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• On the second day of the criminal trial of Bill Cosby, the complainant, Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee, testifed tearfully about the night in 2004 when she says he drugged and sexually assaulted her at his home outside Philadelphia. • Ms. Constand told prosecutors in Norristown, Pa., that she had trusted Mr.

TOKYO — South Korea’s newly elected president, Moon Jae-in, has suspended the deployment of an American missile defense system designed to counter North Korean threats, clearly signaling a less friendly approach to the United States’ agenda than his predecessor’s. The Yonhap News Agency reported that a senior official from Mr.

LONDON — With fond memories of his time in Italy as a student, Ted Bainsfair voted for Britain to remain in the European Union in last June’s referendum, and was disappointed to find himself on the losing side. But that was then. Mr. Bainsfair, 27, now says he wants to get on with withdrawal, known as Brexit, even if it means a clean break with the bloc. “I have got to the point where I don’t really care — it’s not going to be reversed,” he said reflecting on the Brexit vote, while standing outside the Landor pub on a recent sunny afternoon. “It happened.

BEIJING — Gov. is already battling to succeed him. But instead, Mr. Brown was in China on Tuesday, emerging as a de facto envoy from the United States on Xi Jinping of China met with Mr. Brown, at the governor’s request, at the very moment China prepares to take a more commanding role in fighting climate change. “California’s leading, China’s leading,” Mr.

TAUNTON, Mass. — The teenagers shared mundane text messages — about a walk and a trip to get ice cream. But there were darker ones, too. “It’s time, babe,” Michelle Carter, then 17, texted to her boyfriend, Conrad Roy, who had just texted that he was “ready.” “You know that,” she wrote. “When you get back from the beach you’ve gotta do it. You’re ready.” “Okay, I will,” Mr. Roy, 18, typed back, adding, “No more thinking.” “Yes, no more thinking,” Ms. Carter wrote. “You need to just do it.” Ms. Carter, now 20, is on trial here on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Mr.

Last year, more than 72 million Americans traveled abroad, according to the National Travel and Tourism Office.

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • The British police confirmed the identity of the third assailant in Saturday’s attack in London: Youssef Zaghba, a 22-year-old Italian of Moroccan ancestry.

Early on a balmy morning last October, Cedric Sturdevant began his rounds along the bumpy streets and back roads of Jackson, Miss. Sturdevant, 52, has racked up nearly 300,000 miles driving in loops and widening circles around Jackson in his improvised role of visiting nurse, motivational coach and father figure to a growing number of young gay men and transgender women suffering from H.I.V. and AIDS. Sturdevant is a project coordinator at My Brother’s Keeper, a local social-services nonprofit.

Early on a balmy morning last October, Cedric Sturdevant began his rounds along the bumpy streets and back roads of Jackson, Miss. Sturdevant, 52, has racked up nearly 300,000 miles driving in loops and widening circles around Jackson in his improvised role of visiting nurse, motivational coach and father figure to a growing number of young gay men and transgender women suffering from H.I.V. and AIDS. Sturdevant is a project coordinator at My Brother’s Keeper, a local social-services nonprofit.

LONDON — Attackers raided Iran’s parliament and opened fire at the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini a few kilometers south of the capital on Wednesday morning, in near simultaneous assaults that killed up to seven people, media reported. Tasmin news agency said there were unconfirmed reports that the attackers had taken four hostages inside the parliament building. Three assailants, one with a pistol and two with AK-47 assault rifles, carried out the attack in central Tehran, lawmaker Elias Hazrati told state television. Another lawmaker said one of the assailants was surrounded by security fo