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The Milestone Celebrates Two Decades of Excellence and Spelman’s Continued Leadership Among the Nation’s HBCUs 20 Years at the Top: Spelman College Continues Historic Reign as Nation’s No. 1 HBCU Spelman College has been ranked No. 1 among the 2027 Best Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the 20th consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report. ATLANTA, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Spelman College has been ranked No. 1 among the 2027 Best Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the 20th consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report. The milestone extends Spelman’s historic record of…

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Wall Motor’s local production in Brazil began in August 2021, when the company took over a former Mercedes-Benz plant in Iracemápolis, São Paulo State. In August 2025, the facility was officially completed and commenced operations. More recently, Great Wall Motor announced plans to construct a new factory in Espírito Santo State. As Great Wall continues to deepen its localization strategy in Brazil, the demand for supporting infrastructure upgrades has grown accordingly. Leveraging years of industrial engineering expertise across the Americas, Jilian Construction has successfully secured the contract for the auxiliary facility…

Months after Premier Doug Ford promised to revive the Taste of the Danforth with hundreds of thousands of dollars in provincial funding, the cash from Queen’s Park has been slow to arrive, leaving festival organizers facing pressure over unpaid bills. The popular street festival, which typically attracts up to a million people to Toronto’s Greektown, took a three-year hiatus in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Since then, it has struggled to regain its financial footing.Faced with the potential permanent end of the festival, Ford promised to rescue the Taste of the Danforth earlier this year with taxpayer funding from Queen’s…

By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted September 22, 2026 4:41 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is pledging $100 million in new aid for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. The funding includes $80 million in humanitarian aid, while the rest is development funding for security initiatives, including top-up funding for a multi-year project to train Palestinian police.Carney, who announced the funding on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, says the money is meant to help bring about a two-state solution. More on Politics…

Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, this year joined by the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 too. The company describes both new phone chips as flagships, and the spec differences are relatively minor, mostly limited to improved AI processing, video capture, and gaming performance on the Extreme model.Both Gen 6 chips are built on a 2nm process, and share much in common, including their modems, display specs, security features, GPS, and memory and storage support. Qualcomm no longer publishes detailed breakdowns of the cores across its silicon, but the CPU details given are identical, with two big…

PopUp Bagels is making its Minnesota debut in Minneapolis, bringing its signature Hot Bagels to 10 new shops across the Midwest MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PopUp Bagels, the award-winning bagel brand known for its signature Grip, Rip and Dip® experience, is headed to Minnesota with the debut of its first location in Minneapolis’ North Loop neighborhood at 107 3rd Avenue North. The “Not Famous but Known®” bagel brand serves its signature bagels hot from the oven and whole, made to be ripped apart and dipped into schmear. Centering the experience around the bagel itself, the brand puts…

Groundbreaking new capability operationalizes HR with Agentic AI, enabling retailers to anticipate workforce capacity, skill and hiring needs months before they impact store execution Logile Long-Term Staff Planning New Logile capability operationalizes HR with Agentic AI, enabling retailers to anticipate workforce capacity, skill and hiring needs months before they impact store execution. DALLAS, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Logile, a global leader in AI-powered Connected Workforce solutions, today announced Long-Term Staff Planning, a transformative new capability within its Connected Workforce Platform that enables retailers to look six, nine and twelve months ahead, anticipate workforce needs and take action before…

Software, sensors, AI and a multi-lane powertrain strategy point to what’s next for pickups and large SUVs Off-Roading: One-Pedal Driving Using Vehicle Motion Management, Bosch showcased off-road propulsion and braking coordinated into a single pedal at Mobility Experience Days. The driver can now modulate speed through obstacles and rock crawling while the software keeps the vehicle dynamics under control. Hybrid Work-Truck Demonstrator At its September 22 Mobility Experience Days event, Bosch highlighted how hybrid technology for the truck of the future does not mean sacrificing performance. This hybrid work-truck demonstrator showcases the pathway to meet emissions targets while delivering the…

Educational and public projects show steady momentum as infrastructure capital helps balance cooling healthcare and federal segments. RLB Crane Index Reflects Steady Momentum Across Key North American Metros The third quarter of 2026 reflects growing momentum in construction activity across North America, with crane counts increasing in a majority of the 18 cities surveyed. Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) Releases Q3 2026 Crane Index and Cost Research RLB’s latest index tracks skyline activity and development trends across North America Phoenix, AZ, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) has issued its Q3 2026 North American Crane Index, showing…

Refused at load, halted mid-run, proven three hops out through third-party tools — the agentic enterprise data fabric that generates the record authorization frameworks now demand. Multikor.ai Governance Architecture Refused at load, halted mid-run, proven three hops out through third-party tools — the agentic enterprise data fabric that generates the record authorization frameworks now demand. Charlestown, MA, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Governance is now a term of federal contract eligibility, and authorization is moving from a document reviewed every three years to continuous evidence an authorizing official can see in real time. The industry has answered with documentation…