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Senate Leaders Push on Health Bill; Opposition Gains Strength
 
By ROBERT PEAR and THOMAS KAPLAN 
  • With criticism mounting over their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, top Republicans are cutting deals and cajoling members to get to 50 votes.
  • Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, has only a few days before Congress’s recess to persuade his colleagues to get behind the bill.

Tillerson Finds His Role Undercut by the Oval Office

By DAVID E. SANGER, GARDINER HARRIS and MARK LANDLER
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has found himself out of sync, especially on Middle East policy, with President Trump and his top advisers Jared Kushner and Stephen K. Bannon.




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Sunday Review

I Am Nobody but Myself

By OMER AZIZ
A child of Pakistani immigrants, I didn’t know my history. How could I know who I was?
  • Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s leader, yielded to ultra-Orthodox pressure and backtracked on an egalitarian space at the Western Wall for practicing non-Orthodox Jewish rituals.
  • The trend toward an intensely commercial and competitive art market has resulted in a critical mass of midsize and small galleriesfolding, moving or merging.
  • Unreleased material that Prince kept hidden in vaults before his death may not be released for months or even years because of a conflict with Universal over music rights.
  • Did you stay on top of the most important stories last week from around the world? Test your knowledge of international events with our quiz.
  • How did a U.S. destroyer fail to dodge a cargo ship off the coast of Japan, leaving seven dead? “Somebody wasn’t paying attention,” one sailor told The Times.
  • GIANNI CIPRIANO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
    Italy voted on Sunday in local elections. Immigration may be a decisive issue in races from the south to Lake Como, where the Swiss border beckons migrants.
  • At 29, Yvonne Turner is the W.N.B.A.’s oldest rookie. After playing overseas for years, she is still coming to grips with finally reaching her goal.
  • In a cottage industry run by fourth-graders, teenagers and young adults, the market for homemade slime is thriving.
  • A modern-day quest for buried riches has now led to the deaths of at least two men. But the man who said he hid about $2 million has no plans to put an end to the search.
  • Bruce Davis, a prison inmate who participated in a string of murders led by Charles Manson in 1969, had his parole blocked by California’s governor for the fifth time.
  • JOSH EDELSON/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES
    Meet Martha, a 125-pound Neapolitan mastiff who was given the dubious annual distinction of “World’s Ugliest Dog” at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair in California.
  • Diana Vishneva, the type of star dancer that ballet fans plan their calendars around, said goodbye to the American Ballet Theater on Friday, and received a rose-petaled farewell.
  • Was that ball hit a country mile, or 495 feet? Home run mythology must now compete with cutting-edge efforts to quantify the blasts.
  • Every summer solstice shines on a thousand free concerts thanks to Make Music New York. We went to as many as we could — and one of our music critics put on his own.
  • Germany’s Parliament has voted unanimously to void the convictions of roughly 50,000 men prosecuted for homosexual acts since World War II.
  • John Sarno, a rehabilitation doctor at N.Y.U., has died, a day before his 94th birthday. He was revered by some as a saint and dismissed by others as a quack.
  • Four years after a 21-year-old Vanderbilt University student was sexually assaulted in a dorm room, a third former football player there was convicted in the attack.
  • Nico Hischier has become the first Swiss-born player to be selected No. 1 in the N.H.L. entry draft. Hischier said he had no idea the New Jersey Devils would pick him.
  • Hans Breder, a German-born artist who broke boundaries and established the first interdisciplinary art program of its kind, has died at 81.
  • Millions of violent jets of plasma erupt from the sun every moment. They’re called spicules and after decades of study, scientists now think they know how they form.
  • Reports dating to ancient Rome of nights lit up as bright as day have a new scientific explanation: an alignment of waves in the upper atmosphere.
  • A 66-year-old nurse in Texas who is suspected of killing up to 60 children has been indicted on murder charges in the deaths of two of them in 1981.
