Six months after Leon Spinks took his heavyweight title, Muhammad Ali returned to the Superdome, went 15 rounds, and became champion for a third time. WORLD’s Abigail Johnson looks back at the final victory of a career that was always about more than boxing.
Photographer Krystyna Sanderson documented the relief work at St. Paul’s Chapel in the months after 9/11—capturing exhausted workers, grieving families, and what she came to see as God’s grace amid the devastation. WORLD’s Jenny Rough reports.
After nearly two decades avoiding the 9/11 Memorial, Dana Tamuccio now leads visitors through it, helping a new generation see her brother Mike—and thousands of others—as people, not just names. WORLD’s Grace Snell reports.
WORLD History Book: Ed Sullivan said he would never have Elvis Presley on his program—until a ratings loss changed his mind. WORLD’s Arsenio Orteza revisits the 1956 broadcast that drew 60 million viewers and became the most-watched U.S. television broadcast to that point.
George Grant traces how whimsical inventions from Dr. Seuss, Lewis Carroll, and other writers entered everyday English—from nerd and snark to chortle and goon.
Twelve years after ISIS attacked Yazidis in Iraq, more than 2,000 women and children remain missing. WORLD’s Jenny Rough reports.
WORLD’s Emma Eicher explains how Mount Vesuvius preserved an intimate record of ordinary Roman life—and evidence for why some victims waited too long to flee.
An unwitting plumber opened a locked Louvre door for the man carrying away the Mona Lisa. The ensuing media frenzy transformed DaVinci’s masterpiece into the world’s most famous painting. WORLD’s Emma Eicher reports.
The disappearance of Carl and Marsha’s daughter in Syria in 2013 kicked off a long and painful negotiation with ISIS, themselves, and with God
