General News

Hyattsville, Md. – October 07, 2026 -- Home Genius Exteriors has ranked #1 on the Fortune Best Small and Medium Workplaces in ConstructionTM 2026 list, marking its fifth consecutive year on the ranking. The company also placed #2 on the Fortune Best Medium WorkplacesTM 2026 list and #64 on the 2026 PEOPLE® Companies that Care list. Great Place To Work® and Fortune announced the rankings, which were compiled from confidential survey responses collected from 64,000 employees across the U.S. construction industry.

Home Genius Exteriors extends its workplace streak to five straight years

The Hyattsville, Maryland-based home improvement company first appeared on the Best Workplaces in Construction list in 2022 and has repeated the recognition every year since, through 2023, 2024, 2025, and now 2026. Home Genius Exteriors provides roofing, siding, windows, exterior doors, gutters, and attic insulation services to homeowners across multiple states.

Cambridge, Mass. – October 07, 2026 -- MIT Technology Review has released its 2026 list of 10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch, spotlighting startups and multinational corporations building solutions across energy storage, nuclear power, flood defense and electric vehicle batteries.

Editors vetted dozens of firms before selecting 10 honorees

The newsroom drew on input from researchers, investors, analysts and academics over several months of deliberation to narrow the field to 10 companies judged best positioned to address urgent climate threats.

Energy Dome, WeLion and WaveSave headline the grid, battery and flood-control categories

Energy Dome was recognized for grid-scale energy storage systems, WeLion for its semi-solid-state batteries used in electric vehicles, and WaveSave for a portable rubber dam designed for flood mitigation. The full list spans clean energy, nuclear fission, flood barriers and EV technology.

Oklahoma City – October 07, 2026 -- NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Victor J. Glover Jr., who piloted the Artemis II mission around the moon, will deliver the keynote address at the ninth annual Oklahoma Aerospace Forum on Thursday, Oct. 8, at the Omni Oklahoma City Hotel.

Glover's Artemis II flight marked humanity's return to lunar vicinity after 50 years

Glover piloted the April 2026 Artemis II mission, during which the crew traveled 252,756 miles from Earth at its farthest point. He previously piloted the Crew-1 Dragon mission to the International Space Station, accruing 178 days in space across two missions. A naval test pilot, Glover has logged more than 4,000 flight hours, over 400 carrier-arrested landings and 24 combat missions.

Miami -- Wines of Chile will stage the first Miami edition of Chile Wine Fest on October 07, 2026, at the historic Alfred I. duPont Building, extending a trade event previously run twice in New York.

Twenty Chilean wineries confirm participation in Miami debut

Approximately 20 wineries from across Chile's growing regions will present premium portfolios, terroir-driven labels and heritage varieties during a trade session running from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., followed by a consumer tasting from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Julio Alonso, Executive Director of Wines of Chile USA, said Miami's strong Latin American ties and diversifying wine culture make it a strategic market for positioning Chile's producers and regions to trade buyers.

Houston – October 07, 2026 -- CATCH Greater Houston has been named a Phase 1 winner in two of the ten awarded tracks of the Health at Home Challenge, a national competition run by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

CATCH secures dual recognition in federal care coordination competition

The nonprofit won as a community care hub within a national consortium led by the Oregon Wellness Network, spanning eight hubs across eight states, and separately as the designated lead of the Texas Hub Network, a statewide consortium formed with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

New York – October 07, 2026 -- TEN Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: XHLD) has relocated its corporate headquarters to 1 Rockefeller Plaza, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10020, effective immediately, replacing its prior base in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

Relocation follows July growth strategy tied to acquisitions and platform expansion

The move supports a growth strategy the Company outlined in July, centered on building its TEN technology platform and pursuing disciplined strategic acquisitions to expand technology capabilities, recurring revenue and market presence. TEN is a Digital Experience Platform for creating, producing, engaging, marketing and measuring digital experiences, built to scale up to 50,000 concurrent attendees, starting with enterprise events, webinars and continuing education.

New York – October 07, 2026 -- Caracal Products & Services will co-sponsor the inaugural NYC Collegiate Military Boxing Classic, 'Fight to Educate,' on Nov. 14, 2026, with proceeds directed to athletic programs at six U.S. military academies and colleges.

Six military schools will send boxing teams to compete in 12 matched bouts

The event, set for The Léman Ballroom at 41 Broad Street in New York from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., will feature teams from The Citadel, the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Coast Guard Academy, the United States Military Academy (West Point), the United States Naval Academy, and Virginia Military Institute. Boxing legends Ray Mercer and Micky Ward will make guest appearances, alongside a VIP reception for alumni, supporters, and sponsors.

West Chester – October 07, 2026 -- Trellist, Inc. has cut customer service call volume by 30% for a national logistics, transportation, and storage operator through a multi-phase AI engagement, delivering a six-figure net positive annual return.

AI engagement frees 30% of client's development team capacity

The veteran-owned professional services firm deployed its AI-Powered Transformation practice to redesign operational handoffs between marketing, sales, operations, and customer service teams. Trellist first unified the client's disconnected marketing, sales, and operations data into a single pipeline with real-time feeds, allowing teams to adjust performance against live data.

Pittsburgh – October 07, 2026 -- Highmark Health's Board of Directors has appointed Karen Hanlon as chief executive officer and president, effective Jan. 1, 2027, making her the first female CEO in the organization's history. David Holmberg, who has led the Pittsburgh-based health system since 2014, will transition to executive chairman to oversee the leadership handover.

Hanlon inherits an enterprise that has doubled in size under the outgoing CEO

Highmark Health's revenue grew from approximately $17 billion in 2014 to a projected $35 billion by the end of 2026 during Holmberg's 12-year tenure. Hanlon, currently president, will take full responsibility for strategy, operations and growth across the organization's health plans, Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and diversified businesses.

Washington, D.C. – October 07, 2026 -- Established cancer prevention and screening strategies have the power to eliminate nearly half of all cancer deaths, yet fragmented delivery systems risk deepening existing disparities, according to policy experts convened at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Oncology Policy Summit held October 5-6, 2026, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

NCI and CDC leaders join policymakers to address screening access gaps

The two-day summit featured keynote presentations from Anthony Letai, MD, PhD, Director of the National Cancer Institute, and Captain Jacqueline Miller, MD, Acting Division Director of the CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. Panels brought together patients, providers, payers, and advocacy groups including LUNGevity Foundation, Susan G. Komen, FORCE, and the LGBTQIA+ Cancer Network to examine policy solutions at both population and individual levels.