Pierre Carter, 55, has been saving his money to paraglide off the largest mountains in the world. He is the first, with a government permit to take off from Mount Everest in Nepal.
Here are the highest paid male and female CEOs in the S&P 500 index for 2021, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm.
Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the pandemic. New estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show only Phoenix and San Antonio gained new residents from 2020 to 2021. New York led the way, losing more than 305,000 residents, or a…
Expedia's Peter Kern and Warner Bros. Discovery's David Zaslav are among the top paid CEOs in the S&P 500 index. Advanced Micro Devices’ Lisa Su was the highest-paid female CEO. Median compensation for CEOs in the index of big U.S. companies climbed to $14.5 million last year, up 17.1%, …
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reiterated his conviction that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not win the war in Ukraine. In a speech Thursday at the end of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Scholz said of Putin: “He has already failed to achieve all h…
Following infamous dangerous driving and hazardous road conditions on Memorial Day weekend, the Nebraska State Patrol and Lincoln Police Department will strengthen their forces Friday through Sunday.
"Cinder" is now safe at a veterinary clinic and will be eligible for release into the wild in about four months. Here's her story.
Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school
The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering of CEOs, government leaders and other elites this week in the Swiss town of Davos may seem full of important but impersonal announcements. So what do Davos-goers really think about issues like climate change and what's next for Russia's war in Ukra…
Onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers. That's what a witness said Wednesday as investigators worked to track the massacre that lasted upwards of 40 minutes and ended when the 18-year-old shooter…
Pay for CEOs who run the biggest U.S. companies soared 17.1% last year, up to a median of $14.5 million. That's according to the AP's annual pay survey conducted with Equilar. Such raises tower over the 4.4% gain in wages and benefits netted by private-sector workers. The raises for many ran…
Britain's government has unveiled a multibillion-pound package to ease a severe cost-of-living squeeze. Treasury chief Rishi Sunak said Thursday that the government would introduce a temporary windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas firms. The tax is expected to raise around 5 billion pou…
Pay packages for the women who run S&P 500 companies jumped in 2021 as the economy recovered and stock prices and profits soared. Median pay for the women occupying the corner office rose 26% to nearly $16 million, according to the annual survey done by Equilar for The Associated Press. …
Following infamous dangerous driving and hazardous road conditions on Memorial Day weekend, the Nebraska State Patrol and Lincoln Police Department will strengthen their forces Friday through Sunday.
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His family members aren't Kyle Busch fans, but they will be Memorial Day weekend.
The Arcadia veteran was traveling north on his motorcycle when he saw a woman sitting on the railroad tracks. He thought she needed help because perhaps she’d fallen or gotten her foot stuck.
Despite higher pay this summer, some state parks have found only half the staff they need.
The new Central City hospital, part of Bryan Health, replaces the current Merrick Medical Center, which was built in 1959.
The charge stems from April 14, when the 22-year-old reported he heard sawing noises in his driveway and saw three men underneath his car, according to police.
Lancaster County District Judge Andrew Jacobsen also gave 19-year-old Felipe Vazquez 59 to 86 years for attempted assault on a second officer, escape and four gun charges.
Paul Sheldon, the victim's stepson-in-law, had been impersonating his relative in at least 18 phone calls with the man's bank, directing money to be wired into different accounts, according to police.
42-year-old Patricio Urias and 26-year-old Zachariah Palomo died at the scene of Sunday's shooting, according to police.
The Gold's Building will be redeveloped into a 110-room hotel as part of a $24 million project.
The change was an effort to be more inclusive, acknowledging there may be people able to ride scooters who don’t have a driver’s license.
The Nebraska Legislature leaned further to the right last year, according to a recent report published by the Conservative Political Action Conference.
A small group walked in the rain to the offices of the developer, Manzitto Construction, the Catholic Diocese and the mayor’s office to deliver copies of an online petition.