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Friday, August 4, 2017
IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World](#worldNews) | [U.S.](#nationalNews) | [Politics](#politicsNews) | [Business](#businessNews) | [Technology](#technologyNews) | [Sports](#sportsNews) | [Arts](#artsNews) | [N.Y./Region](#nyregionNews) | [Movies](#dailyFeatureNews) | [Today's Video](#videoNews) | [Obituaries](#obituaries) | [Editorials](#editorialsNews) | [Op-Ed](#opinionNews) | [On This Day](#onthisdayNews) | [CUSTOMIZE »](
Top News
[New Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly at an event where President Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to James McCloughan on Monday.]( [John Kelly Quickly Moves to Impose Military Discipline on White House](
By GLENN THRUSH, MICHAEL D. SHEAR and EILEEN SULLIVAN
The former general and new chief of staff is seeking to quell dysfunction with a suddenness and force that have upended the West Wing.
[Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel who is leading the Russia investigation, in June.]( [Mueller Issuing Subpoenas Through Washington Grand Jury](
By MATT APUZZO
At least some of the subpoenas were related to Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser, but whether any related to other Trump campaign members was unclear.
[Tecomán is part of what was once one of the safest states in Mexico. Now bodies are a commonplace sight.]( [Mexico's Deadliest Town. Mexico's Deadliest Year.](
By AZAM AHMED
Tecomán is a coastal town in Colima, where Mexicans once went to escape drug violence. Now it's an emblem of the country's soaring murder rate.
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Editors' Picks
[A few started the procession on their knees, while others walked holding a long burning candle.](
WORLD | Santa Marta De Ribarteme Journal
[Playing Dead for a Day in Gratitude for Being Spared](
By RAPHAEL MINDER
Once a year, a Spanish village celebrates the "victory of life over death" by parading survivors of illness or their loved ones around in coffins.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"He has said he loves his wife, but has difficulties with the queen as an institution."
[STEPHANIE SURRUGUE]( a biographer of Prince Henrik of Denmark. Henrik, the prince consort, no longer wishes to be buried next to his wife of 50 years, Queen Margrethe II, because he was never made king or king consort.
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Today's Videos
[A park in Manchester, a refinery in the background.]( [[Video] Video: A Toxic Part of Texas](
This part of Houston is surrounded by gas and chemical plants, highways and shipping traffic, making it one of America's most polluted neighborhoods.
Opinion
[Motherhood Isn't Sacrifice, It's Selfishness](
By KAREN RINALDI
When we talk about being a mom as a job or a duty we rob women of their power.
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World
[Graffiti that reads ]( [Venezuela's New Leaders Share a Goal: Stifle the Opposition](
By NICHOLAS CASEY and ANA VANESSA HERRERO
The country's new 545-member constituent assembly that was voted in on Sunday will rewrite the Constitution and govern with virtually unlimited authority.
[Asylum seekers outside Olympic Stadium in Montreal on Wednesday. The stadium is being used as temporary housing to deal with an influx of refugees crossing from the United States.]( [Facing Wave of Refugees, Montreal Opens Up Stadium for Housing](
By DAN LEVIN
Many of the new asylum seekers are Haitians, who fear that under Trump administration rules, they may be deported from the United States.
[Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Prince Henrik during her birthday celebration last year at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen.]( [Denmark's Prince Henrik Wanted to Be King. So He'll Protest for Eternity.](
By MARTIN SELSOE SORENSEN
Unhappy with the title of prince consort, which he considers a mark of gender inequality, the Danish royal says he doesn't want to be buried beside his wife, the queen.
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U.S.
[In Sweltering South, Climate Change Is Now a Workplace Hazard](
By YAMICHE ALCINDOR
Workers laboring outdoors in southern states are wrestling with the personal and political consequences of a worsening environment.
[Michelle Carter listened as she was sentenced to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of her friend Conrad Roy III.]( [Michelle Carter Gets 15-Month Jail Term in Texting Suicide Case](
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
The case raised questions about whether Ms. Carter was responsible for Conrad Roy III's death when she was far from the scene and did not provide a weapon.
[Even After the Glass Ceiling Yields, Female Executives Find Shaky Ground](
By JULIE CRESWELL
Sheri McCoy of Avon is the third prominent female chief executive to head toward the exit since June, making 2017 anything but the breakout era it was expected to be.
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Politics
[President Trump spoke on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in January.]( [Transcripts Show How Contentious Trump's Calls Were With Mexican and Australian Leaders](
By PETER BAKER
The exchanges turned so sharp that Mr. Trump said talking to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was more pleasant.
[Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Justice Department in July. He has been the subject of President Trump's rage recently because of his recusal in the Russia inquiry.]( [Justice Dept., Under Siege From Trump, Plows Ahead With His Agenda](
By REBECCA R. RUIZ
Even as the department has been the subject of President Trump's rage, Jeff Sessions and Rod J. Rosenstein are quietly and powerfully at work.
