coronavirus

JPMorgan is investigating employees who may have been involved in the misuse of federal funds meant to help small businesses and other customers hurt by COVID-19 shutdowns, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. The bank said it had found cases of customers “misusing Paycheck Protection Program loans, unemployment benefits and other government programs,” …

LONDON — “The Phantom of the Opera” composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has told British lawmakers that the arts are “at the point of no return,” and urged the government to set a date for theaters to be allowed to reopen. Lloyd Webber spoke about the struggles of staging socially distanced shows and making them profitable, …

Unemployed city restaurant workers are banging down doors to find work in the Hamptons as the dining scene there explodes thanks to fleeing Manhattanites. But working in the luxurious beach hamlets also presents a unique set of hardships, especially for restaurant workers with young children and apartments in NYC. Felix, who asked that his surname …

Nine drugmakers pledged Tuesday to make safety their top priority as they race to develop a vaccine for the deadly coronavirus — vowing they would not seek emergency authorization before large-scale Phase 3 clinical trials are completed. The biopharma firms said in a joint statement that they would follow “high ethical standards and sound scientific …

David and Victoria Beckham secretly battled coronavirus after catching it schmoozing in the States. Several relatives and staff members also came down with the killer bug following the launch of Becks’ new football club. Victoria, 46, feared they may be “super-spreaders” after flying back to the UK for son Brooklyn’s 21st birthday do, with guests …

Popular TikTok star and influencer Charly Jordan is apologizing for flouting pandemic travel restrictions with a recent trip to Rwanda. Jordan, 21, told her 3.3 Million Instagram followers that she landed in Rwanda “definitely corona-free” last week. “Crazy where the world is right now,” she added, according to Vulture. She posted some silverback gorilla content …

Bruce Williamson Jr., the lead singer of the Temptations, has died from the coronavirus. He was 49. The soul singer died Sunday night at his home in Las Vegas, TMZ reported. Williamson, who was not an original member, joined the Temptations in 2006 and sang with the group until 2015. The Compton, California native told …

The family of the late vlogger Lloyd Cadena, 26, has revealed that the YouTube star had recently tested positive for the coronavirus. The Filipino comedian passed away due to a heart attack precipitated by the virus, according to a post on Cadena’s social media accounts. “On September 4, 5 am he was seen by the …

The Emirates airline has shelled out roughly $1.4 billion in coronavirus-related travel refunds — and it’s not done yet. The Dubai-based carrier revealed the figure in a Monday news release, saying it had completed more than 1.4 million refund requests since March, when the COVID-19 pandemic upended air travel around the world. But Emirates said …

Fashion influencer Danielle Bernstein has tested positive for COVID-19 — after followers accused her of spending the summer gallivanting in the Hamptons. Bernstein, who is behind the popular account WeWoreWhat, shared her diagnosis Saturday with her followers and said she was quarantined in her New York City apartment. “I let everyone know who needed to …