 | | A memorial at Place de la République in Paris. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Paris today. Kenzo Tribouillard/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images | Your Tuesday Briefing By ADEEL HASSAN |
| Good morning. |
| Here's what you need to know: |
| • Solidarity. |
| Secretary of State John Kerry is in Paris today for talks with President François Hollande. |
| Mr. Hollande says France needs to change its Constitution and has called for quick action on legislation that would give the government more flexibility to conduct police raids without a warrant and place people under house arrest. |
| At the same time, there have been few calls in France for solidarity with Muslims. |
| • The manhunt. |
| Seven of the attackers died in the assault, but the authorities are looking for an eighth suspect as well as for the person believed to have planned it. |
| In the heavily immigrant Brussels district of Molenbeek, there were missed chances to stop some of them. That's now raising questions about the Belgian intelligence services and their French counterparts. |
| • Reaction in the U.S. |
| Twenty-five Republican governors have pledged to block the entry of Syrian refugees into their states, saying that the safety of Americans is at stake. |
| The three Democratic presidential candidates continue to support resettlement. One Republican — Jeb Bush — also does, but he prefers Christian refugees. Donald J. Trump thinks Syrian refugees are a "Trojan horse." |
| Congress is back in session, and the attacks will affect policy debate. |
| • The militants' advances. |
| As the tentacles of the Islamic States grow in the West, a special report on "Frontline" charts its growth eastward, in Afghanistan (10 p.m. Eastern, PBS, but check local listings). |
| • Egypt plane was bombed, Russia confirms. |
| Russia said today that a bomb brought down a jet over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt more than two weeks ago, killing all 224 people on board. |
| It was the first statement from Russia that the plane was brought down by a terrorist act. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility. |
| • President Obama overseas. |
| The U.S. leader arrived today in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, to reinforce trade and security ties at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, beginning on Wednesday. |
| Mr. Obama remains steadfast in his refusal to use ground troops to fight Islamic State militants in their strongholds in Syria and Iraq. |
| • Review faults Baltimore police. |
| An independent report found that the police were unprepared and untrained for the April riots after the death of Freddie Gray, an unarmed 25-year-old black man who suffered a spinal cord injury in police custody. |
| The number of homicides in the city this year has surpassed 300 for the first time since 1999. The rise began after the unrest. |
| BUSINESS |
| • We'll get an early sign today of how the economy performed last month when the Consumer Price Index, the most common gauge of inflation, is released this morning. |
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| • Credit card technology is at the center of a feud between retailers and banks over what merchants pay for the processing of credit and debit transactions. |
| • Wall Street stock futures are trending positive. European markets are sharply higher, and Asian indexes closed mixed. |
| NOTEWORTHY |
| • New reads. |
| "Suspicious Minds," released today, delves into why conspiracy theories appeal. In "The Rift," a correspondent reports about the emergence of sub-Saharan Africa and tells us what we get wrong about the region. |
| And the Irish writer Kevin Barry's novel "Beatlebone" imagines John Lennon visiting a small island off the west coast of Ireland in 1978. |
| • It's a Windy City trilogy. |
| "Chicago Med," a relentlessly paced emergency-room drama debuting today, is joining "Chicago Fire" and "Chicago P.D." as the third Dick Wolf-produced series making its home in the city (9 p.m. Eastern, NBC). |
| Among its stars are S. Epatha Merkerson, a mainstay of Mr. Wolf's "Law & Order" and Oliver Platt. More crossover appearances from all three shows' characters are expected. |
| • The game goes on. |
| The French national soccer team plays an exhibition game against England in London today. |
| • And then there were two... |
| The Houston Texans' 10-6 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football leaves the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers as the only undefeated N.F.L. teams. |
| • TV star's travails. |
| Charlie Sheen will appear on NBC's "Today" show (7 a.m. Eastern) today after reports that he is H.I.V. positive. NBC says Mr. Sheen will make "a revealing personal announcement." |
| • 117 days of life. |
| A mother writes about the anguish she felt when her infant died in day care, and of her campaign to create a national parental leave system that works. |
| • But how do you use it in Scrabble? |
| Oxford Dictionaries announced Monday that the "face with tears of joy" emoji was its word of the year. Hmmm. |
| BACK STORY |
| Walmart, Walgreens, Kmart — they all sound slightly related. |
| They're not, except that they are derived from their founders' names. |
| Walmart is expected to retain its title today as the world's biggest retailer by sales. |
| In 1950, a 32-year-old retailer from Oklahoma named Sam Walton opened Walton's 5&10 in Bentonville, Ark. |
| Why there? One reason is that it was near the borders of four states, and Mr. Walton wanted to take advantage of the different hunting seasons. |
| He opened the first Walmart in 1962 in Rogers, Ark. |
| Well before Walmart was another Wal — Charles R. Walgreen. In 1901, as a 24-year-old pharmacist in Chicago, he bought the pharmacy where he worked. |
| By 1919, there were 20 Walgreen stores. The company expanded nationally in the 1920s. |
| Even earlier, Sebastian Spering Kresge, a 30-year-old former salesman from Pennsylvania, bought two five-and-dime stores, in Detroit and Memphis, in 1899. |
| The S. S. Kresge chain expanded to 85 stores by 1912. The first Kmart opened in 1962 in suburban Detroit. |
| Although a foundation he started gave away millions, Mr. Kresge was known as thrifty and stingy. |
| A speech he gave at Harvard consisted of six words: "I never made a dime — talking." |
| Victoria Shannon contributed reporting. |
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