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1 Art dealer sentenced: A prominent New York City art dealer once accused by Alec Baldwin of fraud has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison after admitting she evaded paying more than $3 million in federal taxes. Mary Boone dropped her face into open hands as the judge announced the sentence Thursday in Manhattan. Her lawyer had requested home incarceration.

2 Plane production: European plane maker Airbus said Thursday it will stop making its superjumbo A380 in 2021 for lack of customers, abandoning the world’s biggest passenger jet and one of the aviation industry’s most ambitious and most troubled endeavors. The decision could affect up to 3,500 jobs and already cost the plane maker about $523 million in losses in 2018, Airbus said.

3 May defeat: British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered an embarrassing defeat by lawmakers Thursday in a vote that left her bid to secure a European Union divorce deal stuck between an intransigent EU and a resistant U.K. Parliament. The House of Commons voted by 303 votes to 258 against a motion reiterating support for May’s approach.

LaRouche dies: Lyndon 4 LaRouche Jr., the political extremist who ran for president in every election from 1976 to 2004, including a campaign waged from federal prison, has died, In Leesburg, Va. He was 96.

5 Police interviews: Detectives are interviewing two “persons of interest” who surveillance photos show were in the area of downtown Chicago where “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett said he was attacked last month.