coronavirus

The Duchess of Cornwall is reading for a good cause. Camilla Parker-Bowles joined Taika Waititi’s reading of Roald Dahl’s “James and the Giant Peach” on Wednesday, alongside Lupita Nyong’o and Josh Gad. The 72-year-old royal played The Ship’s Captain in her first-ever character role. “Holy cats! Send a message to the Queen at once!” she …

Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli has revealed that he contracted COVID-19 in March, made a “swift and full recovery” and has donated his blood to help vaccine research. “The pandemic which has shaken the world has also affected — albeit mildly — me and certain members of my family,” Bocelli, 61, said on Facebook. “Out …

Amtrak plans to slash up to 20 percent of its workforce as the coronavirus pandemic devastates its ridership and revenue, reports say. The beleaguered national railroad with more than 18,000 employees will make the cuts by October despite receiving a $1 billion federal bailout under the CARES Act stimulus bill, according to The Wall Street …

The show might go on sooner than we think, but the reopening of the Great White Way comes with a few guidelines that The Actors Equity Association (AEA) will be following when the lights go back on. The guidelines, which were released Tuesday, will be implemented to ensure the safety of the actors and stage …

House Republicans filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to block a system of proxy voting put in place during the coronavirus pandemic on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. Proxy voting would allow House members to vote on another person’s behalf if they are not able to be physically present at the …

The New York Department of Health has apparently deleted a March order issued by Governor Andrew Cuomo that forced nursing homes to admit Covid-positive residents. The order, which was implemented on March 25, stated that “no resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to a nursing home solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis …

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Monday declined to say whether he will allow the Republican National Convention to move forward in August at full capacity after President Trump threatened to move it out of the state barring an immediate answer from the Democratic governor. “State health officials are working with the RNC and will …

If this was the best that Major League Baseball could do to kick off Hell Week, then let’s just defer the players’ prorated payments and live to fight another day. There will be more fights, naturally. There might not be much living for baseball, though, if the players and owners can’t find sufficient common ground …

Mayor Bill de Blasio signed several bills on Tuesday that could temporarily eat into the profits of food-ordering and delivery apps like Grubhub and UberEats. Starting June 2, the commissions that food-delivery apps can charge Big Apple eateries will be capped at 20 percent — or 15 percent for delivery charges and 5 percent for …

Rudy Giuliani is pulling out the big guns to hype hydroxychloroquine — his alleged mistress, to be precise. Beltway insiders were amused to hear the former NYC mayor interview Maria Ryan — the woman with whom Giuliani denied having an affair after ex-wife Judy claimed they were still married when Ryan and Giuliani got together …