Today's Headlines: Michael Flynn Resigns as National Security Adviser

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Flynn, the national security adviser, during a news conference on Monday.]( [Michael Flynn Resigns as National Security Adviser]( By MAGGIE HABERMAN, MATTHEW ROSENBERG, MATT APUZZO and GLENN THRUSH Mr. Flynn, who served in the job for less than a month, said he had given "incomplete information" about a telephone call he had with the Russian ambassador weeks before President Trump's inauguration. [President Trump has said he intends to keep the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, open and fill it with ]( [Case of Captive in Yemen Could Test Trump's Guantánamo Pledge]( By ADAM GOLDMAN, MATT APUZZO and ERIC SCHMITT A terrorism suspect could present a legal and policy experiment for Mr. Trump, who has promised to resume sending suspects to the military prison. [First responders, part of a swift-water rescue team, across from the main Oroville Dam spillway in Oroville, Calif., which was still flowing Monday while a second, emergency spillway was being assessed for damage.]( [In Shadow of California Dam, Water Turns From Wish to Woe]( By MIKE McPHATE and JESS BIDGOOD The sudden chaos unleashed by damage to a dam's spillway offered a dramatic reversal for Northern California, which until recently was parched by drought. 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 MOVIES [[Video] Video: David Oyelowo: How to Deliver an Inspiring Speech]( In "A United Kingdom," Mr. Oyelowo plays Seretse Khama, king of Bechuanaland (now Botswana) who found his throne imperiled when he married a white British woman. Here, he discusses the speech meant to change the mind of a nation. OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [When Canadian Scientists Were Muzzled by Their Government]( By WENDY PALEN American scientists should learn from their northern neighbors. Reject interference. Stay vigilant. Stay scientists. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Here locally, people are shooting up in hospital parking lots in case they overdose." [STEVE MORAN]( a deputy coroner in Jefferson County, Ky., which includes Louisville. In a span of 32 hours last week, emergency workers in Louisville responded to almost two calls per hour for overdose patients. [] World [Three brothers, Mohammed Amanullah, Mohammed Zahir and Mohammed Jawed, died on the same day when Taliban militants attacked their outpost in Kandahar, Afghanistan.]( [An Afghan Mother's Heartache: Three Sons Dead in a Day]( By MUJIB MASHAL A 15-year war that both sides have said cannot be won on the battlefield is claiming more lives than ever, most of them Afghan police officers. [Smog blanketed New Delhi in 2016. About 1.1 million people die prematurely in India every year from the effects of air pollution.]( [India's Air Pollution Rivals China's as World's Deadliest]( By GEETA ANAND About 1.1 million people die prematurely each year in India and the number is rising, while China's rate has stabilized at the same number. [ISIS Fighter's Australian Citizenship Is Revoked Under Antiterror Laws]( By JACQUELINE WILLIAMS An Islamic State fighter who posted a photo of a beheaded Syrian online is the first dual national to be stripped of citizenship under the laws, news reports said. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Sommer Kleweno Walley at home in Seattle. After she slipped on steps and began having back pain, a doctor prescribed physical therapy and an anti-inflammatory drug. Her pain was gone in a few months.]( [Lower Back Ache? Be Active and Wait It Out, New Guidelines Say]( By GINA KOLATA A national physicians' group says back pain is treated best by exercise, massage therapy or yoga and over-the-counter pain relievers, not medications like opioids. [The crowd at a town-hall-style meeting with Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, Republican of Wisconsin, in Pewaukee, Wis., on Saturday.]( [Angry Town Hall Meetings on Health Care Law, and Few Answers]( By THOMAS KAPLAN Representatives in Wisconsin, California, Utah and across the United States faced constituents demanding to know what will replace the Affordable Care Act - and so far, they have few answers. [An image from a YouTube video of Louisville's metro emergency medical services responding to a possible overdose last week.]( [A Spike in Overdose Emergency Calls Is Seen in Kentucky]( By CHRISTINE HAUSER Officials in Louisville were trying to determine whether the calls were related to an opioid crisis that they have seen grow larger. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Saturday. He and his aides coordinated a national security response there in full view of diners instead of moving to a private location.]( [From Trump's Mar-a-Lago to Facebook, a National Security Crisis in the Open]( By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and MAGGIE HABERMAN President Trump and his aides coordinated their response to North Korea's nuclear missile test at his Florida club without retiring to a secure location. [Allen Coon, 21, a junior at the University of Mississippi. He helped lead the movement to take down the state flag from the university's flagpole. ]( Oxford Journal [A Liberal Wanted to Agitate Ole Miss From Inside. He's Succeeding.]( By RICHARD FAUSSET Allen Coon, a student at the University of Mississippi, is reviled, but also revered, for challenging Old South symbols on a conservative campus. [President Trump during a campaign event at the International Church of Las Vegas in October. Over the last year, he and the Christian right have strengthened a mutually beneficial arrangement that is already nudging government in a more conservative direction.]( [For Religious Conservatives, Success and Access at the Trump White House]( By JEREMY W. PETERS Their relationship has consequences for policy on issues like health care, education and free speech, and how the federal courts will decide cases. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [A General Motors pickup truck assembly line in Flint, Mich. The company builds a large percentage of its pickups in Mexico.]