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Your Monday News Briefing: United Nations, China, N.F.L.

Have you ever wondered what lava sounds like? The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is one of 11 locations featured in The Times Magazine’s Voyages issue.Credit...Philip Montgomery for The New York Times

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Good morning.

Here’s what you need to know:

The woman who has accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, of sexually assaulting her when they were in high school has committed to appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

But shortly after that agreement was reached on Sunday, a second accusation of misconduct surfaced, and Senator Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the committee, requested a postponement of the proceedings.

The New Yorker reported that Deborah Ramirez, who went to Yale with Judge Kavanaugh, said he had exposed himself to her while drunk at a party. He called the accusation “a smear, plain and simple.”

Evidence from 1982: The judge plans to hand over a calendar from when he was 17 that doesn’t corroborate Dr. Blasey’s claims, according to someone working for his confirmation. The Times examined the calendar pages, which indicate that he was out of town for most of the summer.

President Trump’s view: In a radio interview to be broadcast this morning, the president said Judge Kavanaugh was a “fantastic, fantastic man” and questioned why Dr. Blasey hadn’t reported her accusation to the authorities.

#WhyIDidntReport: Survivors of sexual assault are using the hashtag to answer the question: Why didn’t you say something sooner?

Rod Rosenstein, the top official overseeing the special counsel investigation, is expected to leave the Justice Department after The Times revealed that he had discussed potentially removing the president.

It was not immediately clear whether he expected to be fired by President Trump or he planned to resign.

What a difference a year makes.

When the president first visited the U.N., he ridiculed North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, as a “rocket man” on a suicide mission and he vowed to rip up the Iran nuclear deal.

For Mr. Trump’s advisers, the biggest risk as he visits the General Assembly today is not that he will be undiplomatic. It’s that he’ll engage enthusiastically with adversaries. We’ll have live coverage later today.

New tariffs: The next round of tariffs, on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, goes into effect today. The U.S. technology sector says the measures will increase costs for companies and consumers.

From Beijing: The Chinese government’s immediate worry is how the public will handle the trade war, and what impact it might have on stability.

Researchers reported on Sunday that a tiny clip sharply reduced death rates in patients with severe heart failure, which almost two million Americans have.

“It’s a huge advance,” said a doctor at the University of Pennsylvania, which enrolled a few patients in the study. “It shows we can treat and improve the outcomes of a disease in a way we never thought.”

What’s next: If the device is approved by the Food and Drug Administration, then insurers, including Medicare, will most likely cover it.

A two-day hearing begins today for the disgraced entertainer, who was convicted in April of sexual assault. Here’s what to watch for.

Will he be jailed? Mr. Cosby, 81, faces up to 30 years in prison, but he could remain free during an appeal.

The Daily Poster

Listen to ‘The Daily’: Rod Rosenstein’s Insurrection

In the eight days between the firing of James Comey and the appointment of Robert Mueller, the deputy attorney general faced a crisis.

Amazon uses Seattle, its home city, to test new products and services.

Companies including Walmart, Patagonia and Lyft are hoping to increase voter turnout in November.

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates on Wednesday, one of the headlines to watch this week.

U.S. stocks were mixed on Friday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets today.

Tips for a more fulfilling life.

Too busy to exercise? Try express weight training.

Make your future bigger than your past.

Recipe of the day: Take a break from meat with sheet-pan tostadas with black beans and peppers.

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A sheet-pan dinner suitable for a meatless Monday.Credit...Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times

Immigrants who legally use public benefits could be denied green cards.

The Vatican reached a tentative deal with the Chinese government over the right to appoint bishops in China. If finalized, the agreement would be the biggest breakthrough since the two sides severed diplomatic ties in 1951.

President Hassan Rouhani of Iran blamed an unidentified Persian Gulf country allied with the U.S. for an attack on a military parade that killed 25 people and wounded nearly 70 others.

Britain’s opposition Labour Party began its annual meeting, where the big question is whether the country should vote again on Brexit.

Tiger Woods won the Tour Championship, his first victory in five years, after a career derailed by back injury.

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Tiger Woods’s victory on Sunday was his 80th PGA Tour win, two short of Sam Snead’s career record.Credit...Tim Bradbury/Getty Images

In the N.F.L., the Detroit Lions upset the New England Patriots, one of the highlights from Week 3.

Baseball playoffs: It’s the final week of the regular season. Here’s where the teams stand.

“The House With a Clock in Its Walls,” a fantasy from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, earned $27 million and the top spot at the North American box office.

Listen to this

Who doesn’t want a little peace and quiet? Our reporter tagged along with wilderness lovers who travel to remote areas in a quest for silence.

And yet … what if we chose destinations based on sound? One of our most popular stories over the weekend was this piece from The Times Magazine, which takes you on a sonic journey around the world. Listen to the earth cracking in the Atacama Desert of Chile, the deafening roar of a waterfall in Iceland, and the rush of wind through aspens in Utah.

“Magnum P.I.” returns

A reboot of the private-eye-in-paradise series begins tonight on CBS. It is “sleek, loud and possessed of less personality than the expensive vehicles it shoots up and drives off cliffs,” our reviewer writes.

Quotation of the day

“I’m not sure it’s justice. But it’s something.”

Jane Willenbring, a professor at the University of California, San Diego, who said she was harassed by Prof. David Marchant while she worked with him on an Antarctic glacier that carried his name. The glacier has since been renamed.

The Times, in other words

Here’s an image of today’s front page, and links to our Opinion content and crossword puzzles.

What we’re reading

Jennifer Jett, an editor in Hong Kong, recommends this article in Golf Digest: “Valentino Dixon has never played golf, but he is passionate about golf illustrations — which until recently, he was drawing from prison in upstate New York. Mr. Dixon was released last week after serving 27 years for a murder he didn’t commit, thanks in part to reporting by Golf Digest. ‘I know it makes no sense,’ he says, ‘but for some reason my spirit is attuned to this game.’ ”

Rhinoceroses have been popping up in London.

To celebrate World Rhino Day, which was Saturday, almost two dozen fiberglass rhinos were scattered around the city, decorated by artists like Marc Quinn and the Chapman Brothers (and Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones).

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One of the rhinoceros sculptures near St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.Credit...Dominic Lipinski/Press Association, via Associated Press

And you can have one: Christie’s is auctioning them in October for the wildlife charity Tusk Trust, which organized the so-called Tusk Trail.

Prices are expected to go far higher than $15,000, the amount paid in 1998 to a Swiss artist who designed the fiberglass cows that set off a worldwide trend.

“I gave them character. I gave them feelings,” that artist, Roland Muller, told The Times in 2000. “I wanted people to react to them.”

His cows were mass produced, decorated by local artists and put in Zurich’s streets.

Few expected his cow parade to be anything more than a quirky local event. But it was such a tourist draw that cows were soon installed — and being tippedall over the place.

Not everyone was pleased. Roberta Smith, our art critic, wrote at the time that the cows made outdoor sculptures “a near inescapable condition” after appearing in New York. But they remain popular. There have been parades of pigs, bears, horses, elephants and lions.

Alex Marshall wrote today’s Back Story.

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