European Morning: Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election Hacking

View in [Browser] Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. [Unsubscribe] [The New York Times] [NYT Apps] | [[The New York Times] Today's Headlines] Friday, December 30, 2016 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [U.S. News] | [Opinion] Top News [The Glen Cove, N.Y., estate that was previously occupied by Russian diplomats.] [Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election Hacking] By DAVID E. SANGER The Obama administration said it was tossing out 35 intelligence operatives and imposing sanctions on Russian intelligence services and officers. [An internet security firm in Moscow. While much about Russia's cyberwarfare program is shrouded in secrecy, details of the government's effort to recruit programmers in the months before the American presidential election shed light on the Kremlin's plan to create teams of computer hackers.] [How Russia Recruited Elite Hackers for Its Cyberwar] By ANDREW E. KRAMER The government scouted a wide range of civilian programmers in recent years, even criminals, while expanding its cyberwarfare abilities. [Palestinian workers at a construction site in the Israeli settlement of Efrat, in the occupied West Bank, on Thursday.] [In 'Red' and 'Blue' Israel, Separate Lives and Divergent Narratives] By PETER BAKER The reactions to international criticism of Israeli settlements made clear that Israelis are just as polarized as Americans. For more top news, go to [INYT.com] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks ARTS [A New Year, and New Duds, for the Vienna Philharmonic] By MICHAEL COOPER The storied orchestra was among the last to sport different suits for daytime and evening concerts. No more. [Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday.] OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [Why Netanyahu Will Miss Obama] By PHILIP GORDON Having ardent U.S. support could upset the Israeli prime minister's political calculus. World [Germans Release Tunisian Held a Day Earlier as Possible Berlin Accomplice] By ALISON SMALE Further investigation showed the 40-year-old had not been in contact with the man who drove a truck into a Christmas fair, killing 12, the authorities said. [Engine parts and a piece of the landing gear from the Tupolev 154 military plane that crashed into the Black Sea, in an image released on Thursday by the Russian Emergency Services Ministry.] [Russia Finds No Signs of Explosion in Black Sea Plane Crash] By IVAN NECHEPURENKO While the authorities stressed that they considered a terrorist attack unlikely, they made clear on Thursday that they were leaving open the possibility. [Willem Holleeder, right, and Cor van Hout, in Amsterdam in 1987 before the start of their trial for the kidnapping of the beer tycoon Alfred Heineken.] [A Brother's Crimes and a Sister's Betrayal Make 'Judas' a Dutch Best Seller] By NINA SIEGAL The Dutch author Astrid Holleeder, who will soon testify against her brother Willem in court, describes in chilling detail the mafia-style hold he had on others. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World] Business [A recalled Takata airbag inflator after being removed from a Honda Pilot at a Miami dealership in 2015. Faulty inflators have caused Takata airbags to explode, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 180 in the United States.] [Takata Said to Be Close to Deal With U.S. Over Deadly Airbags] By HIROKO TABUCHI and BEN PROTESS The airbag maker is nearing a settlement with prosecutors over airbags that have been linked to deaths and injuries, according to two people briefed on the matter. [Beijing Capital International Airport had major flight delays on Dec. 20 during a pollution alert. Several Chinese airports rank poorly for on-time departures.] [China Builds Out the Air as Frustrations Mount Below] By EMILY FENG A new $12 billion Beijing airport is the country's latest attempt to unclog its crowded airways - and aid its slowing economy to boot. [A prototype of the three-wheeled, gasoline-powered vehicle that Elio Motors wants to build. The company's founder says it would get 84 miles per gallon and have a $7,300 starting price.] Wheels [Would-Be Carmakers Tap the Wisdom, and Dollars, of Crowds] By ERIC A. TAUB Start-up vehicle companies, often using quirky designs, are turning to crowdfunding to finance their challenges to the established automakers. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business] ADVERTISEMENT Sports [The Stanford team will face North Carolina in the Sun Bowl on Friday.] [A Majority Agreed She Was Raped by a Stanford Football Player. That Wasn't Enough.] By JOE DRAPE and MARC TRACY Stanford has an uncommonly high bar for sexual assault cases, so the player was never punished despite two panels ruling in favor of the accuser. [Ronda Rousey in 2015. She is returning to the Octagon for her first fight since she lost her Ultimate Fighting Championship title 13 months ago.] [Ronda Rousey Is Returning to the U.F.C. Cage. Can She Dominate Again?] By VICTOR MATHER Rousey lost her title 13 months ago, but she is fighting the champion Friday in her first bout since that stunning loss in Australia. [Serena Williams Engaged to Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian] By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH The tennis star announced the news with a poem and an illustration on the website's popular engagement subreddit. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports] U.S. News [Leland Grass, a Navajo horse trainer, looking out at the Kayenta mine in Arizona. He called Peabody's dig, in which it uncovered Indian artifacts 50 years ago, a ] [Peabody Energy and Native Americans in Dispute Over Mining in Arizona] By LESLIE MACMILLAN Navajo and Hopi leaders support the coal company, whose mine has provided jobs on reservations, but other tribe members say an expansion would destroy burial grounds. [Debbie Reynolds in 1964.] An Appraisal [The Unsinkable Debbie Reynolds] By WESLEY MORRIS Recalling a singular Hollywood star and an era we won't see again. [Matthew Sabato and Pedro Silva got married at the marriage bureau of the city clerk's office in New York this month.] [Is the Recent Spike in Marriages a Trump Bump?] By EMILY S. RUEB There is no data explaining why couples are suddenly marrying at a faster pace, but fear of an immigration crackdown is clearly a factor for some. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US] Opinion [President Obama and President Putin in 2015.] Editorial [President Obama Punishes Russia, at Last] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD No, Mr. Trump, Americans are not going to forget about Russian hacking. Op-Ed Contributor [London Rolls Out the Blood-Red Carpet for Kleptocrats] By BEN JUDAH Britain has allowed its capital to become a playground for oligarchs and their ill-gotten gains. Only a Magnitsky law can quell the corruption. Op-Ed | Richard A. Friedman [What a Sensory Isolation Tank Taught Me About My Brain] By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN In a way, sensory deprivation hilariously underscored the primacy of my body. 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