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[President Trump spoke at a news conference in the East Room of the White House in February.]( [Trump and Sessions Denied Knowing About Russian Contacts. Records Suggest Otherwise.]( By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, MATT APUZZO and SCOTT SHANE Court documents show an aide trumpeted his Russian connections in front of Donald J. Trump during the campaign, the first concrete evidence Mr. Trump was told of Russian ties. [The face of Sayfullo Saipov, the man charged in the deadly terror attack on Tuesday in New York, was on display on Wednesday as officials briefed the news media.]( [Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Lower Manhattan Terrorist Attack]( By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, BENJAMIN MUELLER, MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and ADAM GOLDMAN The statement was issued in the group's weekly newsletter and described the suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, 29, as a "soldier of the Caliphate." 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 [Waylon Doucett, surrounded by his friends, celebrated on Wednesday at his flood-damaged house in Houston, after the Astros won the World Series for the first time.]( U.S. [9 Weeks After Harvey, Houston Celebrates World Series Win]( By MANNY FERNANDEZ and PAUL DEBENEDETTO Few cheered the Astros' first World Series title louder than those hit hard by the floodwaters. [Technicians preparing for Pingyao's film festival. The organizers hope it will be China's answer to America's Sundance festival.]( WORLD [China's Newest Film Festival Tests the Limits of Independence]( By STEVEN LEE MYERS The question hovers over a weeklong festival in Pingyao: Can you create and showcase independent films in a country that frowns on independence, much less dissent? OPINION | Op-Ed | Jill Filipovic [What Donald Trump Thinks It Takes to Be a Man]( By JILL FILIPOVIC The president is a thoroughly modern man-child and his supporters can't get enough of his act. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "You can climb into the game, into the television, and you're not thinking about your flooded house." [AMY WEISS]( a Houston rabbi who watched Game 7 of the World Series from a new home because her old one was wrecked by Hurricane Harvey. [] World [Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who leads Myanmar's civilian government, arriving on Thursday in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled a campaign of violence carried out by Myanmar's military in Rakhine.]( [Aung San Suu Kyi Makes First Visit to Rohingya Area in Myanmar]( By HANNAH BEECH "We all have to try our best to live peacefully," said Myanmar's civilian leader, who has been faulted for not condemning the military's atrocities in Rakhine State. [Palestinians marched on Thursday in the West Bank city of Ramallah to protest the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.]( [Balfour Declaration of Support for Jewish Homeland Still Divisive at 100]( By DAVID M. HALBFINGER The anniversary of the British document is greeted with tributes and demonstrations. [Asylum seekers linking hands to resist the closing of the detention center on Manus Island, in Papua New Guinea, where some of them have been held for years.]( [What Is Happening on Manus Island? The Detainee Crisis Explained]( By RUSSELL GOLDMAN and DAMIEN CAVE Water and electricity have been cut off to a Papua New Guinea detainee camp, but hundreds of asylum seekers are refusing to let Australia move them. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Members of the League of the South praying during a ]( [A Weekend of Fear, Hate and Faith in Tennessee]( By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON A white supremacist gathering last weekend became a test of resolve for a mosque catering to refugees and a church still reeling from a fatal shooting. [Sam Clovis helped supervise the foreign-policy team for Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign.]( [Trump Nominee Sam Clovis Withdraws From Consideration for Agriculture Department Post]( By EILEEN SULLIVAN Mr. Clovis's name was tied to a former Trump campaign adviser who had pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. over his contacts with Russian officials. [A globe at the site of next week's United Nations climate conference in Bonn, Germany.]( [Trump Team to Promote Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power at Bonn Climate Talks]( By LISA FRIEDMAN The American position is likely to provoke strong reactions from attendees of the United Nations meeting that begins on Monday. