Your Wednesday 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]( Wednesday, June 21, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( [Your Wednesday Evening Briefing]( By KAREN ZRAICK AND SANDRA STEVENSON Good evening. Here’s the latest.  Kevin D. Liles for The New York Times  1. Democrats are scrambling to regroup after they were [defeated in a Georgia House election]( that came to be seen as a referendum on politics in the age of Trump. The liberal wing of the party is demanding a more forceful economic message [heading into the 2018 congressional elections](. And there are new questions about the leadership and strategy of Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader. So who is [the Republican headed to Washington]( to represent the Sixth Congressional District? Karen Handel, above, is a longtime fixture in state politics and a former Georgia secretary of state. She is [Georgia’s first female Republican representative](. _____ Wang K'aichicn/VCG, via Getty Images 2. The business world is feeling the aftershocks from the resignation of [Travis Kalanick, above, from Uber]( the service he helped found and built into a global behemoth. Mr. Kalanick’s exit after a shareholder revolt caps months of questions over leadership at the company, which has become [an example of start-up culture gone awry](. _____ Bryan Denton for The New York Times 3. A lawsuit against two psychologists has thrown a spotlight on the [brutality used in C.I.A. interrogations](. Deposition videos, obtained exclusively by The New York Times, reveal new insights into the enhanced interrogation program and the C.I.A. officials behind it. Suleiman Salim, a Tanzanian, above, was captured in 2003 and held by the C.I.A. in Afghanistan. He was beaten, isolated in a dark cell for months, subjected to dousing with water and deprived of sleep. _____ Mark Wilson/Getty Images 4. In a shake-up in Saudi Arabia, King Salman [removed the crown prince]( and named his 31-year-old son, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, next in line to the throne. Prince Mohammed’s appointment comes at a time of deep Saudi involvement in conflicts across the Middle East, and the move [will have far-reaching effects on oil markets](. He met with President Trump, above, at the White House in March. Here is a recent [profile of the young prince](. _____ European Pressphoto Agency 5. One of Iraq’s most famous landmarks, [a historic mosque in Mosul]( was destroyed. The Iraqi government said the Islamic State was behind the blast — but the militants blamed a U.S. airstrike. Al Nuri Grand Mosque, above, is where the Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ascended a pulpit in 2014 and declared a caliphate. The mosque and its minaret are pictured on Iraq’s 10,000 dinar note. _____ Milwaukee Police Department 6. A Milwaukee jury [acquitted a police officer in the fatal shooting]( of a 23-year-old African-American man, Sylville Smith. His death last August touched off two days of protests on the city’s north side. The police officer, who was fired because of a separate case last fall, had been charged with first-degree reckless homicide. Above, body camera footage that was shown during the trial. _____ Glenna Gordon for The New York Times 7. This week’s magazine cover story is “[The Boys From Baga]( an intimate account of how four boy soldiers survived Boko Haram. The boys, from a fishing village in Nigeria, were among thousands abducted by the militant group and trained as soldiers. Their story, as told by Sarah Topol, reads like a novel. They learned to survive, but only by forgetting who they were. The photographer, Glenna Gordon, describes the reporting process — including a night patrol with Nigerian soldiers — [in this essay](. _____ Elaine Thompson/Associated Press 8. The N.B.A draft is on Thursday, and our experts have weighed in on who’s going where. The [76ers and Lakers are expected to take]( Markelle Fultz, above, and Lonzo Ball with the top two picks. After that, it gets interesting. _____ Aaron Vincent Elkaim for The New York Times 9. Happy first day of summer (in the Northern Hemisphere, of course). To celebrate, watch as a skilled Inuit builder in northern Canada teaches [the disappearing craft of building igloos](. The traditional design incorporates principles of physics and thermodynamics to create an optimal shelter, and it turns out snow is actually an excellent insulator. The temperature inside an igloo can reach 40 degrees Fahrenheit — or more — while it’s 30 below freezing outside. _____ Stephen Crowley/The New York Times 10. Finally, the late-night hosts were almost wistful at the news that Sean Spicer, the White House spokesman, is [leading the search]( for his own replacement. [Stephen Colbert, who like his colleagues]( drew a hefty share of material from Mr. Spicer’s press briefings, led the crowd in an affectionate chant: “Sean, Sean!” And he joked: “Sean, I have so many questions. If you go, who will not answer them?” 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. And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing, posted weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern, and Your Weekend Briefing, posted at 6 a.m. Sundays. Want to look back? Here’s [last night’s briefing](. What did you like? What do you want to see here? Let us know at [briefing@nytimes.com](mailto:briefing@nytimes.com?subject=Evening%20Briefing%20Feedback). ADVERTISEMENT Sponsor a Subscription Inspire the future generation of readers by contributing to The Times’s [sponsor-a-subscription program](. For questions, email sponsor@nytimes.com or call [1-844-698-2677](. 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