Today's Headlines: Trump, on YouTube, Pledges to Create Jobs

[Judges Find Wisconsin Redistricting Unfairly Favored Republicans] | View in [Browser] | Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. | [Unsubscribe] [The New York Times] [Most Popular] | [Video] | [Today's Headlines] Tuesday, November 22, 2016 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [U.S.] | [Politics] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [Arts] | [N.Y./Region] | [Science] | [Today's Video] | [Obituaries] | [Editorials] | [Op-Ed] | [On This Day] | [CUSTOMIZE »] [Get The Times for as low as 99¢.] Top News [Trump, on YouTube, Pledges to Create Jobs] By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Reading from a script in an update on the transition, the president-elect struck a softer tone, avoiding topics like terrorism and immigration. [Election Day voting in Altoona, Wis. A panel of judges found the state's 2011 remapping to be unconstitutional.] [Judges Find Wisconsin Redistricting Unfairly Favored Republicans] By MICHAEL WINES A federal panel called the 2011 redrawing of Wisconsin Assembly districts an unconstitutional gerrymander, ruling in a case that could go to the Supreme Court. [After three women who finished ahead of her were disqualified for doping at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the American high jumper Chaunté Lowe, above, moved up to third place.] [Olympics History Rewritten: New Doping Tests Topple the Podium] By REBECCA R. RUIZ Officials retesting urine samples have found scores of violations from the 2008 and 2012 Games, and medals are being stripped from dozens of athletes. 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. [ADVERTISEMENT] Editors' Picks [The 18 mirrors that make up the heart of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, at the Goddard Space Flight Center.] SCIENCE | Out There [Telescope That 'Ate Astronomy' Is on Track to Surpass Hubble] By DENNIS OVERBYE After 20 years, the James Webb Space Telescope is now on schedule for a 2018 launch. [A civil rights demonstrator being attacked by a police dog in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963.] OPINION | Fixes [The Art of the Protest] By TINA ROSENBERG If Americans hate the direction their next president takes, they have the right to demonstrate peacefully. Here's how protesting has succeeded. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "It's sad to say, but a lot of times when you go to these competitions, you're like: Just get close enough to top three because you never know who's going to test positive." [CHAUNTÉ LOWE], an American high jumper, who finished sixth at the 2008 Summer Olympics but last week was awarded the bronze medal when three athletes ahead of her were disqualified after testing positive for drugs. World [Pope Francis closed the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sunday, formally ending the yearlong Jubilee of Mercy.] [Pope Francis Extends Priests' Ability to Forgive Abortion] By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and LIAM STACK He made permanent a policy announced last year that allows priests worldwide to grant absolution for an act that the Roman Catholic Church considers a sin. [Protesters rallied in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday to call for President Park Geun-hye to step down.] [Gender Colors Outrage Over Scandal Involving South Korea's President] By CHOE SANG-HUN President Park Geun-hye's problems have left many South Korean women infuriated and fearful that their patriarchal country will become even more skeptical of female leadership. [Damascus Diary: A Syrian City Filled With Life, and Hints of Brutal Death] By ANNE BARNARD A visit to the Syrian capital, relatively undamaged by the country's civil war and outwardly bustling, reveals how war has wounded and warped the city. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »] ADVERTISEMENT U.S. [CannaCraft employees at a greenhouse in Santa Rosa, Calif. CannaCraft produces medical marijuana products, which have been legal in the state for two decades.] [Medical Marijuana Is Legal in California. Except When It's Not.] By THOMAS FULLER A Santa Rosa medical marijuana company says it came out into the open and tried to follow the rules - only to be raided by local and federal police officers. [A MRI scan of the brain of a 64-year-old patient, showing evidence of Alzheimer's disease.] [U.S. Dementia Rates Are Dropping Even as Population Ages] By GINA KOLATA Despite fears that dementia rates were going to explode as the population grows older, a large study of Americans has found the opposite. [The police investigated after an officer was shot on Sunday in St. Louis in what the city's police chief called an ] [Slain San Antonio Detective Was Targeted, Police Chief Says] By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Benjamin Marconi was apparently killed just for being on the force, the chief said. He was one of four officers shot nationwide over the weekend. