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| Your Thursday Briefing: Panama, Hillary Clinton, Golden State Warriors | |
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| Good morning. | Good morning. |
| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • The firm behind the Panama Papers. | • The firm behind the Panama Papers. |
| When they want to set up tax havens and shell companies, many in the world’s elite turn to Mossack Fonseca. As revelations of the law firm’s highly secretive work are laid bare, we look at its two founders — one is the son of a former Nazi, the other a novelist. | When they want to set up tax havens and shell companies, many in the world’s elite turn to Mossack Fonseca. As revelations of the law firm’s highly secretive work are laid bare, we look at its two founders — one is the son of a former Nazi, the other a novelist. |
| Relatives of President Xi Jinping and other high-ranking Chinese officials have been named in the documents. Here’s an explainer on the Panama Papers, with the latest updates on the fallout. | Relatives of President Xi Jinping and other high-ranking Chinese officials have been named in the documents. Here’s an explainer on the Panama Papers, with the latest updates on the fallout. |
| • Front-runners hope to rebound. | • Front-runners hope to rebound. |
| Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump are waging vigorous campaigns in New York, the next big prize in the presidential race (apologies to Wyoming Democrats and Colorado Republicans). Mr. Trump and his main rival, Senator Ted Cruz, traded insults at separate events in the New York City area on Wednesday. | Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump are waging vigorous campaigns in New York, the next big prize in the presidential race (apologies to Wyoming Democrats and Colorado Republicans). Mr. Trump and his main rival, Senator Ted Cruz, traded insults at separate events in the New York City area on Wednesday. |
| As for Mrs. Clinton, she’s hoping her strategy of aggressively courting upstate voters during her run for the Senate in 2000 will work again, this time to slow the momentum of Senator Bernie Sanders, who has defeated Mrs. Clinton in six of the last seven contests. | As for Mrs. Clinton, she’s hoping her strategy of aggressively courting upstate voters during her run for the Senate in 2000 will work again, this time to slow the momentum of Senator Bernie Sanders, who has defeated Mrs. Clinton in six of the last seven contests. |
| • Obama stumps for his nominee. | • Obama stumps for his nominee. |
| President Obama is returning to the University of Chicago, where he taught law, to make a case for his Supreme Court nominee, Merrick B. Garland. The talk is aimed at putting pressure on Senate Republicans who have refused to consider Judge Garland’s nomination. | President Obama is returning to the University of Chicago, where he taught law, to make a case for his Supreme Court nominee, Merrick B. Garland. The talk is aimed at putting pressure on Senate Republicans who have refused to consider Judge Garland’s nomination. |
| • Arming militants through social media. | • Arming militants through social media. |
| Machine guns, grenade launchers and heat-seeking missiles, weapons coveted by terrorists, are available from groups hosting online arms bazaars on Facebook, a New York Times analysis finds. | Machine guns, grenade launchers and heat-seeking missiles, weapons coveted by terrorists, are available from groups hosting online arms bazaars on Facebook, a New York Times analysis finds. |
| These markets, which also offer trafficking services to would-be refugees, have been appearing in regions where Islamic State militants have a strong presence. | These markets, which also offer trafficking services to would-be refugees, have been appearing in regions where Islamic State militants have a strong presence. |
| • Life-changing operations. | • Life-changing operations. |
| A long-running program offering separation surgery for conjoined twins from poor families around the world has been quietly run by the Saudi government, with individual cases approved by King Salman. According to its head surgeon, all but four of the program’s 74 patients are still alive. | A long-running program offering separation surgery for conjoined twins from poor families around the world has been quietly run by the Saudi government, with individual cases approved by King Salman. According to its head surgeon, all but four of the program’s 74 patients are still alive. |
| Our reporter and photographer recently witnessed the successful separation of Pakistani sisters. | Our reporter and photographer recently witnessed the successful separation of Pakistani sisters. |
| • Speech on campus. | • Speech on campus. |
| Is free speech alive and well at American universities? It depends who you ask. While a majority of students say they don’t believe that their First Amendment rights are under attack, black students are far less likely to share that sentiment, according to a new poll. | Is free speech alive and well at American universities? It depends who you ask. While a majority of students say they don’t believe that their First Amendment rights are under attack, black students are far less likely to share that sentiment, according to a new poll. |
| Campus life will presumably be one factor Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna of Long Island considers as she chooses among the dozen colleges that accepted her — including all eight Ivy Leagues. | Campus life will presumably be one factor Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna of Long Island considers as she chooses among the dozen colleges that accepted her — including all eight Ivy Leagues. |
