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Bill Harris Has Died. He Kidnapped Patty Hearst in 1974.

By: Alex Williams —
He was a disillusioned Vietnam veteran looking for purpose when he joined a revolutionary group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army.

Bill Harris, center, after being captured in 1975, the year after the S.L.A. kidnapped Patty Hearst. Her family, he later said, “was in control of a media empire that we viewed as an arm of propaganda for the United States government.”

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A.I. Is Lying to You. Here’s How to Fight Back.

By: Anthony Vinci —
In the age of A.I. disinformation, we all need to use the tools of counterespionage to find the truth.

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After Death of Bill Harris, a Look Back at the Symbionese Liberation Army

By: Alex Williams —
A small band of urban guerrillas, they hoped to topple the “ruling class” using guns and bombs. Instead, their efforts brought death and ruin.

Six members of the S.L.A. died in a shootout with Los Angeles police in May 1974. Clockwise from top left, Camilla Hall, William Wolfe, Donald DeFreeze, Patricia Soltysik, Nancy Ling Perry and Angela Atwood.

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Ex-C.I.A. Officer Who Stashed Gold Bars Admits to Far Larger $145 Million Scam

By: Devlin Barrett —
A plea hearing revealed a far larger pattern of fraud against the government, while keeping some key secrets still hidden.

At the time of his arrest, David J. Rush was at work on highly classified programs for both the C.I.A. and the Pentagon.

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What to Know About France’s High School Protests

By: Lynsey Chutel and Zane Irwin —
Demonstrations for a better-funded education system have led to blockaded schools, thousands of arrests and a national political reckoning.

Police officers and student protesters facing off outside a school in Paris on Thursday.

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Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency

The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.

An ad that was approved by President Trump and paid for by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Suspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect

By: Dustin Volz —
Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.

A water treatment plant in Georgia earlier this year. Officials have long warned that the nation’s roughly 150,000 water treatment systems are relatively easy targets for hackers.

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Climate Change Comes to Sesame Street

By: David Gelles —
An episode this week focuses on the dangerous effects of warming, without mentioning climate change.
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Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal

By: Michael Gold, Andrew Duehren and Hari Raj —
Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president’s immunity from tax scrutiny.

Todd Blanche speaking at the Capitol last month.

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How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners

By: Lily Kuo and Pei-Lin Wu —
An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data.

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Nancy Guthrie Ransom Notes Released by Sheriff’s Department Searching for New Leads

By: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs —
The 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie, the television news anchor, has been missing for nearly six months.

A memorial near the driveway to Nancy Guthrie’s residence in February in Tucson, Ariz.

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Trump Promised Proof of Election Tampering. His Document Release Fell Far Short.

By: David E. Sanger and Dustin Volz —
In the end, the documentary evidence that President Trump claimed would prove his case appeared bound to disappoint those who expected bombshell revelations.

President Donald Trump points to attendees after delivering an address to the nation from the East Room on Thursday night.

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Takeaways From Trump’s Speech Claiming Election Vulnerabilities and China Interference

By: Julian E. Barnes and Maggie Haberman —
Documents released by the Trump administration to support the president’s claims did not back up his most aggressive statements.

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Manhattan Building’s Buckled Columns Probably Lacked Required Reinforcements

By: James Glanz and Simon Ducroquet —
Drawings obtained by The New York Times show the columns called for additional steel plates, but engineers reviewing site photos said they appeared to be missing.

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Trump Just Took Us Somewhere the Country Has Never Been Before

By: Noah Shachtman —
There’s no telling where this leads.

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Uganda Restricts Travel with Congo Over Ebola Outbreak

By: Lynsey Chutel and Matthew Mpoke Bigg —
Uganda said that flights to and from the Democratic Republic of Congo would be temporarily suspended, as the outbreak appeared to spread to a rebel-controlled province in Congo.

A health worker measures the temperature of a motorcyclist passing through a checkpoint in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Thursday.

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