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »] ADVERTISEMENT Politics [Trump Tower in Manhattan, where the Bank of China is a tenant.] [Donald Trump's Business Dealings Test a Constitutional Limit] By ADAM LIPTAK If Mr. Trump continues, once inaugurated, to profit from transactions with companies controlled by foreign governments, he may run afoul of the Emoluments Clause. [James N. Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, at a Senate hearing in March 2013.] [Trump's Focus on Generals for Top Jobs Stirs Worries Over Military's Sway] By MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER Turning to retired officers worries national security experts and even other retired generals, who say that it could lead to an undue emphasis on military force in foreign policy. [Seventh-grade students taking part in a trial run of a state assessment test on laptops at Annapolis Middle School in Maryland in February 2015.] [Where Donald Trump Stands on School Choice, Student Debt and Common Core] By STEPHANIE SAUL The president-elect has sent mixed signals on education policy, but here is an overview of what schools and universities might expect from his administration. PODCAST [A Political Guide You Can Trust] The election is over. But the story has just begun. Michael Barbaro, a veteran political reporter, hosts The Run-Up, a weekly podcast that makes sense of American politics and government. [Available on iTunes]. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »] Business [A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, when market indexes soared to new highs. Investors are retreating from government bond funds.] [Investors Make Bullish Bet on Trump, and an Era of Tax Cuts and Spending] By LANDON THOMAS Jr. The current wave of enthusiasm recalls the early days of Ronald Reagan after his election in 1980. [Comet Ping Pong.] [Fact Check: This Pizzeria Is Not a Child-Trafficking Site] By CECILIA KANG A Washington restaurant is reeling from menacing calls and online abuse after a fake story: That Hillary Clinton abuses children there. [As the demand for legal services remains sluggish, law firms are downsizing, moving to smaller quarters and shrinking the number of well-paid partners.] [Law Firms, Struggling Financially, Cull Partner Ranks] By ELIZABETH OLSON The latest to publicly weigh such a step is Shearman & Sterling, which indicated that it would reshape its structure, primarily through demotions. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »] Technology [Protecting Your Digital Life in 7 Easy Steps] By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH Here are some basic actions for making your personal data more difficult for attackers to access. [A screenshot showing Instagram's live video feature.] [Instagram Introduces New Features That Mimic Twitter and Snap Tools] By MIKE ISAAC The photo-sharing social network, which is owned by Facebook, is offering users the ability to share live videos and ephemeral messages. [West Nile virus is spread by Culex mosquitoes. ] Global Health [Telling Mosquitoes Apart With a Cellphone] By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Calling their project "Shazam for Mosquitoes," Stanford students showed that common mobile phones could distinguish the hums of beating wings, which could prove useful in fighting diseases. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »] Sports [Jurgen Klinsmann's legacy with the United States men's national soccer team will include the integration of young talent but also his eager recruitment of players from Germany and other countries who were eligible because of their American lineage.] [Jurgen Klinsmann Fired as U.S. Soccer Coach] By SAM BORDEN Mounting criticism and recent defeats in World Cup qualifying, including a 4-0 thrashing at Costa Rica last week, led U.S. Soccer to change course. [Young soccer players trained at Sporting Lisbon's productive youth academy in Alcochete, Portugal.] ['Made in Sporting': Lisbon Club's Youth Academy Sets It Apart] By RORY SMITH The story of how Cristiano Ronaldo made it to Sporting Lisbon is a case study in how to recruit and develop players. [Melvin Mora in 2008. In 2001, he and his wife, Gisel, became the parents of quintuplets. They flanked him at Camden Yards when he threw out a first pitch in 2014.] On Baseball [Stars to Remember, Even if First Time on Hall of Fame Ballot Is Their Last] By TYLER KEPNER Most will never be enshrined in Cooperstown, but all 19 of this year's first-time candidates made an impression on the baseball landscape. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »] Arts [Dale Boon from Tyler, Tex., using the Explorer app at the American Museum of Natural History.] [Find the Whale and the Bathroom With the Natural History Museum App] By JOSEPH BERGER This free app, Explorer, offers facts, videos and teaching tools for some 70 of the most compelling items on display. [Holley Fain as a 1958 bride with a confession to make in this Nicky Silver play. ] [Review: 'This Day Forward,' a Weird Wedding Night and What Comes After] By BEN BRANTLEY At the Vineyard Theater, Nicky Silver shows a pair of newlyweds, their damaged gay son almost a half-century later and growing empathy for mothers. [The PT 305, a restored World War II vessel, moves through the warehouse district of New Orleans.] [New Victory for World War II