Do you wake up each day and weigh the pros and cons of showering, as though you’re Hamlet pondering “to be or not to be”? Then, like me, you are surely having trouble acclimating to our new homebody reality amid the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. In New York, for now, normalcy is off the table. With...
You knew New Yorkers weren't going to let a global pandemic break up the party.
The report, by real estate Web site PropertyNest, found that 38.9 percent of all New Yorkers do not have enough saved to pay a single month’s rent if they lose their jobs or their paychecks are put on hold.
In times of turmoil up in the air, we look to flight attendants for reassurance. But what happens when it’s their industry that’s in turmoil?
Finally something to get excited about: Rosario Dawson has been cast in Season 2 of Disney+’s “The Mandalorian.” Dawson, 40, will guest star as Ahsoka Tano, Variety confirmed. In the animated “Star Wars” series “The Clone Wars,” the character is Anakin Skywalker’s former apprentice. The role has been voiced by Ashley Eckstein and is a...
Disgraced yogi Bikram Choudhury’s collection of vintage luxury cars will go unsold for at least several more months thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. The virus crisis forced auction house RM Sotheby’s to scrap the live Florida auction where 22 of Choudhury’s vintage vehicles were to be sold starting Friday. The auction is still being held...
A doctor quoted in a controversial National Enquirer article touting coronavirus “cures” now says the supermarket tabloid never spoke to him — and he’s demanding a retraction. Keith Armitage, medical director for the UH Roe Green Center for Travel Medicine and Global Health in Cleveland, Ohio, was quoted in the March 23 edition of the...
TAIPEI – Taiwan, which has won global praise for its effective action against the coronavirus, is rolling out a mobile phone-based “electronic fence” that uses location-tracking to ensure people who are quarantined stay in their homes. Governments around the world are combining technology and human efforts to enforce quarantines that require people who have been...
There is some relief right now. Here are some of the helpful ways to deal with the strain.
An Israeli mother of four has unleashed a hilarious — but relatable — rant on video about having her kids home all day, yelling that “if we don’t die from the coronavirus, we’ll die of distance learning.” Shiri Koenigsberg Levy, 41, a special-ed teacher, has been holed up with Raz, 15, May, 13, Nir, 10,...
A warming climate could worsen future extreme weather more than previously thought, new research reveals. Current models predicting the impact of global warming on hurricanes, heatwaves and other weather events are probably underestimating what may come, according to a study published in Science Advances on Wednesday. Researchers found that the warming already on track for...
Facials and peels? They barely scratch the surface. The newest “spa” treatments go far deeper. In fact, intravenous (IV) nutrient therapies release cocktails of wellness-enhancing vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants directly into patients’ veins. These restorative infusions — favored by celebs like Chrissy Teigen and Miley Cyrus — have recently opened in soothing, luxe spaces known...
Hospitals are "days away" from reaching the end of their stores.
US stocks slid Friday afternoon as Wall Street got spooked by fresh moves to contain the coronavirus, including a statewide lockdown by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 913.21 points, or 4.6 percent, to close at 19,173.98. That was after it rose nearly 350 points in early trading, as Gov....
Hospitals in Thailand have begun using “ninja robots” to ease the burden on medical workers and doctors fighting to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The robots, which were originally built to monitor recovering stroke patients, have been repurposed to measure patients’ fevers, AFP reported. The machines have, as of Thursday, been used at four...
Europeans looking to watch YouTube videos in 4K may be out of luck, the streaming service announced Friday. The Google subsidiary will reduce its streaming quality in the European Union to reduce the strain it puts on the Internet as millions of Europeans are forced to stay inside due to the coronavirus pandemic. YouTube’s announcement...
The idea of social distancing — keeping ourselves at least six feet away from one another and avoiding gatherings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 — has millions of people worldwide confronting a type of loneliness that’s acutely familiar to astronauts. A number of astronauts, accustomed to toiling in small workspaces in isolation or...
Sen. Richard Burr asked an ethics panel Friday to probe suspiciously timed stock trades he executed that have led to calls for his resignation. The North Carolina Republican said he requested a Senate Ethics Committee review of his sales of up to $1.7 million in shares on Feb. 13. Burr, who leads the Senate Intelligence...
Altria CEO Howard Willard has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, the tobacco giant revealed this week. Willard is taking a temporary medical leave to “ensure that the company is fully functioning at this critical time and to focus on his health,” the Marlboro maker said in a note to employees dated Thursday. While Willard...
JPMorgan Chase said Friday it would give “front line employees,” workers who are staffing branches and call centers through the coronavirus pandemic, a sweetener for their efforts: a one-time $1,000 bonus. The largest US bank by assets, which closed 1,000 of its roughly 5,000 branches this week, said full- and part-time staff who have to do...
The state Labor Department has been swamped by a tidal wave of New Yorkers laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic who are all seeking unemployment benefits at the same time — a crush of inquiries that has frequently crashed its website and jammed its call lines. The agency is expanding its server capacity and...
Not all groceries are flying off the shelf. Take a video tour of the NYC metro area’s least popular supermarket items — from lunch meat to high-end seltzers like Perrier and La Croix — filmed at grocery stores across Queens, Brooklyn and New Jersey. Meanwhile, shoppers appear to be stocking up on frozen food, produce...
A former Google engineer accused of stealing trade secrets for Uber has agreed to plead guilty to swiping sensitive documents from his old employer before joining the ride-hail giant. Anthony Levandowski took the plea deal in exchange for San Francisco federal prosecutors recommending a jail sentence of no more than 30 months, bringing to an...
These zombie-film actors have some advice for real-world residents: Keep calm and stay at home. Actors Simon Pegg, 50, and Nick Frost, 47, released a public service announcement on YouTube Thursday in the form of a remade scene from their 2004 Edgar Wright-directed apocalypse parody, “Shaun of the Dead.” In “The Plan,” which has already racked...
