Today's Headlines: Trump Pulls Out of North Korea Summit Meeting With Kim Jong-un

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[Harvey Weinstein Will Be Charged With Rape in New York, Officials Say]( [Harvey Weinstein Will Be Charged With Rape in New York, Officials Say]( By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., BENJAMIN MUELLER and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM Mr. Weinstein is expected to turn himself in to the police on Friday to face first- and third-degree rape charges, law enforcement officials said. [Trump’s Lawyer and Chief of Staff Appear at Briefings on F.B.I.’s Russia Informant]( [Trump’s Lawyer and Chief of Staff Appear at Briefings on F.B.I.’s Russia Informant]( By NICHOLAS FANDOS and KATIE BENNER The presence of Emmet T. Flood, a lawyer representing the president in the Russia investigation, and John F. Kelly, the chief of staff, at the start of the classified meetings infuriated Democrats. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( ADVERTISEMENT [Get the Morning Briefing in Your Inbox]( [Get the Morning Briefing in Your Inbox]( What you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday through Friday. [Sign up »]( [] Editors' Picks [How a 4-Hour Battle Between Russian Mercenaries and U.S. Commandos Unfolded in Syria]( World [How a 4-Hour Battle Between Russian Mercenaries and U.S. Commandos Unfolded in Syria]( By THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF Interviews and newly obtained documents provide the Pentagon’s first public on-the-ground accounting of one of the bloodiest battles the military has faced in Syria since deploying to fight ISIS. [Think Military Strikes Could Stop North Korea? Try It and See.]( Opinion [Think Military Strikes Could Stop North Korea? Try It and See.]( By MARK FITZPATRICK This simulation shows it’s not so simple. [] QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Zero warheads was never going to be on the table." [ROBERT S. LITWAK]( senior vice president of the Wilson Center for International Scholars, who wrote a detailed study of how to deal with defanging the North Korean threat. [] Today’s Videos [Trump Calls Canceled Summit a ‘Setback’ for North Korea]( [[Video]Video: Trump Calls Canceled Summit a ‘Setback’ for North Korea]( By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Trump delivered remarks after his earlier announcement that the United States would not participate in a planned meeting with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un. [Meet the Female Candidates Making History]( [[Video]Video: Meet the Female Candidates Making History]( By AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER, YOUSUR AL-HLOU and SARAH STEIN KERR Several female candidates captured nominations on Tuesday, including in Georgia, where Stacey Abrams became the first black woman to be a major party nominee for governor in the United States. [Volcanic Eruption in Hawaii: Lava, Ash and Toxic Fumes]( [[Video]Video: Volcanic Eruption in Hawaii: Lava, Ash and Toxic Fumes]( By NEETI UPADHYE Scenes from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii, which has been erupting for more than 20 days. ADVERTISEMENT [] World [Trump’s Gamble Hits Reality Check in North Korea Negotiations]( News Analysis [Trump’s Gamble Hits Reality Check in North Korea Negotiations]( By DAVID E. SANGER The president had sought to deal with Kim Jong-un the same way he had handled real estate negotiations — with threats and flattery. It didn’t work. [Russian Military Supplied Missile That Shot Down Malaysian Jet, Prosecutors Say]( [Russian Military Supplied Missile That Shot Down Malaysian Jet, Prosecutors Say]( By ANDREW E. KRAMER An international team of investigators has traced the antiaircraft system that hit Flight 17 over Ukraine to a specific unit. [Was the Killer of Sweden’s Leader in 1986 Under Investigators’ Noses All This Time?]( [Was the Killer of Sweden’s Leader in 1986 Under Investigators’ Noses All This Time?]( By CHRISTINA ANDERSON and ALAN COWELL A new theory proposes that a man interviewed as a witness in the fatal shooting of Prime Minister Olof Palme was actually the one who pulled the trigger. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Trump Pardons Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Boxing Champion]( [Trump Pardons Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Boxing Champion]( By JOHN ELIGON and MICHAEL D. SHEAR Decades after Johnson was convicted under the Mann Act, his case drew significant attention as a gross miscarriage of justice. [Morgan Freeman Is Accused of Sexual Harassment by Several Women]( [Morgan Freeman Is Accused of Sexual Harassment by Several Women]( By SOPAN DEB and BROOKS BARNES The women told CNN that he inappropriately touched or spoke to them on set, during publicity events and at his production company. He issued an apology. [As Former SEAL Receives Medal of Honor, a Controversy Is Reignited]( [As Former SEAL Receives Medal of Honor, a Controversy Is Reignited]( By EMILY COCHRANE Britt Slabinski, a former leader of Navy SEAL Team 6, received the Medal of Honor for valor in a 2002 firefight in Afghanistan. But it has renewed questions over what exactly happened. