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SANGER The attacks amounted to an audacious global blackmail attempt spread by the internet, and underscored the vulnerabilities of the digital age. [Trump Warning to Comey Prompts Questions on 'Tapes']( By PETER BAKER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR "James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" Mr. Trump posted on Twitter. [Bridges over the Yalu River connecting the North Korean city of Sinuiju and the Chinese city of Dandong. Dandong is China's largest border town, and much of the North's trade with the world flows across its bridges or through its port.]( [How North Korea Managed to Defy Years of Sanctions]( By JANE PERLEZ, YUFAN HUANG and PAUL MOZUR Chinese reluctance, legal loopholes and thousands of laborers sent abroad have sustained Pyongyang's economy in the face of often-painful restrictions. 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 [Idalia Felipe, 18, with her brother Cesar, 6. Ms. Felipe, who plans to attend California State University, Fullerton, described the ]( YOUR MONEY | Your Money [This Year's College-Bound Essayists and Their 'Beautiful Contradictions']( By RON LIEBER College admissions directors weigh in on the teenagers whose college application essays about money, work and social class rose above the crowd. OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [Erick Erickson: The Fantasy of Impeachment]( By ERICK-WOODS ERICKSON Liberals are just setting themselves up for disappointment by hoping that the Comey affair will bring down President Trump. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Trump is putting a lot on the backs of his spokespeople, while simultaneously cutting their legs out from underneath them." [ALEX CONANT]( a Republican strategist and a former adviser to Senator Marco Rubio, on President Trump's exposing his staff members and surrogates to ridicule as he repeatedly shifted his explanation for firing James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director. [] Today's Videos [[Video] Video: Where It's Made: A Ford Car in China]( Step inside the Ford factory in Hangzhou and get a 360 view of one of China's most automated factories, where 650 robots work alongside humans. [[Video] Video: Fear and Fury in New Jersey]( At a town hall in New Jersey, Representative Tom MacArthur, who is credited with reviving legislation that could repeal the Affordable Care Act, faced hundreds of outraged constituents, who worry they may lose their health care coverage. [[Video] Video: When a Manhattan Iguana Needs a Doctor]( For the duck with egg problems and the iguana with a troubled snout, Dr. Anthony Pilny is a ray of hope. He treats exotic pets at the Center for Avian and Exotic Medicine on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. [] World [The recently released Chibok schoolgirls are in the custody of the government in Abuja, Nigeria, where they are undergoing medical and security screening.]( [A Long, Slow Homecoming for Chibok Schoolgirls Freed by Boko Haram]( By IBRAHIM SAWAB and DIONNE SEARCEY Only a handful of people have seen the 82 Nigerian girls who were released on Sunday, extending a painful wait for their families. [Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Congo, With at Least 3 Dead]( By KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA The W.H.O. said the new cases were not related to previous outbreaks in Democratic Republic of Congo, or the epidemic that tore through West Africa in 2014. [Elisha Wiesel at the March of the Living, an annual march that draws thousands of people who walk the two miles from the former site of Auschwitz I, the German Nazi concentration camp, to Auschwitz II, a concentration and extermination camp in Birkenau.]( The Saturday Profile [Elie Wiesel's Only Son Steps Up to His Father's Legacy]( By RICK LYMAN After years of reluctance, Elisha Wiesel, the only child of the late Holocaust memoirist, has opted for a more public role to further his father's work. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Brandon Bostian in 2007. Mr. Bostian, who was driving an Amtrak train that derailed in 2015, was charged with reckless endangerment the day before the statute of limitations expired.]( [Engineer in Philadelphia Amtrak Crash Is Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter]( By MATTHEW HAAG and DANIEL VICTOR Brandon Bostian was charged exactly two years after the crash, which killed eight people. Lawyers for some of the victims' families took advantage of an obscure law that forced officials to act. [The justices of West Virginia's Supreme Court of Appeals, from left: Robin Jean Davis, Menis E. Ketchum II, Allen H. Loughry II, Elizabeth D. Walker and Margaret L. Workman.]