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| Your Wednesday Evening Briefing: Syria, Verizon, Kobe Bryant | Your Wednesday Evening Briefing: Syria, Verizon, Kobe Bryant |
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| Good evening. Here’s the latest. | Good evening. Here’s the latest. |
| 1. Chicago installed a permanent police superintendent, but the moment was overshadowed by a blunt and blistering report on systemic failures in the Chicago Police Department. The community’s lack of trust in the police “is justified,” a task force appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel said. “There is substantial evidence that people of color — particularly African-Americans — have had disproportionately negative experiences with the police over an extended period of time.” | 1. Chicago installed a permanent police superintendent, but the moment was overshadowed by a blunt and blistering report on systemic failures in the Chicago Police Department. The community’s lack of trust in the police “is justified,” a task force appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel said. “There is substantial evidence that people of color — particularly African-Americans — have had disproportionately negative experiences with the police over an extended period of time.” |
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| 2. President Obama made a rare visit to C.I.A. headquarters for briefings on the Islamic State. The group has been expanding its reach despite U.S. military strikes in Iraq and Syria that have killed 25,000 ISIS fighters and incinerated millions of dollars of the group’s plundered assets. | 2. President Obama made a rare visit to C.I.A. headquarters for briefings on the Islamic State. The group has been expanding its reach despite U.S. military strikes in Iraq and Syria that have killed 25,000 ISIS fighters and incinerated millions of dollars of the group’s plundered assets. |
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| 3. It will be a particularly momentous end to the N.B.A. season. Kobe Bryant plays his final game, as his Los Angeles Lakers face the Jazz tonight (10:30 p.m. Eastern, ESPN2 and TWSN). Memorabilia was flying off the shelves. The price tag on the jacket above: $5,824. And if that game isn’t significant enough, the Golden State Warriors are going for a record 73 wins in a season, taking on the Memphis Grizzlies (10:30 p.m. Eastern, ESPN, CSBA, FSSE). | 3. It will be a particularly momentous end to the N.B.A. season. Kobe Bryant plays his final game, as his Los Angeles Lakers face the Jazz tonight (10:30 p.m. Eastern, ESPN2 and TWSN). Memorabilia was flying off the shelves. The price tag on the jacket above: $5,824. And if that game isn’t significant enough, the Golden State Warriors are going for a record 73 wins in a season, taking on the Memphis Grizzlies (10:30 p.m. Eastern, ESPN, CSBA, FSSE). |
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| 4. Rules the U.S. put in place in 2010 require big banks to have plans for bankruptcy that would not disrupt the economy, ensuring that no bank could be “too big to fail.” Regulators say that Citigroup has a credible “living will,” but that these do not: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Bank of New York Mellon and State Street. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley were told to address weaknesses. | 4. Rules the U.S. put in place in 2010 require big banks to have plans for bankruptcy that would not disrupt the economy, ensuring that no bank could be “too big to fail.” Regulators say that Citigroup has a credible “living will,” but that these do not: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Bank of New York Mellon and State Street. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley were told to address weaknesses. |
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| 5. The Democratic candidates battled for votes in New York City. Bernie Sanders held his most significant rally in the city in Washington Square Park this evening, and Hillary Clinton received a lukewarm reception at a meeting of a civil rights group founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton. Jeff Merkley of Oregon became the first senator to endorse Mr. Sanders, criticizing a “rigged” economy. | |
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| 6. Donald Trump is also invoking a “rigged” economy, and tarring his own party at the same time. He’s linking the troubles faced by the ordinary American to his own inability to amass a winning delegate count despite being ahead in votes. He said the Republican system was a “dirty trick” organized by “dirty tricksters.” | 6. Donald Trump is also invoking a “rigged” economy, and tarring his own party at the same time. He’s linking the troubles faced by the ordinary American to his own inability to amass a winning delegate count despite being ahead in votes. He said the Republican system was a “dirty trick” organized by “dirty tricksters.” |
