Today's Headlines: Deadly Attack Near U.K. Parliament; Car Plows Victims on Westminster Bridge

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[Tom Price, the secretary of health and human services, spoke at a news conference about the American Health Care Act last week in Washington.]( News Analysis [House Republicans, Deeply Divided, Face Painful Choice on Health Vote]( By JENNIFER STEINHAUER Republicans could pass a deeply unpopular bill that could wreak havoc with their own voters, or turn it back and wound the president's agenda. [Monitoring May Have 'Incidentally' Picked Up Trump Aides, House Member Says]( By MATTHEW ROSENBERG, ADAM GOLDMAN and EMMARIE HUETTEMAN The White House seized on the comments as evidence of wiretapping, but the remarks indicated that the intelligence targets were foreign officials, not President Trump. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( [Get the Morning Briefing in Your Inbox]( What you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday through Friday. [Sign up »]( ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [A police call center in Lucknow, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The center said it gets roughly 700 calls every day, mostly from women complaining of persistent calls from strange men.]( WORLD [India's 'Phone Romeos' Look for Ms. Right via Wrong Numbers]( By ELLEN BARRY As mobile phone use grows, more young men are calling women at random, hoping to strike up a relationship, but sometimes harassing them. [Paul Ryan speaking about the Republican health care proposal on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. One of its provisions would allow states to impose work requirements for Medicaid recipients.]( OPINION | Op-Ed Contributors [Why Medicaid Work Requirements Won't Work]( By JARED BERNSTEIN and BEN SPIELBERG Paul Ryan's bid to win conservative votes for his health care plan would make it harder for some people to hold jobs. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Sometimes they call and say, 'I love you.' Sometimes they call and say, 'I want to talk to Sonia,' and I would say, 'I am not Sonia,' and they would say, 'O.K., can I talk to you?'" [GEETIKA CHAKRAVARTY]( 24, on the rise of young men in India dialing wrong numbers looking for love. [] Today's Videos [[Video] Video: 'Terrorist Incident' in London]( Shots were heard near Britain's Parliament on Wednesday, and an officer was stabbed. Witnesses said pedestrians were hit by a car on the nearby Westminster Bridge. [Chris Carmichael for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.]( [[Video] Video: Coming Out in Droves for Free Health Care]( A nonprofit sets up temporary clinics that provide free medical services to people in rural areas of the United States. For the hundreds that showed up in Cookeville, Tenn., this was a chance to get a checkup, dental treatment or eye care. [Judge Neil M. Gorsuch during his confirmation hearing in Washington on Tuesday.]( [[Video] Video: Gorsuch Is an Originalist. What's That?]( Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, President Trump's choice for Supreme Court justice, adheres to originalism, a judicial approach that would deeply affect how he would make decisions from the bench. [] World [The Syrian Democratic Forces, an American-backed militia, advancing last month northeast of Raqqa, the Islamic State's self-proclaimed capital. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the United States brought in hundreds of Syrian militia fighters to seize a dam, a town and an airfield west of Raqqa.]( [U.S. Airlifts Hundreds of Militia Fighters in Attack to Cut Off Raqqa, Syria]( By MICHAEL R. GORDON and ANNE BARNARD The bold operation marked the first American air assault against the Islamic State in Syria and displayed the new leeway President Trump has given commanders. [Workers emptying a cassava truck in Malai, Cambodia, in February. The town has about a dozen cassava export firms, most headed by former Khmer Rouge soldiers.]( Malai Journal [They Smashed Banks for Pol Pot. Now They're Founding Them.]( By JULIA WALLACE Former soldiers and ex-officials in an old Khmer Rouge redoubt in Cambodia have come to embrace capitalism with almost as much vigor as they once fought to destroy it. [An American Special Forces officer, in sunglasses, speaking with troops from the Central African Republic and Uganda, in Obo, Central African Republic, while searching for Joseph Kony in 2012.]( [Hunt for Joseph Kony, No Longer Seen as a Threat, May Shrink]( By ZACK BADDORF and ERIC SCHMITT The Pentagon wants to shift to a more narrow pursuit of Mr. Kony, the African warlord whose guerrilla group gained notoriety for its use of child soldiers. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [A research plane surveying ice thickness in the Arctic in August. Much of the ice in the region appears to be thinner than normal.]( [Arctic's Winter Sea Ice Drops to Its Lowest Recorded Level]( By HENRY FOUNTAIN Much of the ice also appears to be thinner than normal - further signs of climate change's effects on the region. [Kevin Eli died while being transported from Virginia to Florida to face a nine-year-old burglary charge.]( [Death on a Prison Bus: Extradition Companies' Safety Improvements Lag]( By ELI HAGER and ALYSIA SANTO Federal officials promised last year to look into the mistreatment of detainees, some held for minor offenses, on buses operated by for-profit companies. Little has changed. [Barry Cadden, the former pharmacy executive and the president of New England Compounding Center, was found guilty of racketeering charges but acquitted of 25 counts of second-degree murder.]