Events

Las Vegas – September 20, 2026 -- CleanSpark's wholly owned subsidiary CSDC Finance I, LLC has priced a $2.276 billion offering of 7.875% senior secured notes due 2031, sold at 98.500% of principal amount, to fund construction of the company's Sandersville Facility data center.

Notes target build-out costs, equity reimbursement and debt reserves

Net proceeds from the private offering will finance the remaining construction cost of the Sandersville Facility, reimburse CleanSpark for prior equity contributions made toward the project, and fund debt service reserves. The offering, conducted under Rule 144A and Regulation S to qualified institutional buyers and non-U.S. persons, is expected to close on September 25, 2026, subject to customary conditions.

Boston – September 20, 2026 -- 4Humanity has launched the National Positivity Portal, an AI-powered platform built to discover and organize publicly available stories of nonprofit impact from across the United States into a single searchable archive.

Platform aggregates scattered nonprofit stories into one searchable database

The Portal continuously scans publicly available content from nonprofits, foundations, and civic organizations nationwide, categorizing stories by cause, location, and mission. Visitors can browse short daily stories covering service, compassion, and community change, alongside links to volunteer, donate, or otherwise engage with featured organizations.

Sheridan, Wyoming – September 20, 2026 -- The global remote patient monitoring (RPM) market is set to grow from $34.5 billion in 2026 to $62.2 billion by 2031, a 12.5% compound annual growth rate, according to a new study by Wissen Research.

Reimbursement codes and readmission penalties push hospitals toward RPM at scale

Dedicated CMS billing codes are giving U.S. providers a recurring revenue incentive to deploy RPM, while health systems use the technology to avoid costly 30-day readmission penalties tied to chronic disease relapse. Cardiovascular disease held the largest application share in 2025, reflecting the clinical and financial burden of heart failure, atrial fibrillation and hypertension.

New York – September 20, 2026 -- Haymaker Acquisition Corp V raised $287.5 million in gross proceeds after closing its initial public offering of 28,750,000 units, including the full exercise of a 3,750,000-unit over-allotment option by underwriters.

Units Begin Trading on NYSE Under Ticker HYACU

The blank-check company priced its offering at $10.00 per unit, with shares beginning trading on the New York Stock Exchange on September 17, 2026. Each unit comprises one Class A ordinary share and one-third of a redeemable warrant, exercisable at $11.50 per share. Once separated, the Class A shares and warrants are expected to list under the symbols HYAC and HYACW.

Knoxville – September 20, 2026 -- Blue Ridge Fitness Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of CR Fitness Holdings, opened Crunch Bearden on Saturday, September 19, marking a $5 million investment and the company's second Tennessee location.

New 46,819-square-foot club debuts Crunch's 3.0 design in Knoxville

Located at 4581 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919, the facility introduces Crunch Fitness's latest 3.0 club format to the market. The center includes a Hot Studio, Ride Studio, dedicated Abs & Glutes Room, functional training areas, HydroMassage, tanning, and full-service locker rooms.

Sacramento – September 20, 2026 -- California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order accelerating implementation of SB 813, the Fathom-sponsored law that established the nation's first comprehensive framework for independent verification organizations (IVOs) overseeing frontier AI systems.

California moves IVO designation deadline up by eight months

The executive order shifts the state's deadline to finalize IVO designation criteria from January 2028 to May 2027. SB 813 already created the legal structure for IVOs, third-party bodies tasked with independently assessing AI labs' safety claims.

Conway, S.C. – September 20, 2026 -- The Horry-Georgetown Technical College (HGTC) Area Commission has selected Lori A. Heafner, Ph.D., as the college's next president, following a national search that concluded with a special-called meeting on Sept. 18. Heafner will take office Jan. 4, 2027.

Area Commission completes national search with finalist visits and public forums

The decision followed campus visits and public forums held on the Conway Campus, where three finalists met with faculty, staff, students and community members. The search was conducted with assistance from the Association of Community College Trustees.

