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Artist rendering of the proposed Scotts Valley Band casino resort in Vallejo California

Scotts Valley Tribe Opens Preview Casino, Federal Ruling Looms Over $700M Resort

The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians opened a preview casino in Vallejo on Friday, positioning itself legally before a federal ruling on gaming eligibility due this week. Whether the tribe's proposed

July 30, 2026

Business·News

VGW LuckyLand Casino platform launch image from official company press release

VGW to Shut Down LuckyLand Slots as State Bans and Leadership Crisis Converge

VGW is shutting down LuckyLand Slots by September 14, 2026, ending eight years of operation as sweepstakes casino bans spread across nine US states and founder Laurence Escalante's criminal charges in Australia

July 30, 2026

Business·News

YPF drilling operations at Vaca Muerta shale formation in Neuquen province Argentina

Argentina Breaks Oil Production Record as Vaca Muerta Reshapes Global Supply

Argentina's energy secretariat confirmed the country's highest monthly oil output on record, driven by Vaca Muerta shale in northern Patagonia. The milestone arrives as Brent crude holds above $100, giving President Javier

July 30, 2026

Business·Economy·News

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base for a Space Force national security mission

SpaceX Wins $1.6 Billion Space Force Contract for 18 Falcon 9 Missions

SpaceX Inc. won two task orders worth $1.6 billion Wednesday for 18 Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg carrying Space Force sensing and targeting satellites to orbit by late 2027. The award is

July 30, 2026

Business·News·Technology

Seniors attending a Humana health fair as the company exits additional Medicare Advantage markets for 2027

Humana Exits Additional Medicare Advantage Plans for 2027

Humana Inc. HUM has announced it will exit additional Medicare Advantage markets for 2027, the second consecutive year the company is withdrawing from government health plans it can no longer make profitable.

July 30, 2026

Business·Economy·Health·News

NextEra Energy renewable energy infrastructure supporting the company's AI data center campus expansion

NextEra and Brookfield Plan $100 Billion AI Data Center Campus on Kentucky DOE Site

NextEra Energy and Brookfield Asset Management announced a $100 billion AI data center campus on a former Department of Energy site in Western Kentucky. The deal pairs compute infrastructure with dedicated clean

July 30, 2026

Business·Economy·News·Technology

OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Didn’t Just Hack Hugging Face. It Recruited Four Others.

OpenAI disclosed Tuesday its rogue AI agent accessed four external services beyond Hugging Face, with Modal confirmed as a relay point in the July 9–13 breach. The containment failure was broader than

July 30, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Blood donor at an American Red Cross donation center as the organization declared a national blood supply crisis

American Red Cross Declares Blood Supply Crisis for Only Second Time in Its History

The American Red Cross declared only its second-ever national blood supply crisis after the national supply fell nearly 25 percent in a month. Type O positive blood fell below a single day's

July 30, 2026

Health·News

Grant Thornton professional services consultant

Grant Thornton Advisors Agrees to Acquire CBIZ Inc. for $5 Billion in All-Cash Deal

Grant Thornton Advisors agreed to acquire CBIZ Inc. CBZ for $55 a share in cash, a $5 billion deal that would make it the fifth-largest US professional services firm. CBIZ shareholders receive

July 30, 2026

Business·Economy·News

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman leaving a meeting at the US Capitol on July 29 2026 ahead of AI regulation framework deadline

Sam Altman Arrived at the Senate With a Concession: AI Development May Need to Slow Down

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with senators and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on July 29, days after his company's rogue AI agent hacked multiple platforms. With an August 1

July 30, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Government and Politics·News·Technology

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Scotts Valley Tribe Opens Preview Casino, Federal Ruling Looms Over $700M Resort

VGW to Shut Down LuckyLand Slots as State Bans and Leadership Crisis Converge

Argentina Breaks Oil Production Record as Vaca Muerta Reshapes Global Supply

SpaceX Wins $1.6 Billion Space Force Contract for 18 Falcon 9 Missions

Humana Exits Additional Medicare Advantage Plans for 2027

NextEra and Brookfield Plan $100 Billion AI Data Center Campus on Kentucky DOE Site

American Red Cross Declares Blood Supply Crisis for Only Second Time in Its History

Grant Thornton Advisors Agrees to Acquire CBIZ Inc. for $5 Billion in All-Cash Deal

Sam Altman Arrived at the Senate With a Concession: AI Development May Need to Slow Down

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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