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A crew on Monday removing the bodies of two gunmen who made an assault on a gathering in Garland, Tex., Sunday night.
Gunman in Texas Was F.B.I. Suspect in Jihad Inquiry

By MANNY FERNANDEZ, RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA and FERNANDA SANTOS

A law enforcement official said Elton Simpson of Phoenix was one of two gunmen killed after opening fire at an exhibit in Garland, Tex. In 2010, Mr. Simpson was charged with plotting to engage in "violent jihad" in Somalia.

President Obama announced a new nonprofit group that is being spun off his My Brother's Keeper initiative.
Obama Finds a Bolder Voice on Race Issues

By PETER BAKER

A president who eschewed focusing on race for years now seems to have found his voice again as he thinks about how he wants to use his remaining time in office and beyond.

Lt. Sekou Millington of the Oakland Police Department trained with a video simulation. He used his Taser to respond to a scenario where a woman stepped away from a man who was holding a large knife.
Police Rethink Long Tradition on Using Force

By MATT APUZZO

A small but vocal number of law enforcement officials are calling for a rethinking of axioms that have emphasized how to use force, not how to avoid it.

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Editors' Picks
George Clooney and Amal Clooney, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West and Beyoncé.

FASHION & STYLE | Red Carpet Watch

The Met Gala

Photographs from the red carpet at the Costume Institute Gala, an annual fund-raiser for the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute.

OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor

Should Jackson Stay on the $20 Bill?

By STEVE INSKEEP

Old Hickory must make room for his Indian antagonist, John Ross.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"I grew up without a dad. I grew up sometimes lost and adrift, not having a sense of a clear path. The only difference between me and a lot of the other young men in this neighborhood and all across the country is that I grew up in an environment that was a little more forgiving."

PRESIDENT OBAMA, at the announcement of a nonprofit group.

Today's Videos
Video Video: In Nepal, a Dangerous Journey Home

Trapped by an earthquake hundreds of miles from home, 28 Nepalese workers hiked for days braving landslides and collapsed roads to reach family members.

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Video Video: Gang Life in Baltimore

Nathaniel Batty III is a member of the Black Guerilla Family. At 25, he has been in jail every year since he was 11 years old. He is finding a new sense of purpose after the death of Freddie Gray.

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Seeing how growth unfolds, and folds, in a simple organism.

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World
Prime Minister David Cameron. Britain's short, relatively inexpensive campaigns come with finance rules so stringent they would seem better suited to U.S. City Council races.
Britain's Campaign Finance Laws Leave Parties With Idle Money

By STEPHEN CASTLE

Few countries combine Britain's fascination with American-style politics with campaign finance rules so stringent that they might seem better suited to City Council races.

Many bodies prepared for cremation last week in Kathmandu were of young men from Gongabu, a common stopover for Nepali migrant workers headed overseas.
Nepal's Young Men, Lost to Migration, Then a Quake

By ELLEN BARRY

Healthy young men were leaving to find work in great waves before the quake. Now, even before the dead are fully counted, it is clear that Nepal cannot afford the losses.

Pal-Orjan Johansen, a Norwegian researcher, and his wife, Teri Krebs, with their children in Oslo. Mr. Johansen and Ms. Krebs are leading a drive to provide safe and regulated access to drugs like LSD and Ecstasy, which they say have health benefits.
Odd Push in Drug-Averse Norway: LSD Is O.K.

By ANDREW HIGGINS

An advocacy group wants to manufacture psychedelic drugs to prove they are safe and beneficial, part of a global movement to revise drug policies.

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U.S.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Weeps as Relatives Try to Spare Him

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

The young man convicted in the Boston Marathon bombing showed rare emotion during the sentencing phase of his trial.

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Drought's Extremes Tallied at Record-Low Lake Mead

By RICK ROJAS

If the water level, now at an elevation of about 1,079 feet, drops too much more by January, officials will have to reduce supplies to Arizona and Nevada.

Sara Bahr, with her 3-year-old daughter, Sally, in a park in Canton, a mostly white part of Baltimore that was largely untouched by last week's riots.
Baltimore Residents Away From Turmoil Consider Their Role

By ALAN BLINDER

For many residents in the city's predominantly white neighborhoods, the poverty and troubled schools of gritty West Baltimore are distant troubles they rarely encounter.

