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By CHARLES McDERMID

Heres what you need to know to start your day.

By KAREN ZRAICK and SANDRA STEVENSON 12:10 AM ET

Heres what you need to know at the end of the day.

By MIKE McPHATE

Tuesday: Voters weigh tougher gun control, a political campaign in Irvine gets nasty, and a biographer of Alexander von Humboldt takes questions.

By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ

Insurance is a hard product to buy. Heres The Upshots simplified guide to finding the plan thats right for you.

By MONICA CASTILLO

From the Watching team, expert TV and movie recommendations for the longer, colder nights ahead.

By ADAM GOLDMAN

Noor Salman, whose husband, Omar Mateen, killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub, described him as abusive and said she had known nothing about his plans.

By ANNE BARNARD

Meeting reporters, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria said his countrys social fabric was better than before the war, and rejected political changes until government forces had prevailed.

By DAVID BARBOZA 6:59 PM ET

The GlaxoSmithKline case, which resulted in guilty pleas and record penalties, unveiled an increasingly assertive government determined to tighten its grip over multinationals.

By SABRINA TAVERNISE 8:50 PM ET

A growing number of experts say that the portrayal of e-cigarettes as a public health threat is a profound disservice to smokers who could benefit from them.

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