Today's Headlines: Air Force Error Allowed Texas Gunman to Buy Weapons

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[An exhibition in Beijing last month highlighted China's achievements under Xi Jinping, who has projected China as a stable and rich nation, willing to take on the obligations of a major power.]( [Wooing Trump, Xi Jinping Seeks Great Power Status for China]( By JANE PERLEZ and MARK LANDLER Mr. Xi, the most powerful Chinese leader in decades, wants the United States to share global leadership with China as equals. [After Anita Hill's televised testimony in 1991 about Clarence Thomas's behavior, sexual harassment complaints to the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission increased 73 percent.]( [The 'Click' Moment: How the Weinstein Scandal Unleashed a Tsunami]( By JESSICA BENNETT In 1991, women wore "I Believe Anita" buttons. Now they post #metoo. Social media, famous accusers and generational change add up to a profound shift. 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 WORLD | The Paradise Papers [After a Tax Crackdown, Apple Found a New Shelter for Its Profits]( By JESSE DRUCKER and SIMON BOWERS The tech giant has found a tax haven in the island of Jersey, leaving billions of dollars untouched by the United States, leaked documents reveal. [Leonid Mikhelson, Russia's richest oligarch, used Bank of Utah as a stand-in so he could register his Gulfstream jet in the United States, which requires citizenship or residency.]( WORLD | The Paradise Papers [From Utah, Secretive Help for a Russian Oligarch and His Jet]( By MIKE McINTIRE Records leaked from an offshore law firm show how the wealthy elite sidestep prohibitions on foreigners registering private planes in the United States. [Gen. Joseph Dunford, right, and Gen. Jeong Kyeong-doo, on Friday at a welcoming ceremony before a meeting in South Korea.]( OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [Is South Korea's Alliance with the United States Worth It?]( By SE-WOONG KOO It is time for South Koreans to question the myth that the bond is sacrosanct. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Over the years we all saw him change into something that he wasn't. To be completely honest, I'm really not surprised this happened, and I don't think anyone who knew him is very surprised either." [COURTNEY KLEIBER]( who said she had known Devin P. Kelley, the Texas church gunman, since middle school. [] Today's Videos [[Video] Video: Witnesses Describe Shooting in Texas Church]( Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, opened fire in a church in rural Texas on Sunday, killing at least 26 people. He was pursued by residents and found dead in his car. [[Video] Video: Finishing Last, but Not Least, at the New York Marathon]( The official clock ended at 7:30 p.m., but that didn't stop these final athletes - some who competed for over 12 hours - from crossing the finish line and getting a medal at the 2017 New York Marathon. [Jason Henry for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.]( [[Video] Video: Go Hill Bombing in San Francisco]( Race down city streets with a crew of skaters as they weave in and out of traffic, pedestrians and intersections without stopping. [] World [Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan received President Trump on Monday at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, accompanied by a military honor guard.]( [Trump Tells Japan It Can Protect Itself by Buying U.S. Arms]( By MARK LANDLER and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS President Trump was by turns generous and challenging as he pressed Japan on shooting down North Korean missiles and on trade imbalances with the United States. [A still image taken from a video distributed on Sunday by Yemen's pro-Houthi Al Masirah television station, said to show the launching of a ballistic missile aimed at an airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.]( [Saudi Arabia Charges Iran With 'Act of War,' Raising Threat of Military Clash]( By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK Saudi Arabia's claim that a missile fired from Yemen was provided by Iran escalates tensions between the regional powers, who are fighting proxy wars in Yemen, Syria and Iraq. [Khaled Ali, a human rights lawyer, announced his candidacy in Egypt's 2018 presidential election at a news conference in Cairo on Monday.]( [In Egypt, a Contender Emerges to Challenge President Sisi]( By DECLAN WALSH Khaled Ali, a human rights lawyer who rose to prominence last year, vows to run against a president whose government has jailed and silenced most opponents. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Bryan and Karla Holcombe.]( [One Minute They Were a Family Praying in Church. The Next, Eight of Them Were Dead.]( By SHANNON SIMS, JULIE TURKEWITZ and CHRISTINA CARON Eight members of the Holcombe family, a group spanning three generations, died in the shooting at the First Baptist Church in Texas. [Devin P. Kelley.]( [Texas Gunman Broke Child's Skull and Assaulted Wife in Troubled Life]( By ALAN BLINDER, DAVE PHILIPPS and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. Devin P. Kelley, a former member of the United States Air Force, had been jailed for domestic abuse, kicked out of the military and charged with animal cruelty. [Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, was tackled while mowing his lawn last week in Bowling Green, Ky.]( [Is Landscaping Drama at the Root of Rand Paul's Assault?]( By NICHOLAS FANDOS, NOAH WEILAND and JONATHAN MARTIN Police charged the neighbor, Rene Boucher, 59, with assault after he admitted to tackling Mr. Paul while the senator was mowing his lawn. