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IN TRUMP’S NEIGHBORHOOD The Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where the president-elect will spend Thanksgiving. Neighbors are taking the tumult in stride. Page A19.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump movedswiftly on Wednesday to diversifyhis cabinet and try to heal linger-ing rifts in the Republican Party,reaching out to Gov. Nikki R. Ha-ley of South Carolina and BetsyDeVos, a prominent Republicanfund-raiser, both of whom op-posed him during the campaign,as well as Ben Carson, who chal-lenged Mr. Trump for the Republi-can nomination.

Ms. Haley, who was named am-bassador to the United Nations,and Ms. DeVos, who was namededucation secretary, would be thefirst women in Mr. Trump’s cab-inet. Mr. Carson, whose selectionas secretary of housing and urbandevelopment is expected to be an-nounced on Friday, would be thefirst African-American.

But none of these choices sug-gest a president-elect who isreaching beyond reliably conser-vative precincts to fill his adminis-tration.

Ms. Haley, 44, an Indian-Ameri-can who is a rising star in Republi-can politics, pushed for the re-moval of the Confederate battleflag from the South Carolina StateHouse after the deadly churchshooting in Charleston in June2015. During the Republican pri-mary, she was a frequent and vo-cal critic of Mr. Trump and sup-ported Senator Marco Rubio ofFlorida.

Ms. DeVos, 58, is one of the na-tion’s most avid supporters of

TRUMP RECRUITS2 FORMER CRITICS

TO JOIN CABINET

ATTEMPT TO HEAL RIFTS

For Secretary of State,Weighing Giuliani

vs. Romney

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It is hard to find anyone more passionateabout the idea of steering public dollarsaway from traditional public schools thanBetsy DeVos, Donald J. Trump’s pick as thecabinet secretary overseeing the nation’seducation system.

For nearly 30 years, as a philanthropist,activist and Republican fund-raiser, shehas pushed to give families taxpayermoney in the form of vouchers to attendprivate and parochial schools, pressed toexpand publicly funded but privately runcharter schools, and tried to strip teacherunions of their influence.

A daughter of privilege, she also marriedinto it; her husband, Dick, who ran unsuc-cessfully for governor of Michigan a dec-ade ago, is heir to the Amway fortune. Likemany education philanthropists, she ar-gues that children’s ZIP codes should notconfine them to failing schools.

But Ms. DeVos’s efforts to expand edu-cational opportunity in her home state ofMichigan and across the country have fo-cused little on existing public schools, andalmost entirely on establishing newer,more entrepreneurial models to competewith traditional schools for students andmoney. Her donations and advocacy go al-most entirely toward groups seeking to

move students and money away from whatMr. Trump calls “failing governmentschools.”

Conservative school choice activistshailed her on Wednesday as a fellow dis-rupter, and as someone who would blockwhat they see as federal intrusion on localschools.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, whereMs. DeVos helped push legislation estab-lishing tax credits for scholarships to pri-vate schools, called her an “outstandingpick,” a “passionate change agent to pressfor a new education vision.”

For Education, an Advocate Who BacksShifting Money From Public Schools

By KATE ZERNIKE

Betsy DeVos, a Michigan activist.DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES

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ATLANTA — Gov. Nikki R. Haley ofSouth Carolina is the daughter of immi-grants, favors free markets and globaltrade, and earned international attentionfor speaking out against the Confederatebattle flag in the aftermath of the 2015 mas-sacre at a black church in Charleston. Dur-ing Donald J. Trump’s presidential cam-paign, she sharply criticized his demeanorand warned what it might mean for Ameri-can diplomacy — even suggesting that histendency to lash out at critics could cause aworld war.

But on Wednesday, Mr. Trump namedMs. Haley as his choice for ambassador tothe United Nations, a move that will proba-bly serve to both assuage and confound thepresident-elect’s critics, raising questionsabout the tone and direction of his foreignpolicy. As an Indian-American woman, shewould also add ethnic and gender diversityto the appointments, so far predominantlyof white men, he has made to other topposts in the administration.

In a statement, Ms. Haley said she hadaccepted Mr. Trump’s offer because shefelt good about South Carolina’s economicstanding. She added that this month’s elec-tions had brought “exciting changes to

America.”“When the president believes you have

a major contribution to make to the wel-fare of our nation, and to our nation’sstanding in the world, that is a calling thatis important to heed,” the statement said.

Little is known about how Ms. Haleyviews America’s role in the world. But anequally important mystery is what herclout might be in the Trump administra-tion.

Has Mr. Trump placed her in a post heconsiders marginal? Or will Ms. Haley —along with a still-to-be-named secretary of

For U.N., a Daughter of ImmigrantsWho Is a Neophyte in Foreign Affairs

By RICHARD FAUSSETand SOMINI SENGUPTA

Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina.CLIFF OWEN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Ralph Branca, the pitcher whohad three consecutive All-Starseasons for the Brooklyn Dodgersbut who was never allowed to for-get one pitch that crushed them,died early Wednesday in RyeBrook, N.Y. He was 90.

Branca’s unforgivable offense(at least to Dodger fans) came onthe afternoon of Oct. 3, 1951, when,in a final game with the New YorkGiants to determine the National

League championship, he servedup Bobby Thomson’s electrifying(at least to Giants fans), pennant-winning home run — the “ShotHeard Round the World” — proba-bly the most memorable in base-ball history.

The Dodgers had been in firstplace by 13½ games in mid-Au-gust, but the Giants had comeback to tie for first on the season’sfinal weekend.

“A guy commits murder and hegets pardoned after 20 years,”Branca once said at an old-timers’game. “I didn’t get pardoned.”

