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By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some coveted wedding venues are still backed up because of rescheduling caused by the pandemic. And more couples are traveling again for destination ceremonies. That has meant an uptick in weekday nuptials. The wedding planning site The Knot says weekday weddings are expected to rise by

By The Associated Press Anthem is starting 2022 with lower expectations than Wall Street for how the year will play out. The Blue Cross-Blue Shield health insurer laid out on Wednesday earnings, revenue and enrollment projections that all fell short of average analyst expectations, and its stock started sliding early. Anthem said it expects adjusted

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russia has placed more than 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s border and ratcheted up war games in the region. Moscow denies it is planning an assault but the United States and its NATO allies fear that Russia is planning for war and are also preparing for one.

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing has reported a fourth-quarter loss of $4.16 billion after taking a big charge against earnings to cover delays in delivering one of its jets to airline customers. The aircraft maker said Wednesday that it took a charge of $3.5 billion to cover additional delays related to production problems

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock futures posted solid gains as investors wait to hear more details from the Federal Reserve on its plans to fight inflation. Future for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1% to 34,512.00. S&P 500 futures rose 1.3% and Nasdaq futures added 1.9%. Markets in Europe showed strong gains, with

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden will extend several restrictions for another two weeks while neighboring Denmark was expected to announce that it no longer considers COVID-19 as “a socially critical disease” as of next month and will remove most restrictions. Sweden’s Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren said the country was seeing “an extremely record high

DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than 793,000 small SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because water can get into wiring and in rare cases could start a fire. The recall covers Nissan Rogue SUVs from the 2014 through 2016 model years. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents that water

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek army and municipal crews have removed hundreds of vehicles stranded in snow for three days along a highway linking Athens to the capital’s international airport. The efforts Wednesday came as authorities struggle to clear blocked roads and restore power to blacked out parts of Athens. Heavy snowfall has caused major

The Associated Press Boeing is reporting a fourth-quarter loss of $4.16 billion after taking a big charge against earnings to cover delays in delivering one of its jets to airline customers. The aircraft maker said Wednesday that it took a charge of $3.5 billion to cover additional delays related to production problems with its 787