( [Compounding Pharmacy Owner Not Guilty of Murder After 60 Meningitis Deaths]( By JESS BIDGOOD A jury convicted the owner of the New England Compounding Center, blamed for an outbreak that killed 60, of racketeering charges but acquitted him of murder. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Mukemmel Sarimsakci, a real estate executive who goes by Mike, or ]( ['Turkish Trump,' a Hotel Plan and a Tangle of Foreign Ties]( By STEVE EDER and BEN PROTESS President Trump pledged that his business would avoid overseas deals during his tenure. But his company is pursuing a hotel project with a firm with deep foreign connections. [Judge Neil M. Gorsuch answering questions on Wednesday at a Senate Judiciary hearing on his nomination to the Supreme Court.]( [Democrats Fail to Move Gorsuch Off Script and Beyond Generalities]( By ADAM LIPTAK and MATT FLEGENHEIMER Senate Democrats made an issue of a unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday that rejected the approach Judge Gorsuch had taken in a different case. [Lacey Rzeszowski, 42, spoke at an event in Summit, N. J., on Saturday. Ms. Rzeszowski is squaring off in a tough race against a local Republican for the State Assembly seat in New Jersey's 21st District.]( [Roused by Trump, First-Time Female Candidates Eye Local Seats]( By NICK CORASANITI Political activism, ignited largely in response to President Trump, has been followed by a flood of first-time state and local candidates, many of them women. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Dr. J. Mario Molina, chief executive of Molina Healthcare, with a portrait of his father, who founded the company. Dr. Molina has publicly criticized the House health care bill, which he says could strip away coverage for millions of clients and cause turmoil for the insurance industry.]( [As Rivals Stand Silent, One Health Insurer Protests G.O.P. Plan]( By REED ABELSON Dr. J. Mario Molina, one of the few insurance executives to criticize the House bill publicly, says it could harm insurers and patients alike. [The Federal Reserve Bank of New York was led to move money from the Bangladesh central bank to other accounts in February 2016.]( [North Korea Said to Be Target of Inquiry Over $81 Million Cyberheist]( By MICHAEL CORKERY and MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles is said to be examining the extent to which the North Korea government aided the theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank. [A Sears store in Pittsburgh. Its corporate owner reported a $2.2 billion loss for last year and said it had to use money from its investments and financing activities to fund operations.]( [Survival of Sears and Kmart Is in Doubt, Owner Warns]( By CARLOS TEJADA With losses mounting, Sears Holdings Corporation said in its annual report that there were "substantial doubts" it could continue operating. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Neurala's office in Boston. The company, an artificial intelligence start-up, received an undisclosed sum from an investment firm backed by a state-run Chinese company.]( [China Bets on Sensitive U.S. Start-Ups, Worrying the Pentagon]( By PAUL MOZUR and JANE PERLEZ Beijing is pushing Chinese firms to invest in early-stage U.S. companies specializing in technology with potential military applications, a new report says. [Google's complex at Menlo Park, Calif., in November.]( [AT&T and Johnson & Johnson Pull Ads From YouTube]( By SAPNA MAHESHWARI and DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI The companies cited concerns that Google was not doing enough to prevent brands from appearing next to offensive material, like hate speech. Tech Fix [Crossing the Border? Here's How to Safeguard Your Data From Searches]( By BRIAN X. CHEN Lately some travelers have been pressured to hand over their smartphones at the airport. But you can't provide access to the data if you don't hold the keys. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Clippers guard Chris Paul broke his right hand last April and plays with 16 pins and a metal plate embedded in his palm. He shoots with his right hand.]( [Chris Paul's Fast Hands and Gruesome Fingers]( By SCOTT CACCIOLA Paul, the Clippers' ball-hawking guard, has paid a price - multiple injuries to his fingers - for collecting more steals than any other active N.B.A. player. [The United States' players celebrated in the infield after completing their rout of Puerto Rico in the final at Dodger Stadium.]( United States 8, Puerto Rico 0 [United States Beats Puerto Rico for First World Baseball Classic Title]( By BILLY WITZ Marcus Stroman did not allow a hit until the 7th inning, leading the Americans to an easy victory in their first W.B.C. final. [Kansas Coach Bill Self on Wednesday. His team, a No. 1 seed, faces Purdue on Thursday in the round of 16.]( [For Kansas Coach Bill Self, a Busy Year Keeping Players in Line]( By JULIET MACUR This season's team, a No. 1 seed in the N.C.A.A. tournament, has demanded more than just Xs and Os and motivational speeches from Self. And he has given more. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Kory Stamper, a Merriam-Webster lexicographer, in a basement storage area at the company's Springfield, Mass., headquarters.]