Patricia Bosworth, who started out as an actress in films such as “The Nun’s Story” and went on to become a notable celebrity biographer and magazine editor, died Thursday of complications of the coronavirus. She was 86. Her friend Ray Leslee wrote on Facebook, “Patti was more than a great writer. She was an inspiration and...
The NYPD has partnered with three health care groups to provide free coronavirus testing to all cops. Officers who are showing symptoms similar to the pandemic COVID-19 will be able to visit one of 74 locations in and around the Big Apple, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea wrote Friday in a department-wide email. “This comes at...
The Chicago Bears have a full-fledged quarterback competition on their hands – and it’s starting politely. On Friday, the Bears formally introduced QB Nick Foles, whom they traded for last month, through a conference call with local media. The former Eagles’ Super Bowl MVP will compete for the starting job with Mitchell Trubisky, Chicago’s incumbent...
The fired aircraft carrier commander who raised alarm about a coronavirus outbreak placed his 5,000-man crew “at risk” of attack, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said Friday. Modly slammed Navy Capt. Brett Crozier as videos emerged of sailors cheering wildly for the departing leader, who was fired Thursday. “Loose lips sink ships, and that’s what...
Nadia Zevallos says she was driven out of the American Dental Center in Union after complaining about the rampant party culture promoted by her supervisor Lilly Almeida, according to her Union County lawsuit filed Thursday.
Once a prom queen, always a prom queen. One thoughtful family in Texas wanted to ensure that their high-schooler would still get a chance to enjoy prom this year, even though the annual dance had been canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. So, in lieu of the big event, her folks threw a “prom on the...
The last two months of the season must have been exactly what Henrik Lundqvist envisioned at the 2018 post-Letter deadline purge when he chose to remain with the Rangers after he was given the chance to opt out of an embryonic rebuild program and pursue his Stanley Cup dream somewhere else. Because here were the...
New Jets wide receiver Breshad Perriman believes the end of the 2019 season was just the beginning for him. Perriman had a monster finish for the Buccaneers last year. In their final five games, he caught 25 passes for 506 yards and five touchdowns. It was the most production he has shown in five years...
Public health experts believe one impact of the school closures mandated by the coronavirus pandemic will be an increase in childhood obesity across the United States. Andrew Rundle, associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and his colleagues expect that COVID-19-related school closures will double out-of-school time this year for...
Just a year ago, Roberta Melo-Brodis threw a party with 15 kids — and 45 adults, including friends and family members — for her younger daughter Kelsy’s first birthday. “It was a Minnie Mouse theme and everyone had a blast,” she says. “We bought a bouncy castle, and it was a big hit.” For Kelsy’s...
WASHINGTON — Anyone meeting President Trump or Vice President Pence will now be subjected to rapid COVID-19 tests to prevent the leaders from becoming infected with the virus, the White House said Friday. Starting immediately, people expected to be in close approximately with either Trump or Pence will be given a the test to “to...
Now that experts suggest that wearing a mask or face covering is helpful against the coronavirus, folks are scrambling to make their own rather than tap into the supply of surgical face masks needed by essential workers. This easy face-mask tutorial from DIY blog Japanese Creations has gone viral, and to make one, you don’t...
The Sergeants Benevolent Association was making its way to every precinct, housing bureau and transit district to deliver 80,000 bottles of hand sanitizer and 500 galloons of bleach.
When his community needed some support, Chris Wauben came running. Wauben, a resident of Holiday, Fla., recently set out for a seven-mile run while carrying a 6-foot-by-10-foot American flag as part of his efforts to honor the brave health care workers battling the coronavirus crisis. “I’ve been running with the American flag for probably about...
Arts festivals can be truly life-changing. They can also be ripe for mockery, which is what happened to comedian Eugene Mirman and his friends back in 2008. Their good-natured satire, the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, surprised them by becoming the real deal, selling out shows and running for a decade. “It Started as a Joke,”...
Authorities have ordered Louisville residents who have been exposed to the potentially deadly virus but won't self-quarantine to wear a tracking device to ensure they don't leave the house, CNN affiliate WDRB reports.
The Department of Justice has stepped up its investigation of Google’s proposed $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, a deal that critics say could pose increased threats to customer privacy, two sources close to the situation told The Post. In a move that typically signals increased scrutiny for a merger, regulators are now conducting a so-called...
Hold on to your cats! The rapidly-spreading coronavirus can be transmitted between your feline pets, according to a new Chinese study. Researchers at Harbin Veterinary Research Institute found that cats are not only susceptible to contracting COVID-19 but can pass it on to their furry friends as well. But other animals — such as dogs,...
The world knows Drake as a music superstar, dropping dance jams from quarantine in Toronto, Canada. Even the biggest Drizzy fans, however, might not know these seven facts about the “Tootsie Slide” singer. Subscribe to our YouTube!
At least two US state attorneys have sought information from Zoom Video Communications following multiple reports that questioned the privacy and security of the videoconferencing app. Zoom’s popularity has surged as employees at businesses, schools and millions of other organizations across the world work from home due to lockdowns imposed to slow the spread of...
She wanted to provide sustenance for medical staffers and ambulance crews who are too busy to have a proper meal during their hectic shifts.
Fliers desperate to escape Russia erupted in a near-riot Friday when officials canceled Aeroflot’s last Moscow-to-New York flight — even though the plane had already begun taxiing on the runway. “People are starting to panic and go crazy,” one passenger, Montana-born ballet star Julian Mackay, 22, said in a cell-phone video he recorded from his...
US stocks tumbled Friday after a brutal monthly jobs report gave Wall Street more proof of how hard the coronavirus pandemic has hit the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped −360.91 points, or 1.7 percent, to 21,052.53 after the feds’ March jobs report said the US economy lost 701,000 jobs last month, bringing the...
The release follows Trump administration coronavirus coordinator Deborah Birx saying Thursday that she could tell by the US increase in new infections that people were not universally abiding by requests that they stay home.
"We are very, very grateful to what you and all these health care workers are doing."
