• Tom Brady kicked out of Tampa park for coronavirus violation

    Tom Brady kicked out of Tampa park for coronavirus violation

    Tom Brady apparently needs to work on his coronavirus compliance. The newly minted Buccaneers quarterback was booted for working in a Tampa park that was closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Tampa Mayor Jane Casto said. She talked about the incident while on a Facebook Live session with St. Petersburg mayor Rick Kriseman on Monday. …
  • Japanese media covering Masahiro Tanaka are stuck in NY coronavirus limbo

    Japanese media covering Masahiro Tanaka are stuck in NY coronavirus limbo

    Eriko Takehama normally would be covering the Yankees this time of year, following Masahiro Tanaka with other Japanese sportswriters who are assigned to watch the right-hander’s every move. But Takehama and the rest of the Japanese media are stuck inside their apartments in New York due to the coronavirus pandemic — and unlike other New …
  • Bon Jovi cancel tour, citing ‘ongoing global pandemic’

    Bon Jovi cancel tour, citing ‘ongoing global pandemic’

    Jersey rockers Bon Jovi have canceled their 2020 tour, saying “Due to the ongoing global pandemic, it is no longer feasible for Bon Jovi to tour this summer.” Ticketholders will get refunds. The tour was set to kick off in June, but frontman Jon Bon Jovi has been helping to feed those in need at his JBJ …
  • Lord & Taylor explores bankruptcy as stores remain shut in coronavirus pandemic

    Lord & Taylor explores bankruptcy as stores remain shut in coronavirus pandemic

    Lord & Taylor is exploring filing for bankruptcy protection after it was forced to temporarily shut all of its 38 US department stores in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. It is one of several options that the retailer and its advisers are exploring, which also include …
  • Coronavirus-stricken George Stephanopoulos ignores mask mandate during Hamptons stroll

    Coronavirus-stricken George Stephanopoulos ignores mask mandate during Hamptons stroll

    George Stephanopoulos had already irked Hamptons residents by going out in public after his wife contracted Covid-19 – but now the “GMA” anchor is battling the virus himself and is ignoring mandates to wear a mask in public. The pale-looking ABC Newsman was spotted by The Post on Monday afternoon taking a stroll in East …
  • 4/20 blues: Pot industry struggles during coronavirus

    4/20 blues: Pot industry struggles during coronavirus

    The unofficial holiday celebrating all things marijuana is Monday, but the coronavirus pandemic has made the special day a time of melancholy. It was supposed to be a long weekend of festivals and music culminating on April 20, or 4/20, the code for marijuana’s high holiday. Instead, it has been reduced to an online replica because of stay-at-home orders …
  • A shocking way to put historic oil price drop in perspective

    A shocking way to put historic oil price drop in perspective

    Got a big swimming pool that’s empty and you don’t plan to use? Well, here’s a money-making idea that your town and neighbors will hate. Fill it with crude oil. Here’s how bizarre the oil market was on Monday. The price of a barrel of crude oil declined to a negative $38. NEGATIVE $38! That …
  • CBS soaps to air must-see reruns during coronavirus hiatus

    CBS soaps to air must-see reruns during coronavirus hiatus

    Beginning Monday, April 27, CBS’ daytime dramas “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful” will begin airing repeat episodes amid the continuing coronavirus production shutdown, but with a fun twist. As we previously reported, both shows had about four to six weeks worth of episodes in the can when the production …
  • Oil prices drop below zero for first time ever as COVID-19 kills demand

    Oil prices drop below zero for first time ever as COVID-19 kills demand

    Crude oil prices plunged below zero for the first time in history on Monday, with traders actually paying to get barrels of the stuff off their hands as the coronavirus kills demand. The May futures contract for West Texas Intermediate crude, which is set to expire Tuesday, settled at negative $37.63 per barrel, down $55.90 …
  • Is unemployment really as deadly as coronavirus?

    Is unemployment really as deadly as coronavirus?

    In the 2015 movie “The Big Short” about the Great Recession, Brad Pitt’s character Ben Rickert is strolling in Las Vegas with two Wall Street colleagues who are elated about all the money they made betting that the US economy was in trouble. Their bet, of course, was that problems with mortgage-backed securities would hurt …