coronavirus

A group of 32 US states have a message for the nation’s leading online platforms: You are not doing enough to stop price gouging amid the coronavirus crisis. In a letter sent on Wednesday to Amazon, Walmart, Facebook and eBay, a bipartisan group of US attorneys general outlined specific steps it wants the online platforms …

Embattled actor Jussie Smollett joked he was on “quarantine day 421” during the coronavirus pandemic — as he awaits trial for allegedly staging a now-notorious hate crime against himself. The disheveled-looking former “Empire” star shared Wednesday a video of himself, singing and playing the Stevie Wonder song “A Place in the Sun” on the piano. …

Prince Charles called Prince William and Prince Harry after being told that he had contracted coronavirus, The GAG has learned. The last time the heir to the throne, who is now in self-isolation in Scotland, saw his sons was when they joined the Queen at a Commonwealth service at Westminster Abbey on March 9. Harry …

Electronics stores, coffee chains and even local authorities in China are slashing prices and handing out millions of dollars worth of discount coupons to kick-start an economy battered by gradually easing virus-fighting restrictions on movement. GOME Retail Holdings and Suning.com plan to hand out over 620 million yuan ($88 million) worth of vouchers, while Alibaba’s …

US stocks struggled to continue their midweek rally Wednesday even after Congress and the White House agreed on a massive stimulus package to address the coronavirus pandemic. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed as much as 736.37 points, or 3.5 percent, in early trading after lawmakers reached an overnight deal for a $2 trillion spending …

Heidi Klum is in the clear. The “Making the Cut” host, 46, announced on Instagram that she tested negative for coronavirus, just over a week after she confirmed her 30-year-old husband, Tom Kaulitz, tested negative. “Day 14 of staying H❤️ME #covid_19negative,” she captioned a photo of herself lying in the grass. Klum was absent from …

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the world, Hollywood has become one of its biggest financial victims. Warner Brothers studio announced Tuesday that it is pushing the release of “Wonder Woman 1984,” which was supposed to hit theaters June 5, back one month amid growing concerns over theater closures. “When we greenlit ‘Wonder …

A Vietnamese airline seeking business during the coronavirus slowdown is offering passengers a novel perk — an insurance plan that will pay them up to $8,570 if they catch the deadly bug after flying with them. Vietjet’s “Sky Covid Care” insurance is provided free of charge for all eligible passengers — regardless of their age …

Nearly three in four Americans expect their incomes to suffer as a result of the coronavirus crisis, a new survey shows. Some 74 percent of people in the US say the pandemic will affect their household income or already has, according to Kantar’s survey of the Group of Seven countries released Wednesday. Such concerns are …

Ethan Hawke is singing his way through quarantine. The 49-year-old actor and his kids performed a song together, as seen on Instagram, as they stayed home amid the coronavirus pandemic. Hawke and his 18-year-old son Levon played guitar while daughters Maya, 21, Clementine, 12, and Indiana, 9, sang Townes Van Zandt’s tune “To Live Is …