Today's Headlines: Trump Says Putin 'Means It' About Not Meddling

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[Residents gathered at a vigil last week at the post office in Sutherland Springs, Tex.]( [In Air Force, Colleague Feared Church Gunman Would 'Shoot Up the Place']( By DAVE PHILIPPS, RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and SERGE F. KOVALESKI One Air Force colleague recalled how Devin P. Kelley, when punished for poor performance, would cry, scream and shake with rage, vowing to kill his superiors. [Amul R. Thapar was confirmed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in May, a month after his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing.]( [Trump Is Rapidly Reshaping the Judiciary. Here's How.]( By CHARLIE SAVAGE Republican lawyers and lawmakers are working together to install conservative judges on the influential federal appeals courts at a clip not seen in decades. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( [Get the Morning Briefing in Your Inbox]( What you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday through Friday. [Sign up »]( ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Houston is drained by several meandering rivers, or bayous, that move water from west to east. The Buffalo Bayou, above, which helps drain the downtown, flows into the Houston Ship Channel.]( U.S. [Lessons From Hurricane Harvey: Houston's Struggle Is America's Tale]( By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN The Texas city's response to a powerful storm says much about polarized visions of the country and diverging attitudes toward cities, race, liberty and science. OPINION [America's Wildest Place Is Open for Business]( If you've never heard of this spot, you're not alone. But it deserves our attention, now more than ever. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "You can only ask so many times. I just asked him again. He said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. He did not do what they are saying he did." [PRESIDENT TRUMP]( on President Vladimir V. Putin's continuing denials of interference in the 2016 presidential election [] Today's Videos [At the Whitney Plantation in Wallace, La.]( [[Video] Video: Southern Slavery, Unsanitized]( The Whitney Plantation became the only plantation museum in Louisiana with a focus on slavery when it opened to the public in 2014. [Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf in ]( [[Video] Video: Anatomy of a Scene | 'Lady Bird']( Greta Gerwig narrates a sequence from her film featuring Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf. [] World [President Trump boarding Air Force One as he departed from Danang, Vietnam, on Saturday en route to Hanoi.]( News Analysis [Trump to Asia: Unite on North Korea, but Go It Alone on Trade]( By MARK LANDLER Reconciling the contradictory messages to the region may determine the near-term fate of the United States as a Pacific power. [President Xi Jinping of China arriving in Danang, Vietnam, on Friday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting. Washington's withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership has left some countries wondering if they should opt for Chinese-backed trade pacts.]( [Vietnam, in a Bind, Tries to Chart a Path Between U.S. and China]( By HANNAH BEECH It is hard to overstate the long history of Vietnamese antipathy toward the Chinese. But with the U.S. apparently withdrawing from the region, Hanoi can't ignore Beijing. [Afghan fighters in the Iranian-trained Fatemiyoun Division, on the front line near Palmyra, Syria, in June.]( [Iran Sent Them to Syria. Now Afghan Fighters Are a Worry at Home.]( By MUJIB MASHAL and FATIMA FAIZI With violence against Shiites on the rise in Afghanistan, officials fear that Iran could use its Afghan force to intervene in a new proxy war. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [An aerial view of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands on Sept. 23.]( [After Irma and Maria: How 3 Spots on the U.S. Virgin Islands Are Faring]( By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA More than two months after the disaster on the U.S. Virgin Islands began, we checked back on some spots that we visited and photographed not long after the storms hit. [An insurance agent met this month with people shopping for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act in Miami.]( [Trump Administration Guiding Health Shoppers to Agents Paid by Insurers]( By ROBERT PEAR After cutting funds for nonprofits that help people obtain coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the government is encouraging the use of insurance agents and brokers. [Court Blocks Berkshire Museum's Sale of Rockwell Works and Other Art]( By COLIN MOYNIHAN The museum has said the sale is necessary for its financial survival. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [President Trump with Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and a senior adviser, at the White House in July. Mr. Kushner is leading efforts to broker a Middle East peace deal.]( [Trump Team Begins Drafting Middle East Peace Plan]( By PETER BAKER Led by the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, the White House team hopes to develop an American blueprint for resolving Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [Roy Moore denied allegations of sexual misconduct at a Veterans Day event in Vestavia Hills, Ala.]