Donald Trump, Oakland, Grammys: Your Tuesday Briefing
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Good morning.
Here’s what you need to know:
• On the road again.
President-elect Donald J. Trump will resume his “thank you tour” tonight in North Carolina, a state that was crucial to his victory.
Before he heads out, he is scheduled to meet with Rex W. Tillerson, the president and chief executive of Exxon Mobil, a contender for secretary of state.
On Monday, Mr. Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump spoke with former Vice President Al Gore about climate change. “It was a sincere search for areas of common ground,” Mr. Gore said.
• House G.O.P. signals break with Trump.
Republican leaders in the House, including Speaker Paul D. Ryan, are pushing back against Mr. Trump’s threat to place a heavy tax on companies that move jobs to other countries. The lawmakers say they’re wary of starting a “trade war.”
Despite the potential clash with conservatives, Mr. Trump is indicating with his cabinet picks that he plans to govern from the right. We look at how his administration is seeking a U-turn from current White House policies on an array of issues.
• Bumpy year ahead for Europe.
Widespread discontent with the political establishment will weigh on elections in Germany, France and the Netherlands in 2017. Slow economic growth and unemployment are major themes in the races, as is anti-European Union sentiment.
Here’s a rundown of different anti-establishment groups in Europe.
• Next steps in pipeline protest.
The Department of the Army’s announcement that it would look to divert an oil pipeline project away from a Standing Rock Sioux tribe reservation in North Dakota is mired in uncertainty because the Trump administration could reverse the order.
If that happens, it could amplify the role of veterans who are at the site, many of whom are acting as a barrier between protesters and law enforcement.
• Oakland fire death toll reaches 36.
An investigation is underway into the warehouse in California that was the site of a deadly blaze during a concert on Friday night. What is still unknown is how the fire started, and whether it was accidental or deliberate.
• Suspect charged in Washington pizzeria scare.
Edgar M. Welch is being held on four counts, including felony assault, after the police said he fired an AR-15 rifle inside Comet Ping Pong, a restaurant that has been the victim of online attacks after fake news articles tied it to child abuse.
He told the authorities that he had surrendered after finding no evidence that “children were being harbored in the restaurant,” according to the criminal complaint.
Business
• Uber is getting serious about artificial intelligence, acquiring Geometric Intelligence and starting an in-house lab for A.I. research. The ride-hailing company wants a hand in improving the computers behind self-driving vehicles.
• The Jolly Green Giant is back. In an effort to make frozen vegetables cool, B&G Foods has a new ad campaign with the old mascot and a touch of suspense.
• After years of decline, bookstores are having a resurgence in some U.S. cities. We look at what it takes to open one.
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Noteworthy
• Polanski won’t be extradited.
Poland’s Supreme Court has rejected the government’s request to extradite the director Roman Polanski to the U.S. over his decades-old conviction of having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
• Justice on the water.
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Our latest 360 video takes you aboard a judge’s riverboat court as it travels through the Amazon.
• 59th Grammy Awards.
The nominations for the top honors in music will be announced this morning. Check back for a full list of nominees.
• Books and a literature prize.
With so much talk about how divided the nation is, “How to Speak Midwestern” would seem to be a timely offering. “An important element of Midwestern identity is believing you don’t have an accent,” the author writes.
Bob Dylan sent the Nobel Prize committee a speech to be read on his behalfwhen he is awarded the literature prize in Stockholm on Saturday.
• Travel planning 101.
Here are some tips for choosing the best vacation package. One bit of advice: Keep an eye on sneaky resort fees.
• Recipe of the day.
Try stir-fried chunky noodles tonight. They can be made with or without meat. After you eat, read about how the cheese ball is “the culinary equivalent of a Rorschach test,” according to our writer.
Back Story
Children aren’t the only fans of St. Nicholas, that is, Santa Claus. He’s a hit with pawnbrokers, too.
His feast day is celebrated today across Europe with reminders of his legend of leaving gold coins in shoes for boys and girls. He’s the pawnbrokers’ patron saint year-round.
The business of offering quick cash for personal items has been criticized for exploiting the poor. But some say the spheres that hang outside pawn shops are meant to symbolize St. Nick’s generosity, evoking the bags of gold he is said to have used to save three sisters from being sold into slavery.
Another theory is that the spheres originated with the Medicis, the powerful Italian bankers who sponsored artists during the Renaissance. Golden circles appear on their family crest.
That may explain how New York City’s power brokers came to admire St. Nick.
“The religion the world wants today,” a guest at a banquet devoted to the saint said in 1900, “is a religion like that of St. Nicholas, that lays the hands of brotherly love upon the crying needs of our helpless brethren.”
Kenneth R. Rosen contributed reporting.
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