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Hate-Filled Letter Posted Online Claims to Be From Synagogue Shooting Suspect

A link to the letter circulated for hours before Twitter blocked it.

Avengers: Endgame Is Already Breaking Box Office Records

Half of the world’s box office records abruptly crumbled into dust.

Watch Conan O’Brien Get Effortlessly Upstaged by a Dog Who Refuses to Wear a Fake Beard

A star is born.

NRA Ousts Oliver North as President Amid Bitter Leadership Battle

The National Rifle Association's longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre had accused North of extortion in order to try to get him to resign.

Clippers’ Advice on Guarding Kevin Durant: Uh … Hmm … Well

The only knock you can make on Durant’s 50-point performance against the Clippers is that Golden State needed to play a Game 6 in order for it to happen.

Shooting at California Synagogue Kills One, Injures Three

One person has been detained in connection with the shooting at the Chabad of Poway.

President Praises Second Pick in NFL Draft, a Trump Supporter Who Called Kaepernick a “Clown”

Nick Bosa had deleted several controversial posts from his Twitter feed in the run up to the NFL draft.

Sam Donaldson: Sarah Sanders Deserves “Lifetime Achievement Oscar for Lying”

The veteran reporter says he’s never quite seen anything like the lying that goes on in President Donald Trump’s administration.

The Goop Face Oil Edition

Slate Money invites Taffy Brodesser-Akner on the show to talk about arbitration at Sterling Jewelers and the celebrity-industrial complex.

The Incredibly Simple but Amazingly Effective Way to Change a Beloved Teacher’s Life

Help stop teaching from being a “thankless job.”