Performing and visual arts high schools like New World inspire a fierce devotion among students and graduates. It is no wonder. Many serve as springboards to the professional world. Just as important, graduation and college attendance rates are typically high (100 and 96 percent for New World), particularly impressive considering …

Apple has fallen 5 percent from its recent high, and one trader expects more volatility from the stock when it reports earnings Tuesday afternoon. The options market is currently implying a 3 percent move for the stock in either direction by Friday’s close. But given last week’s sell-off in tech …

Photo Seth Meyers, commenting on Anthony Scaramucci’s 10-day stint as the White House communications director, noted that his “last name is longer than his tenure.” Credit NBC Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do …

Getty Images Anthony Scaramucci answers reporters’ questions during the daily White House press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. The White House has reportedly suffered yet another embarrassing episode, this time at the hands of an email prankster who …

Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images The payment confirmation page is displayed on the Didi Chuxing application in this arranged photograph taken in Shanghai, China, on Sunday, May 22, 2016. Chinese ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing is to invest in and collaborate with Uber rival Taxify to grow its network …

Wil Riera | Bloomberg | Getty Images A supporter wears a T-shirt with the likeness of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez while waiting for his release from jail in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 8, 2017. Venezuelan opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma have been taken from their homes, where they …

Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images A BP company logo sits on a flag as it flies on the forecourt of a gas station operated by BP Plc in London, U.K. BP beat analyst expectations on Tuesday, despite profits more than halving from the first three months of the …

Photo The Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan in 2015. He will become the music director of the Vienna State Opera starting in the fall of 2020. Credit Stephane De Sakutin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images One of the most prestigious — but historically most tumultuous — posts in the opera world has …

Edward Berthelot | Getty Images Natalia Vodianova at the Christian Dior Haute Couture show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 3, 2017 in Paris, France. But Vodianova says that aged 21, she felt her gilded life needed more meaning. “When it didn’t have purpose, my life was a …

Photo Paul Bettany, center, in “Manhunt: Unabomber.” Credit Discovery Channel Discovery rallies from Michael Phelps’s nonrace against a great white shark with what our critic called as good a series as you’re going to see on TV this summer. And Alain Delon plays the talented Tom Ripley. What’s on TV …