Today's Headlines: Justices to Hear Major Challenge to Partisan Gerrymandering

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[Russia Warns U.S. After Downing of Syrian Warplane]( By MICHAEL R. GORDON and IVAN NECHEPURENKO Moscow suspended the use of a military hotline for avoiding collisions in Syrian airspace and threatened to target aircraft flown by the United States and its allies over Syria. [Police officers patrolling on Monday in Finsbury Park, in North London. Early on Monday morning, a man rammed a rental van into a congregation of Muslims leaving prayers during Ramadan.]( [An Attack on Muslims Shakes Cosmopolitan London]( By KATRIN BENNHOLD This proudly diverse and tolerant city is now confronted with the tensions and ugliness that have been simmering on the fringes for years and are boiling to the surface. 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 [Xavier Martin, 24, from Halethorpe, Md.; Shingo Douglass, 25, from San Diego; Dakota Rigsby, 19, from Palmyra, Va.; Carlos Sibayan, 23, from Chula Vista, Calif.; Ngoc T. Truong Huynh, 25, from Oakville, Conn.; Noe Hernandez, 26, from Weslaco, Tex.; and Gary Rehm Jr., 37, from Elyria, Ohio.]( U.S. [7 Sailors Emerged From Diverse Backgrounds to Pursue a Common Cause]( By DAVE PHILIPPS The group of sailors who died on Saturday represented today's military, which heavily recruits in immigrant communities from coast to coast. [Allysza Castile after a jury acquitted a Minnesota police officer in the fatal shooting of her brother, Philando Castile.]( OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [Philando Castile and the Terror of an Ordinary Day]( By ELISE C. BODDIE It's a privilege to do mundane things without fearing for your safety. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "It is like you have got a high-rise building and you are encasing it in kerosene." [EDWIN GALEA]( director of the Fire Safety Engineering Group at the University of Greenwich, describing the use of exterior cladding that may have exacerbated the Grenfell Tower inferno, which killed at least 79 in London. [] Today's Videos [Sasha Maslov for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.]( [[Video] Video: Five Sites of New York's L.G.B.T.Q. History]( Jacob Riis Park, a Manhattan church, the Bum Bum Bar and more. In 360 degrees, visit five sites that helped shape New York City's L.G.B.T.Q. community and its history. [[Video] Video: Lemon Bars]( Bursting with pure lemon flavor, this classic dessert is a picnic-table standout. [A police cordon early Monday in the Finsbury Park area of North London.]( [[Video] Video: Londoners React to Finsbury Park Van Attack]( London residents on Monday voiced their fears and praised the community response after an attack in which a man from Cardiff, Wales, used a van to plow into pedestrians outside a mosque during Ramadan. [] World [Portugal Fire Survivors Recount Confusion Amid a Search for Escape]( By RAPHAEL MINDER After a forest fire killed at least 64 people over the weekend, our correspondent drove into the ravaged countryside, past burned-out cars and melted road signs. [Afghan forces patrolling the district of Pachir Agham near Tora Bora, in Nangarhar Province. Last week, the Islamic State scored a symbolic victory against the Taliban by taking control of the cave and tunnel complex in the area.]( [Afghan Government Quietly Aids Breakaway Taliban Faction]( By TAIMOOR SHAH, ROD NORDLAND and JAWAD SUKHANYAR Afghan officials have chosen sides, offering the faction, popularly known as the Renouncers, with weapons, safe passage and intelligence support. [The Justo Sierra Auditorium at the National Autonomous University of Mexico has been occupied by political protesters since 2000.]( Mexico City Journal [A Student Strike Becomes an Occupation, for 17 Years]( By KIRK SEMPLE Since 2000, an auditorium at National Autonomous University of Mexico has been commandeered by political protesters. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [First-grade students at Solar Preparatory School for Girls in Dallas. The school emphasizes the sciences and art.]( [Dallas Schools, Long Segregated, Charge Forward on Diversity]( By DANA GOLDSTEIN One of the nation's most divided urban districts is a leader in trying to draw white and college-educated families back to public schools. [Otto F. Warmbier, an American student, spoke to reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea, in February 2016. He had been detained at Pyongyang airport that January.]( [Otto Warmbier, American Student Released From North Korea, Dies]( By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Mr. Warmbier, 22, returned to the United States in a coma last week after brutal treatment by the North Korean government, his family said. [The court's decision probably means that the Washington Redskins football team will win its fight to retain federal trademark protection.]( [Justices Strike Down Law Banning Disparaging Trademarks]( By ADAM LIPTAK The decision, over an Asian-American band named the Slants, could mean that the Washington Redskins name will keep federal trademark protection. