• March jobs report numbers might appear better than reality

    March jobs report numbers might appear better than reality

    Be prepared for a shock — the employment report for March that’s coming out on Friday may not be as bad as people are expecting. But don’t misunderstand what I’m saying. The job market right now is the worst it has been in over a decade. But quirks in how the monthly numbers are derived …
  • Broadway star Nick Cordero in ICU with possible coronavirus

    Broadway star Nick Cordero in ICU with possible coronavirus

    Former “Waitress” star Nick Cordero is hospitalized in intensive care with what may be a misdiagnosed coronavirus infection. “Nick has been sick for awhile with what we were told last week was pneumonia,” Cordero’s wife, fitness trainer Amanda Kloots, wrote on Instagram. “Unfortunately we think he was misdiagnosed and we are waiting to hear if …
  • Mega-rich take to superyachts to avoid coronavirus

    Mega-rich take to superyachts to avoid coronavirus

    The wealthy are not at sea about how to avoid CV — but they’re often on the sea. Tommy Hilfiger’s success with men’s shorts bought him the superyacht Flag. It’s parked in Canouan, St. Vincent. Big-time investments got Roman Abramovich the Eclipse, which has five-star isolation in the waters of St Barts. Andrey Guryev — …
  • Matt Blake’s dream Yankees job has been turned upside down

    Matt Blake’s dream Yankees job has been turned upside down

    Imagine landing one of the most prestigious jobs in your profession and having it taken away by something way beyond your control. That’s what Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake is experiencing since spring training was canceled March 12 and nobody can predict when the regular season will begin — or if it will be played …
  • Michael Rapaport will F-bomb you into social distancing

    Michael Rapaport will F-bomb you into social distancing

    Michael Rapaport wants you to stay home. To be more accurate, he wants you to STAY THE F HOME. The comic actor and director (“Atypical,” “The War at Home”), who’s hosted a podcast called “I Am Rapaport” since 2015, blew up YouTube and Instagram recently with a series of hilariously profane quasi-public service announcements about …
  • Adam Schlesinger dies of coronavirus complications at 52

    Adam Schlesinger dies of coronavirus complications at 52

    Adam Schlesinger, a musician and songwriter highly regarded for his work as a member of Fountains of Wayne and an Emmy-winning songwriter for TV’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” has died as a result of coronavirus complications, “Variety” has confirmed. He was 52. Schlesinger passed away Wednesday morning. He was divorced and is survived by two daughters. More …
  • Ali Wentworth tests positive for coronavirus

    Ali Wentworth tests positive for coronavirus

    Comic Ali Wentworth has confirmed she has tested positive for coronavirus, saying, “I’ve never been sicker.” Wentworth, 55, posted a photo from her bed as she wrote on Instagram that she was suffering from “high fever. Horrific body aches.. Heavy chest. I’m quarantined from my family. This is pure misery #stayhome” Her husband, “Good Morning …
  • Laid-off Swedish airline workers training for health care jobs amid coronavirus pandemic

    Laid-off Swedish airline workers training for health care jobs amid coronavirus pandemic

    Filip Palmgren had wanted to work on planes since he was a child. Now, after just two years as a flight attendant, the 21-year-old has lost his job because of the coronavirus crisis and will be soon heading to work in a hospital instead to help save patients. He is part of a first group …
  • Taxi driver who got his start in 1975 files bankruptcy amid coronavirus

    Taxi driver who got his start in 1975 files bankruptcy amid coronavirus

    A Brooklyn taxi operator who got his first medallion in the 1970s has filed for bankruptcy as the coronavirus ravages an already struggling industry, The Post has learned. Joe Pross, who started driving a taxi in 1975 and now runs a fleet of 42 cabs, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for his Crown Heights-based …
  • Food contamination probably not a factor in coronavirus, experts believe

    Food contamination probably not a factor in coronavirus, experts believe

    Chicken with salmonella can make you sick. So can romaine lettuce with E. coli and buffets with lurking norovirus. So why aren’t health officials warning people about eating food contaminated with the new coronavirus? The answer has to do with the varying paths organisms take to make people sick. Respiratory viruses like the new coronavirus …