Today's Headlines: U.S. to Recognize Jerusalem as Israel's Capital, Trump Says, Alarming Middle East Leaders

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HALBFINGER Igniting fears of violence in the region, President Trump's decision could derail any peace initiative, Arab and European leaders warn. [Russia Banned From Winter Olympics by I.O.C.]( By REBECCA R. RUIZ and TARIQ PANJA The country's extensive, state-backed doping program results in penalties without precedent. The Russian Federation will not participate, though individual athletes may. [President Trump himself largely dictates whom to back and how to support his preferred candidates.]( [Trump's Endorsement of Roy Moore Points Up a G.O.P. Problem: Chaos]( By JONATHAN MARTIN and MAGGIE HABERMAN President Trump's impulsive, improvisational political style is preventing the Republican Party from establishing a true organization for the coming midterm elections. 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 U.S. [Weinstein's Complicity Machine]( The producer Harvey Weinstein relied on powerful relationships across industries to provide him with cover as accusations of sexual misconduct piled up for decades. OPINION | Op-Ed | Shmuel Rosner [Of Course Jerusalem Is Israel's Capital]( By SHMUEL ROSNER President Trump is going to formalize what all Israelis know. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "It crushes me to think we're in an environment where kids' health is up for debate - that this somehow got tossed into the wrangling." [DR. TODD WOLYNN]( a pediatrician in Pittsburgh, on Congress's inability to agree how to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program, which ran out of money on Sept. 30. [] Today's Videos [President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel - and to set in motion an embassy move - is his riskiest foray yet into the thicket of Middle East diplomacy.]( [[Video] Video: Why Jerusalem Is a Controversial Capital]( President Trump is expected to declare recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Here's why that's so fraught. [[Video] Video: How a Cake Triggered a Supreme Court Case]( A Colorado baker's refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple has led to showdown at the Supreme Court. [[Video] Video: No Jail Time: The Movie]( To beg for leniency, defense attorneys are producing entire documentaries for an audience of one: the judge. [] World [Ukrainian security officers arresting Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, in Kiev on Tuesday.]( [Ex-Leader of Georgia Confronts Ukraine Agents in Rooftop Standoff]( By ANDREW HIGGINS Mikheil Saakashvili, an increasingly bitter opponent of the Ukrainian president, led protests after threatening to jump during an aborted arrest. [Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh in September.]( [Myanmar's Rohingya Actions May Be Genocide, U.N. Official Says]( By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, detailed "acts of appalling barbarity" by the Myanmar military. [Wilensky's Light Lunch in Montreal. Quebec's legislators last week unanimously passed a resolution calling for shopkeepers to stop saying ]( [Quebec Tries to Say Au Revoir to 'Hi,' and Hello to 'Bonjour']( By DAN BILEFSKY Quebec's legislature has passed a motion calling for merchants to greet customers with "Bonjour" rather than the unofficial "Bonjour Hi." For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Justices Sharply Divided in Gay Rights Case]( By ADAM LIPTAK A Colorado baker's refusal to serve a gay couple on religious grounds has led to a major Supreme Court showdown. [Firefighters battled blazes in Ventura, Calif., early Tuesday. Tens of thousands of people in Southern California were evacuated as wildfires raged.]( [Tens of Thousands Evacuate as Southern California Fires Spread]( By JENNIFER MEDINA, LIAM STACK and JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH A "devastating" fire that grew with astonishing speed overnight was expected to affect Ventura County for days, while another spread north of Los Angeles. [Dr. Jonathan Miller, chief of the Division of General Pediatrics at the Nemours Children's Health System, attends to a checkup with Aiden Geary, 10.]( [The CHIP Program Is Beloved. Why Is Its Funding in Danger?]( By ABBY GOODNOUGH and ROBERT PEAR A children's health insurance program popular with both Republicans and Democrats is in limbo because of partisan rancor that has stymied legislative action in Washington. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Representative John Conyers Jr., a Michigan Democrat, during a House Judiciary Committee meeting in July. The House's longest-serving lawmaker, he will not seek re-election, a family member said.]( [John Conyers to Leave Congress Amid Harassment Claims]( By YAMICHE ALCINDOR Mr. Conyers, in trying to keep his seat in the family, touched off a family feud between his son and his great-nephew, a state senator who also plans to run for the post. [A real estate investment trust helped rescue a stake held by Kushner Companies in 666 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Such trusts would get new advantages under Republican tax legislation.]( [Tax Plan Crowns a Big Winner: Trump's Industry]( By PATRICIA COHEN and JESSE DRUCKER Commercial real estate gets lower rates and new breaks in the Republican bills, and trusts that have been key financing sources do especially well. [Customs and Border Protection patrol agents detain a group who attempted to illegally enter into the United States from the Rio Grande River in Texas in May.]