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, said a slowdown was merely a first step in trying ]( [Senate Democrats Try to Gum Up Works Over Affordable Care Act Repeal]( By THOMAS KAPLAN and ROBERT PEAR With few arrows in their quiver, Democrats plan to use a slowdown to fight the secrecy surrounding Republican efforts to repeal and replace the health law. [Jay Sekulow, pictured in 2014, is a recent addition to President Trump's outside legal team. He built his reputation as a constitutional lawyer for several evangelical Christian groups.]( [For Jay Sekulow, New Trump Lawyer, Public Stumble Is Out of Character]( By CHARLIE SAVAGE A rough performance in a "Fox News Sunday" interview with Chris Wallace was considered an anomaly for a lawyer known as an articulate advocate. [Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, including on the Middle East, will travel to Israel on Wednesday.]( [Jared Kushner Is About to Plunge Into Middle East Diplomacy]( By MARK LANDLER and MAGGIE HABERMAN After meeting with technology executives, Mr. Kushner will travel to Israel for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [An installation by Netflix at an event space in Beverly Hills, Calif., for ]( [For Your Consideration: An Increasingly Lavish Emmy Campaign Season]( By JOHN KOBLIN and BROOKS BARNES Encouraged by streaming services like Netflix, networks are spending heavily to get their shows noticed by prospective Emmy voters. [Amazon employees at a canine play area on the company's campus in downtown Seattle in April.]( DealBook [Conglomerates Didn't Die. They Look Like Amazon.]( By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN Just as investors were mourning the demise of the old-style conglomerate, Jeff Bezos' company announced it would stretch its boundaries by buying Whole Foods. [The model of Blue Apron, a meal delivery service, is meant to cater to Americans' growing desire to cook at home and their appetite for convenient home delivery services.]( [Blue Apron Pursues I.P.O. as Amazon Looms Over Industry]( By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED The meal-delivery service's plans for a public debut come amid upheaval in the food retail industry generated by Amazon's takeover bid for Whole Foods. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Racks of machines at a server farm mining Bitcoins and Ether in Guizhou, China, last June.]( [Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment.]( By NATHANIEL POPPER Ethereum, a digital currency network that is winning over tech geeks and big companies, may soon surpass Bitcoin, its inspiration. Or it may fizzle. [Londoners checking their phones during lunch hour. British officials would like to create a digital backdoor to encrypted messaging technologies in hopes of detecting and preventing terrorist activity.]( [After Terror Attacks, Britain Moves to Police the Web]( By MARK SCOTT The country is cracking down on the use of encryption for instant messaging, as well as on potentially extremist material that circulates across social media. [Tech leaders and investors, some of whom have disagreed with President Trump, met at the White House on Monday about updating government technology.]( [Tech Titans Make Pilgrimage to White House to Discuss Government Systems]( By CECILIA KANG Timothy Cook, Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt were among 18 tech executives at a forum held by an administration they have had conflicts with. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Jeff Charles at his parents' home in upstate New York. Charles coached football for over two decades before the death of one of his players led him to leave the sport. He now lives in Texas and coaches high school softball.]( [Haunted by a Player's Death, a Coach Walks Away From His Sport]( By MALIKA ANDREWS Jeff Charles had been coaching football for 21 years, but his love of the sport diminished after a 16-year-old sustained a fatal blow to the head in a game. [Brooks Koepka golfing for Florida State in 2010.]( On Golf [After U.S. Open Breakthrough, Brooks Koepka Thanks a Calming Force]( By KAREN CROUSE Trey Jones, the golf coach at Florida State, says his former player's great strength is accepting any criticism that will improve his game. [Diana Taurasi, left, and Sue Bird, right, with Tamika Catchings after the United States women's basketball team won the 2016 Olympic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. Taurasi and Bird won an N.C.A.A. title together at UConn and remain close friends.]( [Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird, W.N.B.A. Stars, Keep Longtime Friendship]( By SETH BERKMAN With Taurasi breaking multiple career records this season and Bird closing in on her own, their relationship - between teammates and then rivals - has endured. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Jessy Smith in ]( [Review: Specters of the Stage Enchant in 'Ghost Light']( By BEN BRANTLEY Third Rail Projects turns the Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center into a haunted house of theatrical ego. [Alex R. Hibbert, left, and Mahershala Ali in ]( [A New Rating for TV and Movies Tries to Combat Gender Stereotypes]( By SUSAN CHIRA The watchdog group Common Sense will introduce a "positive gender representations" label for content that prompts boys and girls to think beyond traditional roles. [Diana Krall's latest record, ]( [Diana Krall on Handling Grief, and 'Finding Romance in Everything']( By ELYSA GARDNER The jazz pianist and singer said the standards on her most recent album, "Turn Up the Quiet," set her free. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Commuters surging through Penn Station. Service has been deteriorating at the country's busiest station, which soon will reduce train service as aging tracks are closed for repairs.]( [Penn Station Commuters Plot Plan B for 'Summer of Hell']( By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS and PATRICK McGEEHAN Commuters are exploring alternate routes by car, subway and ferry, and their employers are likewise considering allowing for flexible hours and working from home. [The new Tappan Zee Bridge under construction. The design-build approach was used for the project, meaning design and construction phases were bundled to improve efficiency.]( [A Streamlined Way to Build Projects Runs Into New York Politics]( By WINNIE HU Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo have embraced an integrated approach to building bridges and highways, but they failed to work together to push it through Albany. [A display of diversity at Columbia University's graduation ceremony in May. College presidents overwhelmingly agreed that the racial climate on campus had become more important, according to a study by the American Council on Education.]( [At Colleges, Demographic Changes Everywhere but the Top]( By DAVID W. CHEN A national survey of higher education leaders found little shift in who is in the president's office, as well as plenty of concern about budgets. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Science [CERN hosts thousands of scientists, representing 22 member countries, all working to understand how the universe was created. CMS is one of seven detectors on site.]( [Yearning for New Physics at CERN, in a Post-Higgs Way]( By DENNIS OVERBYE Physicists monitoring the Large Hadron Collider are seeking clues to a theory that will answer deeper questions about the cosmos. But the silence from the frontier has been ominous. [Nanetta Hall, who had been run over by a pickup truck, was the first patient in the city to be treated with the ER-Reboa.]( [Inspired by War Zones, Balloon Device May Save Civilians From Fatal Blood Loss]( By DENISE GRADY Developed to save victims of battlefield trauma, a plastic tube with a balloon at its tip can give doctors precious time to halt internal bleeding. [The Symptoms of Dying]( By SARA MANNING PESKIN, M.D. Whether you have cancer or heart disease or diabetes, dying has its own biology and symptoms. It's a diagnosis in itself. For more science news, go to [NYTimes.com/Science »]( []Obituaries [On ]( [Bill Dana, Comic Best Known for José Jiménez Character, Dies at 92]( By BRUCE WEBER The comedian and comedy writer provoked anger as well as laughter with his English-mangling character, but insisted that it was not an ethnic caricature. [Larry Grantham in the late 1960s.]( [Larry Grantham, Defensive Captain of Champion Jets, Dies at 78]( By FRANK LITSKY Grantham, an undersize linebacker, played 13 seasons with the New York Titans and the Jets, whom he helped upset the Colts in the 1969 Super Bowl. [Ernestina Herrera de Noble, the publisher of Argentina's largest-circulation daily newspaper, Clarín.]( [Ernestina Herrera de Noble, Media Mogul in Argentina, Dies at 92]( By DANIEL POLITI Ms. Herrera de Noble, the publisher of Clarín, was instrumental in creating one of the largest media conglomerates in the Spanish-speaking world. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [Free Speech at the Supreme Court]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The justices reaffirmed core First Amendment principles and took a major case on partisan gerrymandering. [President Emmanuel Macron of France in Paris on Sunday.]( Editorial [For Macron, Triumph and a Warning]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD A huge legislative majority comes after abysmal voter turnout and new prominence for a leftist opponent. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [A voter in Columbus, Ohio, on Election Day in 2016.]( Op-Ed Columnist [If Liberals Voted ...]( By DAVID LEONHARDT American politics would look very different if Democrats could close their gap in passion and commitment. Op-Ed Columnist [Let's Not Get Carried Away]( By DAVID BROOKS We should be wary of sinking into the politics of scandal. It won't make us, America, or this administration's governance any better. Contributing Opinion Writer [Where Are the Rape-Kit Nurses?]( By BRITTANY BRONSON There's a huge backlog of sexual-assault tests. But there also aren't enough people to conduct them in the first place. [A man with a message outside a church holding a community prayer service for those shot at a nearby baseball field in Alexandra, Va.]( The Conversation [What if They Don't Even Make a Sausage?]( By GAIL COLLINS and BRET STEPHENS Congressional politics are getting stranger and stranger. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On June 20, 1967, the boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. The conviction was later overturned by the Supreme Court. [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. 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