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Tyson Foods Closes Eagle Mountain Beef Plant, Cutting 723 Utah Jobs in Industry-Wide Restructuring

Tyson Foods is eliminating 723 positions at its Eagle Mountain, Utah beef plant as part of a restructuring that will concentrate North American beef production in three Midwest facilities — a direct

August 16, 2026

Business·Economy·News

PayPal in $53 Billion Buyout Talks With Stripe and Advent as Initial Offer Is Rebuffed

Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have tabled a $60.50-per-share bid for PayPal, valuing the digital payments pioneer at $53 billion. PayPal rejected the initial offer but talks have not stopped,

August 16, 2026

Business·News

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Rebel Creamery Files for Chapter 11 After $23.8 Million Trade Dress Verdict

Rebel Creamery filed for Chapter 11 in the Eastern District of New York after a $23.785 million trade dress verdict in favor of Van Leeuwen Ice Cream. The keto brand that launched

August 16, 2026

Business·News

A protester stands near road barriers at the proposed White Cloud Acres AI data center site in Nodaway County Missouri

Rural America Pushes Back on AI Data Centers as 500 Jurisdictions Pass Restrictions

Blake Hurst, former president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, is publicly inviting AI data center developers to buy his land while his neighbors just blocked a $6.3 billion project. Five hundred jurisdictions

August 16, 2026

Government and Politics·News·Technology

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Hurricane Lala Kills One and Knocks Out Power Across 124,000 Hawaiian Homes

A driver died near South Point on Hawaii's Big Island as Hurricane Lala, downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday morning, left 124,000 homes without power, swept two houses away in flash floods,

August 16, 2026

Climate·News

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Best Small Business Ideas for 2026: What Works in the US and UK

The best small business ideas are the ones with demand you can verify before you spend anything: trades, care, cleaning, bookkeeping, tutoring, repair. Here is what each actually costs to start in

August 16, 2026

Business·News

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What Is Artificial Intelligence? A Plain-English Guide for 2026

Artificial intelligence is software that learns patterns from data and uses them to predict, generate or act. Here is what that means in practice, how large language models really work, what changed

August 16, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

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What Does 67 Mean? The “Six Seven” Slang, Explained

67, said out loud as "six seven," is American slang that means nothing on purpose, and that is exactly why it took over classrooms, the NBA and Dictionary.com's 2025 Word of the

August 16, 2026

Entertainment·News

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Waymo Wins California Approval to Expand Robotaxi Service Into Sacramento and San Diego

California's public utilities regulator approved Waymo's expansion to Sacramento and San Diego on Friday, the broadest single authorization the Alphabet-owned company has received in California. The decision came two months after Waymo

August 16, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella speaks about earthquake reconstruction and US tariff suspension request

Colombia Asks Trump to Suspend Tariffs as Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 294

Colombia's President de la Espriella asked Trump to suspend tariffs as a 7.4-magnitude earthquake killed 294, wounded 3,935, and left a $6.4 billion reconstruction bill. Washington raised tariffs from 10% to 12.5%

August 16, 2026

Business·Economy·Government and Politics·News

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Tyson Foods Closes Eagle Mountain Beef Plant, Cutting 723 Utah Jobs in Industry-Wide Restructuring

PayPal in $53 Billion Buyout Talks With Stripe and Advent as Initial Offer Is Rebuffed

Rebel Creamery Files for Chapter 11 After $23.8 Million Trade Dress Verdict

Rural America Pushes Back on AI Data Centers as 500 Jurisdictions Pass Restrictions

Hurricane Lala Kills One and Knocks Out Power Across 124,000 Hawaiian Homes

Best Small Business Ideas for 2026: What Works in the US and UK

What Is Artificial Intelligence? A Plain-English Guide for 2026

What Does 67 Mean? The “Six Seven” Slang, Explained

Waymo Wins California Approval to Expand Robotaxi Service Into Sacramento and San Diego

Colombia Asks Trump to Suspend Tariffs as Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 294

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