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Hoda Kotb broke down in tears on the “Today” show on Friday after interviewing Drew Brees about his $5 million donation to Louisiana. The popular anchor has been flying solo in the 30 Rockefeller studio as her co-anchor Savannah Guthrie is self-isolating and coming live from her home. And it just appeared too much as …

The U.S. on Thursday became the country with the most total coronavirus cases, surpassing China and even Italy, where the pandemic has been particularly devastating. The U.S. now has more than 85,700 confirmed cases of coronavirus, and at least 1,278 people have died after being infected with the respiratory illness. China’s cases, the spread of …

The Cheesecake Factory has sidelined nearly all of its restaurant workers, without pay, as the coronavirus crisis shutters some of its eateries, records show. The California-based chain has furloughed about 41,000 hourly restaurant staffers because of reductions in dine-in service and “landlord closures of certain properties,” it said in a Friday regulatory filing. That number …

Tesla is slashing the number of workers at its Nevada Gigafactory by about 75 percent as the coronavirus pandemic roils the company’s manufacturing operations, local officials say. The electric-car maker told officials in the surrounding Storey County that it would cut its on-site staff at the Reno-area factory “in the coming days,” county manager Austin …

President Trump tweeted early Friday morning that he had “a very good” phone call about coronavirus with Chinese President Xi Jinping, signaling a more conciliatory tone between the two countries despite heightened tensions arising from competing accusations of culpability for the onset of the virus. “China has been through much & has developed a strong …

A traveler from Australia is tested for coronavirus after arriving in Shanghai, China, March 21, 2020. China is temporarily closing its borders to all foreigners in an attempt to prevent the resurgence of coronavirus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Thursday. “The suspension is a temporary measure that China is compelled to take in light …

Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T, stars of “Law and order: SVU,” are mourning one of their own crew members who died Thursday due to complications from the coronavirus. Josh Wallwork, who was a costumer for the long-running NBC crime show, as well as “Madam Secretary,” passed away at the age of 45 after contracting COVID-19, showrunner …

After two months of being shut down due to the rapid spread of coronavirus, Chinese officials announced Thursday that they are planning to reopen 205 cinemas on Saturday. The teeming metropolis of more than 24 million people is one of the first major cities to reopen multiplexes to the public after many of the outlying …

Hedge fund managers made a killing in 2019, only to get put through the wringer when the coronavirus hit. Institutional Investor revealed its closely watched “rich list” of hedge fund titans this week based on 2019 returns. Topping the list were many of the usual suspects, including mathematician-turned-quant trader Jim Simons, who earned an estimated …

We have learned with great agony and anguish that COVID-19 plays no favorites — even if you are Eli Manning. The retired Pride of the Giants is just like the rest of us — held hostage inside his New Jersey home, practicing social distancing, washing his hands, quarterbacking his wife and four young children with …