Why do we rarely see them leave work to take the kids to baseball practice? Some of it has to do with the nature of police ...

Then-homeowner John Abendshien shares what it was like living in the "Home Alone" house during filming in 1990.

It is also common for visitors and employees to report mysterious taps on the shoulder, haunted alarm clocks that ring ...

At a recent overseas event, George R.R. Martin reaffirmed that several Game of Thrones sequel spin-offs are still moving ...

James B. Stewart is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He has written on such subjects as the Time Warner–A.O.L. merger, the post-prison S.E.C. investigation of Michael Milken, Disney, the Clintons, ...

The story of Brazil’s fugitive Nazis is clouded by uncertainty and conspiracy theories. But one local journalist is convinced ...

Why close off other points of view, even those you find odious? I already know what I think. I don’t need affirmation for ...

This article is part of Portrait Mode, a Slate pop-up series about biopics. But such critiques presume the sort of literal-minded approaches to “realism” that are the province of so many lesser ...

Independent journalist Andrew Leyden's casual bike ride through the nation's capital took an unexpected turn in July 2023 when he noticed hazmat fire trucks approaching the area around the White House ...

What are Washington state’s most haunted spots? When it comes to haunted buildings, you may think of lavish mansions such as the Whaley House in San Diego, the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose and ...

A Mother's Son, the two-part 2012 ITV drama starring Nicola Walker, Martin Clunes, Paul McGann and Hermione Norris that has quite the divisive ending, is making its way to Netflix soon. Set in a ...