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By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — NATO’s secretary-general says membership for Finland and Sweden is “a top priority” for the military alliance and is urging members Turkey and Hungary which haven’t yet ratified the Nordic countries’ accession to do so urgently. Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting lower Tuesday as Wall Street closes out what’s been a tough February. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 121 points, or 0.4%, at 32,767, as of 9:36 a.m. Eastern time, while the

By SHANNON SCOVEL and SYDNEE SINGLETARY / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Betting platforms engage tens of thousands of readers on social media sites like TikTok and Instagram with content that experts say clearly

By SHANE CONNUCK and BLAKE TOWNSEND / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism College campuses increasingly are striking deals with sports betting companies eager to promote their brands in stadiums, on radio broadcasts and on

By JOSH CAPLAN and SHANE CONNUCK / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — PointsBet is one of several sports-betting companies that’s striking sponsor deals with college sports programs. At the University

By ROSS O’KEEFE / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism College students are in the highest risk group for problem gambling, yet universities have been slow to create policies, educational programs or restrictions on sports

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week over President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan. It’s a plan that impacts millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced. Republican-appointed judges have kept the Democratic president’s plan from going into effect. It’s unclear

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By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street veered toward small gains in premarket trading Tuesday with another batch of earnings on tap to close out a month of losses fueled by anxiety over more interest rate hikes and a possible recession. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials were up 0.3% before

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss regulators have found that Credit Suisse made a “serious breach” of law in connection with a now-bankrupt firm linked to Australian financier Lex Greensill. Switzerland’s financial markets authority, FINMA, said Tuesday that it has opened a probe that could lead to penalties against four former bank managers. It added that it’s

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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Target reported on Tuesday a 43% drop in profits and a slight uptick in sales for the holiday quarter, reflecting the discounter’s ongoing challenges of cautious consumer spending and its own higher costs. The Minneapolis discounter issued a cautious outlook for the year as inflation

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By COLLEEN LONG and JOSH BOAK Associated Press VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden is using the leadup to the release of his proposed budget next week to sketch a dire picture of what could happen to U.S. health care if congressional Republicans have their way with federal spending. The Democratic president is

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s parliament has urged lawmakers and employees with the 179-member assembly against having TikTok on phones as a cybersecurity measure. Denmark’s parliamentary speaker said Tuesday that “there is a risk of espionage.” TikTok faces intensifying scrutiny from Europe and the U.S. over security and data privacy amid worries that the hugely