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| 7. Amazing news: A young man who broke his spine playing in the surf regained some control over his right hand, a major achievement in limb reanimation. Computers connected to a chip implanted in his brain carry electrical signals directly to his lower arm, a process that took him many months of exhausting training to master. “Watching him close his hand for the first time — I mean, it was a surreal moment,” a researcher said. | 7. Amazing news: A young man who broke his spine playing in the surf regained some control over his right hand, a major achievement in limb reanimation. Computers connected to a chip implanted in his brain carry electrical signals directly to his lower arm, a process that took him many months of exhausting training to master. “Watching him close his hand for the first time — I mean, it was a surreal moment,” a researcher said. |
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| 8. Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged more extensive ties with two businessmen at the center of a corruption scandal spreading through the New York Police Department. He told a lawyer for his campaign to offer any possible help to federal investigators. The two businessmen, Jeremy Reichberg and Jona Rechnitz, donated to Mr. de Blasio or fund-raised for him. | 8. Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged more extensive ties with two businessmen at the center of a corruption scandal spreading through the New York Police Department. He told a lawyer for his campaign to offer any possible help to federal investigators. The two businessmen, Jeremy Reichberg and Jona Rechnitz, donated to Mr. de Blasio or fund-raised for him. |
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| 9. Some 36,000 Verizon workers went on strike on the East Coast, resisting proposed cuts to pension benefits and easier outsourcing. Wireless service is unlikely to be affected, but responses to service requests may be slow for landlines, high-speed Internet and television services. And there may be pickets at some Verizon Wireless stores. Here’s how the strike could affect you. | 9. Some 36,000 Verizon workers went on strike on the East Coast, resisting proposed cuts to pension benefits and easier outsourcing. Wireless service is unlikely to be affected, but responses to service requests may be slow for landlines, high-speed Internet and television services. And there may be pickets at some Verizon Wireless stores. Here’s how the strike could affect you. |
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| 10. The gay men pressing China’s first court case on same-sex unions vowed to appeal after a judge ruled against their quest to marry. As the news spread through China’s social media, one of the couple’s supporters posted: “In this era, being able to knock open the court’s door is already a victory. Keep going.” | 10. The gay men pressing China’s first court case on same-sex unions vowed to appeal after a judge ruled against their quest to marry. As the news spread through China’s social media, one of the couple’s supporters posted: “In this era, being able to knock open the court’s door is already a victory. Keep going.” |
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| 11. Ethan Couch, the Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense to win leniency in a deadly drunken-driving wreck in 2013, was sentenced to nearly two years in jail. He was ordered to spend 180 days in jail for each of the four people killed after violating his probation by fleeing to Mexico with his mother. Now 19, he has aged out of the juvenile system. | 11. Ethan Couch, the Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense to win leniency in a deadly drunken-driving wreck in 2013, was sentenced to nearly two years in jail. He was ordered to spend 180 days in jail for each of the four people killed after violating his probation by fleeing to Mexico with his mother. Now 19, he has aged out of the juvenile system. |
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| 12. The audacious escape of a New Zealand octopus has made headlines around the world. Inky, an especially clever specimen of the famously intelligent and deft genus, appeared to slip through a small gap in his tank cover and then clamber across the floor to a drainpipe leading to the waters of Hawke’s Bay. “Off he went,” the aquarium manager said. “Didn’t even leave us a message.” Inky’s tank-mate, Blotchy, remained behind. | 12. The audacious escape of a New Zealand octopus has made headlines around the world. Inky, an especially clever specimen of the famously intelligent and deft genus, appeared to slip through a small gap in his tank cover and then clamber across the floor to a drainpipe leading to the waters of Hawke’s Bay. “Off he went,” the aquarium manager said. “Didn’t even leave us a message.” Inky’s tank-mate, Blotchy, remained behind. |
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