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The $349 billion in emergency funding for small businesses has run out less than one month after it was created as part of the $2.2 trillion phase-three coronavirus economic relief bill. “The SBA is currently unable to accept new applications for the Paycheck Protection Program based on available appropriations funding,” the Small Business Administrations said …

The wife of “Waitress” actor Nick Cordero said he may not be able to walk again as he suffers from coronavirus. Amanda Kloots posted on Instagram Thursday that her husband is on a ventilator and needs surgery on a blood flow issue in his right leg. She is unsure if her husband will walk again …

Crew members from Ellen DeGeneres’ long-running daytime talk show are distressed and outraged over their treatment from top producers amid the coronavirus pandemic, numerous insiders affiliated with the series told Variety. The core stage crew for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” consisting of more than 30 employees, received no written communication about the status of their …

Earlier this week, in a conversation with a veteran player representative, I asked if the Commissioner’s Office and the Players Association would be the scorpion from The Scorpion and the Frog. In the fable, the scorpion convinces a frog to carry him across the river. The frog says no because you will sting me. The …

What will it look like? A major sporting event without spectators is a foreign concept, but it’s one of the many unwelcome new normals the COVID-19 pandemic has forced upon us. Every major sports league — including MLB, the NBA, NHL and MLS — has acknowledged this as a possibility, if even a likelihood, once …

DJ Jim Halpert on the decks. The coronavirus pandemic has caused schools across the country to close, and while high school students are completing the year from home, seniors are missing out on events such as graduation and prom. John Krasinski decided he wanted to do something for 2020 seniors stuck inside and announced he …

Toronto’s return to Hogwarts has been postponed for the time being. The Canadian production of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” which was slated to open on Oct. 23 at the Ed Mirvish Theatre, has been pushed back to 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Exact dates have yet to be announced. …

First, it was bars, restaurants, hotels. And clothing stores, movie theaters, entertainment venues. And countless small businesses, from bookstores to barber shops. Now, the record-setting flood of layoffs unleashed by the viral outbreak is extending beyond the services industries that bore the initial brunt and are still suffering most. White collar employees, ranging from software …

Tyler Cameron took a break from TikToking with Hannah Brown to help teach middle school students forced to take online classes while quarantined during the coronavirus pandemic. The former “Bachelor” contestant, 27, surprised a class of sixth graders when he hopped on their Google Meet lesson Thursday to help teach a lesson about advertising on …

Facebook is canceling all large gatherings until June 2021, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday. The social network is also extending its requirement that employees work from home through the end of May, and will permit employees who don’t feel comfortable coming in to work remotely “through at least the summer.” “A small percent of our …