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Politics
Carly Fiorina in Iowa last month. On Monday, she noted her executive experience.
Carly Fiorina and Mike Huckabee Joining G.O.P. Race on Heels of Ben Carson

By ALAN RAPPEPORT

With Mr. Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, joining on Sunday, Ms. Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard chief, made an announcement on Monday and Mr. Huckabee, a former governor, was set for one on Tuesday.

Senator Mitch McConnell, center, allowed that Democrats have been accommodating partners.

Congressional Memo

Parties Coming to More Agreement (Just Not on Who Deserves Credit)

By CARL HULSE

Republicans credit their leadership for making the House and Senate work better, while Democrats say it is only because they are not behaving as Republicans did in the minority.

Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at Columbia University last week. 

First Draft

Hillary Clinton Offers to Appear Soon, but Only Once, Before House Panel on Benghazi

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT

Hillary Rodham Clinton's lawyer told the congressional committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi that she will testify before it only once, and that she is willing to do so this month.

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Business
Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, took home $1.3 billion in 2014, topping the list.
For Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers, a Difficult 2014 Still Paid Well

By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON

Most hedge funds were poor performers in 2014; only half of the top 10 earners beat the S.&P. 500 - yet the top 25 earned $11.62 billion.

A Panera store in New York. The company says it will banish many artificial ingredients in 2016.
Panera Bread Plans to Drop a Long List of Ingredients

By STEPHANIE STROM

The restaurant chain wants to banish a variety of artificial preservatives, flavors and colors, as well as different kinds of sweeteners and meat from animals raised with antibiotics.

Internet Customers Surpass Cable Subscribers at Comcast

By EMILY STEEL

The cable operator said it counted more broadband users than video customers for the first time in the second quarter.

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Technology
For the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena, some boxing fans used Periscope, a live-streaming app, to watch the event at no cost, saving as much as $100.

Sports Business

Periscope, a Streaming Twitter App, Steals the Show on Boxing's Big Night

By RICHARD SANDOMIR

Users taking advantage of the live-streaming app Periscope to watch the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight saved themselves about $100 and sent a potentially worrisome signal to rights holders.

The current Apple TV remote is a thin piece of metal with a minimalist three buttons.
Apple TV Remote Expected to Add Touch Pad in Redesign

By BRIAN X. CHEN

When Apple introduces its new TV box this summer, the remote control will gain a touch pad and also be slightly thicker than the current version.

John T. Chambers, who gave the keynote address at a Cisco Systems conference in San Francisco last May, is the public face of the company.
John Chambers Steps Aside at Cisco as Generational Shift Arrives

By QUENTIN HARDY

Mr. Chambers, one of the longest-serving chiefs of a public Silicon Valley company, will step down on July 26.

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Sports
Saul Alvarez, left, fighting Erislandy Lara last year. Alvarez's only defeat was a controversial loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Unsatisfied? Look Beyond Mayweather and Pacquiao

By VICTOR MATHER

The fight of the century did not live up to expectations, but some lesser-known boxers are fighting in the near future with a good chance to produce some exciting bouts.

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Fans holding a split scarf before a Premier League matchup between Manchester United and Manchester City last month. The souvenir scarves, sold during big matches, have been criticized by some fans.
Soccer's Split Scarves Have Some Fans Up to Their Necks in Scorn

By SAM BORDEN

Souvenirs bearing the crests of both teams have become catnip at big matches, but hardcore fans want no part of them.

The Mariners' Nelson Cruz homering last month. On a recent hit by Cruz, the exit velocity - the speed of the ball as it left the bat - was 119 m.p.h.
New Way to Judge Hitters? It's Rocket Science, Sort Of

By TIM ROHAN

Major League Baseball, team executives and baseball observers are emphasizing exit velocity, the speed of the ball as it leaves the bat, as a way to evaluate hitters.

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Arts
Tantoo Cardinal, a Canadian indigenous actress, said she was hopeful of change when Native American actors walked off a set.
Native American Actors Work to Overcome a Long-Documented Bias

By CARA BUCKLEY

Mainstream portrayals of native peoples remain far from accurate, critics say, and reflect a lack of opportunities for performers.