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [A photograph of a church destroyed in the 2010 earthquake in Haiti was displayed at a church service in May in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami. After the earthquake, Haitians were granted temporary status to stay in the United States without fear of deportation.]( [About 2,500 Nicaraguans to Lose Special Permission to Live in U.S.]( By RON NIXON The Trump administration said thousands of immigrants from Nicaragua would have to leave the country by Jan. 5, 2019, but extended protections for Hondurans, for now. [Professional athletes like Tom Brady, who live off big paychecks, do worse under the tax bill than passive owners like the Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who live off investments.]( [Republican Tax Rewrite Helps Some Millionaires but Hurts Others]( By JIM TANKERSLEY The House tax overhaul raises taxes on high-income earners who make their money through labor, but delivers a huge tax cut to passive business owners. [Floyd Abrams, the nation's most prominent First Amendment lawyer, almost always argues in favor of free speech, but not in the case of a baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding.]( [Where to Draw Line on Free Speech? Wedding Cake Case Vexes Lawyers]( By ADAM LIPTAK The case of a Colorado baker who refused to serve a gay couple on free speech grounds poses a test for First Amendment experts. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [William C. Dudley was named president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2009.]( [The New York Fed Chief Is Stepping Down - but Not Quietly]( By LANDON THOMAS Jr. and TIFFANY HSU William C. Dudley, who is stepping down from his post earlier than expected, warned against moving too aggressively to roll back financial regulations. [Iraqi federal government forces retook several oil fields around the disputed city of Kirkuk, with Kurdish troops withdrawing.]( [Iraqi Kurds' Independence Vote Exposed Risks to Energy Strategy]( By STANLEY REED Regional leaders have long sought to craft an oil and gas policy independent of Baghdad, but the fallout from the recent referendum reveals new liabilities. [Passengers aboard an Allegiant Air flight. Many small and large carriers have been finding ways to put more, smaller seats in cabins.]( [Air Travelers Resisting the 'Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat']( By MARTHA C. WHITE Thinner, smaller airline seats have allowed carriers to squeeze in more passengers. But travelers have begun to rebel against reduced legroom, citing safety. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Hock Tan, the chief executive of Broadcom, appeared with President Trump last week to announce that his company is moving its legal base to the United States. Analysts have questioned whether that decision was meant to help win political support for a takeover of Qualcomm.]( [Broadcom Targets Qualcomm in Largest-Ever Tech Deal]( By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED The $105 billion takeover bid sets up a battle between two chip makers whose products touch nearly every smartphone in the world. [Taylor Swift's apparent lack of commitment to streaming shows that it is still not fully embraced by artists as a satisfactory source of income.]( [Will Taylor Swift Stream? Music Industry Is Left to Guess]( By BEN SISARIO Four executives at major streaming services said they did not expect "Reputation" to be made available for streaming, at least at first. [From left, Peter Chen, chief executive of Embodied Intelligence; Pieter Abbeel, president and chief scientist; Rocky Duan, chief technology officer; and Tianhao Zhang, research scientist. Their new company is working on ways to teach robots to learn on their own rather than be painstakingly programmed.]( [A.I. Researchers Leave Elon Musk Lab to Begin Robotics Start-Up]( By CADE METZ Pieter Abbeel, a Berkeley professor, is part of the team that has started Embodied Intelligence to make it possible for robots to learn on their own. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf stood and prayed during the national anthem in a March 1996 game between the Denver Nuggets and the Chicago Bulls.]( On Pro Basketball [From the N.B.A., a Cautionary Tale on National Anthem Protests]( By HARVEY ARATON The highly visible players in the socially conscious league don't need to kneel to get their message across. But would the league act if they did? [Thomas Bach, president of the I.O.C., is expected to announce a decision on Russia's punishment for doping violations on Dec. 5.]( [No Russian Anthem at Olympics? I.O.C. Weighing Possible Penalties]( By TARIQ PANJA Top Olympic leaders are said to be considering barring Russia's flag and anthem from next year's Winter Olympics in response to its doping violations. [Kyle Martino is stepping away from his prominent role on NBC Sports' Premier League broadcasts to begin campaigning.]( [Kyle Martino Enters Race for U.S. Soccer President]( By MARC STEIN Martino, a former national team player, will leave his high-profile job as a commentator on NBC Sports' Premier League coverage to enter the field bidding to unseat Sunil Gulati. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Mohamed Khalifa al-Mubarak, chairman of the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, at the new Louvre Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island. The ambitious collaboration between countries, ]( [Louvre Abu Dhabi, a Cultural Cornerstone Where East Meets West]( By DOREEN CARVAJAL The Emirates' aim: to promote the capital as a tolerant global city, and its flagship museum, opening this week, as a bridge between civilizations. [Princeton's complicated history with slavery is exemplified by the building that housed the school's early presidents, the first nine of whom owned slaves.]