coronavirus

Florida governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, on Wednesday lambasted the mainstream press for confidently projecting a disastrous Covid outbreak in his state. “You’ve got a lot of people in your profession [journalists] who waxed poetically for weeks and weeks, about how Florida was going to be just like New York. ‘Wait two weeks, Florida’s going …

Is your coronavirus quarantine driving you kooky? Try sheltering in place “At Home With Amy Sedaris.” The wild satire of a homemaking show — starring comedian and consummate crafter Amy Sedaris as a deluded domestic diva with a dark side — kicks off its third season at 10 p.m. Wednesday on TruTV. And Sedaris, 59, …

Kendall Jenner has settled a lawsuit concerning her involvement with the disastrous 2017 Fyre Festival. The supermodel has agreed to pay $90,000, for promoting the fiasco music festival in a since-deleted Instagram post, according to court documents filed on Wednesday. Jenner, 24, was sued in August 2019 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York …

Embrace the awkward. That was part of Eli Manning’s message to the Class of 2020 in a sincere and heartfelt commencement speech to graduates who did not experience an on-site ceremony amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “You see, I don’t mind being in awkward situations or doing things I don’t necessarily want to do,’’ Manning …

It took only two days for a reopened Ford assembly plant to grind to a halt over the coronavirus. Thousands of workers at Ford’s facility in Chicago were forced to leave the site Tuesday on just the second day of operations after two workers tested positive for COVID-19 — and a second company factory in …

Broadway star Nick Cordero has suffered a major setback in his recovery after a months-long battle with the coronavirus. Cordero’s wife, fellow stage actor Amanda Kloots, updated fans Wednesday via Instagram, holding back tears as she revealed that, after waking up from a medically induced coma, the 41-year-old thespian’s health had taken a turn for …

Jeffree Star is no stranger to controversy. And the YouTuber, 34, recently angered fans with the release of his death-themed “Cremated Collection” makeup palette, which many felt was insensitive to launch during the coronavirus pandemic. “It takes months and months and months, sometimes a year plus, to actually make a product,” Star said, addressing the …

Delta Air Lines is making moves to ensure that planes don’t get too crowded. The company recently announced that it would be adding more flights so that it can continue to keep planes at about 60 percent capacity. The move is reportedly part of Delta’s plan to maintain social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak and …

Apple and Google on Wednesday released long-awaited smartphone technology to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus. The companies said 22 countries and several US states are already planning to build voluntary phone apps using their software. It relies on Bluetooth wireless technology to detect when someone who downloaded the …

Too soon … ? First photos are circulating of CBS All Access’ nine-part adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand,” which presents an apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. Though production fell four days short due to the real-world pandemic, and a precise release …