Today's Headlines: Trump's Condolence Call to Soldier's Widow Ignites an Imbroglio

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[Senator Lamar Alexander on Tuesday on Capitol Hill.]( [Trump Pulls Back From Senate Deal to Fund Health Subsidies]( By THOMAS KAPLAN and ROBERT PEAR After voicing support, the president offered a different take on the plan, while its Republican architect predicted it would pass before the end of the year. [The Islamic State has lost most of the territory it controlled in Iraq and Syria. It lost the city of Mosul, above, in July.]( [With Loss of Its Caliphate, ISIS May Return to Guerrilla Roots]( By MARGARET COKER, ERIC SCHMITT and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI With the fall of its capital and loss of territory, the Islamic State may be reeling but not vanquished. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( [Get California Today in Your Inbox]( The news and stories that matter to Californians (and anyone else interested in the state). Delivered Monday through Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [The grave site of Marine First Lt. Travis Manion, who was killed in Iraq in 2007. President George W. Bush called the Manion family shortly after the lieutenant's death.]( U.S. [Fallen Troops' Families Tell of Meeting Presidents: Sympathy and Sometimes Discomfort]( By HELENE COOPER, ALAN BLINDER and THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF President Trump's condolence call to the widow of a slain soldier was outside the usual range of encounters with presidents, wounded service members and families of those killed said. OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [Iraq Will Remain United]( By HAIDER AL-ABADI For three years, we have battled terrorists - and the odds. We will not allow the Kurds to rip our country apart. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "I feel like we're taking off the black robes and we're putting on red and blue robes, and does that really serve the interests of justice?" [Representative Marcia Morey]( a Democrat who was a district court judge before entering the North Carolina legislature, on a Republican-led shift toward partisan elections for judges. [] Today's Videos [[Video] Video: Iranian News Media on Trump: 'He Just Whined']( President Trump announced that the United States would not recertify Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal. Here's how Iran's news media reacted. [[Video] Video: Food Inequality in Venezuela: Feeding Eight on Scraps]( Food shortages and rising inflation have made basic groceries unaffordable for many Venezuelans, over 80 percent of whom now live in poverty. After losing her job two years ago, Francia has been feeding her family from the garbage of a supermarket in Caracas. [] World [Iraqi security forces in military vehicles in Kirkuk on Tuesday.]( [Struggle Over Kirkuk Puts the U.S. and Iran on the Same Side]( By DAVID ZUCCHINO and ERIC SCHMITT Kurdish and Iraqi forces, both armed by the Americans, fought each other in Kirkuk. Analysts think Iran played a key role in the dispute's resolution. [Detained members of a youth wing of Indonesia's Communist Party in Jakarta in October 1965. Half a million Indonesians or more, many of whom had no connection to communism, were estimated to have been killed during the crackdown.]( [U.S. Stood By as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, Papers Show]( By HANNAH BEECH The killings in 1965-66 played to anti-Communist attitudes, and U.S. diplomats mostly stayed silent while tallying the deaths, documents show. [Ksenia Sobchak speaks to the crowd during opposition protests in Moscow in 2012.]( [Russian Socialite Enters Race to Challenge President Putin]( By NEIL MacFARQUHAR Ksenia Sobchak, a TV journalist who has long paraded her glamorous life on social media, says she will be the voice of Russians without one. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [In North Carolina, Republicans Stung by Court Rulings Aim to Change the Judges]( By TRIP GABRIEL Sweeping changes include introducing partisan ballots to judges' races, the first state to do so in almost a century. [Damien Rodriguez's case raised questions about what constitutes a hate crime and how effectively the legal system treats combat veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.]( [A Marine Attacked an Iraqi Restaurant. But Was It a Hate Crime or PTSD?]( By DAVE PHILIPPS After a Marine attacked an Iraqi restaurant in Portland, Ore., his family said he was provoked by trauma, not hate, and that he needed help, not jail time. [A detention center in McAllen, Tex., for undocumented minors.]( [U.S. Must Allow Undocumented 17-Year-Old to Have Abortion, Judge Says]( By MATT STEVENS Lawyers for the teenager accused federal officials of blocking her access to an abortion by not letting her leave a Texas shelter. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [The Trump International Hotel in Washington is within walking distance of the White House.]