Today's Headlines: Paul Manafort Is Sentenced to Less Than 4 Years in 1 of 2 Cases Against Him

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[Global Economy Slows, Pushing Europe’s Central Bank to Make a Surprise Move]( [Global Economy Slows, Pushing Europe’s Central Bank to Make a Surprise Move]( By JACK EWING Policymakers unexpectedly reinstated a program meant to encourage banks to lend, a sign that its concerns extend beyond the immediate region. [The Battle Against One of the Worst Ebola Epidemics Ever Is in Trouble]( [The Battle Against One of the Worst Ebola Epidemics Ever Is in Trouble]( By DENISE GRADY Distrust, fear and lack of communication from aid groups have alienated communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leading some people to spurn treatment and even attack treatment centers. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( ADVERTISEMENT [Get New York Today in Your Inbox]( [Get New York Today in Your Inbox]( What you need to know to start your day in New York, including news, weather, free events and a look at the lighter side of life. [Sign up »]( [] Editors' Picks [A College Chain Crumbles, and Millions in Student Loan Cash Disappears]( Business [A College Chain Crumbles, and Millions in Student Loan Cash Disappears]( By STACY COWLEY and ERICA L. GREEN About 26,000 students are caught in the meltdown at Dream Center. The Education Department has scrambled to salvage their educations after it approved an unlikely turnaround plan. [Ilhan Omar Knows Exactly What She Is Doing]( Opinion [Ilhan Omar Knows Exactly What She Is Doing]( By BRET STEPHENS The Minnesota Democrat is bringing Corbynism to the Democratic Party. [] Today’s Videos [Pelosi: Anti-Semitism Vote Is Not About Omar]( [[Video]Video: Pelosi: Anti-Semitism Vote Is Not About Omar]( By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday that the House will vote on a broad resolution condemning all forms of bigotry that does not focus on remarks by Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota. [Boulder Police Detain Black Man Picking Up Trash]( [[Video]Video: Boulder Police Detain Black Man Picking Up Trash]( By VANARDO MERCHANT VIA STORYFUL Police officers in Boulder, Colo., are facing backlash for detaining a black man who was picking up trash with a clamp in front of the building where he lived. [Ebola Treatment Center Attacked]( [[Video]Video: Ebola Treatment Center Attacked]( By REUTERS An Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo was burned and shot at last week, part of a series of attacks. The country’s health minister sought to calm tensions between infected communities and aid workers. [] World [An Unapologetic Trudeau Speaks Up on Political Crisis Rattling Canada]( [An Unapologetic Trudeau Speaks Up on Political Crisis Rattling Canada]( By IAN AUSTEN and CATHERINE PORTER “I was not aware of that erosion of trust, and as prime minister and leader of the federal ministry, I should have been,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a news conference. [French Cardinal Offers to Resign After Conviction for Covering Up Priest’s Sexual Abuse]( [French Cardinal Offers to Resign After Conviction for Covering Up Priest’s Sexual Abuse]( By AURELIEN BREEDEN Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon, received a six-month suspended prison sentence for failing to report the clergyman’s abuse of Boy Scouts. [Insult the Government? Russians Could Go to Jail Under Proposed Law]( [Insult the Government? Russians Could Go to Jail Under Proposed Law]( By IVAN NECHEPURENKO As the economy falters and the government’s popularity slumps, Russian lawmakers approved bills intended to further control the flow of information. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Ninth Circuit Appeals Court Grants More Protections for Asylum Seekers]( [Ninth Circuit Appeals Court Grants More Protections for Asylum Seekers]( By MIRIAM JORDAN The ruling on Thursday found that migrants not permitted to file a full asylum claim may have recourse to the federal courts. [Deaths From Drugs and Suicide Reach a Record in the U.S.]( [Deaths From Drugs and Suicide Reach a Record in the U.S.]( By ADEEL HASSAN A look at an analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and what it means. [Senator Martha McSally’s Revelation of Assault May Reopen Debate]( [Senator Martha McSally’s Revelation of Assault May Reopen Debate]( By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. Long before the #MeToo movement brought sexual violence and harassment to the fore, women in the military and their advocates had highlighted such misconduct in the armed forces. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Joe Biden’s 2020 Plan Is Almost Complete. Democrats Are Impatient.]( [Joe Biden’s 2020 Plan Is Almost Complete. Democrats Are Impatient.]( By JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEXANDER BURNS The former vice president is preparing his 2020 kickoff, securing staff and alerting top Democrats he plans to run. But he hasn’t made a final decision yet. [House Votes to Condemn All Hate as Anti-Semitism Debate Overshadows Congress]( [House Votes to Condemn All Hate as Anti-Semitism Debate Overshadows Congress]( By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG The House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a broad resolution condemning bigotry, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to defuse tension over Representative Ilhan Omar. [Trump’s Aides Are Imitating His Aggressive Twitter Diplomacy. The Results Are Mixed.]( [Trump’s Aides Are Imitating His Aggressive Twitter Diplomacy. The Results Are Mixed.]( By MARK LANDLER and KATIE ROGERS Critics say the proliferating use of Twitter by the president’s top officials reveals an administration long on bombast and short on policy. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Why Wendy’s Is Facing Campus Protests (It’s About the Tomatoes)]( [Why Wendy’s Is Facing Campus Protests (It’s About the Tomatoes)]( By NOAM SCHEIBER A drive in college towns aims to get the fast-food chain to follow McDonald’s and Walmart in buying tomatoes grown under strict labor standards. [Mark Zuckerberg Wants Facebook to Emulate WeChat. Can It?]