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The federal judge, once denied a Supreme Court confirmation hearing by Republicans, faced lawmakers Monday for his nomination to lead the Justice Department.

The decision covers eight neutral-site championships in sports ranging from women's soccer to swimming and diving and from football to golf and baseball.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about a ruling by a federal judge that a gender-discrimination lawsuit against the giant Wal-Mart retail chain could move forward as a class action suit. The decision makes this the largest civil-rights action case ever brought against a private employer in the United States, and could involve more than 1.6 million current and former employees.

The nation's largest retailer is known for sprawling suburban and rural stores. Now Wal-Mart is moving into city centers — sometimes despite strong local opposition.

Walmart had strong holiday sales, but in its latest quarter, it reports online sales growth slowed.

The retailer faces criticism for bribery allegations, lack of oversight in factories, low wages and benefits, and high pay for executives.

Earlier this year the South African government approved Walmart's takeover of Massmart, the region's largest retail chain. Now that ruling faces an appeal. Massmart gets roughly 90 percent of its products from South Africa, but opponents say Walmart's business model means that likely won't continue.

Walmart cited a potential boost from TikTok to its online presence, including the giant retailer's efforts to grow online advertising and a marketplace for third-party sellers.

Walmart is returning guns and ammunition back to display shelves after earlier citing "isolated civil unrest" as the reason for temporarily taking them out of view as a safety precaution.

Wal-Mart is purchasing men's clothing seller Bonobos as the giant retailer looks to stay competitive with Amazon.