Retail bettors are piling into long-shot multi-leg bets on prediction-market platforms, opening up a lucrative opportunity for sophisticated traders taking the other side.

Combo wagers, known as parlays in sports gambling, let users bundle multiple outcomes into a single bet. One popular combo for the World Cup final had Spain leading at ...Read more

OAKLAND COUNTY, Michigan ― Tesla is expanding its Robotaxi rideshare service to include Florida, Texas, and California as it competes with Alphabet’s Waymo, Amazon’s Zoox, and other autonomous rideshare services. But consumers are already buying retail Teslas to self-drive them in cities across the US.

Senior citizens most notably.

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As Maryland grapples with soaring electricity demand and rising energy costs, a Rockville-based nuclear company is betting that a new generation of small reactors could eventually help power the state — even as its first projects are being developed hundreds of miles away.

X-Energy Inc., with a Rockville headquarters and Frederick testing ...Read more

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that originally founded the Golden Globe Awards, filed an antitrust lawsuit against media mogul Jay Penske, Penske Media Corp., the Golden Globe Foundation and others, over the acquisition of the popular award show.

The suit filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. is recalling almost 80,000 SUVs for an issue where an unoccupied driver's seat may unexpectedly recline and trap a passenger.

The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker has issued the recall on certain 2026-27 Explorers and Lincoln Aviators. A remedy is under development, and it's unclear when a fix will be made available. A trapped ...Read more

Nevada casinos finished the 2025-26 fiscal year 2.6 percent ahead of last year’s gaming win totals despite a flat performance in June, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Tuesday.

An industry analyst contends that baccarat play, the highly volatile table game favored by high-rollers, may have been affected in Nevada by players being ...Read more

Forty years after the SuperBook opened and set the gold standard for Las Vegas sportsbooks, it has embarked on a new era.

The Westgate SuperBook, powered by Caesars Sportsbook, went live Tuesday, kicking off a partnership of two Las Vegas icons ahead of football season.

In an agreement approved Thursday by the Nevada Gaming Commission, Caesars...Read more

A West Philadelphia renter has filed a class-action lawsuit against his property manager and a national company that sells property management software, alleging that his landlord used price-setting algorithms that Philadelphia has banned.

Since early 2025, Philadelphia has prohibited rental home providers from coordinating to set prices and ...Read more

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday said the city hopes to find a new operator for the Yellow Banana stores that closed abruptly over the weekend on Chicago’s South and West sides, potentially including the long-awaited arrival of a public market.

Speaking to reporters from City Hall, the mayor said despite the “disappointing” ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday declared a $1.3 billion net loss in the second quarter of 2026 related to one-time special charges for changes in its electric vehicle plans, but the company increased its financial guidance for the year on strong pricing, mix and demand.

The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker now is forecasting annual operating income of...Read more

For Kennedy Escamilla, a bad tip day could ruin the entire week.

She has been a server for five years, both in Nevada and back home in Michigan. For the past year, she has worked at 1228 Main in the Arts District, as well as on the Strip at the Fogo De Chao in The Venetian.

“With the amount that gets taxed from my check, we completely rely ...Read more

Just a few months ago, rumors swirled that Jeff Bezos could place a bid for the Seattle Seahawks.

But it turns out that Bezos might be interested in Europe’s version of football instead.

The Amazon co-founder and billionaire is reportedly in talks to join a bid for a 30% stake in the Liverpool Football Club — a major professional English ...Read more

U.S. consumer confidence fell in July as Americans’ views about current business conditions and the labor market deteriorated.

The Conference Board’s gauge of confidence decreased 1.4 points to 90.8 after an upward revision to the prior month, data released Tuesday showed. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists was 92.4.

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As energy prices continue to rise and power outages become more frequent amid extreme weather events, ComEd customers have a new option to help navigate both problems.

A giant backyard battery.

Base Power, an Austin, Texas-based startup, has made Chicago its second market for an outdoor battery system that promises to lower monthly electricity...Read more

Minneapolis’ new crowd-drawing bar Lonely’s offers typical fare such as $18 pitchers of Budweiser. But for the menu at the watering hole, part-owner Eric Odness wanted to include a staple in his home: $7 pizza rolls.

“It was just something kind of simple and fun,” Odness said of General Mills’ Totino’s snacks. “And I think they’...Read more

Wilfredo Engalla, a 51-year-old Filipino immigrant, alleged in a medical malpractice case that Kaiser doctors misdiagnosed him with colds and allergies for years before eventually informing him he had terminal lung cancer.

He died before his complaint could be heard by an arbitrator, which his Kaiser policy required. His case prompted a ...Read more

The biggest U.S. power grid is warning that data centers may face involuntary outages under a plan to avert widespread blackouts and protect residential ratepayers from electricity price spikes.

Digital warehouses that fail to secure enough power generation to slake their needs may be temporarily dropped from the grid during high-demand periods...Read more

Elon Musk’s adoption of the title “Technoking” at Tesla Inc. looks less like a joke, in retrospect, and more like a manifesto. His recent interview with The Economist ranged widely, from the future of artificial intelligence to his infamous stint heading the Department of Government Efficiency to a coming civil war in the UK. The common ...Read more

Nvidia Corp. is working on a fresh round of AI deals worth more than $750 billion, accelerating investments that skeptics have warned are artificially inflating demand and valuations across the industry.

A partnership with South Korean conglomerate SK Group unveiled late Friday means the companies will be doing more than $500 billion in ...Read more