Today's Headlines: Jobless Rate at 10-Year Low as Hiring Grows and Wages Rise

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The jobless rate declined to 4.4 percent. [Protesters outside the Capitol on Thursday, the day the House voted to pass the bill.]( [Measure on Pre-Existing Conditions Energizes Opposition to Health Bill]( By ALEXANDER BURNS and ABBY GOODNOUGH A blast of grass-roots energy against the Republican bill has been generated by a single clause, which Democrats have vowed to make a campaign issue. [The French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron in Rodez, France, on Friday. His campaign staff said it was the target of a hacking operation.]( [Macron Campaign Says It Was Target of 'Massive' Hacking Attack]( By AURELIEN BREEDEN, SEWELL CHAN and NICOLE PERLROTH A trove of internal campaign documents was posted online, campaign staff for the French presidential candidate said. 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 [The mare Full Ransom with her American Pharoah filly. Of the approximately 22,500 foals born in North America in 2016, no more than 20 will reach the starting gate at the Kentucky Derby.]( SPORTS [First, It's Baby Steps for American Pharoah's Progeny]( By MELISSA HOPPERT Many had been anticipating American Pharoah's initial crop of foals since he captured the Triple Crown in 2015. Well, they have finally arrived. [Broker's Tip, with jockey Don Meade up, in the winner's circle after winning the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky. in 1922.]( OPINION | Sporting [I Have No Idea Who Will Win the Kentucky Derby]( By ERIC BANKS But there are plenty of good story lines this year. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "I am eager, indeed anxious, to testify in full public session, have requested no immunity and am ready to go." [ROGER J. STONE]( one of several high-profile Trump campaign associates whom the Senate Intelligence Committee has asked to hand over emails and other records of communications and dealings with Russian officials and businesspeople. [] Today's Videos [A grassroots campaigner for French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron distributes flyers in the Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis.]( [[Video] Video: Macron Supporters Woo Undecided French Voters]( Even though Emmanuel Macron is leading in the polls ahead of France's presidential election on May 7, his supporters are leading a grass-roots effort to prevent voters from abstaining or backing Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate. [A scene from ]( [[Video] Video: How 'Alien' Changed the Way Hollywood Scares Us]( Ridley Scott's film "Alien" gave audiences one of the scariest space monsters in movie history. Here's a look at how the 1979 film has influenced the genre. [[Video] Video: Cuttlefish Battle]( A cuttlefish conflict escalated from a visual display of aggression into actual aggression in the first recording of a physical battle between male cuttlefish. [] World [Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, in April. North Korea stands accused of assassinating his estranged half brother, Kim Jong-nam, in February.]( [North Korea Accuses South and U.S. of Plotting to Kill Kim Jong-un]( By CHOE SANG-HUN The North said that the South had hired a man to infiltrate the North to kill Mr. Kim. The South's spy agency denied the accusation. [A Somali soldier next to wreckage of a car used in an attack by suspected Shabab fighters in April.]( [Navy SEAL Killed in Somalia in First U.S. Combat Death There Since 1993]( By HELENE COOPER, CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITT The death comes as American military commanders in the country are holding newfound additional authority in reserve, citing caution. [A year after a huge, fast-moving wildfire, few live trees remain in a burned section of forest in Fort McMurray, Alberta.]( [Worry in Scorched Fort McMurray: How Many Will Walk Away?]( By IAN AUSTEN A year after a huge wildfire forced everyone in Canada's oil sands city to flee, some who lost houses are choosing to take insurance payouts and move on rather than rebuild. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Jordan Edwards with his father, Odell, in an undated photo.]( [Police Officer Who Fatally Shot 15-Year-Old Texas Boy Is Charged With Murder]( By MANNY FERNANDEZ and MATTHEW HAAG The Dallas Sheriff's Department issued a warrant for the arrest of the officer, Roy D. Oliver II, who killed Jordan Edwards as he left a party. [Police search a man for drug paraphernalia in Huntington, W.Va. On Friday, the Trump administration revealed plans to gut the 2018 budget of his Office of National Drug Control Policy.]