Today's Headlines: Mladic Conviction Closes Dark Chapter in Europe, but New Era of Uncertainty Looms

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[Jack Phillips, center, a baker, with supporters this month in Lakewood, Colo. Alliance Defending Freedom is representing Mr. Phillips, who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, in his case before the Supreme Court next month.]( [Fighting Gay Rights and Abortion With the First Amendment]( By JEREMY W. PETERS Alliance Defending Freedom has had some notable victories. Now it hopes to persuade the Supreme Court to blunt the sweep of its ruling enshrining same-sex marriage into law. [President Trump on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday, before heading to Florida.]( [Trump, in Twitter Rant, Revisits Grievances Against Sports Figures]( By MICHAEL D. SHEAR To some, the posts directed at sports figures, many of them black, suggest that the president is trying to send a message of solidarity to many supporters. 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. 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[] Today's Videos [Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general, entering the courtroom in The Hague on Wednesday to hear the verdict from the United Nations war crimes tribunal.]( [[Video] Video: Ratko Mladic Shouts at Judges at The Hague]( The former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, who was convicted of war crimes and genocide, was removed from a United Nations courtroom for shouting and swearing at the judges. [[Video] Video: Escape From North Korea: What the Video Shows]( Footage of a dramatic escape by a North Korean soldier into South Korea shows that a pursuing soldier from the North may have violated an international treaty. [A scene from the romantic drama ]( [[Video] Video: Anatomy of a Scene | 'Call Me by Your Name']( Luca Guadagnino narrates a sequence from his film featuring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet. [] World [Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is to be sworn in as Zimbabwe's next president on Friday, greeted supporters gathered outside the governing party's headquarters in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Wednesday.]( [Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mugabe Ex-Deputy, Will Be Sworn In as Zimbabwe's President]( By NORIMITSU ONISHI Mr. Mnangagwa's ascension to the post long held by Robert Mugabe will cap a military-led campaign that his allies have tried to coat with a veneer of legality. [Rohingya refugees were transported to a new camp after crossing the border from Myanmar, in Unchiprang, Bangladesh, in September.]( [Myanmar's Crackdown on Rohingya Is Ethnic Cleansing, Tillerson Says]( By MARK LANDLER The long-anticipated designation will open the door to sanctions against the country's military commanders and intensify pressure on its civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. [The liver unit at King's College Hospital in southeast London is world famous and has a very European staff.]( [Where Brexit Hurts: The Nurses and Doctors Leaving London]( By KATRIN BENNHOLD Britain's treasured health care system was used as a rallying cry by anti-E.U. campaigners. Many of its European staff now feel betrayed. Thousands have quit. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Representative Joe Barton during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing last month.]( [Senior Texas Republican Swept Up Into Storm Over Explicit Photo]( By NICHOLAS FANDOS and JONATHAN MARTIN Joe Barton, the vice chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said that he was reconsidering his political future after the photograph appeared on an anonymous Twitter account. 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[In Oregon, which has one of the highest state income tax rates in the country, roughly 30 percent of taxpayers would see their federal tax bills increase if the tax bill moving through Congress repeals the state and local tax deduction.]( [States Warn of Budget Crunch Under Republican Tax Plan]( By ALAN RAPPEPORT Some state officials say the $1.5 trillion tax cut moving through Congress would raise taxes on residents and force tough decisions at the local level. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [The Trump SoHo, a luxury condominium-hotel in Lower Manhattan that has turned into an albatross for the Trump Organization.]( [Trump Organization Will Exit From Its Struggling SoHo Hotel in New York]( By BEN PROTESS, STEVE EDER and ERIC LIPTON A restaurant has closed and room rates have been slashed at the Trump SoHo, which has had trouble attracting guests. The president's company has negotiated a departure. [Rollback of Net Neutrality Has Small Businesses Worried]( By TIFFANY HSU Small companies, which have increasingly turned to the internet, worry that a pay-for-play system online could price them out of doing business. [The flagship Macy's store, on New York's Herald Square, in the early 1900s.]