Welcome the new year with a hike, a sound bath, cocktail classes or a free bluegrass festival, or try creating your own art ...

Westerly, Rhode Island, embodies all the best characteristics of a quintessential coastal town: local, family-run businesses, ...

While many think summer is the prime time to visit Westerly, a small town in Rhode Island, winter is just as magical in this quintessential New England town.

Each week, Prudence asks readers for their thoughts on the letters she’s received. Her reply will be available every Friday only for Slate Plus members. Re Hopeful for Balance: Ten years ago, we ...

Sometimes companies choose to split their stock in order to make their shares more accessible. Stock splits do not change the market value of a company. Microsoft has not completed a stock split in ...

In August, a team of mathematicians posted a paper claiming to solve a major problem in algebraic geometry — using entirely alien techniques. It instantly captivated the field, stoking excitement in ...

The primary reason for a stock to split is that its price is too high for “average” investors to buy regularly, and there is an expectation for it to continue rising. Three stocks are positioned as ...

Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached an initial rampdown phase for bug fixes, with the feature set now frozen. The following 10 features are ...

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...

A stock split is when a company divides its existing shares into multiple shares to increase the number of shares outstanding ...

What do you look for in a travel keyboard? For me, it has to be split, though this condition most immediately demands a carrying solution of some kind. Wirelessness I can take or leave, so ...