Pacific Gas and Electric will be able to avoid two legal obstacles that could have tripped up its efforts to bounce back from bankruptcy By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Business Writer December 10, 2019, 12:58 AM 5 min read Pacific Gas and Electric will be able to avoid two legal obstacles that could have tripped up its […]
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Image caption Olaparib tablets will be available for patients with newly-diagnosed BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer who have responded to chemotherapy A maintenance treatment for patients with advanced ovarian cancer has been approved for use in Scotland. Olaparib tablets will now be available for patients with newly-diagnosed BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer who have responded to chemotherapy.
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Cardi B opens up about fame, her husband’s infidelity and searching for forgiveness in the newest issue of Vogue. The “I Like It” rapper is one of four stars to grace different covers of the magazine’s January issue, alongside her daughter, Kulture. Photographed by famed fashion photographer Annie Leibovitz, the gorgeous 27-year-old wears a red-and-white,
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Image copyright Getty Images Drax, which generates 5% of the UK’s power, has said it plans to capture more carbon than it produces by 2030. The firm’s power plant in North Yorkshire is already largely powered by renewable fuel such as wood pellets. The trees that the pellets come from absorb carbon, which is then
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The inventor of the Universal Product Code has died December 10, 2019, 12:12 AM 2 min read George J. Laurer, whose invention of the Universal Product Code at IBM transformed retail and other industries around the world, has died. He was 94. A funeral was held on Monday for Laurer, who died Thursday at his
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Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts and Ohio State teammates quarterback Justin Fields and defensive end Chase Young will join LSU quarterback Joe Burrow as Heisman Trophy finalists By RALPH D. RUSSO College Football Writer December 10, 2019, 12:04 AM 4 min read Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts and Ohio State teammates quarterback Justin Fields and defensive end
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WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr sharply criticized on Monday the F.B.I.’s decision to open the Russia investigation, undercutting a major finding in a long-awaited watchdog report and at the same time showing his willingness to act as President Trump’s vocal defender. The report, by the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, found
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The White House is endorsing an emerging bipartisan agreement on a bill aimed at curbing consumer health care costs By ALAN FRAM Associated Press December 9, 2019, 10:33 PM 3 min read The White House endorsed an emerging bipartisan agreement Monday on legislation aimed at curbing rising health care costs, including taking steps to limit
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Image copyright Peter Howson Image caption The Massacre of Srebrenica 2019 – Peter Howson Leading Scottish artist Peter Howson says that going to Bosnia during the conflict in the early 1990s was his own personal hell. The 61-year-old painter says it has taken a quarter of century of turmoil – in which he fought a
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Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose participation in the social media phenomenon known as the Ice Bucket Challenge helped raise more than $100 million toward fighting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as A.L.S. or Lou Gehrig’s disease, died on Monday at his home in Beverly, Mass. He was 34. His death was announced
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