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, /PRNewswire/ -- HyGen, a leading nationwide pharmaceutical wholesaler, today announced the promotion of Omid Ghobadi to Chief Operating Officer (COO), reflecting the company's continued growth and long-term investment in leadership as it enters its next phase of expansion. Since joining HyGen, Ghobadi has played a key role in strengthening the company's operational foundation through technology, process improvement, and scalable business practices.

San Francisco, home to OpenAI and Anthropic, is seeing its housing market boom as AI employees put their money into the housing market. In Seattle, economic jitters in the tech space are dampening homebuying demand. , /PRNewswire/ -- Home sales jumped 9% year over year in San Francisco in July, while sales fell 9% in Seattle, according to a new report from Redfin, the real estate brokerage powered by Rocket.

NEW YORK (AP) — Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela. To view our latest e-Edition, click the image on the left.

Company builds on record business momentum with expanded leadership team, platform innovation and strategic partnerships , /PRNewswire/ -- Adaptiva today announced an expanded investment in its go-to-market organization to accelerate growth amid rising demand for autonomous endpoint management (AEM) and patching.

CAIRO (AP) — At least 22 people have been killed in a bus crash in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, authorities say. To view our latest e-Edition, click the image on the left.

I am writing as the owner of MoonWater Arts in downtown Anacortes. I am deeply disappointed by the decision that has resulted in American Cruise Lines discontinuing its Anacortes visits before the completion of the 2026 season. For MoonWater Arts alone, the immediate loss in already-booked cruise passenger excursions totals $10,560 in revenue. These were not hypothetical customers; these were guests who had already paid for fused-glass classes.

Today in History Today is Wednesday, Sept. 2, the 245th day of 2026. There are 120 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. Also on this date: In 1666, the Great Fire of London began, which would destroy more than 13,000 homes and hundreds of additional structures, including St. Paul’s Cathedral, over the ensuing three days.

BERLIN (AP) — An explosion near a German train station followed by the discovery of a suspicious object caused police to temporarily close the transport hub in the southern city of Augsburg on Wednesday morning. Later in the morning, police said the suspicious object had been identified as harmless and that the train station was reopened again at 10 a.m. and trains starting running again.

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of over 6,100 confirmed cases, the latest government data showed Wednesday, as the disease is spreading at an unprecedented speed, faster than efforts to track and slow it. Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed the outbreak has recorded 6,186 confirmed cases, including 3,007 deaths since it was declared in mid-May. It remains the fastest-growing outbreak of Ebola ever.

Sept. 17 marks the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. Later, on Dec. 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified, including the First Amendment. This year, the First Amendment turns 235 years old. It is only 45 words long, but those words protect freedoms essential to our democracy: freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, the right to peacefully assemble, and the right to petition our government.