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People hold signs during a nationwide protest against AI data center expansion outside Peace Hall in New Port Richey, Florida on July 18, 2026. (Thomas Simonetti/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

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July 29, 2026

Expect more data center moratoriums — and slower growth

By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion

NEW YORK (TNS) — If you are an AI doomer, as a majority of Americans are, then you might find New ...

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Are houses still the best place for your money?

By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion

July 24, 2026

NEW YORK (TNS) — The median house price in Nantucket, Massachusetts, is nearly $4 million. It was just $500,000 in 1995. This sounds like a stunning i...

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Local oil purchasers increase prices

July 29, 2026

Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Wednesday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil P...

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Once high-flying PayPal becomes a takeover target as it attempts a turnaround

By QUEENIE WONG Los Angeles Times

July 29, 2026

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Digital payments giant PayPal was soaring high five years ago, riding the surge in online shopping after the COVID-19 pandemic res...

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Malls, once symbols of American consumer culture, are splitting

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - AP Retail Writer

July 29, 2026

LIVINGSTON, N.J. (AP) — I wasn't a mall rat. Growing up in the 1970s, I didn't hang out much with my friends at my local mall in New Jersey. The Livin...

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Affordable Care Act rates in Pa. could increase by double digits for the second year in a row

By KRIS B. MAMULA Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

July 29, 2026

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Health insurers serving Pennsylvanians with coverage under the Affordable Care Act are proposing to increase premiums by an average...

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‘Woefully insufficient’ mental health care motivates study of Pa. county jails

By JULIA KRAMER The Center Square

July 29, 2026

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