The Midwest Battles Flooding
Friday, Mar. 27, 2009Recent storms have brought water levels to a crisis point in the heartland
ER's Long Goodbye
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2009After years of personal triumphs, steamy love affairs and extraordinarily complicated surgeries, NBC's award-winning drama series comes to a close
Top 10 Nonviolent Protests
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2009Forty years after John Lennon and Yoko Ono's first "bed-in for peace," a look back at some of the most iconic acts of peaceful resistance
High Seas Border Patrol
Thursday, Mar. 26, 2009From the sea and the air, agents are guarding the waters off San Diego
Photographs for TIME by Todd Bigelow / Aurora
John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-In
Monday, Mar. 23, 2009Forty years ago, the couple staged an act of nonviolent protest in support of peace
American Muscle Cars in the Movies
Monday, Mar. 23, 2009A yellow and black Chevy Camaro is one of the stars of the Transformers films. As the third one hits theaters, TIME takes a look at heavy metal horsepower on the silver screen
A Brief History of the Exxon Valdez Disaster
Monday, Mar. 23, 2009Twenty years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill — the catastrophe on March 24, 1989, that released 10.8 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound — experts are still gauging its full impact.
— Dan Fletcher
A Brief History of the Greenbrier Resort
Friday, Mar. 20, 2009It's hosted celebrities, presidents and is home to a bunker where 1,000 government officials could survive a nuclear apocalypse. As West Virginia's Greenbrier Resort files for bankruptcy, a look back at its storied past
—M.J. Stephey
Ten Things You Should Know About the Nano
Monday, Mar. 23, 2009As Tata Motors rolls the first model onto the Indian market, TIME's Jyoti Thottam, who took it for a test drive, tells you everything you need to know about the world's cheapest car
Photographs by Michael Rubenstein / Redux for TIME
Paris' Big Andy Warhol Show
Thursday, Mar. 19, 2009Spend 15 minutes looking through the world's biggest ever exhibit of Warhol's portraits
Pope Benedict XVI Visits Africa
Thursday, Mar. 19, 2009The Pope makes his first visit to the African continent, where the faith is fervent and the Pope always popular. The trip was seen as a chance for Benedict to put some space between himself and the troubles back at headquarters
The Plane That Drives
Thursday, Mar. 19, 2009Or is it a car that flies? An innovative Boston company introduces a remarkable vehicle — and a striking vision of the future
China Goes to Africa
Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2009In the last decade, trade between China and Africa has mushroomed to over $106 billion. In his new book, La Chinafrique photographer Paolo Woods explores how the Chinese are changing life on the vast continent
Natasha Richardson: A Life in Pictures
Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2009A look back at the storied career of actress Natasha Richardson, who died Mar. 18 after a tragic skiing accident
Islam's Soft Revolution, Led by Cairo Women
Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2009Photographer Olivia Arthur meets the women of Cairo, whose revolution is culturally conservative, but adapted to the 21st century
Photographs by Olivia Arthur / Magnum for TIME
A TIME Photographer's Iraq Diary
Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2009Photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg has covered the war from before it began
A Brief History of St. Patrick's Day
Monday, Mar. 16, 2009It's not all parades and green beer. OK, maybe it is.
Stores That Are No More
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2009Photographer Brian Ulrich's images explore the haunted shells of America's devastated retail landscape
TIME Goes to the Opera
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2009In celebration of the Metropolitan's 125th Anniversary, a run-down of some of opera's greatest moments, as seen in TIME
Branding for Wombats
Thursday, Mar. 12, 2009An Australia mining company pays for the rescue of the endangered northern
hairy-nosed wombat — and gets wombat naming rights in return
Photographs for TIME by Warren Clarke / WPN
The 2009 Iditarod
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2009The 37th annual running of Alaska's epic sled dog race is under way
Google Earth Adds Historical Photos
Monday, Mar. 16, 2009With a vast trove of images from the past, the massive cartographic search tool lets users travel back in Earth's time
Detroit's Beautiful, Horrible Decline
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009Two French photographers immortalize the remains of the motor city on film
Photographs by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre
Gianni Giansanti: John Paul II's Photographer
Thursday, Mar. 19, 2009A retrospective of the late Italian photographer, who spent thirty years covering the Vatican
Vintage Photos of Polar Exploration
Friday, Mar. 06, 2009A University of Cambridge project restores thousands of rare and fragile images — spanning more than 150 years of polar exploration — using state-of-the-art digital technologies.
