Today's Headlines: Senate Republicans Unveil New Health Bill, but Divisions Remain

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[Sheldon Silver, a former New York State Assembly speaker, as he left court in 2016.]( [Sheldon Silver's 2015 Corruption Conviction Is Overturned]( By BENJAMIN WEISER In the case of the former New York State Assembly speaker, a federal appeals court cited a 2016 Supreme Court ruling redefining illegal actions by public officials. [Liu Xiaobo, Chinese Dissident Who Won Nobel While Jailed, Dies at 61]( By CHRIS BUCKLEY Mr. Liu, who was convicted in 2009 of inciting subversion and sentenced to prison, was given medical parole recently to be treated for late-stage cancer. 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 [Jamie Clay after giving birth to a daughter. She received treatment in a rehab center for opioid addiction soon after finding out she was pregnant.]( HEALTH [A Tide of Opioid-Dependent Newborns Forces Doctors to Rethink Treatment]( By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS Infants born dependent on opioids are routinely removed from their mothers and sent to big hospitals. But keeping mother and baby together may be the best treatment. OPINION | Editorial [The Spirit of Liu Xiaobo]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD He spoke of universal yearnings, but China's leaders were afraid to listen. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "You start worrying about everything, you'll go crazy and you won't enjoy life." [JIM GORSKI]( a former Navy pilot who lives in Alaska, on the likelihood of the state being hit by a North Korean missile. [] Today's Videos [REUTERS/Carolyn Kaster]( [[Video] Video: Trump Compliments Brigitte Macron's Body]( President Trump was captured on video complimenting the physical appearance of the wife of President Emmanuel Macron of France. [Niko Koppel/The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.]( [[Video] Video: The Blackout of 1977: A Trip Through the Archives]( It has been 40 years since the New York City blackout of 1977. Visit The New York Times's archive - known as the morgue - to see how we covered two chaotic days. [[Video] Video: Ants Can Build an Eiffel Tower (Sort Of)]( New research shows how ants band together to survive floods. Find out why these tiny creatures are surprisingly good architects when they all work together. [] World [Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former leader of Brazil, in São Paulo on Thursday. He vowed to fight a corruption conviction and retake the presidency.]( [In Brazil, Political Rivals Face a Common Threat: A Rising Judiciary]( By ERNESTO LONDOÑO and SHANNON SIMS Amid the conviction of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, political adversaries across the ideological spectrum are attacking the legitimacy of prosecutors and judges. [Protesters took over a tank on the night of the failed Turkish coup of July 16, 2016. Many questions about the coup remain.]( [Mysteries, and a Crackdown, Persist a Year After a Failed Coup in Turkey]( By PATRICK KINGSLEY President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used the events of July 15, 2016, to justify a crackdown on opponents, but the extent of coup plot remains unclear. [[Multimedia Feature] Multimedia Feature: Through the Outback]( By ADAM FERGUSON Traveling across Australia's vast interior, our photojournalist found a land that defied easy explanations, a remote expanse filled with meaning. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [A group of women listen as the District Attorney Matthew Weintraub of Bucks County, Pa., announced Thursday that human remains had been found during a search for four missing men.]( [Man Admits to Killings of 4 Missing Men in Pennsylvania, Lawyer Says]( By JON HURDLE, RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA and MATTHEW HAAG Cosmo DiNardo, 20, had been described as a "person of interest" in the disappearance of four men after bodies were found buried on his parents' farm. [In March, Jennifer Morse, a climate technician, unloaded air sampling equipment into the small wooden shed used to collect data at the Niwot Ridge research site of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration near Nederland, Colo.]( [Climate-Altering Gases Spiked in 2016, Federal Scientists Report]( By LISA FRIEDMAN The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration attributed the increase in part to the El Niño weather pattern. Its report makes no mention of human contributions. [Watata Mwenda, center, and his sons, in an apartment in Fayetteville, Ark. They turned solemn after learning that a family member, John Feruzi, was not allowed to travel to the United States.]( [A Refugee Family Arrives in Arkansas, Before the Door Shuts]( By MIRIAM JORDAN The Mwenda family fled Congo in 2009 after a militia attack and lived for years in Malawi. Their arrival last week just beat a moratorium on refugees. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Protesters in Elizabethtown, Ky., waited for the arrival of Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, at a dinner event in his home state last month.]