Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. WBA, shed 2.56% to $31.56 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, falling 0.52% to 4,365.69 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, falling 0.30% to 33,951.52. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. closed $11.18 below its 52-week high ($42.74), which the company achieved on June 28th. The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, fell 0.76%...

Three high school friends from California are accused of robbing a Casper Walgreens for thousands of opioid pills, after watching a how-to-rob-a-Walgreens video on Instagram. One of the men said he’d never heard of Wyoming before they arrived, and another said they chose Wyoming because he had always wanted to visit the state, according to an evidentiary affidavit filed in Casper Circuit Court on Tuesday. Charles Jemison, who is about 21, and Curtis Green and Joshua Slaughter, both 23, all face various felony charges on suspicion of robbery, drug possession,...

Memorial Day weekend is a time when retailers offer major sales and discounts. But what stores are open on Memorial Day -- Monday, May 29, 2023? Many, actually. Below is a list of Memorial Day store hours for dozens of retailers. Also included are links to each store’s homepage or Memorial Day sales main page if you want to shop the deals online. Hours are based on store websites and other retail websites. Check with your local store in the event its hours vary. • None : 10 a.m. to...

Police in Tennessee are investigating a claim from a Walgreens employee that he shot a pregnant woman who is alleged to have been a shoplifter. In a , the Nashville Police Department says that a Walgreens team leader shot a pregnant woman in the parking lot outside the store just before 8 p.m. on Wednesday. "The wounded suspected shoplifter, Travonsha Ferguson, 24, is in critical but stable condition at a local hospital," the press release stated. "Ferguson was seven months pregnant. An emergency C-Section was performed. The child, who was...

A woman who was seven-months pregnant was shot by a Walgreens employee in Nashville, Tennessee, this week after he suspected she had stolen cosmetics from its pharmacy, police said. Now, she and her newborn baby remain hospitalized after undergoing an emergency C-Section. A Walgreens team leader shot 24-year-old Travonsha Ferguson in the store's parking lot on Wednesday evening after he followed her out of the store when he was tipped off to the alleged shoplifting, Nashville police said in a news statement. Mitarius Boyd, 21, claims he fired his semi-automatic...

• Two women — one pregnant — were suspected of shoplifting and one was shot by a Walgreens employee, per police. • The employee said he used his firearm out of fear for his life after he was maced by one of the women, police said. • His self-defense claim is under investigation, police said. A pregnant woman suspected of shoplifting at a Tennessee Walgreens was shot by an employee who confronted her and had to undergo an emergency C-section, local police said. The incident happened at a Walgreens location...

NASHVILLE – A 34-year-old woman is in critical condition and required an emergency cesarean section after she was shot by a Nashville Walgreens employee during a confrontation over stolen merchandise. The shooting took place just before 8 p.m. in the parking lot of the store in East Nashville, less than four miles northeast of downtown, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department. Homicide detectives are investigating a self-defense claim of the store's team leader who they say shot the suspected shoplifter. The wounded woman was seven months pregnant when she...

ILLINOIS — Easter Sunday is nearly here. Many Illinois families look forward to gathering around the dinner table with their loved ones and enjoying an elaborate holiday meal of ham, potatoes, and other staples. However, even the best chefs sometimes forget a key ingredient or two needed to make their holiday meal unforgettable. Luckily, several major grocery store chains will be open on Easter Sunday. Patch has compiled a helpful list of stores that will be open on Easter Sunday and those that won’t. As always, we encourage you to...

Walgreens said Thursday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is unfairly targeting the pharmacy over plans for dispensing abortion pills in other states that it says are no different than those of its competitors. Newsom this week said California “won’t be doing business with Walgreens — or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk” after the pharmacy indicated last week it would not dispense abortion pills 21 states where attorneys general warned they would consider it illegal. Newsom’s office Wednesday announced the state won’t renew...

LOS ANGELES, CA — California's Gov. Gavin Newsom flexed the state's economic might in the nation's culture war over reproductive rights Wednesday, opting not to renew the state's $54 million contract with Walgreens after the company bowed to pressure to stop dispensing an abortion drug in states where Republican officials threatened legal action. In announcing his plans to cut ties with Walgreens, the governor suggested other states could follow suit. “California will not stand by as corporations cave to extremists and cut off critical access to reproductive care and freedom,”...