( The New New World [Mark Zuckerberg Wants Facebook to Emulate WeChat. Can It?]( By LI YUAN China’s WeChat messaging app offers clues as to how Facebook may carry out its shift toward private messaging. But whether Facebook can pull the change off is another question. [Spain’s Minimum Wage Just Jumped. The Debate Is Continuing.]( [Spain’s Minimum Wage Just Jumped. The Debate Is Continuing.]( By LIZ ALDERMAN Spain’s Socialist prime minister pushed through a 22 percent increase in the minimum wage law. As salaries increase, businesses fear an erosion in jobs. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Sports [LeBron James Passes Michael Jordan, a Player He’ll Always Be Chasing]( Keeping Score [LeBron James Passes Michael Jordan, a Player He’ll Always Be Chasing]( By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN James’s first season with the Lakers has been disappointing, but passing his idol in career scoring goes beyond winning and losing. [Tom Seaver, Star of the Mets’ Championship Team, Has Dementia]( [Tom Seaver, Star of the Mets’ Championship Team, Has Dementia]( By KEN BELSON Seaver, the most prominent player in Mets history, has chosen to “completely retire from public life,” the family said in a statement on Thursday. [Even as Tom Seaver’s Health Deteriorates, His Legacy Remains True]( On Baseball [Even as Tom Seaver’s Health Deteriorates, His Legacy Remains True]( By TYLER KEPNER Seaver, whose family announced that he has dementia, has a singular place in Mets history after leading them through their glory years. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [T. Rex Like You Haven’t Seen Him: With Feathers]( Exhibition Review [T. Rex Like You Haven’t Seen Him: With Feathers]( By JASON FARAGO Make way for Tyrannosaurus rex, everyone’s favorite killer. A new show at the American Museum of Natural History places T. rex amid a global family of prehistoric predators. [Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Gives New York a Fabulous ‘Fleabag’]( Critic’s Pick [Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Gives New York a Fabulous ‘Fleabag’]( By BEN BRANTLEY In her priceless one-woman play, the writer and performer summons the pleasures and pain of being young, single and sexually compulsive. [Gregg Araki Wants to Make America Gay Again]( [Gregg Araki Wants to Make America Gay Again]( By NICO LANG With “Now Apocalypse,” one of the key figures of the New Queer Cinema era turns to TV to make a raunchy sci-fi sex comedy. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] Movies [‘Captain Marvel’ Review: Brie Larson Takes a Trip to the ’90s]( [‘Captain Marvel’ Review: Brie Larson Takes a Trip to the ’90s]( By A.O. SCOTT The newest member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe goes on a nostalgia trip in the company of Samuel L. Jackson and Annette Bening. [‘Gloria Bell’ Review: Love Is in the Air for a Transcendent Julianne Moore]( Critic’s Pick [‘Gloria Bell’ Review: Love Is in the Air for a Transcendent Julianne Moore]( By MANOHLA DARGIS The Chilean writer-director Sebastián Lelio finds a perfect partner in Moore for this fantastic remake of his 2013 movie “Gloria.” [‘Babylon’ Review: A Clear View of Black Londoners When Few Films Saw Them]( Critic’s Pick [‘Babylon’ Review: A Clear View of Black Londoners When Few Films Saw Them]( By WESLEY MORRIS This 1980 movie is just now being released in the United States, and it serves as a scrapbook of a particularly harsh moment in time. For more movies news, go to [NYTimes.com/Movies »]( [] New York [What Kirsten Gillibrand Is Missing: New York Endorsements for 2020]( [What Kirsten Gillibrand Is Missing: New York Endorsements for 2020]( By SHANE GOLDMACHER Other Democratic candidates have secured the backing of much of their state’s congressional delegation, but no New York lawmaker has endorsed Ms. Gillibrand. [Measles Outbreak: 1 Student Got 21 Others Sick]( [Measles Outbreak: 1 Student Got 21 Others Sick]( By TYLER PAGER The city’s Department of Health had issued an order requiring schools to prohibit unvaccinated students from attending. A yeshiva in Brooklyn ignored it. [A Lush Urban Garden or Senior Citizen Housing: Which Would You Choose?]( [A Lush Urban Garden or Senior Citizen Housing: Which Would You Choose?]( By LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ The imminent sale of the Elizabeth Street Garden to build 123 units of affordable housing has placed two of the city’s scarcest resources at odds. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Obituaries [Don Nice, Painter of Pop Art and River Scenes, Dies at 86]( [Don Nice, Painter of Pop Art and River Scenes, Dies at 86]( By NEIL GENZLINGER In a varied career, Mr. Nice broke free of the traditional rectangular canvas and was often inspired by the Hudson River. For more Obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial [This Is Where a Nuclear Exchange Is Most Likely. (It’s Not North Korea.)]( [This Is Where a Nuclear Exchange Is Most Likely. (It’s Not North Korea.)]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Tensions have cooled between India and Pakistan after a terrorist attack, but their nuclear arsenals mean unthinkable consequences are always possible. [More to Fear for Yeshiva Students]( [More to Fear for Yeshiva Students]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD After accusations of low standards and a measles outbreak, Orthodox Jewish schools want less oversight. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [The Case for Reparations]( [The Case for Reparations]( By DAVID BROOKS A slow convert to the cause. [Tom Brokaw: What Trump and Nixon Share]( [Tom Brokaw: What Trump and Nixon Share]( By TOM BROKAW There are notable differences between the two presidents, but there are also striking similarities. [Zuckerberg’s So-Called Shift Toward Privacy]( [Zuckerberg’s So-Called Shift Toward Privacy]( By ZEYNEP TUFEKCI Facebook is happy to protect user data when doing so decreases the company’s civic responsibilities — but not when it threatens advertising revenue. [Happy International Women’s Day! Have a Sticker]( Loose Ends [Happy International Women’s Day! Have a Sticker]( By JESSICA POWELL It’s not just your ovaries that we’re celebrating. 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