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The Latest on the political crisis in Macedonia (all times local): 10:50 p.m. The U.S. Embassy in Macedonia has condemned the violence in the country's parliament, after scores of protesters … Click to Continue »

Students attending private schools in the nation's capital through a federally funded voucher program are doing worse in math compared to their peers, according to a government study released Thursday. … Click to Continue »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Employers can legally pay women less than men for the same work based on differences in the workers' previous salaries, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Employers can legally pay women less than men for the same work based on differences in the workers' previous salaries, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower-court ruling saying pay differences based exclusively on prior salaries were discriminatory under the federal Equal Pay Act. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit cited a 1982 ruling by the court that said employers could use previous salary information... Читать дальше...

U.S. stock indexes fluttered up and down Thursday, then ended the day a hair above where they started. The slight gains were enough to nudge the Nasdaq composite to another record and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to within a whisper of its all-time high. On Thursday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — In a story April 26 about a federal raid on the headquarters of Benny Hinn Ministries, The Associated Press erroneously reported the Senate Finance Committee ended a three-year investigation of Hinn and five other television evangelist…

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — In a story April 26 about a federal raid on the headquarters of Benny Hinn Ministries, The Associated Press erroneously reported the Senate Finance Committee ended a three-year investigation of Hinn and five other television evangelist in 2010 by clearing the six of wrongdoing. GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Federal agents descended on the North Texas headquarters of television evangelist Benny Hinn and took boxes out of the offices. According to Hinn's website, he was in Paris.

Facebook is cracking down on video pirates.

The social network updated its policy on Thursday to allow original creators to claim any ad revenue made when other users steal their videos for clicks — a practice known as "freeboating." 

SEE ALSO: Many videos on Facebook are stolen, and only Facebook can fix it

The new feature will surface potential violations in a dashboard using automated tools. If one of Facebook's mid-roll or pre-roll ads were to appear in a pirated video... Читать дальше...

City did all the pressing but United held on to grab a point.

Team Sky's Luke Rowe hopes to compete in this year's Tour of Britain, which will finish in his home city of Cardiff.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester United held on following Marouane Fellaini's late sending-off for headbutting Sergio Aguero to eke out a 0-0 draw at Manchester City in the English Premier League on Thursday, keeping the race for Champions League qualification congested.

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA's Cassini spacecraft sent the closest-ever images of Saturn on Thursday after surviving its first plunge inside the planet's rings, the U.S. space agency said. A stream of pictures showing Saturn's swirling clouds, massive hurricane and odd six-sided vortex weather system were transmitted back to Earth by Cassini, which has been exploring Saturn for 13 years. Now in its final laps around Saturn, Cassini dove through the narrow gap between the planet and its innermost ring on Wednesday... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office have produced a strong stock market but weak economic growth; he should get an incomplete for both

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Retired US Navy Admiral William McRaven had an esteemed 37-year military career — which included leading the assassination of Osama bin Laden — but it was his time in Navy SEAL training after college that gave him his leadership philosophy.

In 2014, McRaven gave the commencement address at the University of Texas at Austin, breaking down the 10 biggest lessons he learned in the six months of Basic Underwater Demolition/SEALs training in his early 20s... Читать дальше...

The delayed flight returned to the gate when he got back to his seat, and he was asked to get off the plane.

The US Department of Homeland Security established on Wednesday the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office, in accordance with one of President Donald Trump’s January executive orders and as part of an attempt to crack down on undocumented immigrants. It manages a hotline for victims of crimes perpetrated by “criminal aliens.”

The delayed flight returned to the gate when he got back to his seat, and he was asked to get off the plane.

The US Department of Homeland Security established on Wednesday the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office, in accordance with one of President Donald Trump’s January executive orders and as part of an attempt to crack down on undocumented immigrants. It manages a hotline for victims of crimes perpetrated by “criminal aliens.”

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — The Latest on the political crisis in Macedonia (all times local):

The embassy statement said a majority of lawmakers elected Talat Xhaferi, a lawmaker from an ethnic Albanian party, as parliament speaker. Scores of protesters in the capital broke through a police cordon and rushed into parliament on Thursday to protest the election of a new speaker despite a months-long deadlock in talks to form a new government. One-fourth of Macedonia's population is ethnic Albanian, and coalition talks to form a new government broke down over ethnic Albanian demands that Albanian... Читать дальше...

Confidential payout to Dao follows policy changes and $10,000 overbooking offer

Confidential payout follows policy changes and $10,000 overbooking offer

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House approved a strict ban on "sanctuary cities" Thursday, empowering local police to enforce federal immigration law against anyone they detain and threatening police chiefs and sheriffs who refuse to do so with jail.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House approved a strict ban on "sanctuary cities" Thursday, empowering local police to enforce federal immigration law against anyone they detain and threatening police chiefs and sheriffs who refuse to do so with jail.