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More than 25 years since its last album and in the wake of two members’ deaths, the indie-rock band releases a sprawling, eclectic collection that stands with its best work.

China has reported robust growth this year, despite a continuing crash in its property market and consumer spending that is largely at a standstill. That is stirring questions that have long dogged China’s official data: Are the numbers accurate?

Weil, Gotshal & Manges leaders are searching for a path to stabilize the law firm, whose future is growing more uncertain by the day. 🔗

Update: Weil, Gotshal & Manges has engaged a top bankruptcy lawyer to advise on potential options should the besieged law firm’s situation continue to deteriorate.

Opera is a pricey endeavor, and organizations around the country are struggling to cover the costs. 🔗

In the years since Markus Persson outbid Jay-Z and Beyoncé for the Trousdale Estate home, the Los Angeles market has become saturated with spec homes. ‘We’re not doing aspirational pricing anymore.’

Julian Fellowes’s 19th-century drama is still a festival of overacting and narrative absurdity, yet it feels increasingly clever in its theatricality—and Carrie Coon remains a marvel.

Google pushed AI into schools—and even students think it’s gone too far. 🔗 Read more:

The Golden State Valkyries will try to close out their best-of-7 series against the Atlanta Dream in Game 6 on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. PT). @jasongay on the WNBA’s last-minute scheduling. 🏀

How a nearly bankrupt Georgia franchise rebuilt America’s pastime from scratch—and won over a global fan base. 🔗

From @WSJopinion: The U.S. overall isn’t in a bad place on the Iran war, compared with other plausible scenarios—even if the war might have been a dubious idea in the first place, writes @MichaelEOHanlon

From @WSJFreeEx via @WSJOpinion: George Orwell saw a ghost. Or at least he thought he did. Maybe, writes @heymiller.

From @WSJFreeEx via @WSJOpinion: It’s the season of the sourpuss. Everywhere you turn the subject is American decline, writes @MattHennessey.

“The devil” vs. “treat-slinging wieners.” The dog training community is at war with itself over whether we’re ruining our pups with all that food and affection. 🔗

From @WSJopinion: Anthropic rolled out the prospectus for its long-awaited initial public offering. Is it trying to scare investors?

It took about five minutes for Jesse Dalton’s iPhone Duo dream to shift into nightmare mode. He had only opened and closed the Duo four or five times when the hinge got stuck at a 45-degree angle. Dalton tried to pry it open and heard a loud pop. 🔗

The Philadelphia Eagles built one of the NFL’s best rosters in recent years by exploiting an accounting trick. Now the team is struggling—and the bill is coming due.

From @WSJFreeEx via @WSJOpinion: Mosquitoes and humans have been at war with one another for millennia. Humans have the technology to win. The question is whether we have the courage to use it, writes @emmma_camp_.

From @WSJopinion: A thrashing next week would be a disaster for the Republican Party. But it might be the start of the road back for conservatism, writes @gerardtbaker.

RT @BuySideWSJ: See the lowest-cost pet insurers and the trade-offs that come with choosing the cheapest options.