Baltimore – September 15, 2026 -- Sixty percent of health plans collect social drivers of health (SDoH) screening data, yet just 7% describe their organizations as "very effective" at converting that data into action, according to new research from Sage Growth Partners.

Purchase, N.Y. – – September 15, 2026 -- The PepsiCo Foundation has awarded $500,000 in grants to 100 nonprofit organizations across the United States and Canada through its fifth annual Community Impact Awards, with each recipient receiving $5,000 to fund local programs in food access, water security, farming and workforce development.

Cambridge, Mass. – September 15, 2026 -- MIT Technology Review will cap in-person attendance at its EmTech Future 2026 conference to 500 participants, running September 29 through October 1 on the MIT campus and online under the theme "Convergence."

Rockville, Md. – September 15, 2026 -- The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) named Bandwidth, Google and ServiceNow as finalists for the AFP 2026 Pinnacle Awards, sponsored by Truist for a third consecutive year, with all three finalists having built AI-enabled treasury systems.

Chicago – September 15, 2026 -- ABOC, also known as Amalgamated Bank of Chicago, has relocated its corporate headquarters and opened a new full-service branch at 101 N. Wacker Drive in the city's Loop neighborhood, occupying roughly 40,000 square feet of office and retail space.

Kathmandu – September 15, 2026 -- Two weeks after a devastating flash flood in Nepal, an estimated 540 children remain separated from their parents or unaccompanied, while roughly 630 children in the Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts are still missing, according to a joint assessment by Nepal's National Child Rights Council and child protection experts including Save the Children.

Washington – September 15, 2026 -- An estimated 18,460 people died in U.S. motor vehicle crashes during the first half of 2026, a 2% decline from the revised first-half 2025 count, according to preliminary National Safety Council (NSC) data released Sept. 9, 2026. The drop occurred even as total miles driven rose 0.8% between January and June, pushing the estimated fatality rate to 1.12 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled -- down 3.4% year-over-year and 10.4% from 2024.

Fort Worth, Texas – September 15, 2026 -- Elbit Systems Ltd.'s U.S. operating segment will now operate as Twenty-Six Defense, a rebranding that reinforces the Israeli defense contractor's long-term commitment to domestic manufacturing amid U.S. government pressure to expand industrial capacity.

Dallas – September 15, 2026 -- Integrity, LLC has partnered with Brave Insurance Group, a Dallas-based independent marketing organization founded by Blake Naylor specializing in final expense insurance. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Boston – September 15, 2026 -- Encoura has published a new analysis showing that academic fields outside higher education's most popular majors are drawing sustained student interest but lack the outcomes visibility needed to compete for enrollment. The Eduventures Admitted Student 2026 Trend Report, titled "Beyond the Big Five: Exploring Majors Outside the Mainstream," draws on more than 42,000 responses collected over three years through Eduventures Admitted Student Research.