( [Grand Buildings Help Keep Macy's Afloat]( By MICHAEL CORKERY The company's real estate is now worth more than its market value. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology State of the Art [Twitter, It's Time to End Your Anything-Goes Paradise]( By FARHAD MANJOO Twitter should scrap a founding principle - everyone gains equal footing and any behavior is tolerated - and create a new system that rewards positive contributions. [Phil Potter is the chief strategy officer of Bitfinex, an unregulated virtual currency exchange. Its size and impact worry even advocates of virtual currencies.]( [Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange]( By NATHANIEL POPPER On some days, Bitfinex claims to be doing more trades than some stock exchanges. But it has lost millions in two hackings and has no government oversight. [Consumers should keep in mind that lighting in a showroom will probably differ from conditions at home.]( Tech Fix [How to Buy a Great TV This Black Friday]( By BRIAN X. CHEN Black Friday tends to be when prices for great TVs drop to their lowest. But there are pitfalls, so we put together a playbook for how to snag the best TV for you. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Dr. Larry Nassar appeared in court on Wednesday. At least seven former members of the United States gymnastics team have publicly said they were abused by Nassar.]( [Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar Pleads Guilty to Molestation Charges]( By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN The former team doctor for the United States gymnastics team and Michigan State has been accused of molesting scores of girls, including three Olympic gold medalists. [Milan's chief executive, Marco Fassone, with the team's coach, Vincenzo Montella, and the team director David Han Li before a match on Saturday. Milan is trying to persuade European soccer's governing body, UEFA, to grant it a waiver from so-called financial fair play rules.]( [At UEFA, Mounting Concern About A.C. Milan's Murky Finances]( By TARIQ PANJA UEFA will decide early next month whether A.C. Milan, a seven-time European champion, has the financial resources to re-enter its continental championships should it play its way back in. [Coach Jeff Van Gundy working with Team USA players Larry Drew II, left, and Kendall Marshall during practice for the AmeriCup tournament in August.]( [Basketball Mimics Soccer's World Cup Qualifying (Minus the Stars)]( By MARC STEIN In a twist, national teams will have to qualify for FIBA's World Cup without help from N.B.A. players, though the stars would play in the actual tournament. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Annabella Sciorra in ]( Critic's Notebook [Who We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Weinstein]( By WESLEY MORRIS After Annabella Sciorra told her story about Harvey Weinstein, I watched her work again - and wondered what might have been. [DeWanda Wise in ]( [Review: 'She's Gotta Have It' on Netflix Is a Bold Reboot From Spike Lee]( By JAMES PONIEWOZIK The director has remade his breakthrough film as a streaming series, and this time Nola Darling's work is as important as her love life. 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[Jack Bennett (@makeuupbyjack) has more than 300,000 followers. He's 10.]( [His Eye Makeup Is Way Better Than Yours]( By BEE SHAPIRO How teenage boys and young men wearing makeup are affecting beauty norms. For more fashion news, go to [NYTimes.com/Fashion »]( []Obituaries [Dmitri Hvorostovsky at Avery Fisher Hall in New York for a ]( [Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Silver-Maned Baritone From Siberia, Dies at 55]( By ANTHONY TOMMASINI Mr. Hvorostovsky escaped the street-gang life as a teenager in a grim Siberian city to become an international star. [Jon Hendricks performing at his 75th birthday concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center in 1996.]( [Jon Hendricks, 96, Who Brought a New Dimension to Jazz Singing, Dies]( By PETER KEEPNEWS His work with the vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross established him as a master of adding words to jazz instrumentals. [Ann Wedgeworth and John Ritter in an episode of ]( [Ann Wedgeworth, 83, Dies; Tony-Winning Actress Known for 'Three's Company']( By DANIEL E. 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[Ratko Mladic arriving to hear the verdict in his war crimes trial at International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague on Wednesday.]( Op-Ed Contributor [Flawed Justice for the Butcher of Bosnia]( By JANINE DI GIOVANNI After 22 years, Ratko Mladic was found guilty of genocide. Why did it take so long? And what about his fellow perpetrators? For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On Nov. 23, 1943, during World War II, United States forces seized control of the Tarawa and Makin atolls from 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. 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