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| Presidential Debate, Houston, Syria: Your Monday Evening Briefing | Presidential Debate, Houston, Syria: Your Monday Evening Briefing |
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| (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) | (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) |
| Good evening. Here’s the latest. | Good evening. Here’s the latest. |
| 1. Will Donald Trump behave like a president? Will Hillary Clinton overcome her trust gap? How aggressively will the moderator, Lester Holt, challenge the candidates? | 1. Will Donald Trump behave like a president? Will Hillary Clinton overcome her trust gap? How aggressively will the moderator, Lester Holt, challenge the candidates? |
| Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton are facing off in their first presidential debate (till about 10:30 p.m. Eastern, watchable on many platforms and even in local bars — ratings forecasts are high). | |
| Our campaign reporters are live-blogging and we are fact-checking the debate rigorously and in real time. | |
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| 2. Houston suffered through a mass shooting. The authorities said that a heavily armed man wearing a uniform emblazoned with a Nazi symbol opened fire at random in a residential area near a mall. | 2. Houston suffered through a mass shooting. The authorities said that a heavily armed man wearing a uniform emblazoned with a Nazi symbol opened fire at random in a residential area near a mall. |
| He injured nine people, two of them seriously, before the police shot and killed him. Officials said he was a lawyer and had experienced troubles at his firm. | He injured nine people, two of them seriously, before the police shot and killed him. Officials said he was a lawyer and had experienced troubles at his firm. |
| In Washington State, a 20-year-old Turkish immigrant confessed to killing of five people at a shopping mall on Friday. His motive remains unknown. | In Washington State, a 20-year-old Turkish immigrant confessed to killing of five people at a shopping mall on Friday. His motive remains unknown. |
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| 3. Nationally, there was good news and bad news. The good news: Millions of Americans have climbed out of poverty, driven partly by widespread moves to increase the minimum wage. | 3. Nationally, there was good news and bad news. The good news: Millions of Americans have climbed out of poverty, driven partly by widespread moves to increase the minimum wage. |
| The bad: F.B.I. figures showed homicides skyrocketing 10.8 percent from 2014 to 2015, the largest one-year rise since 1968. | The bad: F.B.I. figures showed homicides skyrocketing 10.8 percent from 2014 to 2015, the largest one-year rise since 1968. |
| But most of the country was far safer. The killing was largely limited to a few neighborhoods in cities like Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis, Washington and Milwaukee, all plagued by gun violence among young African-American males. | But most of the country was far safer. The killing was largely limited to a few neighborhoods in cities like Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis, Washington and Milwaukee, all plagued by gun violence among young African-American males. |
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| 4. Syrian and allied Russian forces intensively bombed rebel-held areas of the tormented northern Syrian city of Aleppo for the fourth day straight, ignoring accusations of war crimes and “barbarism” at the United Nations. | 4. Syrian and allied Russian forces intensively bombed rebel-held areas of the tormented northern Syrian city of Aleppo for the fourth day straight, ignoring accusations of war crimes and “barbarism” at the United Nations. |
| Hundreds of people have been killed there since Thursday. Efforts to revive a cease-fire have been abandoned. | Hundreds of people have been killed there since Thursday. Efforts to revive a cease-fire have been abandoned. |
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| 5. How often do sports teams appear to make decisions based on their player’s welfare? | 5. How often do sports teams appear to make decisions based on their player’s welfare? |
| Chris Bosh, one of the N.B.A.’s top players, says the blood clots that cut his last two seasons short shouldn’t stop him from playing this year, but the Miami Heat’s president, Pat Riley, said Bosh’s career with the team “is probably over.” | Chris Bosh, one of the N.B.A.’s top players, says the blood clots that cut his last two seasons short shouldn’t stop him from playing this year, but the Miami Heat’s president, Pat Riley, said Bosh’s career with the team “is probably over.” |
| They’ll have to pay him some $76 million over the next three seasons, but will get the chance to raise the team’s spending cap. | They’ll have to pay him some $76 million over the next three seasons, but will get the chance to raise the team’s spending cap. |