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( [] Politics [A Kentucky Town Votes Against a Culture War Rematch]( [A Kentucky Town Votes Against a Culture War Rematch]( By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON A gay man who was denied a marriage license by Kim Davis in 2015 lost a Democratic primary Tuesday to run against her for county clerk this fall. [Turf War Between Kushner and Sessions Drove Federal Prisons Director to Quit]( [Turf War Between Kushner and Sessions Drove Federal Prisons Director to Quit]( By GLENN THRUSH and DANIELLE IVORY Some see Mark S. Inch’s departure as an opening for the Trump administration to endorse sentencing reform — one of the few issues that offer the possibility of a bipartisan deal. [Trump’s Crackdown on Students Who Overstay Visas Rattles Higher Education]( [Trump’s Crackdown on Students Who Overstay Visas Rattles Higher Education]( By ERICA L. GREEN Educators fear that the harsher penalties, which go into effect in August, could hinder university efforts to attract the brightest minds from overseas. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Potential Auto Tariffs Prompt Warnings From Industry and Allies]( [Potential Auto Tariffs Prompt Warnings From Industry and Allies]( By ANA SWANSON and JIM TANKERSLEY Economists, lawmakers and industry executives said the threat of tariffs on imported cars threatened to undercut global economic growth and stoke trade tensions even with crucial allies. [E.U. Settles With Russia’s Gazprom Over Antitrust Charges]( [E.U. Settles With Russia’s Gazprom Over Antitrust Charges]( By STANLEY REED and MILAN SCHREUER The settlement could mark the end of a long legal tangle. But countries that have long been squeezed by the energy company complained that it should have been fined. [The Trouble With the Memphis Airport: No Crowds]( [The Trouble With the Memphis Airport: No Crowds]( By ALAN BLINDER The spacious terminal built for when the Tennessee city was a bustling air travel hub has become a half-deserted white elephant that the airport is spending millions to shrink. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [New Privacy Law Makes Europe World’s Leading Tech Watchdog]( [New Privacy Law Makes Europe World’s Leading Tech Watchdog]( By ADAM SATARIANO The European Union on Friday puts the world’s toughest data privacy rules into effect. The regulations are set to have an outsize impact far beyond Europe. [‘This Noise That Never Stops’: Wind Farms Come to Brazil’s Atlantic Coast]( Galinhos Journal [‘This Noise That Never Stops’: Wind Farms Come to Brazil’s Atlantic Coast]( Photographs and Text by DADO GALDIERI In Brazil, the world’s eighth-largest producer of wind power, the wind industry brings both benefits and disappointment. [Emergency Braking Was Disabled When Self-Driving Uber Killed Woman, Report Says]( [Emergency Braking Was Disabled When Self-Driving Uber Killed Woman, Report Says]( By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI A computer system failure and an inattentive safety driver kept the vehicle from stopping before killing a woman in Arizona in March, the National Transportation Safety Board said. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Missed in Coverage of Jack Johnson, the Racism Around Him]( Essay [Missed in Coverage of Jack Johnson, the Racism Around Him]( By JOHN ELIGON and BRANDON K. THORP A look at The Times’s coverage of Johnson, who in 1908 became the first black boxer to win the heavyweight title, reveals harsh, often racially coded attitudes. [Why Max Scherzer Is the Perfect Pitcher for This Baseball Era]( [Why Max Scherzer Is the Perfect Pitcher for This Baseball Era]( By TYLER KEPNER Nobody has mastered the modern game the way Scherzer, the Nationals’ three-time Cy Young Award winner, has. He is averaging 14.25 strikeouts per nine innings. [LeBron James and the Twilight of the Cavaliers]( Sports of The Times [LeBron James and the Twilight of the Cavaliers]( By MICHAEL POWELL The 33-year-old James has been a force. The Celtics accepted that, and whipped the Cavs anyway. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Mia, Ronan and Dylan Farrow Dismiss a Son’s Defense of Woody Allen]( [Mia, Ronan and Dylan Farrow Dismiss a Son’s Defense of Woody Allen]( By LAURA M. HOLSON In a 4,600-word essay, the director’s son Moses Farrow cast doubt on his sister’s abuse allegations and accused his mother of abuse. [At the Met, a Riveting Testament to Those Once Neglected]( Art Review [At the Met, a Riveting Testament to Those Once Neglected]( By ROBERTA SMITH With “History Refused to Die: Highlights From the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Gift,” the Metropolitan Museum of Art makes the case for the art of self-taught black Southerners. [How Neko Case Finally Unleashed Her Feminist Rage]( [How Neko Case Finally Unleashed Her Feminist Rage]( By JOE COSCARELLI The singer and songwriter has spun tragedy into plainly angry action on her new album, “Hell-On.” For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] Movies [‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’: What Do Critics Say? What Do You Say?]( [‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’: What Do Critics Say? What Do You Say?]