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Nov. 29, 2016
Sam Hodgson for The New York Times
Asia Pacific Edition
Your Wednesday Briefing
Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
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Your Evening Briefing
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
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The 45th President
Sam Hodgson for The New York Times
Trump Said to Pick Hollywood Financier to Lead Treasury
Steven Terner Mnuchin, 53, is expected to be named Donald J. Trump’s Treasury secretary as soon as Wednesday, people close to the transition say.
He is a financier with deep roots on Wall Street and in Hollywood but no government experience, and he served as the Trump campaign’s finance chairman.
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Joshua Lott for The New York Times
Trump to Announce Carrier Plant Will Keep Jobs in U.S.
Mr. Trump had assailed the air-conditioner company’s decision to move 2,000 jobs from Indiana to Mexico. Officials with his team and the company now say roughly 1,000 of the jobs will stay.
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A staunch critic of the Affordable Care Act is Mr. Trump’s choice to lead the health department.
A former labor secretary is Mr. Trump’s pick for transportation secretary.
Al Drago / The New York Times
Flag Burners Should Lose Rights, Trump Says, Despite Supreme Court Rulings
The proposal, advanced by the president-elect via Twitter, is in conflict with an array of Supreme Court precedents.
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If Mr. Trump tweets it, is it News?
A guide to statements made by Mr. Trump that are at odds with the U.S. Constitution.
Gregg Vigliotti for The New York Times
DealBook
Here’s How to Fix Trump’s Conflict-of-Interest Problem
Mr. Trump could hire a corporate monitor, an independent overseer who will issue regular public reports about any possible instances of conflicts.
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Transition Briefing
Trump Victory Tour Set as Cabinet Comes Together
The president-elect, still trying to choose among a number of possibilities to be his secretary of state, won’t pull back on his habit of overnight and morning Twitter posts.
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Here’s a list of possibilities and appointees for top posts in the new administration.
Sam Hodgson for The New York Times
Challenging the Boss in Public
Kellyanne Conway’s criticism of Mitt Romney was expected to draw fury from Mr. Trump. But she is not a typical aide.
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Could Trump Really Deport Millions of Unauthorized Immigrants?
Sorting through the confusing sets of numbers in Trump’s deportation plan.
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Plane Carrying a Brazilian Soccer Team Crashes in Colombia, Killing Dozens
Few survivors have been found among 81 people on the aircraft, which crashed on the outskirts of Medellín.
Electrical problems had been reported as it flew through mountainous areas.
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Nelson Almeida/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Watch: The crash ended the team’s historic season.
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The team set to play the Brazilians in the finals has asked to give up the title.
The crash is one of several similar accidents involving sports teams stretching back decades.
Climate Change
Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times
Despite Climate Efforts, China Pushes to Dig More Coal
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s wavering on climate policy has given China a leading role in the fight against climate change.
But a lack of stockpiles and fears of blackouts are sending China scrambling to mine and burn more coal.
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A Wrenching Choice for Alaska Towns in the Path of Climate Change
Alaska is warming about twice as fast as the rest of the nation. So what are the dozens of villages at imminent risk of destruction to do?
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Under President-elect Trump, the U.S. could still meet its Paris accord goals.
Editorial
Mr. Trump, Meet the Constitution
Why is the president-elect afraid of free speech?
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Frank Bruni
The Case for Mitt Romney
Donald Trump’s smartest move would be to make one of his fiercest critics his secretary of state.
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Op-Ed Contributors
The Evangelicalism of Old White Men Is Dead
We need a new Christian movement.
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Harriet Russell
Being Bilingual Makes You Smarter
And it can have a profound effect on your brain.
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How to Navigate the New Airbnb
The site is evolving into a full-fledged travel company with activities, audio walking tours, guides and, soon, restaurant bookings, even car rentals.
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Editors’ Picks
Andreas Meichsner for The New York Times
Skiing the Alps, Making It My Own
I was a lapsed downhill skier. Then I moved to Europe and discovered that the Alps were all I needed to reclaim my passion for the slopes.
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Erika Goldring / Getty Images
‘Starboy’ Places the Weeknd on the Sunny Side of Debauchery
In the last two years, the Weeknd has tempered his subject matter only slightly, but his sonic approach drastically, with the Michael Jackson 1980’s as his inspiration.
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Illustration by Javier Jaén
Is ‘Empathy’ Really What the Nation Needs?
From media pundits to tech companies, more and more people are preaching empathy — as long as it serves their own interests.
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Kevin Stankiewicz / TheLantern.com, via Associated Press
ISIS Calls Ohio State University Attacker a ‘Soldier’
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack by a student who ran over people with a car and also used a knife.
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Your Daily Mini Crossword
Solve a bite-size crossword in just a few minutes.
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The Daily 360
Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.
Rebuilding a Church Crushed on 9/11
Float above the St. Nicholas National Shrine, at the World Trade Center.
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The End of the
Anglo-American
Order
For decades, the United States and Britain’s vision of freedom has defined the postwar world. Are we entering a new era?
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The Interpreter
How Stable Are Democracies? ‘Warning Signs Are Flashing Red’
New research tries to spot the collapse of liberal democracies before they happen, and it suggests that Western democracy may be seriously ill.
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Breaking Silence, Officer Testifies About Killing of Walter Scott
Michael T. Slager, who was fired after killing an unarmed black man in North Charleston, S.C., said “total fear” consumed him before the shooting.
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Obama to Send Aide to Fidel Castro’s Funeral
Benjamin J. Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, will join the top American diplomat in Cuba at the funeral, an official said, citing the countries’ “complicated” relationship.
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Stephen Hiltner / The New York Times
Decades in the Making: Fidel Castro’s Obituary
The Times first wrote Mr. Castro’s obituary in 1959, and over the years it cost us more hours than any we’ve ever run. Here’s why.
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George Ourfalian / Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Syria Tells Residents of Aleppo to Leave or ‘Be Annihilated’
Nearly 16,000 people have been forced to flee for their lives amid the ferocious ground assault and aerial bombardment.
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Remembering My Mother’s Alexandria
Our correspondent returned to the Egyptian city this fall. What had been a place of hope for her mother in the 1960s now seemed full of despair.
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Crime Scene
‘I Remember Her’: Questions Persist After Break in ’70 Killing of Harlem Woman
The police recently found a match for the fingerprints of a woman whose body was found in upstate New York. Then state troopers visited a man, now 65, who said he saw her leave with two “goons” one summer day.
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Michael Patrick / Knoxville News Sentinel, via Associated Press..
Gatlinburg Wildfires Force Evacuations: ‘It Was Like Driving Into Hell’
Three people died and 14 were injured as high winds and a drought fueled wildfires in East Tennessee.
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Video of the day
Illustrated Interview | Mariah Carey
The Grammy Award-winning, melismatic-voiced music icon, whose new reality series, “Mariah’s World,” airs on E!, sketched her answers with a Pilot fountain pen in her kitchen.
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Chang W. Lee / The New York Times
Living in New York City is expensive. Attending New York University is, too. To help students save money,
the school will try to match them with low-income old people
who have a room to rent. The program starts in 2017. —
The Guardian
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Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
Britain’s new five-pound notes can handle a run through the wash. They also contain
small amounts of tallow, traditionally derived from animal fats,
the Bank of England confirmed this week. Not everybody is pleased. Since Monday, over 68,000 people have signed an online petition asking for notes free of animal products. —
BBC News
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