Your Thursday Evening Briefing

Your nightly rundown of the day's top stories delivered straight to your inbox. View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Thursday, April 20, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( [Your Thursday Evening Briefing]( By KAREN ZRAICK AND SANDRA STEVENSON Good evening. Here’s the latest. Christian Hartmann/Reuters 1. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a [shootout on the Champs-Élysées]( that killed a police officer and wounded two others. A French official said the gunman was shot dead by the police as he tried to flee on foot. The country goes to the polls on Sunday for the first round of [voting]( presidential election](. The shooting occurred as the candidates appeared on television to make their final arguments to voters. _____ Doug Mills/The New York Times 2. President [Trump met with Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy]( at the White House. Also seen at the White House this week: [Sarah Palin, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent](. As Mr. Trump approaches his 100th day in office, which falls on April 29, White House officials are pushing to resurrect [a Republican health care bill](. _____ Giulia Marchi for The New York Times 3. Earlier, President Trump opened an investigation into whether [steel imports from China and other countries]( are a threat to national security. If the Commerce Department does find harm, Mr. Trump could impose broad restrictions. China, blamed by rivals for swamping the market with unwanted products, is an obvious target of the investigation, but the impact could ripple worldwide. _____ Richard Drew/Associated Press 4. Bill O’Reilly is [leaving Fox News with a payout]( of up to $25 million. That brings the total paid out over sexual harassment issues at Fox to more than $85 million — up to $65 million is going to the men who were ousted. Our reporter Emily Steel, who co-wrote [the Times investigation]( that led to Mr. O’Reilly’s dismissal, discussed the fallout on [our podcast]( Daily]( Mr. O’Reilly’s image was removed at the Fox News studio in New York, above. _____ Stephen B. Thornton/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, via Associated Press 5. Unless the courts intervene again, the authorities in Arkansas will [carry out]( state’s first]( since 2005 tonight. Our [reporter Alan Blinder is]( monitoring the developments from inside the prison. The man scheduled to die, Ledell Lee, was convicted of murder. He said he is innocent, but a Circuit Court judge rebuffed his plea for new DNA testing of certain evidence. _____ Meridith Kohut for The New York Times 6. As antigovernment rallies swell in Venezuela, [General Motors said it was pulling out]( of the country because the authorities seized its vehicle assembly plant. The [protesters are demanding elections]( and a return to democratic rule. At least three people died as people jammed the streets on Wednesday. _____ Damon Winter/The New York Times 7. The reason for [Rudy Giuliani’s secret meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey]( has become clear. Mr. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who is close to President Trump, is representing a Turkish gold trader jailed in Manhattan. Mr. Erdogan has publicly criticized the prosecution as unfair. A newly unsealed affidavit shows that Mr. Giuliani is trying to turn the case into a matter of international diplomacy. _____ Jody Martin/Reuters 8. It’s iceberg season in Canada, and there’s been a bumper crop this year. More than 600 bergs have drifted into the North Atlantic shipping lanes so far, a count not usually reached until late May or early June. The [iceberg above ran aground off Newfoundland](. It rises 15 stories above the waterline — and that’s only about 10 percent of its mass. _____ Donald Miralle for The New York Times 9. In sunny California, some surfers are waiting until nightfall to ride the waves. The darkness is only part of the danger. Nighttime is when the lifeguards go home, and the sharks come out. But you get the surf all to yourself, and there are [new LED surfboards]( (and older technology, like glowsticks) to make you visible to others. Catching a wave in the dark “feels like you ride two miles,” one surfer said. “Time stops.” _____ CBS 10. Finally, the late-night shows had a field day with the news [about Bill O’Reilly. Stephen Colbert said]( it was like the oak tree in your yard is suddenly gone. “The tree had been there forever,” he said. “And your grandpa likes to sit there and stare at it. And then the tree would sell your grandpa gold coins and self-lubricating catheters.” Have a great night. _____ Photographs may appear out of order for some readers. Viewing this version of the briefing should help. Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. 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