Today's Headlines: Health Care Overhaul Collapses as Two Republican Senators Defect

[The Cost of a Hot Economy in California: A Severe Housing Crisis]( | View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. | [Unsubscribe]( [The New York Times]( [Most Popular]( | [Video]( | [Today's Headlines]( Tuesday, July 18, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World](#worldNews) | [U.S.](#nationalNews) | [Politics](#politicsNews) | [Business](#businessNews) | [Technology](#technologyNews) | [Sports](#sportsNews) | [Arts](#artsNews) | [N.Y./Region](#nyregionNews) | [Science](#dailyFeatureNews) | [Today's Video](#videoNews) | [Obituaries](#obituaries) | [Editorials](#editorialsNews) | [Op-Ed](#opinionNews) | [On This Day](#onthisdayNews) | [CUSTOMIZE »]( Top News [Two Republican senators, Jerry Moran of Kansas, left, and Mike Lee of Utah, said they would not support the new health bill.]( [Health Care Overhaul Collapses as Two Republican Senators Defect]( By THOMAS KAPLAN With announced opposition from Senators Moran and Lee, the Republican push to rewrite President Obama's signature domestic legacy issue falls short. [Low-rise homes dot the landscape in San Francisco. California's housing costs are among the highest in the country.]( [The Cost of a Hot Economy in California: A Severe Housing Crisis]( By ADAM NAGOURNEY and CONOR DOUGHERTY An explosion in costs has emerged as a central problem for the state, and state and local governments are pondering a series of measures to correct course. [Soldiers in the border-straddling village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, where the two Koreas have often held talks.]( [South Korea Proposes Military Talks With North at Their Border]( By CHOE SANG-HUN and DAVID E. SANGER Such talks would be the first in years, and the North's reaction will be the first test of the new South Korean president's pro-dialogue policy. 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 [A farmer in La Hormiga at his pepper seed field. After the end of a long war with FARC rebels, Colombia is trying to encourage farmers to turn away from coca.]( WORLD [After Decades of War, Colombian Farmers Face a New Test: Peace]( By NICHOLAS CASEY The FARC rebels have disarmed and joined the government to wean farmers off illicit crops. But in poor villages, the lure of drug money is still strong. OPINION | Op-Ed Contributors [How Trump Is Stealthily Carrying Out His Muslim Ban]( By FARHANA KHERA and JOHNATHAN J. SMITH He's not waiting for the Supreme Court to have its say. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "We are living on borrowed time." [KELLY K. FALKNER]( director of polar programs at the National Science Foundation, referring to the likelihood of crippling repairs or reduced funds shutting down research at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. [] Today's Videos [Kassie Bracken/The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.]( [[Video] Video: Paraglide Over Peru in 360]( Take a ride in 360 degrees with the paraglider Ricardo Mares, who is a regular over Lima's cliffs. [[Video] Video: Russian Mansions: Retreats or Spy Nests?]( The Obama administration ordered Russian diplomats to leave two waterfront compounds in New York and Maryland. Now, Russia wants them back. [] World [A migrant outside the Sant'Anna Cara reception center in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Italy. Managers at the center were among 68 people arrested on charges of fraud, misuse of public money and mafia association.]( [Mafia in Italy Siphons Huge Sums From Migrant Centers]( By GAIA PIANIGIANI A swelling migrant population has made running reception centers a source of potential local corruption and mafia penetration, investigators say. [Dongsi, a neighborhood in Beijing known for traditional alleyways called hutongs, last month. In alley after alley throughout the city, once-thriving businesses now have bricked-up walls where storefronts or doors once were.]( Beijing Journal [A Cleanup of 'Holes in the Wall' in China's Capital]( By STEVEN LEE MYERS A sweeping reconstruction project has wiped out dozens of the neighborhood shops and restaurants that give the capital a bit of its rakish charm. [Xiyue Wang at his apartment in Hong Kong in 2009. Mr. Wang was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Sunday.]( [Colleagues of Princeton University Scholar Convicted of Spying in Iran Express Shock]( By RICK GLADSTONE The conviction and 10-year sentence imposed on Xiyue Wang, who had been researching 19th-century history, could chill scholarly exchanges with Iran. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [A City College of New York graduate last year. At least $5 billion in private student loans are at the heart of a legal dispute.]( [As Paperwork Goes Missing, Private Student Loan Debts May Be Wiped Away]( By STACY COWLEY and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG In an echo of the subprime mortgage crisis, one of the largest owners of troubled student loans cannot collect because documents are missing. [Lizbeth Mateo in her office in a day laborer center in Pasadena. Ms. Mateo, now a lawyer, was born in Mexico and has lived in the United States for years as an undocumented immigrant.]( [A Defender of the Constitution, With No Legal Right to Live Here]( By JENNIFER MEDINA Leading a new wave of defiant activism, Lizbeth Mateo is one of a few undocumented immigrants working as a lawyer in immigration courts. [A memorial in Minneapolis to Justine Damond, who was killed by the police on Saturday after she called 911 to report a possible assault.]