Paul Appleby, left, as Tom, and Gerald Finley as his nemesis, in a revival of Jonathan Miller's production of Stravinsky's
Review: 'The Rake's Progress' Makes a Brief Visit at the Metropolitan Opera

By CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM

The revival of Jonathan Miller's stylish production of Stravinsky's opera included sparkling music laced with a delicious dose of acerbic deviancy.

Timur Vermes with his book
'Look Who's Back': Germans Reflect on the Success of a Satire About Hitler

By RACHEL DONADIO

The book's success is evidence of a generational shift, a sense that 70 years after the Nazis, it's time to use dark humor to address Germany's past.

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New York
Dean G. Skelos and his son, Adam B. Skelos, arriving at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in Manhattan on Monday.
Dean Skelos, Albany Senate Leader, Aided Son at All Costs, U.S. Says

By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and THOMAS KAPLAN

Efforts by Senator Dean G. Skelos to use what prosecutors said was his political influence to help his son could send both men to prison - and cost the Long Island Republican his leadership position and seat.

Hundreds of police officers paid their respects to Officer Brian Moore outside Jamaica Hospital Medical Center on Monday as the officer's body was carried away by ambulance.
Brian Moore, New York Police Officer Shot in the Head, Dies

By J. DAVID GOODMAN and AL BAKER

Officer Moore, 25, followed his father into the Police Department, rose to the ranks of an elite plainclothes unit and died on Monday, two days after a gunman opened fire on him in Queens.

Bridget Anne Kelly, a former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, left court on Monday. She pleaded not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy in a scheme to disrupt traffic going to the George Washington Bridge.
2 With Ties to Christie Plead Not Guilty in Bridge Scandal

By KATE ZERNIKE

Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly face federal charges that they participated in a conspiracy to disrupt traffic leading to the George Washington Bridge.

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Science
Workers wearing protective clothing at a hen farm in Wisconsin.
A Flu Epidemic That Threatens Birds, Not Humans

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

An avian virus related to one that has killed 440 people in Asia is cutting through the Midwest. But experts say the risk to humans is low.

Strategies Funded to Help Boston Airport Guard Against Effects of Climate Change

By JESS BIDGOOD

The plan calls for measures like flood doors and the relocation of generators to higher floors to make the facility better able to withstand higher sea levels and storm surges.

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Drought's Extremes Tallied at Record-Low Lake Mead

By RICK ROJAS

If the water level, now at an elevation of about 1,079 feet, drops too much more by January, officials will have to reduce supplies to Arizona and Nevada.

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Obituaries
Michael Blake in 1991 after winning an Oscar for the
Michael Blake, 69, Oscar-Winning Screenwriter, Dies

By BRUCE WEBER

Mr. Blake turned his 1988 novel "Dances With Wolves" into a script for the western epic of the same name that starred Kevin Costner.

Joshua Ozersky was the host of
Joshua Ozersky, Prolific Food Writer, Is Dead

By PETE WELLS

The 47-year-old Mr. Ozersky, a blogger, critic and author of several books, was in Chicago for an awards ceremony presented by the James Beard Foundation.

Robert Rietti (credited as Rietty) with Yvonne Monlaur in
Robert Rietti, a Familiar Voice, Dies at 92

By BRUCE WEBER

In the film "Waterloo," Mr. Rietti said he was responsible for the voices of 98 characters after a soundtrack issue required copious redubbing.

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Editorials

Editorial

Runaway Drug Prices

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

The Obama administration and some states are tackling the lack of transparency and the rising costs.

Dean Skelos, left, and his son Adam.

Editorial

Dean Skelos Must Go

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

We are sick of the sleaziness that serves as everyday business in the state capital.

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed Contributors

The Big Problem With the New SAT

By RICHARD C. ATKINSON and SAUL GEISER

It still ranks students. It doesn't assess learning.

Op-Ed Columnist

What Is Your Purpose?

By DAVID BROOKS

We need to forge new ways to seriously discuss the deepest questions in life with modern tools. This is a start.

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Op-Ed Columnist

Secret's Doomed Script

By JOE NOCERA

Life imitated art in the short run of a social app for sending anonymous messages.

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ON THIS DAY

On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.