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Acting secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly at a hearing on Capitol Hill, December 3, 2019. Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly apologized on Monday night after his speech to sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier leaked, revealing he had lambasted the former captain of the ship for his handling of a coronavirus outbreak …

The Supreme Court ruled along ideological lines in a 5-4 decision to block an extension of absentee voting for Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary, with the conservative majority siding with state Republicans who had argued the extension would create “a fundamental unfairness that undermines the integrity of the election.” The case, which was brought to the court …

WhatsApp has put new restrictions on forwarded messages in an effort to clamp down on misinformation about the coronavirus. Users can now forward certain messages to only one conversation at a time instead of the previous limit of five, the service announced Tuesday. The rule applies to messages that have already been passed along several …

Matthew McConaughey provided a bit of surprise entertainment for residents in quarantine at a Texas senior living facility on Monday amid the coronavirus outbreak. The 50-year-old actor and his family hosted a virtual bingo for seniors at The Enclave at Round Rock Senior Living in Round Rock, enthusiastically calling out numbers and providing some lively …

Amazon has reportedly threatened to fire warehouse workers repeatedly caught breaking social-distancing rules aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus. The e-commerce behemoth recently told warehouse staffers that they’ll get a written warning for their first violation of the guidelines, which instruct workers to stay six feet apart from each other, according to CNBC. …

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre is “scared” Tuesday as she awaits the results of a coronavirus test from a hospital bed in Australia, she said. “Having trouble breathing, fever & cough,” the 36-year-old mom tweeted along with a photo of herself wearing a mask while in a hospital bed. “Getting tested for Covid-19 praying …

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is touting the end of a dispute with 3M to supply millions of masks to medical professionals on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus. Trump said that the “3M saga ends very happily. We’re very proud to be dealing now with 3M.” The president said that the …

Allstate Corp., one of the largest U.S. auto insurers, said on Monday it would return more than $600 million in premiums to customers as many Americans drive less due to stay-at-home orders aimed at curbing the coronavirus outbreak. Most customers will receive a “payback” of 15% of their monthly premium in April and May, the …

It wasn’t that long ago when there wasn’t much interest in watching professional golf in the fall. The PGA Championship, traditionally held in August, was the least-followed of golf’s four major championships and except for an occasional Ryder Cup once the leaves turned brown, golf bordered on irrelevant. First played in 2007, the FedEx Cup …

Answering the question that no one asked, Roseanne Barr’s back, baby! The comic spoke with Norm Macdonald Sunday night for the latter’s “Quarantined With Norm Macdonald,” a YouTube talk show, and naturally, the conversation turned towards the coronavirus pandemic. “I think they’re just trying to get rid of all my generation,” Barr’s meandering thesis begins. …