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Amy Poehler and the cast of her old series, “Parks and Recreation,” did more than give fans a thrill with their video chat reunion episode Thursday. They also raised $3.5 million for the food bank charity Feeding America where fans can continue to contribute themselves through May 21. NBC Universal, State Farm Insurance and Subaru all …

While “Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi has been teaching fans delicious recipes via social media throughout her time in quarantine, she took to Instagram Friday to craft the perfect margarita, taking a few extra swigs of tequila thanks to news that her daughter Krishna Thea will not be returning to school until the next academic …

The Mets were the accidental contenders of 2019. When they tried, they failed. When they surrendered, they succeeded. Brodie Van Wagenen provided the words. In January 2019, before even his first spring training as GM, he assessed the Mets as the NL East favorites and challenged the rest of the division to “come get us.” …

Broadway star Nick Cordero has been taken off a ventilator, marking a milestone for the actor in his battle with the coronavirus, his elated wife revealed. “He is on the trach! They did it, and he’s OK, and he is free of the ventilator,” Kloots announced Friday on Instagram stories. Cordero, 41, had a tracheostomy …

This was going to be relatively simple for Michael Conforto. He was going to make $8 million this year. Then, with a now familiar season of above-average production, Conforto was looking at a 2021 of no less than $12 million. At that point, as Conforto entered free agency, Scott Boras would come up with a …

The Trump administration said this week that Planned Parenthood will not receive any of the coronavirus-relief funding earmarked for small businesses that are struggling amid the pandemic. The administration will not grant the mammoth abortion provider any funding from the $670 billion Paycheck Protection Program, according to reports. “Through the Paycheck Protection Program, President Trump is …

Some foreign workers who lived in the U.S. at some point during the last two years have mistakenly received economic stimulus checks designated for U.S. citizens due to an Internal Revenue Service glitch. Thousands of college-age workers, some of whom left the U.S. before the coronavirus was discovered in the country and are currently residing …

Jamie Metzl, a member of the World Health Organization’s International Advisory Committee on Human Genome Editing, has speculated that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China. “When they have outbreaks in China, the zoonotic jump [of the virus from animal to humans] tends to happen in the south in Guangdong or Yunnan Province, …

Senator Mitt Romney (R., Utah) released a proposal Friday to raise wages for essential workers for three months, with debates on a possible phase-four relief package intensifying as the Senate returns to D.C. next week. Romney’s plan, titled “Patriot Pay,” calls for bonuses from May 1 to July 31, 2020, for front-line workers in healthcare …

Trustees of tony Gramercy Park have sent a terse e-mail to those lucky enough to have keys to the city’s only private park, ordering them to wear masks during spring strolls since it’s impossible to socially distance along its paths. Masks or no, some embarrassed residents are buzzing that the park should drop the private …