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Dallas – September 15, 2026 -- JOEY Restaurants opens JOEY Maple on Thursday, September 10, marking the hospitality group's second Dallas location at 2508 Maple Avenue in Uptown Dallas.

The 7,800-square-foot restaurant will serve lunch, happy hour and dinner, open Sunday to Thursday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Friday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to midnight, with reservations available through OpenTable.

Top Chef alumnus leads a globally inspired menu

Executive Chef Matthew Stowe, a Top Chef alumnus and recent guest judge, will oversee a menu combining JOEY signatures with global flavors, including Bone-In Prime Ribeye, Tomahawk steak, Crispy Nigiri, Caviar, Truffle Udon Carbonara and JOEY Signature Chocolate Cake.

Houston – September 15, 2026 -- Clyde and Denia Smith are opening beem® Energy Corridor, a private wellness studio at 1560 Eldridge Pkwy #148, set to welcome its first guests in mid-September.

The studio offers private suites with infrared sauna, red light therapy, and chromotherapy, designed for individual sessions rather than shared spaces. Ahead of the opening, the Smiths are offering Founding Member rates along with two complimentary first sessions.

The Smiths built the studio around their own health journeys

Denia is a breast cancer survivor, and Clyde has dealt with sports injuries and chronic pain. Those experiences shaped their focus on proactive recovery and rest.

"Opening beem® isn't just a business launch for us – it's deeply personal," said Clyde. "We wanted to create a place where people can step away from the demands of everyday life, take care of themselves, and leave feeling genuinely restored."

Phoenix – September 15, 2026 -- University of Phoenix recognized 32,416 students on its July 2026 President's and Dean's Lists, honoring adult learners who balanced coursework with jobs and family obligations.

President's List required a perfect 4.0 GPA

Of the honorees, 9,496 students earned President's List status by achieving a 4.0 grade point average, while 22,920 students were named to the Dean's Lists for high academic standing in their programs.

A Reddit giveaway drew 787 student submissions

As part of the recognition, University of Phoenix invited eligible students to join its subreddit and describe what mattered most about their educational journey. The giveaway generated 787 eligible entries, and 30 participants received University of Phoenix swag boxes.

Jersey City, N.J. – September 15, 2026 -- BetMGM has launched its 2026-27 football season lineup, adding new betting protections, weekly promotions and faster app performance for sports bettors nationwide.

BetDefense refunds stakes on injured players

The new BetDefense feature returns a customer's stake in cash if a player is sidelined by injury during the first quarter on eligible pro football player prop wagers. The offer is not available in Alberta, Massachusetts, Ontario and Puerto Rico, and additional terms apply.

Ultimate Teams offers a shot at a $50,000 weekly jackpot

A new free-to-play game called Ultimate Teams lets eligible customers log in Monday through Friday to reveal daily cards and compete for a share of a $50,000 Bonus Bets jackpot each week. Winnings expire in 96 hours, and the game is unavailable in Alberta, Ontario, Nevada and Puerto Rico.

BALTIMORE – – September 15, 2026 -- MedStar Health has performed its first endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), a non-surgical procedure that shrinks the stomach without incisions, offering a new weight-loss option for patients who don't want or don't qualify for traditional bariatric surgery.

Christopher You, MD, a board-certified general and bariatric surgeon at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, performed the procedure on Aug. 21. The patient went home the same day.

The 90-minute procedure reshapes the stomach through the mouth

While the patient is under mild sedation, Dr. You inserts a flexible tube with a tiny camera through the mouth and into the stomach. Using special sutures, he reduces the stomach's size into a smaller, tube-like pouch. No part of the stomach is removed, and there are no external cuts or scars.

Omaha – September 15, 2026 -- Slim Jim, the meat snack brand owned by Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), has officially set a Guinness World Records title for the World's Longest Meat Snack Stick, unveiling a 429-foot-5-inch creation at the company's Omaha campus.

The record-setting snack measured 143 yards -- longer than a football field -- and weighed nearly 70 pounds. A Guinness World Records adjudicator was on site to certify the achievement.

The new record smashes the previous mark by more than 100 feet

The giant Slim Jim surpassed the former record holder, a 314-foot meat stick unveiled in 2023, by over 115 feet.

Eleven employees spent months building the oversized snack

Work on the project began in June 2025, when a team of 11 Conagra Brands employees was tasked with scaling up the classic Slim Jim recipe while preserving its signature snap.

Bethlehem, Pa. – September 15, 2026 -- Buyers eyeing historic properties in Bethlehem, Easton, Fountain Hill, and Center City Allentown are being urged to weigh a home's charm against the cost of aging systems before making an offer, according to a new HelloNation feature.

Older homes attract buyers with craftsmanship rarely found in new construction

Real Estate Expert Wade Budinetz says solid doors, original woodwork, hardwood floors, and sturdy framing give many Lehigh Valley properties a stability and character that newer builds don't replicate. The article notes these details often serve as a starting point for renovations that blend modern updates with original materials.

London – September 15, 2026 -- Houseplant, the lifestyle brand co-founded by Seth Rogen, has released The House Scent Reed Diffuser, a new home fragrance made in partnership with British fragrance house Droplet, priced at £40 in the UK and $45 in the US.

The scent originated from Rogen's personal visit to Grasse, France

The fragrance began as a bespoke creation Rogen made himself during a fragrance-making experience in Grasse, France, widely known as the world's fragrance capital. Droplet, founded by siblings Sam and Lucie Beecham, later refined and bottled the scent for retail.

Rogen said the Grasse experience showed him how personal and complex scent-building can be, and that he wanted a fragrance that felt warm, inviting, and a little unexpected for his own home.

San Francisco – September 15, 2026 -- Licensed marriage and family therapist Manami Yamamoto has announced a new book, 'Truly Be Well: Nurturing True Wellness from Within,' currently in development, built around a framework she calls Inner Nurturing.

The global wellness industry has crossed $6.8 trillion, yet stress and disconnection persist

Yamamoto points to that gap as the reason she developed her framework. She argues that most wellness products and mental health campaigns focus on symptom relief rather than building lasting inner capacity.

Roseburg, Ore. – September 15, 2026 -- Two cannabis compounds with nearly identical names, THC-A and THC, produce completely different experiences depending on whether heat has touched them, according to a HelloNation feature citing Shellie Grammer, Cannabis Expert and CEO of Cougar Cannabis in Roseburg, Oregon.

THC-A, or tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, is the compound found naturally in raw cannabis. On its own, it produces no psychoactive effects. Only when heated through a process called decarboxylation does THC-A convert into THC, the active compound responsible for cannabis's mind-altering effects.

Heat, not strength, decides whether cannabis intoxicates

The distinction is about activation rather than potency, the article notes. Raw or cold-processed cannabis retains THC-A and delivers no high, while smoking, vaping, or cooking cannabis converts it to THC almost instantly.