8320, 8324, 8415, 8422, 8423 A paedophile cult leader tore a town apart. Now his victims are putting it back together Former members of a polygamous Utah cult struggle with their own #MeToo reckoning. By Sulome Anderson
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8417 Hurricane Maria may have been the US’s deadliest natural disaster ever. Trump doesn’t care The newly revised official death toll shows the 2017 storm killed more American citizens than died in the twin towers on 9/11. The real number may be higher still. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8324, 8300, 8302 Toad killed by a Storm, RIP 1985-2018 One of Nintendo’s beloved characters has been compared to an old man’s penis. By Emad Ahmed
8320, 8324 What Steve Bannon really believes in A clash with the New Yorker magazine has led to Trump’s former strategy chief being called a fascist. But what is the driving force behind the arch-nationalist? By Sophie McBain
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 27-year-old Julia Salazar will be New York’s first socialist senator in almost 100 years The Democratic Socialist won despite a bizarre and bumpy campaign, but other high-profile insurgent candidates lost in New York’s primaries. By Sophie McBain
8268, 8272 WATCH: Russia Today editor hangs up on Newsnight interview about Novichok suspects “Your question to me seems like typical Western propaganda”… Click. Beep. By Media Mole
8277, 8331 After a decade of revolution, can we now call video games art? Reassessing the form after ten years in which games both broke into the mainstream and became increasingly experimental. By Stephen Bush
8268, 8269, 8330 Until we realise the need for a new economic model, we risk another financial crash A decade after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, we must confront the vested interests that have captured policymaking. By Grace Blakeley
8320, 8324 What Steve Bannon really believes in A clash with the New Yorker magazine has led to Trump’s former strategy chief being called a fascist. But what is the driving force behind the arch-nationalist? By Sophie McBain
8268, 8275 How Tory MPs are plotting to stop Boris Johnson’s leadership ambitions The Corbyn experience provides a living example of the plight of a party whose MPs despise their leader. By Simon Heffer
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8417 Could sexual assault allegations sink Trump’s Supreme Court pick? Several influential Republican senators have called for Thursday’s Judiciary Committee vote to be delayed after a woman came forward to accuse him of sexual assault. By Nicky Woolf
8277, 8279 The post-crash world: how the 2008 crisis led to our current age of extremes Ten years on, the aftershocks of the crash threaten the very notion of the nation state. By Aditya Chakrabortty
8268 Why Nietzsche has once again become an inspiration to the far-right The philosopher was appropriated by the Nazis and now influences the alt-right. Is he doomed to be abused and misunderstood? By Hugo Drochon
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416 Five terrifying ways Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation could impact the US Trump’s second Supreme Court pick seems set for Senate confirmation. Here’s what that could mean. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416 The Federalist Society: Inside the right-wing group picking Trump’s Supreme Court judges How a group for libertarian law students founded in 1982 has come to dominate the judicial nomination process. By Sophie McBain
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 27-year-old Julia Salazar will be New York’s first socialist senator in almost 100 years The Democratic Socialist won despite a bizarre and bumpy campaign, but other high-profile insurgent candidates lost in New York’s primaries. By Sophie McBain
8277, 8282 I’ve always taken a somewhat DIY approach to both my music and my hair My beginnings were as independent as you can get: if you sent a postal order to my home address, my parents’ home address in fact, I’d post you a cassette. By Tracey Thorn
8268, 8296, 8300, 8415, 8422, 8424 The new science of psychedelics Once dismissed as a hippie indulgence, drugs such as LSD are now at the front line of research into depression and anxiety. Could psychedelics actually make us better people? By Tim Martin
8277, 8279 Unenlightened thinking: Steven Pinker’s embarrassing new book is a feeble sermon for... To think of this book as any kind of scholarly exercise is a category mistake. The purpose of Pinker’s laborious work is to reassure liberals that they are on “the right side of history”. By John Gray
8277, 8279 The blood-thirsty women of Rome The women of Rome’s imperial family matched the men for ruthlessness, but their reward was ingratitude rather than power. By Lucy Hughes-Hallett
8277, 8279 Sergio De La Pava’s Lost Empress is a sprawling novel of American football and crime Entertaining and fun for the literary-minded, this is a work of canny satire. By Randy Boyagoda
8277, 8331 After a decade of revolution, can we now call video games art? Reassessing the form after ten years in which games both broke into the mainstream and became increasingly experimental. By Stephen Bush
8277, 8299, 8300, 8302 Moocall: the farming tech company modernising cow copulation In an industry begging to be milked, Moocall is stepping in to turn farming digital. By Sarah Manavis
8300, 8303 The depressingly familiar viral story of the “heartbroken nerd” and a Spider-Man game The stereotype is heralded in the gaming community – often at the grim expense of the women they blame for their heartbreak. By Sarah Manavis
8268, 8272 The thirst for stories that vilify Muslims has eroded basic principles of journalism The Times’s Muslim foster care story has been shown to be plain wrong, but there’s been no apology. By Nesrine Malik
8268, 8329, 8277, 8299, 8320 “We’ve always had spells of warm weather”: how UK climate change communication fell short How many “hottest ever” summers will it take for climate change scepticism to be dispelled for good? By India Bourke
8300, 8362, 8415, 8422, 8424 What we need from social media is transparency, not apologies We should be told, clearly and comprehensively, the rules that tech firms use to regulate political debate. By Jamie Susskind
8268, 8329 The Tories are pushing through fracking. Labour will ban it The first approved shale gas extraction is imminent at Preston New Road despite the damage it will do to the climate and the local area. By Barry Gardiner
8320, 8321 How the Syrian civil war has mutated again As Assad sets his sights on Idlib province, the stage is set for one of the fiercest confrontations so far. By Shiraz Maher
8330, 8320, 8323 Why Sweden is turning right after decades of centrist politics Much of the country is a very long way from the earthly paradise the Social Democrats once seemed to deliver. By Andrew Brown
8268, 8320, 8322 From Hong Kong with love: the threatening letters being delivered to UK mailboxes “I and many people would really regret if something happened to Tom in the next few years.” By Jemimah Steinfeld
8268, 8272, 8320, 8322 We mustn’t let the news cycle forget the Reuters journalists locked up in Myanmar International publicity can curb day-to-day abuse by prison authorities and puts political pressure on the government to release those detained. By Robert Sharp
8320, 8322 Decriminalising gay sex is a huge victory. But India still faces many challenges That a British law imposed in 1862 has been lifted is a cause for celebration. But changes will not happen overnight. By Salil Tripathi
8320, 8321 The growing threats to Saudi Arabia’s modernising leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 33, is seeking to improve his country’s austere image in the West. But his reforms have reignited unrest in the kingdom. By Victoria Mackay
