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Industrial conglomerate General Electric hosted an investor “teach-in” in Chicago at a medical conference on Monday. The company reviewed its health-care franchise in a “post-biopharma” world. GE is selling its biopharma business to Danaher for $21 billion. Now investors have to evaluate the growth and margin potential of what is left. “GE Healthcare is a …

Airlines have delayed flights across the country on what is expected to be the busiest travel day in the US. American, Delta and other airlines issued travel waivers for those who want to cancel or change their plans. A winter storm that has pounded the Upper Midwest with heavy snow is shifting over to the …

Among the nine dead are two children and the pilot, Brule County States Attorney Theresa Maule Rossow said in a statement There were 12 people on the plane. The three survivors were taken to Sioux Falls for treatment. The crash happened before noon as major winter weather barreled through the region, said Federal Aviation Administration …

The Kiefer police officer went to the Starbucks in Glenpool on Thanksgiving day to pick up five drinks, CNN affiliate KTUL reported. Kiefer Chief Johnny O’Mara told the news station a customer pointed out the label on the cups to the officer. “What irks me is the absolute and total disrespect for a police officer …

A car was crossing Tonto Creek, about 60 miles west of the New Mexico border, when it was caught in flooding around 4 p.m. local time Friday, according to Gila County Undersheriff Mike Johnson. Four children and one adult were able to get out of the vehicle and were stranded on an island in the …

Michael Alexander Brown, 22, was arrested at his mother’s home in Franklin County near the town of Hardy, about 9 miles east of Roanoke, Virginia, authorities said. He’d been on the run since November 9, the day authorities say he killed 54-year-old Rodney Brown at the same home. The arrest came after investigators received information …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Incoming BHP Group (BHP.AX) (BHPB.L) Chief Executive Mike Henry said the world’s biggest miner is prioritising new developments in technology to cut costs and improve safety, including collaborations with tech start-ups and researchers. FILE PHOTO: Visitors to the BHP (formerly known as BHP Billiton) booth speak with representatives during the Prospectors and …

Lowndes County Sheriff “Big John” Williams was responding to a call at a Hayneville gas station when he was fatally shot, Sgt. Steve Jarrett said. “Through his service to our country in the (US Marines) and his many years working in law enforcement, he dedicated his life to keeping other people safe,” Alabama Gov. Kay …

The Texas-based nonprofit known as RAICES says it teamed up with a network of organizations and volunteers to make bond payments across the United States on Wednesday. Their aim: bringing more attention to the large number of immigrants who remain in US custody — and giving hundreds of people a better shot at winning their …

PARIS (Reuters) – France will take on a third of the debt of its public hospitals and increase its health budget by 1.5 billion euros over three years as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to quell unrest among health workers. France will take on from 2020 some 10 billion euros of public hospital debt over three …