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Pepperoni prices are reportedly skyrocketing because of the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 has forced meat processors to “streamline” operations and hampered their ability to produce pepperoni, leading to higher prices for small pizzerias around the country, according to Bloomberg News. Charlie’s Pizza House in Yankton, South Dakota, for instance, is now paying $4.12 a pound for …

In her latest effort to reform the criminal justice system, Kim Kardashian is seeking the release of New Orleans rapper Corey “C-Murder” Miller, who has maintained his innocence in a 2002 murder. Miller – the brother of rap superstar Percy “Master P” Miller – was convicted in 2009 and is serving a life sentence in …

A scammer is sending bogus emails from the US Small Business Administration to steal personal information from unsuspecting Americans, the feds have warned. The messages direct potential victims to a malicious webpage disguised as an SBA website that the “unknown malicious cyber actor” uses to steal credentials, according to an alert from the Department of …

The Red Sox have reached the team meeting stage of a bad season. Before losing a second straight game to the Yankees on Saturday night — and fifth straight overall — the Red Sox held a team meeting at their hotel in New York to try to turn things around. It hasn’t paid immediate dividends, …

Former “Real Housewife” Cindy Barshop is bringing her ladies spa, VSpot, to the Hamptons. She told us, “I was going to open another spot downtown in Tribeca, and I changed that plan to the Hamptons due to COVID.” Many of her clients have apparently fled east. She said her business — which includes treatments like …

Sharon Stone has revealed that her younger sister, who suffers from lupus, along with her husband are hospitalized with the coronavirus – and blamed “one of you Non-Mask wearers” for their plight. “My sister Kelly, who already has lupus, now has COVID-19. This is her hospital room. One of you Non-Mask wearers did this,” the …

Some Americans who didn’t receive $500 stimulus checks for their kids just got another chance to claim the money this fall instead of waiting until next year. Taxpayers receiving certain federal benefits now have until Sept. 30 to submit information about their children and other dependents who make them eligible for the additional cash, the …

If anything reflects long-range faith that the city will recover from the pandemic crisis, it’s the counterintuitive commitment to new eating venues even though nobody knows when indoor dining will again be permitted. The latest example: RXR Realty just landed a 13,000-square-foot lease for a sprawling food hall at the Starrett-Lehigh Building. Tenants of the …

Nearly five months after shutting their doors, some of the Big Apple’s fanciest hotels are starting to take reservations again, buoyed by signs of pent-up demand from cooped-up New Yorkers. Gone are the tourists and business travelers, and in their place are bored suburbanites looking to celebrate a birthday or spice up a staycation — …

Ewan McGregor has to give his ex-wife half of the multi-million fortune he earned during his acting career — including his blockbuster “Star Wars” movies, according to reports of their contentious divorce. The “Trainspotting” star agreed to split with Eve Mavrakis any of his royalties from all of the movies and TV shows before their …