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Some foreign workers who lived in the U.S. at some point during the last two years have mistakenly received economic stimulus checks designated for U.S. citizens due to an Internal Revenue Service glitch. Thousands of college-age workers, some of whom left the U.S. before the coronavirus was discovered in the country and are currently residing …
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Jamie Metzl, a member of the World Health Organization’s International Advisory Committee on Human Genome Editing, has speculated that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China. “When they have outbreaks in China, the zoonotic jump [of the virus from animal to humans] tends to happen in the south in Guangdong or Yunnan Province, …
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Senator Mitt Romney (R., Utah) released a proposal Friday to raise wages for essential workers for three months, with debates on a possible phase-four relief package intensifying as the Senate returns to D.C. next week. Romney’s plan, titled “Patriot Pay,” calls for bonuses from May 1 to July 31, 2020, for front-line workers in healthcare …
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Trustees of tony Gramercy Park have sent a terse e-mail to those lucky enough to have keys to the city’s only private park, ordering them to wear masks during spring strolls since it’s impossible to socially distance along its paths. Masks or no, some embarrassed residents are buzzing that the park should drop the private …
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The coronavirus is bringing even more pain to the nation’s hobbled airlines as American Airlines informed its New York-based flight crews they will be grounded for at least another month as the carrier slashes its June schedule. “We’re announcing the difficult decision to extend temporary pause done by LGA-based [LaGuardia Airport] flight attendants. While we …
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Gov. Cuomo has quietly begun recruiting grocery stores in a bid to widen the state’s coronavirus testing program, The Post has learned. Tests for the deadly bug — a key tool for pinpointing infection hotspots as officials look to ease lockdowns — are now being administered at an undisclosed number of supermarkets statewide as officials …
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EXCLUSIVE: Despite recent, scattered press reports suggesting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was snubbing Broadway by shutting the industry out of his New York Forward Re-Opening Advisory Board, the state and the theater industry are working closely on how to re-start, Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League, tells Deadline. “We are completely aligned …
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Axed staff at legendary Hollywood haunt Chateau Marmont are furious because they haven’t got any of the $300,000 in funds that was raised to set up to care for them amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly all the hotel’s 242 employees were let go in March without insurance or severance after the Los Angeles lockdown began …
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Nearly 5,000 workers at the country’s meat processing plants have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control. The US agency tested workers at more than 100 meat processing plants in 19 states and found that nearly 3 percent of them had the virus that has killed more …
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Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande are in a charitable mood. The pop singers announced Friday they are teaming up on a joint single, “Stuck with U,” to raise money for the First Responders Children’s Foundation. The song, available on preorder, will be released on Friday, May 8. Bieber, 26, shared the news on Twitter with …
Some foreign workers who lived in the U.S. at some point during the last two years have mistakenly received economic stimulus checks designated for U.S. citizens due to an Internal Revenue Service glitch. Thousands of college-age workers, some of whom left the U.S. before the coronavirus was discovered in the country and are currently residing …
