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View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Monday, June 1, 2015 Monday, June 1, 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. The government's authority to collect bulk phone records expired. Justin Lane/European Pressphoto Agency Your Monday Briefing By ADEEL HASSAN Good morning. Here's what you need to know: • Parts of the Patriot Act expire. Congress will most likely approve a bill to reauthorize the government's authority to sweep up bulk phone data in a final round of votes this week. That authority expired at 12:01 this morning in a political collision between post-9/11 terrorism policies and privacy rights. • A dozen candidates and counting. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina today becomes the ninth Republican to enter the race for the White House. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat, began his presidential bid in Baltimore and visited Iowa and New Hampshire. And overflow crowds at Senator Bernie Sanders's first swing through Iowa were the first evidence that Hillary Rodham Clinton could face a credible challenge in the Iowa presidential caucuses. • No relief in India. Temperatures above 110 Fahrenheit continue in parts of India today as the death toll from a heat wave approaches 2,200. Around the world, May was an extreme weather month. • U.S. citizens held in Yemen. Several American citizens are being detained by the Houthis, a Shiite rebel group that controls the capital and parts of the country. Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition are pounding Houthi militia positions across the country today, according to residents there. • Baltimore violence. Three fatal shootings in Baltimore on Sunday made May the most violent month there in more than 40 years, with 43 homicides. • At the White House. President Obama hosts King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and, later, a discussion with 75 young Southeast Asian leaders in a State Department program. • Right to carry. The governor of Texas is likely to sign legislation to allow licensed residents to carry concealed handguns in most state university buildings. MARKETS • Intel is close to clinching a takeover of fellow chipmaker Altera for more than $15 billion, the latest sign of consolidation in the semiconductor industry. • Humana, one of the country's largest health insurers, is weighing a potential sale of itself after having been approached by several competitors. • Wall Street stock futures are marginally higher. European indexes are mixed, and Asia ended mostly higher. OVER THE WEEKEND • Joseph R. Biden III, known as Beau, 46, the eldest son of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., died of brain cancer. • Secretary of State John Kerry cut short his trip to Europe after breaking a leg while cycling in France. • Syrian Army airstrikes killed at least 70 people, most of them civilians, and wounded scores. • A Chinese admiral said the country could set up an air defense zone above disputed areas of the South China Sea. • An analysis by The Washington Post concluded that the rate of fatal police shootings nationwide this year is more than twice the rate tallied by the government over the past decade. • Nepalese children returned to schools, many of which are temporary, for the first time since the earthquake there five weeks ago. • The Chicago Blackhawks reached the Stanley Cup Final for the third time in six seasons. They'll play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday. • The Spanish bicycle racer Alberto Contador clinched his second Giro d'Italia title. • A 92-year-old cancer survivor, Harriette Thompson of Charlotte, N.C., became the oldest woman to finish a marathon. • The disaster thriller "San Andreas" won at the weekend movie box office. • Catching up on TV: Episode recaps for "Game of Thrones," "Veep" and "Silicon Valley." NOTEWORTHY • Can we dunk them in milk? Dunkin' Donuts starts selling Chips Ahoy doughnuts filled with cookie dough-flavored buttercream today, targeting afternoon snackers. • An all-star day. Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray have fourth-round matches at the French Open today. Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova are also playing (5 a.m.-1 p.m. Eastern, ESPN2; 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Tennis Channel). • On TV. The comedian Tracy Morgan is on the "Today" show on NBC (7 a.m. Eastern). It's his first TV appearance since being injured in a car crash last June. "American Genius," an eight-part series on world-changing innovations, begins with two episodes (9 p.m. Eastern, National Geographic Channel). And "The Whispers," a series about a paranormal force that manipulates children into strange behavior, debuts (10 p.m. Eastern, ABC). Steven Spielberg is co-executive producer. BACK STORY People are hitting airports for the start of what is forecast to be a record travel season. While you're scrambling to send your last surreptitious text messages or beginning to leaf through your magazines, you may miss a curious reassurance in the mandatory safety briefing: If the oxygen masks are deployed, air will flow through the mask, but the bag may not inflate. What's up with that? Really, those plastic bags dropping down from over your head are not actually supposed to inflate. The flow of oxygen is meant to supply a normal breathing volume. Only if you stopped breathing, or breathed very little, would the gas have a chance to stay in the bag long enough to inflate it. Happy trails. Andrea Kannapell and Victoria Shannon contributed reporting. 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