Today's Headlines: Trump Received Unsubstantiated Report That Russia Had Damaging Information About Him

[Jeff Sessions Says He Would Be Independent and Stand Up to Trump] | View in [Browser] | Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. | [Unsubscribe] [The New York Times] [Most Popular] | [Video] | [Today's Headlines] Wednesday, January 11, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [U.S.] | [Politics] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [Arts] | [N.Y./Region] | [Dining & Wine] | [Today's Video] | [Obituaries] | [Editorials] | [Op-Ed] | [On This Day] | [CUSTOMIZE »] [Get The Times for as low as 99¢.] Top News [President-elect Donald J. Trump on Monday at Trump Tower in Manhattan.] [Trump Received Unsubstantiated Report That Russia Had Damaging Information About Him] By SCOTT SHANE, ADAM GOLDMAN and MATTHEW ROSENBERG The material was considered so potentially explosive that the intelligence agencies decided that the president and the president-elect needed to be told and that the agencies were actively investigating it. [Senator Jeff Sessions, Republican of Alabama, spoke during his confirmation hearing Tuesday to become the next attorney general.] [Jeff Sessions Says He Would Be Independent and Stand Up to Trump] By ERIC LICHTBLAU and MATT APUZZO During a Senate hearing, the senator who is in line to become attorney general promised to aggressively enforce even laws with which he disagreed. [Dylann Roof at a hearing in North Charleston, S.C., last year.] [Dylann Roof Is Sentenced to Death in Charleston Church Massacre] By ALAN BLINDER and KEVIN SACK Dylann S. Roof was found guilty of 33 counts in connection with the June 17, 2015, massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Nine people died. 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 U.S. [Obama's Farewell Address: 'Yes, We Did'] By MARK LANDLER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR The president's final speech to the nation was marked by nostalgia and hope, though he warned that racial, political and economic challenges still lie ahead. OPINION | Op-Ed Contributors [Seven Questions About Health Reform] By HAROLD POLLACK and TIMOTHY S. JOST Vague promises are not enough when we are considering enormous changes in our $3 trillion medical economy. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "I do not mind not washing for a week or more, but I do hate getting fleas in my hair." [CLARE HOLLINGWORTH], the war correspondent who broke the news of the outbreak of World War II, in her memoir. Ms. Hollingworth died on Tuesday at 105. World [Rohingya from Myanmar at a refugee camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh, in December. An estimated 65,000 Rohingya have fled across the border, according to the International Organization for Migration.] ['There Are No Homes Left': Rohingya Tell of Rape, Fire and Death in Myanmar] By ELLEN BARRY From camps in Bangladesh, refugees shed light on the violence that has unfolded in Myanmar in recent months as troops carry out a brutal counterinsurgency. [A large steel plant in Inner Mongolia, China, in November. To meet China's targets to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, authorities are pushing to shut down privately owned steel, coal, and other high-polluting factories scattered across rural areas.] Memo From China [China Wants to Be a Climate Change Watchdog, but Can It Lead by Example?] By EDWARD WONG To take on a leadership role to promote the Paris Agreement, as China has indicated it wants to do, Beijing will have to be more transparent on emissions. [Thomas Williams, a former priest, is the Rome bureau chief for Breitbart News.] [Breitbart's Man in Rome: A Gentle Voice in a Strident Chorus] By JASON HOROWITZ Thomas Williams, a former priest, gives an organization that sees itself as an expanding empire a foothold in the home of the Crusades. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »] ADVERTISEMENT U.S. [President-elect Donald J. Trump on Monday at Trump Tower in Manhattan.] [Trump Tells Congress to Repeal and Replace Health Care Law 'Very Quickly'] By MAGGIE HABERMAN and ROBERT PEAR President-elect Donald J. Trump said he wanted to replace the Affordable Care Act as soon as it was repealed, but some Republicans want more time to consider an alternative. [A man being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in 2015 in Los Angeles. Activists are concerned that the Trump administration could use a gang database to deport unauthorized immigrants regarded as criminals, even if they have no criminal record.] [Gang Database Criticized for Denying Due Process May Be Used for Deportations] By JENNIFER MEDINA The A.C.L.U. is suing over sweeping gang injunctions issued in Los Angeles that could also be used to round up supposed criminal immigrants, even when there is no evidence or trial. [An abandoned house on McDougall Street in Detroit, now illuminated by one of the city's newly installed LED streetlights.] Critic's Notebook [The Lights Are On in Detroit] By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN With 65,000 new streetlights, the city sends a message: It's O.K. to go out after dark. Restaurants feel the glow. So do schoolchildren. