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We are nearing a century of Person of the Year, the franchise TIME’s editors launched as a make-good at the end of 1927, after realizing they had failed to mark Charles Lindbergh’s history-making transatlantic flight on the cover. It is our privilege

The night before the 2024 Person of the Year was announced, TIME hosted a star-studded dinner in New York City, coinciding with the rollout of this issue. The Dec. 11 event featured conversations with 2024 CEO of the Year Lisa Su (right), moderated b

More than 630 days after Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour kicked off on March 17, 2023, in Glendale, Ariz., the global concert phenomenon came to an end with three final shows in Vancouver on Dec. 6–8. In the nearly two years since Eras began, Swift’s accomp

Moo Deng. It’s a name millions around the world have come to know. She’s the most obsessed-over, least controversial celebrity. Her dewy skin, enviable lifestyle of frolicking and feasting, and eminently meme-able face have made her an icon of the in

In 2024, both cutting-edge technology and the companies controlling it grew increasingly powerful, provoking euphoric wonderment and existential dread. Companies like Nvidia and Alphabet soared in value, fueled by expectations that artificial intelli

By early November, it was virtually certain that 2024 would be the hottest year on record. The evidence was being felt around the world—from flooding that killed hundreds in Spain to drought in 48 of America’s 50 states. Insurance giants dropped cove

Progress in addressing mental health is notoriously slow and mostly incremental. Breakthrough treatments tend to be rare, and trained professionals too few to meet the demand for services, which is increasing. But 2024 was a pivotal year—thanks to th

Framed magazines with him on the cover hung by the front door. On a table near the fireplace sat a cast-bronze eagle awarded him by the singer Lee Greenwood. In the men’s lavatory, a picture of him with Arnold Palmer hung near the urinals. Adorning a

Lisa Su apologizes if she seems tired. It’s the day after the U.S. presidential election, and like much of the nation she was awake until the early hours, transfixed as the results came in, only tearing herself away once it became clear that Donald T

Elton John has no address. Visitors to his home are given three names: the name of a house, the name of a hill, and the name of a town, which is near Windsor, as in Windsor Castle, where King Charles III lives. Admission is granted via a big iron gat

Few jobs require less physical exertion than rebounding for Caitlin Clark. On an early-November morning in downtown Indianapolis, Clark sprints along the three-point line at the Fever practice gym, trying to bang as many shots as possible over a six-

If you read only the synopsis of Babygirl before seeing it, you might imagine it’s an erotic age-gap thriller about the workplace power dynamic between men and women. That’s part of it, sure. But Halina Reijn’s exuberant third feature goes deeper tha

Percival Everett’s reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which won a National Book Award, is a sweeping story centering on Jim, the enslaved sidekick in Mark Twain’s classic adventure tale. Everett sends both Huck Finn and his friend, reintr

Singer Beth Gibbons hasn’t released much music in the 30 years since her iconic band Portishead stormed out of the gate with seminal trip-hop record Dummy. Nor has she spoken to the press much, gaining a reputation for intense privacy. But she’s not

The most engrossing podcast Dan Taberski has produced since Missing Richard Simmons, Hysterical investigates a mysterious illness that spread among high school girls in Le Roy, N.Y., beginning in 2011, in what is believed to be the largest case of ma