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NEW YORK (AP) — Drug chains CVS and Walgreens as well as grocery chain Wegmans Food Market have joined the chorus of retailers requesting that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in their stores even where state laws allow it. The announcements on Thursday follow similar moves by Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, as well […]

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee city officials are offering Bucks guard Sterling Brown $400,000 to settle his lawsuit accusing police of using excessive force and targeting him because he’s black when they confronted him over a parking violation. The city’s Common Council authorized the offer Wednesday during a closed session. Brown has 14 days to accept or decline […]

There have been more warnings issued for certain beef, pork and poultry salad and wrap products might be contaminated with cyclospora. The products are sold by grocery stores including Kroger, Trader Joe‘s and Walgreen’s. And on top of this, one of Tom’s favorite restaurants, Chipotle has made customers in Ohio ill. What is safe to […]

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PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona State Board of Pharmacy will investigate the complaint of a woman who says a Walgreens pharmacist refused to give her medication necessary to end her pregnancy after her baby stopped developing. The woman, who the Arizona Republic identified as Nicole Arteaga, described in a viral Facebook post how she […]

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  Dr. Brittany Mills talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about understanding and controlling diabetes and developing a relationship between your Walgreens Pharmacist. The benefits of a Pharmacist: “Your Walgreens Pharmacist can step in and find ways to make your medication affordable. Pharmacist are a great advocate between you and your health. Find a Pharmacist […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Walgreens is buying rival Rite Aid for about $9.41 billion in cash, creating a drugstore giant with nearly 18,000 stores around the world. The deal combines the largest and third-largest U.S. drugstore chains, based on store counts. And it makes one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical buyers even bigger at a […]

Walgreens will have a Wellness Bus at the 2015 Tom Joyner Family Reunion. He can also discuss the importance of flu shots and their availability at Walgreens. Marlin Hutchens is the Regional Vice President overseeing central Florida store operations for Walgreens. “For most folks, if you have insurance the flu shots wind up being free. […]

  This Saturday is National HIV Testing Day. Walgreens will offer free HIV testing from today through Saturday. “We’re partnering with about 180 health departments and AIDS organizations over the next three days,” says Walgreens spokesman Glen Pietradoni. “They are all rapid tests so depending on what test is being used at that site it […]

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Walgreens plans to close about 200 U.S. stores as the nation’s largest drugstore chain expands on a $1 billion cost-reduction plan it announced last August. The Deerfield, Illinois, company said Thursday that it also will reorganize its corporate operations and streamline its information technology and other functions. It expects the moves to add $500 million […]

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Earlier this week, according to an investigation by the New York State attorney general’s office into store-brand supplements at four national retailers — GNC, Target,…

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Now, stans of Jay Z and Mariah Carey can literally drink the Kool-Aid – only it’s not Kool-Aid. Jay Z and Mariah Carey-brand beverages are about to hit the market from the company Go ‘N Syde, run by music mogul Kevin Liles of KWL Enterprises. He’s hoping Carey’s “Butterfly” pink lemonade and Jay-Z’s “40/40″ Arnold […]