Today's Headlines: Why Has the E.P.A. Shifted on Toxic Chemicals? An Industry Insider Helps Call the Shots

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An Industry Insider Helps Call the Shots]( By ERIC LIPTON A scientist who worked for the chemical industry now shapes policy on hazardous chemicals. Within the E.P.A., there is fear that public health is at risk. (At right, a signing ceremony for new rules on toxic chemicals.) [Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain announced that fresh regional elections would take place in Catalonia within six months.]( [Spain Will Remove Catalonia Leader, Escalating Secession Crisis]( By RAPHAEL MINDER Mariano Rajoy, in an unexpectedly forceful move, said Madrid would take control of the independence-minded region, pushing out its separatist administration. [Bill O'Reilly at his studio in 2012. He was forced out of Fox News in April after public disclosure of five settlements related to harassment allegations against him.]( [O'Reilly Settled New Harassment Claims, Then Fox Renewed His Contract]( By EMILY STEEL and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT In January, the Fox News host was said to have agreed to a $32 million settlement with a former network analyst, the largest of his known payouts. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( [Get California Today in Your Inbox]( The news and stories that matter to Californians (and anyone else interested in the state). Delivered Monday through Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks U.S. [[Video] Video: 10 Minutes. 12 Gunfire Bursts. 30 Videos. Mapping the Las Vegas Massacre.]( The shots began at 10:05. Twelve bursts of gunfire later, police broke down Stephen Paddock's door at the Mandalay Bay. The Times mapped 30 videos to draw perhaps the most complete picture to date of what happened. OPINION | Opinion [Fighting Racism Is Not Just a War of Words]( By TIYA MILES Ceaseless statement-writing is sucking us dry. We need daring action. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "As players in the huddle, you're all alone in the middle of the field but together at the same time. You see who is hurt, who's tired or who's spitting mad. You can take that all in, which can be powerful." [ROGER STAUBACH]( the fabled leader of the 1970s Dallas Cowboys and a Heisman Trophy winner, who said the huddle, which is disappearing from the N.F.L., was the best time to take the pulse of a team. [] Today's Videos [Photo by Sue Ding for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.]( [[Video] Video: An Eclectic Mix of Arts Without Walls]( La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls festival takes to San Diego's streets and public buildings for the first time with a diverse offering of immersive performances. [] World [Missiles on display during Defense Week last month in Tehran, where the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps also unveiled Iran's new Russian-made S-300 air defense system.]( [Iran Saps Strength of Revolutionary Guards With Arrests and Cutbacks]( By THOMAS ERDBRINK The elite military group drove the Iranian economy at the peak of the sanctions era. Now, seen as a drag on growth, it is under attack by President Hassan Rouhani. [Solar panels outside the village of Xiaoyaotou, in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi, where the decline of coal has locals looking for new sources of income.]( [In China's Coal Capital, Xi Jinping's Dream Remains Elusive]( By CHRIS BUCKLEY Mr. Xi has promised a new "China dream" of prosperity. But in the nation's hinterlands, locals say there's a stark disconnect between the bright promises and their hardscrabble reality. [Investigators at the scene of a car bomb that killed the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.]( [Brutal Killing of Journalist Exposes 'Something Darker' in Malta]( By ANDREW HIGGINS Daphne Caruana Galizia enraged dozens of powerful people with investigations that exposed corruption. Virtually nobody expects her killing to be solved. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Grapevines at the Gundlach Bundschu winery in the Sonoma Valley. The family that owns it said they are more concerned at the moment about the well-being of employees.]( [Wildfires Spared the Vineyards, but the Wines Could Suffer]( By ERIC ASIMOV Winemakers in Northern California feel they dodged the worst, but have short-term worries about the grapes. Mind [How Fiction Becomes Fact on Social Media]( By BENEDICT CAREY Platforms like Facebook and Twitter offer up memes designed to feel real, if only for an instant - long enough for our minds to make a false connection. [Tarana Burke created a nonprofit organization to help victims of sexual harassment and assault.]( [The Woman Who Created #MeToo Long Before Hashtags]( By SANDRA E. GARCIA Tarana Burke was helping victims of sexual harassment long before Alyssa Milano's tweet gave the movement a boost. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [State Senator Chris McDaniel at his law office in Laurel, Miss. He nearly beat Senator Thad Cochran in the Republican primary in 2014 and is expected to run again, this time against Senator Roger Wicker.]( [Conservatives, With Bannon's Help, Look for Revenge in Mississippi]( By JEREMY W. PETERS A brewing Republican vs. Republican fight could test whether the anti-incumbent insurgency backed by Stephen K. Bannon becomes a credible national movement. [President Trump with Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky as he signed an executive order on health care at the White House this month.]( [Cheaper Health Plans Promoted by Trump Have a History of Fraud]( By ROBERT PEAR Records reveal that fraud and abuse in small-business health plans have left employers and employees with hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid medical bills. [President Trump did not do what any of his predecessors almost certainly would have done: apologize for words that failed to bring comfort to a grieving Army widow.]( News Analysis [Political Guardrails Gone, a President's Somber Duty Skids Into Spectacle]( By MICHAEL D. SHEAR The weeklong feud between President Trump and a Democratic congresswoman after a soldier's death might never have happened had either side followed convention. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [The Finger-Pointing at the Finance Firm TIAA]( By GRETCHEN MORGENSON Ex-employees and whistle-blowers question whether the provider of investment advice to people in public and nonprofit jobs does put its customers first. [Mark Rubbo, the co-owner of Readings, serves a customer purchasing a book at the shop earlier this month.]( Book News [Australia's Amazon Book Battle]( By DAMIEN CAVE The online retailer is moving in. Booksellers are nervous. But disrupting Australians' reading habits might not be so easy to do. [Hunter College, part of the City University of New York. ]( Your Money [The Long Story of the Movement Toward College Cost Clarity]( By RON LIEBER New bipartisan bills are aimed at forcing colleges to clear up a murky, confusing system so that prospective students understand the options. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Sports [Ready, Set, Gone! The N.F.L.'s Disappearing Huddle.]( By BILL PENNINGTON For more than a century, the huddle has been one of the most defining fixtures of American football. But in today's N.F.L., it's slowly disappearing. [Evan Gattis celebrated his solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning with Carlos Correa, left, and Jose Altuve.]( Astros 4, Yankees 0 | Houston wins series, 4-3 [Astros Move Onto the World Series as the Yankees Run Out of Gas]( By BILLY WITZ Behind two of the less heralded members of their pitching rotation, the Astros held the Yankees to three hits and won Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. [Players from the English club Focus Football at a youth tournament in France in September. The club and others like it include children released from Premier League academies as young as age 8.]( [Premier League Castoffs, Starting Over at Age 11]( By TARIQ PANJA England's soccer machine discards preteen players, and their dreams, with ease and efficiency every year. But not every player, or every family, is willing to give up. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [For the first time in 15 years, Kelly Clarkson feels as if she is driving her own career, and has made an album rooted in her favorite sound: soul.]( [Kelly Clarkson Is Nobody's Puppet]( By CARYN GANZ She's always been outspoken, honest and unfiltered. But now the singer is taking more control of her sound, with a new album, "Meaning of Life." [BD Wong in 2016, 28 years after his Broadway breakout in ]( [5 Artists on How 'M. Butterfly' Changed Their Lives]( Actors and playwrights describe how David Henry Hwang's 1988 play inspired their work. [A scene from ]( [Your Guide to the Met Opera's 'Exterminating Angel']( By ZACHARY WOOLFE Everything you need to know about the new opera by Thomas Adès, an adaptation of a Luis Buñuel film about a nightmarish dinner party. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] Metropolitan [The storefront of a boutique that sells religious artifacts in Richmond Hill, Queens.]( [Power, Corruption and Murder Roil Little Guyana]( By LIZ ROBBINS A gruesome crime in Guyana has threatened a tightly knit immigrant community in Queens, pitting Hindu against Muslim, rich against poor, and cousin against cousin. [Shareef Wise gets fitted at the Male Boutique, which is an extension of the nonprofit, 100 Suits for 100 Men.]( [To Get a Job, a Nice Suit Can Help. These Are Free.]( By VIVIAN WANG The nonprofit 100 Suits for 100 Men provides styling and tailoring - and suits - to men who may never have even owned a tie before. [A graffiti artist painting a mural on the roll-down gates of Scrap Yard.]