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CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices, profits soaredMay 29, 2025 1:42 pm - The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed another banner year and corporate profits rose sharply.
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Judge finds man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston is mentally incompetent to stand trialMay 29, 2025 1:34 pm - A judge declared Thursday that a man is mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges of stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car through her front gate.
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A tech bro-pocalypse in Jesse Armstrong’s ‘Mountainhead’May 29, 2025 1:23 pm - “Succession” fans rejoice. Jesse Armstrong has again gathered together a conclave of uber-wealthy megalomaniacs in a delicious satire. “Mountainhead” is a new made-for-HBO movie that leaves behind the backstabbing machinations of media moguls for the not-any-better power plays of tech billionaires.
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Dolly Parton leans on her faith after losing husband of nearly 60 yearsMay 29, 2025 12:19 pm - Entertainment icon Dolly Parton says the same steadfast faith that inspired her first gospel album have anchored her throughout her grief following the death her husband, Carl Dean.
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Federal judge extends order blocking Trump administration ban on foreign students at HarvardMay 29, 2025 11:50 am - A federal judge on Thursday extended an order blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to bar Harvard University from enrolling foreign students.
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Matthew Goode is both good and bad cop in Netflix’s ‘Dept. Q’May 29, 2025 10:59 am - Being a leading man? Matthew Goode quite likes it. He’s the star of “Dept. Q,” based on the books by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen and set in the cold-case division of an Edinburgh police station.
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With ‘Karate Kid: Legends,’ Ben Wang is the 1st Asian American new ‘Kid’ on the blockMay 29, 2025 8:44 am - It didn’t occur to Ben Wang right away that in taking on “Karate Kid: Legends,” he’d be the franchise’s first Asian American “Kid.” And that gives him a lot of optimism.
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Caves and other mountain hideouts are being searched for fugitive known as 'Devil in the Ozarks'May 29, 2025 8:23 am - There are plenty of hideouts in the rugged terrain of the Ozark Mountains, from abandoned cabins to campsites in the vast forests where searchers are hunting for a convicted former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks.”
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Israel authorizes more settlements in the occupied West Bank. Strikes on Gaza kill 34, officials sayMay 29, 2025 8:17 am - Hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike on a house in central Gaza has killed 22 people, including nine women and children.
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A global rally for stocks stumbles on uncertainties about Trump's tariffs, but Nvidia shinesMay 29, 2025 8:09 am - A big rally for stocks that began in Asia on Thursday is running out of momentum after sweeping into Europe and the United States amid uncertainty about what will happen next after a U.S. court blocked many of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.