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Betting stocks fall as NFL prediction bets gain on gambling apps

Betting stocks fall as NFL prediction bets gain on gambling apps

Platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket reported surging activity last week during the beginning of the NFL playoff season.

By Peyton Forte and Bloomberg

January 16, 2026

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As Trump throws a bone to Gen Z on student debt, watchdog calls it an ‘incoherent political giveaway,’ straight out of Biden’s playbook

By Nick Lichtenberg

The Nobel Prize committee doesn’t want Trump getting one, even as a gift—but they treated Obama very differently

By Nick Lichtenberg

MIAMI, FLORIDA – JANUARY 14: In an aerial view, high voltage power lines run through a sub-station along the electrical power grid on January 14, 2026 in Miami, Florida. U.S. President Donald Trump announced that AI tech companies need to ‘pay their own way’ when it comes to their electricity consumption so that Americans don’t ‘pick up the tab’ for their data centers. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump says he’ll make tech firms pay for power. They’d love to

By Michelle Ma, Alicia Tang, and others

A trader works at his desk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on January 14, 2026. Wall Street stocks retreated early Wednesday as markets digested solid earnings from large US banks and delayed retail sales data that topped expectations. Geopolitical tensions have been prominent in the early part of 2026 so far, with President Donald Trump threatening Iran over its response to civilian protests and the White House emphasizing its designs on taking over Greenland. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)

Deficits boost U.S. debt but also inflate corporate profits and stocks, so reducing red ink could trigger a financial crisis, analysts warn

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‘De-dollarization’ is dead: Investors discount Trump’s dramas as they pile into U.S. assets

January 16, 2026

Donald Trump and Jim Farley walk next to each other in the Ford factory.

Ford CEO Jim Farley says the White House will ‘always answer the phone,’ but needs Trump to do more to curtail China’s threat to America’s autos

By Sasha Rogelberg

January 16, 2026

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Trump claims all the U.S. automakers are ‘doing great.’ Gretchen Whitmer says ‘this will only get worse without a serious shift’

By Isabella Volmert and The Associated Press

January 16, 2026

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Venezuela’s opposition leader says she gave her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump

By Will Weissert, Joey Cappelletti, Regina Garcia Cano and The Associated Press

January 15, 2026

Oracle struggles to attract workers to Nashville ‘world HQ’—even with a 2-million-square-foot office and Larry Ellison’s favorite restaurant

Oracle struggles to attract workers to Nashville ‘world HQ’—even with a 2-million-square-foot office and Larry Ellison’s favorite restaurant

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

January 15, 2026

The JPMorgan Chase and Co. global headquarters building, center, at 270 Park Avenue in New York, US, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.

‘They’re going to have to think and act a lot more like hotels’: The new rules of office space now that the ‘genie is out of the bottle on hybrid’

January 15, 2026

Customers lament Tesla’s move toward monthly fees for self-driving cars: ‘You will own nothing and be happy’

Customers lament Tesla’s move toward monthly fees for self-driving cars: ‘You will own nothing and be happy’

By Tristan Bove

January 15, 2026

A Verizon store in New York, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.

Verizon offers $20 account credits for 1.5 million customers outraged by mysterious 10-hour-long service outage. Here’s how to get the credit

By Eva Roytburg

January 15, 2026

A trade deal 25 years in the making between Europe and South America is nearly over the finish line

By Isabel Debre and The Associated Press

January 15, 2026

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Congress’ solution for rare earths crisis: a brand-new $2.5 billion federal agency

By Didi Tang, Josh Funk and The Associated Press

January 15, 2026

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Overdose deaths in U.S. have been dropping for over 2 years, the longest decline in decades

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press

January 15, 2026

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Trump to finally meet with Venezuela’s Nobel-winning opposition leader Maria Corina Machado

By Regina Garcia Cano, Megan Janetsky and The Associated Press

January 15, 2026

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Renee Good and George Floyd: 2 Minneapolis killings, 2 grieving families, one law firm

By Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press

January 15, 2026

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Desperate job seekers are abandoning the idea of a ‘dream job’—but an economist warns bosses about what could happen next

By Jacqueline Munis

January 15, 2026

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Denmark and Greenland agree to form working group over the future of the territory

By Emma Burrows, Claudia Ciobanu, Ben Finley and The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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If your phone is on SOS (and you can see this), yes, Verizon is having a major outage across the U.S.

By The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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Highway 1 along Big Sur reopens after 3 years of closures amid tourism-destroying landslide

By The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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Trump is sorry for deporting college student who flew home to surprise her family for Thanksgiving, but is still deporting her

By Michael Casey and The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) walks with Executive chair of Ford Motor Company Bill Ford Jr. (L), and CEO of Ford Motor Company Jim Farley as they tour the Ford River Rouge Complex on January 13, 2026 in Dearborn, Michigan.

Trump hails ‘booming investment’ in Detroit while auto manufacturing jobs have fallen every month since Liberation Day

By Eva Roytburg

January 14, 2026

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‘Sickening and greedy’: California millionaire slams Larry Page and Sergey Brin for cutting ties with the state to avoid wealth tax

By Jacqueline Munis

January 14, 2026

Academy Award-winning actress Zoe Saldaña

Zoe Saldaña has been crowned the highest-grossing actor, with a $15.5 billion Hollywood portfolio—beating Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson to the top spot

By Emma Burleigh

January 14, 2026

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Courts keep telling Trump that he can’t cut funding for ‘sanctuary cities,’ but now he’s going to try to cut states off, too

By Geoff Mulvihill and The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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49-year-old former CEO of camp for sick kids charged with embezzling over $50 million from Paul Newman-founded nonprofit

By Rebecca Boone and The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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Mamdani-Hochul alliance exposes affordability rift in New York state: ‘Republicans have kids, too, you can stand’

By Anthony Izaguirre and The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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Trump demands NATO help with U.S. acquiring Greenland: ‘Anything less than that is unacceptable’

By Emma Burrows and The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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Top DOJ official doesn’t see any basis to open criminal civil rights investigation into Nicole Good’s death

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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Clintons refuse to comply with congressional subpoena to testify in Epstein probe: ‘We will forcefully defend ourselves’

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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‘Jamie Dimon probably wants higher rates. Maybe he makes more money that way’: Trump continues Fed attacks in Detroit visit

By The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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Saks files for bankruptcy as its CEO sees ‘defining moment’ after multibillion-dollar Neiman Marcus takeover

By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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China invites Canada to closer relationship as PM Carney arrives for state visit

By Ken Moritsugu and The Associated Press

January 14, 2026

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