Today's Headlines: Guantánamo Bay as Nursing Home: Military Envisions Hospice Care as Terrorism Suspects Age

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[Biden and Obama’s Odd Couple Relationship Aged Into Family Ties]( The Long Run [Biden and Obama’s Odd Couple Relationship Aged Into Family Ties]( By PETER BAKER Four years ago, Barack Obama gently discouraged him from running for president, but Joseph R. Biden Jr. is back and presenting himself as Mr. Obama’s natural heir. [The Neighborhood Is Mostly Black. The Home Buyers Are Mostly White.]( [The Neighborhood Is Mostly Black. The Home Buyers Are Mostly White.]( By EMILY BADGER, QUOCTRUNG BUI and ROBERT GEBELOFF Nationwide, the arrival of white homeowners in places they’ve long avoided is jolting the economics of the land beneath everyone. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( ADVERTISEMENT [Get New York Today in Your Inbox]( [Get New York Today in Your Inbox]( What you need to know to start your day in New York, including news, weather, free events and a look at the lighter side of life. [Sign up »]( [] Editors' Picks [In Washington, Juul Vows to Curb Youth Vaping. Its Lobbying in States Runs Counter to That Pledge.]( Health [In Washington, Juul Vows to Curb Youth Vaping. Its Lobbying in States Runs Counter to That Pledge.]( By SHEILA KAPLAN Juul has told the F.D.A. it will do all it can to stop youth vaping. But in state capitols and city halls around the country, the company is embracing measures that undermine that vow. [Where Are the Socially Conservative Women in This Fight?]( Opinion [Where Are the Socially Conservative Women in This Fight?]( By HELEN ANDREWS The American family needs defending and right now men are leading the charge. [] World [Two Super-Rich Families Ended Up on Opposite Sides of Easter Attacks]( [Two Super-Rich Families Ended Up on Opposite Sides of Easter Attacks]( By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, KAI SCHULTZ, MUJIB MASHAL and RUSSELL GOLDMAN In an instant, five of their children were blown to pieces in the Sri Lanka bombings, one family slaughtered by the other. [Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers]( South Korea Dispatch [Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers]( By CHOE SANG-HUN and CHANG W. LEE As the birthrate plummets in South Korea, rural schools are emptying. To fill its classrooms, one school opened its doors to women who have for decades dreamed of learning to read. [Belarus Building Site Yields the Bones of 1,214 Holocaust Victims]( [Belarus Building Site Yields the Bones of 1,214 Holocaust Victims]( By ANDREW HIGGINS Activists, who say the city knew about the mass grave for slaughtered Jews, ask why a permit was issued. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( [] U.S. [One Dead in Synagogue Shooting Near San Diego; Officials Call It Hate Crime]( [One Dead in Synagogue Shooting Near San Diego; Officials Call It Hate Crime]( By JENNIFER MEDINA, CHRISTOPHER MELE and HEATHER MURPHY The authorities confirmed that one person was killed and three injured in the shooting, which happened at a synagogue in Poway, Calif., on the last day of Passover. [‘Getting Worse, Not Better’: Illegal Pot Market Booming in California Despite Legalization]( [‘Getting Worse, Not Better’: Illegal Pot Market Booming in California Despite Legalization]( By THOMAS FULLER California has a massive oversupply of illicit marijuana. It’s undermining licensed shops and threatening the state’s giant legalization experiment. [Crane Collapse in Seattle Kills 4, Officials Say]( [Crane Collapse in Seattle Kills 4, Officials Say]( By JULIE WEED and MIHIR ZAVERI The crane fell off a building about six stories high and onto the street below, the authorities said, crushing six vehicles. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Even Away From Correspondents’ Dinner, Trump Makes Sure to Have His Say]( [Even Away From Correspondents’ Dinner, Trump Makes Sure to Have His Say]( By KATIE ROGERS Thinly veiled rebukes of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was a running theme of a campaign rally in Wisconsin, where the president also zeroed in on policy. [N.R.A. President to Step Down as New York Attorney General Investigates]( [N.R.A. President to Step Down as New York Attorney General Investigates]( By DANNY HAKIM Oliver L. North announced that he would not serve a second term as the N.R.A. deals with bitter infighting and a new inquiry into its tax-exempt status. [Bernie Sanders Opens Space for Debate on Voting Rights for Incarcerated People]( [Bernie Sanders Opens Space for Debate on Voting Rights for Incarcerated People]( By SYDNEY EMBER and MATT STEVENS Mr. Sanders staked out a bold position on voting rights, touching off the latest policy debate of the Democratic presidential primary. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Business [Women Did Everything Right. Then Work Got ‘Greedy.’]( [Women Did Everything Right. Then Work Got ‘Greedy.’]( By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER How America’s obsession with long hours has widened the gender gap. [Cannabis, Marijuana, Weed, Pot? Just Call It a Job Machine]( [Cannabis, Marijuana, Weed, Pot? Just Call It a Job Machine]( By CONOR DOUGHERTY As legalization spreads, listings for cannabis-related positions on recruitment sites have soared. But working in the industry comes with caveats. [Jonny Sun’s Work Diary: Correct Spellign Optoinal, Creativity Mandatory]( Like a Boss [Jonny Sun’s Work Diary: Correct Spellign Optoinal, Creativity Mandatory]( By LEIGH-ANN JACKSON The author-illustrator behind ‘everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too’ is writing for TV and film, plus pursuing a Ph.D. at M.I.T. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Sports [An Amputee’s Toughest Challenge Yet: Her 140-Mile Run in the Desert]( [An Amputee’s Toughest Challenge Yet: Her 140-Mile Run in the Desert]( By JERÉ LONGMAN For Amy Palmiero-Winters’s latest ultramarathon venture, the treacherous Marathon des Sables, her 13-year-old daughter wrote a note: “Good luck. I love you. Don’t die.” [Virginia Men’s Basketball Will Not Go to the White House]( [Virginia Men’s Basketball Will Not Go to the White House]( By MARC TRACY and ALAN BLINDER A trip to the White House from a team based in Charlottesville would have been fraught, regardless of the head coach citing scheduling conflicts. [Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Quandary of Promoting Young Stars]( Extra Bases [Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Quandary of Promoting Young Stars]( By TYLER KEPNER Is it worth starting the season with star prospects despite losing a year of club control over them? The Mets and the Padres decided it was. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [How These Black Playwrights Are Challenging American Theater]( [How These Black Playwrights Are Challenging American Theater]( By MICHAEL PAULSON and NICOLE HERRINGTON Jackie Sibblies Drury, Jeremy O. Harris, Antoinette Nwandu and Jordan E. Cooper, on influences, gatekeepers and helping “the young black theater nerd find work that looks like them.” [A Century Late, a Giant of Early Cinema Gets Her Closeup]( [A Century Late, a Giant of Early Cinema Gets Her Closeup]( By ELIZABETH WEITZMAN Credited regularly as the first female filmmaker, Alice Guy Blaché had virtually vanished from film history. A new documentary may help change that. [A Step Into the Unknown, With Virtual Reality]( [A Step Into the Unknown, With Virtual Reality]( By JOSIE THADDEUS-JOHNS Daniel Birnbaum bet on VR when he left a prestigious museum to join a start-up. Is he a savvy pioneer or an evangelist for dead-end technology? For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Her ‘Prince Charming’ Turned Out to Be a Crazed Hit Man on the Run]( [Her ‘Prince Charming’ Turned Out to Be a Crazed Hit Man on the Run]( By MICHAEL WILSON Blanche Wright was 20 when she met the love of her life. He was actually a contract killer who led her on a murder spree. And she took the fall. [Will Selfies Save the Flower District?]( [Will Selfies Save the Flower District?]