Table of contents for January 25, 2016 in TIME Magazine

WHY TRUMP IS AHEAD In TIME's Jan. 18 cover story, editor-at-large David Von Drehle outlined how Donald Trump had cannily bypassed traditional political and journalistic power brokers in favor of self-funding and social media. The feature drew praise from readers like Isaac Weingart of Northridge, Calif., who called it "the most thoughtful and persuasive piece I've read on why Mr. Trump is almost immune from critical analysis." Responses were more mixed on the subject of the candidate himself. Although Don Mitchell of Indianapolis was jubilant ("Finally! A politician who doesn't mimic a party line"), many worried about Trump's success. "Could this be the end of our great country?" wondered Peter Gallivan of South Hadley, Mass. And Mike Barr of Akron, Ohio, said Von Drehle's analysis "was expressed far more succinctly…

PRINCE ANDREW OF BRITAIN Queen Elizabeth's second eldest son resigned as the U.K.'s trade envoy in 2011, after criticism over his friendship with billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and meetings with members of corrupt regimes like Libya's, Tunisia's and Azerbaijan's. KING JUAN CARLOS OF SPAIN The King renounced his yacht Fortuna as Spain tightened its belt in 2013 but received blowback when a court ruled the crew had been dismissed illegally and taxpayers would have to cover the €1.2 million ($1.3 million) costs. THAI PRINCESS SRIRASMI At least six relatives of Srirasmi, royal consort to Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, were arrested in 2014 for abusing their royal-family status for money. In the wake of the scandal, Srirasmi gave up her title and she and the prince divorced…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first recent case in the continental U.S. of the Zika virus--which has been linked to serious birth defects in infected pregnant women--in Houston. Here's what to know. ORIGIN The latest batch of cases were detected in Latin America; it's primarily spread by infected mosquitoes. SYMPTOMS People can develop a fever, a rash and red eyes, as well as muscle pain, headaches and nausea. PREVENTION Using insect repellent can protect against mosquito bites. LONG-TERM RISK For most people, it's very low: only about 1 in 5 people who are infected actually get sick, and symptoms typically clear up within a week with rest and fluids. --Alice Park…

Since 2001, the U.S. has hired hundreds of thousands of private military contractors (PMCs) and subcontractors in war zones, spending at least $200 billion in the process. Who are these people, and what drives them to take on some of the riskiest work in the world? In his new book, longtime PMC and former Royal Marine Commando Simon Chase (an alias) writes that he and most of his peers are not "mercenaries and war profiteers"--as they're often portrayed in pop culture--but former military personnel working to protect and uphold the same values they did as soldiers. In Chase's case, that meant hunting Osama bin Laden in Tora Bora, securing evidence of chemical warfare in Aleppo and searching for American ambassador Chris Stevens in the smoke of Benghazi; Chase also cites…

Some spycraft techniques also work for parenting, says Jack Schafer, a psychologist, former FBI special agent and author of The Like Switch: An Ex--FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over. Try these: 1 CREATE THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL FBI agents de-escalate drama by letting subjects call some shots. Offer kids a list of options, all of which you already like. 2 USE THE SCARCITY PRINCIPLE FBI profiling shows that people like things they can't get much of. Parents should factor that in when banning an activity or a friend. 3 ASK INDIRECT QUESTIONS Kids (and perps) hate being interrogated. Instead, try queries like "My friend's son was drinking. What should his parents do?" 4 HANG IN THERE The more time you spend with a person, the more…

Every comedy needs a good straight woman--the one person who keeps her head amid chaos. Rashida Jones honed that skill on The Office and Parks and Recreation. Now, on Angie Tribeca, she's as delightfully deadpan as ever, even as circumstances test the limits of reason. Jones plays a Los Angeles police officer who's impersonal, brusque and work-obsessed: a common type. (There's one like her, played by Stephanie Beatriz, on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, TV's other great cop comedy.) On Jan. 17, TBS will air the complete first season of Tribeca during 25 hours of commercial-free repeats. Then the 10 episodes of Season 2 arrive weekly starting Jan. 25. It's an offbeat decision that makes sense; like any good procedural, the episodes are formulaic enough to foster addiction. Merging familiarity with absurdity is…

What will be the big topic at Davos this year? We are at the tipping point of a whole variety of interconnected technological breakthroughs: robots, drones, intelligent cities, artificial intelligence, brain research. What differentiates the fourth industrial revolution is that it's not a product revolution. It's a system revolution. What we want to do in Davos is provide an overview of the implications of this revolution on governments, business and individuals. No one is thinking about long-term consequences. Like what? If we do not want to be dominated by technology, we have to become a more human society. What leadership style, what capabilities, do we need to master all these technologies? I believe we need to emphasize the more human aspect in leadership as a counterweight to all of these…

'A president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide.' President Obama, saying during his final State of the Union address that "one of the few regrets" of his presidency is that "the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better." 7,500 Weight in pounds (3,400 kg) of candy that a California man allegedly stole from Mars Inc. 54.4 Average temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit (12.4°C), for the U.S. in 2015, making it the second-hottest year on record 'His star will shine in the sky forever.' Paul McCartney, on singer and songwriter David Bowie, who died Jan. 10 at 69 Main Street The economy added 292,000 jobs in December to cap a year of job growth GOOD WEEK BAD WEEK Wall…