( Neighborhood Joint [A Hole-in-the-Wall Graffiti Store in Sleek SoHo]( By MATTHEW SEDACCA Scrap Yard, which has been around since 1992, was described by one regular customer as a "mecca of graffiti culture." For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Travel [A bridge in peaceful Koyasan, a mountain of temples increasingly popular with travelers.]( Personal Journeys [Seeking Solitude in Japan's Mountain Monasteries]( By ANNA HEZEL Koyasan is one of the premier destinations for Buddhist pilgrims in Japan. As its popularity peaks, can it still be enjoyed by a visitor seeking quietude? [Holy Trinity Cathedral, also known as the Haile Selassie church, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.]( Frugal Traveler [Navigating Sometimes Chaotic, Always Fascinating Addis Ababa]( By LUCAS PETERSON Not only can the Ethiopian capital be done inexpensively, you will also find fascinating cultural landmarks, wonderful food and an almost unparalleled coffee culture. [Tourists at the Southernmost Point Buoy in Key West, Fla.]( Update [How the Florida Keys Are Coming Back to Life]( By NICK MADIGAN Hurricane Irma caused extensive damage. But the main road through the islands is open - and many hotels, restaurants and festivals are back in business. For more travel news, go to [NYTimes.com/Travel »]( [] Magazine Feature [When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy]( By SUSAN DOMINUS As a young social psychologist, she played by the rules and won big: an influential study, a viral TED talk, a prestigious job at Harvard. Then, suddenly, the rules changed. Feature [Rex Tillerson and the Unraveling of the State Department]( By JASON ZENGERLE With an isolated leader, a demoralized diplomatic corps and a president dismantling international relations one tweet at a time, American foreign policy is adrift in the world. Feature [How the Appetite for Emojis Complicates the Effort to Standardize the World's Alphabets]( By MICHAEL ERARD Do the volunteers behind Unicode, whose mission is to bring all human languages into the digital sphere, have enough bandwidth to deal with emojis too? For more from the Sunday magazine, go to [NYTimes.com/Magazine »]( []Obituaries [Cornelia Bailey with her grandson Jemarcus on Sapelo Island in 2008. With young people increasingly leaving in search of higher education and jobs, she worried that the island's culture would disappear.]( [Cornelia Bailey, Champion of African-Rooted Culture in Coastal Georgia, Dies at 72]( By NEIL GENZLINGER Ms. Bailey fought to preserve the traditions of Gullah-Geechee communities on isolated islands, where descendants of slaves have lived for generations. [Creighton Hale with his widely used batters' safety helmet in an undated photograph.]( [Creighton Hale, 93, Inventor of Little League Helmet, Dies]( By RICHARD SANDOMIR A physiologist and longtime Little League executive, Mr. Hale worked hard to make baseball safer for young players. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [Where Have All Our Heroes Gone?]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Let's get back into the habit of gathering to celebrate the exceptional among us. Who's on your list? [North Koreans watching a broadcast by Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang in September.]( Editorial [The Power of North Korea's Cyberthreat]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Governments tempted to close their eyes to Pyongyang's mischief should be reminded that they'd risk being treated as accomplices. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed Op-Ed | Michael Eric Dyson [Famous Athletes Have Always Led the Way]( By MICHAEL ERIC DYSON The extraordinary are the ones who need to make things better for everyone. Op-Ed | Peter Wehner [Going Against the Republican Herd]( By PETER WEHNER Party members who reject Bannonism must stand up and be counted. Gray Matter [How Protest Works]( By KENNETH T. ANDREWS To have lasting impact, a social movement requires action on multiple fronts. Op-Ed Columnist [Trump Is Inspirational ... for Poetry]( By NICHOLAS KRISTOF Here are the winners from the thousands of submissions in my Trump poetry contest. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced an air and naval blockade of Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island. [See this Front Page]( | [Buy this Front Page]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook] [Facebook]( | [Twitter] [@NYTimes]( | [Pinterest] [Pinterest]( | [Instagram] [Instagram]( [NYT]( Access The New York Times from anywhere with our suite of apps: [iPhone®]( | [iPad®]( | [Android]( | [All]( [.] Save 15% at [The NYTimes Store »]( [.] Have questions? [Help Section »]( [.] Visit our mobile website at [m.nyt.com »]( About This Email This is an automated email. Please do not reply directly to this email. 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