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Elective or non-elective? As New York City imposes a ban on non-essential surgery, Noah Syndergaard will undergo Tommy John surgery Thursday to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow at the Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm Beach, Fla. But with Florida also limiting surgery to essential procedures during the COVID-19 …

Director of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow speaks to reporters inside the Brady Press Briefing room at the White House, February 13, 2020. White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Tuesday projected that the total economic stimulus to be enacted by the federal government will reach $6 trillion. Of the total, $4 trillion will …

Representative Jim Banks (R., Ind.) on Monday warned that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s stimulus package does little to address U.S. reliance on Chinese supply chains to deliver crucial medical supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic, despite bipartisan concern on the issue. In a letter to Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.), Banks suggested that …

The Dow had its best day since 1933, clawing back some of its recent, brutal losses on signs that Congress was nearing a deal for a US stimulus package worth as much as $2 trillion to battle the coronavirus pandemic. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 2,112.98 points, or 11.4 percent, to 20,704.91 as lawmakers …

Idris Elba is slamming the notion that celebrities like Tom Hanks, Kevin Durant and Andy Cohen are being paid to claim they have contracted the coronavirus, a conspiracy brought further into the public eye following a recent Instagram post by Cardi B. Elba, 47, debunked the theory during an Instagram Live session with his wife, Sabrina …

Cannabis sales are touching new highs as customers across the US and Canada stockpile weed to prepare for long spells of isolation because of the coronavirus pandemic. Between March 16 and March 22, sales of recreational cannabis across key US markets, including California, Colorado, Oregon and Alaska, were up 50 percent and medical marijuana sales …

Jazz great Manu Dibango, best known for his 1972 hit “Soul Makoosa,” has died from complications of the coronavirus, according to a statement on his official Facebook page. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the loss of Manu Dibango, our Papy Groove, who passed away on 24th of March 2020, at 86 years …

Erykah Badu charged fans just $1 to livestream a concert that she performed in her bedroom — with a band wearing surgical masks. Her “Quarantine Concert Series: Apocalypse One” show — which will help support her band while their shows are indefinitely on hold — streamed on her BaduWorld Market site Monday night. “I got …

Sales of new US single-family homes fell in February after surging in the prior month, and could decline further because of the coronavirus pandemic, which is boosting unemployment and severely disrupting economic activity. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday new home sales dropped 4.4 percent, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 765,000 units, in …

Better make those lip kits last. Kylie Jenner‘s Kylie Cosmetics and Kim Kardashian‘s KKW Beauty have both been forced to stop production amid the coronavirus outbreak. The fulfillment centers that work for the beauty lines were closed under Cailfornia’s statewide shelter-in-place order. KKW Beauty shared the news on Twitter on Monday. “Due to current health …