February 2020

Walgreens to pay $7.5M in settlement over phony pharmacist

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Walgreens will pay $7.5 million to settle with California authorities after an employee was charged with impersonating a pharmacist and illegally filling more than 745,000 prescriptions February 4, 2020, 12:36 AM 2 min read OAKLAND, Calif. — Walgreens will pay $7.5 million to settle with California authorities after an employee was criminally charged with impersonating […]

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Brad Pitt Jokes About Prince Harry’s Exit In Front Of Prince William, Kate Middleton

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Brad Pitt playfully ribbed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal exit at the 2020 British Academy Film Awards on Sunday night.  The “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” actor, who was nominated and won a BAFTA for best supporting actor, wasn’t actually at the award show. Instead, he sent co-star Margot Robbie up to accept his

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The Gap Between the Haves and Have-Nots of Tech Widens

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Gene Munster, a managing partner at Loup Ventures, a venture capital firm in Minneapolis, said it was harder than ever for new challengers because the top incumbents were so effective at “incremental evolution,” like Apple’s building subscription offerings to go with its hardware or Google’s branching out into cloud computing. The big tech companies skillfully

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House leader urges action on bill tied to Ohio State scandal

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The leader of the Ohio House wants lawmakers to act on legislation to enable survivors to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a team doctor By KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press February 3, 2020, 9:48 PM 2 min read COLUMBUS, Ohio — Unhappy with Ohio State’s response to allegations of widespread, decades-old sexual abuse

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The State of the Union Is Trump’s Biggest Speech. Who Writes It?

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WASHINGTON — There are two categories of speechwriters in Washington, but only one of them can survive for long in President Trump’s White House. The first type — of which there are many bipartisan examples — is defined by those who have used the coveted role of presidential speechwriter as the jumping-off point for a

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Medics in Glasgow probe heart risk side effects of chemotherapy

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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cancer patients can develop issues with their heart health after powerful chemotherapy treatment Doctors in Glasgow are to investigate why some modern cancer drugs could put patients at greater risk of heart problems. New chemotherapy drugs which target cancer cells to stop them growing blood vessels can cause high

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George Steiner: Holocaust survivor and literary critic dies aged 90

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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Questions about the Holocaust remained a central theme in much of Steiner’s work Literary critic and essayist George Steiner has died in the UK, aged 90. The French-US scholar passed away in Cambridge, where he had spent half a century as an Extraordinary Fellow at Churchill College. Born to

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