( [A Journey Into the Merriam-Webster Word Factory]( By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER Kory Stamper reveals the secret life of dictionaries in her book "Word by Word," and in a visit to headquarters (oddities in the basement included). Books of The Times ['Cork Dork' Sniffs, Swills and Spits Through the World of Wine Experts]( By JENNIFER SENIOR A journalist sets her sights on becoming a sommelier, and learns that the training can be grueling for these "masochistic hedonists." [Christophe Coppens, director of ]( [A Hat Designer for Rock Stars Turns to Opera]( By HETTIE JUDAH Christophe Coppens, a celebrated milliner for the likes of Rihanna, Grace Jones and Roisin Murphy, directs a Janacek work in Brussels. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Two buildings at Columbia University's new Manhattanville campus in west Harlem are set to open this year. The Renzo Piano-designed Lenfest Center for the Arts, center, and Jerome L. Greene Science Center, right, are part of the first phase of the school's biggest expansion in more than a century.]( [Where Halls of Ivy Meet Silicon Dreams, a New City Rises]( By DAVID W. CHEN Focusing mainly on advanced technology and the sciences, three of the city's biggest academic building projects in years will soon open for business. [James Harris Jackson of Baltimore walking to Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday. He is accused of stabbing Timothy Caughman, a black man, to death.]( [Suspect in Manhattan Killing Hated Black Men, Police Say]( By ASHLEY SOUTHALL James Harris Jackson, 28, an Army veteran from Baltimore claimed responsibility for using a sword to fatally stab a black man, the police say. [Officer Pantaleo outside his home in 2015.]( [Records Leak in Eric Garner Case Renews Debate on Police Discipline]( By AL BAKER and BENJAMIN MUELLER After revelations about the disciplinary history of Officer Daniel Pantaleo, attention has shifted to broader questions about the response to police misconduct. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Fashion & Style [Chelsea Clinton in Ann Arbor, Mich., last fall during a campaign event for Hillary Clinton.]( [Now on Twitter: Chelsea Clinton, Unbound]( By KATIE ROGERS Is her confrontational tweeting about the Trump administration a sign of the new Chelsea Clinton or a public unveiling of the one who existed all along? [Sterling Ruby this month in a room he designed at Calvin Klein's headquarters on West 39th Street in Manhattan.]( [This Artist Is Calvin Klein's Latest Muse]( By ALEX HAWGOOD The long collaboration between Sterling Ruby and the designer Raf Simons comes to fruition. [Turning a Cover-Up Into a Coveted Accessory]( By TARIRO MZEZEWA The designer and blogger Paola Mathé believes women should wear headwraps not to hide their hair, but out of pride. For more fashion news, go to [NYTimes.com/Fashion »]( []Obituaries [Morton Deutsch]( [Morton Deutsch, Expert on Conflict Resolution, Dies at 97]( By SAM ROBERTS Professor Deutsch, who founded the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, was known for his theory of cooperation and competition. [Chuck Barris as host of ]( [Chuck Barris, Producer and Personality of 'Gong Show' Fame, Dies at 87]( By NEIL GENZLINGER The creative force and host of TV hits - as well as a songwriter, novelist and even an assassin, to hear him tell it - Mr. Barris knew there was an audience for lowbrow. [The author Colin Dexter in 2007.]( [Colin Dexter, Creator of Inspector Morse, Who Sleuthed in Novels and on TV, Dies at 86]( By WILLIAM GRIMES The British mystery writer indulged in the art for fun and never expected his character to attain such fame. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [President Trump's Reckless Shame Game]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Forcing local authorities to help round up unauthorized immigrants is wrong on both practical and constitutional grounds. Editorial [Predator Colleges May Thrive Again]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Education Secretary Betsy DeVos seems poised to undo rules protecting students from taking on excessive debt for useless degrees. [Prime Minister Modi of India, right, at the swearing-in of Yogi Adityanath, center.]( Editorial [Mr. Modi's Perilous Embrace of Hindu Extremists]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD His party named a firebrand cleric to head India's largest state, a shocking rebuke to minorities. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed Op-Ed Contributor [A 'Stand Your Ground' Expansion That Expands Inequality]( By CAROLINE LIGHT The legal boundaries of civilian self-defense have been expanding, but for only some of us. On Campus [How the Depressed Find Solace on Yik Yak, Believe It or Not]( By AMY BUTCHER A platform associated with the gutter of young humanity had blossomed with tenderness. [Senator Dianne Feinstein questioning Neil Gorsuch on the first day of his confirmation hearing.]( Op-Ed Contributor [The Problems With Originalism]( By KEN LEVY Judge Gorsuch's preferred theory of constitutional interpretation is self-undermining. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On March 23, 1965, America's first two-person space flight began as Gemini 3 blasted off from Cape Kennedy with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young aboard. 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