By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Most parents would do anything to have a front row seat to their child’s success, yet merely spectating was not quite close enough for Robert MacIntyre’s father. As his son tapped home to clinch his first PGA Tour title at the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, Dougie MacIntyre –
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police are searching for the suspects who spray-painted the word “toilet” on a Tokyo shrine that commemorates the country’s war dead. The act apparently was a protest against the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Videos posted on Chinese social media
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City say two police officers and a 19-year-old man were shot and wounded in a confrontation and were hospitalized. Mayor Eric Adams says one of the officers was saved by his bullet-resistant vest. Officials say the officers pursued the man while he was driving an unregistered, motorized
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press For its annual analysis of CEO pay, The Associated Press used data provided by Equilar, an executive data firm. Equilar examined regulatory filings detailing the pay packages of 341 executives. Equilar looked at companies in the S&P 500 index that filed proxy statements with federal regulators between Jan. 1 and April 30,
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer More women are attaining the top job at companies in the S&P 500, but their numbers are still minuscule compared to their male counterparts. Of the 341 CEOs included in the AP’s annual compensation survey, 25 are women. That’s the most women making the list since the survey began
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON, PAUL HARLOFF and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press 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
Continue ReadingBy BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a Christian man who was accused of blasphemy and attacked by a mob has died of injuries. More than 100 Muslims were arrested last month and charged under anti-terrorism laws for assaulting a Christian father and son over allegations they desecrated pages of
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN Español) — Luego de que el INE diera a conocer los resultados del conteo rápido, los simpatizantes de Claudia Sheinbaum colmaron el Zócalo para celebrar la victoria de su candidata con una amplia diferencia de votos. Sheinbaum, que será la primera mujer al frente del Gobierno de México, tuvo entre 58,3% y
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The death toll in floods across a large part of southern Germany has risen to four as three bodies were recovered from inundated basements. Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the flooded region on Monday and officials warned that water levels could rise further in some areas. Police said the body of the 43-year-old
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By Saira Mueller, CNN (CNN) — “Place your order.” In the time it took you to read that sentence, another deck of Uno was sold. The family-favorite card game has been around for 52 years — but it may be more popular than ever. Almost everyone seems to play it, and by one measure it’s
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — José Mourinho received a rapturous welcome from Fenerbahçe fans after being unveiled as the club’s new manager on Sunday. The Portuguese coach signed his contract with the Yellow Canaries in front of a raucous crowd at the Şükrü Saracoğlu stadium sitting next to club president Ali Koç. “I want
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda has apologized for massive cheating on certification tests for seven vehicle models. The fraudulent testing at Japan’s top automaker involved the use of inadequate or outdated data in collision tests and incorrect testing of airbag inflation and rear-seat damage in crashes. Engine
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — US Open champion Coco Gauff said tennis matches finishing at 3 a.m. are “not healthy” for the players, but also said she is aware there are a lot of people working in far worse conditions around the world. The American’s comments came at this year’s French Open, after Novak
Continue Reading By Wayne Chang and Laura He, CNN Taipei/Hong Kong (CNN) — Nvidia, AMD and Intel have separately launched the next generation of their artificial intelligence (AI) chips in Taiwan, as a three-way race heats up. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia (NVDA), said Sunday that the company would roll out its most advanced AI chip platform,
Continue ReadingOpinion by Adam Plowright (CNN) — Every host country of the Olympic Games faces a reckoning. It’s not a trial like a war or national disaster. It can’t be compared to an election of the sort America faces this fall. But the world’s biggest sporting event holds a mirror up to a nation like few
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Clara Marina Brugada Molina, de 60 años, ganó las elecciones a la jefatura de Ciudad de México, según los resultados oficiales preliminares, por lo que oficialismo mantendrá el control del gobierno de la capital mexicana. Brugada Molina fue candidata de la coalición “Juntos hacemos historia”, conformada por los partidos Morena, Partido
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The once-blighted monolithic Michigan Central train station — for decades a symbol of Detroit’s decline — has new life following a massive six-year, multimillion-dollar renovation to create a hub for mobility projects in the rebirth of the Motor City. The hulking, scavenger-ravaged structure that ominously shadowed the
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — America’s gummed-up housing market is a $45 trillion mess — a big old knot of economic forces smashing into a century’s worth of cultural conditioning about the value of homeownership. There are some obvious, urgent needs: We need more housing, full stop. And that housing needs
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Fans of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce curious about where the couple’s relationship is headed can thank Jason Sudeikis for trying to get them closer to some answers. Kelce joined Sudeikis and comedians Robert Smigel and George Wendt onstage during a comedy skit at the annual Big Slick Celebrity
Continue Reading By Caitlin Chatterton, CNN (CNN) — “I like anonymity,” designer Karl Lagerfeld (played by Daniel Brühl) tells Jacques de Bascher (actor Théodore Pellerin) in the first episode of “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld,” a new six-part series based on Raphaëlle Bacqué’s novel “Kaiser Karl.” De Bascher — a fledgling writer and Lagerfeld’s eventual love interest — has
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