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LIVERPOOL, England —Jackie O’Neill, a 54-year-old ad-ministrative assistant, was ex-plaining the other day why Britainshould vote to divorce itself fromthe European Union in thismonth’s referendum. As she enu-merated her many grievances, Icouldn’t help thinking of the scenein Monty Python’s “Life of Brian”in which a bunch of disaffected Ju-deans sit around, complainingabout the Romans.

“They’ve bled us white, the bas-tards,” says their leader, Reg,played by John Cleese. “And whathave they ever given us in re-turn?” His colleagues mention afew things, by way of example.

O.K., Reg says. “But apart fromthe sanitation, the medicine, edu-cation, wine, public order, irriga-tion, roads, the freshwater system

and public health, what have theRomans ever done for us?”

Even Britain’s most enthusias-tic European Union supporterswould not argue that Europe hasbeen quite so helpful to their coun-try, of course. But as chance wouldhave it, Ms. O’Neill was heapingher abuse on Europe in a spot thathas been a particularly enthusias-tic recipient of European largessover the years.

So when she declared, of the Eu-ropean Union, “We’re subsidizingthem, and what do we get out of itexcept for a load of laws that wedon’t vote for?” it was an easyquestion to answer. For one thing,there was the large building di-rectly behind her, the Echo Arenaand BT Convention Center. When

On ‘Brexit’ Vote, British Ask

If It Would Be Silly to Walk

By SARAH LYALL

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Hillary Clinton delivered a lac-erating rebuke on Thursday of herlikely Republican opponent, Don-ald J. Trump, declaring that hewas hopelessly unprepared andtemperamentally unfit to be com-mander in chief. Electing him, shesaid, would be a “historic mis-take.”

Speaking in a steady, modu-lated tone but lobbing some of themost fiery lines of her presidentialcampaign, Mrs. Clinton paintedMr. Trump as a reckless, childishand uninformed amateur who wasplaying at the game of globalstatecraft.

“This is not someone who

should ever have the nuclearcodes,” she said, “because it’s nothard to imagine Donald Trumpleading us into a war just becausesomebody got under his very thinskin.”

Mrs. Clinton, whose campaignhad grappled for weeks over howto handle Mr. Trump, seemed tofind her footing as she addressedan audience in San Diego thatlaughed and cheered as she de-constructed Mr. Trump’s foreignpolicy pronouncements. Theywere, she said, “not even reallyideas, just a series of bizarrerants, personal feuds and outright

RETURNING FIRE,CLINTON SCORNS

TRUMP AS UNFIT

LIKELY CORE ARGUMENT

Rival’s Election Would

Be ‘Historic Mistake,’

She Warns

By AMY CHOZICKand MARK LANDLER

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Hillary Clinton speaking inSan Diego on Thursday.

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In personal letters over theyears, the candidate’s tone rangesfrom florid to juvenile, pleading topoisonous. Page A14.

Sincerely, Donald J. Trump

WASHINGTON — Endingweeks of reluctance to embracehis party’s presumptive nominee,Speaker Paul D. Ryan endorsedDonald J. Trump for president onThursday in a modest but un-equivocal backing of a candidatewhose views Mr. Ryan has fre-quently condemned.

In a column in his hometownnewspaper in Janesville, Wis., Mr.Ryan said that recent conversa-tions with Mr. Trump had con-vinced him that the billionaire de-veloper will help advance the con-servative agenda that the speakeris trying to introduce.

“Through these conversations,I feel confident he would help usturn the ideas in this agenda intolaws to help improve people’slives,” said Mr. Ryan, who is alsochairman of the Republican Na-tional Convention that will nomi-nate Mr. Trump. “That’s why I’llbe voting for him this fall.”

