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By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Nonprofits battling child marriage are looking for more support during the COVID-19 pandemic and have found some help from an unexpected source – the $100 billion wedding industry. With 2022 expected to be a record-setting year for weddings – an estimated 2.5 million ceremonies, according to Shane McMurray, CEO

By ZEKE MILLER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is telling Congress it needs an additional $30 billion to press ahead with the fight against COVID-19. Two people familiar with the details tell The Associated Press that the request includes $17.9 billion for vaccines and treatments, $4.9 billion for testing,

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Altria says an administrative law judge dismissed a federal lawsuit alleging that its investment into vaping company Juul violates anticompetitive laws. The preliminary decision by a federal agency judge is subject to review by the Federal Trade Commission and will likely be appealed. The FTC sued

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two California Democratic lawmakers are targeting pandemic disinformation they say has received a broad audience and misplaced credibility through social media. Both legislators rejected concerns Tuesday that their legislation might carry free speech or business privacy considerations. Sen. Richard Pan’s proposal would require online platforms like

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Airbnb has reported its second-straight quarterly profit and it says its revenue is now higher than it was before the pandemic. Airbnb said Tuesday that it earned $55 million in the fourth quarter. That’s a turnaround from a loss of $3.9 billion a year ago. Airbnb says the omicron

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Nielsen company estimates that 101.1 million people watched the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl on NBC and Telemundo. That’s an increase over last year’s game won by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which had 95.2 million television viewers. Another close finish capped a

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer There has been a surge in guns being discovered at airport checkpoints. That’s leading some security experts to suggest higher fines and even putting violators on a no-fly list to prevent guns from getting on planes. The Transportation Security Administration says airport screeners found 5,972 guns at checkpoints last

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Legal betting on this year’s Super Bowl was heavy in the first five states to report results. Nevada saw nearly $180 million in bets, New Jersey saw nearly $144 million, Illinois saw over $60 million, Mississippi saw nearly $6.4 million and Montana saw nearly $700,000.

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Nonprofits battling child marriage are looking for more support during the COVID-19 pandemic and have found some help from an unexpected source – the $100 billion American wedding industry. With 2022 expected to be a record-setting year for weddings – an estimated 2.5 million ceremonies, according to Shane McMurray,

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Questions about Donald Trump’s business practices are piling up. Whether the former president must answer them could be decided in a matter of days. New York’s attorney general will go to court Thursday seeking to enforce a subpoena for Trump’s testimony under oath in a

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Dozens of beaches near Lima are deserted and thousands of fishermen remain without work, one month after an oil spill at a refinery created what the United Nations called the worst ecological disaster in Peru’s recent history. Clean up of the oil is going slowly, with

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: MoneyGram, Arista rise; Leidos, Fidelity National fall.

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in two years for many people, the American workplace is transforming into something that resembles pre-pandemic days. Tyson Foods said Tuesday it was ending mask requirements for its vaccinated workers in some facilities. Last week, Walmart and Amazon said they’ll no

By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times. A jury in New York on Tuesday rejected the Republican’s claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation with an editorial linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass

By YURAS KURMANAU and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A series of cyberattacks on Tuesday knocked the websites of the Ukrainian army, the defense ministry and major banks offline, Ukrainian authorities said, as tensions persisted over the threat of a possible Russian invasion. Still, there was no indication the relatively low-level, distributed-denial-of-service

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government has secured parliamentary approval for a 3 billion euro ($3.4 billion) agreement for three new French-made warships. Defense officials say the frigates are vital for addressing ongoing tensions with neighboring Turkey. Lawmakers also voted Tuesday in favor of adding six new Rafale fighter jets

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Police have arrested former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a step toward fulfilling a request by the United States government for his extradition on drug trafficking and weapons charges. The arrest Tuesday came shortly after a Honduran judge signed an arrest order and

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Anyone who has ever been temporarily blinded by high-beam headlights from an oncoming car will be happy to hear this. U.S. regulators are about to allow new high-tech headlights that can automatically tailor beams so they focus on dark areas of the road and don’t create

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee boycotted a vote on President Joe Biden’s five nominees to the Federal Reserve, delaying indefinitely the confirmation of Chair Jerome Powell to a second four-year term. Democrats control the committee, but because no Republican attended the session, votes couldn’t

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A judge in Honduras has signed an arrest order for former President Juan Orlando Hernández, a step toward fulfilling a request by the United States government for his arrest and extradition on drug trafficking and weapons charges. The Supreme Court of Justice designated