New York – September 20, 2026 -- Project Healthy Minds, a mental health tech nonprofit, will host its fourth annual World Mental Health Day Gala on Thursday, October 8, and its fifth annual World Mental Health Day Festival on Saturday, October 10, both at New York's Spring Studios. The nonprofit says its programmatic initiatives have already served more than 500,000 people, with a goal of connecting over 10 million Americans to mental health services over the next decade.

Chattanooga – September 20, 2026 -- EPB has launched the IonQ Forte Enterprise quantum computer at its EPB Quantum Center, creating what the utility calls America's first commercial hub combining quantum computing and networking under one roof.

EPB Quantum Fellows will run grid-optimization algorithms first

Eight graduate researchers under a $4 million NIST-funded EPB Quantum Computing Fellows program will be the initial users, applying quantum algorithms to optimize local power grid circuits. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) will be the first external customer starting in early October when EPB Quantum Computing opens for business, followed by a project with Vanderbilt University.

Columbus, Ohio – September 20, 2026 -- USA TrackBusway has released a five-minute installation video for its T225 track busway, a 225A-per-phase overhead power distribution system, to help engineers and electrical contractors evaluate the product for facilities where equipment layouts shift frequently.

The video follows the company's June 2026 announcement of T225 availability and walks project teams through how the system is assembled, connected and fitted with compatible plug-in power units.

Video breaks installation into four stages from suspension to power connection

The walkthrough covers hanging, joining, feeding and tap-off unit installation. It shows suspension hardware aligning straight busway sections, the mechanical and electrical connections between adjacent T225 sections, the end feed connecting to the busway run, and compatible plug-in tap-off units being installed and repositioned along the run.

PHOENIX – September 20, 2026 -- New peer-reviewed research from University of Phoenix found that non-traditional undergraduate students who used generative AI tools more frequently reported higher GPAs and greater confidence in technology skills, contradicting assumptions that GenAI is primarily a crutch for struggling or time-pressed learners.

The study, "Strategic Integration or Skill Compensation? Understanding GenAI Use in Online Higher Education," was published June 30, 2026, in Artificial Intelligence in Education, Vol. 2, No. 1, pages 205-223. It was authored by researchers affiliated with the University's Center for Educational and Instructional Technology Research (CEITR): Jessica Sylvester, EdD; Melinda Kulick, EdD; Leonidas Maganares, EdD; and Stella Smith, PhD.

New York – September 20, 2026 -- Invictus Pharmacy has secured LegitScript Healthcare Merchant Certification for its platform InvictusPharmacy.com, joining a select group of digital pharmacy operators that includes Amazon Pharmacy in meeting the certifier's compliance standards.

LegitScript certification confirms pharmacy licensing and prescription validity standards

The certification evaluates pharmacy licensing, regulatory compliance, patient privacy protocols, valid prescription practices, website transparency and advertising conduct. Invictus Pharmacy's approval places it among established platforms cleared to operate within the regulated digital healthcare marketplace.

Arlington, Va. – – September 20, 2026 -- Info-Tech Research Group has released a new blueprint warning that AI agents embedded in product workflows are making decisions without explicit human authorization, creating governance blind spots for IT organizations shifting to product-centric delivery models.

Silent delegation lets AI agents make product decisions unchecked

The research firm's "Make the Case for Product Delivery" blueprint identifies a phenomenon it calls silent delegation, where AI agents participating in discovery, prioritization, experimentation, delivery, and support can execute decisions without a documented human approval trail. Info-Tech says leaders often lack visibility into where agents are merely recommending actions versus actively executing them, leaving open questions about who can override an agent's decision and who remains accountable for the outcome.

Los Angeles – September 20, 2026 -- Kobold Press, the twenty-year-old independent tabletop game publisher behind Tales of the Valiant, will be profiled in an upcoming segment of "All Access hosted by Andy Garcia," a short-form documentary series distributed to Public Television stations nationwide.

