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A sign hangs in front of the world headquarters of Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Boston. Brian Snyder | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ non-opioid painkiller pill, a new alternative for pain relief that comes without the risk of addiction. Vertex is now the first drugmaker in decades to gain U.S….
A private elementary school in Toronto’s west end says it’s closing its doors after 43 years in business due to a rent dispute with its current landlord — a church. Kingsley School, located on Bloor Street in Etobicoke, said it will shut down by June after the landlord — St. Matthew’s Anglican Church — raised…
Igor Golovniov | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cable giant Comcast is looking to the wireless business for growth. Comcast executives said Thursday the company will shift its focus to its mobile business after reporting a loss of 139,000 residential broadband customers during the fourth quarter. Broadband has long been the growth engine of the cable…
A screen grab captured from a video shows a regional plane collided in midair with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. United States on Jan. 29, 2025. Kennedy Center Cam | Anadolu | Getty Images The midair collision of a military helicopter and an American Airlines regional jetliner in…
Comcast topped Wall Street’s fourth-quarter estimates on Thursday despite reporting larger-than-expected broadband subscriber losses and stagnating paid subscribers for its streaming service, Peacock. Wall Street has been particularly focused on cable companies’ broadband businesses, which still garner high revenue and earnings but have been in the midst of a customer growth slump due to heightened…
A view of emergency response looking from Arlington, Va., south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, across the Potomac River toward the District of Columbia, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Alex Brandon | AP An American Airlines regional jet with 64 people aboard collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter moments before the airplane was set…
Companies tied to sanctioned Russian billionaires are taking advantage of a loophole in Dutch legislation to evade financial oversight, the Dutch public broadcaster NOS has reported. According to NOS, these billionaires exploit a provision in Dutch law that allows their companies to be classified as micro-enterprises, enabling them to conceal cash flows and avoid strict…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, testified Wednesday before a crucial Senate panel, where he faced questions about past vaccine skepticism, his evolving views on abortion and grasp on sprawling federal health programs. Kennedy, 71, appeared first before the Senate Committee on Finance,…
A 29-year-old Adams County woman was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of her boyfriend, according to the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Ashley Elizabeth White was arrested after police found her boyfriend, 28-year-old Cody DeLisa, shot to death in their home in the 6000 block of East 80th Avenue in the…
An animated rendering of a Pelican satellite in orbit. Planet Satellite imagery and data analysis company Planet announced it had signed a $230 million contract on Wednesday, with an anchor customer furthering the rollout of its next-generation Pelican satellites. “It is a momentum-building event. … It’s both our biggest deal ever and it’s a significant…
