Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
France imposes curfewsParts of Paris, Lyon and Lille are shut down tonight after antigovernment demonstrations across the country devolved into the most destructive riots France has seen in decades. Officials there estimated that at least 3,000 businesses had been pillaged over the weekend. France’s prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, ordered local officials in cities most affected by the riots to impose curfews in an effort to reassert control. He vowed to use “whatever tools are at the government’s disposal.” The decision came amid an escalating political blame game. Lecornu blamed the far left for the unrest, while the country’s main far-left party has blamed his government. France’s interior minister acknowledged today that the police had been underprepared to deal with the riots, which spun off from mostly peaceful protests demanding better school conditions. Here’s what to know about them. For more: A 14-year-old was shot in the face by a tear gas grenade, breaking his jaw. The incident stirred a national outcry.
Trump heads to Kansas, as some Republicans seek distancePresident Trump traveled to Wichita this afternoon to hold a rally for Senator Roger Marshall, a suddenly endangered incumbent in Kansas, a state where Republicans have held both Senate seats for nearly a century. Anger at the administration is palpable. While farmers and ranchers have been a core part of Trump’s coalition, choosing him by double-digit margins, mounting economic frustration has raised the prospect of a farmer’s protest. Some Republicans have avoided tying themselves closely with the president, whose approval rating remains low. Only a tiny fraction — less than 1 percent — of recent Republican ads even mention the president. More on politics:
Trump officials clash with judge over D.C. golf courseThe president announced today that his administration would “immediately” begin a yearlong renovation of a municipal golf course in Washington, remaking it into a professional venue. Hours later, Ana Reyes, a Biden-appointed federal judge, questioned administration officials about whether they had been planning the move even while swearing in court that no such decisions had been made. Reyes has ordered that the government stop removing trees from the course. The stakes of the case may be relatively low, but it is proving be a test case for how far Trump is willing to go to get his way. With an army of Justice Department lawyers present, the hearing began with drama.
Many American forests are sickTiny pests and pathogens are wreaking havoc on many tree species across the U.S., particularly in the Northeast. Their entryway is global trade: As more products and plants arrive from abroad, so too do invasive stowaways. Billions of trees have died already, and many more are under threat. In some severe cases, forests are being transformed into bleak expanses of brambles and vines. See what scientists are doing to slow down the destruction. More top news
Penélope Cruz will not be typecastPenélope Cruz’s big break came in 1992, when, as a teenager, she played the daughter of a small-town prostitute in the semi-explicit art house film “Jamón Jamón.” For her next role, another big Spanish hit, Cruz played a girlish virgin in a comedy. The two characters were nothing alike, and ever since she has been determined to avoid being typecast. This year, for example, Cruz is an unpredictable sex therapist in “The Invite,” a gentle book editor in “Bunker,” and a captivating singer in “La Bola Negra.” In an interview, she told us how she inhabits so many different roles.
How did life arise?Our science reporters recently began a project exploring the frontiers of science, where researchers are trying to tackle the universe’s mysteries. There is perhaps no bigger question than how living things, like frogs, tulips and ourselves, came to exist. Many scientists agree that all life on Earth can be traced back roughly 4 to 4.5 billion years, to a so-called Last Universal Common Ancestor. Where exactly that life happened — possibly a “warm little pond,” or in the alien worlds of deep-sea volcanic vents — and how life grew to be so complex are often debated. My colleagues explain what we know.
Dinner table topics
Cook these crispy chimichangas, which are packed with tender chicken. Watch a free-to-stream movie, like “Burning.” Read Leslie Fiedler’s 66-year-old tour de force of literary criticism, “Love and Death in the American Novel.” Get prepared as Covid season approaches. Here’s what to know. Use these tools and tips to help remove stains. Take the latest Flashback history quiz. Play today’s Connections, Spelling Bee and Mini Crossword. Find all our games here.
Your nose could be your travel guideFrance may get most of the scented glory these days, but Florence was the birthplace of modern fragrance. So our travel writer Lisa Abend traveled to the Tuscan city to embark on a perfume-centric adventure. There, she took a whiff of a 16th-century scent made specially for Catherine de Medici, explored the city’s historic fragrance shops and sniffed out the difference between natural and synthetic jasmine at a perfume museum. Before leaving, Lisa concocted her own autumnal scent, with lilac, amber and neroli. Read about her experience. Have a pleasant evening. Thanks for reading. I’ll be back tomorrow — Matthew Eli Cohen was our photo editor. We welcome your feedback. Reach us at evening@nytimes.com.
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The Evening: Curfews in France
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