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Vince McMahon’s sex scandal has thrown the WWE into chaos ahead of this weekend’s much-hyped Royal Rumble and the recent $5 billion deal with Netflix – leading to speculation that the mogul’s longtime stranglehold over his wrestling empire could finally be broken. McMahon, the executive chairman of WWE-parent TKO Group Holdings, was slapped with a…

The former WWE employee who allegedly was sexually abused by Vince McMahon broke her silence Friday, saying she “hopes any doors of secrecy have been blown off their hinges.” Janel Grant claimed the wrestling mogul coerced her into having sex with wrestling stars and other WWE executives, along with more lurid allegations that including McMahon…

Vince McMahon announced Friday he is stepping down from his position as executive chairman of WWE-parent TKO Group Holdings amid the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the wrestling world. According to Deadline, McMahon denied the allegations of a the lawsuit that was filed against him Thursday that accused him of sexual assault and trafficking,…

If you find yourself struggling to make your rent payment every month, you’re not alone. More Americans are having that problem than ever before, according to new data from Harvard University. The number of American renters considered “cost burdened” by their monthly housing payment in the latest count from 2022 hit an all-time high of 22.4 million…

The crash diets have crashed, the brand-new budgets won’t budge and your Peloton is now the world’s most expensive laundry rack. But even if every one of your New Year’s resolutions is toast, there’s still one start-of-the-year chore you would be wise to handle: your retirement review. This is a perfect time to take stock…

Over his 54 years as a financial analyst, Richard X. Bove perfected the art of grabbing attention. Through thousands of newspaper interviews, cable news appearances and radio segments, Mr. Bove turned what can be a dull, by-the-numbers career into a more showy one. Weighing in on the economy and the inner workings of Wall Street,…

Vince McMahon, the longtime chairman and former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, resigned from the board of W.W.E.’s parent company on Friday, one day after a former employee accused him of sexual assault and sex trafficking in a lawsuit. Mr. McMahon, 78, was the executive chairman of TKO Group, the parent company of W.W.E.,…

BEIJING — Beijing confirmed Friday that a longtime British businessperson in China was sentenced to five years in prison in 2022 on an espionage charge. Ian J. Stones was convicted of being bought off to provide intelligence to “external forces,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said when asked about the case at a daily briefing….

Donald Trump storms out of court as closing arguments begin in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in New York

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The election year decision by President Joe Biden aligns with environmentalists who fear the huge increase in exports, in the form of…