Eighteen minutes into his new Netflix special, Off With His Head, Hasan Minhaj addresses the controversy that shook up the comedy world and ricocheted into the mainstream last year, raising questions about the role of truth in storytelling and the very nature of the artistic process. When Minhaj finally brings up the subject here, in his...

A severe E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Corp.’s Quarter Pounders sickened dozens of people in the U.S., mainly in Colorado and Nebraska, and killed one, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Ten people have been hospitalized, including a child with complications from HUS, a syndrome that damages small blood...

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. The second and final debate for an open U.S. Senate seat had just finished on Oct. 16 when Rep. Elissa Slotkin recalls making a half-joking plea to her rival. “Could you just knock me out and wake me up on...

I’m at a mall in Rockville, Md., but instead of enjoying the comfort and convenience of a one-stop shopping experience, I go to a place called Capital Cryo, looking to get some voluntary pain. Soon, the tall cryotherapy tank is filling with a cloud of super-chilled gas: evaporated liquid nitrogen, one of the coldest substances on Earth....

(NEW YORK) — Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries, his romantic partner and a third man were arrested Tuesday on sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges, a spokesperson for federal prosecutors said. Details of the criminal charges weren’t immediately available. They follow sexual misconduct allegations,...

As Donald Trump campaigns for a second term in the White House, he’s made a series of promises about revitalizing the U.S. economy. His message centers on a radical shift in trade policy, plans to eliminate taxes on tips and Social Security benefits, and a proposal to significantly reduce the corporate tax rate. Trump asserts that...