[Nicole Meyer, third from left, Jared Kushner's sister, at a promotional event in Shanghai on May 7.]( [Kushner Companies Said to Be Under Investigation Over Visa Program](
By JESSE DRUCKER and ADAM GOLDMAN
The inquiry centers on the real estate company's use of a program that offers visas in exchange for a $500,000 investment, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Business
[Farm workers removing weeds in a field in Stratford, Calif., in 2014. Economists say highly educated immigrants are good for the economy, but so are less skilled workers.]( [Fewer Immigrants Mean More Jobs? Not So, Economists Say](
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
Highly educated immigrants are good for the economy, but so are less skilled workers, economists say.
[A sign for a Lidl discount grocery store in London's Tooting Broadway neighborhood. The German-based chain's low prices are lifting its British market share.]( [As Brexit Nears, 'Discounters' Gain Ground in U.K. Supermarket Wars](
By AMIE TSANG
As customers face pressure on their disposable income, two German supermarkets with a reputation for low prices are winning market share in Britain.
[Commuters waiting to board a Chicago Transit Authority train during rush hour in Chicago. The Trump administration may rescind an Obama-era initiative that allows hiring preferences on public transportation and construction projects in many states, including Illinois.]( [Linking Public Works to Local Hiring Faces a Trump Challenge](
By PATRICIA COHEN
The administration is reviewing an Obama initiative allowing cities and states to force infrastructure projects to give preference to their residents.
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Technology
[Marcus Hutchins, who is accused of creating and selling malware, was widely credited earlier this year with stopping the WannaCry attack that seized hundreds of thousands of computers.]( [He Won Praise for Halting a Global Cyberattack. Then He Was Arrested.](
By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI
A British security researcher, credited with stopping the spread of malicious software in May, was arrested in connection with a separate attack.
[An internet cafe in Beijing in May. China tested a new way on Tuesday to quickly take down online sites that offer tools for circumventing its internet controls.]( [China's Internet Censors Play a Tougher Game of Cat and Mouse](
By PAUL MOZUR
New efforts to tighten online controls show a shift in the way Beijing regulates content, with potential implications for researchers and businesses.
[Lucasfilm and the Void, a Utah start-up, plan to build ]( [Virtual-Reality 'Star Wars' Attractions Coming to Disney Malls](
By BROOKS BARNES
Lucasfilm and the Void, a start-up focused on virtual-reality experiences, will open Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire in California and Florida this year.
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Sports
[The Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving putting up a shot against the Warriors in Game 5 of the N.B.A. finals in June. Irving has made it to the last three N.B.A. finals with Cleveland.]( [Kyrie Irving Wants to Play for the Knicks. That's Good News and Bad.](
By HARVEY ARATON
The Irving situation is reminiscent of what occurred in 2011, when the Knicks surrendered a package of players and draft picks to get Carmelo Anthony.
[The Dodgers' Yasiel Puig hitting a ninth-inning homer against the Marlins last month.](
On Baseball
[Dominant Dodgers Are Not Getting Ahead of Themselves](
By TYLER KEPNER
Los Angeles, at 75-32 entering Thursday, is on pace for 114 victories as it seeks to reach its first World Series since 1988.
[Fans behind home plate might not be the only ones behind netting anymore at Yankee Stadium.]( [Citi Field Added More Netting. Now Yankee Stadium Might Expand the Trend.](
By WALLACE MATTHEWS
Though nothing is official, the Yankees said they were "seriously exploring" extending protective netting father down the baselines to protect fans.
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Arts
Art Review
[Bamboo Japanese-Style, From Dynastic Masters of the Art](
By ROBERTA SMITH
The Met's first exhibition to focus on bamboo basketry and sculpture traces the material's presence throughout Japanese visual culture.
[Marguerite Moreau and Paul Rudd in ]( [Nostalgia Goes Niche in 'Wet Hot American Summer' and 'Comrade Detective'](
By JAMES PONIEWOZIK
Netflix's "Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later" and Amazon's "Comrade Detective" bear unusual ideas for spoofing the past, but the execution is lacking.
[The glass booth where Adolf Eichmann appeared during his trial is a featured artifact in the exhibition ](
Exhibition Review
[Eichmann in Manhattan: See the Glass Cage From His Trial](
By JASON FARAGO
The exhibition "Operation Finale" tracks Adolf Eichmann to his hideaway in Argentina, where Mossad agents seized him and brought him to trial in Jerusalem.
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Movies
[Dolby, 70 Millimeter or Imax? Our Critic Helps You Choose](
By BEN KENIGSBERG
With so many options (some not even advertised), this guide will help you pick the one that's right for the film you want to see.
[Jeremy Renner, left, and Gil Birmingham in ]( [Review: Murder Mystery on the Reservation in 'Wind River'](
By GLENN KENNY
A rookie investigator meets her match while investigating a murder on an Indian reservation.
[Idris Elba, left, and Matthew McConaughey in ]( [Review: The Good, the Bad and the Stupid in 'The Dark Tower'](
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey star in "The Dark Tower," a mess of a movie based on Stephen King's sprawling, multivolume series of the same title.
[Tayla Solomon and the Lethal Ladies in ]( [Review: In 'Step,' Baltimore Teenagers on the Cusp of Womanhood](
By GLENN KENNY
Three high school seniors balance applying to college and devoting time to rehearsing for a major dance competition.
