Today's Headlines: Terrorist Attacks in the Heart of London Hit a Nation Still Reeling

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[A coal-fired power station in Mount Storm, W.Va., in January. The coal industry played an instrumental role in efforts to unwind the Obama administration's climate policies.]( [How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science]( By CORAL DAVENPORT and ERIC LIPTON The party's fast journey from debating how to combat climate change to arguing against its existence is a story of big political money and Democratic hubris. [Marines raising a flag to signal the return of American troops to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in April.]( [Obama's Dilemma on Troop Surge in Afghanistan Now Vexes Trump]( By MARK LANDLER and ERIC SCHMITT The numbers under consideration are more modest than in 2009, but like his predecessor, President Trump confronts a divide between his generals and his aides. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( [Get California Today in Your Inbox]( The news and stories that matter to Californians (and anyone else interested in the state). Delivered Monday through Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Ralph DeMasi]( U.S. [A Mobster, a Family and the Crime That Won't Let Them Go]( He was once a feared member of the New England underworld, a specialist in robbing armored cars. At 80, he was years out of prison. But could his life of crime ever be behind him? [An Israeli soldier praying at the Western Wall during the Six-Day War, in June 1967.]( OPINION | The Six-Day War at 50 [The Past 50 Years of Israeli Occupation. And the Next.]( By NATHAN THRALL Israel enjoys perpetual control of the Palestinian land it captured in 1967 thanks as much to myth as military power. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Most Republicans still do not regard climate change as a hoax. But the entire climate change debate has now been caught up in the broader polarization of American politics." [Whit Ayres]( a Republican strategist who worked for Senator Marco Rubio's presidential campaign [] Today's Videos [Police officers and emergency workers assisting a person Saturday night after a van swerved onto the London Bridge sidewalk.]( [[Video] Video: Terrorist Attacks at the Center of London]( A van mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge, and it was reported that people were stabbed at the nearby Borough Market. [Season the chicken the day before and let it rest overnight so the skin can dry out and then crisp up even more in the oven.]( [[Video] Video: Spatchcocked Roast Chicken]( This method, sometimes called butterflying, ensures a more evenly cooked chicken with crisp skin and a juicy interior. [[Video] Video: Anatomy of a Scene | 'Wonder Woman']( Patty Jenkins narrates a sequence featuring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine. [] World [A vigil for victims in the May 22 bombing in Manchester, England.]( [Manchester Bomber Met With ISIS Unit in Libya, Officials Say]( By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI and ERIC SCHMITT The bomber, Salman Abedi, is said to have kept up contact with members of Battar al-Libi, the unit that trained the commander of the Paris attacks. [Israeli armored forces advanced against Egyptian troops at the start of the Arab-Israeli war of 1967.]( ['Last Secret' of 1967 War: Israel's Doomsday Plan for Nuclear Display]( By WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER Israel was ready to detonate an atomic device on a Sinai mountain as a warning if it looked as if it were losing, newly released interviews reveal. [Seyi Shay during the filming of a music video in Ikeja, Nigeria. She earns little money from music sales because of rampant piracy, instead relying on endorsements, shows and other sources for income.]( [Nigeria's Afrobeat Music Scene Is Booming, but Profits Go to Pirates]( By DIONNE SEARCEY Artists worldwide battle illegal sales of their work. But Nigeria's piracy is so ingrained that music thieves even worry about rip-offs of their rip-offs. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [No, Your Phone Didn't Ring. So Why Voice Mail From a Telemarketer?]( By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD The Federal Communications Commission is poised to rule on "ringless voice mail," a new (and sometimes maddening) way to reach consumers. [For the Hmong, marijuana farming is not only a commercial opportunity but also a chance to return to a rural lifestyle.]( [California's 'Green Rush' Takes Hmong Back to Their Opium-Growing Roots]( By THOMAS FULLER Legal marijuana cultivation is drawing former farmers from Laos and their families to the northern hills, and to a life that feels like home. [Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, left, and Justice Stephen G. Breyer at the Harvard Marshall Forum on Friday in Cambridge, Mass.]( [Gorsuch Rejects Doubts Over 'Rule of Law Today']( By ADAM LIPTAK Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, in his first public remarks since joining the Supreme Court, spoke forcefully on Friday about letting judges have final say on the constitutionality of government actions. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Allison Miller checking a patient's blood pressure during free health screenings in Los Angeles in 2012. On Thursday, California's State Senate approved a preliminary plan for enacting single-payer health care.]