coronavirus

Can we use Ina Garten to sanitize? Because at this point, she may be over 60% alcohol. The Food Network star posted a video on how to make a massive cocktail that is perfect for those quarantined amid the coronavirus pandemic. “During these stressful times, it’s really important to keep traditions alive,” she said in …

Kroger comparable sales surged about 30 percent in March as consumers stockpiled due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the grocer said it had borrowed $1 billion to boost its cash reserve as it prepared for any fallout from the health crisis. The Cincinnati, Ohio-based company’s shares rose about 5 percent after the supermarket chain also …

The widow of “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll” writer Alan Merrill has written a harrowing account of his final hours before his death from coronavirus. Merrill, who co-wrote and sang the original version of the hit song, died on Sunday aged 69 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, which is so overrun with COVID-19 …

Taraji P. Henson and fiancé Kelvin Hayden will have to wait a little longer before saying, “I do.” Speaking recently to Extra, the “Empire” actress, 49, revealed the couple will be pushing back their June nuptials due to the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s probably going to be more like July. We have to see what this …

Stassi Schroeder‘s October wedding in Italy is scheduled to go on as planned. The “Vanderpump Rules” star and her fiancé Beau Clark appeared on Tuesday night’s at-home show of “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” and revealed that they have no plans to move their October wedding in Rome. “Who the heck knows?” Schroeder, …

Jennifer Lawrence thanks healthcare workers in a new PSA she filmed in isolation to push for people to vote at home. The 29-year-old Oscar winner appears in a video posted today on social media for non-profit political advocacy group Represent Us — and also challenges Amy Schumer to get on board. Lawrence says on the …

Rapper-turned-snitch Tekashi 6ix9ine could be released from prison as early a 5 p.m. Wednesday if the Manhattan federal court judge overseeing the rhymester’s case gets his way. In a letter Wednesday, Judge Paul Engelmayer said he wants to cut Tekashi loose from the Queens Detention Facility, a private prison run by the GEO group, because …

K-pop star Jaejoong is facing the music online after a tone-deaf April Fools’ Day prank. The JYJ band member apologized Wednesday for an egregious gag on Instagram in which he falsely claimed that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, much to the chagrin of his devastated fans. He characterized the harebrained stunt as a …

US private payrolls dropped in March for the first time in 2 1/2 years, likely as businesses shut down in compliance with strict measures to contain the coronavirus epidemic, supporting economists’ views that the longest employment boom in history probably ended last month. The ADP National Employment Report on Wednesday showed private payrolls fell by …

Wallace Roney, a celebrated jazz trumpeter and Miles Davis protégé, has died after contracting the coronavirus. He was 59. The virtuoso succumbed to the virus at Paterson, NJ’s St. Joseph’s University Medical Center on Tuesday, less than a week after being admitted with COVID-19 symptoms on March 25, NPR reports. “I am saddened to confirm …