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Erykah Badu is finally getting to play her dream stage while under quarantine at her home in Dallas, Texas. She kicked off her “Quarantine Concert Series: Apocalypse One” two weeks ago, charging fans $1 per ticket to watch her and her band perform songs from her bedroom. “I’m the laziest artist in the world. My …

Vicki Gunvalson and fiancé Steve Lodge will be delaying their wedding as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking Thursday to HollywoodLife, the “Real Housewives of Orange County” alum, 58, revealed the couple planned to swap vows this month but have since changed course. “We were going to go get married in April and try …

Without additional structural reform, however, these changes will likely have little long-term impact. The sweeping halt of economic activity around the world has governments scrambling to provide adequate relief for vulnerable industries and people.  But one silver lining is emerging from this economic freeze: carbon emissions are down. And scientists estimate that they could fall …

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci said Sunday that it would be “a false statement” to say the government has the coronavirus pandemic under control. “We are struggling to get it under control, and that’s the issue that’s at hand right now,” Fauci said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday.  Trump …

Tom Dempsey, who became a record-setting NFL placekicker for the New Orleans Saints despite being born without toes on his right foot, died Saturday after contracting the coronavirus, the team announced. He was 73. Dempsey had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia since 2012 and had been in hospice care for several days after …

Marianne Faithfull has joined the long list of stars confirmed to have COVID-19 — with the potentially deadly disease leaving the singer “barely able to speak” in hospital, according to reports. The 73-year-old singer and actress — who shot to fame in swinging-sixties London, part of an iconic couple with Mick Jagger — was hospitalized …

Elton John is stepping up once again in the battle against coronavirus. The “Rocket Man” singer announced Saturday that his Elton John Aids Foundation has launched a $1 million COVID-19 emergency fund to protect individuals with HIV. “For almost 30 years my foundation has prioritized the most vulnerable people to HIV, to end the AIDS …

As the novel coronavirus has wrecked the New York area, sports owners with deep pockets have emerged to help in the fight to battle this deadly pandemic. Here’s a look: James Dolan The Madison Square Garden chairman, who has tested positive for coronavirus, but is said to have mild symptoms, is paying arena workers in …

Arthur Rothenberg was a Giants fan, and he was also married to Nancy for 61 years, so there came a time when he was talking to his son, Dave, about the seminal year of 1958. Dave Rothenberg is one of the hosts of “Humpty, Canty and Rothenberg,” the midday show on 98.7 ESPN radio. He …

Dear John: Thank you! You have provided our church with some good news in the midst of this pandemic. I cannot adequately put into words our gratitude to you. One week ago today, I wrote you a brief email outlining the $60,000 fraud our church experienced on our US Bank checking account. Within six hours …