( [The Single-Payer Party? Democrats Shift Left on Health Care]( By ALEXANDER BURNS and JENNIFER MEDINA Liberal Democrats have pressed lawmakers to support a single-payer health care system, and strident supporters say the party has moved further left on the issue. [City employees laid asphalt in San Francisco in May. President Trump plans next week to offer broad outlines for rebuilding the nation's roads, bridges, railways and waterways.]( [Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States and Business]( By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and KATE KELLY The move would be part of an effort to fulfill a campaign promise to lead $1 trillion in projects to rebuild roads, bridges, railways and waterways. [Former President Barack Obama left the stage after an event last month in Milan.]( On Washington [Obama Unwittingly Handed Trump a Weapon to Cripple the Health Law]( By CARL HULSE A dubious decision made by the previous White House has handed the current administration a powerful weapon to wield against the health care legislation that it despises. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business The Velvet Rope Economy [The Doctor Is In. Co-Pay? $40,000.]( By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ For five-figure annual fees, boutique medical services offer the wealthiest Americans the chance to cut the line and receive the best treatment. Vocations [Using Economics to Address Inequality and Poverty]( By PATRICIA R. OLSEN Economics informs and guides policy making. One practitioner says, "Don't give up your idealism, and try to find the best way to promote your ideas." [Beth Holland and her husband, Chuck Queener, both in their early 70s, could have paid cash for a condo in a 55-plus community in Newtown, Conn. But they took out a 30-year mortgage fixed at 4.25 percent.]( Retiring [Mortgages for Seniors? Available, but Exacting]( By VIVIAN MARINO Retirees who have been out of the mortgage-application process for a while might be surprised at all the extra hoops they have to jump through. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [During Marissa Mayer's five-year tenure at the top of Yahoo, users shifted to Google, Facebook and other rivals, and the company was hit by big privacy breaches. By the time Yahoo is absorbed by Verizon, she will have made about $239 million.]( [Dissecting Marissa Mayer's $900,000-a-Week Yahoo Paycheck]( By VINDU GOEL Yahoo's chief executive presided over the decline and sale of the company. But she delivered big rewards to investors. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Cristiano Ronaldo scored his second goal early in the second half of Real Madrid's 4-1 victory over Juventus in the Champions League final.]( On Soccer [Real Madrid, Hard to Define, Firms Its Stamp on Champions League]( By RORY SMITH Madrid became the first team to retain the Champions League title, despite its ambivalence to soccer's high-concept strategizing. [Brimmington Park, in the New Cross neighborhood in south London, where talent scouts keep an eye out for up-and-coming soccer players.]( [Premier League Proving Grounds]( By RORY SMITH Ball courts and cages in London are a hotbed of soccer talent, the kind that could change the way England plays the game. [Phil Mickelson with his daughter Amanda during the par-3 contest before the 2016 Masters in Augusta, Ga.]( [Phil Mickelson Says He'll Skip U.S. Open to Attend Daughter's Graduation]( By KAREN CROUSE Mickelson needs a victory in the tournament to become the sixth man to win a career Grand Slam. But he says Amanda's high school commencement ceremony takes precedence. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic.]( [Alan Gilbert Wanted to Save the New York Philharmonic. What Happened?]( By MICHAEL COOPER As Mr. Gilbert prepares to step down as the orchestra's music director, he finds his legacy is far from assured. [The actor Kevin Spacey at Juilliard. He's having a busy spring, starring in another season of ]( [Kevin Spacey Is Holding Court. Really.]( By DAVE ITZKOFF The "House of Cards" star is showing his stage roots with a performance as Clarence Darrow - in a tennis stadium - and a gig hosting the Tony Awards. [Bill Maher, appearing on his HBO show Friday night with Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, used a racial epithet to describe himself after Mr. Sasse suggested that Mr. Maher ]( [Bill Maher Apologizes for Use of Racial Slur on 'Real Time']( By DAVE ITZKOFF Mr. Maher and his guest, Senator Ben Sasse, Republican of Nebraska, were swiftly criticized on social media after Mr. Maher's comments were broadcast. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Animations by The Joren Cull Company]( New York 101 [How New York Is Turning Food Waste Into Compost and Gas]( By EMILY S. RUEB City officials hope to divert organic refuse from landfills. Where will it all go? [Tyehimba Jess, who won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for his book, ]( [How CUNY Became Poetry U.]( By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS Pulitzer winners and others are drawn not only to the diverse campuses, but to New York itself. [Many pretrial detainees in New York City's jail system are there because they could not afford the price of release at the time of arraignment.]( Big City [Getting Rid of Bail Is Only the Start]( By GINIA BELLAFANTE Using conflict resolution and social services to keep low-level offenders out of the courts should be the next wave in criminal justice reform. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Fashion & Style [Daniel Day, known as Dapper Dan, outside the former home of Langston Hughes in Harlem.]( [The Fashion Outlaw Dapper Dan]( By BARRY MICHAEL COOPER Twenty-five years after luxury labels sued his Harlem boutique out of existence, Gucci looks to him for inspiration. [Mike Faist blending in while heading to the subway in Times Square.]