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Robert Mercer of the Renaissance Technologies hedge fund in Washington in March. ]( [Robert Mercer, Bannon Patron, Is Leaving Helm of $50 Billion Hedge Fund]( By MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN, KATE KELLY and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE Mr. Mercer has been a leader of Renaissance Technologies and is a benefactor of the former White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon. [The Republican tax plan would make it difficult for middle class people looking to buy starter houses in high-priced, economically vibrant areas such as Silicon Valley and New York.]( News Analysis ['Major, Major' Tax Cut May Not Be in Store for Middle Class]( By JIM TANKERSLEY The typical family would get a break from the Republican tax plan, but millions could experience tax increases. [President Trump on Twitter in his office in Trump Tower. For a few minutes Thursday evening, his famous @realDonaldTrump account disappeared.]( [Rogue Twitter Employee Briefly Shuts Down Trump's Account]( By MAGGIE ASTOR Amid a presidency that has seemed, at times, to be conducted primarily in 140-character pieces, it was a seismic event when a Twitter worker deactivated the account. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Trump Announces Jerome Powell as New Fed Chairman]( By ANA SWANSON and BINYAMIN APPELBAUM President Trump breaks with precedent by picking Jerome H. Powell, a Republican on the Federal Reserve's board, instead of reappointing Janet Yellen. [Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, which is trying to strike a balance between moderate growth and rising prices.]( [In Raising Rates, Britain's Central Bank Issues 'Brexit' Warning]( By PETER S. GOODMAN Britain's central bank lifted interest rates for the first time in a decade, but also warned of rocky times to come as the country confronts the decision to leave the European Union. [Workers making home furnishings in Vietnam. A trade deal that would benefit Vietnam's export industries has been held up by a businessman's abduction.]( [A Disappearance in Berlin Clouds a Trade Deal in Vietnam]( By MIKE IVES Wary of China's heft, Vietnam's authoritarian government scrambles to strike alliances with nations that are sometimes uneasy with its views on rights. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Kent Walker, Google's general counsel, repeatedly distanced his company from the social media companies that also appeared at congressional hearings on Russian influence efforts during the 2016 presidential campaign.]( [Russia Investigation Has Tech Giants Shying From 'Social' Label]( By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI and MIKE ISAAC Not long ago, social media features were a must-have for any tech company. But the Russian disinformation campaign has put them in an unflattering light. [Apple's chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, introduced the iPhone X in September. The device arrives in stores on Friday.]( [Apple Report Expects New iPhones to Jump-Start Growth]( By KATIE BENNER Apple posted strong revenue and profit increases and, buoyed by a slate of new iPhones, including the $999 iPhone X, forecast that growth would continue. [Alibaba's headquarters in Hangzhou, China. It has become one of the most highly valued technology companies in the world.]( [Alibaba's Earnings Jump as China's Online Shopping Boom Continues]( By RAYMOND ZHONG The e-commerce giant posted strong results for its most recent quarter but still faces challenges that include growing outside of its core business. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Houston's Brian McCann and Charlie Morton celebrated after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series.]( On Baseball [When Astros Needed to Improvise, Charlie Morton Was Ready]( By TYLER KEPNER Houston won the World Series by using several starting pitchers to finish out big games. The final effort was turned in by the unsung Morton, who got the Astros to the finish line in Game 7. [Carlos Cordeiro, U.S. Soccer's executive vice president, entered the race for the federation's presidency on Wednesday. ]( [New Candidate and Palace Intrigue Shake Up U.S. Soccer Election]( By KEVIN DRAPER A top deputy to Sunil Gulati is bidding to replace him as U.S. Soccer president, while the federation's board moves to change the role itself. [A police officer on the bike path where a pickup truck struck and killed eight people in Lower Manhattan this week. Some runners said the attack rattled them and left them hoping race organizers were doing everything possible to keep the New York City Marathon safe.]( [More Anxiety, and More Police, Expected at New York City Marathon]( By MALIKA ANDREWS Runners in Sunday's race try to shake off anxiety as the police add more officers and other measures as a result of the terrorist attack on Tuesday. