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As protestors hit the streets demanding the country re-open for business, former “Real Housewives of Orange County” star Vicki Gunvalson is putting in her request via social media. On Twitter Monday, the reality star, 58, asked California Gov. Gavin Newsom to lift the state’s current stay-at-home order so that beauty pros and eateries can re-open …

Tribune Publishing, owner of the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News and Baltimore Sun, is instituting furloughs for employees making as little as $40,000 a year in its second round of cuts this month. All non-union employees making $40,000 to $67,000 a year will be furloughed for one week per month, CEO Terry Jimenez said …

Royalty — they’re just like us. Prince Charles has revealed an unexpected pleasure to while away his coronavirus lockdown boredom — watching silly online videos. The 71-year-old heir to the UK throne — who survived his own COVID-19 infection — told Country Life magazine that the trying times in social isolation had shown “the very …

Banks raked in $10 billion in fees for handing out US-backed loans to shore up small businesses battered by the coronavirus — despite taking on little to no risk on the deals, a new report says. The feds paid banks for serving as intermediaries for the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program, which allowed any federally …

Kelly Dodd is apologizing profusely for what she calls her “ridiculous” and “stupid” comment that coronavirus is “God’s way of thinning the herd.” The “Real Housewives of Orange County” star claims she “felt bad” for her remarks after she received major backlash online. “I want to give a public apology,” she said on her Instagram …

“Real Housewives of Orange County” star Kelly Dodd offered her surprising take on the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, calling it “God’s way of thinning the herd.” On Instagram, Dodd, 44, has suggested she was both tested for COVID-19 and recently traveled on an airplane. Responding to a commenter that took issue with her air travel …

The European Union says its vaunted tourist industry is facing “staggering” figures of decline because of the coronavirus crisis and the bloc’s internal market commissioner wants the sector to be first in line when it comes to recovery funds. Thierry Breton mentioned figures that the tourism economy could slump up to 70 percent and will …

New York has applied for a $4 billion federal loan to help cover the ballooning cost of unemployment benefits amid the coronavirus crisis, officials said. The Empire State could use the interest-free line of credit from the federal Unemployment Trust Fund to pay for unemployment insurance benefits as needed over time, a state official said …

Troubled “Mighty Ducks” star Shaun Weiss has been “thriving” since entering rehab following his drug-related arrest earlier this year, a close pal said on Facebook. Drew Gallagher, who has been posting frequent updates about Weiss, shared a new photo of the 41-year-old on March 26 that shows the former actor appearing to have put on …

NBCUniversal has sold a $178 million stake in stationary-bike company Peloton, whose shares have lately been surging because of the coronavirus crisis. The Comcast-owned broadcaster — an early investor in Peloton, which went public last September — has been looking at its portfolio of investments as it seeks to shore up its cash reserves amid …