Health Care

Candidates trade jabs at the Al Smith dinner -At a charity dinner in NYC on Thursday night, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump addressed a crowd of high-powered leaders as the evening’s keynote speakers.

President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his namesake health care program, long a target of Republicans and recently criticized by some Democrats, saying millions of Americans "now know the financial security of health insurance" because of the Affordable Care Act.

The manager of LSU's charity hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe hasn't paid $5.3 million into an escrow account as required by its reworked contractual arrangement with the state, Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration said Thursday.

The Latest on a deadline missed by the operator of LSU's hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe (all times local): 4 p.m.

Walgreens reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $1.03 billion.

Two top lawmakers on Thursday demanded information from a drug company that has raised prices on a leukemia drug, calling increases of tens of thousands of dollars a sign the company puts profits before patients.

The final debate: highlights -As the candidates battled it out on the debate stage one final time, they dove into quite a few substantive issues including the economy, entitlements and the national debt.

Hyundai is recalling nearly 63,000 midsize cars in the U.S. because the panoramic glass sunroofs can come loose and fly into traffic.

Swiss pharmaceuticals company Roche says strong growth in diagnostic products helped underpin a 4 percent rises in sales over the first nine months of 2016.

Members of the public will get a chance to tell California regulators what they think about proposed regulations that would — eventually — permit self-driving cars that lack a steering wheel or pedals on public roads.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 200,000 Jeep Wrangler SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because the air bags may not inflate in a crash.

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The U.S. Health and Human Services Department estimates that 1 million more people will sign up for health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges for 2017 compared with 2016, a department official told reporters on Wednesday.

Clinton pulls ahead -With just three weeks until Election Day, the latest Fox News poll shows that Hillary Clinton is ahead of Donald Trump by six points.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 86,000 trucks and police cars mainly in North America to fix a short circuit in the alternators that can cause engine stalling or fires.

Hyundai is recalling more than 84,000 cars in the U.S. because a wiring problem can cause the front passenger air bag to malfunction.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $1.97 billion.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) on Tuesday reported third-quarter earnings of $4.27 billion.

When former President Bill Clinton called parts of Obamacare 'crazy,' he put his wife Hillary Clinton on the defensive and gave much-needed ammunition to her Republican rival for the presidency, Donald Trump, who wants to scrap it.

Johnson & Johnson, the world's largest maker of healthcare products, reported third-quarter revenue and profit just ahead of Wall Street estimates.