coronavirus

First of all, hold onto those tickets, or those StubHub emails, or whatever your proof of purchase might be that you planned to attend a Major League Baseball game in 2020. After that? Just hold on, period. Hang in there through the uncertainty. Some certainty should arrive next month. We’ll insist on it, right? The …

You can’t blame a guy for trying. Imprisoned Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland has reportedly requested an early release from prison, citing fears of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 — less than two weeks after telling the Post exclusively he “wasn’t worried” about catching the disease, which is ravaging America’s prison population. According to The Wrap, …

Lyft on Wednesday said it has launched a new on-demand delivery service to provide essential goods, including groceries, meals and medical supplies, to people in need during the coronavirus crisis. The US company said the offer will also provide earning opportunities to drivers suffering from a near-total collapse in demand for ride-hailing trips. The company …

Harley-Davidson said on Wednesday it had temporarily laid off most of its global production employees and implemented salary cuts in a bid to lower costs as the coronavirus pandemic has hurt its business. The announcement comes weeks after the motorcycle maker withdrew its earnings forecast for this year, saying pandemic-induced disruptions could dent its ability …

Supplements maker Balance of Nature is making phony claims that its products can ward off the coronavirus, a consumer watchdog claimed in federal complaints filed Tuesday. The Utah-based company — which touts its “Fruits and Veggies” supplements on radio programs hosted by comedian Joe Piscopo and political commentator Kevin McCullough among others — falsely claims …

The city that never sleeps has been silenced by the coronavirus epidemic. But inside their homes, as a recent viral competition has made clear: New Yorkers and their accents lie in wait, eager to once again fill the void with dropped Rs and a tough attitude. Filmmaker Nicolas Heller usually spends his days roving the …

This reporter presents the news to the beat of his own drum. While broadcasting from home during the coronavirus pandemic, BBC weatherman Owain Wyn Evans signed off his forecast with a cheery tip for viewers to “stay safe” — then raced off-camera to a nearby drum set, where he banged out percussion for his show’s …

The millions of bits of cellphone data tracked by analytics firm Unacast show the economic impact of the coronavirus spreading across the US like a deep freeze — long-distance travel was hit early on, but eventually overall retail foot traffic slowed to a crawl, too. As the US started shutting down to fight the coronavirus …

Shares of Elon Musk’s electric car company popped Wednesday after Goldman Sachs resumed coverage of the company and slapped it with a “buy” rating. Tesla’s shares jumped more than 5 percent Wednesday morning before losing some ground in the afternoon, up 3.3 percent to $733.49, after analyst Mark Delaney gave the automaker’s stock a $864 …

Amazon’s moves to reduce strain on its grocery businesses by putting new online shoppers on wait lists and switching more Whole Foods resources to filling orders, is unmasking limitations at the company that was expected to upend the supermarket industry. The coronavirus pandemic should be Amazon’s moment to shine. Some 90 percent of US shoppers …