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Thousands of Delta Air Lines employees have volunteered for unpaid time off as the carrier tries to save money during the coronavirus crisis. Some 35,000 workers have signed up for unpaid leaves of absence that the Atlanta-based carrier started offering last month, CEO Ed Bastian said in a Thursday memo. That amounts to more than …

The coronavirus pandemic’s relief efforts in the UK have reunited Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. The couple, who were married from 1986 to 1996, were photographed together for the first time since the Queen’s son was dumped from royal duties in January after his disastrous interview with the BBC about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, …

Uber says it’s going to ship “tens of millions” of face masks to its drivers and delivery workers around the world in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The ride-hailing juggernaut will send half a million masks alone to US drivers located in cities hit hardest by the global pandemic, the company …

Kim Kardashian is looking for some alone time while stuck in quarantine. The KKW Beauty mogul, 39, attempted to show fans how to achieve her work-from-home makeup look with a video tutorial on Thursday, but couldn’t shake the attention of her daughter, North West. As the mom of four applied her signature “conceal, bake and …

Economists expect coronavirus shutdowns will cause bankruptcies to surge in the coming months, a new report says. Federal Reserve researchers predict the number of virus-related bankruptcies could jump by 200,000 to nearly 1 million unless government programs help stem the tide, Bloomberg Law reported Friday. Bankruptcy expert Edward Altman reportedly expects the dollar value of …

Less than half the US jobs lost to the coronavirus crisis will be recovered by the end of next year, a new survey shows. Economists expect non-farm payrolls to shed a monthly average of more than 4.5 million jobs from April through June as the pandemic keeps the economy largely frozen, according to the National …

Edie Falco called on New York City to shut down all live animal markets and slaughterhouses amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Brooklyn-born “Sopranos” actress and PETA representative sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio Friday comparing the city’s live poultry shops to the wet markets of Wuhan, China, where experts believe the virus originated. …

Every day there is civil war, raging in our hearts, seething in our souls, fulminating our conscience. We know what we are supposed to do, and mostly we have done that. We have stayed home. We have masked up, and gloved up, whenever we venture to grocery stores. We have kept our social distance. But …

United States sports leagues may be itching to return to action but 72 percent of those who responded to a Seton Hall poll said they would not feel safe to attend games until a vaccine for the novel coronavirus is developed. Asked what they would do if the leagues resumed play before there was a …

Dana White was determined to stage UFC 249 next weekend, but even the president of the UFC has to bow to the power of his network partner. White on Thursday announced the cancellation of UFC 249 after he received calls from the “highest levels” of ESPN’s parent company, Disney, to “stand down,” he said in …