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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Monday declined to say whether he will allow the Republican National Convention to move forward in August at full capacity after President Trump threatened to move it out of the state barring an immediate answer from the Democratic governor. “State health officials are working with the RNC and will …

If this was the best that Major League Baseball could do to kick off Hell Week, then let’s just defer the players’ prorated payments and live to fight another day. There will be more fights, naturally. There might not be much living for baseball, though, if the players and owners can’t find sufficient common ground …

Mayor Bill de Blasio signed several bills on Tuesday that could temporarily eat into the profits of food-ordering and delivery apps like Grubhub and UberEats. Starting June 2, the commissions that food-delivery apps can charge Big Apple eateries will be capped at 20 percent — or 15 percent for delivery charges and 5 percent for …

Rudy Giuliani is pulling out the big guns to hype hydroxychloroquine — his alleged mistress, to be precise. Beltway insiders were amused to hear the former NYC mayor interview Maria Ryan — the woman with whom Giuliani denied having an affair after ex-wife Judy claimed they were still married when Ryan and Giuliani got together …

All holds barred. There’s little hope for top ropes anytime soon, so these wrestling fans are trading leg drops for laptops while in quarantine. Unemployed bandmates Jimi Riddle and Casey Hopkins have been filling their time in coronavirus lockdown by running their Instagram-based Isolation Wrestling Federation, which bills itself as “the first ‘NO CONTACT’ wrestling …

The NHL’s return-to-play format is officially set. Whether the 24 teams involved get to use it depends on how the next steps unfold. Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Tuesday that the NHL’s regular season is officially over and, if and when play resumes, it will be in a 24-team playoff in two hub cities, with dates …

Burger King has launched giant social distancing crowns to make sure customers keep 6 feet apart. The fast food chain introduced the creative new way to keep customers socially distant as franchises began to reopen dine-in services in Germany. Restaurants now reopening their doors after weeks of lockdown are looking for ways to ensure customers …

MLB made its financial pitch to the Players Association on Tuesday. The key question when it comes to restarting a season is, how does the union take that pitch? MLB’s plan, as first reported by USA Today, was to have a sliding scale, so that those who make the least in 2020 would receive the …

Kelly Dodd took to Instagram to “clarify” comments she made about the coronavirus pandemic — again. The “Real Housewives of Orange County” star took aim at Page Six on Tuesday after we reported her claims that “no one is dying” of coronavirus in Orange County, Calif., were incorrect. The reality star said on her Instagram …

US stocks surged Tuesday as investors latched onto signs that the economy is thawing out after being frozen by the coronavirus. The Dow Jones industrial average soared as much as 694.97 points, or 2.8 percent, to 25,160.13, trading above 25,000 for the first time since March 10. The S&P 500 also broke through its key …