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CEOs got smaller raises. It would still take a typical worker 2 lifetimes to make boss’s annual pay

by ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press May 31, 2023May 31, 2023

Discontent over the pay disparity between CEOs and rank-and-file workers has helped fuel labor unrest.

by SCOTT McFETRIDGE, HANNAH FINGERHUT and ERIN HOOLEY Associated Press May 30, 2023May 31, 2023

An Iowa mayor says 5 Davenport residents are missing including 2 people who could still be in the wreckage of a partly collapsed apartment building.

by Associated Press May 30, 2023May 31, 2023

Vermont’s attorney general says the officers’ use of force against an agitated man carrying a saw was unwarranted.

by Associated Press May 30, 2023May 31, 2023

The structure at Brenton Point State Park in Newport has been fenced off for years because of safety concerns.

by Associated Press May 30, 2023May 31, 2023

Police say the man kicked a moving Green Line trolley after apparently being unable to board it, then lost his balance and fell under the train.

by MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

Donald Trump’s lawyers argue he can’t be tried in state court because some of the alleged conduct occurred in 2017 while he was president.

by JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

Authorities in Norway have ‘rejected all inquiries and plans to capture’ it.

by HANNAH FINGERHUT, THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

He announced his campaign May 24 and already has an early financial start thanks to a super PAC.

by GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

The Sackler family will contribute $5.5 billion to $6 billion to individual victims of the opioid crisis and their survivors.

by TERRY SPENCER Associated Press May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

Two people involved in the altercation that led to the shooting have been arrested on firearms charges, and 5 handguns have been recovered.