• Toy sales surge as coronavirus pandemic keeps kids home

    Toy sales surge as coronavirus pandemic keeps kids home

    Social distancing may be a damper on most industries — but it’s proving a boon to toy makers. With the tots stuck at home and play dates and parks largely off-limits, parents have been buying toys in bulk in hopes of keeping the little one occupied and away from the TV while they work. Adam …
  • Corona-fleeing New Yorkers now ruining the Hamptons’ Stop & Shop

    Corona-fleeing New Yorkers now ruining the Hamptons’ Stop & Shop

    The Hamptons continues to cope with an influx of folks who’ve fled the city. A source at Stop & Shop in East Hampton said of the scene Sunday: “It was way overcrowded, with some aisles having 20 or 30 people … There was no social distancing … They sent security to one aisle and asked …
  • Florida coronavirus order could further delay MLB 2020 season

    Florida coronavirus order could further delay MLB 2020 season

    Major League Baseball is closely monitoring the coronavirus situation in Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday he’s going to sign a “safer-at-home” executive order for four counties in southeast Florida. The order, if it goes into effect, would last through mid-May and would make it unlikely any form of spring training could occur in …
  • American Media Inc. slashes staff ranks, pay during corona downturn

    American Media Inc. slashes staff ranks, pay during corona downturn

    An already-struggling American Media Inc. has been battered with a new barrage of troubles. The publisher of Us Weekly, the National Enquirer, In Touch, OK! and Radar Online, among others, has already been forced to gut Radar and OK!’s digital staff in recent weeks. Now it’s slashed its staff’s pay, and has been hit with …
  • Coronavirus disrupting Blake Martinez’s transition to Giants

    Coronavirus disrupting Blake Martinez’s transition to Giants

    The next time will be the first time for Blake Martinez, making this the most challenging time to be an NFL free agent heading to a new team. The new Giants inside linebacker has never set foot inside the team facility and there is a good chance he will not see his new headquarters until …
  • Lizzo buys lunch for ER staff at multiple hospitals

    Lizzo buys lunch for ER staff at multiple hospitals

    It’s hard to feel “Good as Hell” in a pandemic, but Lizzo will keep you fed, at least. The “Juice” singer, 31, sent lunch to the ER staff at a number of hospitals, including a University of Minnesota affiliate in Minneapolis, where Lizzo first started her singing career, the Seattle Times is reporting. We 💜💛 …
  • Mike Francesa outraged by Knicks fans celebrating James Dolan’s coronavirus

    Mike Francesa outraged by Knicks fans celebrating James Dolan’s coronavirus

    ngOf course, when James Dolan finally inspires the cheers of Knicks fans it is for the wrong reason. The Knicks announced Saturday that Dolan tested positive for COVID-19 and the team’s owner remains in self-isolation, while experiencing little to no symptoms. That news brought unrestrained glee to countless fans — who posted memes and GIFs …
  • St. Patrick’s Cardinal Dolan now calling parishioners personally

    St. Patrick’s Cardinal Dolan now calling parishioners personally

    New York — always, forever, no matter what — the greatest city on Earth. Greatest talents, greatest population, greatest attractions. Plus, The Hand That Feeds Us Is Divine gave us the planet’s greatest cardinal. Timothy Cardinal Dolan — who usually works St. Patrick’s Cathedral — is also temporarily unemployed. His workplace is empty. Forget sinners, …
  • USA Today publisher unveils employee pay cuts, furloughs

    USA Today publisher unveils employee pay cuts, furloughs

    USA Today publisher Gannett announced a series of pay cuts and mandatory furloughs on Monday in the latest economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis. Gannett executives will take a 25 percent pay cut and CEO Paul Bascobert will forgo his salary entirely until the pay reductions and furloughs cease and the coronavirus pandemic has subsided, …
  • Christie Brinkley worried about daughters quarantined in NYC as death toll rises

    Christie Brinkley worried about daughters quarantined in NYC as death toll rises

    Christie Brinkley is terrified for her daughters who have self-quarantined in New York City where the coronavirus death toll reached 1,218 Monday afternoon. Brinkley’s daughters, 21-year-old Sailor Brinkley-Cook and 34-year-old Alexa Ray Joel, are both self-quarantining in the Big Apple while she has been staying in her Hamptons home with 24-year-old son Jack Brinkley-Cook. “My …