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »] ADVERTISEMENT Politics [President-elect Donald J. Trump with Betsy DeVos, his nominee for secretary of education, during an event last month in Grand Rapids, Mich.] [Republicans, Facing Pressure, Delay Hearings for 4 Trump Cabinet Nominees] By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and STEVE EDER A group supporting members of the party accused the nonpartisan agency charged with unraveling potential conflicts of interest of politicizing the process. [President-elect Donald J. Trump on Monday at Trump Tower in Manhattan.] [Trump Tells Congress to Repeal and Replace Health Care Law 'Very Quickly'] By MAGGIE HABERMAN and ROBERT PEAR President-elect Donald J. Trump said he wanted to replace the Affordable Care Act as soon as it was repealed, but some Republicans want more time to consider an alternative. [Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday in Trump Tower in Manhattan, where he met with President-elect Donald J. Trump.] [Anti-Vaccine Activist Says Trump Wants Him to Lead Panel on Immunization Safety] By MICHAEL D. SHEAR, MAGGIE HABERMAN and PAM BELLUCK The vaccine skeptic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said Mr. Trump had asked him to lead the commission, though a spokeswoman said no final decisions had been made. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »] Business [Bill O'Reilly in April 2015. Juliet Huddy had accused Mr. O'Reilly of pursuing a sexual relationship with her in 2011, at a time he exerted significant influence over her career.] [Fox News Settled Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O'Reilly, Documents Show] By EMILY STEEL and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT When Juliet Huddy rebuffed advances by Mr. O'Reilly, he tried to derail her career, according to a draft of a letter from her lawyers obtained by The New York Times. [An intensive investigation into Volkswagen's manipulation of diesel emissions tests began in 2014, and now involves American and German investigators and prosecutors.] [Volkswagen Set to Plead Guilty and to Pay U.S. $4.3 Billion in Deal] By JACK EWING and HIROKO TABUCHI The agreement, which would settle a federal criminal investigation into the carmaker's cheating on vehicle emissions tests, could be put to a company vote on Wednesday. [A waiting room at a temporary detention center run by Corrections Corporation of America for ICE in Houston.] Economic Scene [Prisons Run by C.E.O.s? Privatization Under Trump Could Carry a Heavy Price] By EDUARDO PORTER Privatization is being portrayed as a surefire way to deliver better services for less public money, but a body of economics suggests this belief is false. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »] Technology [John MacFarlane spent 14 years leading Sonos, a company he helped found.] [Chief Executive of Audio Firm Sonos Steps Down] By NICK WINGFIELD The Santa Barbara, Calif., company has managed to compete with industry giants for 14 years. But it faces new challenges from Amazon and Google. [President-elect Donald J. Trump with the Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son at Trump Tower last month. Mr. Son has pledged to invest $50 billion in the United States, a move that he said would create some 50,000 jobs.] [SoftBank's $100 Billion Investment Fund Starts to Take Shape] By LANDON THOMAS Jr. Masayoshi Son has pledged to create jobs, but a small group of former Deutsche Bank executives are looking beyond just tech start-ups for investing the mammoth fund. [Watch PBS Shows Online or Off] By J. D. BIERSDORFER Just because it's public television does not mean all the shows are free, but you can stream and view content in many ways. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »] Sports [Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, had pressed for increasing the number of countries that play in the World Cup when he ran for the leadership of the organization last year. He said it would invigorate the event, which is expected to bring an additional $1 billion in television, sponsorship and ticketing revenue in the first cycle alone.] [FIFA to Expand World Cup to 48 Teams in 2026] By ANDREW KEH The move, pushed by the group's president as a chance to increase fan engagement, is expected to bring an additional $1 billion every four years. [Derrick Rose walked off the court after an overtime loss last month. Minutes before tipoff on Monday night, the Knicks said that Rose would not start because he was not with the team.] On Pro Basketball [For Knicks, Professionalism Was Missing Way Before Derrick Rose Was] By HARVEY ARATON Behavior like Rose's mysterious absence on Monday tends to spring up in organizations when the negligence comes from the top down. [Deshaun Watson after his 2-yard pass with one second left gave Clemson a title-deciding score against Alabama on Monday night.] On College Football [Clemson's Title Was a Surprise. Just Not to Clemson.] By MARC TRACY After beating Alabama, 35-31, on Monday night, the Tigers are national champions for the first time in 35 years. "It was just a matter of time," the quarterbacks coach Brandon Streeter said. