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Tuesday, March 14, 2017
IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World](#worldNews) | [U.S.](#nationalNews) | [Politics](#politicsNews) | [Business](#businessNews) | [Technology](#technologyNews) | [Sports](#sportsNews) | [Arts](#artsNews) | [N.Y./Region](#nyregionNews) | [Science](#dailyFeatureNews) | [Today's Video](#videoNews) | [Obituaries](#obituaries) | [Editorials](#editorialsNews) | [Op-Ed](#opinionNews) | [On This Day](#onthisdayNews) | [CUSTOMIZE »](
Top News
[Health Bill Would Add 24 Million Uninsured but Save $337 Billion, Report Says](
By THOMAS KAPLAN and ROBERT PEAR
The judgment by the Congressional Budget Office did not back up the president's promise of providing health care for everyone but may help bring in rebellious conservatives.
[Intel said the autonomous-driving sector would be worth about $70 billion by 2030. Above, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, last month.]( [Intel Buys Mobileye in $15.3 Billion Bid to Lead Self-Driving Car Market](
By MARK SCOTT
The deal underlines the chip maker's determination to make sure it can provide the computing power needed for autonomous vehicles.
[The market in the city center of Almere, a Dutch city home to immigrants from 153 nationalities. ]( [Netherlands Considers a New Relationship to Muslims With Coming Election](
By ALISSA J. RUBIN
This week's elections in the Netherlands will begin Europe's year of political reckoning, as countries contend with waves of populism and anti-Muslim sentiment.
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Editors' Picks
[Sebastian Neubauer, who said that he confronted some unresolved family history when his grandmother died, in Berlin.](
ARTS
[German Art Collectors Face a Painful Past: Do I Own Nazi Loot?](
By CATHERINE HICKLEY
People with prominent collections and unsettled consciences have stepped forward to investigate what they own.
OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor
[Why Our Nuclear Weapons Can Be Hacked](
By BRUCE G. BLAIR
U.S. nuclear forces are vulnerable to cyberattacks that could give enemies control over the weapons. We know this from a harrowing 2010 incident.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"I think there are so many more stories like that, so many lost objects lurking in people's homes. There is a deathly silence hanging over it."
[SEBASTIAN NEUBAUER]( 31, whose relatives in Germany inherited "Spanish Dancer," a painting by Gustave Doré, that they learned was stolen by the Nazis in World War II.
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Today's Videos
[Adnan Abidi/Reuters. Technology by Samsung.]( [[Video] Video: Happy Holi! Celebrating Spring in India](
Revel in Holi, a Hindu festival of spring, in the area where it is believed the festival originated.
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World
[Hosni Mubarak waved to supporters in 2015, on his 87th birthday, from the Maadi Military Hospital in Cairo.]( [Egyptian Prosecutor Orders Release of Hosni Mubarak, President Toppled in 2011](
By DECLAN WALSH
The longtime former president, who was forced from power during the Arab Spring, remained in a military hospital Monday night, his status unclear.
[The House of Commons overturned two amendments approved by the House of Lords calling for guarantees that European Union residents of Britain have the right to remain and giving Parliament more say on the final deal on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.]( [Parliament Clears Way for 'Brexit' Talks as Scottish Vow Independence Vote](
By STEPHEN CASTLE
Prime Minister Theresa May won her battle to start talks on Britain's exit from the European Union, though the first minister of Scotland demanded a new referendum on Scottish independence.
[Lake Baikal has become a popular destination for Chinese tourists since the 2014 collapse of the ruble.](
Lake Baikal Journal
[A Russian Lake's Future Hangs on Tourists and Toilets](
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
The fight to protect Lake Baikal, the world's largest body of unfrozen freshwater, has shifted from industrial pollution to more mundane matters like sewage.
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U.S.
[Armin Walser, the chemist whose team invented midazolam while working for Hoffmann-La Roche, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, in the 1970s. The sedative was eventually used in at least six of the United States' execution chambers.]( [When a Common Sedative Becomes an Execution Drug](
By ALAN BLINDER
Midazolam, one of the most widely used sedatives, has become central in recent years to the debate about capital punishment in the United States.
[Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island visited the jewelry maker Luca Danni in January to promote her efforts to recruit businesses to the state and create jobs.]( [After Long Economic Slide, Rhode Island Lures New Business](
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
It was the last state to emerge from the recession, but now its unemployment rate is down and political interest in its Democratic governor is up.
[Students being counseled on the Fafsa form in 2013. Filling out the form just got harder for a lot of students.](
The Upshot
[A Fumble on a Key Fafsa Tool, and a Failure to Communicate](
By SUSAN DYNARSKI
Applying for financial aid got harder at an inopportune time for many students, and federal agencies were slow to explain a problem with a data tool.