  • The genocide trial for two leaders of the Khmer Rouge, a movement that killed 1.7 million people in Cambodia, has concluded. A verdict could take months.
  • Before and after the “Brexit” referendum, The Times delved into questions of identity, finance and politics in Britain. Read seven of our favorite pieces, one year after the vote.
  • Food & Wine, the chef-focused food magazine, will leave New York for Alabama. The move reflects a changing business in which a Manhattan address is less important.
  • In a rare move for Broadway, “Indecent,” which was set to close on June 25 because of poor ticket sales, will stay open through Aug. 6 at the Cort Theater.
  • Mimi O’Donnell stepped down as artistic director of New York’s Labyrinth Theater Company, a West Village nonprofit. She said her departure was voluntary.
  • Gabe Pressman, a dean of New York journalism, has died at 93. To generations of mayors, governors and ordinary New Yorkers, Mr. Pressman, WNBC’s senior correspondent, seemed always on the scene.
  • Johnny Depp, courting outrage, flirted with the idea of a Trump assassination. “It’s been a while and maybe it’s time,” the film star said, after asking, “When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?”
  • Bill Cosby is planning a series of town hall meetings to educate people, including young athletes and married men, on how to avoid accusations of sexual assault.
  • Britain’s prime minister, Theresa May, promised to protect the rights of millions of citizens of other E.U. countries who are living in Britain after it withdraws from the bloc.
  • Tesla Motors is in talks to establish its first factory in China. But before the deal is completed, the company needs a Chinese partner, which is required by law.
  • The United States has suspended beef imports from Brazil over safety concerns. The move is a blow to Brazil’s meat industry, which is reeling from bribery accusations.
  • After 42 years on the endangered species list, the Yellowstone grizzly bear will lose its protected status. The animal’s numbers have grown to over 700 from fewer than 150.
  • A federal appeals court upheld a ruling by a judge that Brendan Dassey, the subject of the Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer,” was coerced into a confession.
  • The man accused of using a 12-inch knife to stab a police officer at an airport in Michigan had tried at first to buy a gun but was unable to, the F.B.I. said.
  • A Texas man has been charged with a hate crime in an arson that destroyed an Islamic community center and mosque in Victoria, Tex., in January.
  • A blue dot pops out of the dark Mars terrain in a recent image. It’s the Curiosity rover seen from space, one of many Earth visitors photographed by a NASA orbiter.
  • I don’t want to be mean to them if this isn’t true, but I felt like they were scared of me and what I was saying.
    Savannah, who was cut off in the middle of coming out to her Mormon church at the age of 12
  • Prince Harry said he thinks that the members of the royal family are more interested in modernizing the monarchy than in actually becoming king or queen.
  • The variety of bird egg shapes has puzzled biologists for centuries. A comprehensive study suggests the stronger a bird flies, the pointier or longer its eggs.
  • Ron Howard will direct a “Star Wars” spinoff. Slated for a May 2018 release, the film follows the adventures of the wisecracking swashbuckler Han Solo as a young pilot.
  • New York’s governor pardoned Carlos Cardona, a 9/11 volunteer and undocumented immigrant, in an effort to stave off his deportation over a decades-old crime.
  • Officials identified the man killed in an attack near a London mosque. Makram Ali is the only person to have died in what is being treated as a terrorist act targeting Muslims.
  • Americans who own guns and those who don’t both favor banning the sale of firearms to people with mental illnesses. But they differ on much else, according to a new survey.
  • The Department of Homeland Security is introducing a $1.5 million contest to build computer algorithms that can identify concealed items in body scans at airports.
  • Jonas Kaufmann made a superbly assured debut in one of the most daunting roles in opera at the Royal Opera House in London, our classical music editor writes.
  • British officials are conducting safety tests on at least 600 high-rise buildings after last week’s fire in London. They have already found at least three buildings that are at risk.
  • Qatar Airways, a state-owned carrier, has expressed interest in buying up to 10 percent of American Airlines.
  • Jail inmates in a work program in Georgia helped a deputy after he collapsed. Now, they may get time off their sentences.
