Data Centers & Power: Legacy Investing agreed to buy the former Minnesota Star Tribune printing site in Minneapolis’ North Loop for a data center plan, highlighting how power-hungry projects keep reshaping downtown real estate and tax burdens. Weather Tech: The University of Oklahoma showcased specialized drones that can collect higher-altitude, real-time atmospheric data to improve earlier severe-weather warnings, with field tests including Mississippi storm conditions. Mississippi Food & Health: A lettuce-linked cyclospora outbreak has hit restaurant sales—Taco Bell reported U.S. same-store sales down 2% in July-September as it pulled shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms and the supplier recalled product. Maritime & Legal: Nolan Wells’ family attorney Ben Crump says audio engineers are reviewing the Sea Tow distress call from the day Wells disappeared, as prosecutors and outside experts examine phones and the recording. Coastal Water Quality: The Mississippi Sound Coalition warned Congress that repeated Bonnet Carré Spillway openings could turn the Sound “dead” within a generation without action to curb pollution and protect fisheries. Banking Expansion: Gulf Coast Bank & Trust reported stronger first-half earnings and opened new offices in Alabama and Mississippi, with more growth planned across the Gulf South. Manufacturing Jobs: ArcelorMittal Calvert joined the Gulf of America Alliance’s Gulf Star Program, funding a native plant school network tied to coastal restoration.