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Thursday 2 June 2016

Today's Headlines: Former Trump University Workers Call the School a 'Lie' and a 'Scheme' in Testimony

Top News
Donald J. Trump at a news conference in New York in 2005 where he announced the establishment of Trump University.
Former Trump University Workers Call the School a 'Lie' and a 'Scheme' in Testimony

By MICHAEL BARBARO and STEVE EDER

Former managers of Trump University say it relied on high-pressure sales tactics, employed unqualified instructors and made deceptive claims.
The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Exelon, the plant's owner, is considering closing two of its nuclear facilities.
Nuclear Plants, Despite Safety Concerns, Gain Support as Clean Energy Sources

By DIANE CARDWELL

Some environmentalists have come to accept nuclear power as a low-emission source of electricity. But the industry is struggling to compete with cheap natural gas.
A member of the Iraqi security forces fired artillery during clashes with Islamic State militants on Sunday near Falluja.
Fear of 'Catastrophe Unfolding' Amid Fighting in Falluja

By TIM ARANGO

A visit to the front showed Iraq's fragmented security forces closing in on the city, but not yet fighting for its center, amid growing concerns about trapped civilians.
For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »
Editors' Picks
An hour-by-hour performance rotation has helped calm tensions among the musicians of Strawberry Fields in Central Park. Billy Oganasanti, right, performed from 4 to 5 p.m. one day last month, with help from Noelle Deniger, 19, of Rhode Island. Jimmy Dalton Baker, left, was scheduled to take over from 5 to 6 p.m.

N.Y. / REGION

At Strawberry Fields, Feuding Musicians Give Peace a Chance

By COREY KILGANNON

Buskers at the memorial to John Lennon in Central Park seem to have found a precarious harmony after years of fighting over who got to perform and when.

OPINION | OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

New Orleans' New Flood Maps: An Outline for Disaster

By ANDY HOROWITZ

Pressured by the city, FEMA has declared that even areas below sea level don't need to worry about the next big storm.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"They perform at a really high level. They're like the Peyton Mannings or Brett Favres of canines."
CRAIG ANGLE, a professor in Auburn University's Canine Performance Sciences program, on dogs trained to find bombs for the Transportation Security Administration.
Today's Videos
Gghee, a 5-year-old yellow Labrador, ready to sniff a line of suitcases in mid-May at the canine training center at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
Video VIDEO: The Bomb Squad That Barks
The Transportation Security Administration trains an average of 230 dogs a year to detect explosives at its center at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
Video VIDEO: Three Artists in Three Manhattan Studios
Three artists who work in the city - Fred Brathwaite, Sophie Grant and Bahar Behbahani - share their thoughts about how their practice is affected by the space they work in and the city's gentrification.
Video VIDEO: Atomic Vets
The story of the veterans who witnessed secret atomic testing and how their decades-long struggle for recognition affects soldiers today.
World
German soldiers watched American, British and Italian paratroopers descend during exercises near Grafenwöhr, Germany, in April.
Tested by Russia, NATO Struggles to Stay Credible

By STEVEN ERLANGER

Despite growing threats, many European countries are still resisting strong measures to strengthen NATO as a critical summit meeting nears.
Poland Revives Effort to Extradite Roman Polanski

By SEWELL CHAN and JOANNA BERENDT

The move is the latest twist in the case involving the filmmaker, who is wanted in California over a 1977 conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
Performers during the Patum, a festival in Berga, Spain, on Sunday. Catalonia's independence drive has imbued the Patum, like so many other cultural symbols and expressions in the region, with ever greater nationalist significance for Catalans.

BERGA JOURNAL

Medieval Festival in Rebellious Catalonia Takes on Modern Meaning

By RAPHAEL MINDER

The Patum, a spectacular centuries-old event in Berga, has come to symbolize Spain's contemporary political and social struggles.
For more world news, go to NYTimes.com/World »
U.S.
Fifth-grade students worked on an aerodynamics project in May at Welborn Elementary School in Kansas City, Kan. The school is divided into two aging buildings, and students dash back and forth between them for classes throughout the day.
Kansas Parents Worry Schools Are Slipping Amid Budget Battles

By JULIE BOSMAN

The Kansas Supreme Court upheld a ruling that unless poorer districts begin receiving more money from the state by June 30, schools may be closed.
Gghee, a 5-year-old yellow Labrador, ready to sniff a line of suitcases in mid-May at the canine training center at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
T.S.A. Trains Dogs to Stay One Sniff Ahead of Bomb Makers

By RON NIXON

Explosives from household chemicals can be hard even for dogs to detect, but a Transportation Security Administration center in Texas is determined to teach them how.
More people dying from drug overdoses, including from prescription painkillers, helped cause a rare increase in the American death rate.
American Death Rate Rises for First Time in a Decade

