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View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Monday, August 3, 2015 Monday, August 3, 2015 nytnow.com » Enjoy this newsletter? The NYT Now app for iPhone is now completely free. It's the fastest way to catch up with the news throughout the day. Download now. Wildfires in Northern California are threatening thousands of homes. Noah Berger/European Pressphoto Agency Your Monday Briefing By ADEEL HASSAN Good morning. Here's what you need to know: • Let the lawsuits begin. President Obama today unveils a set of environmental regulations devised to sharply cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants and to ultimately transform the electricity industry. As soon as he's announced them, major corporations and industry groups will prepare to challenge the rules, as will Congress. • Raging West Coast fires. Wildfires are threatening thousands of homes in Northern California, and firefighters are also battling major blazes in Oregon and Washington. Officials are warning of a risk of more catastrophes in the months ahead, as drought, heat and climate change leave the landscape ever thirstier. • Vote on abortion funding. U.S. senators vote today on whether to end federal aid to Planned Parenthood and whether to shift the money to other health care providers. The vote was prompted by a video that showed an executive of the group discussing the sale of fetal tissue. • Headed to New Hampshire. Donald J. Trump, who leads the Republican presidential field, won't be attending a forum tonight in the state that holds the first-in-the-nation primary, but 14 other Republicans will be there. And Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his associates have begun to actively explore a possible presidential campaign. • Mideast diplomacy. Secretary of State John Kerry meets officials from Persian Gulf nations in Qatar's capital today, to try to ease their concerns over the nuclear agreement reached with Iran. He'll also discuss the fight against Islamic State militants. Mr. Kerry is traveling from Cairo, where he held the first formal security talks between Washington and Egypt in six years. • Pieces of a plane. Malaysia will seek more help this week to find debris from the long-missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. A section of an airplane wing found on Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean, has arrived in France for closer examination by a lab. MARKETS • The Greek stock market reopened today and tumbled after a five-week shutdown intended to stem the country's financial collapse. Wall Street stock futures are trending lower. European markets are mixed, and Asian indexes closed lower. • Uber's new round of funding values the company at close to $51 billion. • The U.S. auto industry reports its latest monthly sales numbers today. Analysts predict a rise in July sales for most carmakers compared with last year. • Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the two biggest U.S. oil companies, reported their worst quarterly results of the decade as oil and natural gas prices continue to plunge. OVER THE WEEKEND • A U.S.-led coalition conducted its first airstrikes in Syria in support of a Pentagon-trained fighting force. • The firebombing of a Palestinian home stirred a rare outpouring of self-reproach and soul-searching among Israelis across the political spectrum. • Zimbabwe said that a second American illegally killed a lion this year. Officials there are seeking the extradition of an American for killing Cecil the Lion. • A suspect is being sought in the killing of a Memphis police officer who was shot after he interrupted a drug deal. • The fifth chapter in the "Mission: Impossible" series won at the box office. • Catching up on TV: Episode recaps for "Hannibal," "Masters of Sex" and "Poldark." NOTEWORTHY • Jon Stewart's farewell. There are only four episodes of "The Daily Show" left, and Amy Schumer (Monday), Denis Leary (Tuesday) and Louis C.K. (Wednesday) are among the final guests (11 p.m. Eastern, Comedy Central). We don't know what's planned for Thursday's grand finale, but a parade of guests is possible. • Cosmo gets a cloak. Rite Aid and Food Lion will soon place issues of Cosmopolitan magazine behind "blinders" to shield minors from the magazine's sexual content. The retailers' moves come in response to the "Cosmo Harms Minors" campaign led by Victoria Hearst, the granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, the founder of the magazine's publisher. • Farewell, L.A. Nearly 6,500 athletes from 165 countries attended the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games on Sunday night at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, site of the 1932 and 1984 Olympics. BACK STORY It's time to break out the crayons. If you haven't done that recently, you're behind the times: One of the year's fast-growing hobbies for adults is coloring. Four of Amazon's top best sellers are coloring books (for grown-ups). A "Game of Thrones Coloring Book" (clearly for grown-ups) is coming out this fall. And a venerable publishing house, Little, Brown, is releasing four coloring books for adults this year, all subtitled "Color Your Way to Calm." "Splendid Cities" and "Secret Paris" were published this summer, while "Secret Tokyo" and "Secret New York" are coming out in October. Many busy people say they find the pastime a relaxing break from electronic screens. John Jr. and Edmund McLoughlin, two brothers from New York, are credited with creating the first coloring books, the "Little Folks" series, in the 1880s. It helped that crayons started selling about that time, too. Did we mention that Sunday was National Coloring Book Day? Good luck trying to stay between the lines in these books or on these free downloadable pages. Your Morning Briefing is published weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern and updated on the web all morning. What would you like to see here? Contact us at briefing@nytimes.com. Want to get the briefing by email? Here's the sign-up. ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW NYTNOW @NYTNOW NYT Now app for iPhone Now the news keeps up with you Available on the App Store Get more NYTimes.com newsletters » | Sign Up for the Morning Briefing newsletter » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's NYT Now newsletter. As a member of the TRUSTe privacy program, we are committed to protecting your privacy. (....) | Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise Copyright 2015 The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018