CVS and Walgreens are ailing. Here’s why America’s biggest pharmacy chains are closing hundreds of stores, laying off thousands of workers and rethinking their role in our lives. Alina Selyukh
Victoria's Secret fashion show returns following a 6-year hiatus Winged Victoria's Secret models will once again take the runway for the first official show since 2018. Alana Wise
Local Ohio library helps entrepreneurs turn ideas to reality It's part of a movement to diversify the services libraries offer.
Lufthansa agrees to a record $4 million fine for its treatment of Jewish passengers The German airline barred 128 Jewish passengers from their May 2022 connecting flight based on the alleged misconduct of a few. The U.S. government considers that discrimination; Lufthansa disagrees. Rachel Treisman
Walgreens will close 1,200 stores, hoping for a turnaround Walgreens says about a quarter of its stores are unprofitable. Big pharmacy chains are struggling with growing retail competition and lower prescription payouts. Alina Selyukh
Petroleum drilling technology is now making carbon-free power A new technique for harvesting geothermal energy being pioneered in Utah has passed a significant milestone: Southern California Edison has contracted for enough of the energy to power 400,000 homes. David Condos
Research into the root of wealth and poverty among nations wins Economics Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded Monday to a trio of U.S.-based researchers, for their study of the institutional roots of wealth and poverty among nations. Scott Horsley
Lilly Ledbetter, the activist who inspired fair pay act, dies at 86 Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant in Alabama, discovered she was receiving less pay than men who worked the same position. Her case led to a monumental law on pay equity. Chandelis Duster
Making table saws safer Table saws are dangerous. An inventor came up with a device that could make them much, much safer, but it sparked a decades-long fight over the tradeoff of costs and safety.
Nobel Prize in Economics goes to 3 American economists who study global inequality The prize is shared by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and James Robinson of the University of Chicago. They will split the prize money of 11 million Swedish krona or about $1.058 million. Michel Martin