Colorful Religious Festivals
Monday, Mar. 01, 2010The Hindu spring festival of Holi, which starts March 11, is religion in technicolor. A look at some more of the most unusual ceremonies practiced worldwide
Bristol and Levi: So Many Memories
Thursday, Mar. 12, 2009It was the love affair we thought would never die and did. But now Sarah Palin's daughter and her estranged love interest are engaged once again. A look back at their fairy tale romance.
Welcome to Crawford, Texas, 2009
Wednesday, Mar. 04, 2009After eight years as the antiwar movement's epicenter, George W. Bush's home away from home slowly returns to normal
Photographs by Misty Keasler for TIME
The Dalai Lama
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007A photo history of the life and times of the exiled Buddhist leader
A Jihadist's Journey
Wednesday, Mar. 04, 2009How Mohammad Amir Ajmal Qasab, the surviving gunman from the Mumbai terrorist massacre, made the long journey from a Pakistani village to a bloodstained railroad station.
Portraits of Watchmen
Tuesday, Mar. 03, 2009Here's what some of the characters from the graphic novel will look like on the big screen
Photographs by Clay Enos
Deadly Attack on Sri Lankan Cricketers
Tuesday, Mar. 03, 2009At least five policemen are dead and seven cricketers injured after gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan cricket teams bus in Lahore, Pakistan
Photographing the Fallen: A Brief History
Friday, Feb. 27, 2009Photographs have memorialized the costs of conflict since before the Civil War. But since 1991, snapping photos of fallen U.S. soldiers' coffins has been prohibited. On Feb. 26, the Pentagon announced the controversial ban would be lifted.
Concorde: 40 Years of Supersonic Magic
Friday, Feb. 27, 2009On March 2, 1969, the world's first supersonic jetliner took to the skies. It was a feat of engineering and a work of exceptional beauty and grace. It won the hearts and minds of millions of people, and TIME celebrates its achievement.
Cézanne and Beyond
Friday, Feb. 27, 2009A new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art shows how the French painter's influence endured for more than a century, making him "the Master of us all," as Matisse said.
By Richard Lacayo
Paris Expands
Friday, Feb. 27, 2009The areas around the French capital are adapting to entice tourists and revitalize the suburbs
Photographs for TIME by Emmanuel Fradin
Treasure-Hunting in Afghanistan
Friday, Feb. 27, 2009Archaeologists from around the world are now looking at what lies beneath the ruins of more than two decades of war in Afghanistan
Photographs for TIME by Adam Ferguson
Thirty Years of U2
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009The Irish rockers return with No Line on the Horizon, their first release in almost five years
The Yves Saint Laurent–Pierre Bergé Sale
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009The three-day event at the Grand Palais in Paris has broken multiple records
Australia Rescues Its Koalas
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009Deadly bushfires devastate the natural habitat and life rhythms of the normally nocturnal marsupials, forcing them into the company of their biggest enemy — humans
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009Photographer Caroline Poiron tracks embryos of plant life from their origin on a farm in Hyderabad, India to the "doomsday" repository in Norway
The Dangers of Printing Money
Monday, Feb. 16, 2009The Fed's doing it. The Bank of England says it plans to do it, too. With printing money (or as they say today, "quantitative easing") back in fashion, TIME reflects on Germany's efforts in the 1920s — and the crisis that followed.
A Brief History of Mardi Gras
Monday, Feb. 23, 2009Mardi Gras isn't all nudity and drunken debauchery (though, yes, there is definitely nudity and drunken debauchery). From King Cakes to Mardi Gras Indians, TIME takes a look at the unique traditions of New Orleans' Carnival season.
The Best Oscar Dresses
Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009No low-key Oscars for these glamorous actresses. Despite rumors that this year's ceremony would be toned down, the red-carpet regulars turned up the fashion volume. Jewelry also made a big statement.
Jerry Lewis: Clown Icon
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009The Motion Picture Academy honors the comedian with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Basra's Back in Business
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009Their mission in the Iraqi city was marred by violence, but British troops are preparing to leave a city that's bouncing back. Photographer Abbie Trayler-Smith accompanied TIME's Catherine Mayer to see how Basrawis are rebuilding their lives