$94M Texas travel chain coming to Kansas, Nigeria trains civil servants in AI, three new species found on Australian island, one-point college basketball thriller.

Today's stories:

• Buc-ee's breaks ground on $94.7 million travel center near Kansas Speedway, bringing the beloved Texas chain's first location to Kansas with hundreds of jobs expected. Read more: https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2025/10/17/buc-ees-kck-travel-center-breaks-ground.html
• Google launches Apolitical Government AI Campus in Nigeria, training civil servants to use artificial intelligence with research showing every AI dollar invested can add eight dollars to the economy. Read more: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/10/google-unveils-ai-skills-training-for-public-servants/
• Researcher discovers three previously unknown species including the Koeypad frog on remote Australian island in Torres Strait, proving amazing discoveries still await on our planet. Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/frog-gecko-species-found-dauan-torres-strait/105790146
• University of Cebu Webmasters edge University of Southern Philippines Foundation Panthers 67-66 in thrilling one-point college basketball game at Cebu Coliseum. Read more: https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/663923/uc-webmasters-grind-out-1-pt-win-over-uspf-in-cesafi-thriller

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