( [Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History]( By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER Two years after debate over Woodrow Wilson rocked campus, the Princeton and Slavery Project is unveiling new research into the university's uncomfortable past. [Mickey Rowe rehearsing for ]( [The World Really Is a Stage, Scripts and All, to Actor With Autism]( By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES Mickey Rowe is thought to be the first openly autistic actor to play Christopher, a 15-year-old with autism, in "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Mr. de Blasio said on Monday that some of his first-term accomplishments could be threatened by a danger that existed ]( [As de Blasio Looks to 2nd Term, He Sees a City Threatened by Trump]( By J. DAVID GOODMAN Rather than introduce new ideas, the mayor used a speech to business leaders on Monday to stress the threat posed by President Trump's tax proposal. [Officer Wayne Isaacs, center, embracing his lawyer Stephen C. Worth after he was acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges on Monday in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn.]( [Police Officer Found Not Guilty in Off-Duty Shooting of Unarmed Man]( By ASHLEY SOUTHALL Jurors rejected murder and manslaughter charges in the death of Delrawn Small during a traffic dispute in Brooklyn. [The Tashkent Supermarket in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn opened five months ago and serves a growing community of Uzbeks.]( [After Terror Attack, Uzbek Community Faces Unwanted Attention, Again]( By LIZ ROBBINS When an Uzbek man was accused in the deadly attack in Manhattan, fellow immigrants in Brooklyn shook their heads in shame and disgust. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Science [Bo, a former research chimp, receives a grape from caregiver Brooke Allen at Project Chimps, a sanctuary in Georgia.]( [Lab Chimps Are Moving to Sanctuaries - Slowly]( By JAMES GORMAN Medical experimentation on chimpanzees has ended, but moving all of them into retirement will be a difficult task. [Ricky Hurst, whose heart is failing, was told by doctors to get his affairs in order as his condition worsened. More patients like him are living longer with heart failure, but there are no widely accepted guidelines for care as they near death.]( [For Patients With Heart Failure, Little Guidance as Death Nears]( By GINA KOLATA Americans are living longer with heart disease, managing it as a chronic condition. But there are few rules for these patients as they near the end of life. [A grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. Biologists say that as grizzly populations increase, more male bears are venturing farther from park boundaries, sometimes to locations where they have not been seen in a century or more.]( [Yellowstone Grizzlies May Soon Commingle With Northern Cousins]( By JIM ROBBINS The male bears have become more adventurous, which could improve genetic diversity in long-isolated populations. For more science news, go to [NYTimes.com/Science »]( []Obituaries [Mel Rosenthal's photos focused on the human side of hardship and urban decay.]( [Mel Rosenthal, Photographer Who Captured the Bronx, Dies at 77]( By NEIL GENZLINGER Mr. Rosenthal's images of the South Bronx from the 1970s and '80s documented an area in distress, but they emphasized the survival of the human spirit. [Joe Taub with Donald J. Trump and Marla Maples at a 1991 game between the New Jersey Nets and the Chicago Bulls.]( [Joe Taub, Basketball Fan Who Became Part Owner of the Nets, Dies at 88]( By RICHARD SANDOMIR With his brother and a future senator, he helped build ADP, but his passion was basketball, and for three decades he was involved with the Nets. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [Mass Shootings Don't Have to Be Inevitable]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Is even more guns really your answer, Mr. President? [Bears Ears is one of two Utah monuments President Trump has reportedly decided to greatly shrink.]( Editorial [Trump Attacks Teddy Roosevelt's Grand Legacy]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Two beautiful national monuments in Utah would be diminished, as would a tradition of preservation. Editorial [Ballot Proposals, Mayor and New Jersey Governor: How to Vote]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD For Tuesday's elections, here are The Times's recommendations in major races and on ballot proposals. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed The Conversation [The Violence That Never Sleeps]( By GAIL COLLINS and BRET STEPHENS The mass killings in Texas and New York help us see what we value in common, but where is our sense of community the rest of the time? [Donald Trump on election night, a year ago Wednesday.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Anniversary of the Apocalypse]( By MICHELLE GOLDBERG The once-unthinkable is becoming ordinary. [Kevin Brady, a Republican, and Richard Neal, a Democrat, during the House Ways and Means Committee's first markup of the Republican tax plan.]( Op-Ed Columnist [The Clash of Social Visions]( By DAVID BROOKS We need a tax plan based on a vision that is actually prosocial, not just a reward for donors. 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