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CEO pay up 17% as profits, stocks soar; workers fall behind

Even when regular workers win their biggest raises in decades, they look minuscule compared with what CEOs are getting. The typical compensation package for chief executives who run S&P 500 companies soared 17.1% last year, to a median $14.5 million, according to data analyzed for The Associated Press by Equilar.

Kevin Spacey charged in UK with 4 counts of sexual assault

British prosecutors said Thursday they have charged actor Kevin Spacey with four counts of sexual assault against three men. The Crown Prosecution Service said Spacey “has also been charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.” The alleged incidents took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008, and one in western England in April 2013.

Goodbye NYC: Estimates show big city losses, Sunbelt gains

Ko Im always thought she would live in New York forever. She knew every corner of Manhattan and had worked hard to build a community of friends. Living in a small apartment, she found her attitude shifting early in the pandemic. After her brother accepted a job in Seattle in the summer of 2020, she decided to move there too.

Granddad’s rough-housing leads to tears

Dear Amy: Recently my children and I were with my in-laws (their grandparents) at a crowded event where I relied on my father in-law to supervise my son (age 4) while I was with my toddler daughter. My father in-law tries to connect with my son by "being silly," which for him means nose pinching, tickling, tug-of-war while holding hands, and general rough-housing and clownish behavior.

Repaired road already falling apart

To the editor: Repairs on Eisenhower Road from 10th Street to Tonganoxie Road were recently completed (2021), and that stretch turned out very nice. There is only one problem: the road is already falling apart.

‘Trump is in the past’: Mounting losses show limits of power

Donald Trump opened May by lifting a trailing Senate candidate in Ohio to the Republican nomination, seemingly cementing the former president’s kingmaker status before another possible White House run. He’s ending the month, however, stinging from a string of defeats that suggests a diminishing stature.

Such Great Heights

Before sprinting down the runway and planting her 13-foot fiberglass pole into a box to swing up and fly into the air, Reece Baker can often be seen laughing and dancing. “I don’t get scared anymore,” Baker said.