• Biotechnology company Regeneron buying 23andMe for $256 million

    Biotechnology company Regeneron buying 23andMe for $256 million
    Biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is buying 23andMe for $256 million, two months after the genetic testing company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.In March 23andMe said that it was looking to sell “substantially all of its assets” through a court-approved reorganization plan. Its co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki also resigned from the top post, but remained as a board member.23andMe has faced an uncertain future for some time. Beyond battles to go pr
  • EBRPSS superintendent says students should be allowed to stay at their schools amid talks of new district

    EBRPSS superintendent says students should be allowed to stay at their schools amid talks of new district
    BATON ROUGE - East Baton Rouge Parish School System superintendent LaMont Cole sent out a letter Monday saying that students should be allowed to remain at their original schools until they finish there before transitioning to the work-in-progress St. George school system. As part of his response letter, Cole said students enrolled in any school should be allowed to remain at that school until they complete the highest grade level provided there—students in elementary school

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