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Katherine Schwarzenegger‘s got some serious scissor skills. The author, 30, tried her hand at cutting husband Chris Pratt‘s hair while the pair are quarantining at home — and the resulting ‘do got his stamp of approval. Pratt, 40, posted pictures of his pregnant wife holding clippers and smiling wide before buzzing off his locks. “Here …

Apple will begin opening its American retail stores next week. The reopening of its 271 US locations — which have been shuttered in March due to the coronavirus — will be gradual, starting with six stores in Alabama, Alaska, South Carolina and Idaho, the company said. “We’re excited to begin reopening stores in the US …

Facebook said on Friday it would allow its workers who are able to work remotely to do so until the end of the year as the coronavirus pandemic forces governments to extend stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of the disease. The social media giant also expects most offices to stay closed until July 6, …

Rick Springfield is using his time in quarantine to do some good. On Friday, the Australian-born pop star released the bouncy charity single “The Wall Will Fall” — which features an all-star music video cast including Andy Cohen, Ellen DeGeneres, Paul Stanley, Sammy Hagar and Richard Marx. The tune, which benefits the nonprofit Feeding America, …

As Covid Brings New Repression, Democracies Must Push Back. That authoritarian regimes around the world are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to tighten their grip on power is not surprising. Unfortunately, a number of democratic and semi-democratic governments are doing the same thing. Left unchecked, the combined actions could result in terrible damage to democracy and …

Walter Duranty, the New York Times’s Moscow correspondent from 1922 to 1936, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his Russian reporting in the early 1930s. Stalin showered him with amenities — cars, luxury apartments, and mistresses — as well as access. In return, Duranty treated Stalin’s Russia with velvet gloves. In the midst of the 1931-1932 famine that …

WeWork’s tenants are lawyering up. Attorneys for cash-strapped clients of the office-subleasing startup are demanding that the company stop billing them for office space they can’t use because of coronavirus lockdowns and that it return the cash it has already collected for April and May. “As long as this pandemic prohibits our clients from using …

A West Village restaurant has transformed itself into a delivery service for essential workers on the frontlines of COVID-19. The Village Den — a health-focused eatery at 225 W. 12th St. that serves up smoothies, frittatas and updated dishes like sweet potato and mushroom lasagna — is delivering meals to essential workers during the crisis, …

The US Postal Service said Friday it shed $4.5 billion in the quarter ending in March, more than double its loss over the same period last year, and warned COVID-19 could severely hurt its finances over the next 18 months. The Postal Service’s Board of Governors met at a critical juncture as it faces accusations …

British actor Idris Elba, who battled the coronavirus this year, has lent his voice to a new song about black men and mental health that will benefit pandemic relief efforts. Elba is featured on the song “Kings” by Kosine, a singer-songwriter-producer best known for crafting hits for Big Sean, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. Kosine, whose …