U.N. to Investigate Reports of Government-Backed Slaughter in Congo The United Nations’ human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, said even babies had been mutilated by a government-linked militia and insurgents.
Preaching the Value of Social Studies, in a Second Career As a principal, Anna Switzer believed children learned best by diving deep into topics like the Brooklyn Bridge. Now she is taking her method to other schools. By KATE TAYLOR
From 9/11 to Orlando, Ken Feinberg’s Alter Ego in Compensating Victims Camille Biros has helped her small but influential law firm set up payment protocols tied to the BP oil spill, mass shootings and other catastrophes. By ROGER PARLOFF
Police Officer Beaten to Death by a Mob in Kashmir The plainclothes officer had fired into a crowd of people who thought he was a spy or assassin, witnesses said. He was then stripped naked and killed. By SAMEER YASIR and NIDA NAJAR
Arab Nations Demand Qatar Shut Al Jazeera, Cut Islamist Ties and Detail Funding The demands risked pulling other powers deeper into the rift by calling on the country to shut down a Turkish military base and to downgrade its ties with Iran. By BEN HUBBARD
HUD Pick Took a Different Path From Her Predecessors Previous leaders of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s New York and New Jersey office had experience in housing. Lynne Patton was a Trump family event planner. By YAMICHE ALCINDOR
Loose Definition of Terrorism Upends a Syrian Asylum Seeker’s Life Radwan Ziadeh, a dissident who faced persecution in Syria, has been denied asylum because of a measure that targets even groups the United States supports. By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Wordplay Like a Pact With the Devil James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson help us get away for the weekend. By DEB AMLEN and CAITLIN LOVINGER
Wall Street Journal Scrutinizes Hundreds of Articles by Fired Reporter The Journal fired Jay Solomon, the paper’s chief foreign affairs correspondent, after being shown evidence of a possible business entanglement with a key source. By SYDNEY EMBER and GARDINER HARRIS
Pete Flynn, Mets Groundskeeper for Almost 50 Years, Dies at 79 Mr. Flynn helped tend three homes of the Mets — the Polo Grounds, Shea Stadium and Citi Field — beginning with the club’s founding in 1962. By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
Paulus Berensohn, a Dancer Who Pivoted to Pottery, Dies at 84 Mr. Berensohn argued for a slower, quieter and more mindful approach to pottery. By JONATHAN WOLFE
The Pour 20 Wines Under $20: The Savory Side of Rosé The best rosés hide among the annual deluge of fashionable summer wines. Seek them out and find a delicious reward. By ERIC ASIMOV
Fact Check In One Rally, 12 Inaccurate Claims From Trump President Trump misled about foreign policy and health care, coal mining and Gary Cohn in a campaign rally in Iowa. By LINDA QIU
A Weekend Wedding for Steven Mnuchin The Treasury secretary and his fiancée, the Scottish actress Louise Linton, will begin their married life in Washington. By KATIE ROGERS
News Analysis Donald Trump Does His Best Joe McCarthy Impression Sowing fear in West Virginia — and the world. By JAMES RISEN and TOM RISEN
Appeals Court Reinstates 40-Year Sentence for Brooklyn Mobster While in prison, Gregory Scarpa Jr. helped the government find explosives left over from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
Breakingviews Ten Years After Going Public, Blackstone Stock Hasn’t Budged Blackstone has expanded its assets under management and successfully sold many assets. But the private equity firm will have to do more to win over wary investors.
Frédérick Leboyer, Who Saw Childbirth Through Baby’s Eyes, Dies at 98 Mr. Leboyer, a French physician, advocated natural birth methods that focused on easing suffering for the baby. By JONATHAN WOLFE
Trump Turns an Iowa Rally Into a Venting Session Style-heavy and substance-light, President Trump’s speech in Cedar Rapids, at his first rally since the end of April, went over an hour. By MAGGIE HABERMAN
On Pro Basketball Lakers Have a Plan While the Knicks Hold Triangle Tryouts While the pieces seem to be falling into place in Los Angeles, turmoil surrounds the directionless Knicks and their president, Phil Jackson. By HARVEY ARATON
U.N. to Investigate Reports of Government-Backed Slaughter in Congo The United Nations’ human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, said even babies had been mutilated by a government-linked militia and insurgents.