( By STEPHANIE GOODMAN It’s entertaining! It’s not! Alden Ehrenreich is terrific! He’s no Harrison Ford! The reviews are all over the map, and here’s a sampling. [Review: ‘Mary Shelley’ Twists Pain and Passion Into a Monster]( [Review: ‘Mary Shelley’ Twists Pain and Passion Into a Monster]( By A.O. SCOTT Elle Fanning portrays a writer of, and ahead of, her time as the film traces the origin story of “Frankenstein.” [Review: An Alien Teaches a Teenage Punk ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’]( [Review: An Alien Teaches a Teenage Punk ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’]( By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS John Cameron Mitchell’s loony romantic comedy encourages young love to bloom in the soil of an alien visitation. [Review: A Young Orphan Finds a New Home in ‘Summer 1993’]( [Review: A Young Orphan Finds a New Home in ‘Summer 1993’]( By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS This autobiographical debut from the writer and director Carla Simón is light on drama yet dense with unspoken feeling. [Review: ‘Les Parents Terribles,’ From Jean Cocteau, in a New Restoration]( [Review: ‘Les Parents Terribles,’ From Jean Cocteau, in a New Restoration]( By GLENN KENNY This 1948 family melodrama gets its U.S. theatrical premiere. [Review: ‘The Gospel According to André’ Barely Scratches the Surface]( [Review: ‘The Gospel According to André’ Barely Scratches the Surface]( By JON CARAMANICA A documentary about the fashion world Zelig André Leon Talley doesn’t live up to his energy. [Review: ‘The Misandrists’ Makes a Mockery of Matriarchies and Patriarchies Alike]( [Review: ‘The Misandrists’ Makes a Mockery of Matriarchies and Patriarchies Alike]( By TEO BUGBEE Bruce LaBruce’s film turns lesbian separatism into satire. For more movies news, go to [NYTimes.com/Movies »]( [] New York [The $19 Billion Question: Will Cuomo Support the Subway Plan?]( [The $19 Billion Question: Will Cuomo Support the Subway Plan?]( By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s lackluster response to an ambitious plan to fix the subway led to questions about his support for the system’s new leader. [Did Robert Durst Kill His Wife? An Investigator’s Letter May Shed Light]( [Did Robert Durst Kill His Wife? An Investigator’s Letter May Shed Light]( By CHARLES V. BAGLI Lawyers are battling over the release of a letter that says statements by Mr. Durst were “replete with omissions and inaccuracies.” [Ready and Willing, for $13 an Hour or Whatever]( About New York [Ready and Willing, for $13 an Hour or Whatever]( By JIM DWYER At a hiring fair in Manhattan, eager applicants are not picky about the work and the pay. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Media & Advertising [Jason Bateman Apologizes to Jessica Walter Over Jeffrey Tambor Comments]( [Jason Bateman Apologizes to Jessica Walter Over Jeffrey Tambor Comments]( By SOPAN DEB Mr. Bateman and an “Arrested Development” co-star, Tony Hale, issued apologies on Thursday after critics said they excused Mr. Tambor’s abusive on-set behavior. [Why Is Elon Musk Attacking the Media? We Explain. (Also, Give Us a Good Rating!)]( [Why Is Elon Musk Attacking the Media? We Explain. (Also, Give Us a Good Rating!)]( By MATT STEVENS Mr. Musk and his company, Tesla, have had a rough couple of months resulting in several negative stories in the media. On Wednesday he vented on Twitter. [Review: ‘The Fourth Estate’ Is a Competent but Incomplete Peek Inside The Times]( [Review: ‘The Fourth Estate’ Is a Competent but Incomplete Peek Inside The Times]( By MAUREEN RYAN The Showtime documentary, which chronicles 16 months in the life of The New York Times, is occasionally illuminating. But it also can be superficial and oblivious. For more media & advertising news, go to [NYTimes.com/Media »]( [] Obituaries [Laszlo Tabori, Celebrated Hungarian Runner Who Bolted to U.S., Dies at 86]( [Laszlo Tabori, Celebrated Hungarian Runner Who Bolted to U.S., Dies at 86]( By FRANK LITSKY Tabori became the third man to run the mile in under four minutes before defecting from his native Hungary to the United States. [Zhao Kangmin, Restorer of China’s Ancient Terra-Cotta Warriors, Dies at 81]( [Zhao Kangmin, Restorer of China’s Ancient Terra-Cotta Warriors, Dies at 81]( By MIKE IVES and KAROLINE KAN The reconstruction of an underground army, one of China’s greatest treasures, would become an archaeologist’s crowning achievement. For more Obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial [The Supreme Court Sticks It to Workers, Again]( [The Supreme Court Sticks It to Workers, Again]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The conservative justices have made it even easier for companies to underpay their employees and get away with it. [The Off-Again Meeting With North Korea]( [The Off-Again Meeting With North Korea]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD President Trump now needs to corral his renegade advisers and resist the name-calling to get diplomacy back on track. [The Populists Take Rome]( [The Populists Take Rome]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD A party founded by a comedian is helping the Italian far right lead the government in a coalition. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [Mourning My White Husband in the Age of Trump]( [Mourning My White Husband in the Age of Trump]( By ERIN AUBRY KAPLAN I grieve for Alan and for the clarity he brought to the issue of race not just as my husband but as a white man in America. [Was Slavery a Factor in the Second Amendment?]( [Was Slavery a Factor in the Second Amendment?]( By CARL T. BOGUS The formation of what many call a “safeguard against tyranny” was, in part, a way to preserve the slave system. [Would You Go to a Republican Doctor?]( Gray Matter [Would You Go to a Republican Doctor?]( By TALI SHAROT and CASS R. SUNSTEIN Our political leanings distort our assessment of unrelated expertise. 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