations
Nvidia: AI pacesetter beats profit estimates
The bottom line
Auto inflation: The end of the economy car
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Locked down: Stores struggle to deter rising thefts
Silicon Valley plans for its perfect city
Democracy, fast-casual edition
The host who invited us to ‘Come on down!’ • Bob Barker 1923–2023
The Dallas creator who livened up evening TV • David Jacobs 1939–2023
The conservative everyman known as ‘Joe the Plumber’ • Samuel Wurzelbacher 1973–2023
‘I’m just here for the violence’
Despicable suitors • The Week Contest