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AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine could still be ready this year even though it had to halt a key clinical study after a participant got sick, CEO Pascal Soriot said Thursday. The British pharmaceutical firm should know by the end of 2020 whether the vaccine protects patients from the virus if it’s able to resume the study …

Bruce Springsteen is returning with his 20th studio album this fall. The new record, “Letter To You” (Columbia) — featuring the Boss’ longtime cohorts the E Street Band — arrives Oct. 23, but fans can hear the titular single in a new video now. Springsteen, 70, produced the upcoming release alongside collaborator Ron Aniello, who …

A diamond isn’t required to get caught up in the drama on “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” Brandi Glanville claimed that Heather Locklear reached out to lend her support amid her alleged tryst with Denise Richards — but she couldn’t defend her publicly because Richards, 49, allegedly sent her a cease and desist letter. Richards …

Ramona Singer may be on her 12th year of “RHONY,” but looked as youthful as ever for the show’s Season 12 reunion. Singer, 63, teamed up with her hairstylist Julius Michael to create what he calls a “fresh and new” style for the first in-person “Housewives” reunion since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. “I wanted Ramona …

Forget the iPhone 12, Apple’s hottest new product is a face mask. The iPhone maker has reportedly created its first face mask designed in-house, and is beginning to send them out to corporate and retail workers as the Covid-19 pandemic continues. The Apple Face Mask, as it has been dubbed, was developed by the same …

The labor market’s recovery slowed this week as 884,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits, a number higher than most experts had expected. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones predicted 850,000 first-time filings for the week. Instead, last week’s filings were unchanged from the prior seven days. The week’s filings still sit well above the pre-pandemic record …

Andy Cohen doesn’t think Kris Jenner would ever join “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” after fans clamored for her to be cast on the reality series. “I don’t think she would do it. She is leaving a show for which she has total control over,” he said on SiriusXM’s “Radio Andy” of “Keeping Up With …

Some 884,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis stalled once again, new data show. That means a seasonally adjusted total of 60.1 million initial jobless claims have flooded unemployment offices during the COVID-19 pandemic — a number larger than the entire population of South Africa. …

The Jets enter the 2020 season with fewer stars than a cloudy night. Jamal Adams is in Seattle. C.J. Mosley has opted out of the season. Sam Darnold may become a star, but he is not there yet. Le’Veon Bell is trying to prove he still can be a star. But overall, the Jets’ roster …

President Trump admitted in March that he wanted to publicly downplay the danger posed by the coronavirus in order to avoid creating “panic,” even as he expressed privately that the disease posed a deadly threat, according to a new book on the Trump presidency by Bob Woodward. “I wanted to always play it down,” Trump told …