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OPEC members and Russia agreed on Sunday to oil production cuts to stem free-falling prices caused by a trade war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. The agreement will cut worldwide output by 10 million barrels per day, amounting to one tenth of the global supply of oil. U.S. senators have sharply criticized Saudi Arabia over …

President Trump on Sunday retweeted a call from one of his supporters to fire Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor on the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force. The tweet came from former congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine, who accused Fauci of downplaying the danger of the coronavirus outbreak. Lorraine launched an unsuccessful primary challenge last month against House …

Alabama cannot block abortions as part of the state’s measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge ruled on Sunday. The state may not include abortions in its ban on elective medical procedures, one of the steps Alabama is taking to enforce social distancing and stem the spread of the virus outbreak, U.S. district judge …

Hollywood hitmaker David Foster is promoting music education during the coronavirus pandemic after he was contacted by a Brooklyn teacher. “I was actually contacted by a music teacher from a school in Brooklyn,” said Foster.” “Will Mosley from PS 149, saying that his music students are stuck at home without musical instruments and could I …

George Stephanopoulos tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend, nearly two weeks after his wife, Ali Wentworth, confirmed her diagnosis. Stephanopoulos, who has been broadcasting “Good Morning America” from home, told his co-hosts Monday morning that his diagnosis is “really no surprise,” but that he has been “basically asymptomatic” — unlike Wentworth, who previously described …

Jets general manager Joe Douglas will get to conduct his first draft in a little more than a week. He has eight picks to improve the team. But as Jets fans know, the draft can be tricky. Before we get to the 2020 NFL Draft, let’s take a look back at the Jets’ 2019 draft …

Dutch growers reportedly destroyed millions of tulips in recent weeks as the coronavirus crisis uproots the global floral industry. Some 140 million tulip stems were scrapped over the past month amid coronavirus-related lockdowns that have caused demand for flowers to wilt, an official at Dutch flower auction firm Royal FloraHolland told The New York Times. …

U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson credited the care of the National Health Service (NHS) with saving his life after a week in the hospital spent battling COVID-19, admitting that “things could have gone either way” in his first public comments since being discharged from the hospital. “I have today left hospital after a week in …

Like his photographs, Anthony Causi’s legacy lives on. Causi, the heartfelt, charming and passionate Post photographer who died Sunday at the age of 48 after contracting the coronavirus, spent a quarter-century documenting New York sports through his lens. Without him, the sidelines will never feel the same. “Anthony Causi was a fixture at the Garden …

CHICAGO, April 12 — Smithfield Foods, the world’s biggest pork processor, said on Sunday it will shut a U.S. plant indefinitely due to a rash of coronavirus cases among employees and warned the country was moving “perilously close to the edge” in supplies for grocers. Slaughterhouse shutdowns are disrupting the U.S. food supply chain, crimping …