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FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, right, stands with his wife Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, left, as he is sworn in for a third term in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Ken Paxton has agreed to apologize and pay $3.3 million in taxpayer money to four former staffers who accused him of corruption in 2020, igniting an ongoing FBI investigation of the three-term Republican. Under terms of a preliminary lawsuit settlement filed Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, Paxton made no admission of wrongdoing to accusations of bribery and abuse of office, which he has denied for years and called politically motivated. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Texas AG settles with former aides who reported him to FBI
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has agreed to apologize and pay $3.3 million in taxpayer money to four former staffers who accused him of corruption in 2020, igniting an ongoing FBI investigation … more
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A man checks the odds on a sports betting terminal at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. On Feb. 7, 2023, the gambling industry's national trade group, the American Gaming Association, predicted that over 50 million American adults will bet a total of $16 billion on this year's Super Bowl, including legal bets with sports books, illegal ones with bookies, and casual bets among friends or relatives. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Super Bowl betting confusing? The AP shows you how to do it
Sports betting is now legal in two-thirds of the country, and more Americans than ever before have an opportunity to place a legal bet on Sunday’s Super Bowl. With sports betting ads blitzing the … more
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Year after 'Crypto Bowl,' crypto ads vanish from big game
Cryptocurrency companies grabbed the spotlight during the 2022 Super Bowl, with commercials from a handful of newcomers to advertising’s biggest stage: FTX, Coinbase, Crypto.com and eToro. Some … more
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An order of "boneless chicken wings" rests on a plate, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Derry, N.H. With the Super Bowl at hand, behold the cheerful untruth that has been perpetrated upon (and generally with the blessing of) the chicken-consuming citizens of the United States on menus across the land: a “boneless wing” that isn’t a wing at all. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
How the 'boneless wing' became a tasty culinary lie
Americans are set to consume 1.45 billion chicken wings this Super Bowl weekend. So says the National Chicken Council. And some of them will be boneless — and thus not actual chicken wings. The … more
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Large advertisements adorn buildings and electronic billboards leading up to the NFL Super Bowl LVII football game in Phoenix, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Super Bowl ads keep it light by using nostalgia and stars
Super Bowl ads are more than just breaks between gameplay during the biggest sporting event of the year: they offer a glimpse of the country’s zeitgeist, along with how major industries are faring. … more
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FILE - Fishermen remove their catch from nets after returning to shore in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 24, 2022. Corruption is undermining the management of some of the world’s most threatened fishing grounds, according to a review of criminal case files and media reports by the AP. At least 45 government officials have been accused of graft or extortion in the past two decades. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)
Corruption endangers world's shrinking fisheries
Corruption is undermining the management of some of the world’s most threatened fishing grounds. That's according to a review of criminal case files and media reports by The Associated Press. At … more
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FILE - An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia, in Novorossiysk, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Russia's still making plenty of money from oil sales despite a price cap imposed by the Group of Seven major democracies. Researchers at Helsinki's Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said in report Wednesday Jan. 11, 2023 that the cap is too lenient at $60 per barrel. (AP Photo, File)
Russia says it will cut oil production over Western caps
A Russian official says the country will will cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day next month in response to the West capping the price of its crude over the war in Ukraine. According to … more
FILE - A homeless man walks along a street in a shopping district in central London, on Feb. 2, 2023. The British economy stagnated in the final three months of last year as the country struggled under the weight of a cost-of-living crisis that is squeezing household budgets, crimping business investment and fueling labor unrest. The Office for National Statistics said Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, that gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity, failed to grow during the fourth quarter of 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
UK economy stagnates during final three months of 2022
The British economy has stagnated in the final three months of last year under the weight of a cost-of-living crisis. It's squeezing household budgets, crimping business investment and fueling labor … more
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Live Updates I Focus turns to quake aid but rescues continue
Syrian President Bashar Assad has made his first public appearance in the earthquake-devastated areas of Syria. Four days after the 7.8-magnitude temblor, Assad and his wife, Asmaa, visited wounded … more
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FILE - Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during a game of bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. on May 5, 2019. Berkshire Hathaway said in a filing with the Hong Kong stock market Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 that it had sold another 4.235 million BYD shares since last month. Disclosure rules only require Berkshire to reveal when its ownership stake decreases into another percentage point. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Buffett's firm has now sold 95 million shares of China's BYD
