• Boris Johnson to Crack Down on Junk Food Advertising after Brush with COVID

    Boris Johnson to Crack Down on Junk Food Advertising after Brush with COVID

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced a new effort by the U.K. government to address the country’s growing obesity problem with an aim to lower health risks amid the coronavirus pandemic. The National Health Service’s “Better Health” campaign will ban junk food advertising on television and online before 9:00 p.m. as well as prohibit “buy one …
  • Nationals players vote against playing Marlins in Miami this weekend

    Nationals players vote against playing Marlins in Miami this weekend

    The latest twist in the Miami Marlins coronavirus crisis could further imperil MLB’s schedule. The Post’s Joel Sherman confirms that a majority of Washington Nationals players voted against traveling to Miami to play a scheduled three-game series this weekend as the Marlins deal with a coronavirus outbreak within their team. The Nationals are waiting on …
  • Yankees-Phillies postponed again amid MLB’s coronavirus outbreak

    Yankees-Phillies postponed again amid MLB’s coronavirus outbreak

    The Yankees are leaving Philadelphia. The Post’s Joel Sherman reported on Tuesday morning that the Yankees-Phillies game has been postponed for a second straight night. The Yankees are leaving Philadelphia and will practice Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. The Phillies played their season-opening series against the Marlins, who had 11 players and two coaches test …
  • LPGA star Christina Kim gets in Twitter feud over full-body suit, coronavirus precautions

    LPGA star Christina Kim gets in Twitter feud over full-body suit, coronavirus precautions

    Christina Kim is taking extra precaution while traveling to Toledo, Ohio for the first event of the LGPA restart. After waking up at 4 a.m. for her connecting flight to Charlotte, the three-time LGPA winner took several preventative measures to protect herself from potentially contracting the coronavirus. She dressed herself in a full-body suit, equipped …
  • Dont’a Hightower becomes fifth Patriots player to opt out of 2020 NFL season

    Dont’a Hightower becomes fifth Patriots player to opt out of 2020 NFL season

    If the 2020 NFL season can be played without a hitch, the Patriots are going to be without some key players. Chief among them, as of Tuesday morning, is Pro Bowl linebacker Dont’a Hightower, who according to ESPN is opting out of the 2020 season after having a baby two weeks ago. He is the …
  • How Britain can tame China

    How Britain can tame China

    The UK has a critical role to play in countering aggression. Chinese leaders love to use the phrase ‘win-win’, but they actually hope to win twice and leave other nations in positions of relative disadvantage. The Chinese Communist party’s behavior during the COVID-19 crisis is a case in point. In the midst of the global …
  • NFL is now on notice after MLB coronavirus outbreak

    NFL is now on notice after MLB coronavirus outbreak

    The best-laid plans of mice and Roger Goodell’s men better get better. The Marlins/MLB outbreak/crisis should serve as a stark reminder that: No bubble, big trouble. The NBA, WNBA, and NHL, have had mostly early success wrapping their teams in a cocoon. The only good news out of the MLB on Monday was that none …
  • Kudlow Says Coronavirus Relief Package Will Include Second Round of $1,200 Direct Payments

    Kudlow Says Coronavirus Relief Package Will Include Second Round of $1,200 Direct Payments

    White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said Sunday that the coronavirus relief package being rafted by Senate Republicans will include a second round of direct payments to Americans as well as an extension of the moratorium on evictions for renters. “There’s a $1,200 check coming, that’s going to be part of the new package,” Kudlow …
  • Yankees in lockdown as coronavirus threatens more games

    Yankees in lockdown as coronavirus threatens more games

    PHILADELPHIA — Instead of preparing for Monday night’s game against the Phillies by undergoing saliva tests for COVID-19, attending meetings and watching video of their at-bats at the team hotel, the Yankees spent the day locked down waiting to see how the same tests taken by the Phillies earlier in the day turned out. The …
  • Hotel Lucerne on Upper West Side converts to ‘temporary’ homeless shelter

    Hotel Lucerne on Upper West Side converts to ‘temporary’ homeless shelter

    Normally live-and-let-live Upper West Siders are freaked out that the city’s Department of Homeless Services converted a third large neighborhood hotel into a “temporary” homeless shelter – without even warning them first. The Hotel Lucerne at 201 W. 79th St. on Monday began welcoming the first of nearly 300 homeless men, many of them methadone …