SAN FRANCISCO — Visa says CEO Charlie Scharf is resigning in December after four years leading the company. He says that running a company based in San Francisco is difficult for his personal life. His extended family is based on the East Coast. Visa Inc. on Monday named current board member Alfred Kelly Jr. as
Visa CEO steps down, former AmEx exec is named successor
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Latest on the shooting of a Fairbanks, Alaska police officer (all times local): 2:30 p.m. A Fairbanks, Alaska, police officer was shot five times by an assailant early Sunday but managed to return fire before the man drove off in his patrol car. Police say Sgt. Allen Brandt was struck four
The Latest: Alaska officer was shot 5 times, returned fire
SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix is testing the financial limits of its streaming video service as the rising cost of producing original programming pushes up subscription prices. The latest reminder came Monday with the company’s third-quarter earnings report, which revealed that Netflix added 370,000 U.S. subscribers. That marks its second consecutive quarter of slowing U.S. growth
Netflix tests limits of price increases for original shows
ST. LOUIS — Washington University in St. Louis said Monday that it has stopped using sedated cats to train medical students how to insert breathing tubes down babies’ throats, effectively ending the practice in the U.S., according to a medical ethics group. The university’s School of Medicine said in a statement that after a “significant
Washington University stops intubation training using cats
TRENTON, N.J. — Drugmaker Pfizer said Monday that it will launch a less-expensive version of rival Johnson & Johnson’s blockbuster immune disorder drug, Remicade. Pfizer Inc.’s version, called Inflectra, will hit pharmacies in late November. It will be only the second so-called biosimilar drug available in the U.S. Remicade, long J&J’s top-selling drug, is approved
Pfizer to launch cheaper version of J&J immune drug Remicade
GALVESTON, Texas — Experts blame lingering warm water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico for significant bleaching of coral in a marine sanctuary 100 miles off the Texas coast. Researchers this month determined that nearly half of the coral colonies in the East Flower Garden Bank were bleached or paling, according to the Galveston County
Warm water in Gulf blamed for sanctuary’s bleached coral
PHILADELPHIA — Prosecutors will seek at least a two-year prison term for former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane in a perjury and obstruction case. Kane faces sentencing next week after a jury convicted her of leaking grand jury material to a newspaper and then lying about it under oath. The 50-year-old Kane has two school-age
2 or more years in prison sought against ex-attorney general
CULPEPER, Va. — The actions of a police officer in Virginia saved the life of a 1-month-old baby girl. Culpeper Police Department spokesman Jeff Dodson tells local media that Oct. 12, K-9 Officer David Cole responded to a call of an unconscious infant at a Culpeper home, about 35 miles southeast of Fredericksburg. Cole arrived
Police officer in Virginia performs CPR to save baby’s life
EAST WINDSOR, N.J. — A New Jersey woman accused of bludgeoning her mother-in-law to death in the home they shared has been indicted on a murder charge. Tasneem Diwan also faces two weapons counts in the indictment by a Mercer County jury that was made public Monday. Prosecutors have said Diwan admitted striking 73-year-old Safia
Woman indicted on murder charge in beating of mother-in-law
NEW YORK — Why can tomatoes lose flavor in the fridge? A new study says it’s because some of their genes are chilling out. And that discovery might help scientists solve the problem. Cooling tomatoes can stop them from making substances that contribute to their taste. Researchers say that robs the fruit of flavor, whether
Why tomatoes lose flavor in fridge: their genes chill out
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