( [Family Asks: Why Did Minneapolis Police Kill Australian 911 Caller?]( By MATT FURBER and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA The authorities have not offered any explanation of how an unarmed woman's call to 911, to report a possible assault, led to her being fatally shot. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [President Trump signed two bills into law during a ceremony in the Diplomatic Reception Room last month.]( [Trump Says He Has Signed More Bills Than Any President, Ever. He Hasn't.]( By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and KAREN YOURISH The president's legislative record for his first six months in office is about average among recent presidents. But he has time to compile major achievements. [President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on the South Lawn on Monday.]( [Trump Recertifies Iran Nuclear Deal, but Only Reluctantly]( By PETER BAKER After hours of debate, the president agreed to continue with an international agreement limiting Iran's nuclear program that he had pledged to overhaul. [Employees at a wire harness and cable assembly plant in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, that exports to the United States.]( [U.S. Calls for 'Much Better Deal' in Nafta Overhaul Plan]( By ALAN RAPPEPORT The Trump administration sent a list of objectives to Congress that emphasizes the reduction of the United States' trade deficit with Canada and Mexico. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Struggles at Procter & Gamble Draw Scrutiny of Nelson Peltz]( By JULIE CRESWELL and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED Mr. Peltz's Trian Fund Management is seeking a board seat at the consumer products giant, signaling a ratcheting-up in the size of the corporate targets of activist investors. [Workers making swimwear at a factory in Jinjiang, China, this month.]( [U.S. and Chinese Executives to Meet on Nations' Economic Relations]( By KATE KELLY A meeting of more than 20 business leaders from the United States and China will focus on issues that trouble economic relations between the countries. [President Xi Jinping, of China, held a conference recently to discuss corporate indebtedness in the country. Policy makers and analysts there worry that indebted conglomerates like Dalian Wanda Group threaten the well-being of the Chinese economy.]( [Mysterious Document Is Latest Blow for Dalian Wanda]( By KEITH BRADSHER and SUI-LEE WEE Before it was blocked on the web by China's censors, the document fed concern about the financial health of the conglomerate and caused its share price to drop. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology Tech Tip [Adding New Fonts to the Computer]( By J. D. BIERSDORFER Your desktop operating system includes a wide variety of typefaces to use in documents and other design projects, but you can always add more. Bits [Daily Report: Exploring Facebook's Gated Communities]( By JOSEPH PLAMBECK Only a small percentage of people on Facebook use private groups. Naturally, the company sees an opportunity for growth. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Roger Federer after winning his eighth men's singles title at Wimbledon on Sunday.]( On Tennis [Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal Duel, Once Again, for Supremacy]( By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY The veteran stars are battling for the No. 1 ranking and playing as if it were 2005. [Leslie Alexander, left, the owner of the Houston Rockets, with Yao Ming during a news conference in February.]( [The Houston Rockets Are for Sale, and They Will Not Be Cheap]( By KEVIN DRAPER After 24 years, Leslie Alexander is ready to sell his team that Forbes is estimating to be worth $1.65 billion - and Forbes has underestimated before. [Mets pitchers Noah Syndergaard, left, Jacob deGrom and Matt Harvey before a game in May against the San Francisco Giants. Of those, deGrom is the only active starter.]( On Baseball [When Syndergaard and Harvey Play Catch, Every Throw Is Fraught]( By TYLER KEPNER Two Mets starters recovering from injury said they felt good, Still, their manager said, "I don't know when I'll get them back or if I'll get them back." For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [The director George A. Romero in 2008.]( An Appraisal [In George Romero's Zombie Films, the Living Were a Horror Show, Too]( By A. O. SCOTT and JASON ZINOMAN Our critics discuss the influence of the director's body of work, including "Night of the Living Dead" and its depiction of white law enforcement. [The Bolshoi, Under the Exacting Eye of Makhar Vaziev]( By NEIL MacFARQUHAR Mr. Vaziev, who said he was attracted to the company's scale, took his job as ballet director in 2016, at a particularly fraught moment in the troupe's long history. [From left, Attilio Rigotti, Kayla Asbell, Justin Nestor and Corey Sullivan in ]( [Review: 'Death of a Salesman,' Diluted by Too Many Experiments]( By ALEXIS SOLOSKI It's almost always a good time to resurrect Willy Loman, Arthur Miller's desperate Everyman, but Theater Mitu's staging at BAM Fisher saps the play's power. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( Movies [Duane Jones in ]( [5 George Romero Films to Remember]( By ERIK PIEPENBURG A look at some of this maverick director's most notable movies, like "Night of the Living Dead" and "Monkey Shines." For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [The girlfriend of Alexander Bonds in the Bronx on Sunday.]( [For Four Days, She Was at His Side as He Descended Into Madness]( By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN The girlfriend of Alexander Bonds speaks of his final days and hours before he killed Officer Familia in the Bronx. [Federal authorities say that four young men may have been killed on Long Island in April as part of an initiation into the transnational gang known as MS-13.]( [Four Arrested in Gang-Related Killings on Long Island, Court Documents Say]( By LIZ ROBBINS The deaths on Long Island in April may have been committed as a way for the suspects to enter the transnational gang known as MS-13, the authorities said. [Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, at a rally at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Manhattan on Monday.]( [De Blasio Keeps Fund-Raising Lead, but a Republican Makes Some Gains]( By WILLIAM NEUMAN and J. DAVID GOODMAN Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the mayor's likely Republican opponent, raised more money that counts toward the city's six-to-one public matching program. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Science [McMurdo Station, an American research center in Antarctica.]( [Where Else Does the U.S. Have an Infrastructure Problem? Antarctica]( By JUSTIN GILLIS and JONATHAN CORUM The United States has had the most ambitious research program in Antarctica for 50 years. But our reporters journeyed there and found the infrastructure is aging and deteriorating, and the new price tags are high. [Christina D'Ambrosio, a teacher, suffered rhabdomyolysis after a grueling spin class.]( [As Workouts Intensify, a Harmful Side Effect Grows More Common]( By ANAHAD O'CONNOR Newbies to spin classes can land in the emergency room, as doctors say they are seeing more of the rare but dangerous rhabdomyolysis. [Gujjar tribespeople in Kashmir. The group is among 14 others in South Asia that has over a million people but probably started with major genetic contributions from just 100 people or fewer.]( [In South Asian Social Castes, a Living Lab for Genetic Disease]( By STEPH YIN Millenniums of marriages within well-defined subgroups in South Asia have created many populations with higher risks of recessive disease, according to new research. For more science news, go to [NYTimes.com/Science »]( []Obituaries [Wm. Theodore de Bary in the C.V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University. He was an internationally esteemed scholar of China with a bevy of academic awards and honors.]( [Wm. Theodore de Bary, Renowned Columbia Sinologist, Dies at 97]( By DOUGLAS MARTIN Professor de Bary, an authority in particular on Confucius, was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama. [Babe Parilli, with the Jets in 1969. He had a Hall of Fame college career as a quarterback at the University of Kentucky.]( [Babe Parilli, Standout Quarterback, Dies at 87]( By FRANK LITSKY A two-time all-American under Coach Bear Bryant at the University of Kentucky, Parilli also played for 15 years in the National Football League and the American Football League. [Charles Bachman in 2015. He was working for General Electric when he developed his groundbreaking software, which was first demonstrated in 1963.]( [Charles W. Bachman, Business Software Innovator, Dies at 92]( By STEVE LOHR Mr. Bachman was a pioneer in the field of database management software, and modern digital commerce sites like Amazon and eBay owe an intellectual debt to his work. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The technology is catching on faster than predicted. [Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, arriving on Capitol Hill on Monday.]( Editorial [In Congress, Obstructionists Are Obstructing Themselves]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD With Republicans in power after years in opposition, their push for unpopular health care legislation has impeded other efforts. [A scene from George A. Romero's ]( Appreciations [George Romero's Zombie Apocalypse]( By BRENT STAPLES Critics tried to bury the genre he created. But it's alive! For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [The IEX trading floor in Manhattan in 2016.]( Op-Ed Contributors [Wall Street Profits by Putting Investors in the Slow Lane]( By JONATHAN MACEY and DAVID SWENSEN Brokers take kickbacks to execute trades on certain exchanges. The result is money for them and a worse price for their customers. Op-Ed Columnist [A Summer Project to Nourish Your Political Soul]( By DAVID LEONHARDT Choose a vexing political issue and grapple with it. [Marines at Con Thien in 1968.]( Vietnam '67 [Black and White in Vietnam]( By GERALD F. GOODWIN Despite optimistic reports about racial equality on the battlefield, discrimination and racial violence in Vietnam were rampant. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On July 18, 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in North Africa. [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. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Change Your Email]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( | [Advertise]( Copyright 2017 | The New York Times Company | NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018