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CEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023, widening the gap with the workers they oversee 06/04/2024 03:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at a time when inflation was putting considerable pressure on Americans' budgets. The median pay package for CEOs rose to AUTO RACING: Cindric wins in NASCAR when Blaney runs out of gas. Dixon gets IndyCar win No. 58. 06/04/2024 03:04pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Toyota / Save Mart 350 Site: Sonoma, California. Schedule: Friday, practice, 5:05 p.m; Saturday, qualifying, 6 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (FOX). Track: Sonoma Raceway. Race distance: 110 laps, 218.9 miles. Last year: Martin Truex Jr. won after starting eight DP World Tour Schedule 06/04/2024 03:01pm • Nov. 23-26 _ Joburg Open (Dean Burmester) Nov. 23-26 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Min Woo Lee) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Dean Burmester) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Joaquin Niemann) Dec. 7-10 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Louis Oosthuizen Man sentenced to life without parole in ambush shooting of Baltimore police officer 06/04/2024 02:33pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — A man convicted earlier this year of killing a Baltimore police officer and another victim was sentenced Tuesday to two life sentences without parole. The 2021 deadly shootings occurred just hours apart in separate areas of Baltimore. Prosecutors never established a potential moti Many Americans are still shying away from EVs despite Biden's push, an AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds 06/04/2024 12:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say they would be at least somewhat likely to buy an EV the next time Bob Kelley, long-time publisher of used car guide Kelley Blue Book, dies at 96 06/04/2024 12:29pm • (CNN) — If you’re wondering how much your car is worth, or how much to pay for that car you’re thinking of buying, there’s a good chance you’ll check KBB.com. That’s short for Kelley Blue Book, and it’s one of the longest-standing sources for used car values there is. A man who was Scottie Scheffler says he's still trying to move past his arrest even after charges were dropped 06/04/2024 12:21pm • DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler said he knew five days in advance that charges related to his arrest during the PGA Championship were going to be dismissed. In his mind, that wasn't the end of the saga but rather the beginning of trying to put it behind him. Criminal charges The Memorial and LIV Houston are the final stops before the US Open 06/04/2024 09:43am • PGA TOUR MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Site: Dublin, Ohio. Course: Muirfield Village GC. Yardage: 7,571. Par: 72. Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $4 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 12:30-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-6 p.m. (CBS). Defending champion: Body of a 5th victim is recovered from a submerged car after flooding in Germany 06/04/2024 05:32am • BERLIN (AP) — A woman's body has been recovered from a car that sank into floodwater in Bavaria, police said Tuesday, bringing the confirmed death toll in flooding across southern Germany to five. Persistent heavy rain led to widespread flooding over the weekend. While the situation has now eased 'Egregious behavior': Va. work crew threw bear carcass off overpass, near trail, animal rights group says 06/04/2024 04:30am • A work crew in Virginia illegally threw the body of a black bear that had been hit by a car off an overpass, which led to a woman's gruesome discovery of the carcass Friday, according to the Animal Welfare League of Arlington. A company contracted by the Virginia Department of Transportation has She's the world's most expensive cow, and part of Brazil's plan to put beef on everyone's plate 06/04/2024 12:01am • UBERABA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary. Her massive, snow-white body is watched over by security cameras, a veterinarian and an armed guard. Worth $4 million, Viatina-19 FIV Mara Movéis is the most expensive cow ever sold at auction, The Latest | Four more Israeli hostages declared dead, and Palestinians seek to join genocide case 06/03/2024 09:40pm • Israel's military confirmed the deaths of four more hostages held by Hamas — including three men in their 80s who were seen in a Hamas video begging for their release. Around 80 hostages captured on Oct. 7 are believed to still be alive in Gaza, alongside the remains of 43 others. Monday's announc Minnesota prosecutor was reluctant to drop murder charge against trooper, but ultimately did 06/03/2024 08:01pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A progressive Minnesota prosecutor who was elected on a platform of police accountability has reluctantly dropped charges against a state trooper who fatally shot a Black man after a traffic stop. After months of heavy criticism, even from the state’s Democratic governor, Henn Inflation Dilemma: Should I Play Defense or Go for Growth? 06/03/2024 08:00pm • Markets have been on a seesaw of uncertainty related to the Federal Reserve's monetary policy on interest rates, as the central bank attempts to wrangle a stubborn inflation rate down to its target of 2%. The CME Fedwatch tool, a barometer for bond traders' expectations for interest rate cuts at the Catholic University unveils DC's largest solar farm 06/03/2024 06:41pm • The Catholic University of America, along with Rockville-based solar energy company Standard Solar, unveiled the city's largest, brand-new, 25-acre solar array located on the university's West Campus on Monday. At the solar array’s unveiling ceremony, representatives from Catholic, Standard Sol