coronavirus

Amanda Kloots honored her late husband Nick Cordero with an intimate memorial on Saturday, days after the Broadway actor died due to complications from coronavirus. “We had a small memorial yesterday with close family and friends,” Kloots posted Sunday on Instagram. “I said, ‘Nick would have wanted this to be a celebration. Let’s try to …

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, his son and two other family members have tested positive for the coronavirus in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, a government minister said Sunday. The Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital said that Amitabh Bachchan was in stable condition with mild symptoms in an isolation unit. Bachchan, 77, said in a tweet …

The Force is strong with this one. For the first time since it’s 1980 release, “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” is at the top of the box office due to its re-release at drive-in theatres that have sprung up all over the country. Raking in a $175,000 at 483 locations, the film is expected …

A PATIENT in Texas who died of the coronavirus attended a “Covid party” because they believed the virus was a hoax. The patient, who was in their thirties, told a nurse they had “made a mistake”, shortly before they died. The incident happened in San Antonio, reported News4SA, and Chief Medical Officer of Methodist Healthcare …

Disney says it will enforce a strict policy on wearing masks as it prepares to reopen Disney World on Saturday — but there’s a notable exception that’s raising eyebrows. The Orlando, Fla.-based theme park has designated a handful of “relaxation zones,” where guests are allowed to remove their face coverings — and some of them …

Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the face mask has quickly become 2020’s most important accessory. As the CDC and World Health Organization have made clear, a proper face covering is one of the easiest ways to curb the spread of COVID-19 while out and about. What’s more, you don’t have to sacrifice style to stay …

JPMorgan Chase’s closest local rival in the race to lend out US coronavirus loans wasn’t Citigroup or BNY Mellon — it was a tiny, tech-savvy lender based in New Jersey. Jamie Dimon’s megabank handed out nearly $29 billion of government money to small businesses during the throes of the pandemic shutdown — the most of …

Most people are restricted to their homes these days — and for the Irwin family, that’s a giant zoo. A special episode of their Animal Planet series, “Crikey! It’s The Irwins: Life in Lockdown” (Saturday at 9 p.m.) takes viewers inside their unique experience trying to keep Australia Zoo running during the pandemic. “Every business …

In a recent article in The Atlantic, Thomas Chatterton Williams decried America’s handling of the coronavirus. The words “utter disaster” are used, and Williams, an expatriate, contrasts America’s response to that of France, where he currently lives. “As Donald Trump’s America continues to shatter records for daily infections, France, like most other developed nations and …

The Catholic Church raked in at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed loans meant to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic, a new report says. Catholic dioceses, parishes, schools and other entities made extensive use of a loophole in the feds’ Paycheck Protection Program to snag at least 3,500 forgivable loans as the pandemic scuttled …