Trump, Fort Lauderdale, Golden Globes: Your Weekend Briefing
1. A U.S. intelligence report on Russian hacking ahead of the American presidential election describes a sophisticated cyberattack scheme ordered by Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin. (Read the full declassified report.)
It was released Friday, shortly after intelligence officials met in New York with President-elect Donald J. Trump, who then appeared to concede some Russian involvement — after months of casting doubt on it.
But he maintained that “there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election” and called for a closer relationship with Russia.
Russian politicians and commentators ridiculed the findings.
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2. The gunman accused of killing five people and wounding six at the airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Friday was a former National Guardsman who was mentally disturbed, law enforcement officials said.
They said Esteban Santiago, 26, heard voices in his head telling him to commit acts of violence, and they warned that learning his motive for the attack would be a long, complex process.
Above, a victim of the shooting.
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3. President Obama will give a farewell address from his hometown, Chicago, on Tuesday (9 p.m. Eastern; stream it live).
Earlier that day, Mr. Trump’s pick for attorney general, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the first day of his confirmation hearings.
Similar hearings will be held for other cabinet picks throughout the week (here’s a schedule), though many of them have yet to complete background checks and ethics clearances — a situation the head of the Office of Government Ethics said had no precedent.
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4. Some of America’s gravest racial fissures were in the spotlight last week.
In South Carolina, a racist manifesto written by Dylann Roof, above, after he gunned down black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., in 2015 was read aloud as jurors considered whether to sentence him to death. A decision may be reached early this week.
And in Chicago, four African-Americans were charged with hate crimes in the beating of a white teenager with mental disabilities. Video of the attack was broadcast on Facebook.
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5. Macy’s and the long-struggling Sears Holdings announced numerous store closings, and new figures showed the U.S. job market closed 2016 on a tepid note.
Still, Mr. Trump will inherit an economy that is fundamentally solid. One economist said he expected wages to rise by 3.5 percent in 2017, which would be the biggest gain for pay in nearly a decade.
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6. Some big names are on the move. Megyn Kelly, above, the No. 2-rated personality in cable television news, is leaving Fox News for NBC, where she’ll have a daytime talk show and a Sunday news show.
And Eric H. Holder Jr., the attorney general under Mr. Obama, is headed to California — at least for work. He was hired to represent the state in any legal fights against the new Republican White House.
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7. Ivanka Trump and her family are also migrating — to Washington.
But as her husband, Jared Kushner, prepares for a White House role, his undisclosed talks with a secretive Chinese company highlight potential conflicts of interest.
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8. McAdozy. McAdork. Ben McAdoo, above, the head coach of the New York Giants, has become something of a cult figure on social media, often for reasons that have more to do with his bushy mustache than with football.
His team plays the Green Bay Packers in a wild-card game on Sunday (4:40 p.m. Eastern, Fox) during the first weekend of the N.F.L. playoffs. On Saturday, the Houston Texans knocked out the Oakland Raiders and the Seattle Seahawks shut down the Detroit Lions.
And in college football, the Clemson Tigers enter Monday’s national championship game against Alabama looking to avenge last year’s title-game loss to the Crimson Tide.
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9. Movie awards season kicks into high gear on Sunday with the Golden Globes (8 p.m. Eastern, NBC). We’ll be covering it live.
Oscar voting is also underway and will wrap up on Friday. Our podcast discusses four films you should know about: “Fences,” above, “Passengers,” “La La Land” and “Patriots Day.”
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10. One of our best-read stories all week was about Dr. B.J. Miller, above, a triple amputee who is on a quest to change the way we die.
His small, pioneering hospice is trying to reclaim the end of life as a human experience instead of primarily a medical one. The goal, as Dr. Miller likes to put it, is to “de-pathologize death.”
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11. Finally, we asked our photo editor to pick his favorite image from this year’s 52 Places to Go. He chose Botswana, above, which was fifth on the list.
“Apart from the famed wildlife, I highly recommend spending time getting to know Tswana traditional culture,” said Daniella Rose Montemarano, a reader who commented on our Facebook post, saying she once lived there.
Wherever you go this year, here’s a guide to major changes from leading travel and hospitality brands. Happy planning.
Have a great week.
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