ONTARIO, Calif. -- September 01, 2026 -- Platt College graduates from campuses across Southern California crossed the stage on Saturday, August 29, at the Ontario Convention Center, marking the 20th consecutive year the college has held its commencement at that venue. The Class of 2026 included students earning associate and bachelor's degrees along with diplomas in fields such as healthcare, technology, business, legal services, and design.

SEATTLE -- Aug. 31, 2026 -- More than 78,000 renters had their on-time rent payments reported to credit bureaus through Zillow in July, the highest single-month total since the company launched its free rent reporting program in 2024. That figure is up 26% from a year earlier. Zillow said it has now reported more than 1.78 million on-time rent payments to credit bureaus at no cost to renters since the program began.

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- September 01, 2026 -- Paris Baguette opens its newest bakery café at 5150 Main St., No. 200, in Williamsville on Aug. 31, bringing the chain's pastries, cakes, breads and coffee drinks to the Buffalo area for the first time. The location is owned and operated by franchisees Ivan Shen and Jing Zhang, cousins who grew up visiting Paris Baguette cafés in New York City. Their new shop marks the brand's first presence near Buffalo and its second in upstate New York.

PHILADELPHIA -- September 01, 2026 -- David Lozano, a Spanish rider with type 1 diabetes, won the King of the Mountains classification at the Philadelphia Cycling Classic on Saturday, claiming the climber's jersey as America's most prestigious one-day race returned after a decade away. Lozano, who races for Team Novo Nordisk, the world's first all-diabetes professional cycling team, led the day's decisive breakaway over the Manayunk Wall and Lemon Hill. Teammate Filippo Ridolfo finished 12th, the team's top overall result on the day.

NEW YORK -- Aug. 30, 2026 -- Yaber has launched the HP20 cordless vacuum cleaner, a $139.99 model that uses onboard AI to detect dust levels and adjust suction automatically, without the user ever touching a mode switch. The company says the device carries TÜV-tested 180AW suction and SGS-certified H13 HEPA filtration, features typically found on pricier machines. The HP20 went live on Yaber's official Amazon store on Aug. 30, with a launch discount applied through the checkout code HP20PANPR.

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- August 30, 2026 -- Paris Baguette will open a new bakery café at 5150 Main St., No. 200, in Williamsville on Aug. 31, giving Buffalo-area residents access to the chain's pastries, cakes, breads and coffee drinks for the first time. The location is owned and operated by franchisees Ivan Shen and Jing Zhang, cousins who grew up visiting Paris Baguette locations in New York City. It marks the brand's first café in the Buffalo area and its second in upstate New York.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida -- August 30, 2026 -- Hospitals, factories, and warehouses now have more certified hardware to choose from when deploying secure endpoint software, after IGEL announced on August 29, 2026, that Teguar has joined its IGEL Ready hardware ecosystem. IGEL, which builds the IGEL Adaptive Secure Endpoint Platform, confirmed that specific Teguar hardware models have been validated to run its IGEL OS operating system.

MIAMI -- August 30, 2026 -- House of Horror Haunted Carnival opens its 25th season on Thursday, Sept. 24, at a new home inside Tropical Park in Miami, running through Sunday, Nov. 1. The anniversary lineup replaces every haunted house from prior years and adds Howie's Blind Terror, billed as the only haunted dark roller coaster of its kind in the United States. A single ticket, priced from $39.99 online, now covers all five haunted attractions, unlimited carnival rides, outdoor scare zones and a new family zone, with free parking included.

Vancouver, BC -- August 30, 2026 -- Inturai Ventures Corp. closed the first tranche of its private placement on August 28, 2026, raising $940,999.65 by selling 6,273,331 units at $0.15 each. The Vancouver-based company, which trades under CSE: URAI, OTC: URAIF, and FSE: 3QG0, had set out to raise up to $1,275,000 through the sale of up to 8,500,000 units. Company officials said the remaining portion of the offering is expected to close in one or more additional tranches over the coming weeks.

MONTRÉAL -- August 30, 2026 -- Patients who wait weeks for a doctor's appointment to manage a chronic condition like diabetes or high blood pressure could increasingly turn to a pharmacist instead, under integration plans discussed by global pharmacy leaders gathered in Montréal on August 28, 2026. Health regulators, academics and pharmacy association heads from the United States, Canada and other countries met for the International Forum on Primary Health Care to pinpoint what's holding pharmacists back from taking on bigger clinical roles.