  • Frédérick Leboyer, a French physician who advocated natural birth methods that focused on easing suffering for babies, has died at 98.
  • China has unexpectedly canceled a meeting with Vietnam over a territorial dispute. The public sign of discord is highly unusual for the two Communist neighbors.
  • Survivors of a London fire learned that some will be housed in a luxury complex. The government said it would acquire units to permanently house some families.
  • Even if it doesn’t make much of an impression on meteorologists, the paradox of rain falling as the sun shines is backed by science. And it has nothing to do with the devil.
  • The Pentagon spent up to $28 million more than it had to on camouflage for the Afghan National Army because of an Afghan official’s tastes, a government watchdog said.
  • George Clooney sold his tequila company in a deal that values the company at up to $1 billion, making him one of the most successful celebrity investors around.
  • “Cats” will soon be just a memory again. The Broadway revival will end after 609 performances on Dec. 30, a far cry from the 18-year run of the original production.
  • Despite Russia’s new antidoping efforts, the president of the International Olympic Committee told The Times that the country will face sanctions.
  • Reissued on its 20th anniversary, Radiohead’s third album,“OK Computer,” still sends chills, our critic writes.
  • A Yale dean who posted harsh reviews on Yelp has lost her job. She called a restaurant’s customers “white trash” and described cinema workers as “barely educated morons.”
  • A 50-year-old Canadian man stabbed a police officer in the neck at an airport in Flint, Mich., with a 12-inch knife in what the F.B.I. called “an act of terrorism.”
  • Israeli airline employees cannot ask women to change seats to spare a man from having to sit next to them, a Jerusalem court ruled in a landmark case on Wednesday.
  • There’s a buried treasure somewhere in the southwest, and at least two men have died looking for it. But the man who hid it says he has no plans to call off the search.
  • Donald J. Trump Jr. tweeted that Karen Handel was the ”1st Woman Rep GA has sent to Congress.” Is he right? Well, it depends on what he meant by “Rep.”
  • Daniel Day-Lewis said that he would retire from acting after “Phantom Thread,” his new film, was completed. We put together his 10 best films and where to find them.
  • The new Han Solo movie has lost its two directors because of artistic differences with the movie studio Lucasfilm. No new director has been named.
  • The police in India have arrested at least 19 people on charges of sedition for jubilantly celebrating Pakistan’s victory over India in a cricket match played in London.
  • Tropical Storm Cindy is churning along the Gulf Coast, bringing copious rainfall that could cause life-threatening flash flooding from Texas to parts of Florida.
  • A Canadian politician’s tweet about a Syrian refugee who beat his wife with a hockey stick has ignited a firestorm.
  • It is not unusual for law enforcement to offer a reward in high-profile cases. But figuring out who will get paid, and how much, can sometimes be complicated.
  • To train an athlete, add 12 minutes of meditation. Division I football players who learned mindfulness techniques showed improvements in mood and attention.
  • Amazon plans to let customers try on clothes before buying them. Amazon Wardrobe, part of the Prime service, is part of the company’s effort to expand in apparel.
  • A beloved soccer coach who led the U.S. women to gold in the inaugural Olympic tournament in 1996 and to a World Cup victory in 1999, Tony DiCicco has died at 68.
  • Daniel Day-Lewis, the three-time Academy Award winner, announced his retirement from acting. He has taken long breaks before, but never said he was retiring.
  • The ballerina Sara Mearns taught our dance critic something this week about a pioneer of modern dance, Isadora Duncan.
  • The solstice marks the scientific start to summer in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s a perfect opportunity to ponder the sun and what we do and don’t know about it.
  • An Ohio couple who mistakenly included a bag containing nearly $100,000 cash with the clothes they donated to Goodwill got lucky. Workers there returned it. That’s not unusual.
  • Investigators searching a suburban home in Argentina uncovered a secret chamber behind a bookcase containing more than 75 Nazi artifacts, including a bust of Hitler.
  • “Bachelor in Paradise” will resume taping after an investigation of an allegation of sexual misconduct found no wrongdoing, said Warner Brothers, the studio behind the show.
