Today's Headlines: Terrorist Attack at Nightclub in Istanbul Kills Dozens

[Trump Promises a Revelation on Hacking] | View in [Browser] | Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. | [Unsubscribe] [The New York Times] [Most Popular] | [Video] | [Today's Headlines] Sunday, January 1, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [U.S.] | [Politics] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [Arts] | [N.Y./Region] | [Magazine] | [Today's Video] | [Obituaries] | [Editorials] | [Op-Ed] | [On This Day] | [CUSTOMIZE »] [Get The Times for as low as 99¢.] Top News [Terrorist Attack at Nightclub in Istanbul Kills Dozens] By an EMPLOYEE of THE NEW YORK TIMES and CHRISTOPHER MELE The gunman was still at large after the mass shooting early Sunday in which dozens more were wounded, Turkish officials said. [President-elect Donald Trump talking to reporters as he and his wife Melania Trump arrive for a New Year's Eve celebration at the Mar-a-lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla.] [Trump Promises a Revelation on Hacking] By MAGGIE HABERMAN Mr. Trump said that he knew "things that other people don't know" and that the information would be revealed "on Tuesday or Wednesday." [President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia with President Obama in Hangzhou, China, in September.] [With Trump, Russia Goes From Thursday's Foe of U.S. to Friday's Friend] By NEIL MacFARQUHAR With Donald J. Trump making admiring remarks about Vladimir V. Putin, many Americans, accustomed to be suspicious of Russia, are confused and uneasy. 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. [Sign up »] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Dave Sanders for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.] WORLD [Lighting Up the Sky Across the Globe] Delight in fiery festivals of 2016 from around the world - in Vilafranca del Penedès in Spain, Lewes in England and Brooklyn, New York. OPINION | News Analysis [Feminism Lost. Now What?] By SUSAN CHIRA "It's amazing to me the lightning speed at which these issues have receded. The story is the total omission of women." QUOTATION OF THE DAY "I don't think that Putin has a plan. I think that he is stunned by the number of bonus points that he has gotten." [GLEB PAVLOVSKY], a political analyst and former media adviser to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, on Mr. Putin's relationship with President-elect Donald J. Trump. World [Members of the rap group CD REV, on the rooftop of a recording studio in Chengdu, China. The group has recorded music videos featuring songs about China's claims in the contested South China Sea and Mao Zedong's legacy.] [Propaganda With a Millennial Twist Pops Up in China] By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ President Xi Jinping wants the propaganda apparatus to modernize and target a key group that some in the Communist Party worry it may be losing. [Damaged by War, Syria's Cultural Sites Rise Anew in France] By MARLISE SIMONS More than 40,000 images taken from Palmyra are part of a Louvre-curated 3-D exhibition highlighting the threats of war against global heritage. [The Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly I. Churkin, voted Saturday in favor of a resolution encouraging the new cease-fire in Syria.] [U.N. Encourages, but Stops Short of Endorsing, Syria Cease-Fire] By BEN HUBBARD The cease-fire was announced by Russia on Thursday and is supposed to stop the fighting between forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and the rebels seeking his ouster. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »] ADVERTISEMENT U.S. [President-elect Donald J. Trump and President Obama meeting in the Oval Office after the election. Mr. Obama that day pledged a smooth transition.] [Obama's Last Days: Aiding Trump Transition, but Erecting Policy Roadblocks] By MICHAEL D. SHEAR With three weeks left in office, the president is using all his powers to cement his legacy and make undoing it that much harder for his successor. [The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has said that repealing the Affordable Care Act would be the first item on the agenda when the 115th Congress convenes on Tuesday.] [Job No. 1 for a New Congress? Undoing Obama's Health Law] By ROBERT PEAR Republicans plan to waste no time repealing the Affordable Care Act, a signature part of President Obama's legacy. [Kitty Dukakis and her husband, Michael, a former governor of Massachusetts, last month with a therapy support group at their home in Brookline, Mass.] [Kitty Dukakis, a Beneficiary of Electroshock Therapy, Emerges as Its Evangelist] By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE Mrs. Dukakis, a former first lady of Massachusetts, credits the treatment with saving her life, and she and her husband work to promote electroconvulsive therapy. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »] ADVERTISEMENT Business [The Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative has seized a Malibu mansion and a $500,000 Ferrari owned by a member of Equatorial Guinea's ruling family, the Obiangs. But a glove that Michael Jackson wore on tour, similar to this one, remains in the family's possession.] [Shielding Seized Assets From Corruption's Clutches] By LESLIE WAYNE An effort by the United States to seize assets from officials who stole their countries' wealth is now focused on returning the loot without enriching the looters. [Anshu Jain was a force behind Deutsche Bank's appetite for risk. The bank has agreed to pay $7.2 billion to settle a claim that it pushed toxic mortgages on investors.] [Deutsche Bank Flew and Fell. Some Paid a High Price.] By LANDON THOMAS Jr. With its rise as a trading powerhouse, Deutsche got mixed up in some of finance's riskier, and most penalized, gambits. [Martine Rothblatt, who founded Sirius Satellite Radio and a pharmaceuticals company, supports programs that introduce girls to technology and engineering, fields that include some of the country's top earners.] Inside Wealth [Why Aren't There More Female Billionaires?] By ROBERT FRANK A study shows that women are making inroads among the wealthy, but that their ranks at the very top of the earnings ladder are still remarkably thin. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »] Sports [The Cavaliers, led by LeBron James, gave Cleveland its first major sports championship since 1964 with a Game 7 win over the Warriors in the N.B.A. finals in June.] Essay [A Year That Can Never Be Taken From Cleveland] By JOHN HYDUK With an N.B.A. title for the Cavaliers and the Indians falling just short in the World Series, forgive a city that once lost the Browns and LeBron James for feeling buoyant. [Floyd Gross of Raider Nation South Los Angeles. Even though the team left Los Angeles after the 1994 season, it kept the support of the fans who appreciated its brash play and image.] [Los Angeles Has the Rams in Its Backyard, but the Raiders in Its Heart] By KEN BELSON Although the Raiders left for Oakland after the 1994 season, they retained a large Southern California following, which is enjoying the team's strong season. [Coolest Scene in Snowboarding? The Coast of Rhode Island] By MATT RUBY A group of resourceful snowboarders in powder-poor Rhode Island, who call themselves the Yawgoons, are the envy of their peers around the world. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »] Arts [Lee Daniels on the set of the Fox show, ] [With 'Star,' Lee Daniels Tries to Expand an Empire] By JOE COSCARELLI In his new TV series, Mr. Daniels hopes to tell a socially conscious story about a girl group that's different from his music-business melodrama "Empire." [Simon McBurney in ] [Inside the Actors' Dream Studio] By FINN COHEN Actors talk about when their onstage roles become entwined with their dream lives. [Raymond Pettibon in his Manhattan studio.] Studio Visit [Raymond Pettibon: Pictures, Literary Voices and Surfers, Too] By NANCY PRINCENTHAL Mr. Pettibon, whose drawings spin pop culture into anarchic creations, is the subject of a retrospective at the New Museum starting in February. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »] Metropolitan [A ferry departing the South Williamsburg Terminal.] [A Bad Year for New Yorkers. However ...] By GINIA BELLAFANTE Taking a moment to consider the reasons New Yorkers may feel less terrible about the year that was and what's ahead. [Workers completing construction of the 72nd Street station of the new Second Avenue subway this month.] [Second Avenue Subway's Arrival Brings Fear That Rents Will Soar] By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS Even as the city celebrates a line many doubted would ever open, longtime residents and shopkeepers worry that they're about to be priced out of their neighborhood. [Clockwise from top left: Ping Wong, 92, in Voorhees, N.J.; Ruth Willig, 93, in Brooklyn; Helen Moses, 92, with her daughter, Zoe Gussoff, in the Bronx; Jonas Mekas, 93, in Manhattan.] [At Year's End, Catching Up With New York's 'Oldest Old'] By JOHN LELAND The past 12 months were difficult for many. For these New Yorkers in their 90s, the days can be even tougher. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »] Fashion & Style [The Most Read Styles Stories of 2016] By THE NEW YORK TIMES Our readers couldn't resist these 10 articles. [The writer Susan Faludi, whose memoir, ] [My Father, the Shapeshifter] By PETER HALDEMAN In a book about her enigmatic father, Susan Faludi explores the very meaning of gender and identity. [John Ore has peppered the internet with essays about Drynuary. Here, he prepares for a month without alcohol at Tanner Smith's, a bar in Midtown.] Night Out [A Night of (Mostly) Not Drinking With a 'Drynuary' Expert] By KATIE ROGERS John Ore is a longtime subscriber to a January without booze. It's not quite as boring as it sounds. For more fashion news, go to [NYTimes.com/Fashion »] Travel [Tourism in Mexico City is booming. Among the many cultural attractions is the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo.] [My Mexico City Is Everyone's Now] By LUISITA LOPEZ TORREGROSA Places that live on in the author's memories have been wholly transformed as tourists discover her hometown. 