Today's Headlines: Devastation in the Caribbean as Hurricane Irma Heads Toward Miami

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[Facebook's European headquarters in Dublin, above. On Facebook and Twitter, Russian fingerprints are on hundreds or thousands of fake accounts that posted anti-Hillary Clinton messages.]( [The Fake Americans Russia Created to Influence the Election]( By SCOTT SHANE Posing as ordinary citizens on Facebook and building "warlists" of Twitter accounts, suspected Russian agents intervened last year in the American democratic process. [President Trump told reporters that the deal with Democratic leaders in Congress may signal a new era of bipartisanship.]( [Energized Trump Sees Bipartisan Path, at Least for Now]( By PETER BAKER and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG A day after reaching a fiscal deal with Democrats, the president waged peace with the opposition party in hopes of finding more areas of agreement. 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 [Both Sahyoun brothers make their sandwiches with falafel, parsley, radish, tomato and tarator, a tahini sauce, all wrapped in thin pita bread.]( WORLD [In Land of Many Rivalries, New One Bubbles Up: Falafel vs. Falafel]( By SOMINI SENGUPTA Two brothers run competing shops, right next to each other. But their falafel rivalry, fierce as it is, is nothing compared to their sibling one. OPINION | Opinion [What the Rich Won't Tell You]( By RACHEL SHERMAN "There's nobody who knows how much we spend. You're the only person I ever said those numbers to out loud." QUOTATION OF THE DAY "I can't think of a single worse public restroom that I've ever been in in my entire life." [ADAM J. KURTZ]( an artist and author who lives in Brooklyn, describing a Penn Station men's room that Amtrak says it will "refresh" this fall. [] Today's Videos [[Video] Video: Anatomy of a Scene | 'It']( The director Andy Muschietti narrates a scene from "It," featuring Wyatt Oleff as Stanley Uris. [[Video] Video: Wild Dogs Sneeze to Hunt]( African wild dogs, highly social pack hunters, need a consensus to start a hunt. The votes, of sorts, may be cast by sneezing. [[Video] Video: Paul Ryan on Taxes, DACA and Trump's Deal With Democrats]( During an interview with The New York Times at the inaugural TimesTalk D.C., Speaker Paul D. Ryan discussed his plan to pass tax reform legislation by the end of the year. [] World [Korean People's Army soldiers attended a celebration this week in Pyongyang, North Korea, for scientists involved in carrying out its largest nuclear blast to date.]( [How the U.S. Could Respond to Another North Korean Missile Test]( By DAVID E. SANGER President Trump has both military and nonmilitary options. Each has its own downside. [Guo Wengui, a billionaire property developer, is seeking asylum in the United States because his public charges against Chinese officials have made him ]( [Billionaire Who Accused Top Chinese Officials of Corruption Asks U.S. for Asylum]( By MICHAEL FORSYTHE The request by Guo Wengui poses a challenge to the Trump administration, which is trying to enlist Beijing on confronting North Korea and other issues. [A rescue boat carried people from a flooded village in Motihari, in the Indian state of Bihar, last month.]( [They Thought the Monsoons Were Calm. Then Came the Deadly Floods.]( By SUHASINI RAJ and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Despite hard experience with monsoons, many in northern India say no warning came when the floodwaters started coursing last month. Now, the death toll is rising. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Education Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke on Thursday at George Mason University about coming changes to campus sexual-assault policies.]( [Betsy DeVos Says She Will Rewrite Rules on Campus Sex Assault]( By STEPHANIE SAUL and DANA GOLDSTEIN The education secretary said in a speech that the Obama administration had gone too far and had forced colleges to deprive accused students of their rights. [Demonstrators protested President Trump's travel ban outside the Supreme Court in June.]( [Appeals Court Limits Trump Travel Ban and Allows More Refugees]( By MIRIAM JORDAN The court exempted grandparents, other family members and thousands of refugees from President Trump's travel ban, now under Supreme Court review. [Workers covered windows at a Señor Frog's restaurant in Miami Beach, Fla., on Thursday ahead of Hurricane Irma.]( [In Florida, Searching for Gas and Water, and Watching Irma]( By LIZETTE ALVAREZ Residents across South Florida scrambled to prepare for the hurricane. Gas, water, plywood and sandbags were in short supply. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Donald Trump Jr. was interviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Thursday.]