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The settlement follows years of accusations that the electronic cigarette giant had fueled a surge in teen vaping. As part of the agreement, Juul will not advertise to anyone under 21 in the state. (Image credit: Brynn Anderson/AP)

The decision is a blow to the Federal Trade Commission and 48 state attorneys general, who were pushing for the federal court to break up the social media giant. (Image credit: Pool/Getty Images)

The region has suffered nearly eight months of deadly conflict, as hundreds of thousands of people face the world’s worst famine crisis in a decade. (Image credit: Ben Curtis/AP)

As Iranians face 40% inflation, they hope their economy has bottomed out and can’t get much worse.

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The decisions were a major blow to attempts to rein in Big Tech. The judge said one of the complaints, from the Federal Trade Commission, lacked facts and gave the agency 30 days to refile it.

NEW YORK — Recently freed from regulators’ coronavirus restrictions, the largest U.S. banks on Monday announced plans to return tens of billions of dollars to their shareholders over the next year in the form of dividends and stock buybacks. It’s