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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada higher education regents approved an early retirement deal Thursday for Chancellor Dan Klaich after he said his role in developing a new college funding formula with lawmakers a few years ago has become a distraction. Klaich was accused of misleading the Legislature about the relationship between his staff and their consultant, the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, while the state worked in 2012 on a new method for distributing money among colleges. Читать дальше...

Daesh has created a ‘migrants office’ with the purpose of understanding foreign dissidents’ problems and resolving them as soon as possible so that foreign members do not defect their ranks and abandon Daesh.

Stevie Smith died at 26 following a motorcycle crash on Vancouver Island

Senator Bob Corker says that he has heard good things about the meetings with Donald Trump and Donald Trump himself.

HFT has cut the cost of trading on Wall Street, leaving more for Main Street, says Bill Harts, an advocate of automated, high frequency trading.

Donald Trump's longtime former butler hates President Barack Obama and thinks he should be killed, according to recent social media rants teeming with profanity and exclamation points.

News of Kylie Jenner and Tyga's breakup may have been sad to hear for Keeping Up With the Kardashians fans, but the split wasn't totally surprising. The young couple has...

After flirtations at the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and on the same year's Welcome 2 My Nightmare album, Alice Cooper and...

California politics updates: State Senate abandons fundraising blackout, Villaraigosa stumps for Hillary Clinton May 12 2016, 11:11 AM Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California politics and government news. Here's what we're watching: The state Senate voted to rescind its fundraising...

Didier Deschamps has named a strong 23-man squad for this summer's tournament with the West Ham talisman and the Leicester midfielder taking their places after fine seasons

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Police say a New Hampshire high school teacher has been accused of sending numerous nude photos of himself to several students through social media and tried to meet with them. Police said Lanctot contacted at least several male students via the social media application "Grindr."

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China's technology sector is booming at an intensely fast pace. Many startups are seeing their business grow faster than they can hire, placing a heavy burden on those already working within the industry.

"The pace of Chinese internet company growth is extremely fast," Cui Meng, general manager and cofounder of data startup Goopal, told Reuters. "I've been to the US and the competitive environment there isn't as intense as in China."

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PARIS (AP) — A shell company in Singapore is increasingly emerging at the heart of what French prosecutors believe was an organized web of corruption in sports, with their suspicions now extending to Tokyo's winning bid for the 2020 Olympics.

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2016, file photo, Papa Massata Diack, center, son of former IAAF President Lamine Diack, arrives at the central police station in Dakar, Senegal. The IOC said Wednesday, May 11, 2016, it remains in contact…

At least 30 Syrian children have been raped at a refugee camp in southeastern Turkey that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey’s former prime minister visited with EU officials last month, Turkish media reported Thursday.

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California politics updates: State Senate abandons fundraising blackout, Villaraigosa stumps for Hillary Clinton May 12 2016, 11:11 AM Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California politics and government news. Here's what we're watching: The state Senate voted to rescind its fundraising...

Billed as the first of its kind in Canada, the fest has films by, or about, the experiences of people with disabilities

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ZURICH, Switzerland, May 12 (UPI) -- New research suggests mice are more likely to cooperate when they benefit.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is lowering its forecast for the world economy, painting a bleak picture of stagnating growth with little prospect for a turnaround this year.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is lowering its forecast for the world economy, painting a bleak picture of stagnating growth with little prospect for a turnaround this year.

Brazil's economic turmoil is unfolding a hemisphere away. But for U.S. investors and companies, the crisis hits home.