coronavirus

“Real Housewives of New York” newbie Leah McSweeney is furious about co-star Ramona Singer’s travels during the coronavirus pandemic. McSweeney, 37, went on an Instagram tear after Singer, 61, and her 25-year-old daughter, Avery, traveled from New York to quarantine in Boca Raton, Fla., in March and then returned home about a week ago as …

New York governor Andrew Cuomo accused his Florida counterpart, Ron DeSantis, of “playing politics” with the coronavirus pandemic, now that numbers of cases are rising steadily in Florida. During the onset of the pandemic, Florida ordered travelers arriving from hard-hit New York to self-quarantine for two weeks. On Tuesday, Cuomo and the governors of Connecticut …

Some 1.48 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic began to stall, new data show. Thursday’s figure from the US Department of Labor brought the number of initial jobless claims filed during the crisis to 47.2 million — more than the population of Spain. While …

The United States recorded nearly 37,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, setting a new record for a single-day increase over two months since the pandemic began. The 36,880 new cases were recorded primarily in the southern and western parts of the country, while the Northeast — including New York and New Jersey, which initially suffered …

Next month’s release of Disney’s live-action “Mulan” may be in jeopardy as new coronavirus cases surge across the US, according to a report. “Mulan,” slated to hit theaters July 24, is one of two big-budget flicks set to debut in movie theaters this summer at a time when movie theaters in big cities like New …

Two Tesla factory workers claim that they were fired for not returning to work over coronavirus concerns — despite promises from Elon Musk that attendance was not mandatory. The pair of employees at the electric automaker’s Fremont, Calif. factory told the Washington Post that they received termination notices for “failure to return to work” during …

Every kid’s favorite pizza-loving mouse has become a coronavirus casualty. Chuck E. Cheese’s parent company, CEC Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy late Wednesday after the pandemic shuttered most of its family-friendly eateries. The restaurant-and-arcade chain said it will use the Chapter 11 process to restructure its debt-heavy balance sheet through talks with financial stakeholders and landlords …

Major League Baseball may have just settled the 2020 season with its players after three grueling months of labor negotiations, but now some teams have set their sights on hosting fans in ballparks despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Houston Astros apparently are one of those teams. “That’s the plan,” Astros owner Jim Crane told …

Billie Eilish can’t be seeing much on her Instagram feed these days. The Grammy-winning star, who boasts nearly 65 million followers on the social-media platform, appears to have unfollowed every account she previously kept her eye on. As of Thursday morning, she has a follower count of “0.” It’s unclear why the 18-year-old singer took …

Prince William ventured out to visit an Oxford University coronavirus vaccine lab – becoming the first British royal to be seen wearing a face mask amid the pandemic, according to a report. Wearing a mask and googles, the Duke of Cambridge met “guinea pigs” testing the vaccine on Wednesday and told researchers that their work …