( [Is Trump Violating the Constitution? In Absentia, He Defends Himself in Court]( By MATT FLEGENHEIMER At issue is whether the Trump Hotel in Washington violates a provision banning federal officials from accepting economic benefits from governments at home or abroad. [Lt. Gov Ralph S. Northam, left, the Democratic nominee for governor in Virginia, during a debate with his Republican challenger, Ed Gillespie, in Wise, Va., last week.]( [Obama Returns to Campaign Trail to Rally Black Voters]( By JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEXANDER BURNS Democrats are facing a test of their ability to inspire black voters, with elections in Virginia and Alabama hinging on black turnout. [Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.]( [Sessions Refuses to Discuss His Conversations With Trump About Comey or Russia]( By CHARLIE SAVAGE and NICHOLAS FANDOS Attorney General Jeff Sessions declined to answer many questions in his first Judiciary Committee appearance as the top law enforcement officer. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Janet L. Yellen, the Federal Reserve chairwoman, at a news conference in March. Her term is due to end in February.]( [The Economy Is Humming, but That May Not Win Janet Yellen Another Term]( By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM Under Janet L. Yellen, unemployment has declined and inflation has remained low. But that may not be enough for her to keep the job. [Kenneth I. Chenault took over as chief executive of American Express in 2001.]( [American Express C.E.O. Ken Chenault to Step Down]( By STACY COWLEY Mr. Chenault, who has led American Express since 2001, is one of corporate America's few black chief executives. [Anca Mariana Petculescu, a 64-year-old retiree, trying on a pair of boots in a mall in Bucharest.]( [Europe's Fastest-Growing Economy Could Be Headed for Trouble]( By PETER S. GOODMAN Much of the growth in Romania is the product of a consumer bonanza, and economists worry that the good times cannot last given a lack of investment. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Cells taken from cancer patients are genetically engineered to fight cancer at a Kite processing facility.]( [F.D.A. Approves Second Gene-Altering Treatment for Cancer]( By DENISE GRADY The treatment will be for adults with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma when chemotherapy has failed. It re-engineers a patient's own cells to fight cancer. [Google said the calorie feature would be removed from its map app.]( [Google Maps Pulls Calorie-Counting Feature After Criticism]( By DANIEL VICTOR The app told users how many calories they would burn by walking instead of driving, but was criticized as dangerous to people with eating disorders. [You may not even realize iOS 11 is saving pictures in the new file format unless you look at the images in a compatible program, like the Photos app on macOS High Sierra.]( Tech Tip [Using New Space-Saving Photo Files]( By J. D. BIERSDORFER With the latest updates for its Macs and mobile devices, Apple has added support for new image and video formats while keeping things compatible. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Gary Sanchez advanced to third on a single by Didi Gregorius in the fifth inning of the Yankees' 5-0 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday.]( Yankees 5, Astros 0 | Yankees lead series, 3-2 [Yankees Overcome a Nemesis as Masahiro Tanaka Stifles the Astros]( By BILLY WITZ Houston's Dallas Keuchel, who had shut down the Yankees in two other playoff starts, did not last five innings in Game 5 of the A.L.C.S., while Tanaka allowed just three hits over seven innings. [Thousands of horses were evacuated last week as fires spread in an area of Northern California with a thriving equine-sports scene. ]( [With Sonoma Aflame, Racing to Get Prized Horses Out]( By MALIKA ANDREWS Sonoma and Napa counties are home to many of the most celebrated - and valuable - horses in equine sports. [Javier Baez of the Chicago Cubs went 2 for 3 with two solo home runs in his team's victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday. The Cubs now trail the Dodgers three games to one in the N.LC.S.]( Cubs 3, Dodgers 2 | Los Angeles leads series, 3-1 [Cubs Defeat the Dodgers in an N.L.C.S. Battle of the Long Ball]( By JAMES WAGNER Javier Baez hit two homers and Willson Contreras added one for the Cubs, while the Dodgers got one each from Cody Bellinger and Justin Turner. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [A pinkas, or a kind of registry, of the Lomde Shas Society in Lithuania from 1836, one of the documents rescued from the Nazis and soon to be displayed at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in Manhattan.]