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A major US pilots union said on Wednesday it has begun discussing with key lawmakers a plan for the government to purchase seats on each flight to prevent passengers from having to sit next to strangers. The idea, launched by the Allied Pilots Association, representing American Airlines’ 15,000 pilots, is aimed at easing a return …

Rosanna Scotto is holding her own when it comes to hair and makeup during coronavirus, but she’s ready for some professional help. “I cut my own bangs and I have furloughed my daughter Jenna into being my colorist,” the “Good Day New York” host and Fresco by Scotto owner told Page Six Style. “I’m going …

Wall Street’s major indexes fell on Wednesday as investors weighed the risk to domestic economy from rising coronavirus cases and a worsening forecast of the damage from the pandemic. Washington state made face masks mandatory in public places, while many other US states saw record cases, including Arizona and Texas, where restrictions meant to slow …

Model besties Hailey Baldwin and Bella Hadid spent some time yachting in Sardinia as travel regulations start to ease up in Italy. The 23-year-olds reunited on a yacht on Tuesday after self-isolating amid the coronavirus pandemic. They looked shipshape aboard the luxe boat with Baldwin in a tiny zebra-print swimsuit and Hadid in an a …

CROMWELL, Conn. — One day after Cameron Champ was forced to withdraw from the Travelers Championship after testing positive for coronavirus, both Brooks Koekpa and Graeme McDowell withdrew on Wednesday morning because their caddies have come down with COVID-19. McDowell and Koepka played a practice round together, alongside Shane Lowry and Brooks’ brother, Chase, who …

Cineplex, the embattled Canadian movie theater chain, is playing defense. Closing its doors because of the pandemic months ago, Cineplex has adopted a ‘poison pill’ or a stockholder rights plan,’ which is a defensive action against hostile and low-priced takeover attempts that take advantage of weakened stock prices. The Toronto-based company said its three-year plan …

The coronavirus pandemic could set the stage for a copper boom as the world starts its economic recovery from the crisis, experts argue. The pandemic will likely spur governments to speed up planned investments in green energy and digital technology — industries that rely heavily on copper — as they try to come back from …

Novak Djokovic isn’t responsible for the coronavirus outbreak at his charity tournament, the Adria Tour — according to his outspoken father. Srdjan Djokovic, who has come under fire in the past for controversial and unsportsmanlike statements, has accused Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov for the spike in people infected, including Novak and his wife Jelena, who both …

Sammy Hagar would rather “get sick and even die” if it meant playing in front of an audience during the coronavirus crisis, the rocker said in a new interview. The former Van Halen frontman, 72, shared his thoughts on the effects of the pandemic that’s sickened more than 9.2 million people and killed more than …

Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor for the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force, said Tuesday that he is “cautiously optimistic” that a vaccine for the coronavirus will be available to the American public by the end of the year or early 2021. “The hallmark of all really defining responses that we have to virus diseases, …