General News

Chino Hills, California – September 21, 2026 -- RITFIT, a U.S. home fitness equipment brand, has donated $150,000 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) under a one-year partnership running from September 21, 2026 through September 21, 2026. The contribution has already been received by BCRF and will fund research into breast cancer prevention and treatment.

Donation places RITFIT in BCRF's top-tier funder bracket

The $150,000 commitment places RITFIT among brands in BCRF's $100,000-plus annual donor tier, joining La Mer, Jo Malone London, Tom Ford Beauty, GNC and Bobbi Brown. RITFIT is now listed on BCRF's official partners page at bcrf.org/partners.

West Sussex, England – September 21, 2026 -- International leaders from government, policy, development, and sport bodies concluded a three-day dialogue at Wilton Park, hosted with Qatar Foundation (QF), agreeing to build a global coalition converting sport's development potential into concrete policy action.

Wilton Park and Qatar Foundation commit to joint roadmap on coaching and infrastructure

The two organizations will now jointly develop an actionable roadmap spanning policy, coaching, and infrastructure reform. The dialogue, themed 'Sport for Development in the Global South: Advancing Female Empowerment, Inclusion, and Accessibility', targeted structural barriers limiting sporting opportunity for women and girls.

Las Vegas – September 21, 2026 -- Circa Resort & Casino and Circa Sports have signed a multi-year deal to become the first Founding Partner of the Las Vegas Athletics, securing designation as the Official Resort and Sportsbook of the MLB club ahead of its new ballpark opening in 2028.

Circa becomes the A's first Founding Partner as the club builds its Las Vegas footprint

The agreement names Circa and Circa Sports as an Official Resort and Sportsbook of both the Athletics and the future Las Vegas Athletics Ballpark. Marc Badain, president of the Athletics, said the partnership builds on Circa's prior support of the club during its time in West Sacramento and marks a step toward a distinctly Las Vegas fan experience.

Fountain Valley, Calif. – September 21, 2026 -- MemorialCare's Long Beach Medical Center and Saddleback Medical Center have received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award, recognizing stroke treatment aligned with nationally validated clinical guidelines. Long Beach Medical Center additionally earned the Get With The Guidelines® - Heart Failure Gold Plus award for reducing readmissions and increasing healthy days at home for heart failure patients.

Long Beach Medical Center collects four additional Target Honor Roll designations

Long Beach Medical Center received the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus, Advanced Therapy, Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll, and Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll Optimal. Saddleback Medical Center secured the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll designations.

Belfast – September 21, 2026 -- Ulster University's Senate and Council have conferred an honorary Doctor of the University degree on Susan Ann Davis, citing her role in building a $196 million (£144M/€170M) U.S.-Ireland R&D partnership and her sustained diplomatic engagement supporting the Good Friday Agreement.

Ulster University Vice-Chancellor Confers Honorary Degree on Transatlantic Business Leader

Professor Paul Bartholomew, Vice-Chancellor of Ulster University, presented the honor to Davis in recognition of her contributions to business, women's leadership, entrepreneurship, and her long-standing commitment to peace and economic development in Northern Ireland.

Conway, S.C. – September 21, 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 21, 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.

Arlington, Va. – – September 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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.

Los Angeles – September 21, 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.