Warren Buffett's company has now sold nearly 95 million of its original 225 million shares of Chinese electric carmaker BYD's stock, but it remains a significant shareholder. Berkshire Hathaway said … more
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FILE - Passengers arriving from China prepare for their coronavirus test at a COVID-19 testing center at the Incheon International Airport In Incheon, South Korea, on Jan. 10, 2023. South Korea says it will remove the entry restrictions it placed on short-term travelers from China since the start of the year as officials see the COVID-19 situation in that country as stabilizing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
Seoul lifts visa limits on short-term travelers from China
South Korea says it will remove the entry restrictions it placed on short-term travelers from China since the start of the year as officials see the COVID-19 situation in that country as stabilizing … more
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Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks with the news media after a meeting of MLB owners, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
MLB prepared to take over local TV broadcasts from Sinclair
About $1 billion of Major League Baseball’s revenue is at risk if a cable television company fails to make payments for local broadcasting rights to 14 teams, and the sport is preparing to take … more
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FILE - Red Star chickens roost in their coop, Jan. 10, 2023, at Historic Wagner Farm in Glenview, Ill. U.S. chicken producers want to do their part to bring down current soaring egg prices by selling their 400 million excess eggs to food producers. But first, they have to convince the FDA to change the food safety rule that prevents that. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)
Chicken farmers say their eggs could help reduce prices
Chicken producers want to do their part to bring down current soaring egg prices. They're offering to sell their 400 million surplus eggs to food producers if they can convince the FDA to change the … more
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In this image from video made available by SpaceX, a Starship first-stage Super Heavy booster performs an engine-firing test at the launch pad in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (SpaceX via AP)
SpaceX ignites giant Starship rocket in crucial pad test
SpaceX is a big step closer to sending its giant Starship spacecraft into orbit, completing an engine-firing test at the launch pad. Thirty-one of the 33 first-stage booster engines ignited … more
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A sunset seen from the frontline close to Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)
Musk deputy's words on Starlink 'weaponization' vex Ukraine
Ukrainians have reacted with puzzlement and some ire to comments by a top Starlink official that their country has “weaponized” the satellite internet service. President Gwynne Shotwell of … more
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at MVP Appliances in Ocala, Fla. Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 to announce family-focused tax relief for Florida residents. DeSantis also touched on Disney and how they will be no longer be self governing "because there's a new sheriff in town." (Doug Engle/Ocala Star-Banner via AP)
DeSantis nears takeover of Disney government in Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has moved one step closer to taking over Walt Disney World's self-governing district. Republicans in the House approved a bill Thursday to require the Republican governor to … more
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm gets into the passenger seat after test driving a Ford F-150 Lighting all electric vehicle during a visit to the Washington Auto Show in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Battery recycling firm wins $2B loan from Energy Department
A Nevada company that recycles batteries for electric vehicles has won a $2 billion green energy loan from the Biden administration. Redwood Materials, a recycling venture founded by the former chief … more
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This image released by Chick-fil-A, Inc. shows the new, plant based, Chick-fil-A Cauliflower Sandwich. (Chick-fil-A, Inc. via AP)
Chick-fil-A tests its first plant-based sandwich
Chick-fil-A is jumping on the plant-based bandwagon. The Atlanta chain said Thursday that it’s testing its first plant-based entrée __ a breaded cauliflower sandwich __ at restaurants in Denver; … more
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FILE - The Treasury Department is seen near sunset in Washington, Jan. 18, 2023. The national debt is at the core of a dispute about how to raise the government's legal borrowing authority, which could come to a head this summer if the government runs out of accounting maneuvers to keep paying its bills. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
U.S., UK impose cybersecurity sanctions on Russian group
The U.S. Treasury Department has announced a joint U.S.-U.K. effort to sanction Russian cybercriminals as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears and Treasury tightens its … more
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FILE - Trian Partners hedge fund manager Nelson Peltz is interviewed by CNBC's Sara Eisen after Procter & Gamble's annual shareholders meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, in Cincinnati. Peltz is fighting for a seat on the board of Walt Disney Co., claiming that the theme park and media company is struggling with self-inflicted problems. Peltz’s attempt to join Disney’s board comes just months after the company brought back longtime CEO Bob Iger to lead Disney again. (Kareem Elgazzar/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)
Peltz, citing changes at Disney, ends push for set on board
Activist investor Nelson Peltz is calling off a proxy fight with Disney one day after newly returned CEO  Bob Iger announced a major restructuring of the company that includes thousands of job cuts. … more
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