coronavirus

All holds barred. There’s little hope for top ropes anytime soon, so these wrestling fans are trading leg drops for laptops while in quarantine. Unemployed bandmates Jimi Riddle and Casey Hopkins have been filling their time in coronavirus lockdown by running their Instagram-based Isolation Wrestling Federation, which bills itself as “the first ‘NO CONTACT’ wrestling …

The NHL’s return-to-play format is officially set. Whether the 24 teams involved get to use it depends on how the next steps unfold. Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Tuesday that the NHL’s regular season is officially over and, if and when play resumes, it will be in a 24-team playoff in two hub cities, with dates …

Burger King has launched giant social distancing crowns to make sure customers keep 6 feet apart. The fast food chain introduced the creative new way to keep customers socially distant as franchises began to reopen dine-in services in Germany. Restaurants now reopening their doors after weeks of lockdown are looking for ways to ensure customers …

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 …

Kelly Dodd took to Instagram to “clarify” comments she made about the coronavirus pandemic — again. The “Real Housewives of Orange County” star took aim at Page Six on Tuesday after we reported her claims that “no one is dying” of coronavirus in Orange County, Calif., were incorrect. The reality star said on her Instagram …

US stocks surged Tuesday as investors latched onto signs that the economy is thawing out after being frozen by the coronavirus. The Dow Jones industrial average soared as much as 694.97 points, or 2.8 percent, to 25,160.13, trading above 25,000 for the first time since March 10. The S&P 500 also broke through its key …

Silicon Valley-based software company Palantir is following Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s lead and openly considering leaving the “increasing intolerance and monoculture” of California, its co-founder said. Speaking during an appearance Monday on “Axios on HBO,” CEO Alex Karp said the company was “getting close” to deciding whether it would leave the Golden State. Karp was …

Colombian seamstress Nazly Penagos got an unusual offer from her boss: Come live inside the Bogota factory to reduce the chance of getting sick with the novel coronavirus. The owner of the Hechizoo factory, which normally employs 70 to produce high-end upholstery, has installed bathrooms, a kitchen and beds to house eight of the 17 …

US car rental company Hertz Global Holdings said on Tuesday it has paid about $16.2 million in retention bonuses to a range of key executives at the director level and above, days after the company filed for bankruptcy protection. The company paid president and chief executive officer Paul Stone $700,000, and executive vice president and …

Kelly Dodd continued to downplay the coronavirus pandemic via social media over the holiday weekend. On Monday, the “Real Housewives of Orange County” star — who has gotten heat for her controversial comments about COVID-19 — appeared celebratory when she saw mall patrons not wearing face masks while out to eat in her California hometown. …