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Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has banned its employees from using video conferencing app Zoom, citing “significant privacy and security concerns,” according to a memo seen by Reuters, days after US law enforcement warned users about the security of the popular app. Use of Zoom and other digital communications has soared as many Americans have …

Andrew Parker Bowles has tested positive for coronavirus, sparking fears for the royal family after he recently spent time with them. Parker Bowles, who is the 80-year-old ex-husband of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, believes he contracted the novel virus at the Cheltenham Festival two weeks ago where he interacted with members of the royal …

Brian Stokes Mitchell has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Broadway star announced his diagnosis on Wednesday night with a video posted to Twitter, reassuring fans that he was already on the upswing. “Hey friends, family and Stokes folks, I hope you all are well. I’ve been laying low for the last number of days …

San Diego Comic-Con is going ahead as planned — amid the coronavirus pandemic. “To our amazing Comic-Con and WonderCon fans: We understand how difficult the current climate has been for all of us and appreciate your continued support through these trying times. No one is as hopeful as we are that we will be able …

Stocks sank for the third day in a row on Thursday as a massive spike in US unemployment claims roiled Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped as much as 167.81 points, or 0.8 percent, at the open after the feds revealed more than 6.6 million people filed initial jobless claims last week as …

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez won’t let a quarantine keep them from working out. The couple were spotted leaving their local gym in Miami on Wednesday despite the fact that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a statewide stay-at-home order as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. It appears the gym made an exception for Lopez, …

Former MLB player Jim Edmonds, the ex of “Real Housewives of Orange County” alum Meghan King Edmonds, confirmed Wednesday he tested positive for both pneumonia and coronavirus. “I appreciated everyone who has said well wishes,” the 49-year-old said in an Instagram Story. “I did test positive for pneumonia and I did get a test back …

More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus continued to gut the US labor market, the feds said Thursday. The seasonally adjusted number of initial jobless claims reported by the US Labor Department surpassed the prior week’s record-shattering revised total of 3.3 million — another signal that the pandemic …

The coronavirus pandemic has caused the cancellation of another major sporting event The 2020 Open Championship will be canceled, sources told Golf Digest on Wednesday. The report said the announcement could come as early as Thursday. This comes in the wake of the U.S. Open at Winged Foot being pushed back from its June 18-21 …

Because of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ stay-at-home order, as of Friday the only players allowed into the Yankees’ spring training facility are those rehabbing injuries. That likely will leave Luis Severino, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton as the only players at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Severino had Tommy John surgery during spring training. …