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts Art Review [Coming Face to Face With Jimmie Durham]( By HOLLAND COTTER The sculptor's retrospective at the Whitney Museum is a "brilliant, half-century-long act of politically driven self-invention," our critic writes. [Sarah Gadon in ]( [Review: 'Alias Grace' Sews a Transfixing True-Crime Quilt]( By JAMES PONIEWOZIK The Year of Atwood continues, as Sarah Polley's adaptation finds in the past what "The Handmaid's Tale" foresaw in the future. [A scene from Ayad Akhtar's play ]( [Review: 'Junk' Revives a Go-Go Era of Debt and Duplicity]( By BEN BRANTLEY Ayad Akhtar, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Disgraced," explores the shady side of 1980s Wall Street in an economics lesson of a play. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( Movies [Saoirse Ronan as the title character in Greta Gerwig's ]( [Review: Greta Gerwig's 'Lady Bird' Is Big-Screen Perfection]( By A.O. SCOTT Saoirse Ronan plays a high school senior who insists on asserting her individuality, and it makes for a thrilling film. [Chris Hemsworth plays a sunnier, sillier Thor in Taika Waititi's new movie.]( [Review: 'Thor: Ragnarok,' of Gods, Monsters and Silly Jokes]( By MANOHLA DARGIS In the newest, loosest, goofiest and funniest Thor blowout, Chris Hemsworth's superhero chillaxes with the Hulk and takes a punch from a Valkyrie. [From left, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lady Bird Johnson, Woody Harrelson as Lyndon B. Johnson and Kim Allen as Jacqueline Kennedy in ]( [Review: 'LBJ' Hides Its Light Under a Bushel of Makeup]( By MANOHLA DARGIS Woody Harrelson swaggers through this movie, which tries to track the coming into consciousness of Lyndon B. Johnson. [Rose Marie in ]( [Review: In 'Wait for Your Laugh' and 'Gilbert,' Comedians Work Hard]( By JASON ZINOMAN These documentaries go behind the scenes with their well-known subjects, Rose Marie and Gilbert Gottfried. [From left: Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell and Laurence Fishburne in ]( [Review: 'Last Flag Flying' Is a Starry, Somber and Comic War Movie]( By A.O. SCOTT Three Vietnam vets - played by Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne - reunite during the Iraq war to accomplish a grim mission. [Takuya Kimura, left, and Hana Sugisaki in ]( [Review: Sorcery and Revenge Fuel 'Blade of the Immortal']( By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS A brokenhearted girl and an undying samurai team up in Takashi Miike's film. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Mayor Bill de Blasio poses with the donors Jona Rechnitz, right, and Jeremy Reichberg, second from left, and Fernando Mateo, the founder of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, far left. The mayor has said he cannot remember key elements of his dealings with Mr. Rechnitz.]( [The Mayor Sought Money, a Donor Sought Access: Both Said 'Yes']( By WILLIAM NEUMAN and J. DAVID GOODMAN What did prosecutors learn about Mayor Bill de Blasio's fund-raising activities, before deciding against charges? A major donor offered a glimpse. [President Trump at a meeting at the White House on Tuesday.]( [Trump Abandons Idea of Sending Terrorism Suspect to Guantánamo]( By PETER BAKER But the president's calls to execute the man accused in the Manhattan truck attack could add a complication that haunts prosecutors in any future trial. [Preserving a Cluster of Fishing Shacks From Hudson's 'Forgotten' Past]( By WILLIAM SHANNON The 17 shacks, once used as year-round residences by fishermen, are considered one of the last remnants of "Old Hudson." Efforts are underway to save some of them. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Media & Advertising [Joe Ricketts, center, made his fortune at TD Ameritrade and founded DNAinfo in 2009 to focus on local news.]( [DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shut Down After Vote to Unionize]( By ANDY NEWMAN and JOHN LELAND Reporters and editors at the local news sites joined a union last week. On Thursday, their billionaire owner closed the sites. [Daphne Caruana Galizia outside the Libyan Embassy in Valletta, Malta, in 2011. She was killed Oct. 16 in a car bombing after reporting on corruption in Malta.]( [Editors Press E.U. on Malta Media Independence After Reporter's Killing]( By RICK GLADSTONE Editors of six European newspapers, the BBC and The New York Times called for the bloc to remind the island nation of its obligations to guarantee a free press. [Teen Vogue will become an online only publication as its publisher, Condé Nast, reduces its print efforts.]( [Condé Nast Ends Teen Vogue's Print Run, Plans to Cut 80 Jobs]( By SYDNEY EMBER The media company once known for lavish spending also cut GQ's frequency as it continues to make itself leaner and more digitally oriented. For more media and advertising news, go to [NYTimes.com/Media »]( [] Science [A new study has found that while stents can be lifesaving in opening arteries in patients having a heart attack, the devices are ineffective in relieving chest pain.]