On the heels of a crushing Super Bowl defeat, 49ers general manager John Lynch admitted his eyes wandered when the Greatest Of All Time hit the NFL free-agency market. “When you’re talking about one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time with Tom Brady, of course you’re going to have some internal discussion,” Lynch told...
Delta Air Lines, the biggest and most profitable US airline, lost $534 million in the first quarter, a setback that will appear trivial when the full force of the pandemic is revealed in the current quarter.
“Oh my god,” Talermo said during the much-anticipated, bark-laden reunion, which was captured on video by San Francisco police. “You’re so excited!”
A top German newspaper says China kept the “world in the dark” about the coronavirus — and should fork over $165 billion in reparations to the Fatherland because of it. Bild ran the piece last week by editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt that questioned whether China “should pay for the massive economic damage the coronavirus is inflicting...
Coronavirus’ death toll in the US more than doubled in just 10 days, according to the latest figures. The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 45,435 on Tuesday morning, — up from 22,129 on April 12, according to the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The institute’s forecast model, which has been cited...
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An ER doctor in Georgia says plans to start lifting the coronavirus lockdown are a “slap in the face” to frontline workers — and warned that they “cannot help you if you’re dead.” Dr. Mehrdod Ehteshami told 11 Alive that everyone working in hospitals in the Peach State had “the rug taken out underneath them”...
Spain plans to start winding down its coronavirus lockdown measures by the second half of May, its prime minister announced Wednesday. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made the announcement during a parliamentary session, cautioning easing the lockdown would be “slow and gradual” in the country, which has the second-highest number of reported virus cases in the...
"He had given me a pink diamond, which got a lot of press," the "Hustlers" star recalled in a recent interview.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden said his campaign intends to name a committee of advisers tasked with narrowing down his vice presidential search by May 1. The former vice president made the announcement Wednesday on CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden” after being asked when he would be unveiling his running mate. Biden...
"Just hearing him breathe, it was like our connection to him and how we knew he was still alive," she said.
Ex-Patriots assemble. On Wednesday, Tom Brady posted a clip of his new Buccaneers teammate Rob Gronkowski “reporting” for duty, responding to the call of a conch shell in a scene right out of “Anchorman.” “Time to run it back Gronky!” Brady captioned the Instagram video, which features Gronkowski running through a wooded area to the...
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday the city has made “real progress” in its fight against coronavirus as he announced the number of patients in intensive care units has dropped, but hospitalizations for suspected COVID-19 are up. Patients in ICUs across the city’s 11 public hospitals have dropped after a slight decrease from 857 on...
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday unveiled his plan to “ultimately defeat” the coronavirus in New York, starting with ramped-up testing in the city’s public-housing developments — but acknowledged supply shortages will hamper the campaign. “The residents of NYCHA have been hit particularly hard,” de Blasio said in a press briefing. “We want to do...
New York state officials have scrapped controversial new guidelines that directed emergency service workers not to attempt to revive anyone without a pulse when they arrive on a scene during the coronavirus pandemic. State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker “rescinded” the “do-not-resuscitate” order put out by his Bureau of Emergency Medical Service on Wednesday —...
Each student at a Vermont elementary school received a special package in the mail this month: an art kit hand-packed by their art teacher, Arista Alanis. “May you all find joy in drawing colorful pictures!” Alanis told her students in a note packed with the art kits. Alanis conceived and executed the idea, mailing 173...
Trading was halted in Victoria’s Secret parent company Wednesday after the stock dropped more than 20 percent on news that a deal to sell 55 percent of the lingerie peddler could collapse. The New York Stock Exchange at 11:13 a.m. said it was halting trading in L Brands, which also owns Bed Bath & Beyond,...
Coronavirus was no match for this wee Scottish fighter. A premature baby girl named Peyton was diagnosed with COVID-19 at just three-weeks-old, beat the bug — and was released for the hospital this week, the BBC reported. Born eight weeks premature on March 26, Peyton weighed just 3 pounds and 5 ounces. Following the C-section...
Airline passengers may be buckling up to new social distancing measures in the post-coronavirus era — through novel seat configurations that prevent the spread of bugs, according to a report. Italian manufacturer Aviointeriors has created concepts for two airline seats – Glassafe, which features transparent cocoons, and Janus, in which the seats alternate facing forward...
He spawned the #MohawkChallenge.
Signs of blood thickening and clotting were being detected in different organs by doctors from different specialties. This would turn out to be one of the alarming ways the virus ravages the body, as doctors there and elsewhere were starting to realize. At Mount Sinai, nephrologists noticed kidney dialysis catheters getting plugged with clots. Pulmonologists...
Banks raked in $10 billion in fees for handing out US-backed loans to shore up small businesses battered by the coronavirus — despite taking on little to no risk on the deals, a new report says. The feds paid banks for serving as intermediaries for the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program, which allowed any federally...
Still lingering on the NFL free-agent market, Jadeveon Clowney could end up back in Seattle after finding out the hard way he isn’t worth $21 million. “He came in, did a great job for us,” Seahawks general manager John Schneider said of the 27-year-old defensive end in a video conference on Tuesday. “We made an...