( [Trump Administration Touts Border Arrests as Proof of Crackdown on Illegal Immigration]( By RON NIXON A decrease in arrests at the border shows that the administration's deterrence efforts are effective, Homeland Security officials said. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Mick Mulvaney ordered a review of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's active investigations and lawsuits soon after he took over as its acting leader.]( [Consumer Bureau's New Leader Steers a Sudden Reversal]( By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG and STACY COWLEY The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new acting director has suspended or softened several investigations and lawsuits. Some employees are quietly resisting. [President Ronald Reagan, with a replica of a federal income tax form, promoting his tax legislation in New Jersey in 1985.]( Economic Scene [Tax Plan Aims to Slay a Reagan Target: The Government Beast]( By EDUARDO PORTER By denying deductions for state and local taxes, the Republicans seek to force high-tax states run by Democrats to capitulate. [An aerial view of a former Colgate office park and manufacturing site in New Jersey, which is currently being developed into a mixed-use ]( [The Old Suburban Office Park Is Getting a Big Reboot]( By MIRANDA S. SPIVACK As businesses leave, developers around the country are considering new uses for office and industrial parks, often lifeless spaces far from restaurants and retail. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [President Xi Jinping of China shown on a screen during the fourth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen.]( [Inside China's Big Tech Conference, New Ways to Track Citizens]( By PAUL MOZUR The technologies for tracking citizens, and their wide acceptance in China, were on display at the World Internet Conference. [Shervin Pishevar is stepping away from Sherpa Capital and the boards of several other companies after reports that five women have accused him of sexual harassment or assault.]( [Silicon Valley Investor Takes Leave of Absence After Harassment Reports]( By KATIE BENNER Shervin Pishevar, who has invested in Uber, said he was taking a leave of absence from his venture firm and other company boards after reports he harassed five women. [Amazon's debut in the Australian marketplace featured only a few hundred sellers - or third-party vendors.]( [Amazon's Australian Debut Brings Excitement, Dread and Defiance]( By ADAM BAIDAWI The retail giant started off with a modest product offering, seeking to steal a piece of Australia's retail sector. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Kunlun Red Star players get hyped up before a game against the Markham Thunder in Shenzhen, China, last month.]( [New This Season in a Canadian Hockey League: Road Trips to China]( By MIKE IVES The two newest teams in Canadian Women's Hockey League play nearly 8,000 miles from Toronto - in Shenzhen, China. [Ryan Shazier of the Pittsburgh Steelers was taken off the field after severely injuring his back in Monday night's game against the Cincinnati Bengals.]( [Steelers' Ryan Shazier Improving, While Two Others Are Suspended]( By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN A tense game between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati resulted in a severe spinal injury by Shazier, and players from both teams being suspended for illegal hits. [Although Russia is barred from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over its widespread doping, individual athletes who can prove their innocence may compete under a neutral flag. The Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva, shown at a competition in Japan in November, declined to say if she would participate under those conditions.]( [Did Russia Get Off Easy in Olympic Ban? Read the Fine Print]( By JERÉ LONGMAN The I.O.C. declined an outright ban and provisions to invite athletes "clean" of doping, and permitting a uniform with the Russia name, show key concessions. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [The heavy metal band Ortel is known for its anti-Muslim lyrics.]( [Communist-Era Crooner and Far-Right Metal Band Share a Spotlight]( By PHILIP J. HEIJMANS "The Sinatra of the East" and a heavy metal group known for anti-Muslim lyrics were honored in the Czech Republic's answer to the Grammys. [James Levine, conducting in 2009.]( Critic's Notebook [Should I Put Away My James Levine Recordings?]( By ANTHONY TOMMASINI Our critic reflects on the legacy of the revered Metropolitan Opera conductor, who has been suspended by the company after sexual abuse accusations. Books of The Times [From Ancient Myths to Modern Day, Women and the Struggle for Power]( By PARUL SEHGAL In "Women & Power: A Manifesto," the Cambridge classicist Mary Beard describes the scale of the problem and suggests some exciting remedies. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [After his release from prison, Carmine Carini appeared to embrace family life, posting pictures of himself with his son on social media, including this 2016 image from outside the Brooklyn Children's Museum.]( [A Son in a Shadow, Finding His Way, Meets a Grim End]( By MICHAEL WILSON When Carmine Carini's body was found tied to a cinder block in a Brooklyn inlet, things initially seemed to point to a mob-related hit. [Despite dire warnings, murders in New York City have continued to fall since the Police Department stopped using stop-and-frisk tactics.]