( [Profitable Pickups May Be in Cross Hairs of Trump Border Tax]( By BILL VLASIC Trucks from General Motors and Chrysler rely heavily on Mexican labor and parts. If a tariff wall goes up, Ford could benefit at their expense. [Banks Look to Cellphones to Replace A.T.M. Cards]( By STACY COWLEY Major banks are unveiling teller machines across the country that customers can gain access to with their phones. But the technology raises new security issues. [The New York Stock Exchange last Thursday. Much of the movement in stocks has little to do with what the president does.]( The Upshot [It's Probably a Bad Idea to Sell Stocks Because You Fear Trump]( By NEIL IRWIN Letting one's political opinions shape investing decisions is a good way to lose money. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Sports [Coach Geno Auriemma, right, and his top-ranked Connecticut women's team defeated South Carolina for the program's 100th consecutive win. Gabby Williams (15) scored 26 points.]( On College Basketball [With 100th Straight Win, Connecticut Women's Team Redefines Dominance]( By HARVEY ARATON The top-ranked Huskies reached the mark with a 66-55 win against No. 6 South Carolina despite the loss of three star seniors from last year's national title team. [Victor Cruz left the field after the Giants lost their wild-card playoff game at Green Bay in January.]( [Giants Release Victor Cruz, an Unlikely Connection to Super Bowl Glory]( By BILL PENNINGTON A fan favorite for his local ties and salsa celebrations, Cruz caught 82 passes for 1,536 yards in 2011 and helped the team win the Super Bowl. [Will Kimball created an uproar from the German team when he sang an outdated verse of an anthem linked to the Nazi era on Saturday at the opening ceremony for the Fed Cup.]( [Oh, Say, What's With All the National Anthem Mistakes?]( By VICTOR MATHER Mishaps like the one at the Fed Cup, where a Nazi-era anthem was sung before the United States played Germany, are surprisingly common at sporting events. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] New York [Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered the State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, saying that job creation ]( [Bill de Blasio, in State of City Address, Keeps Focus on Economic Equality]( By WILLIAM NEUMAN and J. DAVID GOODMAN In a speech laying out his vision for the final year of his first term, the mayor emphasized creating thousands of jobs to attack the city's crisis of affordability. [Alexander Hamilton helped finance the construction in 1787 of Erasmus Hall Academy in Brooklyn. It was the first secondary school in New York State.]( [A Quest to Stop Erasmus Hall Academy's 'Demolition by Neglect']( By STUART MILLER Erasmus Hall High's predecessor, built in 1787 with a contribution from Alexander Hamilton, has served many purposes but has been closed for more than a decade. [Pedro Hernandez's wife, Rosemary, and his daughter Becky in court in December for his trial on charges that he kidnapped and killed Etan Patz, 6, in 1979.]( [The First Etan Patz Jury Deadlocked After 18 Days. A New One Is on Day 9.]( By RICK ROJAS Pedro Hernandez's first trial on charges that he killed the 6-year-old boy in 1979 ended in a mistrial when the jury could not reach a verdict. The current panel resumes its deliberations on Tuesday. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Science [A small lake has formed at the bottom of one of the Kampot karsts in Phnom Kampong Trach, a mountain in Cambodia.]( [A Race to Document Rare Plants Before These Cliffs Are Ground to Dust]( By JULIA WALLACE The species native to Cambodia's limestone karsts exist nowhere else. Now these unique environments are being pulverized for cement. [RyAnn Watson, 16, sketches during an art therapy session at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital to help her cope with the pain of sickle cell disease.]( [Karen Pence Picks a Cause, and Art Therapists Feel Angst]( By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS Some therapists were thrilled that the the wife of the vice president supports their field. Others worry that her husband's politics hurt the very people they treat. [How a Little Bit of Hydra Regrows a Whole Animal]( By JAMES GORMAN A protein scaffold in the body of the hydra, a tiny predator, helps it regenerate a whole animal from even a small piece. For more science news, go to [NYTimes.com/Science »]( []Obituaries [Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore in South Vietnam in 1966, when he was 44.]( [Lt. Gen. Harold Moore, Whose Vietnam Heroism Was Depicted in Film, Dies at 94]( By SAM ROBERTS General Moore wrote of the bloody 1965 battle in a best-selling book, "We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young," and was played by Mel Gibson in the movie. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [A New Beginning for Israel and the United States]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD President Trump takes the plunge into Middle East peacemaking. [A polling place in Manchester, N.H., on Election Day.]( Editorial [The Latest Voter-Fraud Lie]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Donald Trump won the election, but he and his administration continue to spread untruths about illegal voting. [Water flowing Saturday over the emergency spillway, bottom left, of the Oroville Dam in California.]( Editorial [In Peril at Oroville Dam, a Parable on Infrastructure]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Warnings of the current threat were ignored, as have many warnings about our crumbling public works. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who will meet with President Trump in Washington on Wednesday.]( Op-Ed Contributors [Can This 'Special Relationship' Be Saved?]( By STEVEN SIMON and AARON DAVID MILLER Strains are already showing between the Trump administration and the Israeli government. [Sturgill Simpson performing at the Grammy Awards on Sunday.]( Op-Ed Contributor [Make the Grammys More Like the Oscars]( By MIKE DOUGHTY In addition to performances by Adele and Beyoncé, the awards show should highlight lesser-known artists. [The Telford state prison in New Boston, Tex. Texas has one of the nation's highest incarceration rates, but has reduced it in recent years.]( Fixes [Even in Texas, Mass Imprisonment Is Going Out of Style]( By TINA ROSENBERG In many states, reducing the rate of incarceration has become a bipartisan goal. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On Feb. 14, 1929, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone's gang were gunned down. 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