Medicare will pay for OxyContin immediately, no questions asked. But the new FDA-approved pain medication, which doesn’t risk addiction? That requires prior authorization, mandatory trials of cheaper ...

Transparency is the foundation of democracy, yet our Westmoreland County commissioners continue to ignore a simple request: livestream and record public meetings. In 2025, when technology makes this ...

Robin Wright has some disappointing news for fans of "The Princess Bride." The "House of Cards" alum not only confirmed there's no sequel to the 1987 romantic comedy in the works but explained why she ...

NPR’s series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what’s driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?

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There was buzz that a big peer is preparing a buyout offer. This wouldn't come cheap; the company currently sports a market cap of over $40 billion. The company might just be the target of a ...

Q: I bought a voucher through Groupon for a restaurant in Minneapolis. The restaurant closed before I could use the voucher. I asked Groupon for a refund but it refused and instead gave me $65 in ...

You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. If nothing else, the events of recent weeks have been clarifying. “Donald Trump is using the murder of ...

Robert Sánchez saw red against Man Utd. / Marc Atkins/Getty Images Robert Sánchez has long been regarded by so many as no more than a stop-gap for Chelsea between the posts, with errors and lapses of ...

Relative humidity measures how much moisture is in the air compared to how much it could hold at a given temperature. It is simply the dew point temperature divided by the air temperature, times 100.

Shares of Royal Caribbean Group got rocked Tuesday, after the cruise operator came up a touch short on revenue, again, even as demand for cruises has accelerated and quarterly profit beat forecasts.

For most of the last 50 years, new homes have cost more than existing ones, nationally. Thanks to builder strategies, shifting home designs and a new construction glut the trend has flipped. Something ...