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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Jan. 14, 2026.

Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.

Every American adult can summon up searing images from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

You don't have to throw away that plastic spatula, either.

The call is coming from inside the House.

How technology ruined our tolerance for inconvenience, and how to build it back.

A mysterious smile and the real-life mystery that made her famous.

In schlock thriller The Housemaid and in an ecstatic musical biopic about the founder of the Shakers, Amanda Seyfried really shakes things up.

At the same time, it's still having its intended effect.

The PGA Tour is on the verge of finishing off LIV Golf for good.