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Politics
[Representative Steve King of Iowa, left, talking to supporters at the Republican State Convention in Des Moines in 2014.]( [Steve King, Hurling Insults at Immigrants, Is Rebuked by His Own Party](
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
The comment on Twitter about immigrants by the Iowa Representative was praised by the white supremacist David Duke, but many Republicans were quick to condemn his inflammatory rhetoric.
[Judge Neil M. Gorsuch last month in Washington. Democrats plan to argue that his rulings have favored the powerful and well connected.]( [Democrats' Line of Attack on Gorsuch: No Friend of the Little Guy](
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
At a Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Democrats are expected to draw attention to instances they say highlight Judge Neil M. Gorsuch's tendency to favor the powerful.
[Kellyanne Conway, President Trump's senior adviser, said her comments on using a microwave oven as a surveillance device had been taken out of context.]( [White House Says Trump's Wiretap Claim Was Meant More Broadly](
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
Ms. Conway clarified that she was not, in fact, accusing President Barack Obama of spying on President Trump via a kitchen appliance.
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Business
[Alan Greenspan and Janet Yellen in 2013. In the 1994 cycle of interest-rate increases, Mr. Greenspan, the Fed chairman at the time, presided over an accelerated pace of increases.](
The Upshot
[The Fed's Era of Easy Money Is Ending](
By NEIL IRWIN
For the first time in almost a decade, Fed officials are signaling a greater collective confidence and unanimity that the economy can handle tighter money.
[William A. Ackman, right, announced Monday that his firm, Pershing Square Capital Management, had sold its stake - about 27 million shares - in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International.]( [William Ackman Sells Pershing Fund's Stake in Valeant](
By MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN
The hedge fund of the billionaire, who had defended the troubled drug maker for months in the face of a stock plunge, sold some 27 million shares.
[Donna Thomas babysitting in her home in Cincinnati. She learned of a house's unaddressed property code violations, and around $5,000 in unpaid fines, after signing a contract for it.]( [Vision, Operator of Rent-to-Own Homes, Gets Legislative Scrutiny](
By MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN and ALEXANDRA STEVENSON
Interest in companies like Vision Property Management that are engaged in some variation of seller-financing has been growing among lawmakers and regulators.
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Technology
[Patrick Schnell, a participant in the Brooklyn Microgrid, with solar panels on his roof in Gowanus.]( [Solar Experiment Lets Neighbors Trade Energy Among Themselves](
By DIANE CARDWELL
Dozens of homes and businesses in Brooklyn have been wired into a microgrid, which allows members to exchange excess-electricity credits.
[Kevin Fu and other researchers have found a way to take control of or influence devices using a standard component in cellphones and other gadgets.]( [It's Possible to Hack a Phone With Sound Waves, Researchers Show](
By JOHN MARKOFF
A component in many devices, including fitness monitors and smartphones, is vulnerable to the digital version of an opera singer shattering a wine glass.
[High Above, Drones Keep Watchful Eyes on Wildlife in Africa](
By RACHEL NUWER
Drones seemed like the perfect anti-poaching tools. But deploying them has been far more difficult than conservationists had hoped.
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Sports
[Johann Koss, an Olympic speedskating gold medalist, is among the founders and directors of Fair Sport, which will seek to assist sports doping whistle-blowers.]( [Willing to Blow the Whistle on Doping? New Legal Aid Group Wants to Help](
By REBECCA R. RUIZ
Fair Sport's founders include Johann Koss, the Olympic champion from Norway, and Jim Swartz, a venture capitalist.
[Coach Chris Collins, center, and his Northwestern players, including Bryant McIntosh, hugging Collins, celebrated on Sunday after learning they had received an at-large bid to the N.C.A.A. tournament.](
Sports of The Times
[Northwestern's Vision of an N.C.A.A. Bid Finally Becomes Reality](
By JULIET MACUR
Northwestern is an N.C.A.A. tournament team for the first time, a feat 78 years in the making.
[Think the N.C.A.A. Bracket's Too Easy? Try One of These Pools](
By MARC TRACY
Millions of Americans take part in pools for the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament, pools that can be straightforward or surprisingly complex.
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Arts
[Yo-Yo Ma, left, and Esa-Pekka Salonen discussing their new concerto, in which the cello does battle with a swirling orchestra. The New York Philharmonic will perform it on Wednesday.]( [Write Me a Concerto: Yo-Yo Ma and Esa-Pekka Salonen on Their New Work](
By ZACHARY WOOLFE
The cellist and the composer discuss the piece, which the New York Philharmonic plays on Wednesday.
[Graydon Peter Yosowitz and Aya Cash in ]( [Review: Big Dreams, Bright Ideas in 'The Light Years'](
By BEN BRANTLEY
The Debate Society's leisurely and copiously detailed production contemplates two Chicago World's Fairs, and everything in between.