( [Trump Jr. Says He Wanted Russian Dirt to Determine Clinton's 'Fitness' for Office]( By NICHOLAS FANDOS and MAGGIE HABERMAN Investigators believe the president's son is crucial to understanding a June 2016 meeting between the Trump inner circle and a Kremlin-connected lawyer. [Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, said on Thursday that ]( [Senate Votes to Raise Debt Limit and Approves $15 Billion in Hurricane Relief]( By THOMAS KAPLAN The Republican-led chamber reluctantly approved the new debt ceiling after the surprising deal reached by President Trump and the Democratic leadership on Wednesday. [Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump in their second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis last October.]( [Hillary Clinton, in Book, Regrets Not Striking Back at James Comey]( By MARK LANDLER The regret is one of a catalog of mistakes - large and small - that Mrs. Clinton lists in the election post-mortem "What Happened." For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Hackers stole credit card numbers for 209,000 consumers, Equifax said.]( [Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Affected 143 Million Customers]( By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD, TIFFANY HSU, NICOLE PERLROTH and RON LIEBER Criminals gained access to certain files in the company's system from mid-May to July, according to an investigation by Equifax. [Mr. Carter at Lincoln Center's American Songbook Gala in February. ]( [Graydon Carter to End 25-Year Run as Vanity Fair's Editor]( By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM When he steps down in December, Mr. Carter will leave the role that established him as a celebrity in his own right and a ringmaster of the spheres of Hollywood, Washington and Manhattan media. [Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, had been expected to announce a shift in policy after a central bank meeting on Thursday. But a weaker dollar has complicated those efforts.]( [European Central Bank Signals End of Cheap Money Era is Coming]( By JACK EWING The bank's policy setting committee had a preliminary discussion about withdrawing its enormous stimulus program, its president, Mario Draghi, said. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Amazon's headquarters in Seattle. The company's announcement that it is seeking a location for a second headquarters is likely to set off jockeying among several major cities.]( [Amazon Plans Second Headquarters, Opening a Bidding War Among Cities]( By NICK WINGFIELD and PATRICIA COHEN The online retail giant said it is seeking a location in North America for a new complex that would cost as much as $5 billion to build and operate. [Robert A. Iger, Disney's chief executive. Mr. Iger said the plans for the company's two streaming services include the ]( [Disney Plots Streaming, From 'Star Wars' and Marvel to Pay-Per-Sports]( By BROOKS BARNES All new-release movies made by Walt Disney Studios will be on the movie and TV service, while sports programming may come á la carte. [How to Protect Your Information Online]( There are more reasons than ever to understand how to protect your personal information. Major website breaches seem ever more frequent. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Sloane Stephens after her semifinal victory over Venus Williams.]( [Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys Reach U.S. Open Final]( By DAVID WALDSTEIN Stephens outlasted Venus Williams, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5, and Keys routed CoCo Vandeweghe, 6-1, 6-2, in a pair of all-American semifinals. [Browns quarterback DeShone Kizer threw a pass in the preseason. The tracking chips inside footballs are located under the N.F.L. shield.]( [N.F.L. Expands Use of Chips in Footballs, Promising Data Trove]( By KEN BELSON The league is taking another step in tracking players' performance with a microchip inside every game ball. [T-shirts mocking Commissioner Roger Goodell were a favorite among Patriots fans miffed over Deflategate.]( [Roger Goodell Mocked by Patriots Fans at N.F.L.'s Season Opener]( By KEN BELSON The N.F.L. commissioner was a target of derision after suspending quarterback Tom Brady for the start of the team's Super Bowl-winning season last year. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts Art Review [Kara Walker Traces Slavery's Bitter Legacy With New Ways of Drawing]( By ROBERTA SMITH After the triumphant "Sugar Baby," the artist pushes her incendiary art into the present, merging collage, political cartoon and history painting. [Maggie Gyllenhaal as Candy, a Times Square prostitute, in HBO's new Sunday night drama ]( [Review: HBO's 'The Deuce' Works a Vibrant Hustle in the Naked City]( By JAMES PONIEWOZIK You may be thinking of David Simon's new series as That Porn Show, but it's all about character and capitalism. [E.B. White's house in North Brooklin, Me.]( Reader's Notebook [Change Is in the Air at the E. B. White Farm]( By GEORGE KALOGERAKIS Discovering the author's home in Maine, where he wrote "Charlotte's Web" and heard those darn crickets. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( Movies [The new film adaptation of Stephen King's ]( [Review: 'It' Brings Back Stephen King's Killer Clown]( By A. O. SCOTT This new, updated adaptation follows a bunch of kids on the trail of an evil force. [The filmmaker Yuri Ancarani embedded with a group of rich young Qatari men for his latest film.]( [Review: Falcons and Falconers in the Desert of Qatar]( By A. O. SCOTT The new documentary "The Challenge" observes the leisure pursuits of a group of rich young men. [From left, Candice Bergen, Reese Witherspoon, Nat Wolff, Jon Rudnitsky and Pico Alexander in ]( [Review: In 'Home Again,' an Imitation of Life (and Mom)]( By MANOHLA DARGIS Reese Witherspoon plays cute and single in a mirthless romantic comedy in a movie by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, the daughter of Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer. [Adèle Haenel plays a doctor with a conscience in ]( [Review: The Hard Road of Decency in 'The Unknown Girl']( By A. O. SCOTT A young doctor struggles with her conscience in this latest film from the Dardenne brothers. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Richard A. Luthmann]( About New York [Online Chats Tie Politicians to the Troll of Staten Island]( By JIM DWYER Despite their denials, web conversations reveal that two borough candidates knew a political operative was creating phony Facebook pages to tar their opponents. [Jaime Ballesteros, a teacher at a charter school in East New York and DACA recipient. He fought back tears in his classroom on Tuesday, after the Trump administration canceled the program that let him work in the United States.]( [For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year]( By LIZ ROBBINS When the Trump Administration canceled the program allowing them to hold their jobs, immigrants with teaching licenses suddenly faced an uncertain future. [The restroom conditions at Penn Station have inspired plenty of condemnation on social media and at least one nationally televised rant.]( [Next Repair at Penn Station: Fixing Those 'Disgusting' Bathrooms]( By PATRICK McGEEHAN Amtrak officials said they would overhaul the restrooms inside Pennsylvania Station that have evoked harsh critiques from users. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( []Obituaries [Gene Michael on Old Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium in 2009.]( [Gene Michael, Whose Yankee Teams Won 4 World Series, Dies at 79]( By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN A former shortstop, Michael rose to general manager under a mercurial George Steinbrenner and built powerful teams starting in the mid-'90s. [Stephen Fybish, a self-made weather expert, taking wind measurements in 2013 in downtown Brooklyn.]( [Stephen Fybish, Who Had Much to Say About the Weather, Dies at 80]( By SAM ROBERTS Mr. Fybish carved out a unique amateur niche in meteorological circles as an ardent hoarder and disseminator of weather data. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [Why the Return of Bigger Banks Means Bigger Risks for Everyone Else]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The Trump administration has signaled to Wall Street that it needn't worry about Dodd-Frank regulations. [Elementary school students lined up for their first day of school in the Bronx, on Thursday.]( Editorial [School Lunch Without Shame]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD New York is removing the stigma of free lunch by making it available to all 1.1 million students. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [A New Orleanian in 2006 surveying his house, damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane survivors can face years of cleanup.]( Opinion [The Struggle After the Storm]( By MICHAEL G. WHITE The survivors of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have a long, painful recovery ahead of them. I've been there. Op-Ed Contributor [Hands Up. It's Showtime.]( By KURT ANDERSEN Long before President Trump, the militarization of police was being shaped by fantasy and entertainment. [Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, answering questions from reporters at the White House in June.]( Op-Ed Contributor [How Not to Run the E.P.A.]( By CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN The agency created by a Republican president to safeguard the environment and public health may end up doing neither under Scott Pruitt. [Kate Millett, left, during a reading of her work at a meeting of The Woman's Salon in 1977.]( Op-Ed Contributor [The Book That Made Us Feminists]( By CAROL J. ADAMS Betty Friedan pointed out the problem that had no name. In "Sexual Politics," Kate Millett named it and explained its cause. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On Sept. 8, 1974, President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Nixon. 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