A California attorney and an Arizona businessman tried to broker the sale of millions of masks at a massive mark-up to exploit the shortage of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, Brooklyn prosecutors alleged Tuesday. What’s more, their supposed supplier then tried to pass off empty packages as boxes of PPE for sale, the...
The Justice Department is ending its investigation of three senators who sold stocks early in the coronavirus pandemic, but is still investigating Sen. Richard Burr, according to a report. Defense attorneys for Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and James Inhofe (R-Okla.) are being informed Tuesday of the decision, The Wall Street Journal reports....
Call it the corona sutra.
The black man accosted by a white dog-walker in Central Park has posted an online rundown of what happened right before videotaping the now-infamous confrontation. Christian Cooper — a Harvard University grad, former Marvel Comics editor and a current member of the board directors for the New York City chapter of the Audubon Society, according...
Paging Mr. Mannequin, party of two. Mannequins are the latest must-have customer as the coronavirus pandemic has forced restaurants to institute social distancing practices and limit capacity. One of these creative solutions utilizes mannequins to make restaurants seem fuller. Most recently, restaurants in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, have started to embrace the stiff trend — but...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer claimed her husband was just kidding when he dropped her name in an attempt to speed up the installation of his boat ahead of Memorial Day. “Knowing it wouldn’t make a difference, he jokingly asked if being married to me might move him up,” Whitmer said of her husband, Marc Mallory,...
The move by Grenell comes on the same day he was replaced by former Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tx.), who was sworn in Tuesday after being confirmed to the position by the Senate in a 49-44 vote last Thursday.
A New Jersey used car salesman and an allegedly corrupt New York City pharmacist dubbed “the Mask Man” were arrested in separate coronavirus price-gouging and fraud schemes, federal authorities said Tuesday. In the first bust, car salesman Ronald Romano attempted to sell New York City about $45 million worth of personal protective equipment for front-line...
A former NASA engineer invented the comedically complex trap with a "maze of a thousand corridors" and "pitchfork tumblers of treachery."
A mysterious “continuously active” object known as a “Trojan asteroid” has been discovered in Jupiter’s orbit, making it the first known object like it. The object, known as 2019 LD2, has a “comet-like tail” made up of gas and dust. It was first observed by the University of Hawaiʻi’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)...
Apple will open another 100 retail stores in the United States this week, though most won’t let customers inside. The iPhone-maker will reopen stores across 21 states including New York, California and Texas according to Bloomberg. The reopening locations will largely focus on repairing products and troubleshooting issues at Genius bar appointments, as well as...
The Minneapolis cops involved in the arrest of George Floyd before he died have all been fired, Mayor Jacob Frey said on Twitter. “Four responding MPD officers involved in the death of George Floyd have been terminated,” Frey wrote. “This is the right call.” Floyd, who is black, was seen on viral video being pinned...
The Moon revolves around the Earth, Earth revolves around the Sun, and the Sun — along with everything else in our galaxy — revolves around a supermassive black hole that sits at the very center. It’s a dance that began long before we got here, but scientists are doing their best to make up for...
In a weeklong series, The Post is looking at alternate realities in New York sports. We are examining “what if” scenarios for our teams, reversals of fortune that would have radically changed not only the franchises themselves but dramatically altered their leagues, too. There are two rules: The scenario must be grounded in reality and...
Cleaner subways and nightly sweeps of the homeless from the system are the “silver linings” of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday. “I’ll tell you one of the silver linings here: the subways have never been as clean as they are now, and we’re helping more homeless people than ever before,” Cuomo said...
It's always the parents' fault.
MLB made its financial pitch to the Players Association on Tuesday. The key question when it comes to restarting a season is, how does the union take that pitch? MLB’s plan, as first reported by USA Today, was to have a sliding scale, so that those who make the least in 2020 would receive the...
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien has dramatically slashed the size of the National Security Council — reducing the headcount to half of what it was during the Obama era, The Post has learned. The job cuts are an attempt to streamline the foreign policy outfit which ballooned under the Obama...
Project management is one of the fastest-growing job areas in the world. In fact, within seven years, project-oriented sectors are expected to grow by 33%—that’s 22 million new jobs! The first step to starting a career in project management is to become certified. Not only will certifications help you stand out amongst other applicants, but...
With so many choices, finding the perfect pair of earphones is no easy feat. There are wireless and wired options, earbud and over-the-ear designs, varying battery lives, and so much more. Not to mention the fact that the prices can skyrocket when looking at luxury tech brands. If you want a pair of high-quality buds that...
This is what churches look like in the age of social distancing. A Catholic church in Brooklyn reopened its doors Tuesday — but had to be decked out like a “crime scene” with police tape cordoning off pews and warning signs everywhere. “I know it may look like a crime scene, or a construction site...
The Brooklyn funeral home that was shut down for storing decomposing bodies in U-Haul trucks amid the coronavirus crisis is being hit with a wave of litigation from families outraged over the treatment of their loved ones’ remains. Four suits were filed against Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Services as of early Tuesday afternoon, records show,...
He posted the video to Facebook as a last-ditch rescue plea before his body was discovered in the water just hours later.
He played Mr. Wilhelm, George Costanza’s (Jason Alexander) boss when he worked for the Yankees.
Nearly one-third of New York’s workforce is considered essential during the coronavirus crisis — and is among the best-paid in the nation, a new study says. The new survey by Joblist found 31.5 percent of the Empire State’s workers are considered essential employees — the 10th-highest share in the nation — and they are the...