[Ernest Mancoba's ](
Art Review
[African Art in a Game of Catch-Up](
By HOLLAND COTTER
Small galleries are spotlighting the work of Mor Faye, Ernest Mancoba and others from the continent, although big museums have shown little interest.
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New York
[Fatima H. said she was 15 and going to school in Brooklyn in the 1980s when she was wed to a first cousin in an arranged marriage.]( [It's Legal for 14-Year-Olds to Marry. Should It Be?](
By LISA W. FODERARO
Legislation backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo would raise the minimum age in New York to 18, with 17-year-olds permitted if they get judicial and parental consent.
[Mayor Bill de Blasio with his wife, Chirlane McCray, at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx on Monday. The mayor announced a plan to spend $38 million a year fighting opioid addiction and overdose.]( [As Drug Deaths Soar, Mayor Offers Plan to Cut Toll](
By J. DAVID GOODMAN and ASHLEY SOUTHALL
Bill de Blasio's initiative against opioids stresses greater access to anti-overdose medication and treatment, and a police focus on dealers.
[A local business improvement district has helped revive Hudson Square, a once industrial area near the Holland Tunnel.]( [Property Owners Spend on Quality of Life (But Is That Fair?)](
By WINNIE HU
A report looks at New York City's network of 73 business improvement districts, which increasingly take the lead in issues of daily impact in neighborhoods.
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Science
[Varieties of space dust, barely the width of a human hair. These photomicrographs were made with a special camera setup that magnifies the dust grains nearly 3,000 times.]( [Flecks of Extraterrestrial Dust, All Over the Roof](
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
A jazz musician from Norway hunted bits of cosmic debris for eight years and found it everywhere. Turns out, tons of it land every day.
[Alexandra Elliott, a high school senior, says she is a heavy phone user and that using it for social media ]( [Are Teenagers Replacing Drugs With Smartphones?](
By MATT RICHTEL
The use of smartphones and tablets has exploded over the same period that drug use has declined among American teens. Researchers say the correlation is worth exploring.
[Do We Need to Give Up Alcohol to Lose Weight? Not Necessarily](
By JANE E. BRODY
Alcohol remains one of the most controversial and confusing topics for people concerned about controlling their weight.
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[]Obituaries
[George A. Olah in 2014. He founded the Hydrocarbon Research Institute at the University of Southern California.]( [George A. Olah, Carbon Compounds Pathfinder, Dies at 89](
By KENNETH CHANG
Dr. Olah's advances in the understanding of hydrocarbons have been used in an array of applications, including the development of gasoline that burns more cleanly.
[Amy Krouse Rosenthal in August.]( [Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Children's Author and Filmmaker, Dies at 51](
By SAM ROBERTS
Her death came 10 days after a "Modern Love" column in The Times about her illness titled, "You May Want to Marry My Husband."
[Christopher Gray visiting the Upper West Side as The New York Times's Streetscapes columnist.]( [Christopher Gray, Architecture Writer and Researcher, Dies at 66](
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
Mr. Gray wrote extensively in books, magazines and newspapers, including the Streetscapes column for The New York Times, and acted as an architectural detective in documenting buildings' histories.
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Editorial
[Tom Price speaking to reporters about the Congressional Budget Office report on Monday at the White House.](
Editorial
[Trading Health Care for the Poor for Tax Cuts for the Rich](
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
A nonpartisan analysis reveals that President Trump's promise of "insurance for everybody" is hollow.
Editorial
[The U.S. Should Not Be Egypt's Accomplice](
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The Trump administration should not disregard Cairo's abuses, past and present, and stumble into a marriage of convenience with a despot.
[Preet Bharara in 2014.](
Editorial
[Preet Bharara: A Prosecutor Who Knew How to Drain a Swamp](
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
"We are not trying to criminalize ordinary politics. Just try not to steal our money."
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Op-Ed
[President Trump meeting with cabinet members on Monday, the same day the Congressional Budget Office released its report on Trumpcare.](
Op-Ed Columnist
[Trumpcare vs. Obamacare: Apocalypse Foretold](
By PAUL KRUGMAN
The Congressional Budget Office came in even worse on coverage than expected, but it was obvious the news would be terrible.
Disability
['Perfectly Normal': Autism Though a Lens](
By ELI GOTTLIEB
Any film about a person with autism can offer only a partial truth.
[Old Chapel at Middlebury College in Vermont.](
On Campus
[Understanding the Angry Mob at Middlebury That Gave Me a Concussion](
By ALLISON STANGER
Political discourse in the United States is at a boiling point, and nowhere is the reaction to that more heightened than on campuses like Middlebury.
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ON THIS DAY
On March 14, 1900, Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act.
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