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| Your Friday Briefing: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Golden State Warriors | Your Friday Briefing: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Golden State Warriors |
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| Good morning. | Good morning. |
| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • Candidates ramp up attacks. | • Candidates ramp up attacks. |
| Donald J. Trump struck back at Hillary Clinton after she criticized his foreign policy positions, calling her speech “pathetic.” Protesters clashed with Mr. Trump’s supporters outside his rally on Thursday night in San Jose, Calif. In her address earlier Thursday, Mrs. Clinton called Mr. Trump’s ideas “dangerously incoherent.” | Donald J. Trump struck back at Hillary Clinton after she criticized his foreign policy positions, calling her speech “pathetic.” Protesters clashed with Mr. Trump’s supporters outside his rally on Thursday night in San Jose, Calif. In her address earlier Thursday, Mrs. Clinton called Mr. Trump’s ideas “dangerously incoherent.” |
| Mr. Trump’s handwritten letters, alternately admiring and acidic, have been saved by many of their recipients and offer an unusual glimpse into his emotions over the decades. Maybe the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, will get one: He endorsed Mr. Trump on Thursday after weeks of hesitation. | Mr. Trump’s handwritten letters, alternately admiring and acidic, have been saved by many of their recipients and offer an unusual glimpse into his emotions over the decades. Maybe the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, will get one: He endorsed Mr. Trump on Thursday after weeks of hesitation. |
| • Soldiers missing in Texas floods. | • Soldiers missing in Texas floods. |
| Rescue teams are searching by air, land and water for four missing soldiers after their truck overturned while crossing a flooded creek on the Fort Hood military post in Texas. Five other soldiers were killed. | Rescue teams are searching by air, land and water for four missing soldiers after their truck overturned while crossing a flooded creek on the Fort Hood military post in Texas. Five other soldiers were killed. |
| • Rising waters in Europe. | • Rising waters in Europe. |
| Paris is on high alert, with floodwaters expected to peak today. President François Hollande declared a state of disaster for the region after torrential rains sent the Seine 18 feet above its typical level. The storm system also inundated southwestern Germany, killing at least nine. | Paris is on high alert, with floodwaters expected to peak today. President François Hollande declared a state of disaster for the region after torrential rains sent the Seine 18 feet above its typical level. The storm system also inundated southwestern Germany, killing at least nine. |
| Foreign ministers from about two dozen countries, Secretary of State John Kerry among them, are in Paris today for a conference aimed at reviving peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians. But neither of those two parties is participating. | Foreign ministers from about two dozen countries, Secretary of State John Kerry among them, are in Paris today for a conference aimed at reviving peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians. But neither of those two parties is participating. |
| • The lonely search for Flight 370. | • The lonely search for Flight 370. |
| A ship’s 30-member crew has braved towering waves and other hazards as it searches the ocean floor for debris from the Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared in March 2014. | A ship’s 30-member crew has braved towering waves and other hazards as it searches the ocean floor for debris from the Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared in March 2014. |
| • Workers’ conditions. | • Workers’ conditions. |
| A U.S. rule that expands overtime pay could endanger a practice in which assistants in fields like publishing and movies accept low wages for a kind of apprenticeship. | A U.S. rule that expands overtime pay could endanger a practice in which assistants in fields like publishing and movies accept low wages for a kind of apprenticeship. |
| In Bangladesh, rights groups say brands like H&M and Walmart have fallen short of commitments made after a factory collapse three years ago. | In Bangladesh, rights groups say brands like H&M and Walmart have fallen short of commitments made after a factory collapse three years ago. |
| • California gunman had “kill list.” | • California gunman had “kill list.” |
| The gunman who killed a U.C.L.A. professor and himself on Wednesday appears to have also killed a woman in Minnesota and left a list of other targets, the authorities say. | The gunman who killed a U.C.L.A. professor and himself on Wednesday appears to have also killed a woman in Minnesota and left a list of other targets, the authorities say. |
| • The U.S. added only 38,000 jobs in May, a sharp slowdown that could push back a possible move by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. | • The U.S. added only 38,000 jobs in May, a sharp slowdown that could push back a possible move by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. |
| But the official unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent, from 5 percent. | But the official unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent, from 5 percent. |
| • Federal regulators are trying to rein in the U.S. payday loan industry. New rules that could go into effect next year include a limit on the number of times borrowers can roll over their short-term loans into newer, pricier ones. | • Federal regulators are trying to rein in the U.S. payday loan industry. New rules that could go into effect next year include a limit on the number of times borrowers can roll over their short-term loans into newer, pricier ones. |
| • As Americans live longer, experts warn that the elderly are increasingly at risk of being taken advantage of by those close to them. | • As Americans live longer, experts warn that the elderly are increasingly at risk of being taken advantage of by those close to them. |
| • Scoreboard. | • Scoreboard. |
| Stephen Curry scored just 11 points, but Golden State still routed Cleveland, 104-89, in Game 1 of the N.B.A. Finals. | Stephen Curry scored just 11 points, but Golden State still routed Cleveland, 104-89, in Game 1 of the N.B.A. Finals. |