( By ALYSON KRUEGER Trendy hotels and boutiques have cropped up recently, resulting in higher rents, but also more foot traffic. [How Daniel Martin, Meghan Markle’s Makeup Artist, Spends His Sundays]( [How Daniel Martin, Meghan Markle’s Makeup Artist, Spends His Sundays]( By RACHEL FELDER The Greenpoint resident shops for Korean cosmetics in Chinatown, maybe gets a facial, and alongside his husband, balances watching MSNBC with “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Magazine [The Company That Sells Love to America Had a Dark Secret]( Feature [The Company That Sells Love to America Had a Dark Secret]( By TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER For thousands of women, working at the nation’s largest jewelry retailer meant unequal pay, harassment or worse. [Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats]( Feature [Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats]( By JESSICA CAMILLE AGUIRRE Feral felines are driving the country’s native species to extinction. Now a massive culling is underway to preserve what’s left of the wild. [Rom-Coms Were Corny and Retrograde. Why Do I Miss Them so Much?]( Feature [Rom-Coms Were Corny and Retrograde. Why Do I Miss Them so Much?]( By WESLEY MORRIS They were the movies most interested in how ordinary people connect. And they’re essentially gone. For more magazine news, go to [NYTimes.com/Magazine »]( [] Travel [Chasing Rembrandt’s Tulips on Two Wheels]( [Chasing Rembrandt’s Tulips on Two Wheels]( By SUSANNE MASTERS On a bike you can immerse yourself in the sights and smells of a world of blooms in the gardens and fields near the Dutch city of Leiden. [36 Hours in Kobe, Japan]( [36 Hours in Kobe, Japan]( By INGRID K. WILLIAMS There’s more to this sunny port city than beef. Jazz, for one thing; an urban waterfall, for another. [A New Museum Explores 2,000 Years of Jewish Life in Italy]( [A New Museum Explores 2,000 Years of Jewish Life in Italy]( By HARRY D. WALL The new Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah in Ferrara explores the long and complex relationship between Christianity and Judaism. For more travel news, go to [NYTimes.com/Travel »]( [] Real Estate [Living on the Water]( [Living on the Water]( By ALYSON KRUEGER Houseboats can be a more affordable way to live near a city center. [I’m Done Mowing My Lawn]( Right at Home [I’m Done Mowing My Lawn]( By RONDA KAYSEN A manicured swath of grass may be the ultimate symbol of suburbia, but perhaps it shouldn’t be. [The Best Cities, Ranked by Age Group]( Calculator [The Best Cities, Ranked by Age Group]( By MICHAEL KOLOMATSKY Finding the right fit based on your phase of life. For more real estate news, go to [NYTimes.com/RealEstate »]( [] Fashion & Style [The Raisin Situation]( [The Raisin Situation]( By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH One man wanted to change the raisin industry for the better. He got more than he bargained for. [We Live in Packs]( [We Live in Packs]( By BLAKE MONTGOMERY In San Francisco, the dogs are very out. [Becoming a Woman Before Their Eyes]( The Look [Becoming a Woman Before Their Eyes]( By MARISA CHAFETZ, JACLYN PEISER and EVE LYONS The American bat mitzvah has never been more widely broadcast than in 2019. For more fashion news, go to [NYTimes.com/Fashion »]( [] Obituaries [Ira Neimark, Bergdorf Executive Who Put Fashion First, Dies at 97]( [Ira Neimark, Bergdorf Executive Who Put Fashion First, Dies at 97]( By MICHAEL CORKERY As president, Mr. Neimark helped transform what had been seen as a safe, dull and expensive store into an avatar of luxurious shopping. [Michael Koskoff, Fierce Litigator in Momentous Fights, Dies at 77]( [Michael Koskoff, Fierce Litigator in Momentous Fights, Dies at 77]( By SAM ROBERTS He sued hospitals for malpractice, helped integrate police and fire departments and sought to hold gunmakers liable in the Sandy Hook massacre. For more Obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial [California Has a Housing Crisis. The Answer Is More Housing.]( [California Has a Housing Crisis. The Answer Is More Housing.]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD A bill clearing the way for more urban development in the state would help address affordable housing and climate change. [ICE Tried to Deport an Immigration Activist. That May Have Been Unconstitutional.]( [ICE Tried to Deport an Immigration Activist. That May Have Been Unconstitutional.]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD An appeals court has ruled that the Constitution bars the government from targeting immigrants like Ravi Ragbir for their advocacy. 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