Preaching the Value of Social Studies, in a Second Career As a principal, Anna Switzer believed children learned best by diving deep into topics like the Brooklyn Bridge. Now she is taking her method to other schools. By KATE TAYLOR
From 9/11 to Orlando, Ken Feinberg’s Alter Ego in Compensating Victims Camille Biros has helped her small but influential law firm set up payment protocols tied to the BP oil spill, mass shootings and other catastrophes. By ROGER PARLOFF
Police Officer Beaten to Death by a Mob in Kashmir The plainclothes officer had fired into a crowd of people who thought he was a spy or assassin, witnesses said. He was then stripped naked and killed. By SAMEER YASIR and NIDA NAJAR
Arab Nations Demand Qatar Shut Al Jazeera, Cut Islamist Ties and Detail Funding The demands risked pulling other powers deeper into the rift by calling on the country to shut down a Turkish military base and to downgrade its ties with Iran. By BEN HUBBARD
HUD Pick Took a Different Path From Her Predecessors Previous leaders of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s New York and New Jersey office had experience in housing. Lynne Patton was a Trump family event planner. By YAMICHE ALCINDOR
Loose Definition of Terrorism Upends a Syrian Asylum Seeker’s Life Radwan Ziadeh, a dissident who faced persecution in Syria, has been denied asylum because of a measure that targets even groups the United States supports. By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Wordplay Like a Pact With the Devil James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson help us get away for the weekend. By DEB AMLEN and CAITLIN LOVINGER
Wall Street Journal Scrutinizes Hundreds of Articles by Fired Reporter The Journal fired Jay Solomon, the paper’s chief foreign affairs correspondent, after being shown evidence of a possible business entanglement with a key source. By SYDNEY EMBER and GARDINER HARRIS
Pete Flynn, Mets Groundskeeper for Almost 50 Years, Dies at 79 Mr. Flynn helped tend three homes of the Mets — the Polo Grounds, Shea Stadium and Citi Field — beginning with the club’s founding in 1962. By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
Paulus Berensohn, a Dancer Who Pivoted to Pottery, Dies at 84 Mr. Berensohn argued for a slower, quieter and more mindful approach to pottery. By JONATHAN WOLFE
The Pour 20 Wines Under $20: The Savory Side of Rosé The best rosés hide among the annual deluge of fashionable summer wines. Seek them out and find a delicious reward. By ERIC ASIMOV
Fact Check In One Rally, 12 Inaccurate Claims From Trump President Trump misled about foreign policy and health care, coal mining and Gary Cohn in a campaign rally in Iowa. By LINDA QIU
A Weekend Wedding for Steven Mnuchin The Treasury secretary and his fiancée, the Scottish actress Louise Linton, will begin their married life in Washington. By KATIE ROGERS
News Analysis Donald Trump Does His Best Joe McCarthy Impression Sowing fear in West Virginia — and the world. By JAMES RISEN and TOM RISEN
Appeals Court Reinstates 40-Year Sentence for Brooklyn Mobster While in prison, Gregory Scarpa Jr. helped the government find explosives left over from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
Breakingviews Ten Years After Going Public, Blackstone Stock Hasn’t Budged Blackstone has expanded its assets under management and successfully sold many assets. But the private equity firm will have to do more to win over wary investors.
Frédérick Leboyer, Who Saw Childbirth Through Baby’s Eyes, Dies at 98 Mr. Leboyer, a French physician, advocated natural birth methods that focused on easing suffering for the baby. By JONATHAN WOLFE
Trump Turns an Iowa Rally Into a Venting Session Style-heavy and substance-light, President Trump’s speech in Cedar Rapids, at his first rally since the end of April, went over an hour. By MAGGIE HABERMAN
On Pro Basketball Lakers Have a Plan While the Knicks Hold Triangle Tryouts While the pieces seem to be falling into place in Los Angeles, turmoil surrounds the directionless Knicks and their president, Phil Jackson. By HARVEY ARATON