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Top News
[Trump Tower in the Makati City district of Manila is being developed by Donald J. Trump's business partner Jose E.B. Antonio, who has just been named the Philippines' special trade envoy to the United States.] [Potential Conflicts Around the Globe for Trump, the Businessman President]
By RICHARD C. PADDOCK, ERIC LIPTON, ELLEN BARRY, ROD NORDLAND, DANNY HAKIM and SIMON ROMERO
In many of the president-elect's international development ventures, his business partners have close ties to foreign governments.
[Rafaela Vargas and her husband, Mario Vilasuso, mourned the death of Fidel Castro in Havana on Saturday.] [In Havana, Castro's Death Lays Bare a Generation Gap]
By DAMIEN CAVE and HANNAH BERKELEY COHEN
In hearing about Fidel Castro's death, many older Cubans went into mourning, but younger people were generally indifferent.
[Soft drinks at a market in San Francisco, which was among the cities that adopted soda taxes.] [As Soda Taxes Gain Wider Acceptance, Your Bottle May Be Next]
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR and MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
Following successful measures on Election Day, advocates believe more cities will consider them, not just to fight obesity, but also to bring in more money.
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Editors' Picks
[Martin Scorsese]
MAGAZINE | Feature
[The Passion of Martin Scorsese]
By PAUL ELIE
In his new film, "Silence," he returns to a subject that has animated his entire life's work and that also sparked his career's greatest controversy: the nature of faith.
[Janay Manning at the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center in Tulsa, Okla.]
OPINION | Op-Ed Columnist
[Mothers in Prison]
By NICHOLAS KRISTOF
"Prison got me sober, but it didn't get me anywhere."
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"There was such sadness to think of all the people, and what everyone went through, and the people who aren't here today to celebrate and witness this."
[VIVIAN GARCIA-MONTES CASTELLA], 75, of Miami, who left Havana at 19 and wept at learning of Fidel Castro's death.
Today's Videos
[[Video] Video: My Three Days With Fidel]
Richard Eder, a former New York Times foreign correspondent, recalls interviewing the Cuban leader.
[The Global Left Mourns Castro]
On Saturday, left-leaning politicians across the world remembered Fidel Castro and citizens paid tribute to one of the revolutionary icons of the 20th century.
World
[Bombed-out homes in Sana, the capital of Yemen. A Saudi-led coalition has been bombing Yemen to try to oust the Houthis, a rebel group aligned with Iran that seized the capital in 2014.] [Plight of Houthi Rebels Is Clear in Visit to Yemen's Capital]
By BEN HUBBARD
After seizing Sana in 2014, a formerly provincial movement faces bombardment by a Saudi-led coalition, struggles in governing and no clear endgame.
[An enormous crowd assembled in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday to demand the resignation of the nation's embattled president, Park Geun-hye.] [Protest Against South Korean President Estimated to Be Largest Yet]
By CHOE SANG-HUN
Hundreds of thousands of people in central Seoul denounced President Park Geun-hye, who faces the possibility of impeachment within weeks over an influence-peddling scandal.
[Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic of Montenegro last month. He said his government had foiled a coup attempt orchestrated by Russians.] [Finger Pointed at Russians in Alleged Coup Plot in Montenegro]
By ANDREW HIGGINS
A detained mercenary is slowly spilling his guts on what he says were efforts to sow mayhem in the Balkans and undermine NATO.
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U.S.
[People celebrating the death of Fidel Castro in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami on Saturday.] [Miami's Cuban Exiles Celebrate Castro's Death]
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
For many Cuban-Americans, still bitter over the revolution that tore their families from their homes, it was a celebration long in coming.
[President Obama's effort to reduce carbon emissions by coal-burning power plants could be undone when President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office in January.] [Trump Has Options for Undoing Obama's Climate Legacy]
By HENRY FOUNTAIN and ERICA GOODE
A little-known office under the control of the White House can keep some environmental regulations from taking effect, and the president can reverse rules not yet completed.
[Protesters on Turtle Island near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota on Thursday.] [Officials to Close Standing Rock Protest Campsite]
By CHRISTOPHER MELE
Officials say the decision to close the site was made in the interest of public safety. Protesters will be allowed in a "free speech zone."
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Politics
[Senators John McCain, left, and Lindsey Graham could slow President-elect Donald J. Trump's legislative agenda in Congress.]
On Washington
[Trump's Next Battle: Keeping These Republican Senators Happy]
By CARL HULSE
Lindsey Graham. John McCain. Jeff Flake. They are just a few of the lawmakers the president-elect may sometimes find himself having to win over.
