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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.