| The top seeds Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic are playing in the French Open semifinals (7 a.m. Eastern, NBCSN; 11 a.m., NBC). | The top seeds Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic are playing in the French Open semifinals (7 a.m. Eastern, NBCSN; 11 a.m., NBC). |
| • At the movies. | • At the movies. |
| “Me Before You,” adapted by Jojo Moyes from her best-selling novel, is the story of a working-class girl and the bond she forms with a wealthy and angry quadriplegic man she is caring for. | “Me Before You,” adapted by Jojo Moyes from her best-selling novel, is the story of a working-class girl and the bond she forms with a wealthy and angry quadriplegic man she is caring for. |
| “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” features Andy Samberg in a fake documentary that mocks boy bands, while the reptilian superheroes in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,” face an apocalyptic villain. | “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” features Andy Samberg in a fake documentary that mocks boy bands, while the reptilian superheroes in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,” face an apocalyptic villain. |
| • How Prince died. | • How Prince died. |
| The cause of Prince’s death was an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a painkiller many times more powerful than heroin, officials in Minnesota said. | The cause of Prince’s death was an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a painkiller many times more powerful than heroin, officials in Minnesota said. |
| • In case you missed it. | • In case you missed it. |
| Among our most popular reads this week: “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person”; Asian-American actors fighting for visibility; and the aging of America’s homeless. | Among our most popular reads this week: “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person”; Asian-American actors fighting for visibility; and the aging of America’s homeless. |
| Also, dispatches from an ice-cream turf war in New York, and ways for computer users (that is, almost everyone) to take care of their eyes. | Also, dispatches from an ice-cream turf war in New York, and ways for computer users (that is, almost everyone) to take care of their eyes. |
| • Congrats, grads. | • Congrats, grads. |
| Michelle Obama delivers her final college commencement address as first lady at the City College of New York, the flagship school of the largest urban public university in the country. | Michelle Obama delivers her final college commencement address as first lady at the City College of New York, the flagship school of the largest urban public university in the country. |
| The actor Matt Damon, who became a star after playing a brilliant M.I.T. janitor in “Good Will Hunting,” will address graduates at that campus. | The actor Matt Damon, who became a star after playing a brilliant M.I.T. janitor in “Good Will Hunting,” will address graduates at that campus. |
| • Recipes of the day. | • Recipes of the day. |
| Today is National Doughnut Day, and we are indulging. | Today is National Doughnut Day, and we are indulging. |
| Baseball is our national pastime, so it’s not surprising that one of our best-known poems is based on the game. “Casey at the Bat,” published on this day in 1888 in The San Francisco Examiner, is a paean to failure. | Baseball is our national pastime, so it’s not surprising that one of our best-known poems is based on the game. “Casey at the Bat,” published on this day in 1888 in The San Francisco Examiner, is a paean to failure. |
| In Ernest L. Thayer’s poem, the fictional baseball slugger Casey lets down his Mudville team. In the bottom of the ninth inning, with two out, two men on base and the score at 4-2, mighty Casey strikes out. | In Ernest L. Thayer’s poem, the fictional baseball slugger Casey lets down his Mudville team. In the bottom of the ninth inning, with two out, two men on base and the score at 4-2, mighty Casey strikes out. |
| Memories of the poem might’ve faded with the newsprint, but two months after it was published an actor named DeWolf Hopper recited it at a New York theater before an audience that included players from the New York Giants and the Chicago White Stockings. It was a big success. | Memories of the poem might’ve faded with the newsprint, but two months after it was published an actor named DeWolf Hopper recited it at a New York theater before an audience that included players from the New York Giants and the Chicago White Stockings. It was a big success. |
| He went on to perform it more than 10,000 times. (A recording of one performance is kept at the Library of Congress.) | He went on to perform it more than 10,000 times. (A recording of one performance is kept at the Library of Congress.) |
| While Thayer insisted that Mudville was purely fictitious, residents of Holliston, Mass., and Stockton, Calif., each thought it was their town that had been immortalized. | While Thayer insisted that Mudville was purely fictitious, residents of Holliston, Mass., and Stockton, Calif., each thought it was their town that had been immortalized. |
| Thayer’s family owned a mill close to Holliston’s Mudville neighborhood, home to a baseball diamond. Some local players had the same Irish names as those in the poem. But Thayer covered Stockton baseball for The Examiner, and players from that area also had similar Irish names. | Thayer’s family owned a mill close to Holliston’s Mudville neighborhood, home to a baseball diamond. Some local players had the same Irish names as those in the poem. But Thayer covered Stockton baseball for The Examiner, and players from that area also had similar Irish names. |
| The poem was set to music, broadcast on radio, made into movies, animated and made the basis of an opera. It even appeared in a Supreme Court majority opinion. | The poem was set to music, broadcast on radio, made into movies, animated and made the basis of an opera. It even appeared in a Supreme Court majority opinion. |
| It also gave us a timeless way to express disappointment: “There is no joy in Mudville.” | It also gave us a timeless way to express disappointment: “There is no joy in Mudville.” |
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