( ['Unbelievable': Heart Stents Fail to Ease Chest Pain]( By GINA KOLATA With a sham treatment, British researchers found that a common and often costly cardiac procedure does not relieve discomfort. [An orangutan from the Batang Toru region of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, which researchers say is a distinct, third species of great apes.]( [New Orangutan Species Could Be the Most Endangered Great Ape]( By JOE COCHRANE The scientists who identified the Tapanuli orangutan said there are only about 800 left, making them the most endangered of all great ape species. [A rendering by the researchers at ScanPyramids show the ]( [Inside Giza's Great Pyramid, Scientists Discover a Void]( By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Using a technique from particle physics, researchers detected a 100-foot-long space within the monument, but Egyptologists questioned the discovery's value. For more science news, go to [NYTimes.com/Science »]( Men's Style [Henry Cavill wears a jersey shirt by Pal Zileri at Harvey Nichols, $282, at harveynichols.com. Navy pinstripe pants by Brunello Cucinelli at Harrods $785, at harrods.com.]( [Shopping With Superman]( By ALEX WILLIAMS Henry Cavill, who is flirting with A-list stardom, pops into Savile Row without his cape. [A recent fox hunt in North Salem, N.Y.]( Essay [Unspeakable Pursues Uneatable, Fashion Follows]( By GUY TREBAY A fashion philosophy informed by a childhood spent on horses. Style Q & A [The Roots' Black Thought on Philadelphia Style. And His Beard.]( By BARRY MICHAEL COOPER In addition to his gig on "The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon," the hip-hop innovator stars in "The Deuce" and has a new sneaker collection. For more men's style news, go to [NYTimes.com/mensstyle »]( []Obituaries [Linda Nochlin in an undated photograph. She caught the art world's attention with a groundbreaking essay whose very title, ]( [Linda Nochlin, 86, Groundbreaking Feminist Art Historian, Is Dead]( By ROBERTA SMITH She earned a place of honor in art-historical and art-world circles with her provocatively titled 1971 essay "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" [Virginia Thoren, Artful Fashion Photographer, Dies at 97]( By SAM ROBERTS An advertising designer with no formal training in photography, Ms. Thoren chased beauty with a camera using natural light and realistic settings. [Joan Tisch and her husband, Preston Robert Tisch, at a fund-raising event at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2001.]( [Joan Tisch, Patron of the Arts and AIDS Fight, Dies at 90]( By SAM ROBERTS A matriarch of a philanthropic family, Mrs. Tisch was a conscientious benefactor who also inherited a half-stake in the New York Giants. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial [Mayor Bill de Blasio at a campaign event in September.]( Editorial [Mayor de Blasio Has Earned a Second Term]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Crime is down, the city's finances are sound and he has made progress on housing. Now, about those subways … Editorial [A Tax Plan for a New Gilded Age]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The House Republicans' proposal will primarily benefit corporations and rich families, and send the budget deficit soaring. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [Representatives of Twitter, Facebook and Google testifying on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.]( Op-Ed Contributor [Silicon Valley Can't Destroy Democracy Without Our Help]( By EMILY PARKER With Russian meddling making headlines, it's trendy to bash social media companies. Instead, we should look in the mirror. [Yu Darvish of the Los Angeles Dodgers after giving up a solo home run to Yuli Gurriel of the Houston Astros during Game 3 of the World Series.]( Op-Ed Contributor [How Racism Made Me a Dodgers Fan]( By FERN SHEN Yuri Gurriel's schoolyard taunting of a Dodger pitcher who is half Japanese reminded me of painful experiences from my childhood. [Immigrants taking part in a naturalization ceremony in September.]( Op-Ed Contributor [We Need the Diversity Visa Lottery]( By MACHMUD MAKHMUDOV America can't afford to turn its back on a chance to portray itself as a tolerant nation. Op-Ed Columnist [Lovers, Prospectors and Predators]( By DAVID BROOKS Men don't just wake up one day and become sexual harassers or attackers. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On Nov. 3, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide over Republican Alfred M. ''Alf'' Landon. 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