If one luxury apartment isn’t enough, why not have two of them? Hotelier André Balazs’ 4,200-square-foot home at 158 Mercer St., which relisted in September for $12 million, is being offered as part of a new nearly 9,000-square-foot combination that listed Tuesday for $20.74 million, according to StreetEasy. Although an architect’s touch would be necessary...
SAN FRANCISCO — Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the U.S., Sara Houze has been on the road — going from one hospital to another to care for COVID-19 patients on the brink of death. A cardiac intensive care nurse from Washington, D.C., with expertise in heart rhythm, airway and pain management, her skills...
"Got my covid test and honestly it felt good," tweeted one satisfied customer.
There may be another group of hackers at work in the wake of the devastating SolarWinds attack. A Microsoft blog hints at a second hacking attempt not related to the initial hack of the SolarWinds software. In that first attack, Russian actors hacked software updates for popular network monitoring tool SolarWinds Orion, described as a “supply chain” hack. As a result,...
A UK man has been jailed for 14 years after he stabbed a teenager in the neck in a “vigilante” attack over COVID-19 rules. Unemployed Ian Bryan, 58, was sentenced when he appeared at Brighton Crown Court on Monday after he seriously injured a teen who he thought was breaking coronavirus restrictions. He had been...
With Martin Shkreli back in the news after a wild story of a Bloomberg reporter Christie Smythe throwing away her marriage and career to be with him surfaced, somehow the infamous “Pharma Bro” wound up in baseball’s headlines. ESPN’s MLB insider Jeff Passan seized Shkreli’s return to the limelight as an opportunity to share an...
A Chinese woman who allegedly killed seven people, including a little girl, and then spent 20 years on the lam was finally hauled before a court this week. Lao Rongzhi appeared for the start of her trial in Nanchang Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangxi province and tearfully apologized to the families of the victims offering...
Noah Syndergaard will be returning to the Mets next season for the same salary he agreed to for 2020. The right-hander avoided arbitration with the club Tuesday by agreeing to a one-year deal worth $9.7 million, an industry source confirmed. Syndergaard was slated to receive the same amount last season, but it became prorated following...
Heinz launched an interesting clothing and accessory line for babies who were conceived at the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown, and Canadian parents seem to absolutely love it. The limited-edition swag includes baby onesies and bibs, and has been branded as the “Lockdown Lovebaby Collection” by the food giant’s baby food line Heinz by Nature. On Friday, 15,000 people joined a...
Big Ben will be back. League sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that the 38-year-old quarterback plans to return for at lest one more season. “Ben Roethlisberger wants to continue playing next season and, barring a change of heart, intends to fulfill the terms of a contract that has one season remaining on it after this...
Shares of Barry Diller’s IAC spiked nearly 15 percent Tuesday after it announced plans to spin off Vimeo. The video streamer, which was recently valued at $2.75 billion, will break off from its parent company in the second quarter of next year. “The combination of Vimeo’s remarkable growth, solid leadership position, and enormous market opportunity...
This is the way to jet into someone’s heart. New pictures of love-sick British Romeo Dale McLaughlan’s madcap jet ski ride across the Irish Sea have emerged — showing the long and wet trip that ended with him in a jail cell. The “thick as a brick” 28-year-old Scotsman was photographed with a large backpack...
Jayne was photographed visiting Kyle Richards & Mauricio Umansky’s Los Angeles home Monday.
Canadian officials are citing national security to block a Chinese government-owned company from acquiring an Arctic gold mine that has its own port and air strips. The Shandong Gold Mining Co. said Tuesday that Canadian regulators blocked the firm from purchasing TMAC Resources Inc, which owns the Hope Bay facility in Nunavut territory in Canada’s...
A former New Hampshire police officer and MMA fighter who was fired for repeatedly violating department policy will be allowed to access guns while free on bail, a judge ruled. Ronald “R.J.” Letendre, a 47-year-old former Dover cop who was fired in August can possess guns while free on a felony charge of falsifying physical...
American Airlines is beginning the phased return of furloughed workers after Congress passed a massive COVID-19 aid package with $15 billion in payroll support for airlines, its executives said in a staff memo on Tuesday. “While pay and benefits will be restored right away, people will be asked to return to the operation in phases,”...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended herself after Sen. Rand Paul criticized her and other lawmakers for getting the coronavirus vaccine early. The social media run-in took place on Twitter Monday afternoon, when Paul (R-Ky.) tweeted that it was “inappropriate” for younger, healthy people to be inoculated. “I was asked about getting vaccinated with others in Congress:...
The nation’s pharmacies and drug stores are on a hiring binge thanks to the coming rollout of the first FDA-approved coronavirus vaccines. Major chains, which laid people off in droves at the start of the pandemic, are suddenly appealing to retired pharmacists to return to work and offering signing bonuses as they seek to ramp...
Lost in the U.S. launch of the coronavirus vaccine is a fact most don’t know when they roll up their sleeves: In rare cases of serious illness from the shots, the injured are blocked from suing and steered instead to an obscure federal bureaucracy with a record of seldom paying claims. Housed in a nondescript...
Scientists in Ireland believe they found a bacteria that may counter the effects of obesity. The new study was published on Friday and was conducted by the APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre, which investigated whether the gut bacteria Bifidobacterium longum APC1472 has “anti-obesity effects” in high-fat diets. Bacteria B. longum APC1472 was administered to 6 high-fat...
The US imposed additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over human rights abuses as the administration ramps up punitive actions against Beijing in the final month of President Trump’s term. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced the enhanced restrictions against Chinese officials responsible for or taking part in repressing religious and ethnic minority...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea will prohibit private social gatherings of five or more people and shut down ski resorts and major tourist spots nationwide starting from Christmas Eve as it contends with surging coronavirus infections. The restrictions revealed by Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Tuesday widen similar plans announced by authorities in the...
WASHINGTON — GOP Senator Rand Paul blasted his fellow Republicans for voting in favor of the $900 billion coronavirus aid bill on Monday, which he said only encourages states to stay shuttered and adds to the nation’s growing deficit. In a fiery 12-minute speech on the Senate floor, the Kentucky libertarian said Republicans were no...
The final twist is an extremely implausible, easy way out.
LaGuardia Airport control tower chatter reveals the moment a Delta Airlines pilot had to explain that passengers bailed out on his flight — along with their Great Dane puppy — by opening an emergency door and going down the inflatable slide on the tarmac. “Hey, do you have a frequency where we can talk to...
