coronavirus

New York’s farmers who can no longer sell crops to Big Apple restaurants are turning to a new business model: Boxing up produce for the growing hordes of home cooks. Zaid Kurdieh, an organic farmer in Norwich, NY, used to rely on sales to top chefs and restaurateurs like Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Thomas Keller and Danny …

The heartbroken girlfriend of Adam Schlesinger has revealed how she rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night to be with the late composer before he died. Alexis Morley said she was able to let his parents and two daughters say goodbye on her phone’s Facetime before he passed away aged 52 on …

If NBA commissioner Adam Silver goes through with a plan of opening up practice facilities to players on May 1 in cities no longer under coronavirus lockdown, the Knicks and Nets would face challenges. A Friday reopening for the two local teams doesn’t jibe well with Gov. Cuomo’s timetable. At his press briefing Sunday, Cuomo …

WASHINGTON – The US government will cap how much each bank can lend under the emergency loan program designed to keep workers on payrolls amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a memo seen by Reuters hours ahead of the reopening of the lending program. The Small Business Administration (SBA) will impose a maximum dollar amount …

History shows that national shocks—the Depression, World War II, the financial crisis—have a way of expanding the role of government in lasting ways. This one is looking like no exception. History shows that big national shocks have a way of changing the role of government in lasting ways—and any shock as big as the coronavirus …

I’ve been pondering the new skillsets I’ve acquired in the past two months. Here, in no particular order, I present them: 1. Hitting buttons/doors with elbows To be clear, I’ve been a pro at hitting just about any sharp edge or hard surface with my elbows for years. However, that’s generally been accidental — and …

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Sunday that it may be safe for some construction and manufacturing firms outside New York City, the epicenter of the state’s coronavirus outbreak, to reopen in mid-May. Cuomo’s executive order shutting down most of the state is set to expire May 15, at which point the businesses  could …

Tighten your tinfoil hat. Ever since the coronavirus was discovered, misinformation has spread as quickly as the deadly disease. Wack-a-doo theories are causing people to destroy cellular towers and risk infection by joining protests. One Ohio man called the pandemic a “political ploy” and railed against stay-at-home orders, only to contract the disease and die. …

Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, on Sunday said that social distancing amid the pandemic should be here to stay through the summer and that researchers are still searching for a “breakthrough” in testing. “Social distancing will be with us through the summer to ensure that we protect one another as we move through these …

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed Friday evening that 50,000 Americans died because the Senate failed to remove President Donald Trump from office during the impeachment trial in February. Schiff’s argument runs counter to those who have argued that the impeachment trial was a pointless distraction that prevented Congress from acting to …