36 Hours [36 Hours in Amman, Jordan] By PATRICK SCOTT Amman is often a pit stop on the way to Petra, but there are enough old and new flavors to keep visitors satisfied for a weekend. [The Google Home device can translate foreign words and phrases and provide other useful information for travelers, like traffic and weather conditions and the locations of nearby restaurants.] The Getaway [Google Home Helps You Leave the House, Too] By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM New features, from flight price alerts to a device that can translate languages and tell you when your plane departs, ease some of the guesswork. For more travel news, go to [NYTimes.com/Travel »] Magazine [Sam Siatta.] Feature [The Fighter] By C. J. CHIVERS The Marine Corps taught Sam Siatta how to shoot. The war in Afghanistan taught him how to kill. Nobody taught him how to come home. First Words [The Problem With 'Self-Investigation' in a Post-Truth Era] By JONATHAN MAHLER The internet was supposed to democratize information, but instead it has democratized disinformation. [Campolo with some of his flock.] Feature [The Evangelical Scion Who Stopped Believing] By MARK OPPENHEIMER The son of a famous pastor, Bart Campolo is now a rising star of atheism - using the skills he learned in the world he left behind. For more from the Sunday magazine, go to [NYTimes.com/Magazine »] Obituaries [Tyrus Wong was one of the most celebrated Chinese-American artists of the 20th century, but he passed much of his career unknown to the general public.] [Tyrus Wong, 'Bambi' Artist Thwarted by Racial Bias, Dies at 106] By MARGALIT FOX A Hollywood studio artist, painter, printmaker, calligrapher and maker of fantastical kites, Mr. Wong was one of the most celebrated Chinese-American artists of the 20th century. [F. Ross Johnson, right, in 1982, when he was president of Nabisco, with Robert Schaeberle, the company's chief executive at the time.] [F. Ross Johnson, Symbol of '80s Corporate Excess, Dies at 85] By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr. As chief executive of RJR Nabisco, Mr. Johnson instigated the era-defining takeover struggle chronicled in the best-selling book "Barbarians at the Gate." [Arthur H. Cash, in 2016.] [Arthur H. Cash, Writer of British Biographies, Dies at 94] By WILLIAM GRIMES Mr. Cash wrote about the English novelist Laurence Sterne, and his biography of the 18th-century English radical John Wilkes was a Pulitzer finalist. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »] Editorial [Syrian men making their way through the rubble after an airstrike in Aleppo in September.] Editorial [Can Russia Make Peace as Well as War?] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Vladimir Putin may look like a master tactician now for his role in the Syrian truce, but issues that derailed past cease-fires remain unresolved. Editorial [Monuments Man] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD President Obama has had an impressive run of initiatives that assure him of a lofty perch in the environmental pantheon. [Chris Christie in March at a Trump campaign event in Florida.] Editorial [Chris Christie's Book of Hubris] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Booted from the Trump transition, the New Jersey governor is back home, dealing with problems he thought he had escaped. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] Op-Ed Op-Ed | Jennifer Weiner [Try a New Year's Revolution] By JENNIFER WEINER This year the notion of self-improvement feels especially seductive. [Laredo International Airport in Texas, July 23, 2015.] Op-Ed Columnist [Lessons From the Media's Failures in Its Year With Trump] By NICHOLAS KRISTOF In 2017 we need to focus on substance, not celebrity. [Ultra-Orthodox Jews burning leavened food before Passover near Tel Aviv.] Opinion [Is Donald Trump the Friend Israel Needs?] By BERNARD AVISHAI The president-elect has stepped into the middle of a Jewish culture war. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] Sunday Review [Donald J. Trump at a rally in West Allis, Wisc., in April, a few days before the Republican primary there.] Op-Ed Columnist [Confessions of a Columnist] By ROSS DOUTHAT How I overestimated the strength of both political parties. [Statue of Annie Moore and her brothers on the quayside in Cobh, Ireland.] Opinion [Two Irish Girls Who Made It to New York] By MAEVE HIGGINS Annie Moore was the first immigrant through Ellis Island. I followed a path from Ireland to New York a lot later. [Eternal Optimist Talking Points for 2017] By TUCKER NICHOLS There's still a chance it's a very long dream. ON THIS DAY On Jan. 1, 1959, Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista. 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