Tom Hughes joined Venable LLP as a partner in its corporate practice group in Chicago, the firm announced Friday.

October ridership on Brightline Trains Florida, the private passenger rail that runs from Miami to Orlando, climbed 20% over the same month last year as the railroad added coaches and revamped its schedule.

Bankrupt marine animal parks operator Dolphin Co. has proposed donating more than 70 animals to zoos and research facilities around the country, including penguins, dolphins, a python, and flamingos.

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk A/S was at the forefront of the weight-loss injection boom as people discovered that its Ozempic shot, originally developed to treat diabetes, could help trim their waistlines.

The Federal Communications Commission is soliciting public comments on the relationship between local TV stations and the networks that provide them with programming, a potential prelude to major rule changes in the industry.

The world’s largest drugmaker, Eli Lilly & Co., just notched another milestone: it’s the first health-care company to cross the $1 trillion threshold as investors bet big on the drugmaker’s weight-loss medicines.