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April 4, 2025
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 $16.3 million, up 12.6%, according to
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A celebration of life will be held Monday for Grayson Murray, a Raleigh native and professional golfer. The memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. at Providence Church, located at 6339 Glenwood Ave. A livestream will be provided for those who can’t attend. Loved ones describe Murray, 30, who took his own life on May 25,
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The third time was indeed the charm — but then again so were the first two times. Christ the King is a state champion in girls soccer for the third straight year, taking home the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A girls soccer state championship, hosted for the first time at the Mecklenburg County SportsPlex
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GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions in the country’s southwest, was reopened Sunday after authorities said a nearby volcano had stabilized after erupting four days earlier. Oddný Arnarsdóttir, the head of Visit Iceland, said authorities had redone the security zones in the area and based
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By Will Graves, AP National Writer Fort Worth, Texas — Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles won her ninth U.S. Championship on Sunday, leaving little doubt that at 27 and a decade-plus into her run atop the sport, she is as good as ever. Biles posted a two-day all-around total of 119.750, nearly six points clear of runner-up
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports The golf community came together to honor and remember Raleigh native Grayson Murray, a PGA Tour winner who died by suicide late last month. His family invited friends and fans to join them at the Korn Ferry Tour’s UNC Health Championship for a special “tee time” on Sunday afternoon. “Now
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With the N.C. High School Athletic Association athletic season now done, we look back on the titles won by each school in each classification. Note that in some sports, the NCHSAA combines classifications for some championships if too few schools participate. The girls wrestling champion, for instance, was won by 4A Lumberton but had schools
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With the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association athletic season now done, we look back on the titles won by each school in each classification. Note that in some sports, the NCISAA breaks up its teams into DI and DII and sometimes DIII because too few schools participate. Other NCISAA links Providence Day, Charlotte Latin, and
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Donald Trump has joined the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a platform he once tried to ban while in the White House, and posted from a UFC fight two days after he became the first former president and presumptive major party nominee in U.S. history to be found guilty on felony charges. “It’s an honor,” Trump
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Scaling back treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without compromising outcomes, doctors reported at the world’s largest cancer conference. It’s part of a long-term trend toward studying whether doing less — less surgery, less chemotherapy or less radiation — can help patients live longer and feel better. The latest
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