• Coronavirus pandemic gives consumers a break from robocalls

    Coronavirus pandemic gives consumers a break from robocalls

    Have you been missing something amid the lockdowns and stay-at-home orders? No, not human contact. Not even toilet paper. Robocalls. Industry experts say robocalls are way down — scam calls as well as nagging from your credit-card company to pay your bill. The coronavirus pandemic has inflicted millions of job losses, and scammers have not …
  • Mets, Yankees would resume training in Florida ahead of proposed MLB season

    Mets, Yankees would resume training in Florida ahead of proposed MLB season

    Baseball might return to New York this summer, but if spring training resumes, both the Yankees and Mets are expected to be at their sites in Florida, according to sources. While New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that the state would support professional teams’ efforts to reopen their facilities and hold games without fans this …
  • Christopher Nolan’s new ‘Tenet’ movie trailer insists it’s still ‘coming to theaters’

    Christopher Nolan’s new ‘Tenet’ movie trailer insists it’s still ‘coming to theaters’

    “All I have for you is a word,” says a voice in the new trailer for the upcoming science-fiction movie “Tenet” that dropped Thursday. “It’ll open the right doors, and open some of the wrong doors, too.” Director Christopher Nolan is hoping “Tenet” will also open some cinema doors. Nolan, who is famed for major …
  • China stands by pledge to implement US trade deal despite tensions

    China stands by pledge to implement US trade deal despite tensions

    China on Friday repeated its pledge to implement its landmark trade deal with the US amid growing tensions between the two countries. “China will continue to boost economic and trade cooperation with other countries to deliver mutual benefits,” premier Li Keqiang said at the annual meeting of China’s parliament in Beijing, according to Bloomberg News. …
  • Fortunes of US billionaires grew by $343B since coronavirus crisis

    Fortunes of US billionaires grew by $343B since coronavirus crisis

    The combined fortunes of America’s billionaires ballooned by $434 billion during the coronavirus pandemic, even as millions of Americans lost their jobs, a new report says. That marked a 15 percent increase in the total net worth of the nation’s more than 600 billionaires between March 18 and May 19 as much of the country …
  • White House economist expects US to see ‘highest growth’ ever in 3rd quarter

    White House economist expects US to see ‘highest growth’ ever in 3rd quarter

    White House economists say they believe the third quarter of 2020 will be the best in US history — channeling new optimism as states reopen following coronavirus lockdowns. Kevin Hassett, a senior adviser to President Trump, told reporters on Friday that he expects US GDP to drop by about 40 percent in the second quarter …
  • ‘A Year’s Worth of Suicide Attempts in the Last Four Weeks’: California Doctor Calls for End to Lockdown

    ‘A Year’s Worth of Suicide Attempts in the Last Four Weeks’: California Doctor Calls for End to Lockdown

    The doctor in charge of a Bay Area, Calif. trauma center said the state should end its lockdown orders after an “unprecedented” spike in suicide attempts amid the coronavirus pandemic. “We’ve never seen numbers like this, in such a short period of time,” Dr. Mike deBoisblanc, head of trauma at John Muir Medical Center, told …
  • Amber Rose takes a break from quarantine to get Botox injections

    Amber Rose takes a break from quarantine to get Botox injections

    Amber Rose is not letting the coronavirus pandemic hold back her beauty routine. The model, 36, revealed on Instagram Thursday that she hit up celebrity favorite Dr. Jason Diamond in Beverly Hills to get a round of Botox injections. “Thank you @drjasondiamond Ur the best! My forehead is so Smooth!,” Rose captioned a photo with …
  • John Krasinski slammed as sellout for cashing in on ‘Some Good News’

    John Krasinski slammed as sellout for cashing in on ‘Some Good News’

    It’s decidedly bad news for John Krasinski’s squeaky clean reputation. Ever since news broke that the “Quiet Place” star had agreed to sell his positive story broadcast “Some Good News,” which he developed for YouTube in March, critics have descended on social media to call out the 40-year-old actor/director for “selling out.” Krasinski launched the …
  • Cannabis stocks soar on hopes pot wards off coronavirus

    Cannabis stocks soar on hopes pot wards off coronavirus

    Cannabis company stocks are skyrocketing as investors are high on new hopes that marijuana might help ward off the deadly coronavirus. Shares in major pot firms climbed in late trading Thursday after The Post reported on a Canadian study showing that certain strains of cannabis may help prevent COVID-19 from entering host cells. Canadian pot …