  • Archery? Check. Bugling? Check. Ty Bingham of California is one of fewer than 350 Boy Scouts to have earned all of the available merit badges.
  • “Say what you will, but avocado toast isn’t going anywhere,” according to one Los Angeles chef. Here’s a guide to eight delicious iterations found in the city.
  • Exxon Mobil is joining other oil companies and corporate giants to endorse a plan from the Climate Leadership Council to tax fossil fuelsand pay the dividends to taxpayers.
  • On Monday, the Supreme Court struck down a rule banning offensive trademarks. We talked to the frontman of the Slants, the Asian-American rock group that brought the case.
  • One of our dance critics, a lapsed professional dancer, recently got a chance to return to performance — for seven seconds. Here’s what she learned about the work, and herself.
  • VALERIO MEZZANOTTI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
    Androids will take the old jobs. But the only thing that they can’t replace is our creativity and our minds.
    Silvia Venturini Fendi, on how this year's spring/summer collections in Milan are grappling with the new world.
  • Jaguar Land Rover wants potential employees to download an app with a series of puzzles. It says the games will test for the engineering skills it is looking for.
  • A device developed by military doctors in Iraq and Afghanistan to save victims of battlefield trauma is gradually being adopted to treat internal bleeding in civilians.
  • Seattle police officers killed Charleena Lyles, 30, who they said was clutching a knife. Her family, who said she struggled with mental illness, saw no reason to shoot.
  • Larry Grantham, an undersized linebacker who helped the Jets upset the Colts in Super Bowl III, has died at 78. He spent 13 seasons with the Jets and the New York Titans.
  • Catriona Morison, a 31-year-old Scottish mezzo-soprano and wild-card finalist, won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition on Sunday.
  • The Sónar music festival in Barcelona has become a European institution. Our critic attended and named Björk and Soulwax among the 15 best sets.
  • In a typical week in the United States, 25 children die from bullet wounds, according to an analysis of data gathered by federal government agencies.
  • Transit officials in Madrid are tackling “el manspreading,” joining other cities trying to curb the behavior of riders (often men) who spread their legs on buses and trains.
  • After a decade of permit delays and financial woes, Jimi Hendrix Park finally opened in his hometown of Seattle, in one of the city’s historically black neighborhoods.
  • Univision is a striking example of a news organization that is meeting the needs of a frightened and information-famished audience, our columnist writes.
  • Protesters took over an auditorium at a Mexican university almost 17 years ago, making it one of the longest-running occupations of a university building in history.
  • Kim Kardashian West responded to the blackface allegations that erupted after a promotional image for her new beauty line showed her looking contoured and very tan.
  • The killing of a Muslim teenager in Virginia whose body was found in a pond on Sunday was most likely a “road rage incident” and not a hate crime, the police said.
  • The University of Saskatchewan is leading a national charge to make amends for the treatment of aboriginal children in Canada. Its detractors call it “redwashing.”
  • In one small patch of sky, the Kepler space telescope has detected 4,034 planets orbiting other stars. At least one planet almost matches the Earth.
  • Kevin Durant, the newly minted N.B.A. finals M.V.P., exchanged lighthearted jabs on Twitter with critics still smarting about his departure from the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  • Golfers at the U.S. Open wore a lot of pink, suggesting that a runway trend popular with young consumers has moved into the sporting world.
  • Four foreign inmates have escaped from a prison on the Indonesian resort island of Bali after digging a 50-foot tunnel under the prison’s walls, officials said.
  • Did you stay on top of the most important stories last week from around the world? Test your knowledge of international events with our quick quiz.
  • The global population of displaced people reached a record 65.6 million in 2016, the U.N. said, driven partly by the war in Syria and the collapse of peace efforts in South Sudan.
  • Chinese women who don’t wed by 27 are deemed “leftover women.” That pressure leads them to marriage advice columnists who have millions of social media followers.

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