The endorsement is the latestand most consequential exampleof leading Republicans falling inline behind Mr. Trump. Mr. Ryanfaced substantial pressure fromfellow Republicans in Congress,many of whom share Mr. Ryan’smisgivings about Mr. Trump, be-cause they realize that high-levelpublic divisiveness over his candi-dacy only weakens Mr. Trump andincreases the political risks of de-fending their majorities in theHouse and Senate.

“I think it was always going tobe this way,” Representative TomCole, Republican of Oklahoma,said. “It was never plausible that aspeaker would preside over yourconvention and not endorse you.”

Mr. Cole said the decision to en-dorse Mr. Trump would bolsterMr. Ryan’s main priority of pro-tecting Republican seats in theHouse. “There is just no way that

Ryan EndorsesTrump in a BidFor Party Unity

Cites Common Ground

After Personal Talks

By EMMARIE HUETTEMANand MAGGIE HABERMAN

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Prince, the music icon whostruggled with debilitating hippain during his career, died froman accidental overdose of self-ad-ministered fentanyl, a type of syn-thetic opiate, officials in Minne-sota said Thursday.

The news ended weeks of spec-ulation about the sudden death ofthe musician, who had a reputa-tion for clean living but who ap-

pears to have developed a de-pendency on medications to treathis pain.

Authorities have yet to discusshow he came to be in possession ofthe fentanyl and whether it hadbeen prescribed by a doctor.

Officials had waited severalweeks for the results of a toxicol-ogy test undertaken as part of anautopsy performed after he wasfound dead April 21 in an elevatorat his estate. He was preparing toenroll in an opioid treatment pro-gram when he died at 57, accord-

ing to the lawyer for a doctor whowas planning to treat him.

The Midwest MedicalExaminer’s Office, which con-ducted the autopsy, declined tocomment beyond releasing a copyof its findings. The Carver CountySheriff’s Office is continuing to in-vestigate the death with help fromthe federal Drug Enforcement Ad-ministration. The sheriff’s officehad said it was looking intowhether opioid abuse was a factor,and a law enforcement official hadsaid that painkillers were found

on Prince when investigators ar-rived.

“The M.E. report is one piece ofthe whole thing,” said JasonKamerud, the county’s chief depu-ty sheriff.

Fentanyl is a potent but danger-ous painkiller, estimated to bemore than 50 times more powerfulthan heroin, according to the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Pre-vention. The report did not listhow much fentanyl was found in

Prince Died of Accidental Overdose of Painkiller, Autopsy Finds

By JOHN ELIGON and SERGE F. KOVALESKI

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In his last commencement speech at a military academy, President Obama urged Air Force cadets to embrace diplomacy. Page A11.

A Parting Message in Colorado Springs

For the first time in fourdecades, the Metropolitan Operahas a new music director. Thecompany announced on Thursdaythat it was passing the baton longheld by James Levine to YannickNézet-Séguin, music director ofthe Philadelphia Orchestra,known for vital, visceral musicmaking.

The generational shift to Mr.Nézet-Séguin, 41, from Mr. Levine,72, who stepped down last monthafter years of uncertainty andcancellations because of healthproblems, comes at a challengingtime for the Met, the nation’s larg-est performing arts institution —and for opera.

While the company had a num-ber of artistic successes this sea-son and enjoys a broad global rep-utation thanks to its high-defini-tion cinema simulcasts, itis facingfinancial hurdles that have forcedit to make cuts in its $300 millionbudget and wrest concessionsfrom its union workers. This sea-son it filled only 72 percent of itsseats, on average.

The energetic, media-savvy Mr.Nézet-Séguin is meant as a shot inthe arm for an organization strug-gling at the box office and whosemusical leadership has been influx. As Mr. Levine has ailed in re-cent years, Peter Gelb, who had

already assumed more artisticcontrol when he became the Met’sgeneral manager, took on an evengreater role in choosing reper-toire and artists.