By SABRINA TAVERNISE

The rare increase was driven in part by more people dying from drug overdoses, suicide and Alzheimer's disease, preliminary federal data shows.
For more U.S. news, go to NYTimes.com/US »
Politics
Donald J. Trump read off a list of donations to veterans' groups at a news conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan on Tuesday.
Donald Trump Lashes Out at Media While Detailing Gifts to Veterans

By MAGGIE HABERMAN and ASHLEY PARKER

Mr. Trump angrily listed veterans' groups that he said had received $5.6 million in gifts and demanded that journalists credit his act of charity.
In testimony released Tuesday, Cheryl D. Mills insisted that Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account was
Hillary Clinton Aide Says Little Thought Was Given to Potential Issues Over Private Email

By ERIC LICHTBLAU and STEVEN LEE MYERS

Testimony by Cheryl D. Mills, chief of staff when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, represented the first sworn public accounting from a member of Mrs. Clinton's inner circle.
Gov. Jerry Brown of California, a onetime opponent of Bill Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, addressed those attending the 91st annual Sacramento Host Breakfast on May 18.
Gov. Jerry Brown Endorses Hillary Clinton Ahead of California Primary

By ADAM NAGOURNEY

Mr. Brown's endorsement also offered strong praise for Senator Bernie Sanders, Mrs. Clinton's chief rival for the Democratic presidential nomination.
For more political news, go to NYTimes.com/Politics »
Business
A person in a robot costume at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January promoted the basic income referendum in Switzerland.

ECONOMIC SCENE

A Universal Basic Income Is a Poor Tool to Fight Poverty

By EDUARDO PORTER

In this world where work remains an important social, psychological and economic anchor, there are better tools to help than giving every American a monthly check.
. Economic Scene: A Look Ahead at the Next Recession
Homes in the Henghe North neighborhood of Wenzhou, China.
In China, Homeowners Find Themselves in a Land of Doubt

By STUART LEAVENWORTH and KIKI ZHAO

A lease dispute in one city highlights the government's grip on all land, calling into question the wealth of millions of Chinese households.
Shari Redstone Intensifies War of Words at Viacom

By EMILY STEEL

Her statement about her father's $40 billion media empire could be a prelude to the dismissal of the company's board and, ultimately, of Philippe P. Dauman.
For more business news, go to NYTimes.com/Business »
Technology
Stars like Pharrell Williams have signed letters asking for changes to copyright laws.
Music World Bands Together Against YouTube, Seeking Change to Law

By BEN SISARIO

The industry has asked the government to modify the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, saying it is outdated and makes removing unauthorized content too difficult.

DEAL PROFESSOR

Online Shareholders' Meetings Lower Costs, but Also Interaction

By STEVEN DAVIDOFF SOLOMON

Done in person, the annual meeting is the sole opportunity that all shareholders have to meet and talk with management.
Dell Buyout Deal Shortchanged Shareholders, Court Rules

By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED

The court found that Dell shares were worth about $17.62 at the time of the 2013 buyout, not the $13.75 that Michael S. Dell and Silver Lake paid.
For more technology news, go to NYTimes.com/Technology »
Sports
Michael Dobie taking on the Wild Man Variation of the multi-pitch Back to the Primitive. He went to Liming, China, in 2010 to establish traditional, or trad, climbing.
'Unexplored' China? Not for Long, the Way These Climbers Are Going

By ZACH MONTAGUE

Traditional climbing, along with the more established sport climbing, has gained in popularity as new routes continue to be developed.
After a defensive switch on Monday night, the Warriors' Stephen Curry shot over Thunder center Steven Adams. Curry finished with 36 points.

ON PRO BASKETBALL

Comparisons? Golden State Warriors Are Playing a Different Game

By HARVEY ARATON

Golden State has drastically extended the standard scoring range, which makes comparing it with storied N.B.A. teams of yore like distinguishing between a smartphone and a land line.
Kevin Durant, who is due for free agency this summer, facing the Warriors on Monday. The Thunder lost, 96-88, ending a stirring run.