( [Roy Moore, Alabama Senate Candidate Under Siege, Tries to Discredit Accusers]( By ALAN BLINDER and JONATHAN MARTIN Mr. Moore criticized the women who accused him of misconduct, and in a blow to Republican leaders, the governor refused to delay the election. [Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader, has long been celebrated as a brilliant tactician, but he is struggling to govern with a slim majority.]( [Bannon Put a Target on His Back. McConnell's Answer: 'Ha-Ha.']( By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG President Trump's former chief strategist wants him gone. His conference is fractious. But Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, is pressing on to give Mr. Trump a legacy. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Trade ministers and delegates from the members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership at a meeting Thursday in Vietnam. Eleven countries committed themselves to resurrecting the pact without the United States.]( [Trans-Pacific Trade Partners Are Moving On, Without the U.S.]( By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON and MOTOKO RICH As President Trump dismissed global trade talks, the other members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership revived a major multinational agreement that would include American allies. [Freelance call-center agents, working from home as part of what the company using their services calls ]( [Plugging Into the Gig Economy, From Home With a Headset]( By NOAM SCHEIBER A company called Liveops has become the Uber of call centers by doting on its agents. But is the work liberating, or dehumanizing? [Radhika Jones, an editor in the books department at The New York Times, is expected to be named the next editor of Vanity Fair.]( [Radhika Jones, a Times Books Editor, Said to Be Next Vanity Fair Editor]( By SYDNEY EMBER Ms. Jones would replace Graydon Carter, who has been in place 25 years. She will be the first woman to edit the magazine since Tina Brown. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Interstate 10 in Phoenix, just before dawn.]( [Where Self-Driving Cars Go to Learn]( By CECILIA KANG Arizona's promise to keep the driverless car industry free of regulations has attracted dozens of companies, including Uber, Waymo and Lyft. [Employees of Musical.ly at the Shanghai offices of the start-up. Musical.ly has risen to prominence among a teenage and tween audience by enabling users to record quick videos set to music.]( [Musical.ly, a Chinese App Big in the U.S., Sells for $1 Billion]( By PAUL MOZUR The music video service, which is popular with tweens and teenagers, has been bought by the owner of a popular Chinese news aggregation service. [Most modern mail services now use the IMAP standard. If you have to configure an account from a smaller provider, choose IMAP to check messages on more than one device.]( Tech Tip [Managing Email on Multiple Devices]( By J. D. BIERSDORFER If you set up your mail accounts with the IMAP standard on your computer and mobile gadgets, keeping your mailboxes in sync is much easier. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns, left, and Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond playing before a sparse crowd at Little Caesars Arena last month.]( [At the Pistons' New Home, Empty Seats and Hockey Statues]( By SARAH LYALL The opening of Detroit's Little Caesars Arena has been followed by a succession of not-so-enormous basketball crowds. [Taylor Leier of the Philadelphia Flyers began the season on an N.H.L. roster for the first time.]( [When He Needs Advice, a Philadelphia Flyer Turns to His Brother the Dancer]( By TAL PINCHEVSKY Taylor Leier is in his first full season in the N.H.L. while his brother, Keaton, is in his first year in the company of the Atlanta Ballet. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Uma Thurman is making her Broadway debut in Beau Willimon's play ]( [Uma Thurman, Ready to Be Tested]( By ALEXIS SOLOSKI Hollywood's "contempt and dismissiveness" toward women have led her to Broadway. In "The Parisian Woman," she'll be onstage for every minute of every scene. [Questlove, the drummer of the Roots, remembers an unfinished skit from ]( [Rap Disrupted Music First. Now It's TV and Film.]( By QUESTLOVE, SALAMISHAH TILLET and JON CARAMANICA Questlove, Salamishah Tillet and Jon Caramanica discuss depictions of rap's old-school days as well as new series and movies with hip-hop embedded into their frameworks. [A Canadian war memorial in the village of Saint-Julien, Belgium, commemorates World War I. The west of the country is full of monuments and cemeteries from the conflict.]( [How to Remember a War Without Glory?]( By JASON FARAGO Americans know too little about World War I - but exhibitions commemorating one of its bloodiest battles ask questions the country will soon need to grapple with. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( Movies [Kenneth Branagh in ]( [So Many Suspects, but We Know the Director Did It]( By ROSLYN SULCAS Collaborating with his screenwriter, Kenneth Branagh updated and altered "Murder on the Orient Express" to give it a contemporary resonance. [The portrayal of the Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu (here fronting a cover band on ]( [You Love 'The Simpsons'? Then Let's Talk About Apu]( By ROBERT ITO The documentary "The Problem With Apu" examines how the stereotypical depiction of the Kwik-E-Mart owner on "The Simpsons" affected a generation of Indian actors. [Mark Duplass in ]( [Netflix Originals That Don't Get to the Theater]( By GLENN KENNY Some films open on the big screen and on Netflix at the same time. Then there are the others. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] Metropolitan [Officer Wayne Isaacs, center, on Monday after being found not guilty in the July 2016 shooting death of Delrawn Small.]( [Road Rage, Then a Shot. For a Police Officer, It is Called Self-Defense]( By GINIA BELLAFANTE The jury's acquittal of an off-duty officer who shot and killed an unarmed man shows how much leeway we give law enforcement authorities when it comes to using force. [David Dinkins, October 2017.]( Lions of New York [David Dinkins Doesn't Think He Failed. He Might Be Right.]( By JOHN LELAND He was a historic figure, New York's first black mayor. At 90, he reflects on a city on the brink. Was it his fault? Or did he start the recovery? [A line of customers at Kababish, where Muhammad Tahir is training his 23-year-old daughter, Fatima Kamil, to take over the family business.]( [An Insider's Guide to Halal Takeout]( By EMILY BRENNAN A tour through several 24-hour Pakistani restaurants in New York reveals some commentary on Uber and Trump. But really, it's all about the food. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Science [Former Vice President Al Gore called for action on global warming Saturday in Bonn, Germany.]( [A Shadow Delegation Stalks the Official U.S. Team at Climate Talks]( By LISA FRIEDMAN Al Gore, Jerry Brown and Michael R. Bloomberg are in Bonn, Germany, telling other countries that the United States is still serious about climate change. For more science news, go to [NYTimes.com/Science »]( [] Travel [Edwidge Danticat: Dawn After the Tempests]( By EDWIDGE DANTICAT The novelist Edwidge Danticat reflects on the devastation from Hurricanes Irma and Maria to many Caribbean islands whose economies rely on tourism. [Sunrise at Condado Beach in San Juan, P.R.]( [Puerto Rico on Her Mind: How to Help a Stricken Island Called Home]( By MIREYA NAVARRO Many loyal visitors to the Caribbean, including this writer, plan to travel to their island getaways, eager to help out, if only with their tourism dollars. [Taking in the view from Table Mountain in Cape Town.]( Frugal Traveler [A $1,000 Day in Cape Town for $100]( By LUCAS PETERSON Taking a high-end itinerary in the charming South African city and, keeping its general spirit, remaking it on a more modest budget. For more travel news, go to [NYTimes.com/Travel »]( [] Fashion & Style [It's Melania 2.0, as Mrs. Trump Iterates in Asia]( By VANESSA FRIEDMAN The first lady had a subtle new look to go with her itinerary. Did you notice? [Ashley Volk and Sam Siatta early on their wedding day.]( Vows [Love's Road Home]( By C. J. CHIVERS Ashley Volk waited for Sam Siatta to return from Afghanistan. She couldn't have seen the detours ahead. But "she kept on fighting, for him and for them." [Martine Ali in Brooklyn.]( Up Next [Kendrick Lamar and Rihanna Wear Her Jewelry]( By TAS TOBEY Martine Ali, a Brooklyn jewelry designer, got her start as an intern at DKNY, where her homemade silver pieces got noticed. For more fashion news, go to [NYTimes.com/Fashion »]( []Obituaries [Gilbert Rogin, left, managing editor of Sports Illustrated, with Ken Rudeen, the assistant managing editor, in 1981.]( [Gilbert Rogin, 87, Magazine Editor and Writer of Droll Fiction, Dies]( By NEIL GENZLINGER Mr. Rogin worked at Sports Illustrated and Discover and had a run of short stories in The New Yorker, until a rejection led him to abandon the form abruptly. [Karl Katz in 1968. Over the course of his long career he held positions at the Israel Museum, the Jewish Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.]( [Karl Katz, Museum Director in New York and Israel, Dies at 88]( By SAM ROBERTS Among many other accomplishments, Mr. Katz expanded the Metropolitan Museum of Art's audience by showcasing its collection on film and television. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [[Graphic] Graphic: President Trump, Please Read the Constitution]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The president appears to know little and care less about the nation's charter. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed Op-Ed Columnist [Jesus' Parents and Roy Moore's Gall]( By FRANK BRUNI How selectively and hypocritically some Christians deploy the Bible. [A man visited a memorial of crosses in Sutherland Springs, Tex., last week.]( Opinion [Why Christians Must Support Gun Control]( By RICHARD PARKER Machines regularly used to kill innocent people violate the core of our faith. Opinion [We're Sick of Racism, Literally]( By DOUGLAS JACOBS Perceived discrimination takes a toll on the human body. [Shalane Flanagan celebrated winning the New York City Marathon in Central Park on November 5.]( Sporting [How the 'Shalane Flanagan Effect' Works]( By LINDSAY CROUSE She does not just talk about elevating her fellow women runners; she elevates them. And they win. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On Nov. 12, 1942, the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. The Americans eventually won a major victory over the Japanese. [See this Front Page]( | [Buy this Front Page]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook] [Facebook]( | [Twitter] [@NYTimes]( | [Pinterest] [Pinterest]( | [Instagram] [Instagram]( [NYT]( Access The New York Times from anywhere with our suite of apps: [iPhone®]( | [iPad®]( | [Android]( | [All]( [.] Save 15% at [The NYTimes Store »]( [.] Have questions? [Help Section »]( [.] Visit our mobile website at [m.nyt.com »]( About This Email This is an automated email. Please do not reply directly to this email. 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