Новости за 14.05.2020

Avoiding the coronavirus is giving the Cuomo clan cabin fever.

Katy Perry is sending out some virtual flower power to fans.

The record-breaking fund provides basic living expenses such as essential medications, housing costs, food and utilities.

Even as public-health officials warn that reopening the economy will lead to “needless suffering and death,” a sizable share of Americans are still planning to take a road trip this summer. Thirty-one percent of Americans said they plan to go on a summer road trip, according to a new survey of more than 1,800 people...

Versatility has proven a trademark of the Tampa Bay Rays, who unleashed super-utility man Ben Zobrist on the baseball world and introduced us to openers. I doubt they’ll take any credit for Blake Snell’s words and actions Wednesday. Yet the Rays southpaw managed to establish a novel versatility plateau. Who knew one could exhibit tone...

A bull with an “itchy bum” in Scotland cut power to 800 homes when he tried to scratch his behind on an electricity pole, according to a report. Four-year-old Ron, a limousin bull, knocked down a transformer when rubbed his rump on the pole last Thursday — narrowly avoided the box as it fell and...

Eric Dickerson’s throwback jersey may never be more popular. The legendary running back, who returned to the Rams as vice president of business development, took aim at his own team’s new uniform on Wednesday, saying the overhaul makes the Rams look “soft” and resembles surfing gear. “This is football. This ain’t nothing to do with...

A nama-stay at home order is now in session.

Mary-Kate Olsen’s emergency petition seeking a divorce Pierre Olivier Sarkozy — despite coronavirus court closures — won’t go forward, after a Manhattan judge ruled that it wasn’t an essential matter.

Not so fast, lovers.

Financial news site Quartz is laying off 80 people and shutting its physical offices in London, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Washington DC in response to the coronavirus advertising collapse that has forced dramatic cutbacks across a slew of publications. CEO Zach Seward broke the news to employees Thursday, saying the eight-year-old company, which posted...

The owners of a Missouri restaurant are pleading with people online to stop harassing their employees after a customer posted a photo of their receipt that showed she was charged a “Covid 19 surcharge” for a meal. The customer posted the photo of the receipt from Kiko Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Lounge in West Plains...

The new season won't start until January.

New York City hair salon owners demanded a reopening timeline at a Bronx demonstration Thursday — saying previous plans to help struggling restaurants amid the coronavirus crisis aren’t going to cut it for their industry. Joined by Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Upper Manhattan), roughly a dozen salon and barbershop workers — wearing face masks and maintaining...

Crooked former state Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. says his life is in grave danger due to the coronavirus pandemic and wants a judge to let him out of prison early, according to court papers. The disgraced pol, who is serving a 14-year term for extortion, bribery and mail fraud, argued for compassionate release in court...

Divorce lawyers and the state court system are bracing for an influx of filings in regions where courts will begin taking new cases next week under Gov. Andrew Cuomo's PAUSE order.

The Sergeants Benevolent Association union was “inappropriate” when it called the city’s health commissioner a “b—h” on Twitter, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Thursday. “Not only do I denounce that, but I denounced 90 percent of what I read on Twitter,” the city’s top cop said during a budget hearing Thursday. “But there is no...

The reopening of this German cafe went swimmingly. Cafe & Konditorei Rothe in Schwerin celebrated the easing of the country’s coronavirus lockdown by handing out pool noodles for patrons to wear on their heads as a social-distancing enforcement gimmick, Insider reported. Customers were pictured sitting outside the eatery last Saturday wearing straw hats with long, colorful foam rolls...

The $30M musical becomes the third show let go during the crisis.

Three California adults were busted for child endangerment after five kids were discovered riding in a makeshift wooden box on the back of a pickup truck, according to a report. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said it received a call Tuesday about the welfare of “small children” spotted on Interstate 40 in Needles, the...

A leaked database from a Chinese military-run university suggests the country may have at least 640,000 COVID-19 cases — a figure substantially higher than Beijing’s dubious claim that it has seen just 80,000 coronavirus infections. The virus tracker, compiled by China’s National University of Defense Technology and leaked to Foreign Policy magazine, appears to confirm...

PRETORIA – Thousands of people struggling under South Africa’s tough lockdown waited in snaking queues for food aid for the second time in two weeks on Thursday, highlighting the human cost of the country’s coronavirus restrictions. Footage by Reuters showed people standing in miles-long queues on a dirt track near the Mooiplaas and Spruit informal...

With less than 1 percent of young Americans both willing and able to join the military, even fewer of whom can pass special operations selection, each service is looking at creative ways to seek out the skills and attributes would-be operators can bring to the table. That includes prioritizing technology experience for some services, while...

A UK nudist organization has reported a 100% increase in new members amid the coronavirus pandemic.

LONDON – London’s “Square Mile” financial district said it will close some streets to cars to create more space for pedestrians and cyclists so that workers can observe social distancing when the coronavirus lockdown is lifted. Britain began easing restrictions this week but said people who can work from home should continue to do so,...