Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The New York Times’ Best Books of June Last week, we took a look at the books The New York Times highlighted as the best of the summer. Now, with the start of the month,
Brainiac represents intelligence taken to its extreme, a being who sees knowledge and logic as ends unto themselves. This core take on the character is seemingly one the Man of Tomorrow director is aiming to shoot for in the upcoming sequel film, with Gunn saying on Threads that his Brainiac is the product of having
The retail industry emerged from a choppy first quarter relatively unscathed, but higher than usual tax refunds and an uptick in buy now, pay later use likely helped to buoy spending. As Wall Street looks ahead to the second quarter, the period could offer a clearer view on consumer health and just how much high
Greg Abel, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, meets with shareholders at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, NE on May 1, 2026. David A. Grogan | CNBC Greg Abel‘s first major acquisition as Berkshire Hathaway CEO looks a lot like the kind of deal Warren Buffett would have made himself. Berkshire’s $6.8 billion purchase
A new Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack campaign, codenamed Miasma, has compromised @redhat-cloud-services packages to steal credentials and secrets from developer machines and deliver a self-propagating worm. “This is effectively a Mini Shai-Hulud campaign: it uses the same core tactics of install-time execution, credential harvesting, CI/CD targeting, encrypted exfiltration, and potential downstream propagation,” Socket said.
Comic books and television go together, with many comics getting small screen adaptations. However, while most people think of superhero fare, like The CW’s Arrowverse or Prime Video’s The Boys, when it comes to comic book TV shows, it isn’t just the capes that get series. Sci-fi series like Resident Alien, detective stories like Stumptown,
A Los Angeles judge granted Sabrina Carpenter a temporary restraining order against an alleged stalker after the singer described a series of chilling incidents at her home, saying they left her in “significant and ongoing fear” for her personal safety. In a signed declaration obtained by Rolling Stone, the singer says William Applegate appeared at
(L to R) Roboto (Kristen Wiig), Man At Arms (Idris Elba), Adam (Nicholas Galitzine), Teela (Camila Mendes) and Cringer in ‘Masters of the Universe’. In ‘Masters of the Universe‘, Prince Adam returns to Eternia, where he discovers his home shattered under the fiendish rule of Skeletor. To save his family and his world, Adam must
General Hospital reached a major milestone on June 1, taping of its 16000th episode. To celebrate the occasion, the cast and crew gathered on set for a cake and a tribute to the daytime drama, which premiered on April 1, 1963. The show’s official social media sites marked the special day by sharing a video
May was another amazing month for country music. In just the past few weeks, there have been so many amazing album and single releases, and it’s impossible for us at Whiskey Riff to cover every single song that deserves to be heard upon its release. But in my opinion, that is a great problem to
In the summer of 1978, Hoyt Richards visited Nantucket with his family. One of six children, the then 16-year-old loved the annual trip to the Massachusetts island, a paradise full of sparkling water, jet-skis, and endless sun. But when he was sitting on the beach with a friend, a man laid down his towel, sat
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday that Democrats will force Republicans to vote on a controversial “weaponization” legal relief fund pushed by President Donald Trump. The fund aimed at compensating victims of what the administration calls “lawfare” has become a political flashpoint on Capitol Hill, sparking rare Republican criticism of Trump from within
The Trump administration plans to drop the Department of Justice‘s $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” in the face of legal and political pushback to it, reports said Monday. The fund was created as part of a settlement of President Donald Trump‘s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. It is intended to compensate people who
Trump’s slush fund to pay off those who committed crimes while trying to help him overturn an election that he lost is dead. After having the implementation of the fund blocked by a federal court on Friday, the DOJ announced: The Department of Justice disagrees strongly with the decision on the Anti-Weaponization Fund put forth
All season long, there have been questions about whether Euphoria Season 3 would conclude the HBO hit. Truthfully, I figured the show would remain alive for another season with a new generation of characters, allowing it to return to high school. But now that I’ve watched Euphoria Season 3 Episode 8 and had some time
Taylor Swift is releasing a brand-new original song, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” for Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5,” which arrives in theaters on June 19. The 14-time Grammy Award winner announced that the new track will be released on June 5, following weeks of speculation from fans. The theories began on April
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Monday in the civil trial over the deaths of two young brothers killed in a 2020 Westlake Village crash during an alleged street race that involved Rebecca Grossman, co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, and former MLB pitcher Scott Erickson. The plaintiffs in the civil suit filed in January
As the new month starts, we’re sitting back and taking stock of the latest goings-on in the world of BIPOC lit. While we’re getting the temporary shutdown of a fire literary magazine, we’re also getting a star’s reading list and what sounds like a delicious New Orleans-set romantasy. Let’s get into it. HEATED RIVALRY Star
Barry Diller’s People Inc. is preparing a bid to buy casino giant MGM Resorts, a deal that would value it at more than $18 billion, CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin reported Monday. The proposal has not yet been finalized, though the company is planning an offer of $48.30 per share in cash, Sorkin reported. MGM is
Seemingly every company is obsessed with artificial intelligence these days, whether it’s how the technology is transforming their industry or the effects it’s having on employees and customers. But the degree to which companies are utilizing AI tools internally and adapting to a rapidly changing reality varies dramatically. A new study from AI-Driven Enterprise Institute
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