• “We have absolutely become numb to these kinds of shootings, and I think that will continue,” a former F.B.I. official said.
Letting the victims speak
• Judge Rosemarie Aquilina has emerged as an unusually fierce advocate for victims during the sentencing hearing for Lawrence Nassar, a doctor for U.S.A. Gymnastics who has pleaded guilty to multiple sex crimes.
She has allowed nearly 140 girls and women, including several prominent Olympic gymnasts, to give statements against Dr. Nassar.
• “Leave your pain here,” Judge Aquilina told one young woman, “and go out and do your magnificent things.”
VideoIn Nassar Sentencing, Judge Prompts More Victims to Come Forward
After opening her courtroom to athletes, coaches and parents, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina has prompted dozens more to share their stories of sexual abuse by the former sports doctor Larry Nassar.
By SARAH STEIN KERR on Publish Date January 23, 2018. Photo by Dale G. Young/Detroit News, via Associated Press. Watch in Times Video »Congressman says aide “invited” behavior
• Representative Patrick Meehan says that a former aide who filed a sexual misconduct complaint against him “specifically invited” his intimate communications.
The Pennsylvania Republican is under fire for using taxpayer money to settle the complaint.
• “I didn’t do anything wrong,” said Mr. Meehan, who is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.
Listen to ‘The Daily’: Tonya Harding Speaks Out
Twenty-four years after a rival was bashed in the knee, the disgraced figure skater is back in the spotlight. This time, she’s not necessarily the villain.
Business
• We visited a solar farm in North Carolina to better understand how new tariffs will affect the industry.
• Jerome Powell sailed to Senate confirmation to become the 16th chairman of the Federal Reserve. He will replace Janet Yellen on Feb. 3.
• Three weeks after President Emmanuel Macron’s overhaul of French labor rules went into effect, a wave of downsizing appears to be on the horizon.
• There’s not yet an agreed-on name for the new generation moving into the workplace. If you’re 22 or younger, tell us what you’d like to be called.
• U.S. stocks were mixed on Tuesday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets today.
Smarter Living
Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life.
• Get over your infatuation.
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• Here’s how to cope with Seasonal Affective Disorder.
• Recipe of the day: Enjoy a traditional English scone with jam, cream and a cup of tea.
Noteworthy
• What’s wrong with democracy?
In the first part of a new video series, our Interpreter columnists explore why democracy is stalling.
VideoIs There Something Wrong With Democracy?
For years, the number of democracies in the world had been on the rise, but recently the trend has stalled. The New York Times journalists Max Fisher and Amanda Taub explore why some democratic countries have backslid, while others never quite made it.
By MAX FISHER, AMANDA TAUB, JOSH KELLER, MAE RYAN, LARRY BUCHANAN and SHANE O’NEILL on Publish Date January 23, 2018. . Watch in Times Video »• Operation Arafat
For decades, Israeli security forces tried to assassinate Yasir Arafat, the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Now, former officials tell the story of how they failed — and how far they almost went in their efforts.
• In memoriam
Ursula K. Le Guin brought literary depth and a feminist sensibility to her science fiction and fantasy books, including “The Left Hand of Darkness.” She was 88.
Hugh Masekela was a South African jazz pioneer whose music symbolized the anti-apartheid movement. He spent three decades in exile. He was 78.
• Sizing up the Oscar race
“The Shape of Water,” a fantastical love story involving an imprisoned sea creature, received the most Academy Award nominations on Tuesday, with 13. Here’s our wrap-up of the announcement.
Check out the full list of nominees, the snubs and surprises, and where you can stream the nominated movies.
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• Best of late-night TV
Jimmy Kimmel was unimpressed by the work environment at the White House: “Who could’ve ever guessed that a man who became famous for firing people would continue to fire people, all the time?”
• Quotation of the day
“Based on the kind of judgment you have demonstrated, American families are very lucky that you weren’t on the Fed board over the last several years.”
— Senator Elizabeth Warren, after Marvin Goodfriend, nominee to the Federal Reserve board, struggled to explain having warned after the 2008 financial crisis that the Fed’s actions would increase inflation.
• The Times, in other words
A technical glitch prevents us from including an image of today’s front page, but you can find a list of its contents here, as well as links to our Opinion content and crossword puzzles.
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Back Story
Here’s a tale of innovation, of why it’s hard to stand in the way of progress.
Eighty-three years ago, canned beer was sold in Richmond, Va., believed to be a U.S. first. The innovation was soon picked up by a brewer in Wales.
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The cans were lighter and cheaper than bottles, and they immediately proved a huge success.
“Sales resistance to beer in cans has been overcome in every section of the country,” The Times reported a few months later. “The product is selling more rapidly than it can be supplied.”
Within two months, the American Can Company was producing 25,000 to 30,000 beer cans every day.
By September, U.S. winemakers sought to package their product in cans, too, to “induce the American consumer to ‘become wine-minded,’ ” The Times reported.
Bottle makers pushed back against the new competition.
At a conference in Atlantic City, they spoke of plans for lighter bottles, and for ones that wouldn’t require a deposit.
Regardless of what it was packaged in, beer was popular in post-Prohibition America. Sales of bottled and canned beer grew more than 50 percent in the first half of 1936 from the previous year.
By 1970, beer cans had overtaken bottles.
Patrick Boehler contributed reporting.
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