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A Walgreens store in Bradenton, Fla., is shown on Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Walgreens to close 1,200 stores in next 3 years

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A Walgreens store in Bradenton, Fla., is shown on Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Walgreens to pay $106M to settle allegations it submitted false payment claims for prescriptions

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A Walgreens store in Bradenton, Fla., is shown on Feb. 9, 2024. Police in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, arrested a man this week they say waited in a bathroom at a local Walgreens or five hours so he could gorge on snacks and smokes for free. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Man arrested at Florida Walgreens after waiting five hours in bathroom for store to close

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The entrance to a Walgreens is seen on Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. Walgreens lost nearly $6 billion in its fiscal second quarter mainly due to a drop in value for a VillageMD clinic business it controls. Excluding that charge, the drugstore chain reported results Thursday, March 28, 2024, that topped Wall Street expectations. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) **FILE**

Walgreens slashes full-year outlook, announces significant store closures

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

This photo taken from Albuquerque Police Department police video shows police making an arrest on March 20, 2024 after a chase with a horse-mounted police officer in Albuquerque, N.M. The shoplifter was detained outside a Walgreens. (Albuquerque Police Department via AP)

Shoplifter chased by police on horses in New Mexico, video shows

Associated Press

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Attorney generals in 20 conservative-led states warned CVS and Walgreens on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, that they could face legal consequences if they sell abortion pills by mail in those states. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Biden hails CVS/Walgreens decision to dispense abortion pill

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Public safety legislation unveiled Wednesday by local lawmakers in the nation’s capital is aimed at bringing down spiraling violent crimes rates that have stoked public anxiety and prompted congressional scrutiny. Bowser expressed her support for the bill, which incorporates several elements of previous proposals endorsed by the mayor's office. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

‘Safety hub’ in Chinatown part of D.C. mayor’s effort to reinvigorate city center

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A Walgreens Pharmacy sign is seen, June 25, 2019, in Pittsburgh. Walgreens has been fined $275,000 by the state of Vermont as part of a settlement of complaints that some of national pharmacy chain's Vermont stores unexpectedly closed, had untenable working conditions for pharmacists, and made medication and vaccination errors during the coronavirus pandemic, the secretary of state announced Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Walgreens to pay $275,000 to settle allegations in Vermont about service during pandemic

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Shown is the aftermath of ransacked liquor store in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Police say groups of teenagers swarmed into stores across Philadelphia in an apparently coordinated effort, stuffed bags with merchandise and fled. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Organized crime blamed for nationwide scourge of shoplifting, smash-and-grab flash mobs

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sacramento sheriff says Target, Walgreens hamstrung police during retail theft crackdowns

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

U.S. pharmacy workers enter second day of walkouts

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A sign marks a CVS branch on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Pasadena, Calif. CVS Health is pulling from its drugstore shelves, Friday, Oct. 20, some cough-and-cold treatments that contain an ingredient that has been deemed ineffective by doctors and researchers. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

CVS to remove ineffective cold medicines after FDA panel says main ingredient doesn’t work

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A Walgreens store is seen, June 25, 2018, in Peoria, Ariz. Some Walgreens pharmacy staff walked off the job this week over concerns that working conditions are putting employees and patients at risk. Organizers on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, estimated that more than 300 Walgreens locations — out of nearly 9,000 nationwide — were affected by walkouts planned for Monday, Oct. 9, through Wednesday, Oct. 11. A company spokesperson said “no more than a dozen” pharmacies experienced disruptions. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Walgreens pharmacy staffers stage walkouts over work conditions

By Maddie Burakoff - Associated Press

A palm tree is reflected in the window of a Walgreens pharmacy in Los Angeles, Friday, March 10, 2023. California's Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year. That's despite Gov. Gavin Newsom declaring last month that the state would no longer do business with the pharmacy giant. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Walgreens workers plan to walk out on job for three days next week

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - A Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a drugstore in Cypress, Texas on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on them for ages 6 months and up in September 2023, people seeking the newest COVID-19 vaccine are running into high demand, insurance headaches and supply delays coast to coast. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Booking a COVID-19 vaccine? Some are reporting canceled appointments or insurance issues

By Devi Shastri - Associated Press

A Paqui One Chip Challenge chip is displayed in Boston, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. The death of a Massachusetts teenager after his family said he ate an extremely spicy tortilla chip has led to an outpouring of concern about the social media challenge and prompted retailers to pull the product from their shelves at the manufacturer's request. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)

Teen’s death leads to outpouring of concern over spicy chip challenge as sales are halted

By Steve LeBlanc and Michael Casey - Associated Press

A palm tree is reflected in the window of a Walgreens pharmacy in Los Angeles, Friday, March 10, 2023. California's Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year. That's despite Gov. Gavin Newsom declaring last month that the state would no longer do business with the pharmacy giant. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

San Francisco Walgreens chains up freezer section to deter shoplifting

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the San Francisco Police Department are some of the more than $200,000 in stolen retail goods seized from a home this week in San Francisco. Police arrested a man they say has made $500,000 annually selling stolen over-the-counter medication and personal care products online. Investigators found the stolen items Wednesday, July 13, 2022, during a search of a home in the Ingleside neighborhood following a monthslong investigation. (San Francisco Police Department via AP)

Retail theft overlooked by prosecutors at expense of shoppers and worker safety, House panel told

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

This April 27, 2023, surveillance video image provided by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, and flipped for clarity, shows Walgreens security guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony pointing a gun at shoplifter Banko Brown, top, at the store, in San Francisco. Brown was fatally shot during the confrontation. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins released the video and other evidence Monday, May 15, saying again that she will not file charges against the guard. (Courtesy of the San Francisco District Attorney's Office via AP)

San Francisco DA releases video of Walgreens security guard fatally shooting alleged shoplifter

By Janie Har - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 16, 2023. California's Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year. That's despite Newsom tweeting last month that the state would no longer do business with Walgreens after the company indicated it would not sell abortion pills by mail in some states. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California to keep paying Walgreens despite Gavin Newsom’s order

Associated Press