A tiny pharmacy raises big doubts about our drugs
The escalating global recall of Zantac, the heartburn pill that once ranked as the world's best-selling drug, has its roots not in government oversight or a high-profile lawsuit, but in...
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Raising female CEOs: Coding camp is not the panacea. Instead, help her find her moxie.
When my daughter turned 5, her top birthday gift ask was a giant whiteboard for keeping her extensive to-do lists. Along with keeping order, she likes giving orders. Her first...
Retired Texas police dogs had to be sold or destroyed under state law. Voters just changed that.
Police dogs spend all day working with handlers. They typically live together. But when law enforcement K-9s in Texas have retired, they haven't always gone home with their handlers. Laws...
Netflix, HBO and cable giants are coming for password sharing
A coalition that includes Netflix, HBO and cable-industry titans is stepping up efforts to crack down on password sharing, discussing new measures to close a loophole that could be costing...
In England, history gets more accessible
The thought of visiting Tintagel Castle is enough to send shivers down any Arthurian legend-lover's spine. But as my family prepared to visit England this past summer, we discovered two...
‘Playing with Fire’ review: Family comedy starring John Cena flames out
The creators of "Playing With Fire," a clodhopping comedy about California wildfire "smoke jumpers," built in little pauses after many of the film's sight gags and verbal jokes, presumably to...
At height of opioid crisis, Walgreens handled nearly 1 in 5 of the most addictive opioids
At the height of the opioid epidemic, Walgreens handled nearly one out of every five oxycodone and hydrocodone pills shipped to pharmacies across America. Deerfield-based Walgreens dominated the nation's retail...
Meat-free burgers turn climate concerns into a sales pitch
Depending on how you want to read the numbers, the humble hamburger is a bigger contributor to the warming of the planet than the jumbo jet. Animal agriculture produces 14.5%...
Science says ‘specific’ weather forecasts can’t be made more than 10 days in advance
Imagine someone telling you the weather forecast for New Year's Day today, two months in advance, with exact temperature bounds and rainfall to a hundredth of an inch. Sounds too...
Northeast snow event to punctuate twin frigid blasts targeting eastern half of nation
A blast of frigid wintertime chill descending over the eastern half of the nation will help serve up the season's first Northeast snowstorm, giving parts of interior New England some...