ON PRO BASKETBALL

A Compelling Reason Kevin Durant Should Stay With the Thunder: His Team

By SCOTT CACCIOLA

Oklahoma City can offer Durant, who is due for free agency, more money than other teams and also finished one win short of the N.B.A. finals with improving players.
For more sports news, go to NYTimes.com/Sports »
Arts

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

Made in Detroit, Differing Music Models

By BEN RATLIFF

Movement, a giant commercial festival, and Trip Metal, a small experimental one, both rocked the Motor City last weekend.
Isabelle Poulenard, foreground, with Robert Getchell and Maïlys de Villoutreys in

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

Spoleto Festival Premieres Follow Somber Reflection

By JAMES R. OESTREICH

Performances of "La Double Coquette" and "The Little Match Girl" followed this Charleston, S.C., event's remembrance of a deadly shooting in 2015.
Donald J. Trump at a news conference at Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

Trump, 800-Pound Media Gorilla, Pounds His Chest at Reporters

By JAMES PONIEWOZIK

Donald J. Trump's news conference on Tuesday was a textbook example of the candidate's need to devour reporters' attention and deplore it at the same time.
For more arts news, go to NYTimes.com/Arts »
New York
Joseph M. Hunter in 2013.
Ex-Army Sniper Gets 20-Year Sentence in Murder-for-Hire Scheme

By BENJAMIN WEISER

Joseph M. Hunter, who served in the Army for two decades, had pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder a federal drug agent and a government informer.
Orlando Boquete after running a half-marathon in Brooklyn in May. Ten years after his exoneration, he has received no compensation from Florida.

ABOUT NEW YORK

Innocence Established, Former Florida Fugitive Now Runs for Fun

By JIM DWYER

Orlando Boquete was exonerated by DNA 23 years into a 55-year sentence for sexual assault, a period punctuated by a prison escape and 10 years living underground.
Juan Carlos Pérez, on the steps of the International High School at Union Square, is now able to get a teacher's license, thanks to a court ruling and a decision by the State Board of Regents that opened up professional licensing to many undocumented New Yorkers who arrived as children.
New Freedom to Advance for New York Teachers Born Abroad

By LIZ ROBBINS

Many undocumented New Yorkers who arrived as children may now apply for teaching certificates and licenses in medicine, nursing, architecture and other professions.
For more New York news, go to NYTimes.com/NewYork »
Food
Christopher Kimball, formerly of America's Test Kitchen, in the Flour & Grain Exchange building on Milk Street in Boston's financial district that will house his new venture.
Why Christopher Kimball Is Moving On From America's Test Kitchen

By KIM SEVERSON

After leaving the recipe-testing empire last fall, he is starting a new venture focused on cooking methods from around the world.

RESTAURANT REVIEW

Tiny Titans: Mr. Donahue's and Ruffian Wine Bar

By PETE WELLS

Outsize performances from a minuscule lunch counter in NoLIta and a skinny wine bar in the East Village.
Enchiladas con carne: enchiladas stuffed and topped with chili con carne.
Enchiladas Are the Saucy, Cheesy Addition to Your Dinner Table

By SAM SIFTON

Think of them as a molten weeknight casserole you can make casually, often, for grateful family and friends.
For more dining news and recipes, go to NYTimes.com/Dining »
Obituaries
Philadelphia's Rick MacLeish in a playoff game against Atlanta in 1974. The Flyers won their first Stanley Cup that year.
Rick MacLeish, One of the Flyers' Broad Street Bullies, Dies at 66

By BRUCE WEBER

MacLeish helped Philadelphia's fledgling N.H.L. franchise win two Stanley Cups during the 1970s, including the first one not claimed by any of the league's original six teams.
Phyllis Siegel, right kissed her wife, Connie Kopelov, after exchanging vows at the city clerk's office in Manhattan in 2011.
Connie Kopelov, of First Same-Sex Couple Legally Married in New York, Dies at 90

By MIKE McPHATE

Ms. Kopelov and her partner of 23 years, Phyllis Siegel, were the first couple through the door of the marriage bureau the day the law took effect.
For more obituaries, go to NYTimes.com/Obituaries »
Editorial
Donald Trump at a press conference on Tuesday.

EDITORIAL

Donald Trump and the Judge

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

In a campaign that is testing all the limits of American politics, Mr. Trump crossed an important line by personally attacking a sitting judge.

EDITORIAL

Belated Justice in Chad and Argentina

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

The convictions of two former despots in Chad and Argentina should serve as a warning to today's despots.

EDITORIAL

Everybody Into the Pool

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

A parks department accommodation to Orthodox Jews violates the rights of others who just want to cool off.
For more opinion, go to NYTimes.com/Opinion »
Op-Ed
Greek pensioners demonstrating against pension cuts in front of the the Greek Parliament in Athens.

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Greece, Still Paying for Europe's Spite

By YANIS VAROUFAKIS

The country's creditors would rather grind Athens than see their loans being repaid.

ROOM FOR DEBATE

Should Guns Be Permitted on College Campuses?
Supporters say guns makes campuses safer. Opponents question the effect guns have on public safety and academic freedom.
Claudia Johnson is the program manager of LawHelp Interactive, a nationwide initiative to increase access to justice.

FIXES

Legal Aid With a Digital Twist

By TINA ROSENBERG

Software and apps are helping millions of Americans trying to solve civil problems on their own.
For more opinion, go to NYTimes.com/Opinion »


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