Nvidia Corp is in advanced talks to provide a financial backstop of about $250 billion to support OpenAI’s planned 10‑gigawatt data center campus in Piketon, southern Ohio, according to reports confirmed on July 27, 2026. The project’s total capital expenditure is expected to exceed $500 billion, covering specialized power infrastructure,...
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are gathering in Washington, D.C., for a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting starting Tuesday, July 28, 2026, as they confront renewed energy-driven inflation pressures and heightened policy uncertainty. Since early 2026, the Fed has held its benchmark federal funds rate in a restrictive 3.50–3.75...
SEATTLE — Three people were killed and four others wounded Monday evening when an exchange of gunfire erupted at the Bite of Seattle food festival near the Space Needle, authorities said. The shooting began around 6:00 p.m. at Seattle Center during the final hours of the annual event, prompting chaos...
LAS VEGAS -- Former Major League Baseball pitcher Chan Ho Park has become the first Korean to buy an ownership stake in an MLB franchise, joining the investment group backing the Oakland Athletics as the club plans its relocation to Las Vegas. The move marks the second major addition to...
Paramount Skydance has agreed to delay its planned $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until after an antitrust trial, following a lawsuit filed on July 13 by California and 11 other U.S. states in the Northern District of California. The state attorneys general argue the deal would weaken competition...
Authorities in Longview, Washington, say two workers are confirmed dead and nine others are presumed dead following the implosion and rupture of a 900,000-gallon chemical storage tank at a Nippon Paper Group mill on July 26. The tank contained “white liquor,” a highly corrosive chemical used in paper processing, which...
SpaceX’s Starship completed its 13th full-scale test flight from South Texas, flying for about an hour and crossing roughly half the globe before executing a precise splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The vehicle remained structurally intact, slowly tipping over and floating off Australia’s coast, allowing drone inspections that showed more...
SAN DIEGO — Marvel Studios used its Comic-Con International presentation in Hall H on Saturday to unveil major casting decisions for its 2028 slate, announcing that David Jonsson will take on the mantle of Black Panther as the on-screen son of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa. Jonsson, 32, best known for roles...
In Cooperstown, New York, on Sunday, former Major League Baseball stars Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones and Jeff Kent were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame before an estimated 12,000 fans at the Clark Sports Center. Fifty-seven existing Hall of Famers joined them on stage, forming the largest gathering...
Washington, United States – The Pentagon has removed four U.S. soldiers killed in renewed fighting with Iran from its official Iran war casualty tally and placed them in a separate category labeled “Overseas Operations.” The change appeared last week in the Defense Casualty Analysis System, the database the Pentagon has...