( About New York [For a Change of Pace, a Story Told in Lives Not Lost]( By JIM DWYER The president said ending stop-and-frisk tactics had sent murder numbers climbing in New York, but new city data reveals that he was wrong. [Shola Olatoye, chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority, at a City Council hearing on Tuesday. She faced four hours of sharp questioning on how the city had stopped performing lead-paint inspections, and on its failure to tell tenants of the lapse.]( [At Hearing on Lead-Paint Test Lapses, Questions Go Unanswered]( By J. DAVID GOODMAN Testimony by New York City's public housing chief left the Council baffled by the handling of a long lapse in lead-paint inspections. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Media & Advertising [The CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl interviewed President-elect Donald Trump for ]( [The New '60 Minutes' Book Has a Troubled History]( By JOHN KOBLIN and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Jeff Fager, the show's executive producer, took over the project after the original author asked about women in the "60 Minutes" workplace. [Danny Masterson in May. The actor was fired from a Netflix show amid allegations from multiple women that he had raped them.]( [Netflix Fires Danny Masterson Amid Rape Allegations]( By NIRAJ CHOKSHI The video streaming service said Mr. Masterson would be phased out of the show "The Ranch" as he faced accusations of rape from multiple women. [The deal for Regal Entertainment Group, one of the biggest cinema operators in the United States, comes at a time of flux for operators of movie theaters.]( [Cineworld and Regal in Blockbuster Merger to Challenge AMC]( By CHAD BRAY The deal would give the combined entity more than 9,500 screens in the United States and Europe and allow it to better compete with the industry giant. For more media and advertising news, go to [NYTimes.com/Media »]( [] Food [Even though these books were written for novices, the titles are a boon for bakers of any skill level.]( [The Year's Best Baking Cookbooks, for Novices and Pros]( By MELISSA CLARK Melissa Clark says seven favorites from 2017 all help dispel the fear of baking. [The gochu ramen pays homage to the many varieties of spicy instant ramyun that are popular in South Korea.]( [Instant Korean Ramen, Made the Hard Way]( By PETE WELLS At Jeju Noodle Bar in the West Village, a chef pays tribute to just-add-water packaged soups with recipes that are anything but fast. [Mr. Franqui-Rivera ties up the banana leaves.]( [Pasteles, a Puerto Rican Tradition, Have a Special Savor Now]( By RACHEL WHARTON The tamale-like treats are popular during the holidays, and even more so since Hurricane Maria pummeled the island. For more dining news and recipes, go to [NYTimes.com/Dining »]( []Obituaries [Michael with his father, King Carol, in Romania in 1939. Carol was forced to abdicate the next year, returning Michael to the throne.]( [King Michael of Romania, Who Ousted a Hitler Puppet, Dies at 96]( By DOUGLAS MARTIN First becoming king at age 5, Michael, at just 22, may have shortened World War II by arresting his country's fascist dictator. He later went into exile. [Christine Keeler, right, in 1963 with her close friend Mandy Rice-Davies. A startling series of events brought to light Ms. Keeler's affair with John Profumo, a British politician.]( [Christine Keeler, Central Figure in British 'Scandal of the Century,' Is Dead at 75]( By NEIL GENZLINGER Ms. Keeler's affair with the government minister John Profumo and other revelations set England abuzz in the early 1960s. [Gillian Rolton with her horse Freddy in 1996. ]( [Gillian Rolton, Australian Who Won Gold Despite Broken Bones, Dies at 61]( By RICHARD SANDOMIR In 1996 in Atlanta, she fell off her horse twice and broke her collarbone, but she completed her ride and helped her country win a gold medal. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial [The Old City of Jerusalem. The United States, like the rest of the world, hasn't recognized the city as Israeli territory.]( Editorial [Does President Trump Want to Negotiate Middle East Peace?]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Moving the American Embassy to Jerusalem is almost certain to anger the Palestinians and most Arab nations. Editorial [Going National With Concealed Guns]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Concealed-carry reciprocity is a threat to law and order. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed On Campus [Why Applying to College Is So Confusing]( By REBECCA ZWICK Universities disagree on what qualifications make an ideal student. [Professor Scully with the architect Robert A.M. Stern in 1981.]( Op-Ed Contributor [How Vincent Scully Changed Architecture]( By ROBERT A. M. STERN The Yale scholar taught generations of students to see the world through the lens of human tradition and experience. Op-Ed Columnist [Donald Trump Could Really Use a Friend]( By FRANK BRUNI You don't end up with much of a heart if you never exercise it. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On Dec. 6, 1923, a presidential address was broadcast on radio for the first time as President Calvin Coolidge spoke to a joint session of Congress. 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