( [Anti-Gay Attacks Not Covered by West Virginia Hate Crime Law, Court Rules]( By LIAM STACK The state's Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a law including provisions on sex discrimination does not protect against attacks committed on the basis of sexual orientation. [Sorting books at the library in Roseburg, Ore. A sign inside spells out its future in four words: Come June 1, ]( [Where Anti-Tax Fervor Means 'All Services Will Cease']( By KIRK JOHNSON Some voters in rural Oregon are seeing what happens when taxpayers force government into retreat. Libraries are blinking out. Jails might be next. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Attorney General Jeff Sessions has in the past suggested that prosecuting drug crimes more vigorously will broadly reduce other crime.]( [Attorney General Orders Tougher Sentences, Rolling Back Obama Policy]( By REBECCA R. RUIZ A new directive from Jeff Sessions reverses Obama-era policies on charging and sentencing nonviolent drug offenders and orders federal prosecutors to seek harsher penalties. [The J. Edgar Hoover Building, the headquarters of the F.B.I., in Washington.]( [A Look at the Candidates Trump Is Considering to Head the F.B.I.]( By MAGGIE HABERMAN and JEREMY W. PETERS Four candidates will be interviewed Saturday, according to a person familiar with the meetings: Andrew G. McCabe, Senator John Cornyn, Judge Michael J. Garcia and Alice Fisher. [Nicole Meyer, a sister of the senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, at a promotional event in Shanghai on Sunday. Critics pointed to the roadshow, which sought to solicit $150 million in financing for a Jersey City housing development, as an example of the conflicts of interest in the Trump administration.]( [Kushner Companies Backs Out of Chinese Investor Events After Furor]( By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ Executives from the organization, including Nicole Meyer, the sister of Jared Kushner, had been expected to appear in the southern cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [The KOMO television station in Seattle was acquired in 2013 by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which has dictated some news coverage.]( [Sinclair Requires TV Stations to Air Segments That Tilt to the Right]( By SYDNEY EMBER Journalists at KOMO broadcast station in Seattle, which was acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group in 2013, have chafed at programming directives. [New cars for sale at an auto dealership in Queens, N.Y. A range of economists say President Trump has little opportunity to increase economic growth in the next few years because the economy is already growing about as fast as it can.]( [Trump Tax Plan Will Not Bolster Growth, Economists Say]( By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM A wide range of economists see little chance for proposed tax cuts to increase economic growth over the next few years. [The 2013-16 Ram 1500 and 2500 pickups, as well as 2014-16 Ram 3500 models, will be recalled, Fiat Chrysler says.]( [Fiat Chrysler Recalls 1.2 Million Ram Pickups Over a Fatal Flaw]( By BILL VLASIC and NEAL E. BOUDETTE The automaker said faulty software could disable airbags and seatbelt tension devices if the underbelly of a vehicle was struck. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [A Robot Revolution, This Time in China]( By KEITH BRADSHER Car manufacturing in China, once labor-intensive, is now heavily automated. [Pat Reilly, 77, at home in Ann Arbor, Mich., last week. Ms. Reilly found that she had inherited an ApoE4 gene that increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, and bought a long-term care policy in response.]( [New Gene Tests Pose a Threat to Insurers]( By GINA KOLATA Many consumers will soon have a better sense of their risk for Alzheimer's and other debilitating conditions. Insurers will have no way of knowing. [Apple's flagship store in San Francisco. The company announced it was giving $200 million to Corning on Friday to invent better glass for iPhones and iPads.]( [Apple Gives Corning $200 Million to Invent Better Phone Glass]( By VINDU GOEL The investment in Corning's Kentucky plant could also help Apple in Washington as it seeks support for big corporate tax cuts. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [The Spurs' Jonathon Simmons after dunking against the Rockets on Thursday night in Game 6 of their second-round N.B.A. playoff series.]