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From some awkward interviews to narrating the events of 9/11, Mr. Lauer had spent more than 20 years at "Today" before he was fired this week.

Wednesday: Taking on a New York debate, the Rockefeller Center tree lighting, and readers weigh in on the state's dividing line.

Henry Taylor, who made two works for T magazine's holiday issue, reflects on his art -- and on the music mogul.

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In news no one was Yeti for, scientists say there is no such thing as the Abominable Snowman, and people who claim to have seen one of the creatures actually just spotted a bear. The killjoys from the University of Buffa...

The president's changing story, which has stunned advisers, is part of a lifelong habit of attempting to create his own version of reality.

Every week, Mallory Ortberg answers additional questions from readers, just for Slate Plus members.

He's the eccentric doctor immortalized in the Netflix documentary Icarus, the whistleblower who exposed what a leading report called a doping "cover-up that operated on an unprecedented scale" in Russia.

Lebanon's chief military prosecutor has indicted an actor and writer on charges of collaborating with Israel and possessing drugs. The prosecutor's statement Thursday came nearly a week after Ziad Itani's …

Authorities say he killed eight people with his Oct. 31 truck attack near the World Trade Center

In less than two weeks, much of the government will run out of money, but a negotiating session at the White House on Tuesday blew up after President Trump attacked Democrats.

Many sexual assault victims were wrongly billed for their rape exams by a New York City hospital

An armed robber held up a poker cage in the Bellagio Hotel & Casino on Tuesday afternoon, according to police. The suspect, described as a white male wearing a mask, quietly walked over to the cage with a handgun around ...

Milan's La Scala says a shoulder operation is forcing conductor Zubin Mehta to take a break for at least three months and the famed opera house to change its lineup. …

Much has changed since Syria's warring sides met for the last round of U.N.-brokered talks in Geneva last summer. The Islamic State group has been defeated in all its major …

WASHINGTON - New York Rep. Kathleen Rice is calling on Congress to lift a gag order on the the woman who received a $27,000 sexual harassment settlement from Rep. John Conyers. Rice sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ry...

A Bulgarian government jet carrying Prime Minister Boiko Borisov to Saudi Arabia has been denied access to Iranian airspace, forcing him to fly over Iraq.

Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, blasted Twitter on Tuesday for what he said was a push to "discriminate" against conservatives, during an aggressive defense of his agency's plan to repeal...

Slobodan Praljak's sentence to 20 years in prison was being reconfirmed by the judge at the time he drank from a small bottle.

NBC News says longtime "Today" show host Matt Lauer has been fired for "inappropriate sexual behavior." (Nov. 29)        

Croatia's state TV says Slobodan Praljak, who claimed to have taken poison just after his 20-year sentence was upheld by appeals judges at a UN war crimes tribunal, has died. Dutch police would not comment on the TV repo...

After years as one of the most notable faces on the "Today" show, longtime host Matt Lauer was fired from NBC News amid allegations of sexual misconduct. The organization said it received a "detailed complaint" and had r...