Contrite, shorn of theatrics – Johnson’s first day at inquiry

To kick off Glaucoma Awareness Month in January, experts are setting the record straight on some common myths about what the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) calls the “silent thief of sight.” Approximately three million Americans have glaucoma. Yet only half of them are aware they have the potentially blinding disease, according to the Centers…

“At best I have maybe a year, at worst maybe a little less,” said England’s first-ever foreign-born soccer coach.

The lip glosses of my youth — typically thick and formulated with sticky waxes — were absolute magnets for crumbs and hair and felt extremely gloopy on. Anyone who has worn a traditional lip gloss has most likely done so because of the high-shine pay off, not because the texture was particularly pleasant to wear. …

BlendJet Inc. is recalling about 4.8 million portable blenders sold at Costco, Target and Walmart after receiving reports of blades breaking off as well as the product overheating or catching fire, resulting in dozens of injuries.  The Benicia, California-based company has heard of 329 incidents in which BlendJet 2 Portable Blenders’ blades broke off while…

“I have contacts, but I wear daily ones, and at the end of the day I can make all the excuses I want. I don’t take them out. I sleep in them. It’s not healthy. You’re supposed to change them,” Spelling told her co-star. Since one-third of people wear contact lenses, there’s a possibility that…

Cans of Sprite and Fanta, beverages produced by the Coca-Cola Company, seen displayed in a supermarket. Alex Tai | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration disclosed the recall in a filing and said it began on Nov. 6. It encompasses 1,557 cases of 12-ounce cans of Sprite, 417 cases of Diet Coke,…