The Dry January Hangover
“There’s a kind of risk aversion that you tend to associate with liberal politics,” Edward Slingerland, a philosophy professor at the University of British Columbia and Dartmouth, said, of…
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Iowa Mother Charged After Consuming Alcohol and Leaving 3-Year-Old Son Unsupervised, Leading to Child's Death in Hot Garage
The mother of a 3-year-old boy found dead in a Bondurant garage earlier this year has turned herself in. Tiffani R. Huff Holmes, 41, surrendered to the Polk County Jail late Sunday, Dec.…
Cinerama Dome Alcohol Permit Gets Unanimous Support From Hollywood Neighborhood Council: ‘The Next Big Step’
The Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council offered a unanimous vote of support Monday evening for the Arclight Hollywood and Cinerama Dome‘s Conditional Use Permit for serving alcoholic…
Albuquerque Man Charged with Murder After Killing Another Man He Thought was Possessed by the Devil While High on Cocaine, Alcohol
A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder over the death of a man at a house party early Saturday morning in Albuquerque. Caleb Parker-Arias is charged with an open count of murder.…
Cannabis drinks are taking market share and Big Alcohol is fighting back
Top alcohol makers have been sitting on the sidelines of a cannabis beverage boom, watching brands in the fast-growing category like Cann and Wynk make deals with beer and booze…
Oasis Documentary Given Guidance From U.K. Film Ratings Body Over Inclusion of ‘Cigarettes’ and ‘Alcohol’
A new Oasis documentary about the recently-reformed rockers has landed guidance from the British ratings board that some quarters of the British press have slammed as “woke.”…
'The Gilded Age' Season 3 Premiere Recap: Here, We Don't Believe in Marrying for Love or Alcohol
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Gilded Age Season 3 premiere. Julian Fellowes' historical dramas have been capturing audiences' hearts for years, but the latest…
ThaiBev to still dominate domestic alcohol market: analysts
High barriers to entry for small producers and entrepreneurs abound, including time needed to build up networks, maintain quality control THAILAND’S Lower House recently passed a Bill to…
Why the U.S. surgeon general wants cancer warning labels on alcoholic drinks
Alcoholic drinks are a leading cause of cancer and should carry a warning about that risk on their label, the U.S. surgeon general said Friday. Alcohol is a factor in nearly 100,000 newly…
Alcohol causes cancer, says the surgeon general—and science agrees
The link between alcohol and cancer is the subject of an advisory by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, so Newsweek reached out to experts for their thoughts on the topic. In a statement…
Danish Backpackers Who Drank Methanol Tainted Alcohol in Laos Told Friend They Were Vomiting Blood for Hours Before They were Found Dead
Two Danish backpackers who tragically died in a mass poisoning in Laos had messaged a friend, saying they had been vomiting blood for hours, before falling silent. They were later found…
5 tourists have died from drinking tainted alcohol in Laos
Five tourists have died from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. The victims are an American, two Danes, a Brit, and an Australian. The US State Department said it was monitoring the…
Risking death to smuggle alcohol past Somali Islamists
Alcohol smuggler Guled Diriye is exhausted. He has just returned from his trip transporting contraband from the Ethiopian border. The 29-year-old slumps in his chair inside a…