( Encounters [Young Tony Nominee of 'Dear Evan Hansen' Gets Ready for His Big Day]( By STUART EMMRICH The actor Mike Faist goes for a tuxedo fitting and runs into Hugh Jackman, the show's director Michael Greif and an emotional fan along the way. [Donald J. Trump with the golden shovel he used to break ground for Trump National Golf Club in 2002.]( [At the 'Summer White House,' You Are Never Far From a Trump Photo]( By LAURA M. HOLSON Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., takes over from Mar-a-Lago as the weekend retreat for the president and his entourage. For more fashion news, go to [NYTimes.com/Fashion »]( [] Travel [Homes along Aventine Hill.]( Where I Live [My Rome: Still a Classic Beauty]( By JASON HOROWITZ Returning to the city where he once lived, the writer learns to embrace the changes, not all of them pretty. [Leonard Gardner back in Stockton amid the speed bags at the Fat City Boxing Club, which is run by his old friend Yaqui Lopez.]( Footsteps [In California, Finding 'Fat City' With the Man Who Wrote It]( By KAREN SCHOEMER Stockton inspired Leonard Gardner's acclaimed 1969 novel. On the streets with him now, it's clear much has changed. But boxing endures. 36 Hours [36 Hours in Canterbury, England]( By MARK VANHOENACKER This small city of prayer, stone and stories calls to travelers like a miniature Rome. For more travel news, go to [NYTimes.com/Travel »]( [] Magazine [New York Stories]( By THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE The magazine's first-ever all-comics issue, with 12 tales of the city based on stories from The Times's Metro desk. The New York Issue [Terror and Mystery]( By SAMMY HARKHAM The last New Yorker killed on Sept. 11, 2001, was Henryk Siwiak - shot on a Brooklyn street, for reasons still unknown. As drawn by Sammy Harkham. For more from the Sunday magazine, go to [NYTimes.com/Magazine »]( []Obituaries [Elliot Martin, center, flanked by the director José Quintero and the actress Ingrid Bergman in a 1967 meeting to discuss a production of Eugene O'Neill's ]( [Elliot Martin, Prolific Theater Producer, Dies at 93]( By SAM ROBERTS Mr. Martin developed a knack for discovering new talent and for redeeming scripts that fellow producers had rejected as potential flops. [General Manager Jack McCloskey, right, signing Isiah Thomas, the Pistons' first-round draft choice, to a contract in 1981.]( [Jack McCloskey, Architect of Detroit Pistons' 'Bad Boys' Teams, Dies at 91]( By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK By drafting and trading for rugged players like Dennis Rodman and Bill Laimbeer, Mr. McCloskey built a pugnacious squad that won two N.B.A. titles. [Chandraswamy in 2007. His ashram became a hub for Delhi's power circles in the early 1990s, but his vast network of connections crumbled when he was arrested in connection with a fraud scandal. He was later acquitted.]( [Chandraswamy, Who Fell From Favor as a Guru to Celebrities, Dies at 66]( By ELLEN BARRY He was a counselor to Elizabeth Taylor and the Sultan of Brunei who built a vast network of political connections and faced many criminal investigations. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [America in Retreat]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD President Trump's national security adviser endorses a world of cutthroat competition and zero-sum outcomes. [President Trump's waivers allow former lobbyists to craft policy and regulation for the industries that once employed them as hired guns.]( Editorial [Written Proof That the President's Lobbyist Ban Is Worthless]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Leave it to Mr. Trump to take an exception to a rule and make it the rule. "Ethics waivers" are now permission to ignore ethical standards. [An illustration of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun.]( Editorial [Rocketing to the Sun and Its Flaming Secrets]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD NASA is launching the first satellite aimed at our own star to uncover the mysteries of its atmosphere. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( Sunday Review [President Trump approaching a lectern on Thursday to discuss how he would protect the country from a disaster: the Paris climate accord.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Trump Stomps Planet Earth]( By MAUREEN DOWD The new French president gives the new American president a lesson in how to project real strength. [Photo illustration based on mug shots of Matthew Medlin.]( Opinion [Innocent Until Your Mug Shot Is on the Internet]( By TIM STELLOH Why should we get to see Tiger Woods after he is arrested? [Laurie Rollitt]( Opinion [The Specialists' Stranglehold on Medicine]( By JAMIE KOUFMAN Neither political party is addressing the real reason health care costs so much. [] ON THIS DAY On June 4, 1989, Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen Square in Beijing to crush the pro-democracy movement; hundreds - possibly thousands - of people died. [See this Front Page]( | [Buy this Front Page]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook] [Facebook]( | [Twitter] [@NYTimes]( | [Pinterest] [Pinterest]( | [Instagram] [Instagram]( [NYT]( Access The New York Times from anywhere with our suite of apps: [iPhone®]( | [iPad®]( | [Android]( | [All]( [.] Save 15% at [The NYTimes Store »]( [.] Have questions? [Help Section »]( [.] Visit our mobile website at [m.nyt.com »]( About This Email This is an automated email. Please do not reply directly to this email. You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Today's Headlines newsletter. 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