NYTIMES (Aruni Soni and Joe Rennison) - Retail Investors Help Send SpaceX Shares Soaring
The company’s blockbuster trading debut is the latest example of how individual investors have become a force in financial markets.
NYTIMES (Manohla Dargis) - ‘Toy Story 5’ Review: The Machines Have Come for the Children
In this latest installment of the popular franchise, Woody and Buzz Lightyear are back and must contend with Bonnie’s mesmerizing new toy.
NYTIMES (Dani Blum) - The Thriving Black Market for a Powerful Weight Loss Drug
People are buying what they believe to be retatrutide from WhatsApp groups, Chinese labs and websites selling it “for research purposes.”
NYTIMES (Michael Kimmelman and Tom Wilson) - Can a Federal Plan Fix Dismal Penn Station? There’s Hope.
Everyone agrees that Penn Station is a disaster, but not on how to fix it. Now a Trump-backed, multibillion-dollar plan to rebuild it offers a promising step forward.
NYTIMES (Julie Bosman) - Barack Obama Presidential Center Opens in Chicago
Today’s opening is expected to draw four former presidents, as well as Bruce Springsteen, Bono and Jennifer Hudson. Chicago has seen years of planning and legal fights.
NYTIMES (Tania Ganguli) - All Aboard! Brands Jump on the Knicks Bandwagon.
Companies — including some with no ties to New York or basketball — have posted memes, changed their avatars to Knicks blue and orange, and cheered the team in their captions.
NYTIMES (Milana Mazaeva and Neil MacFarquhar) - The Russian Film Director Who Chooses Moments to Challenge Putin
Alexander Sokurov has questioned the Russian president about government repression but he is still controversial among his country’s exiles.
NYTIMES (Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, Rebecca F. Elliott and Michael Kimmelman) - How Iran Could Benefit From Its Deal With the U.S., and an A.I. Arms Race in Schools
Plus, the “Obamalisk” opens.
NYTIMES (The New York Times) - Oil Prices Fall as U.S.-Iran Deal to Reopen Hormuz Takes Effect
Oil prices fell and stocks rose after Pakistan announced that the agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would take effect immediately.
NYTIMES (Bayliss Wagner, Robert Jimison and Tim Balk) - Trump’s Deal With Iran Opens New Rifts in G.O.P.
Some in the president’s party were skeptical about whether the agreement he reached included adequate concessions from Iranian officials.