His daughter Patti Barnes saidhe was pronounced dead shortlyafter midnight at a rehabilitationcenter near his home.

In baseball lore the Thomsonhomer has been preserved in am-ber. It sits alongside Lou Gehrig’sfarewell at Yankee Stadium, DonLarsen’s perfect game in a WorldSeries and “the Catch,” WillieMays’s spectacular over-the-shoulder, warning-track snare of aSeries blast at the same PoloGrounds, three years after Thom-son’s “shot.”

It was also immortalized in

Dodgers Pitcher Who Gave Up‘Shot Heard Round the World’

By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN

RALPH BRANCA, 1926-2016

Ralph Branca with Brooklynin 1956, his final season.

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Today, cloudy, some morning and af-ternoon rain, high 50. Tonight,cloudy, low 44. Tomorrow, variablycloudy, afternoon showers, high 52.Weather map appears on Page B14.

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MOSUL, Iraq — By the time lit-tle Amira, just a year old, reachedthe field clinic near the front line inMosul, she was already dead. Allher father could do was bundle herup in a golden blanket, carry herto a nearby mosque and bury her.

When a Humvee pulled up tothe door of the clinic, a young boy

in the back was draped over aman’s body. “My father, answerme!” he cried. “My father, answerme! Don’t die!” But he, too, was al-ready dead.

It was barely noon on Wednes-day, and eight bodies had alreadyarrived at the clinic, an aban-doned house where medics pro-vide a minimum of treatment, justenough to keep the lucky ones

alive long enough for the hourlongdrive to a trauma center.

The battle for Mosul, whichstarted six weeks ago, aims toevict the Islamic State from its lastmajor stronghold in Iraq. But ci-vilians are paying a growing price,with more and more dead flowingout of the dense, urban combatzones each day.

Told to Stay in Mosul, Civilians Are Dying in FightBy TIM ARANGO

A boy held the body of his father, killed by the Islamic State, at a field hospital near Mosul, Iraq.SERGEY PONOMAREV FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

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An experimental Alzheimer’sdrug that had previously ap-peared to show promise in slow-ing the deterioration of thinkingand memory has failed in a largeEli Lilly clinical trial, dealing a sig-nificant disappointment to pa-tients hoping for a treatment thatwould alleviate their symptoms.

The failure of the drug, so-lanezumab, underscores the diffi-culty of treating people who showeven mild dementia, and supportsthe idea that by that time, thedamage in their brains may al-ready be too extensive. And be-cause the drug attacked the amy-loid plaques that are the hallmarkof Alzheimer’s, the trial results re-new questions about a leadingtheory of the disease, which con-tends that it is largely caused byamyloid buildup.

No drug so far has been able todemonstrate that removing orpreventing the accumulation ofamyloid translates into a resultthat matters for patients: stallingor blocking some of the symptomsof dementia. “It’s not going to bedisease-modifying therapy formild patients, so that’s heart-breaking,” said Dave Ricks, the in-

Promising DrugFor Alzheimer’s

Fails in a TrialBy PAM BELLUCK

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THE INAUGURATION Corporationsand the wealthy will be allowed tomake big donations. PAGE A20

THE TALLY Hillary Clinton’s sup-porters urge her to contest votecounts in three states. PAGE A20

The European Union is likely to vote onThursday to suspend negotiations toallow Turkey into the bloc. PAGE A4

Turkey’s E.U. Bid in Doubt

At the lonely reaches of Chile’s southerntip, gauchos, shearers and tens of thou-sands of sheep gather once a year for afrenzy of wool-gathering. PAGE A18

Working at the World’s End

In 1942, before she was forced intohiding, Anne Frank wrote a poem to afriend. Those eight lines, written in afriendship book, fetched $148,000 at anauction in the Netherlands. PAGE A14

INTERNATIONAL A4-18

Anne Frank’s Lines to Friend

The Upshot examines 10 coming N.F.L.games that should have a bearing onwho qualifies for the playoffs. Warning:They’re not all on Sundays. PAGE B8

SPORTSTHURSDAY B8-12

10 Must-See Games

An Eritrean couple, reunited after yearsof forced separation, is expecting a childin April. The Neediest Cases. PAGE A29

At Last, a Home Together

The latest scandal at City College hasgiven Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo leveragein his ethics campaign and led him tocall for new CUNY leadership. PAGE A27

NEW YORK A27-29

A Call for Change at CUNYIn the Salinas Valley of California, anarea considered the salad bowl of thenation, public health officials see acrisis of poverty and malnutritionamong the tens of thousands of migrantworkers and their families who tend tothe fields of produce. PAGE A19

NATIONAL A19-26

An Unaffordable Bounty

Fifty years ago, Truman Capote hosteda legendary party for more than 500guests that reshaped the boundaries ofNew York society. PAGE D1

THURSDAY STYLES D1-8

Black and White and Fabulous

An injunction this week blocking a rulethat would have expanded overtime payhas many advocates and legal expertsconcerned. PAGE B1

BUSINESS DAY B1-7

Concern for Overtime Rule

Since the election, rates have climbedroughly half a percentage point, raisingthe cost of buying a home. PAGE B1

A Jump in Mortgage Rates

Gail Collins PAGE A31

EDITORIAL, OP-ED A30-31

A review of “Othello: The Remix,” a QBrothers mash-up of rap and Shake-speare infused with humor. PAGE C1

‘Othello’ Goes Hip-Hop

“Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life,” afour-part mini-series on Netflix, returnsviewers to the fictional town of StarsHollow, Conn. A review. PAGE C1

ARTS C1-8

Reviving a Snow Globe Town