Attacks by groups of mainly immigrant men in Cologne on hundreds of people on Dec. 31 have sparked outrage in Germany and fueled debate over the Willkommenskultur ("welcome culture") toward refugees championed by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Growing tensions have presented Merkel and Germany with fresh challenges: THE RISING RIGHT Anti-immigrant sentiment has devolved into open unrest in Cologne since the year began. A march by the antirefugee Pegida movement on Jan. 10 ended in clashes with the police, and gangs have attacked Palestinian and Syrian men. A Pegida rally in Leipzig also led to rioting and 211 arrests. LEGAL CRACKDOWN The situation in Cologne, along with news that an Islamist extremist who tried to attack a Paris police station on Jan. 7 had lived in a German refugee shelter, moved…

ANNOUNCED By Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, that it will retire elephants from its circus acts by May, in response to concerns from animal-rights activists. Its 11 elephants will be relocated to a conservation center in Florida. APPROVED By the NFL, a plan for the St. Louis Rams to move back to Los Angeles next season, 21 years after leaving the city. The San Diego Chargers may follow. APPOINTED Arlene Foster, 45, as Northern Ireland's First Minister. She is the first woman ever to hold the province's most senior position. DIED André Courrèges, 92, French designer who created space-age fashions in the 1960s and, along with Mary Quant, pioneered the miniskirt. He was known for A-line dresses, go-go boots and dressing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Catherine Deneuve, Brigitte Bardot--and more…

Almost exactly 24 years ago, just before the New Hampshire primary, Bill and Hillary Clinton sat for an excruciating interview with 60 Minutes. His presidential campaign had been consumed by lurid tabloid tales of his infidelities. Submitting to a humiliating series of questions about his sex life was a Hail Mary pass. During the episode, Hillary stares intensely at her husband as he admits to marital wrongdoing but denies specific allegations of an affair with Arkansas TV reporter Gennifer Flowers. Then Hillary says something that will haunt her for years: "You know, I'm not sitting here--some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette. I'm sitting here because I love him and I respect him, and I honor what he's been through and what we've been through together." Hillary…

LOVE IT 'I'm sure it's always seeping from my pores. I smell like a cabernet.' Jennifer Lawrence, citing "red wine" when asked about her signature scent Emma Watson asked her Twitter followers to help name her new feminist book club. Among their suggestions: Watson Your Bookshelf. Star Wars actor John Boyega revealed that he used to be a stock-photo model. Two new dog breeds have been added to the American Kennel Club's official roster. American hairless terrier Sloughi A hoodie with a built-in inflatable pillow has raised more than eight times its goal of $30,000 on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Time's weekly take on what popped in culture LEAVE IT Justin Bieber and his entourage were kicked out of a park in Tulum, Mexico, after trying to climb the site's…

Chelsea attacks The former First Daughter traded her gauzy, feel-good platitudes for a low blow against Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire, saying he wants to "dismantle" Obamacare, Medicare and private insurance; in fact he supports incorporating those programs in a new federal system. Clinton family mudball returns. King of Des Moines Marco Rubio's boots are made for walking, leading rivals to mock all the time he spends around populous Des Moines and in Iowa's eastern cities. It's more strategy than convenience: the Senator wastes little energy on the more religious rural voters who are backing Ted Cruz. Clinton + Iowa = ? Hillary Clinton aides fear the wacky rules of the Iowa Democratic caucus will overstate Sanders' true support on Feb. 1, since some precincts could award delegates…

Despite the peaceful lives we live most of the time, the human brain is hardwired for explosive violence. The neural circuits of rage react faster than the speed of thought. They have to. A mother, for example, will explode in violence to protect her child when the "hypothalamic attack region" deep in her brain senses a threat. We evolved these neural circuits for survival in the wild. We still need them. But the modern world--with its wealth of stimuli--is utterly transformed from the environment in which our brain was designed to operate. This mismatch can lead to misfires. This month Shakira Green, 30, was arrested and charged with suddenly attacking her child's second-grade teacher, Rosalind Simmons, in a classroom in Palm Beach, Fla. And years ago, Donald Bell made headlines…

President Obama's last State of the Union speech was a solid, reasonable affair, even if his delivery was weird. He sounded frustrated, at times almost disdainful. It was, in a strange way, the presidential response to the State of the Union that Republican candidates have been describing for months on the campaign trail, especially Donald Trump. Indeed, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's official response was a response to Trump too. Obama's tone was playground grievance: Hey, c'mon, guys, he seemed to be saying, as in, Hey c'mon, guys, when he said you're "peddling fiction" if you don't think our economy is the "strongest in the world," with 14 million new jobs and 5% unemployment and deficits reduced by three-quarters. Or, Hey, c'mon, guys, our military isn't in decline or being…

Dr. Monica Peek had been telling her patients for years that food can be medicine, but it wasn't until she started scribbling down actual prescriptions on paper--"I recommend the following nutrition for this patient"--that they started taking her seriously. Over time, her advice gained enough traction that those diet prescriptions are now at the heart of a novel study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that's challenging the status quo of Type 2 diabetes prevention and treatment. Peek is a primary-care physician and lead researcher of the South Side Diabetes Project in Chicago. That's why, at 10 o'clock on a Saturday morning, she's here, munching on a banana, as 15 people are being guided around a grocery store, being taught which foods are diabetes-friendly and which are best…

For people who care about movies, the Golden Globes are one of the most pleasurable awards ceremonies of the year. The low-pressure party setting makes it relatively painless for the celebrities attending. And the occasional curveball awards thrown out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association shake up--for a time, at least--the carefully calibrated grids and spreadsheets of the Oscar prognosticators. The HFPA is sometimes the gremlin in the system, and thank goodness for that. The Golden Globes push certain performances and pictures into the spotlight--even if those pictures don't happen to be Spotlight. The surprises this time included a trophy for Kate Winslet, for her supporting role in Danny Boyle's biopic Steve Jobs. Winslet's name hasn't simmered to the surface in any of the major year-end critics' awards--which means little,…