Littered masks and gloves filling streets, becoming safety hazard
"This is making a bad problem worse and possibly spreading COVID-19."
"This is making a bad problem worse and possibly spreading COVID-19."
The number of inmates in New York City jails has dipped to historic levels with fewer people being admitted into city lockups as officials cut free inmates deemed vulnerable to coronavirus. Since mid-March, only about 600 people have been jailed awaiting trial, compared to 3,300 over the period this time last year, city officials said. ...
Former Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum used to say “the hay is in the barn” at this point in preparation for the NFL Draft. The teams have done all of their work and are now just tinkering with their draft board, talking to other teams about potential trades, running things past ownership and going through...
The Justice Department could take legal action against governors who maintain tough rules over coronavirus that Attorney General William Barr said infringe on constitutional rights even after the pandemic subsides, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday. Stringent rules such as stay-at-home orders and shutting down businesses are only justified up to a point, Barr said in an...
New York City’s rat population just got a lot bigger. Calls and texts about social-distancing violations skyrocketed following Mayor Bill de Blasio’s appeal on Saturday for New Yorkers to help stem the spread of the coronavirus by snitching on illegal gatherings, data shows. Before the announcement, the number of daily complaints about improper social distancing...
Amid the jocks, nerds and shoulder pads of the '80s teen rom-com landscape, a dark horse emerged.
New York state just issued a drastic new guideline urging emergency-services workers not to bother trying to revive anyone without a pulse when they get to a scene, amid an overload of coronavirus patients. While paramedics were previously told to spend up to 20 minutes trying to revive people found in cardiac arrest, the change...
Democrats may allow proxy voting for the first time on the House floor due to the coronavirus, alarming Republicans who say they are concerned about “abuses of power” if lawmakers vote on behalf of their peers. The sweeping change to House protocol could take effect Thursday for a half-trillion-dollar coronavirus relief package that funds small-business...
A barrage of prank messages forced the city to temporarily shut down its new text service that lets New Yorkers snitch on social-distancing violators, The Post has learned.
Oil prices continued a historic plunge Tuesday as the coronavirus pandemic’s stranglehold on demand for fuel showed no signs of loosening any time soon. June futures contracts for West Texas Intermediate crude oil plunged as much as 68 percent to $6.50 a barrel — the lowest price in at least 50 years. And the May...
A Minnesota man has admitted killing a 19-year-old woman and dismembering her body in his garage, prosecutors said. Ethan Broad, 27, is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of Dystynee Avery, who had been missing since early April but was last known to be staying temporarily with the Moorhead man, KSTP reports. When...
From the left: Biden — Troubled or Teflon? The good news for Joe Biden, per Bill Scher at RealClearPolitics: He is leading in nearly all national polls and swing-state polls, his opponent is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and “all of the Democratic Party’s major figures have united to endorse his candidacy.” The bad news:...
Former MTA chairman Peter Kalikow is appealing to his longtime friend Donald Trump to help rescue his old agency from a coronavirus-induced financial wipeout. In an April 20 letter obtained by The Post, the 77-year-old real estate magnate asked for the president’s blessing for another $4 billion in federal aid for the city’s cash-strapped mass...
Rob Gronkowski is returning to his old quarterback, not his old team. In a shocking move Tuesday, the New England Patriots traded Gronkowski to the Buccaneers, along with a seventh-round pick in this week’s draft, for a fourth-rounder, according to ESPN. The deal came together after Gronkowski alerted the Patriots he wanted to return to...
School’s out, forever. An Ohio college announced it will permanently shutter due to financial problems brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. Urbana University, which is a branch of Franklin University in Columbus, said it will close its campus at the end of the spring semester, news station WKEF reported. “Franklin University’s...
New York City reported another 744 new coronavirus deaths between Monday and Tuesday, a major spike that followed days of declines. The terrifying pandemic has now claimed the lives of 14,427 New Yorkers who either tested positive for COVID-19 or exhibited many of its symptoms before their deaths, according to data released by the city’s...
The anti-malaria drug touted by President Trump showed zero benefits for coronavirus patients in a nationwide study — and even caused more deaths among those given the drug versus those given standard care, researchers reported. Hydroxychloroquine proved to be no better than standard care among more than 300 male patients at Veterans Health Administration medical...
NEW DELHI – Residents of New Delhi are experiencing the longest spell of clean air on record, according to government data, as a stringent lockdown to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus drastically cuts pollution in the world’s most polluted capital. With all transport and construction suspended, good air has emerged as one of the...
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced plans Monday to restart the state’s economy before the end of the week, saying many businesses that closed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus could reopen as early as Friday.
A decapitated cat was found on Long Island and animal care groups are upping an award to find the psycho who committed the heinous act. The Suffolk County SPCA has been trying to figure out who tortured and beheaded Pepper the cat since she was found outside her owner’s Centereach home on March 30, officials...
For Earth Day, a global poll of 2,250 office workers discovered 77 percent believe working from home is one of the most effective ways to help the environment. And one of the reasons for this is their commute: Over 75 percent of respondents say their commute to work is something they feel guilty about when...
Dave Gettleman will not be Home Alone during the 2020 NFL Draft. Stand down with those fears that the 69-year-old general manager will be overmatched from a technology standpoint Thursday night when the Giants are on the clock and the heat is on during an unprecedented remote draft process. Accompanying Gettleman at his home in...