| • Donald L. Blankenship, a former executive at the Massey Energy Company, was sentenced to a year in prison over a 2010 explosion that killed 29 men, the worst American coal mine accident in decades. | |
| • Are you a computer expert in need of work? The Department of Homeland Security is hiring, but it is having trouble attracting recruits to join its efforts against the growing threat of cyberattacks. | • Are you a computer expert in need of work? The Department of Homeland Security is hiring, but it is having trouble attracting recruits to join its efforts against the growing threat of cyberattacks. |
| • Reddit, the online message board seen as a wonderland for free speech and a breeding ground for Internet trolls, is enhancing anti-harassment measures with a new blocking feature. | • Reddit, the online message board seen as a wonderland for free speech and a breeding ground for Internet trolls, is enhancing anti-harassment measures with a new blocking feature. |
| • Here are snapshots of the U.S. and global markets. | • Here are snapshots of the U.S. and global markets. |
| • Stumbling Warriors. | • Stumbling Warriors. |
| Sloppy play has imperiled Golden State’s quest to break the record for most wins in a season — the Warriors must win their last four games to reach 73 victories and eclipse the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls. | Sloppy play has imperiled Golden State’s quest to break the record for most wins in a season — the Warriors must win their last four games to reach 73 victories and eclipse the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls. |
| • “American Idol” says farewell. | • “American Idol” says farewell. |
| The TV singing contest will end its 15th and final season tonight, and our music critic says it should be remembered for “how it set the table for the online fan communities that are now the norm.” Here are highlights from the show’s long run. | The TV singing contest will end its 15th and final season tonight, and our music critic says it should be remembered for “how it set the table for the online fan communities that are now the norm.” Here are highlights from the show’s long run. |
| • Meet the “Snap Pack.” | • Meet the “Snap Pack.” |
| Taking photos and videos isn’t just a way to immortalize a night out, it’s the main event for one young clique of New Yorkers. | Taking photos and videos isn’t just a way to immortalize a night out, it’s the main event for one young clique of New Yorkers. |
| • In memoriam. | • In memoriam. |
| Merle Haggard, country music’s outlaw hero, whose voice was tinged with dignity and regret, died at 79. Here’s his 1968 hit “Today I Started Loving You Again.” | Merle Haggard, country music’s outlaw hero, whose voice was tinged with dignity and regret, died at 79. Here’s his 1968 hit “Today I Started Loving You Again.” |
| • Our recipes of the day. | • Our recipes of the day. |
| Try our recipe for pan-fried flounder — it’s difficult to beat this fast, easy method. And salade Lyonnaise isn’t the simplest salad ever made, but it approaches perfection in a way others do not. | Try our recipe for pan-fried flounder — it’s difficult to beat this fast, easy method. And salade Lyonnaise isn’t the simplest salad ever made, but it approaches perfection in a way others do not. |
| Eleanora Fagan was born 101 years ago today, in Philadelphia, to a 17-year-old father and a 19-year-old mother. | Eleanora Fagan was born 101 years ago today, in Philadelphia, to a 17-year-old father and a 19-year-old mother. |
| Or was it in Baltimore, to a 15-year-old father and a 13-year-old mother? | Or was it in Baltimore, to a 15-year-old father and a 13-year-old mother? |
| The stories told about the jazz singer we know as Billie Holiday are rife with contradictions, exaggerations and mysteries. Many stem directly from her 1956 autobiography, “Lady Sings the Blues,” which historians say is riddled with untruths. | The stories told about the jazz singer we know as Billie Holiday are rife with contradictions, exaggerations and mysteries. Many stem directly from her 1956 autobiography, “Lady Sings the Blues,” which historians say is riddled with untruths. |
| (John Szwed, a Holiday scholar, says the Philadelphia account is the right one.) | (John Szwed, a Holiday scholar, says the Philadelphia account is the right one.) |
| More than 50 years after her death at age 44 from drug and alcohol-related liver and heart disease, Holiday remains an object of intense interest. More than 40 books have been written about her. | More than 50 years after her death at age 44 from drug and alcohol-related liver and heart disease, Holiday remains an object of intense interest. More than 40 books have been written about her. |
| Her voice is another unsolved riddle. Mr. Szwed, in his book “Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth,” describes her style as elusive and says attempts to transcribe her recordings into sheet music have been woefully inadequate. | Her voice is another unsolved riddle. Mr. Szwed, in his book “Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth,” describes her style as elusive and says attempts to transcribe her recordings into sheet music have been woefully inadequate. |
| Later, he quotes Holiday herself, again throwing admirers off her trail: | Later, he quotes Holiday herself, again throwing admirers off her trail: |
| “This voice of mine is a mess,” she says. “A cat got to know what he’s doing when he plays with me.” | “This voice of mine is a mess,” she says. “A cat got to know what he’s doing when he plays with me.” |
| Jonah Bromwich contributed reporting. | Jonah Bromwich contributed reporting. |
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