[Foster Campbell, the Louisiana public service commissioner, in New Orleans earlier this month. After placing second in a nonpartisan primary on Nov. 8, he faces a runoff Dec. 10.] [For Democrats, a Last Faint Hope to Gain a Senate Seat]
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
Foster Campbell, a Democrat, is not expected to beat Republican John N. Kennedy in Louisiana, but that hasn't stopped Democrats from around the country from one final push.
[Voters waited to cast their ballots in Milwaukee earlier this month.] [Hillary Clinton's Team to Join Wisconsin Recount Pushed by Jill Stein]
By DAVID E. SANGER
The campaign also said it would participate in potential recounts in Pennsylvania and Michigan, though it saw no "actionable evidence" of vote hacking.
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].
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Business
[Marty Jacobs, the head operator of Lock and Dam No. 52 on the Ohio River near Brookport, Ill., passing between the maneuver boat and the dam's 600-foot chamber.] [Choke Point of a Nation: The High Cost of an Aging River Lock]
By TYLER J. KELLEY
A symbol of America's ailing infrastructure, Lock No. 52 on the Ohio River is responsible for a shipping bottleneck that hobbles commerce far and wide.
[Black truffles at La Toque restaurant in Napa, Calif. The owner, Ken Frank, who buys truffles from Australia, backs efforts to grow them in Napa.] [Has a Start-Up Found the Secret to Farming the Elusive Truffle?]
By JIM ROBBINS
The American Truffle Company has a new technique that it says can expand the range of the Perigord truffle in North America, but success is proving costly.
Fair Game
['My Soul Feels Taller': A Whistle-Blower's $20 Million Vindication]
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
A jury sided with Patricia Williams, whose suit against Wyndham Vacation Ownership described time-share sales tactics that were particularly harmful to older buyers.
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Sports
[Fans were able to watch through a wall as FK Trepca, a Kosovar Serb team from the city of Mitrovica, played last month. FK Trepca and KF Trepca share a history and team colors but are divided along ethnic lines.] [One City. Two Soccer Clubs Split by War.]
By JAMES MONTAGUE
Depending whom you ask, either KF Trepca or FK Trepca is the rightful owner of the decades of soccer history that came before war tore apart the former Yugoslavia.
[Five Years After Scandal, Jim Tressel Is Still a Buckeye]
By MARC TRACY
Now in his third year as president of Youngstown State University, the former coach reflects on his time at Ohio State.
[Robby Anderson, right, was not selected in the N.F.L. draft out of Temple but has started six games for the Jets in his rookie season, catching 22 passes for 270 yards.] [After Stops and Starts in College, a Rookie Receiver Latches on With the Jets]
By DAVE CALDWELL
Robby Anderson temporarily quit Temple's football team and later was ruled academically ineligible. But he has thrived in the N.F.L. as an undrafted rookie.
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Arts
[Lara Croft in 1996, the year she set off on her first Tomb Raider adventure.] [Girl Power? For Lara Croft, It's a Complicated Legacy]
By GREGORY SCHMIDT
She remains a polarizing figure among gamers, a paradox regarded as either a digital pinup girl or a feminist role model - or sometimes both.
[Robert Battle is artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, whose new season at City Center starts Nov. 30.] [Alvin Ailey's Robert Battle on His First Real Dance Shoes]
By ROBERT BATTLE
Mr. Battle, the artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, recalls his childhood in Miami and the works that inspired him.
[Peter Sellars in Hamburg, Germany, in April. He calls Trump Tower, used as an opera setting, ] [Remember When 'Figaro' Was Set in Trump Tower?]
By MICHAEL COOPER
Peter Sellars on his Reagan-era staging of "Le Nozze di Figaro" (1988), why he chose the setting, and what Mozart was saying about money, class and power.
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Metropolitan
[Robert M. Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney from 1975 until he retired at age 90 in 2009, in his law office in Midtown last month.] [Robert Morgenthau on His Years as District Attorney: 'I Don't Look Back']
By JOHN LELAND
Mr. Morgenthau, now 97, saw crime and the city change during his decades as a top prosecutor. As for any mistakes along the way, he says he doesn't revisit closed chapters.
[Metro Diner, at 100th Street and Broadway in Manhattan, opened in 1989.] [More Than Coffee: New York's Vanishing Diner Culture]
By GEORGE BLECHER
With the number of restaurants that call themselves diners and coffee shops dwindling in the city, a devotee wonders how New Yorkers will get along without these antidotes to urban loneliness.
[At LaGuardia Community College in Queens, from left, Milon Haque, Tasmin Tamanna and Islam Mohammad.]
Big City
[Trump's Election? Some Students Are Too Busy to Worry]
By GINIA BELLAFANTE
Donald J. Trump's victory may have paralyzed some elite campuses, but students at LaGuardia Community College in Queens remained focused on studies and jobs.
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Fashion & Style
[What Is the Color of Beauty?]