[John Cho in ]( [Review: Modernism's Promise and an Auspicious Feature Debut in 'Columbus'](
By BEN KENIGSBERG
The video essayist Kogonada uses architecture to pose larger questions in a small Indiana town.
[A scene from ]( [Think 'The Emoji Movie' Got Bad Reviews? Check Out These Stinkers.](
By MEKADO MURPHY
A look at five movies that received a "0 percent fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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New York
[Eric Gonzalez, the acting Brooklyn district attorney, left, and Eric T. Schneiderman, New York's attorney, at a news conference where they discussed immigration officials picking up defendants at courthouses.]( [A Game of Cat and Mouse With High Stakes: Deportation](
By LIZ ROBBINS
As federal authorities detain more undocumented immigrants in New York's courthouses, criminal law officials try to thwart them, saying arrests hamper justice.
[The authorities escorted JoaquÃn Guzmán Loera, the accused Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, from a plane in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., after his extradition from Mexico.]( [El Chapo, Accused Drug Lord, Questions Legality of His Extradition From Mexico](
By ALAN FEUER
The court filing, following the transfer of the accused trafficker JoaquÃn Guzmán Loera to Brooklyn, was the first legal attack on the indictment he faces.
[Preservation volunteers from France scrubbing moss and the wax stains from candles off Basquiat's headstone.]( [Remembering Jean-Michel Basquiat and Scrubbing Grime From His Headstone](
By LUIS FERRÃ-SADURNÃ
Volunteers traveled from France to Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn to clean artists' grave sites.
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Men's Style
[Samuel L. Jackson in Los Angeles. Mr. Jackson stars alongside Ryan Reynolds in ]( [The Samuel L. Jackson Method](
By JON CARAMANICA
He builds downtime into a schedule of near-constant work. Call his agent if you have a problem with that.
[Dan Dickson of Vevo wearing shorts at his Manhattan office.](
It's a Look
[Blame the Millennials? For Men, Shorts at Work Is a Thing](
By MAX BERLINGER
One office worker used to hate the idea: "It feels like you've got no respect, like you're going to camp." But now he's showing some leg at work.
Critic's Notebook
[From President Macron, a Lesson in Style](
By GUY TREBAY
Our politicians, with their lackluster style, should look to Paris for an example of expert image management.
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[]Obituaries
[Marty ÂSklar in front of an image of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in 2005. Mr. Sklar worked for the Walt Disney Company for more than 50 years.]( [Marty Sklar, Longtime Disney Aide and Executive, Dies at 83](
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Mr. Sklar started editing Disneyland's newspaper as a college student and later oversaw designs of the company's parks.
[Bobby Taylor, left, with Tommy Chong, above, and Wes Henderson of Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers in 1968.]( [Bobby Taylor, Soul Singer Who Helped the Jackson 5, Dies](
By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
Upon encountering the Jackson 5, Mr. Taylor was especially taken with the lead singer, a child phenomenon named Michael.
[Gösta Peterson, Barrier-Breaking Fashion Photographer, Dies at 94](
By SAM ROBERTS
Among Mr. Peterson's most notable subjects in the 1960s were the black model Naomi Sims and the English sensation Twiggy.
[Michael Bradfield in the 1980s.]( [Michael Bradfield, Lawyer Who Helped Shape U.S. Economic Policy, Dies at 83](
By PATRICIA COHEN
A longtime public servant, Mr. Bradfield helped steer the economy through a series of financial crises while at the Federal Reserve and elsewhere.
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Editorial
[Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arriving on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.](
Editorial
[Ready to Talk to Korea or Not?](
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
For a moment it appeared that the Trump administration had a promising strategy on North Korea. But no.
Editorial
[Law and Order Catches Up With Sheriff Joe Arpaio](
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The criminal contempt conviction of "America's toughest sheriff" is a reminder of excesses still being encouraged in the name of border enforcement.
[King Salman can stop the execution of 14 Saudi protesters.](
Editorial
[An Ally Is Set to Execute Critics. Will Mr. Trump Be Silent?](
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
King Salman's signature is all Saudi Arabia needs to put 14 protesters to death.
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Op-Ed
Op-Ed Contributors
[Don't Weaken Title IX Campus Sex Assault Policies](
By JON KRAKAUER and LAURA L. DUNN
The Education Department may make colleges safer. For rapists.
[A protest outside the Denver office of Senator Cory Gardner in June.](
Op-Ed Columnist
[Obamacare Rage in Retrospect](
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Delusions about "death panels" and other lies were behind the popular madness in 2009 and 2010.
Op-Ed Columnist
[Can People Change After Middle Age?](
By DAVID BROOKS
Two community volunteers in Shreveport, La., are evidence that they can.
Op-Ed Contributors
[Let's Stop the Bickering and Fix the Health Care System](
By JOSH GOTTHEIMER and TOM REED
Republicans and Democrats can agree on ways to keep health insurance affordable. Here's our bipartisan plan.
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ON THIS DAY
On Aug. 4, 1914, Britain declared war on Germany while the United States proclaimed its neutrality.
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