Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Call It a ‘Book-cation’ or a ‘Readaway,’ Literary Travel Is Having a Moment The New York Times dives into the growing interest–and offerings–when it comes to literary tourism. According to the travel website Skyscanner, 55%
The Fox Corp. headquarters are seen on June 15, 2026, in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The media industry has long been preparing for consolidation and mega deals. And yet Fox Corp.’s acquisition of Roku seems to have taken the market by surprise. On Monday, Fox said it would acquire Roku
Michael Burry attends “The Big Short” New York screening Ziegfeld Theater on Nov. 23, 2015, in New York City. Astrid Stawiarz | Getty Images Michael Burry of “The Big Short” fame said Tuesday he has no position in SpaceX, arguing that options used to wager against the stock remain too expensive even as he questioned
Swati KhandelwalJun 16, 2026Machine Learning / Cloud Security A flaw in the Google Cloud Vertex AI SDK for Python let an attacker with no access to a victim’s project hijack the victim’s machine learning model upload and run code inside Google’s serving infrastructure. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which found and reported the bug through
Written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino, the beloved D.Gray-man manga debuted in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 2004 but eventually faced numerous hiatuses due to her poor health. In 2018, the manga moved to a quarterly schedule in Shueisha’s Jump SQ. Rise, leading to a far slower trickle of new chapters. While the manga releases new chapters every quarter, it’s getting increasingly
“Hope has a home, and it’s time to open its doors,” reads the center’s welcome message for its grand opening in Chicago Bruce Springsteen, U2’s Bono and the Edge, and Stevie Wonder, are among the stacked lineup for the Obama Presidential Center’s grand opening ceremony in Chicago on Thursday, June 18. “We are bringing together
(L to R) Jessie, Buzz Lightyear, and Woody in Disney and Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 5’. Photo courtesy of Pixar. © 2026 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved. Opening in theaters on June 19 is ‘Toy Story 5,’ directed by Andrew Stanton from a screenplay by Stanton and Kenna Harris, who also co-directed. The film stars Tom Hanks,
Attorney and theater producer Adam Remsen from Memphis, Tennessee, returned for a third time to defend his title as Jeopardy! champion. With a two-day total of $35,801, the multihyphenate looked to keep his position as champ against two new competitors: government employee Nabil Rahman from Queens, New York, and Sarah McCleskey, an academic librarian from
The world deserves these collabs. Throughout its history, country music has been home to some of the most iconic collaborations in music. From Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton scoring a genre-defining hit with “Islands in the Stream” and Johnny Cash and June Carter teaming up for “Jackson” to Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss delivering one
In January 2024, spiritual advisor Reverend Jeff Hood stood witness in Alabama to the country’s first nitrogen execution. It was a horrific experience, he says, like watching a goldfish out of water, but far worse. Last week, though, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling that blocked one Alabama man’s execution on grounds that the
Family homes line the streets of a neighborhood on May 23, 2026, in Thousand Oaks, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images An affordable housing bill limiting how many single-family homes major investors can buy is poised to be signed into law before the end of the month after key lawmakers in the House and Senate
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images With SpaceX‘s stock rocketing during its first three days of trading, Elon Musk’s company is getting an assist from the Department of Justice, which asked a federal court in Mississippi to toss a case against the company brought by the NAACP. The suit was filed in April by
Trump wants to go down in history as one of the great US presidents, but what is unfolding is one of the biggest presidential trainwrecks in American history. Through a series of bad policy decisions, Donald J. Trump has wrecked the economy. Corruption in this administration is approaching levels that haven’t been seen in the
Critic’s Rating: 3.25 / 5.0 3.25 I’m going to be honest, I went into House of the Dragon Season 3 expecting it to be a mess. After the relatively strong House of the Dragon Season 1, the series spun its wheels for the majority of House of the Dragon Season 2, which was ultimately cut
One of eight people killed when a B-52 Stratofortress crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert was a civilian flight test engineer and father to two young boys who had just celebrated a family milestone. Lauren Smith said she and her husband, Jeromy Smith, recently welcomed their second child and celebrated their
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday is expected to consider a proposal aimed at streamlining homelessness prevention services, including assistance for residents displaced by the Eaton and Palisades fires. A motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Lindsey Horvath calls for the creation of a countywide homelessness prevention resource page on the county
Sometimes the year’s buzziest book takes a while to show up, but the buzziest 2026 book made waves from the jump, landing a well-deserved Oprah Book Club pick. Collecting praise from critics and the general reader alike, Kin by Tayari Jones is one of few books I expect to see on every Best Books of
A Carvana sign and signature vending machine in Tempe, Arizona. Michael Wayland | CNBC After growing to become one of the largest used car retailers in the U.S., Carvana is expanding into the new vehicle market. The company has quietly purchased seven new vehicle franchises since last year that primarily sell Stellantis‘ Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep
Billboards in Times Square celebrate the SpaceX initial public offering debut at the Nasdaq on June 12, 2026. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Retail investors who clamored for shares in SpaceX‘s blockbuster initial public offering received only a fraction of what many had requested, and are already split on what to do with the stock. Across
Security teams have never had more IP data at their disposal. Every day, analysts ingest enrichment feeds, geolocation data, reputation scores, telemetry, and threat intelligence from a growing ecosystem of vendors and platforms. Yet despite this abundance of information, many organizations continue to face a fundamental challenge: sifting through the noise to understand who is
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