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »] Arts [Yi Jie in Jiu-liang Wang's documentary ] [At Sundance, the Theme Is Climate Change] By BROOKS BARNES "An Inconvenient Sequel," a follow-up to Al Gore's Oscar-winning film, is one of 14 New Climate projects scheduled for Robert Redford's film festival. [The Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. After years of delays, it will have its inaugural concert on Wednesday.] [Finally, a Debut for the Elbphilharmonie Hall in Hamburg] By CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM Designed by Herzog & de Meuron atop a former cocoa warehouse, this concert hall in Germany gears up for its inaugural event on Wednesday. Books of The Times [Review: 'Nicotine,' the Stuff of Burning Desire] By DWIGHT GARNER Gregor Hens's book is part memoir, part philosophical lament. He sees it as a chance to finally put the urge behind him and remain a vicarious smoker. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »] New York [An intersection in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where a cyclist died in February 2016 after being struck in a hit-and-run crash.] [New York Traffic Deaths Dip Again. It's Not Enough, Mayor's Critics Say.] By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS The overall number of fatalities dropped only slightly last year as pedestrian deaths rose, leading some to question whether Bill de Blasio's safety campaign has stalled. [Left, ] [A 1964 Lesson in Fake News That Still Applies] By JIM DWYER "None Dare Call It Treason," by John A. Stormer, went as viral as anything could in an analog age. A teacher in the Bronx steered his students to the library to debunk it. [Jean-Louis Goldwater Bourgeois, right, a wealthy activist, wants to turn a house in the West Village into a prayer center. His choice to run it is Anthony Jay Van Dunk, left, a former chief of the Ramapough Lenape Nation.] [Giving Back a 'Stolen' Property to the Original Manhattanites] By COREY KILGANNON An activist wants a West Village building to be a prayer house, to be owned and operated by the Lenape Indians, who inhabited Manhattan before European settlers appropriated it. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »] Food [Rye, a Grain With Ancient Roots, Is Rising Again] By JULIA MOSKIN Chefs and bakers are embracing the bumpy, nutty and fragrant breads of northern Europe. [Daniel Krieger for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.] Restaurant Review [The Art of Flavor at Flora Bar in the Met Breuer] By PETE WELLS In discs and cubes, the team behind Estela constructs dishes as intriguing (and satisfying) as the art on display. [Graham Kerr in his garden at home in Mount Vernon, Wash., last summer. In the 1970s, he lurched from indulgence to a denunciation of excess, but he eventually found his way to a middle ground.] [A Slower Pace for TV's 'Galloping Gourmet'] By KIRK JOHNSON Graham Kerr, now 82, recalls a life of big leaps, from irreverent indulgence to health zealotry to, finally, moderation. For more dining news and recipes, go to [NYTimes.com/Dining »] Obituaries [Ms. Hollingworth in 1985.] [Clare Hollingworth, Reporter Who Broke News of World War II, Dies at 105] By MARGALIT FOX In 1939, Ms. Hollingworth was less than a week into her first job as a correspondent when she spotted troops and tanks concealed in a valley. [Roman Herzog, a former president of Germany, in 2015.] [Roman Herzog, Germany's President in 1990s, Is Dead at 82] By SEWELL CHAN A former judge, Mr. Herzog encouraged economic overhauls and a remembrance of the Holocaust during his presidency, the second since reunification. [Roy Innis, a go-it-alone activist, disdained desegregation efforts. In 1972, he discussed his opposition to busing at a news conference.] [Roy Innis, Black Activist With a Right-Wing Bent, Dies at 82] By ROBERT D. McFADDEN Mr. Innis, the leader of CORE, took a go-it-alone approach to black empowerment and had no use for desegregation and affirmative action. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »] Editorial Editorial [Some Republicans Try to Head Off a Health Care Calamity] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD A few more sensible members of the party are now trying to slow down this runaway train. [Senator Jeff Sessions during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday.] Editorial [Jeff Sessions Smooth-Talks the Senate] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The far-right senator skated through the first day of his confirmation hearing for attorney general with collegial charm. Don't be fooled. [Bolivia's president, Evo Morales, at a meeting of his political party in December.] Editorial [In Bolivia, an Entrenched President] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Bolivian voters decided last year that Evo Morales should not be allowed to run for a fourth term. He now intends to disregard their call. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] Op-Ed [Kellyanne Conway, reflected in the camera lens, speaking to reporters in September.] Op-Ed Columnist [The Dark Magic of Kellyanne Conway] By FRANK BRUNI Donald Trump's cheeriest defender is a political wonder. Fixes [A Fix for Gender Bias in Health Care? Check.] By JESSICA NORDELL At Johns Hopkins Hospital, a simple checklist virtually erased a disparity in treatment between men and women. Op-Ed Contributor [Can Donald Trump and Raúl Castro Make a Good Deal?] By JORGE I. DOMÍNGUEZ The agreements that the new administration will inherit serve the interests of the United States and Cuba. 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