Stock Market Today: Dow drops 300 points, and S&P 500 and Nasdaq all fall as market breadth sours; rising oil prices and Treasury yields rise add to jitters. (news.google.com)
SpaceX''s Lockup Expires on Aug. 6. Here''s Why 911.5 Million Insider Shares Could Hit the Market -- and What That Means for Investors. (finance.yahoo.com)
Soldiers have to plan out every step just to reach Ukraine''s deadly ''zero line.'' A sergeant said it''s like ''Mission Impossible.'' (www.businessinsider.com)
I''m an 80-year-old widow who sold my home and moved into a retirement community. I''m less stressed and don''t feel managed. (www.businessinsider.com)
The Godmother of the “Conspiracy Mom” - Sixty years ago, a J.F.K.-assassination buff in Oklahoma provided a preview of a contemporary archetype. (www.newyorker.com)
G.P.S. and the Lost Art of Getting Lost - A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are. (www.newyorker.com)
Critics’ Cult Classics: Hanif Abdurraqib on Camp Lo’s “Uptown Saturday Night” - The 1997 album marked a crossroads for hip-hop, as the genre was being torn between elaborate mythmaking and a kind of true crime. (www.newyorker.com)
A Mostly True History of Marco Rubio - No one knows Marco Rubio’s age. It’s part of his mystery. So is his height. Look it up. No one knows. (www.newyorker.com)
Max Miller’s Victim Mentality - The Republican congressman’s bitter domestic dispute—in which he’s accused of physical abuse by his ex-wife, the daughter of an Ohio senator—is testing his party’s willingness to defend the indefensible. (www.newyorker.com)
Ryan Murphy’s Sanded-Down Version of “The Shards” - The director’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s metafictional thriller-slash-gay-awakening story is a “Glee”-ified version of its source material. (www.newyorker.com)
The Electability of Abdul El-Sayed - The former public-health official won Michigan’s Democratic primary with an unapologetically progressive platform—and a total defiance of the Party establishment. (www.newyorker.com)
Stella Lefty and the Rise of Nepo-Baby Musicians and “Industry Plants” - There’s a story we tell ourselves on social media any time a child of money or fame vaults into public life. (www.newyorker.com)
What Makes an Adaptation Good? - The kerfuffle over Christopher Nolan’s fidelity to Homer’s Odyssey reflects major questions in the history of cinema. (www.newyorker.com)
How Jordan Harper Reinvented Noir for the Epstein Era - This year’s buzzy “A Violent Masterpiece” inverts the genre’s traditional contrast between optimism and despair. Is a hopeful crime novel still a noir? (www.newyorker.com)
Our Fauci Diaries, Ourselves - Anthony Fauci became a symbol of truth and integrity during the pandemic. In his diaries, he’s mostly talking about how he “butt called” Barbra Streisand. (www.newyorker.com)
Michigan Primary-Election Map: Live Results - A closely watched Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed, carries major implications for the direction of the Party. (www.newyorker.com)
What My Life Would Be Like If All of Those Spam Texts Were Legit - I’d have dozens of packages shipped to me from USPSS, USP, and FidEx that only require my signature to obtain. (www.newyorker.com)
What Do India’s Gen Z Protests Mean for Modi? - A movement of young people frustrated with India’s education system and economy has become the most serious challenge yet to an increasingly authoritarian government. (www.newyorker.com)
What Does It Even Mean to Be a Moderate? - The Michigan Senate primary has turned into a referendum on a word that has never had a fixed meaning. (www.newyorker.com)
Why Donald Trump Talks So Much About Foreign Election Interference - The White House is distorting intelligence assessments instead of working to protect the midterm elections. (www.newyorker.com)