( On Pro Basketball [$150 to Try Out: Spurs Guard Jonathon Simmons's Story of Perseverance]( By SCOTT CACCIOLA Before his starring role in the playoff elimination of the Rockets, Simmons was an undrafted player whose small investment in himself paid off. [Renzo Ulivieri coaching on the field at Coverciano. There is no ]( [At Italy's Coaching Academy, a Pipeline of Champions]( By RORY SMITH Aspiring coaches continue to be drawn to Scuola Allenatori in Coverciano, where instructors focus not on what worked before, but on what will work next. [Jeurys Familia in Wednesday's game. On Thursday, a blood clot was found near his right shoulder, and he had surgery Friday.]( [Mets' Jeurys Familia Has Surgery and Will Be Out Several Months]( By JAMES WAGNER In the latest blow to a battered roster, Familia, an All-Star closer, had a blood clot in an artery near his right shoulder removed. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Are the Dutch Lagging in Efforts to Return Art Looted by the Nazis?]( By NINA SIEGAL Recent efforts by the Netherlands on restitution, which are under scrutiny, are addressed in a new exhibition, "Looted Art - Before, During and After WWII." [Alec {NAME} as Rex Tillerson undergoing Senate confirmation hearings for the post of secretary of state in ]( Critic's Notebook ['All the President's Men?' Is a Starry C-Span Supercut with Bite]( By ALEXIS SOLOSKI A staged reading at Town Hall revisited confirmation hearings for President Trump's cabinet nominees, with charismatic stars as the politicians. [The composer John Luther Adams in Central Park, listening for his winged muses.]( [Listen to 'Ten Thousand Birds' and Its Warbling, Chirping Inspirations]( By MICHAEL COOPER We went bird-watching with the Pulitzer Prize winner John Luther Adams, whose latest composition has its premiere in a Manhattan park on Sunday. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Mr. Curry, center, with Patrick Hill, his cousin and witness at Knock, right, and an unidentified friend in an undated photo from the Knock Museum.]( [A Worldly Accomplishment Is Rewarded With a Heavenly One]( By DAN BARRY John Curry witnessed an apparition of saints in Ireland. He was buried on Long Island, but will be reburied in Manhattan. [Joseph Ponte, right, leaving City Hall on Monday after testifying before City Council members.]( [Departing City Jails Chief: 'They Just Want to Hammer Somebody Forever']( By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM Joseph Ponte acknowledged making mistakes during his three-year tenure in New York, but cited achievements like reducing the use of solitary confinement. [The eight glass panels from the ocean liner Normandie that will be auctioned by Sotheby's in June.]( [Some Wedding Gifts Go in the Closet. Normandie Relics Go on the Block.]( By JAMES BARRON Eight panels, from the luxury liner that sank in New York in 1942, were Malcolm Forbes's wedding gift to his son Robert. Sotheby's will sell them on June 6. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( []Obituaries [Allan H. Meltzer in 1973. He was a conservative economist known for advocating a hands-off approach to monetary policy.]( [Allan H. Meltzer, Conservative Economist, Dies at 89]( By ZACH WICHTER He was an opponent of government bailouts who was credited with coining the phrase, "Capitalism without failure is like religion without sin." [Judith Stein in an undated photograph.]( [Judith Stein, Author on Liberalism and Economics, Dies at 77]( By SAM ROBERTS Professor Stein, who taught history at City College for 50 years, was known for her analysis of the black nationalist Marcus Garvey. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [President Trump Craves Loyalty, but Offers None]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The chaos over Mr. Trump's firing of James Comey reveals an isolated, insecure man. Editorial [The Health Care Bill's Insults to Women]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The American Health Care Act reflects a deep disregard for women's health. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [Members of the White House press corps waiting for Sean Spicer to brief them from the shadows.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Trump Is Terrible at Firing!]( By GAIL COLLINS Watch out, Your Holiness, here comes Donald. [Leopoldine Konstantin and Claude Rains as Madame Sebastian and her son, Alexander, in ]( Op-Ed Columnist [How Trump May Save the Republic]( By BRET STEPHENS We are protected, for the time being, by the president's stupidity. [Demonstrators outside the White House, protesting President Trump's firing of James Comey.]( Op-Ed Contributor [When Will Republicans Stand Up to Trump?]( By MAX BOOT For G.O.P. leaders who care about the rule of law, Comey's firing should be the last straw. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by a Turkish assailant, Mehmet Ali Agca. 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