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Comments • His Brain Tumor Was a Hopeless Case. Then an Experimental Medicine Made It Melt Away.

System Reboot • Unburdening Ourselves From What Has Been The thrill of taking a risk on Kamala.

But Can She Win? • Operators who discounted Harris have happily joined her payroll.

Exit Ghost • Watching Joe Biden say good-bye.

J. D. Vance Is Not a Joke • The couch memes and cat-lady stumbles overshadow his opportunity to hit Democrats at their most vulnerable.

THERAPY DADDY • PHIL STUTZ has made a career in Hollywood doing what most psycholo gists advise against: telling his patients exactly what to do.

HOW TO BUY A PRESIDENT • DONALD TRUMP’S JOKE OF A MEDIA COMPANY IS ALSO A $6 BILLION MEME STOCK—AND AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY FOR CORRUPTION.

Hannah & Andrew & Anna & Ryan • Twenty years ago, they were close friends. Then the betrayals started, and the books followed. A tale of literature and treachery.

An Every-Skin-Type Moisturizer

Best Bets • A COLLECTION OF expert-vetted, spotted-around-town, or otherwise just especially excellent products that recently appeared on thestrategist.com. To shop all these items—plus the moisturizer—in one place, scan the QR code.

The Best Pepper Mills, According to Food People

What a Chef and a Screenwriter Want for Their Wedding • Naj Austin, owner of the food studio Birdies, and Van Newman, a screenwriter, put together a pared-down registry ahead of their ceremony in Portugal next summer. “We’re asking loved ones and friends to go to another country to watch us get married, so we were very intentional with our registry,” says Austin.“Not a lot of fluff. ” Below, a few things that made the cut.

The $40 Pants Making the Rounds in the Brooklyn Theater Scene

Do Sleep Trackers Really Work? • I SPOKE with sleep experts to find out how accurate they really are.

Growing Weed in Your Apartment • AS OF LATE JUNE, New Yorkers 21 and older can legally grow weed at home. But cannabis isn’t your average snake plant—it’s sensitive and requires daily tending and a ton of gear. Here’s exactly how to do it.

Gunnison Beach • We spent a recent Saturday at the clothing-optional section of Sandy Hook Beach in New Jersey.

As Seen on TV • Bungalow proves that a celebrity chef can still draw a crowd.

… And Frog Club Is in Hot Water

Frogs’ Legs Are Back on the Menu … • They’re sautéed and served sizzling at the revamped Veau d’Or.

There Are Hidden Gardens and Then There’s Turtle Bay Gardens • In the East 40s, 19 townhouses—where Stephen Sondheim, Robert Gottlieb, and Katharine Hepburn all once lived—surround a lush garden.

The People Who Live There • Inside six homes.

Chatter on the Garden • A small space, shared by big personalities, has long meant an abundance of drama.

The New Yorker Succession To-Do • In the late 1980s, a staff writer protested the magazine’s new hire for editor-in-chief. Both lived on the Gardens.

The Problem With Cous Cous

Everyone Had Something to Say About Katharine Hepburn

The Three Turtle Theories

The Man Who Tended to E. B. White’s Willow

Moses Sumney’s Time Machine • This summer, he’s got music for ’90s R&B lovers and the movie MaXXXine for ’80s horror freaks.

The Romantic Drama Gets a Modern Makeover • From The Idea of You to It Ends With Us, weepy rom-drams are back with a vengeance—and with new tropes.

‘Hawk Tuah’ Takes Long Island • Haliey Welch was catapulted out of her small town in Tennessee to sudden...