( The Upshot [Revised Senate Health Bill Tries to Win Votes, but Has Fewer Winners]( By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ Mitch McConnell mostly took a step to the right to attract support, but the changes still leave a long list of potential losers. [Trump Defends His Son and Plays Down Differences With French Leader]( By MAGGIE HABERMAN and MARK LANDLER President Trump said at a news conference with President Emmanuel Macron of France that his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was a "wonderful young man." [Mick Mulvaney, the White House budget director, testified before a House committee about President Trump's budget in May.]( [Congressional Budget Office Casts Doubt on Trump Spending Plan]( By ALAN RAPPEPORT The independent government office said the president's inaugural budget was overly optimistic about tacking the deficit. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [David M. Solomon, a co-president of Goldman Sachs, in a video posted on Instagram recently under his stage name, D.J. D-Sol.]( [At Goldman, He's David Solomon. At the Club, He Goes by D.J. D-Sol]( By KATE KELLY David M. Solomon, a Goldman Sachs co-president and a leading contender to become the investment bank's chief executive, has a suprising hobby: spinning electronic dance music. [Ayn Rand in August 1957 on Park Avenue (around 40th Street) in Manhattan.]( Common Sense [As a Guru, Ayn Rand May Have Limits. Ask Travis Kalanick.]( By JAMES B. STEWART For all the influence of the Objectivist principles set forth in "The Fountainhead" and other works, some prominent followers have run into trouble. [In Lula's Shadow, Brazil's Shipbuilders Struggle to Right Themselves]( By DOM PHILLIPS The country's plans were undone by widespread graft, weak commodity prices and a naïveté over how to succeed in a competitive industry. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Uber's headquarters in San Francisco. The next chief executive of the company will have the chance to orchestrate a turnaround affecting some 15,000 employees and hundreds of thousands of contract drivers.]( [Uber Offers a Thankless Job, and the Applications Flood In]( By MIKE ISAAC Even as Uber faces problems like a broken culture and a legal battle, many are coveting the ride-hailing company's vacant chief executive job. [An electronics shop in Tokyo. Toshiba says Western Digital is unfairly interfering in its effort to sell its microchip business.]( [Toshiba Resumes Talks Over Contentious Sale of Microchip Unit]( By JONATHAN SOBLE The troubled Japanese tech company had announced plans to sell the unit to a group of investors, setting off a public battle with Western Digital. [Fred Roberts of Manhasset, Long Island, behind the wheel of his Mercedes AMG E43, which has paddle shifters. ]( Wheels [Paddle Shifters Move From the Fast Track to the H.O.V. Lane]( By STEPHEN WILLIAMS Designed to allow racecar drivers to change gears quickly, paddle shifters are increasingly found in standard vehicles, but their usefulness for commuters is debatable. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Venus Williams will try for her sixth Wimbledon singles title on Sunday when she faces Muguruza.]( [Venus Williams and Garbiñe Muguruza Reach Wimbledon Final]( By DAVID WALDSTEIN Williams, the No. 10 seed, defeated the sixth-seeded Johanna Konta, 6-4, 6-2. The 14th-seeded Muguruza ousted Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-1, 6-1. [The Original Fake News: Soccer Transfers]( By RORY SMITH In a sport known for its post-truth propagation of transfer rumors, a journalist created a fake phenom to see how much traction his story could get. A lot, it turned out. [Lexi Thompson and her mother, Judy, who is recovering from cancer surgery, hugging each other before Lexi teed off Thursday at the United States Women's Open.]( [Lexi Thompson and Her Mother Focus on Each Other, and Survival]( By KAREN CROUSE After undergoing surgery and radiation treatments for uterine cancer, Judy Thompson was cheering on her daughter at the United States Women's Open. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Oscar Isaac and Gayle Rankin in ]( [Review: The Greatest of Danes, as Oscar Isaac Takes On 'Hamlet']( By BEN BRANTLEY Sam Gold's funny and heartbreaking production treats Shakespeare's daunting masterpiece with disarming familiarity. [Thandie Newton was nominated for an Emmy for outstanding supporting actress for her work in Westworld.]( Emmy Awards Briefing [Emmy Nominations 2017: 'S.N.L.' and 'Westworld' Lead]( By JOHN KOBLIN HBO leads all the networks with 111 nominations and Netflix comes in second with 91; "S.N.L." and "Westworld" received 22 nominations each. [An installation view of Hélio Oiticica's best-known piece, ]( Art Review [Cool Heat: An Art Outlaw Who Still Simmers]( By HOLLAND COTTER Cocaine, sand and crazy love: Hélio Oiticica's dance into life, on the edge, arrives at the Whitney Museum of American Art. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( Movies [Andy Serkis in ]( [Review: New 'Planet of the Apes' Makes You Root Against Your Species]( By A. O. SCOTT With Andy Serkis reprising his role as Caesar, "War for the Planet of the Apes" is a humane western wrapped around a prison movie, as primates battle for primacy. [Florence Pugh in ]( [Review: 'Lady Macbeth' in Hoop Skirts]( By MANOHLA DARGIS Victim or villain, flower or serpent? In this British movie, a young 19th-century woman finds passion, makes mischief and commits murder. [The director Alejandro Jodorowsky, right, with his son Adan, who plays a younger version of his father in this film.]( [Review: 'Endless Poetry,' Alejandro Jodorowsky's Surreal Self-Portrait]( By A. O. SCOTT An 88-year-old polymath's nostalgic look back on the Chilean literary scene in the late 1940s. [A scene from ]( [Review: 'Chasing Coral' Bears Witness to the Death Aquatic]( By NICOLE HERRINGTON Jeff Orlowski's documentary emphasizes that climate change isn't just an aboveground phenomenon - warmer oceans mean that coral reefs are in peril, too. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Bob McDonnell, the former governor of Virginia, spoke to the news media after the Supreme Court heard arguments in his corruption case. His conviction was overturned last summer.]( [Silver May Start 'Parade of Horribles' Out of McDonnell Case, Critics Say]( By ALAN FEUER Legal experts said a Supreme Court ruling that helped reverse the conviction of Sheldon Silver, the former Assembly speaker, could offer a road map to public officials inclined toward corruption. [A five-and-a-half-mile boardwalk at Rockaway Beach was completed this spring. The government's most ambitious plan to shelter Rockaway from the elements, though, is far from assured.]( [Could the Rockaways Survive Another Sandy?]( By LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ Residents are bracing for the worst, wondering whether measures taken so far are enough to keep devastation of the Queens community at bay. [Mr. Ross faces seven years in prison, but might be released far sooner, under a rehabilitation program at the jail.]( [Expectant Mother and Father-to-Be, Separated by Cinder Block]( By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN Trying to prepare for their baby's arrival, two inmates at a county jail in New Jersey communicate by gestures through windows. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( Men's Style [Eric Underwood wearing a Gucci suit, Astrid Andersen scarf and Hudson shoes. Styled by Nathan Klein.]( [Eric Underwood, the American Star of the Royal Ballet]( By GUY TREBAY He prepared for his life's work by dancing with his mother at home to Al Green and Marvin Gaye. Tips and Tricks [Don Lemon on How to Look Camera-Ready]( By BEE SHAPIRO He is under the bright CNN lights some 260 nights a year. So he has his grooming routine down to a science. [Chris Riccobono, the founder of the Untuckit men's wear label, doesn't equate sophistication with style.]( Encounters [Untuckit Strikes a Chord With Self-Explanatory Men's Wear]( By ALEX WILLIAMS In 2010 Chris Riccobono had an idea so obvious, no one else had ever thought of it. Now he has 13 new stores in the works and a fund of $30 million. For more men's style news, go to [NYTimes.com/mensstyle »]( []Obituaries [Chuck Blazer in 2009. He was a member of FIFA's executive committee from 1997 to 2013.]( [Chuck Blazer, Central Figure in FIFA Scandal, Dies at 72]( By JERÉ LONGMAN and REBECCA R. RUIZ Mr. Blazer was a gregarious American soccer official who pleaded guilty to a range of charges as part of a federal investigation. [Dr. Keith Conners in 2013. He devised a 39-item questionnaire for diagnosing and treating what came to be known as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.]( [Keith Conners, Psychologist Who Set Standard for Diagnosing A.D.H.D., Dies at 84]( By BENEDICT CAREY After devising a scale for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Dr. Conners later expressed dismay over how loosely the label was being applied. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial [Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill on Thursday.]( Editorial [A Scary New Senate Health Care Bill]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD You have to hand it to McConnell & Co. They found a way to make a horrible bill truly hideous. [Sheldon Silver in 2015.]( Editorial [A Twist in the Sheldon Silver Saga]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD An appeals court tosses out a conviction because the Supreme Court redefined corruption, but not because of a lack of evidence. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed Opinion [How You Would Like to Be Dead]( By THE EDITORS Under roses, in the sea, with a dog. Readers share their burial wishes. [Mitch McConnell, center, arriving on Capitol Hill on Thursday.]( Op-Ed Columnist [The Cruelty and Fraudulence of Mitch McConnell's Health Bill]( By PAUL KRUGMAN The latest Trumpcare bill still takes from the poor to give to the rich; it just does so with extra stealth. [Donald Trump Jr. at Trump Tower in New York.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Moral Vacuum in the House of Trump]( By DAVID BROOKS It took generations to evolve to Donald Jr.'s lack of ethics. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On July 14, 1965, the American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet. 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