( [White House Proposes Cutting Drug Control Office Funding by 95%]( By ALAN RAPPEPORT When he campaigned for the presidency, Mr. Trump vowed to invest heavily in programs to get heroin and other opioids out of circulation. [Henry E. Sanchez-Milian, 18.]( [Rape Charges to Be Dropped in Case Cited by White House as Immigration Issue]( By MATT STEVENS The Maryland case drew national attention after Sean Spicer cited it as an example of the need to crack down on illegal immigration. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Mark E. Green in the Tennessee State Senate in Nashville in 2013.]( [Trump's 2nd Nominee for Army Secretary Withdraws]( By HELENE COOPER Mark E. Green, a Tennessee state senator and former Army surgeon, said his nomination had become a distraction because of "false and misleading attacks." [Senator Richard M. Burr, left, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Senator Mark Warner, the ranking Democrat.]( [Senate Asks Trump Associates for Records of Communication With Russians]( By MATTHEW ROSENBERG and MAGGIE HABERMAN The step by the Senate Intelligence Committee in its investigation into Russian election meddling may be a way to open a path to subpoenas if needed. [Reince Priebus, the White House chief of staff, before President Trump's joint news conference with the prime minister of Italy last month.]( [Second Chance for 'Obamacare' Repeal. And for Reince Priebus.]( By GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN President Trump blamed Mr. Priebus, his chief of staff, for the failure of his first push on health care, and Mr. Priebus saw this week's vote as a make-or-break moment. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [To Lift Growth, Janet Yellen Says, Make It Easier for Women to Work]( By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM The Fed chairwoman warned in a speech at Brown University that obstacles to women's participation in the work force damage productivity in the United States. [Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.]( [Vote to Kill Retirement Account Rule Draws Criticism From State-Level Republicans]( By NOAH WEILAND Supporters of the Obama-era law accused congressional lawmakers of supporting the financial services industry over low-income workers who benefited from the measure. [A 100-year-old law enshrining tax-free bonds in Puerto Rico established the island as a haven for American investors.]( [Puerto Rico: A Debt Problem That Kept Boiling Over]( By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH Tax-free bonds enshrined in a 1917 federal law, combined with a constitutional guarantee to creditors, helped build Puerto Rico's staggering levels of debt. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Willing to Cook for Strangers, but Guests Are Harder to Find]( By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD Social-dining services give chefs and others an opportunity to share food experiences out of their homes, but many potential guests remain wary. [A C919 passenger jet taking off at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai on Friday. The plane symbolized the industrial might of an emerging superpower - and its dream to dominate a new technological era.]( [China's New Jetliner, the Comac C919, Takes Flight for First Time]( By KEITH BRADSHER The first Chinese-built passenger jetliner symbolizes the industrial might of an emerging superpower - and its ambition to take on Boeing and Airbus. [A screen shot of an email received by a New York Times reporter on Wednesday that included a link that appeared to be for a Google document. (Identifying information has been redacted.)]( [Email Attack Hits Google: What to Do if You Clicked]( By NICOLE PERLROTH Recipients who clicked on the email and followed its instructions probably gave spammers access to their contact lists, letting them send more email. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [The ZO2: Prime by Lonzo Ball made its debut on the Big Baller Brand website on Thursday.]( [At $495, Lonzo Ball's ZO2 Sneakers Have Tastemakers Saying No Thanks]( By MARC TRACY The price tag for the least expensive model doesn't go over well as the basketball star and his father try a different business model. [The Yankees' Jacoby Ellsbury, left, with Brett Gardner after Gardner's three-run home run against the Chicago Cubs.]( Yankees 3, Cubs 2 [Yankees Defeat Cubs on Ninth-Inning Home Run by Brett Gardner]( By BILLY WITZ Gardner's three-run homer overcame the Cubs' 2-0 lead on a windy day at Wrigley Field. Before the game, Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman received his World Series ring. [Saúl Álvarez, second from left, and Julio César Chávez Jr., both from Mexico, will fight on Saturday. Boxing remains popular with Hispanic fans.]