Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers?
Aging means “becoming a target” of the industry, one expert said. After decades of debate, politicians of all stripes are proposing bans.
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College basketball expert picks: Predictions for Michigan vs. Purdue, more from loaded Tuesday
Eleven of the teams ranked in the latest AP Top 25 poll will be in action Tuesday, as conference title races ramp up with less than a month remaining until Selection Sunday. The headliner of the slate will be a battle of Big Ten foes when No. 1 Michigan faces No. 7 Purdue in West…
Memorials for Iran’s Slain Protesters Wil Test of State Crackdown
Ceremonies commemorating the 40 days after protesters were killed are planned this week, challenging the authorities’ ability to restrain them.
New tax rules are in effect this season—and many filers don’t know about them
New deductions and rule changes could mean a larger refund for millions of taxpayers this year. Tax filing season is in full swing, and while preparing your taxes can often be filled with stress, misplaced documents, and worries about proper filing, this year, there may be a silver lining. According to analysts, many Americans may…
Casey Wasserman Should Resign From LA28 Says LA Mayor Over Epstein Fallout
Karen Bass can’t fire Casey Wasserman as the head of Los Angeles’ 2028 Olympic Games, but she sure wants the soon-to-be former agency boss out ASAP. “My opinion is, is that he should step down,” LA Mayor Bass said this Presidents’ Day on CNN. “That’s not the opinion of the board,” the reelection seeking incumbent…
Anderson Cooper Is Leaving ’60 Minutes’
Mr. Cooper said in a statement that he was leaving as a correspondent for the show to focus on his CNN program and spend more time with his children.
Photos: Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers stars work out at spring training
1 2 3 1. Yoshiki Ideguchi, who traveled from Tokyo, watches at Dodgers spring training at Camelback Ranch in Arizona Monday. (Ronaldo Bolanos/Los Angeles Times) 2. Children lean against a fence and wait to greet players during Dodgers spring training at Camelback Ranch in Arizona on Monday. (Ronaldo Bolanos/Los Angeles Times) 3. A fan holds…
Rethinking our approach to BMI highlights the need for speed
Moving too quickly in medicine can be disastrous. The previous century is littered with examples, from the scandal of thalidomide – a morning sickness drug that had never been tested on pregnant animals – to the embrace of low-fat diets, based on scanty evidence. But there’s also danger in moving too slowly, and the body…
How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M at a $4B valuation in 4 months
The co-founders of startup Ricursive Intelligence seemed destined to be co-founders. Anna Goldie, CEO, and Azalia Mirhoseini, CTO, are so well-known in the AI community that they were among those AI engineers who “got those weird emails from Zuckerberg making crazy offers to us,” Goldie told TechCrunch, chuckling. (They didn’t take the offers.) The pair…
bitchy | “Rose Byrne wore Loewe at the Independent Spirit Awards” links
Photos from the 2026 Independent Spirit Awards, which I didn’t watch (because I forgot about them). Rose Byrne wore Loewe (I dislike this), and I’m also including pics of Wagner Moura, Kirsten Dunst & Jesse Plemons. [Just Jared]Train Dreams won the big prizes at the Spirit Awards, and Rose Byrne picked up the lead actor…