Newsletter: Today: Clinton’s Foundation Issues Aren’t Settling. A Video the LAPD Didn’t Want You to See.

I’m Davan Maharaj, editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don’t want you to miss today.

TOP STORIES

Clinton’s Foundation Issues Aren’t Settling

Bill Clinton has announced he will step down from the board of the family’s namesake foundation if Hillary Clinton is elected president. Donald Trump wants the whole operation to shut down. Meanwhile, the conservative group Judicial Watch continues to release emails from her time in the State Department, shedding more light on how Clinton’s work as the nation’s chief diplomat intersected with the foundation.

More Politics

-- Trump sticks to the hard line on deporting 11 million immigrants in an Ohio speech, but it turns out he won’t give an immigration speech in Colorado as previously planned.

-- An Associated Press review finds Trump’s staff has posted racist comments on social media.

-- Clinton jokes about health conspiracy theories at the start of her California trip.

A Video the LAPD Didn’t Want You to See

For nearly two years, the video of Clinton Alford Jr.’s arrest has been cited by L.A. Police Department officials and prosecutors as they denounced Officer Richard Garcia’s kicking and punching of the suspect. But the department refused to make the video public, even after Garcia struck a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time. The Times has now obtained a three-minute recording of the arrest. Watch it for yourself and read on to see why many are questioning the handling of the case by the district attorney’s office.

Teachers Stay on the Tenure Track

Teachers unions got a big victory this week when the California Supreme Court refused to hear a case challenging job protections such as tenure and seniority-based layoffs. A group of students, backed by philanthropists who have battled unions, had brought the case, saying such measures protect bad teachers and violate their right to an education. Read on to see why the court’s decision isn’t the last word in this battle.

The Kurds’ Complexities

A deadly assault on a Kurdish wedding party in Turkey and the Kurds’ role in the Syrian conflict are showing the region’s complex web of alliances and animosities. In Turkey, the government has blamed Islamic State for the wedding attack — which, in theory, would be a prime opportunity to play two of ISIS’ enemies against one another. In Syria, the Kurds have forged alliances with the government and the rebels fighting to end President Assad’s rule — and emerged as the biggest recipient of U.S. largesse.

Adam, Eve and the Sins of the Past

Visit the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, and you’ll see two paintings, one of Adam and one of Eve, created by German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder around 1530. Who owns them? That’s the subject of a long, convoluted dispute. A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that the museum does. Here’s why the daughter-in-law of a Dutch Jewish art dealer is vowing to fight on.

CALIFORNIA

-- The reversal of a death sentence reflects the leftward tilt of the state Supreme Court.

-- Another multi-patient illness struck downtown L.A.’s skid row, with 14 transported to hospitals.

-- “An exercise in threading the needle”: Lawmakers perform a balancing act to move climate legislation forward.

-- Hollywood preservationists are galled after a former church’s stained-glass windows go missing.

NATION-WORLD

-- These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid but voted against Sandy relief.

-- Chicago’s mayor agrees that seven police officers should be fired after the shooting of Laquan McDonald.

-- Two former classmates dispute the account of an alibi witness for “Serial” subject Adnan Syed.

-- Her husband was killed in the Philippines drug war. No one will support her quest for answers.

-- How often should women older than 50 get a mammogram? It depends on whether they have dense breast tissue, experts say.

HOLLYWOOD AND THE ARTS

-- A scion of the Nike empire followed his dad’s advice and carved his own path, making movies like “Kubo and the Two Strings.”

-- TV review: “Better Late Than Never” sends Henry Winkler, Terry Bradshaw, George Foreman and William Shatner on an adventure through Asia and tired old tropes.

-- Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labor’s Lost”: Kathleen Marshall directs a winner at the Old Globe.

-- Gustavo Dudamel, Cecilia Bartoli and a grim, bizarre “West Side Story” in Salzburg.

-- Jazz harmonica master Toots Thielemans has died at age 94.

BUSINESS

-- Pfizer will pay $14 billion for Medivation Inc., whose high-priced prostate cancer medication Xtandi was discovered at UCLA.

-- The Sumner Redstone saga continues as his granddaughter challenges the Viacom settlement.

-- With two made-for-TV kung fu films, HBO cautiously tests the waters in China.

-- The Rio Games scored the Olympics’ smallest prime-time TV audience since 2004, as streaming hits a record high.

SPORTS

-- A report says the police account of the Ryan Lochte incident may not be entirely accurate either. Meanwhile, Speedo and other sponsors dumped the swimmer.

-- Russia has been banned from the Paralympic Games as punishment for a state-backed doping program.

-- How Kobe Bryant plans to leverage his global appeal and marketing savvy as a tech investor.

OPINION

-- Trump appears to be changing his mind about mass deportations. Does it matter?

-- Should “The Birth of a Nation” audiences care about Nate Parker’s past?

WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING

-- Inside a Russian scheme to move $10 billion offshore. (The New Yorker)

-- Why Pakistan had its worst Olympic outing in Rio. (The Atlantic)

-- What did Robert Frost intend to convey with the poem “The Road Not Taken”? It’s not as simple as it might seem. (Literary Hub)

ONLY IN L.A.

The first reusable rocket booster that SpaceX launched and landed back on Earth is being reused … as a selfie backdrop. The 162-foot-tall objet d’art is now stationed outside the company’s headquarters at Crenshaw Boulevard and Jack Northrop Avenue. Here’s how the booster made its touchdown.

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