Today's Headlines: John Kelly, Asserting Authority, Fires Anthony Scaramucci

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SHEAR, GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN It remains to be seen if the new chief of staff will quell the chaos that has defined, distracted and often derailed President Trump's White House. [Syrians fleeing their homes on the western frontline of Raqqa in mid-July. Youngsters who have grown up in areas controlled by the Islamic State have witnessed astonishing brutality.]( [New Dangers Stalk Syrian Children Still Haunted by Horrors Under ISIS]( By SOMINI SENGUPTA and HWAIDA SAAD Children born and raised under Islamic State rule have experienced and witnessed astonishing brutality, even by the cruel standards of the Syrian war. [A Russian tank exercise in 2013 outside Grodno, Belarus.]( [Russia's Military Drills Near NATO Border Raise Fears of Aggression]( By MICHAEL R. GORDON and ERIC SCHMITT American military officials are concerned that Russia will use the maneuvers as a pretext to increase its presence in Belarus, which borders three NATO allies. 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 [Sam Shepard in 2016.]( THEATER [Sam Shepard, Actor and Pulitzer-Winning Playwright, Is Dead at 73]( By BEN BRANTLEY Mr. Shepard, one of the most important and influential writers of his generation, specialized in capturing the darker sides of American family life. OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [The Past Week Proves That Trump Is Destroying Our Democracy]( By YASCHA MOUNK Do Americans have what it takes to stop him? QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Technology can be a vehicle to help people create and collaborate better, but at the end of the day, people need to learn to work with people." [MARINA UMASCHI BERS]( a professor of computer science and child development at Tufts University who directs a research group that is working in part on how to prepare children for an increasingly automated economy. [] Today's Videos [Anthony Scaramucci, center, with the news media in the Oval Office on Monday.]( [[Video] Video: Scaramucci Is Out After Only 10 Days]( President Trump removed Anthony Scaramucci from his job as White House communications director at the request of John Kelly, the new White House chief of staff. Mr. Scaramucci served in his post for only 10 days. [Joshua Thomas/The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.]( [[Video] Video: Pandora: Disney's New 'Avatar'-Themed Section]( Embark on a journey, inspired by the movie "Avatar," to the Moon of Pandora with a Times reporter and a Walt Disney Imagineer. [] World [An Iraqi federal police officer in the Old City of west Mosul.]( [In Mosul, Revealing the Last ISIS Stronghold]( Text by IVOR PRICKETT A photojournalist for The New York Times documented the devastating toll within the Islamic State's last holdout area in Mosul's Old City. [The execution of Mohammed Saad Mujahid al-Maghrabi took place in a public square in Sana, Yemen, and was televised.]( [In TV Spectacle, Man Convicted of Child Rape-Murder Is Executed in Yemen]( By SHUAIB ALMOSAWA and RICK GLADSTONE Thousands of Yemenis watched as the condemned man, lying face down with hands tied behind him, was shot with an automatic weapon at point-blank range. [Protesters chased by soldiers firing tear gas and rubber bullets fled during a demonstration last week in Caracas, Venezuela. The protesters had demanded that a vote on Sunday to create a new political body, known as the constituent assembly, be canceled.]( [Venezuela's Opposition, Riding High Not Long Ago, Suffers a Crippling Blow]( By NICHOLAS CASEY Through a contentious referendum, President Nicolás Maduro has effectively liquidated any political challenge from the opposition for years to come. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Immigration detainees at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, Calif., in March. California law now requires immigration consequences to be factored into criminal cases.]( [Prosecutors' Dilemma: Will Conviction Lead to 'Life Sentence of Deportation'?]( By VIVIAN YEE A growing number of prosecutors are factoring in the threat of deportation to the charges and sentences they pursue for crimes by undocumented immigrants. [Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County Sheriff, at his new office in Fountain Hills, Ariz., in May.]( [Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Is Convicted of Criminal Contempt]( By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Prosecutors said he defied a judge's orders to stop targeting Latinos - including citizens and legal immigrants - in a pattern of discriminatory policing. [President Trump giving the Medal of Honor to James C. McCloughan, 71, in the East Room of the White House on Monday. Mr. McCloughan is credited with saving the lives of 10 men over two days in Vietnam.]( [Medal of Honor Goes to Vietnam Medic Who Ran Through 'Hell on Earth']( By NICHOLAS FANDOS James C. McCloughan, credited with saving the lives of 10 men over a two-day battle, was awarded the nation's highest military decoration 48 years on. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Graduates leaving Notre Dame Stadium in protest as Vice President Mike Pence began speaking during the commencement ceremony in May.]( [Campus Political Fights Come Home for the Summer]( By DANA GOLDSTEIN With boycotts and protests erupting at colleges across the country, politically active students find new debate partners: their parents. [Anthony Scaramucci spoke outside of the White House last week.]( [Scaramucci's Brief, but Volatile, Tenure]( By EMILY COCHRANE and MIKAYLA BOUCHARD Anthony Scaramucci was named communications director on July 21 and removed July 31. Here are the highlights from the moments in between. [Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court.]( [On Justice Ginsburg's Summer Docket: Blunt Talk on Big Cases]( By ADAM LIPTAK The most outspoken member of the Supreme Court avoided talking about President Trump, a subject that caused her grief last year, but remained candid in discussing the court. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [As Amazon's Influence Grows, Marketers Scramble to Tailor Strategies]( By SAPNA MAHESHWARI "Increasingly, if you win on Amazon, you win, period," a beverage executive says. [Discovery Communications is buying Scripps Networks Interactive in an $11.9 billion deal. ]( [Discovery to Buy Scripps, Owner of Food Network, in $11.9 Billion Deal]( By EMILY STEEL The agreement would add to consolidation in the telecommunications and media industries, as TV companies seek to better compete with cable and broadband providers. [A consumer advocacy group found the average width of a passenger seat on an airliner had narrowed by about an inch and a half since the early 2000s.]( [Court Directs F.A.A. to Revisit Issue of 'Shrinking' Airline Seat Space]( By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH A panel of federal judges ruled that the agency should address a petition that raised safety concerns about the increasingly cramped conditions on airplanes. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [An internet user in China. The country is one of Apple's biggest markets.]( State of the Art [Apple's Silence in China Sets a Dangerous Precedent]( By FARHAD MANJOO Apple's decision this weekend to give in to China's demand to remove unregistered VPN apps is a blow for the liberties of its customers. [The actress Maisie Williams in a scene from ]( [Hackers Threaten 'Game of Thrones,' as HBO Confirms Cyberattack]( By DANIEL VICTOR "Any intrusion of this nature is obviously disruptive, unsettling and disturbing," the network's chief executive told employees. [The Back-to-School Tech You Need (and Don't Need)]( By JOSHUA ROSENBLAT Heavy, bulging backpacks are a thing of the past - or can be with some smart tech purchases. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [The Yankees dealt three prospects to the Oakland Athletics for the right-hander Sonny Gray.]( On Baseball [Yankees and Dodgers Make Big Moves, Hoping to Be Juggernauts]( By TYLER KEPNER Los Angeles sent three prospects to Texas for the four-time All-Star Yu Darvish, while the Yankees traded three players to Oakland for the prized pitcher Sonny Gray. [From left, Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles; the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach; and Mayor Anne Hidalgo of Paris were pictured on July 11 after the Olympic committee's executive board effectively guaranteed the two cities would each host an Olympics in the next decade.]( [Los Angeles Makes Deal to Host the 2028 Summer Olympics]( By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JERÉ LONGMAN As part of the deal with the International Olympic Committee that was announced Monday, Paris will be awarded the 2024 Olympics. [Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels is the active player closest to reaching the 3,000-hit mark, currently standing at 2,914.]( [3,000 Hits: Who Else Will Get There?]( By VICTOR MATHER Adrian Beltre of the Rangers got his 3,000th hit. Several other players look likely to achieve that total. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [A vessel known as a krater that the Metropolitan Museum of Art turned in to the district attorney's office in Manhattan after a warrant was issued last week.]( [Ancient Vase Seized From Met Museum on Suspicion It Was Looted]( By TOM MASHBERG Evidence indicates the 2,300-year-old vase, on display for decades, was illegally dug up from an Italian grave and later sold to the Met at auction. [Sam Shepard in early 2016.]( [Critics for The New York Times on Sam Shepard's Plays, Books and Movies]( By JOSHUA BARONE Excerpts from reviews of theater, book and film works by Mr. Shepard, who is dead at age 73. [From left, Kyle Beltran, Annaleigh Ashford and Alex Hernandez in ]( [Review: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' as Light as the Open Air]( By JESSE GREEN Don't look for politicians in the Public Theater's second Central Park production this season - or real tears. Be glad for the comedy. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Stuyvesant High School is the city's most selective public specialized school. Alumni have won Nobel Prizes and Academy Awards.]( [At Competitive Stuyvesant, Alumni Are Waging a Bitter Contest]( By KATE TAYLOR Graduates of the prestigious Manhattan high school are battling over how their alumni organization should be run, with some saying money has been wasted. [The Broome County jail in Dickinson, N.Y. A lawsuit says the county's sheriff and other jail officials routinely locked young inmates into 8-by-10 foot cells for 23 hours a day, sometimes for weeks.]( [Upstate County Jails Are Challenged for Sending Juveniles to Solitary]( By ALAN FEUER Lawyers for young inmates at some county jails are trying to curtail the practice, which research indicates is especially damaging to adolescents. [Councilman David G. Greenfield, center, with the City Council speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, and Councilman Donovan Richards Jr., at City Hall in March 2016. Mr. Greenfield's surprise decision this month not to seek re-election has set off intrigue and infighting in the city's Orthodox Jewish political circles.]( [In Borough Park, a Councilman Departs but the Feud Goes On]( By SHANE GOLDMACHER David Greenfield's move to hand off his nomination to his City Council seat reignites a longstanding rivalry with Assemblyman Dov Hikind. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Science [Cases of gonorrhea in the throat are on the rise.]( [A Dangerous, 'Silent Reservoir' for Gonorrhea: The Throat]( By ANERI PATTANI Oral gonorrhea is hard to detect and treat. And with drug-resistant strains of the bacteria on the rise, experts are concerned about so-called super gonorrhea. [Dr. Sara Bennett administered a behavior test to a pit bull mix named Elsey at Indianapolis Animal Care Services in May.]( [Is This Dog Dangerous? Shelters Struggle With Live-or-Die Tests]( By JAN HOFFMAN A standard method for evaluating shelter dogs' behavior - the results often meant the difference between adoption and euthanasia - is under scrutiny. [How Tattoos Might Affect Your Workout]( By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS The amount and saltiness of sweat changed in skin areas that had been dyed. For more science news, go to [NYTimes.com/Science »]( []Obituaries [Jeanne Moreau with Jean-Marc Bory in Louis Malle's 1958 drama ]( [Jeanne Moreau, Femme Fatale of French New Wave, Is Dead at 89]( By ANITA GATES The sensual, gravel-voiced Parisian actress starred in Louis Malle's 1958 drama "The Lovers" and in François Truffaut's 1962 film "Jules and Jim." [Lee May, playing first base for the Baltimore Orioles, tagged out Carl Yastzremski of the Boston Red Sox in 1977.]( [Lee May, the Big Bopper for the Reds, Dies at 74]( By RICHARD SANDOMIR May, a slugging first baseman, was traded to the Astros before Cincinnati's Big Red Machine really got rolling. The move felt like being "kicked out of the house," he said. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [Drop the Bluster on North Korea]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Threats have gotten nowhere. Mr. Trump needs to take a chance on diplomacy. [President Trump on Long Island on Friday.]( Editorial [Police See Through Mr. Trump's Tough Talk]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Officials know brutality is unconstitutional and counterproductive. [Anthony Scaramucci on Friday.]( Editorial Observer [So Much for the Mooch]( By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON In going after Reince Priebus, Anthony Scaramucci sowed the seeds of his own demise. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed Op-Ed Columnist [The Americans Who Saved Health Insurance]( By DAVID LEONHARDT The fight isn't over, but savor last week's victory and recognize its heroes. Op-Ed Columnist [Before Manliness Lost Its Virtue]( By DAVID BROOKS The ancient Greeks wouldn't recognize the Trump administration's concept of manliness. [A South Vietnamese soldier is visited by his wife and children while guarding a trench near Saigon in 1973.]( Vietnam '67 [South Vietnam's 'Daredevil Girls']( By HEATHER STUR Thousands of women participated in the Vietnam War alongside American forces. Why were they forgotten? [Hayford Amponsam and Bismark Osei (third and fourth from left), two community health workers stationed in Abosamso in rural south-central Ghana, gather basic medical information from a family living in the area.]( Fixes [Sending Health to Rural Ghana via Traveling Medics]( By ANDREW GREEN In a country where 45 percent of the people live miles from clinics, Ghana's government sends health workers to them to deliver medical care. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On August 1, 1936, 100,000 saluted Adolf Hitler on his entrance at the opening of the Berlin Olympics. [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? 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