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| 6. Why is the fashion world obsessed with RuPaul’s “Drag Race,” a platform for those hoping to be “America’s next drag superstar”? | 6. Why is the fashion world obsessed with RuPaul’s “Drag Race,” a platform for those hoping to be “America’s next drag superstar”? |
| Sure, there’s affirmation and visibility for the long-ignored. But there’s also drama, courage and sometimes unbelievably great looks. | Sure, there’s affirmation and visibility for the long-ignored. But there’s also drama, courage and sometimes unbelievably great looks. |
| “I’ve seen every episode,” said the designer Marc Jacobs, who has also served as a judge. “It makes me laugh, it makes me cry.” | “I’ve seen every episode,” said the designer Marc Jacobs, who has also served as a judge. “It makes me laugh, it makes me cry.” |
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| 7. The admitted mastermind of the Bridgegate scheme testified for the first time about how he came up with the idea to create a catastrophic traffic jam in New Jersey to punish a Democratic mayor for refusing to endorse Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election bid. | 7. The admitted mastermind of the Bridgegate scheme testified for the first time about how he came up with the idea to create a catastrophic traffic jam in New Jersey to punish a Democratic mayor for refusing to endorse Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election bid. |
| David Wildstein, a Christie ally, also testified about how many top Christie operatives he told. | David Wildstein, a Christie ally, also testified about how many top Christie operatives he told. |
| He said his exchanges with a Christie aide made it clear the mayor “needed to fully understand that life would be more difficult for him in the second Christie term than it had been in the first.” | He said his exchanges with a Christie aide made it clear the mayor “needed to fully understand that life would be more difficult for him in the second Christie term than it had been in the first.” |
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| 8. Man wants a moment of silence/so that the child may say his first word./That word/which is never ‘war’/which is never ‘death.’ | 8. Man wants a moment of silence/so that the child may say his first word./That word/which is never ‘war’/which is never ‘death.’ |
| So wrote the Colombian poet Maruja Vieira years ago, hoping for this day. | So wrote the Colombian poet Maruja Vieira years ago, hoping for this day. |
| A signing ceremony is to bring an official end to the 52-year war with the Marxist insurgency known as the FARC, the last major war in the Americas. | A signing ceremony is to bring an official end to the 52-year war with the Marxist insurgency known as the FARC, the last major war in the Americas. |
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| 9. President Obama welcomed hundreds of Native American leaders to his annual Tribal Nations Conference, a gathering he pioneered. | 9. President Obama welcomed hundreds of Native American leaders to his annual Tribal Nations Conference, a gathering he pioneered. |
| Protests continue in North Dakota over a pipeline that Native Americans object to, and which his administration has partly paused. | Protests continue in North Dakota over a pipeline that Native Americans object to, and which his administration has partly paused. |
| Above, Mr. Obama was presented with a traditional blanket and hat. | Above, Mr. Obama was presented with a traditional blanket and hat. |
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| 10. Finally, multiple generations of African-Americans made up many of the thousands upon thousands of people who have visited the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in its opening days. | 10. Finally, multiple generations of African-Americans made up many of the thousands upon thousands of people who have visited the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in its opening days. |
| For some, the import resonated as a bookend of the final days of President Obama’s final term, and as a marker for an unfinished fight for racial equality. | For some, the import resonated as a bookend of the final days of President Obama’s final term, and as a marker for an unfinished fight for racial equality. |
| “The timing is prophetic — you can’t visit here and not think about what’s going on today, and the sense of history and struggle,” said a Maryland pastor. | “The timing is prophetic — you can’t visit here and not think about what’s going on today, and the sense of history and struggle,” said a Maryland pastor. |
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| Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. | Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. |
| And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing, posted weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern, and Your Weekend Briefing, posted at 6 a.m. Sundays. | And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing, posted weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern, and Your Weekend Briefing, posted at 6 a.m. Sundays. |
| Want to look back? Here’s the Weekend Briefing. | Want to look back? Here’s the Weekend Briefing. |
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