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The U.S. is restricting travel along the border with Mexico in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the Trump administration announced Friday. President Trump announced at a White House press briefing that non-essential travel would no longer be permitted between the U.S. and Mexico. The restrictions are the same ones applied to …

Senate Democrats and Republicans say they are eager to pass a third coronavirus economic stimulus bill in a rushed fashion, despite some substantive policy disagreements. “I tasked a bipartisan team to reach an agreement by the end of the day today,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday morning. Senate Republicans on Thursday announced …

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called on President Trump to mobilize the U.S. military to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the United States. “The order has not been given by the commander in chief because he’s not acting like a commander in chief,” De Blasio said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Friday. “He …

Anyone hear anything about a virus going around? Desperate times, desperate measures, desperate sports columnist. Alternative TV and radio pandemic programming and executive decisions: I’m particularly excited by the new MLB program on Fox, “We Pick It Up In The Seventh,” which will show the endings of World Series games that ended far too late …

The Mets won’t be heading to Puerto Rico this season. The league announced the cancellation Thursday of a three-game series between the Mets and Marlins at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan from April 28-30 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Diamondbacks and Padres also will not make a trip to Mexico City, were they …

Big-box retailer Walmart Inc said on Thursday it would hire more than 150,000 hourly workers in the United States, citing a jump in shoppers due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rival Amazon.com Inc made a similar move earlier this week, announcing it would hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the United States as the virus …

In a blow to keeping players in game shape during the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA issued a memo to the players’ union stating team practice facilities are to be closed starting Friday. It also prohibits players from working out in public gyms or at universities. The edict doesn’t bode well for picking up the regular …

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and Senate Republicans released the text for their massive phase-three coronavirus relief package Thursday, outlining a trillion-dollar plan that includes direct payments of $1,200 per person and $2,400 for couples to help offset economic losses amid the growing pandemic. McConnell said the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, & Economic Security Act” …

Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider says he’s feeling terrified and helpless because his daughter is stranded in Peru. The rocker tells Page Six that 23-year-old Chey traveled alone to do a weeklong “spiritual retreat” near the city of Iquitos in northern Peru. But on Sunday — five days before she was due to return to …

Wilson Chandler’s neighbors are rushing to the defense of his condo building’s manager after the Nets star bashed her in a furious tweet. A day after four of his teammates tested positive for the coronavirus, a staffer at his One Brooklyn Bridge Park building allegedly called Chandler in his apartment. He later tweeted, “Building manager …