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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at an indoor training center at the USTA Billie Jean King United States Tennis Center, which will be partially converted into temporary hospital during the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, March 31, 2020. New York mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday said the city administration had …

A federal agency reportedly shipped face masks overseas from a Miami warehouse even as a nearby Veterans Affairs hospital was rationing them due to the coronavirus outbreak. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) had a warehouse of face masks sitting unused in Miami while a Veterans Affairs hospital in the city was telling its …

It’s another celebrity coronavirus case, but this one’s with a twist: It’s in the past! Pink, 40,  revealed Friday night that she had caught and recovered from a case of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. “Two weeks ago my three-year-old son, Jameson, and I [were] showing symptoms of COVID-19,” the note from Pink’s Twitter begins. “Fortunately, …

Joe Douglas began his conference call with reporters Wednesday by apologizing for any background noise from “children screaming and the dog barking.” Like many Americans, the Jets general manager is adjusting to working from home as the country deals with the COVID-19 shutdown. The Jets had a small staff in their Florham Park headquarters for …

“Power” actress Naturi Naughton is doing her part to help out in the pandemic by handing out 100 meals a day in New Jersey. “You see a lot of people are going grocery shopping, but everyone cannot afford groceries right now,” Naughton told Page Six. “A lot of parents are used to their child being …

“Def Comedy Jam” is to return for the first time since 1997 with the special “Healing Through Laughter,” a stand-up show to help raise funds for protective equipment for “workers and people in vulnerable and underserved communities” struggling with the pandemic. The show — which aired on HBO from 1992 to 1997 — will be …

JPMorgan pressured its traders to come into work despite a coronavirus outbreak on its Midtown trading floor, a new report alleges — and now nearly two dozen traders are sick and another 65 are in quarantine. In just three weeks some 20 employees on one floor in the investment bank’s Madison Avenue headquarters have tested …

The US Transportation Department on Friday issued a notice to airlines reminding them they are obligated to refund tickets when they cancel a flight or make a significant flight schedule change that passengers opt not to accept, but will not take any immediate action against airlines. US and foreign airlines have canceled hundreds of thousands …

Bank of America said on Friday it has already received about 35,000 applications for federally backed small-business loans within hours of starting to accept them. The second largest US bank by assets became the first major bank to accept applications for the massive small-business rescue program approved by Congress last week. But the bank was …

FedEx said on Friday it would slash its chief executive’s pay and draw down $1.5 billion from a credit facility as parcel delivery services take a hit from coronavirus-led lockdowns across the globe. The company also plans to tap debt markets to bolster its reserves as the pandemic compounds its own troubles, including integration issues …