But to land the Montreal-bornMr. Nézet-Séguin, one of the mostsought-after conductors in theworld, the company had to agreeto a long engagement period. Be-cause his schedule is booked forseveral years, he will not officiallytake up the Met post until the2020-21 season, leaving the com-pany without a full-time music di-

Met Opera Names a Successor

To Its Longtime Music Director

By MICHAEL COOPER

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, above,will replace James Levine.

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Robert F. Smith, the private eq-uity titan who was named the rich-est African-American man byForbes last year after making afortune in software, also has aquirky musical side.

He owns one of Elton John’s oldpianos. He hired John Legend andSeal — and a youth orchestra — toperform at his wedding last sum-mer on the Amalfi Coast. Hisyoungest sons, Hendrix and Leg-end, are named after Jimi Hendrixand Mr. Legend. And he boughtand refurbished a retreat in theRocky Mountains that was be-loved by jazz musicians, includingDuke Ellington.

On Thursday, Mr. Smith’s inter-secting worlds of money, philan-thropy and music came togetherwhen he was named the chairmanof Carnegie Hall, the nation’s mostprestigious concert stage. He be-came the first African-Americanto hold the post at a time when di-versity at leading cultural organi-zations lags — a recent survey ofNew York’s cultural institutionsfound that nearly 78 percent oftheir board members were white.

“Carnegie Hall is perfectlyplaced to champion not only artis-tic excellence, but also access andexposure to the best music in theworld,” Mr. Smith said in a state-ment.

The election of Mr. Smith, 53,who played an old upright pianowhile growing up in Denver andwas told that with enough practicehe might make it to Carnegie oneday, brings to an end a low mo-ment at the hall. The billionaireRonald O. Perelman served as itschairman for less than a year be-fore stepping down last fall afterhe alienated the board by clashingwith the hall’s executive and artis-tic director, Clive Gillinson.

After shunning the spotlight foryears, Mr. Smith, who is based in

New Carnegie Hall Chief Fuses

Worlds of Money and Music

By MICHAEL COOPER and DAVID GELLES

Robert F. Smith is CarnegieHall’s first black chairman.

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A two-year fight over the closing of aBrooklyn assisted-living home has leftits halls quiet and residents scarce. Butnow, with a settlement, five holdoutsover 90 are resigned to leaving. PAGE A18

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Settlement for Elderly Holdouts

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The iron blade of an ornate daggerburied in Egypt with King Tutankh-amen probably came from a fallenmeteorite, researchers say, a metalprized by ancient Egyptians. PAGE A7

INTERNATIONAL A4-10

Made of ‘Iron From the Sky’

The gunman who killed a professor andhimself at U.C.L.A. apparently killed awoman earlier near his home in Minne-sota, and may have targeted anotherprofessor, the authorities said. PAGE A11

NATIONAL A11-16

Police Find a ‘Kill List’Edgar Feuchtwanger, who as a Jewishboy lived 100 yards from Adolf Hitler,discusses his memoir, and his brusheswith the Führer, in New York. PAGE C17

WEEKEND ARTS C1-28

When Hitler Moved In

Chairman Michael W. Ferro Jr. of Trib-une Publishing, below, unveiled plans toreinvent the company. PAGE B1

BUSINESS DAY B1-7

Tribune Renames Itself TroncGerman lawmakers adopted a symbolicresolution declaring the killing of Arme-nians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 a geno-cide, angering Turkey. PAGE A10

German Vote Angers Turkey

Zach Both quit his job in Boston, paid$3,900 for a van with 200,000 miles onthe odometer, outfitted the van, headedwest and hasn’t looked back. PAGE D12

MEN’S STYLE D1-14

Answering the Road’s Call

Paul Krugman PAGE A23

EDITORIAL, OP-ED A22-23

The Cavaliers held Klay Thompson andStephen Curry to a combined 20 points,but the Warriors still won the first gameof the N.B.A. finals, 104-89. PAGE B8

SPORTSFRIDAY B8-15

Golden State Takes Game 1