Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the birth of the modern environmentalist movement. Half a century later, we might pause and ask: How is our planet doing? The answer: pretty well, actually. We have much to celebrate — and much to think about as we consider ways we can make the next...
Mike Bloomberg has been laying low politically following the drubbing he took in his quixotic billion-dollar presidential run, a new report said Tuesday. In a report on the former mayor’s $20 million investment in Hawkfish, his own digital tech company, a person close to him in the business community told CNBC that Bloomberg was still...
Rob Gronkowski is “ready” to return to the NFL and team up with old buddy Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Gronkowski, who retired last year but never closed the door on returning, came out of retirement Tuesday and was traded from the New England Patriots, along with a seventh-round pick, to the Buccaneers...
People are forming "quaranteams" of their closest friends who they can safely interact and live with while sheltering in place.
Missouri has become the first state to file a lawsuit against the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus — claiming that misinformation from Beijing during the early stages of the outbreak cost some residents their lives. In a petition filed in a Show-Me State federal court on Tuesday, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt...
The city will celebrate its “rebirth” after the pandemic subsides with the the “greatest” ticker-tape parade ever, de Blasio announced earlier Tuesday.
The virus didn’t spare the voting booth. At least seven coronavirus cases can be linked back to Wisconsin’s in-person election held earlier this month in the midst of the pandemic, according to state health officials. The cases include six voters and one poll worker from Milwaukee, where voters waited in long lines after the number...
Brock Aller, a longtime fixture for Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, is close to joining president Leon Rose in the Knicks front office as vice president of strategy, according to an NBA source. Aller was financial planner/capologist with Cleveland, but a source said he’ll be “more than a capologist’’ under Rose. However, Aller is not the...
Now that hospitals are past peak coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is moving to gradually lift restrictions on elective surgeries — and quite rightly so. Areas that clearly have adequate bed space to handle COVID-19 patients will go first, but people all across the state need hospitals for other issues — and hospitals desperately need the...
Congress can be forgiven for the many flaws in the $2.2 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan it rushed through last month — but only if it fixes them quickly now. Back then, it was vital to pass something fast, so errors were likely. Among the biggest goofs: OK’ing a $600 bonus on top of state benefits...
A woman whose father died at a coronavirus-plagued nursing home in Queens says she was kept in the dark about his condition because of a staffing shortage that meant no one was around to pick up the phone. Livia Machin detailed to The Post the nightmare of trying to gather information about the health of...
Tom Brady sure seems thrilled to have Gronk by his side again. A couple hours after it was reported the Patriots were trading the formerly retired Rob Gronkowski to Brady’s Buccaneers, the six-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback posted a photo of himself to his Instagram story along with the an image of himself grinning, alongside a...
President Trump will request Harvard University return nearly $9 million it received in coronavirus relief, saying the Ivy League school should never have taken the funding. “Harvard’s going to pay back the money, and they shouldn’t be taking it,” Trump told reporters at the White House coronavirus briefing on Tuesday evening. “They have one of...
New York City, and perhaps the nation, seem to be past the coronavirus peak. But even as America looks at how to move forward, let’s all keep in mind how much suffering continues and how many exhausted front-line workers still face enormous risk. The virus has taken the lives of hundreds of nurses, doctors and...
As the City Council prepares to conduct official business Wednesday through online meetings for the first time in its 82-year history, some members are questioning whether any action taken remotely will hold up in court. City Hall lawyers believe Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s state of emergency declared last month in response to the coronavirus pandemic gives...
A fourth-round pick?! That’s all the New England Patriots were able to acquire for Rob Gronkowski on Tuesday, when they traded perhaps the best tight end in NFL history to Tom Brady’s Buccaneers. It seems Bill Belichick and the Patriots had no other options but to pull the trigger on the deal that also featured...
The Air Force is putting the finishing touches on an Expeditionary Medical Support System at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam — an effort designed to support crew members from the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt as the ship recovers from a COVID-19 outbreak, according to the service. Thousands of sailors have been evacuated from the ship since...
Netflix’s subscriber base is exploding as people holed up at home to avoid the coronavirus become video-bingeing couch potatoes. The Los Gatos, Calif.-based video-streaming giant added a record 15.8 million paying streaming customers in the first quarter of 2020 — more than twice the 7 million it had forecast in January before the coronavirus pandemic...
Andy Richter, one of TV's most familiar faces, has taken his act online.
The City Council will introduce a sprawling legislative package aimed at helping New Yorkers during the coronavirus pandemic by bolstering tenant protections and requiring hazard pay for essential employees. “These bills provide relief where it is needed most right now, including protecting tenants from eviction,” said Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan), who backs the package. “We...
Deborah Priester, 69, was wheeled out of the Mineola hospital to claps and cheers from staff -- and while dancing in her seat to Kool and the Gang's classic "Celebrate."
The microwave is no place for face masks. New Hampshire fire officials are warning residents against sterilizing their face masks in the microwave, saying it could easily spark a fire. “The NH State Fire Marshal’s Office (NHFMO) would like to remind everyone that ‘microwaving their masks to kill germs’ is a fire hazard and an...
Coronavirus-ailing NYPD Chief of Transportation William T. Morris was expected to be pulled from life support after his family arrives at the hospital, The Post has learned. The 61-year-old, a three-star chief who oversaw traffic and highway patrol, was reportedly on life support earlier on Tuesday and doctors were waiting for his son before removing...
NYPD Chief of Transportation William T. Morris has died from the coronavirus — the highest-ranking NYPD member to be claimed by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Post has learned. He was 61. Morris, a three-star chief who oversaw traffic and highway patrol, was reportedly on life support earlier on Tuesday before passing away, police sources said....
Knicks legend Walt Frazier doesn’t remember making this remark about Michael Jordan in 1984, but he isn’t surprised he did. During “The Last Dance’’ ESPN documentary premiere Sunday, a snippet showed Frazier opining about Jordan after he was drafted by the Bulls with the No. 3 pick. “He’s not 7-foot. So he’s not going to...