( [A Trove of Yiddish Artifacts Rescued From the Nazis, and Oblivion]( By JOSEPH BERGER Hidden in a church basement and forgotten, the books and documents recently discovered provide sharp new insights into Jewish life and literature. Books of The Times [With 'La Belle Sauvage,' Philip Pullman Begins a New Trilogy]( By SARAH LYALL The author of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy returns, with answers to the questions what happened first and what happens next. [Jann Wenner, shown in 1970, persuaded the journalist Joe Hagan to write his biography in 2013.]( [Jann Wenner and His Biographer Have a Falling Out]( By JOE COSCARELLI and SYDNEY EMBER The Rolling Stone founder seemed to enjoy opening up his life to Joe Hagan. Now that the book is about to come out, they are no longer speaking. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Briana Reed, who performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, with Jayani Roberson, 11, during a ballet class on Oct. 12 at the Harlem School for the Arts.]( [Harlem School of the Arts, Once Shuttered and in Debt, Now Dreams Big]( By JEFFERY C. MAYS The school has not only recovered from financial woes, but is pivoting from a place that primarily provides arts education to a full-fledged performing arts center. [Manhattan's West Side is one of the neighborhoods that New York City is pushing as a possible location for Amazon's second headquarters.]( [In Amazon Bid, New York Brags About, Well, Everything]( By CHARLES V. BAGLI To land Amazon's second headquarters, the city is playing up its tech talent pool and infrastructure, but the cost of doing business is steep. [Nicole Malliotakis, dancing at the Pulaski Day Parade in Manhattan this month, faces long odds in trying to unseat Mayor Bill de Blasio in November.]( In the Running [Nicole Malliotakis, a Child of Immigrants and Conservatism]( By WILLIAM NEUMAN The mayoral candidate faces long odds to unseat the Democrat incumbent, Mayor Bill de Blasio. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Fashion & Style [Stephanie Mack shops at Otte in TriBeCa.]( [A Madoff Gets a Makeover. By Giving Them.]( By HILARY SARGENT "Don't think that you're staring at some girl who has it all," Stephanie Mack tells personal-shopping clients. "Let me tell you what happened to me." [The Beatles with their manager Brian Epstein, right, in October 1965.]( [The Gay Architects of Classic Rock]( By JIM FARBER Who created that gorgeous 20th-century creature, the rock star? Consider the gay image makers of the day, like Brian Epstein and Jann Wenner. In the Studio [Nike's Chief of Design Doodles All Day]( By VALERIYA SAFRONOVA John Hoke invited us into his office in Beaverton, Ore., where he talked about his dyslexia, his doodling and some weird shoes that inspire him. For more fashion news, go to [NYTimes.com/Fashion »]( []Obituaries [Gord Downie, left, performed with Neil Young, another Canadian-born rock star, at the Live 8 benefit concert in Barrie, Ontario, in 2005.]( [Gord Downie, a Distinctly Canadian Rock Star, Dies at 53]( By NEIL GENZLINGER Mr. Downie, who fronted the band the Tragically Hip, announced last year that he had brain cancer. [Michele Marsh in the WCBS-TV newsroom in 1980. Among a group of women who swept into anchor roles in New York, she was the youngest.]( [Michele Marsh, Longtime New York TV Anchor, Dies at 63]( By SAM ROBERTS Ms. Marsh was the youngest of the women who by 1980 had swept into what was once an exclusively male position on New York newscasts. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [Congress, End the Health Care Chaos. You Have 9 Million Kids to Protect.]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The Children's Health Insurance Program has had bipartisan support, as does a compromise to save Obamacare. Republicans could wreck both. [A polar bear with her cub in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.]( Editorial [The White House Sees Only Dollar Signs in the Arctic]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD With subterfuge and an ear for those who can gain financially, the administration pushes to drill oil and mine gold in fragile areas. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed Op-Ed Contributor [I Coined the Term 'Sexual Harassment.' Corporations Stole It.]( By LIN FARLEY A word that once promised revolution has been made business-friendly and bloodless. It's time to reclaim it. [A memorial for Daphne Caruana Galizia, killed by a car bomb in Malta.]( Op-Ed Contributor [When the Price of Reporting Is a Car Bomb]( By ATOSSA ARAXIA ABRAHAMIAN The murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta illustrates the stakes for journalists pushing back against power. [A report released by ProPublica suggests that Supreme Court justices struggle with statistical data.]( Op-Ed Contributor [The Supreme Court Justices Need Fact-Checkers]( By JOHN PFAFF They rely on bad data in opinions - and they shouldn't simply dismiss evidence they don't understand as "gobbledygook." For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On Oct. 19, 1987, the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value - its second-biggest percentage drop. 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