FLORIDA -- Who knew a straw could be used as a weapon to fight crime? A team of students from a high school in Florida created a smart straw. It's very simple to use, you just put the straw in your ...

Humans for millennia siphoned the liquid pleasures of life between their lips through a hollow piece of grass — through straw. It took a 19th-century American entrepreneur, a Civil War veteran from ...

The days when we will be able to sip a “tasty beverage” through a plastic straw seem to be numbered. Iconic brands, cities, and even countries have joined the crusade to “stop sucking.” There has been ...

Last week, my wife, Sally, and I dropped the kids at a friend's house and headed to Shelter Island for a night at the Pridwin Hotel and Cottages. (I recommend it.) We had cocktails before dinner at ...

In an Indiana warehouse area on Lafayette's north end, little plastic chips are fed into a machine to be colored red and spun into the shape of a drinking straw. As the long, continuous straw makes ...

Aperol Spritz Cocktail in glass with orange slices on pink peach background. - Oksana Mizina/Shutterstock Plastic straws are widely used in the food and beverage industry. For cocktail drinkers, ...