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About 1.4 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits once again last week, new data show — a troubling sign that the nation’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis is unraveling. Workers now have filed more than 52 million initial jobless claims since layoffs spiked in mid-March, suggesting about a third of the American labor force has …

When the iconic Mario’s Restaurant — a 101-year-old Arthur Avenue institution — reopened for outdoor dining at the end of June, it was a bittersweet return to the family business for Regina Migliucci-Delfino. She lost her father, Joseph Migliucci, 81, the longtime face of the Bronx restaurant, to COVID-19 in April. The night before the …

Is it really Robert De Niro who’s the “punk”? When an indie filmmaker was laid off from his day job because of the pandemic, he decided to put his energy into making a shoestring-budget flick about the virus. He even thought that his big break had finally arrived after years of making smaller movies when …

Corona beer isn’t the only thing that has a different ring to it after the coronavirus. There’s an Irish indie-rock band called the Coronas that will also now be forever associated with COVID-19. But the trio — which drops its sixth album, “True Love Waits,” Friday — had already made a name for itself since …

Actress Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, the daughter of Prince Albert of Monaco, has been battling COVID-19 for three weeks. “I am so thankful that I am starting to finally feel like myself today after almost three weeks since I first felt Covid symptoms,” she posted on Instagram Tuesday. “I am grateful to be alive and healthy.” …

“Love Island” is moving from Fiji to Las Vegas thanks to COVID-19. The CBS reality series has reportedly started pre-production at Caesars-owned hotel Cromwell, according to Vulture, which broke the news. It’s thought that production will likely be up and running in August – meaning that along with “Big Brother,” CBS could have two of …

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than previously known, with more than twice as many workers becoming infected than the state Department of Public Health told the public, newly released records show. The department announced at a May 5 news conference that 221 …

Thanks to a previously unreleased recording, the late actor Nick Cordero will get to take his final bow. “Live Your Life,” a live album of Cordero’s 2019 cabaret show at New York’s Feinstein’s/54 Below, will drop Sept. 17, the actor’s birthday, his wife, Amanda Kloots, announced Wednesday. “Nick would be absolutely thrilled to hear this …

Pent-up demand for sports is translating into major advertising bucks, according to Fox, which is kicking off baseball season with its first-ever-triple header on Saturday. The advertising inventory for the nine-hour block of games is sold out, Fox’s head of sports sales, Seth Winter, told Bloomberg Wednesday. This includes a fourth “nightcap” game that airs …

Bill Ackman lashed out at CNBC on Wednesday after anchors prodded him about his controversial appearance on the cable network this spring during the early days of the coronavirus. On March 18, the 54-year-old hedge fund manager appeared to be fighting back tears on CNBC, fretting about his father’s health amid the pandemic. Ackman warned …