Filming is set for September 19, 2026, at the production company's Florida studio

Kobold Press Chief Executive Officer Alexander Stangroom and Marketing Director Dot Steverson will travel to the studio to represent the company. The segment will examine how tabletop roleplaying games function as tools for reading comprehension, arithmetic, negotiation and improvisation, and why libraries, schools and community organizations have added them to programming.

Dallas – September 20, 2026 -- AT&T and the Dallas Cowboys have extended their partnership to overhaul network infrastructure and fan technology at AT&T Stadium ahead of the 2026 season, anchored by more than 261 miles of fiber and nearly 1,000 antennas across the venue.

AT&T builds the largest stadium fiber network in the country to handle 100,000-plus attendees

The company says the AT&T Stadium buildout represents the largest network of its kind in the U.S., supporting mobile ticketing, stadium operations and real-time video sharing when crowds exceed 100,000. AT&T Chairman and CEO John Stankey said the company is using "America's largest fiber network" to connect the venue, citing the firm's fiber-to-the-home household data as the basis for that ranking.

Washington – September 20, 2026 -- The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) has endorsed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new appointments to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), following a years-long campaign by the group to force reforms on kidney disease screening policy. AAKP President Edward V. Hickey III said the appointees bring the diverse credentials needed to advance patient-centered medicine after what the organization calls two decades of Task Force inaction on kidney health.

Los Angeles – September 20, 2026 -- LaserAway has opened its 231st U.S. location in Visalia, California, at 3413 S Mooney Blvd, Unit 101, marking two decades of operation without a single clinic closure.

LaserAway marks 20th anniversary with zero clinic closures since 2006 launch

The Visalia opening coincides with the company's 20th anniversary, a milestone the privately owned, franchise-free operator says is rare in both retail and medical aesthetics. LaserAway was founded in 2006 by Dr. Roy Winston alongside brothers Scott, Brock and Todd Heckmann, starting from a single clinic on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.

Indianapolis – September 20, 2026 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval to Eli Lilly and Company's (NYSE: LLY) Inluriyo (imlunestrant) in combination with Verzenio (abemaciclib) for adults with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+), HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer whose disease progressed after at least one line of endocrine therapy.

EMBER-3 trial shows combination doubles progression-free survival

The approval rests on Phase 3 EMBER-3 data in 159 patients with ESR1-mutated metastatic breast cancer who had previously received an aromatase inhibitor, with or without a CDK4/6 inhibitor. Patients randomized to Inluriyo plus Verzenio (n=67) achieved a median progression-free survival of 11.1 months, versus 5.5 months for Inluriyo alone (n=92), a hazard ratio of 0.53 (95% CI, 0.35–0.80).

Hoffman Estates, Ill. – September 20, 2026 -- Omron Automation Americas has introduced the NXR-S Series Simple Logic Safety I/O Block, a distributed safety solution delivering response times as fast as 15 milliseconds while maintaining centralized CIP Safety management.

NXR-S combines local safety logic with centralized CIP Safety control

Unlike conventional remote safety I/O architectures, the IP67-rated NXR-S moves safety decisions closer to the point of action on the machine. Omron states this reduces overall system complexity and simplifies safety-distance design for manufacturers standardizing safety architectures across multiple machine lines.

Pittsburgh – September 20, 2026 -- Energy Corps has named four new grantees to expand access to affordable, modern energy across East and West Africa and Tribal Nations in the United States, targeting sectors from electric cooking to AI-driven energy governance.

DanChurchAid initiative moves 1,000 refugee households to electric cooking in Kenya

DanChurchAid, partnering with Mwangaza Light and Renewvia Energy, will help more than 1,000 households -- roughly 7,500 people -- in the Kakuma and Kalobeyei settlements transition from firewood and charcoal to induction cookers. The project uses pay-as-you-go financing and a discounted daytime electricity tariff to make the switch affordable.