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Sean “Diddy” Combs hosted a virtual dance-a-thon on Easter Sunday to raise money for healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, and invited his ex and dancing pro, Jennifer Lopez, to participate. Combs, 50, told Lopez, 50, on Instagram Live that he “wanted to dedicate” a song to her. He then played Elvis …

Blac Chyna has found a new side hustle. The 31-year-old Lashed Cosmetics owner and former “Rob & Chyna” reality star is charging $950 for a virtual chat with her on FaceTime and $250 to follow a fan back on Instagram, both via her business’s website. Fans who are unable to pay the cash upfront have …

If they had their way, you’d need an ‘immunity card’ to move about freely . Bill Gates, billionaire philanthropist, and Anthony Fauci, the White House’s go-to for shaping the public’s response to coronavirus, have been given some mighty powers in recent weeks — specifically, the powers of influence that have led to the shuttering of …

US stocks slid Monday as Wall Street braced for a slew of ugly corporate earnings reports this week as the coronavirus continues to wreck the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped as many as 311.30 points, or 1.3 percent, in early trading ahead of the start of corporate America’s first-quarter earnings season, when big …

Robin Roberts broke down in tears on air on Monday following the death of top “Good Morning America” producer Thea Trachtenberg from coronavirus. The anchor said that Trachtenberg’s colleagues “really, really loved her and that’s what we should remember.” Tearing up, she added, “Boy, she had a big heart, oof.” Trachtenberg, who had been with …

Amazon’s grocery delivery services will no longer accept any new customers, at a time when locked down shoppers desperately look for alternatives to brick and mortar grocery stores. Anyone who enrolls beginning Monday will instead be added to a waitlist — with an indefinite wait time. Prior to the announcement Sunday, Amazon customers have complained …

The ultimate lesson of James J. Hill and his Great Northern Railroad is that the “winners” government picks today are the “losers” of tomorrow. A famous saying, especially prescient in times like this, is “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Last month, Congress mortgaged the nation’s future in a …

The third installment of “Some Good News” on YouTube found host John Krasinski paying special tribute Sunday to health-care heroes around the US by getting them free cellphone service — and, for some Boston hospital workers, Red Sox tickets for life. Krasinski brought on Red Sox slugger David “Big Papi” Ortiz to greet five COVID …

President Trump on Sunday retweeted a call from one of his supporters to fire Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor on the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force. The tweet came from former congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine, who accused Fauci of downplaying the danger of the coronavirus outbreak. Lorraine launched an unsuccessful primary challenge last month against House …

Alabama cannot block abortions as part of the state’s measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge ruled on Sunday. The state may not include abortions in its ban on elective medical procedures, one of the steps Alabama is taking to enforce social distancing and stem the spread of the virus outbreak, U.S. district judge …