Katy Steinmetz

Katy Steinmetz is a reporter in TIME's Washington bureau. In addition to working on features for TIME and TIME.com, she contributes to TIME's Swampland, Healthland and NewsFeed blogs. She pens a weekly column on language called Wednesday Words, and acts as impresario for political columnist Joe Klein's annual road trips.

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David McGlynn

Wednesday Words: Necrotizing Fasciitis, Gaffoons and More

NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the tongue).

Katy Steinmetz

Behind the Scenes on Jeopardy!: 10 Things You Won't See This Week

TIME got a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of this week’s special ‘Power Players’ edition, filmed in Washington, D.C. Here’s what happened.

David McGlynn

Wednesday Words: Mini-Madoffs, Gender-Reveal Parties and More

NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

David McGlynn

Wednesday Words: Supermoon, Store d’Oeuvres and More

NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

David McGlynn

Wednesday Words: Tuna Scrape, Slow Jams and More

NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

David McGlynn

Wednesday Words: Non-Surrogate Surrogates, the App Gap and More

NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

David McGlynn

Wednesday Words: Hoodies, Cockneys and ‘Chipteases’

NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

Door County Sheriff's Office / AP

Eighty-Year-Old Woman Lands Plane After Husband Dies Mid-Flight

Helen Collins and her husband of 58 years were flying home in a small plane. He suddenly fell unconscious, and she was left to land on her own.

Auburn University

On the Scale Trail: Training Dogs to Find Pythons in the Everglades

Trainers at Auburn University enlisted man’s best friend to root out invasive snakes in the swampy Florida wilderness.

David McGlynn

Wednesday Words: Muppets, Slacktivism and Aggravated Pimping

NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).