( [Boxing Struggles, but It Has a Culture in Its Corner]( By WALLACE MATTHEWS While its appeal has steadily waned in the past 20 years, boxing has a loyal ally in its Hispanic fans, who have become valued targets in its marketing efforts. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Supporters awaiting the National Front candidate Marine Le Pen ahead of a rally in Villepinte, France.]( [France's Presidential Election Splinters the Country's Culturati]( By RACHEL DONADIO The country's cultural world is mobilizing against the far-right National Front party, but some left-wing voters say they'll abstain in Sunday's vote. [Andrew Garfield as Prior Walter, and Amanda Lawrence as Emily in ]( Brantley in Britain ['Angels in America,' Still Stretching Toward the Heavens]( By BEN BRANTLEY A 25th-anniversary revival at the National Theater in London confirms its place in the pantheon of great American dramas. [Aloft, from left, Tiler Peck, Sara Mearns and Sterling Hyltin, with other members of New York City Ballet in ]( [For the Couples in This Alexei Ratmansky Ballet, Love Is Not Enough]( By ALASTAIR MACAULAY Our critic calls "Odessa," Mr. Ratmansky's new piece for New York City Ballet, "peculiar and marvelous." For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [The entrance to New York City's jail complex. ]( [Rikers Deemed Too Dangerous for Transferred Inmates]( By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM A state commission ordered a halt to a program designed to protect prisoners who might be in peril jailed in their home counties outside New York City. [The Metropolitan Museum of Art, above, has filed a proposal seeking mandatory admission fees for out-of-state visitors.]( [The Met Files a Formal Proposal to Charge Admission to Out-of-State Visitors]( By ROBIN POGREBIN The Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals in a court hearing that it has asked New York City to approve a mandatory admissions fee to non-New Yorkers. [Emma Coronel Aispuro after a hearing in the case against her husband, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, in federal court in Brooklyn on Friday.]( [The U.S. Case vs. El Chapo: 10,000 Pages and Recordings]( By ALAN FEUER Federal prosecutors said Friday that Joaquín Guzmán Loera's trial could last three months and include 1,500 audio recordings and 10,000 pages of documents. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( []Obituaries [Adolph Kiefer after winning the 100-meter backstroke at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin with a world-record time. He was 18.]( [Adolph Kiefer, a Gold Medal Backstroker in the 1936 Olympics, Dies at 98]( By FRANK LITSKY Kiefer won 58 United States championships in backstroke, individual medley and freestyle from 1935 to 1945, but World War II limited him to one Olympics. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [Locked Up for Being Poor]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD A federal judge rules that the routine use of cash bail unconstitutionally harms the poor. [Infosys employees at the company's headquarters in Bangalore, India, in April. The company announced on Tuesday a plan to hire 10,000 Americans in the United States.]( Editorial [A U.S. Hiring Plan Falls Short of Reform]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD A giant Indian staffing firm will hire 10,000 American tech workers. But major changes are still needed in the visa it usually uses to import workers. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [A medical records room at a clinic in Pennsylvania. A small proportion of patients is responsible for a majority of health care costs.]( Op-Ed Contributor [What the Republican Health Plan Gets Right]( By MARC K. SIEGEL The only way to make premiums affordable for most people is to limit excessive cost-sharing. [Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, walking along the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Where's Ivanka When We Need Her?]( By GAIL COLLINS Reproductive rights go all wrong in Washington. [Baltimore Orioles' Adam Jones prepares to bat before the first inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday.]( Op-Ed | Doug Glanville [Red Sox, Racism and Adam Jones]( By DOUG GLANVILLE After the incident at Fenway, it was easy for me to say, "Of course - Boston." But it's more complicated than that. 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