By HELENE COOPER
A multibillion-dollar industry of skin-whitening products dominates the West African beauty market, creating a world of mixed messages for the women who live there.
[Jeffrey Katzenberg is the former chief of DreamWorks Animation.]
Scene Stealers
[From Moguls to Mortals]
By BROOKS BARNES
After a fall from power in Hollywood, is there a path back?
[Täo Porchon-Lynch, 98, practicing yoga at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Hartsdale, NY.] [Oldest Living Yoga Celebrity Tells All]
By KATHERINE ROSMAN
"She said they helped elevate her consciousness," a photographer says of the high heels preferred by Täo Porchon-Lynch.
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Travel
36 Hours
[36 Hours in Delhi]
By JUSTIN BERGMAN
Explore the city's innumerable charms - ruin-studded gardens, a growing contemporary art scene, diverse regional cuisines.
[Shopping is the draw in the Sham Shui Po district, where the markets truly capture the essence of Hong Kong.]
Frugal Traveler
[In Hong Kong's Kowloon, the Markets Rule]
By LUCAS PETERSON
How to do wildly expensive Hong Kong on a budget? Focus on its less-touristy side.
[Splashing at Onekahakaha Beach Park, where lava rocks create a protected pool ideal for children.]
Frugal Family
[Looking for a Bargain Vacation? Don't Rule Out Hawaii]
By FREDA MOON
The writer, a self-confessed travel snob traveling with her husband and toddler, wondered what quality you could get in a packaged trip.
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Magazine
Feature
[Billionaires vs. the Press in the Era of Trump]
By EMILY BAZELON
A small group of superrich Americans - the president-elect among them - has laid the groundwork for an unprecedented legal assault on the media. Can they succeed?
First Words
[The Identity Politics of Whiteness]
By LAILA LALAMI
White Americans are starting, once again, to see themselves as a distinct identity group - and to wield power as one.
Feature
[Reince Priebus, Normalizer in Chief]
By MARK LEIBOVICH
As Trump's new chief of staff, the lifelong G.O.P. loyalist will have to guide an outsider president and his band of radicals through a city they've pledged to upend.
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Obituaries
[As coach of the Tennessee men's track and field team in 1974, Stan Huntsman was dunked after winning a national title.] [Stan Huntsman, Track and Field's Mentor and Passionate Defender, Dies at 84]
By FRANK LITSKY
Huntsman coached at the college level, led United States Olympic teams and fought financial reductions that threatened the very existence of the sport.
[Peggy Kirk Bell, left, then known as Peggy Kirk, in 1946 with Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Kirk Bell was renowned as a teacher.] [Peggy Kirk Bell, 95, Top Amateur Player and Gifted Teacher in Women's Golf, Dies]
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A player who won amateur championships in the 1940s and 50s and was considered one of the nation's best teachers.
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Editorial
Editorial
[Can Senate Democrats Save the Party?]
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
As the party seeks a unifying message, it also must decide how to best use its power in Congress.
[Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, arriving for a pre-trial hearing at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., in January.]
Editorial
[The Soldier Donald Trump Called a Traitor]
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The president-elect's campaign crusade against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl makes it unlikely that the former Taliban hostage can get a fair trial.
[Prototype of a handgun with a fingerprint reader built into the grip.]
Editorial
[Why Not Smart Guns in This High-Tech Era?]
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The technology exists to prevent children from firing guns, but under gun lobby pressure, the industry has not used it.
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Op-Ed
Op-Ed Columnist
[The Pretend Populism of Donald Trump]
By FRANK BRUNI
The "blue-collar billionaire" is looking plenty regal so far.
Opinion
[Why I Left White Nationalism]
By R. DEREK BLACK
I grew up in a family that embraced extreme views. I've moved on. The country can, too.
opinion
[Actually, Let's Not Be in the Moment]
By RUTH WHIPPMAN
Mindfulness is supposed to ease the stress of modern life, not add to it.
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Sunday Review
[Her game of thrones over, Cersei - as Kevin Dowd nicknamed Hillary Clinton - stood guard over the Dowd family Thanksgiving.]
Op-Ed Columnist
[Election Therapy From My Basket of Deplorables]
By MAUREEN DOWD
I had an unyielding week, scolded by Donald Trump at The Times and my conservative family at Thanksgiving.
[Donald J. Trump at a campaign event in Canton, Ohio, in September. He carried the state.]
News Analysis
[What Unions Got Wrong About Trump]
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Working-class whites delivered three Rust Belt states to the president-elect.
Opinion
[The Privileged Immigrant]
By SHANTHI SEKARAN
My Indian family's comfort is built on the work of other immigrants.
ON THIS DAY
On Nov. 27, 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who'd resigned.
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