PT Boat: Restored and Museum-Ready] By PATRICK McGEEHAN A painstaking effort is turning the vessel into an interactive exhibit at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »] New York [Travelers were evacuated from Kennedy International Airport in August after false reports of shots being fired near Terminal 8 led to a wave of panic.] [Lack of Protocol Added to Chaos During J.F.K. Scare, Inquiry Finds] By MARC SANTORA A task force that reviewed false reports of shots being fired at the airport in August said poor communication and blurred lines of authority contributed to a wave of panic. [Jonathan Holloway became the dean of Yale College in July of 2014. ] [Yale Dean at Center of Protests Is Leaving for Northwestern] By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS Jonathan Holloway, the first black dean of Yale College, was uniquely situated to face students' concerns of a racially charged atmosphere on campus. [Twenty-four red cars travel along the track, which meanders horizontally and vertically and twists and turns over 950 feet.] [Below Bryant Park, a Bunker and a Train Line, Just for Books] By COREY KILGANNON The New York Public Library's "book train" at the main branch in Midtown serves the new underground stacks, which library officials call one of the most sophisticated book archives in the world. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »] Science [David Kaiser, is a fifth-generation Rockefeller and the head of a family fund fighting Exxon Mobil.] [Exxon Mobil Accuses the Rockefellers of a Climate Conspiracy] By JOHN SCHWARTZ The company, accused of scheming to deny the threat of climate change, has directed its fiercest return fire against the descendants of the company's founder. [How Exercise Might Keep Depression at Bay] By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Three new studies involving more than a million men and women strongly suggest that regular exercise makes us resistant to despair. [Kim Myers, 53, in the stable at her home in Wesson, Miss. Even after her two Essure implants were surgically removed, her sharp pains didn't subside until she had a hysterectomy.] [Bayer's Essure Contraceptive Implant, Now With a Warning] By RONI CARYN RABIN The Food and Drug Administration has ordered a so-called black box warning on the package regarding the potentially painful side effects for women. For more science news, go to [NYTimes.com/Science »] Obituaries [William Trevor in 1993.] [William Trevor, Writer Who Evoked the Struggles of Ordinary Life, Is Dead at 88] By WILLIAM GRIMES Irish by birth and upbringing but a longtime resident of Britain, Mr. Trevor focused his mournful, darkly funny short stories and novels on "the sadness of fate." [Leon G. Billings addressing an environmental law class at the University of Montana in April.] [Leon G. Billings, Architect of Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, Dies at 78] By SAM ROBERTS Mr. Billings was the first staff director of the Senate environment subcommittee and an alter ego of Senator Edmund S. Muskie, Democrat of Maine. [John Denver, left, and Milt Okun.] [Milt Okun, Who Turned John Denver Into a Pop Star, Dies at 92] By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK A music producer and arranger who founded Cherry Lane Music Publishing, Mr. Okun also worked with Peter, Paul and Mary, Plácido Domingo and Harry Belafonte. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »] Editorial Editorial [Donald Trump Rages, at the Wrong Target] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Mr. Trump should speak up against dangerous white nationalists instead of admonishing the cast of "Hamilton." [A family outside a market destroyed by fire, in a Rohingya village in Myanmar, in October.] Editorial [Myanmar's War on the Rohingya] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD To preserve her reputation as a human rights champion, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi needs to allow an impartial investigation into the violence. Editorial Notebook [Chuck Tingle's Internet Magic] By ANNA NORTH An enigmatic voice for diversity finds fans on social media. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] Op-Ed Op-Ed Contributors [Don't Retreat into Fortress America] By WILLIAM S. COHEN and GARY HART Farsighted leaders put America in a position to lead the world for decades. Will Donald Trump cede that responsibility to Moscow, Beijing or Tehran? [Jeff Sessions in court as Alabama's attorney general in the mid-1990's.] Op-Ed Contributor [Jeff Sessions' Other Civil Rights Problem] By THOMAS J. SUGRUE How he fought to preserve Alabama's long history of separate and unequal education. Room for Debate [Should the President Be Able to Block You on Twitter?] One way of avoiding offensive people on Twitter is to block them from following you. Should a president be able to do that? For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] ON THIS DAY On Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. The suspected gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States. [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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