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Hertz filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, unable to withstand the coronavirus pandemic that has crippled global travel and with it, the heavily indebted 102-year-old car rental company’s business. The Estero, Florida-based company’s lenders were unwilling to grant it another extension on its auto lease debt payments past a Friday deadline, triggering the filing in U.S. …

After Page Six reported on various underground parties going on around town during the lockdown — an editor for Graydon Carter’s Air Mail claims to have infiltrated one. At the illicit basement bash, “tequila shots and dry martinis were being passed around, sweaty hand to sweaty hand. Drinks were $10 a pop, cash only,” and …

It’s time to get funky. With millions of Americans quarantined in their homes during the coronavirus pandemic, there’s no better time to explore some off-the-beaten-path music. YouTube and Spotify are treasure troves for music seemingly forgotten to time. Here are five fun, quirky and wonderfully strange tracks to explore during the lockdown. “I Wanna Be …

Organizers said Friday they were canceling the 2020 New York auto show that had previously been pushed back until August, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the venue’s use as a field hospital. The show, which was initially set for early April and is typically used to unveil new vehicles, was set to take place …

Have you been missing something amid the lockdowns and stay-at-home orders? No, not human contact. Not even toilet paper. Robocalls. Industry experts say robocalls are way down — scam calls as well as nagging from your credit-card company to pay your bill. The coronavirus pandemic has inflicted millions of job losses, and scammers have not …

Baseball might return to New York this summer, but if spring training resumes, both the Yankees and Mets are expected to be at their sites in Florida, according to sources. While New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that the state would support professional teams’ efforts to reopen their facilities and hold games without fans this …

“All I have for you is a word,” says a voice in the new trailer for the upcoming science-fiction movie “Tenet” that dropped Thursday. “It’ll open the right doors, and open some of the wrong doors, too.” Director Christopher Nolan is hoping “Tenet” will also open some cinema doors. Nolan, who is famed for major …

China on Friday repeated its pledge to implement its landmark trade deal with the US amid growing tensions between the two countries. “China will continue to boost economic and trade cooperation with other countries to deliver mutual benefits,” premier Li Keqiang said at the annual meeting of China’s parliament in Beijing, according to Bloomberg News. …

The combined fortunes of America’s billionaires ballooned by $434 billion during the coronavirus pandemic, even as millions of Americans lost their jobs, a new report says. That marked a 15 percent increase in the total net worth of the nation’s more than 600 billionaires between March 18 and May 19 as much of the country …

White House economists say they believe the third quarter of 2020 will be the best in US history — channeling new optimism as states reopen following coronavirus lockdowns. Kevin Hassett, a senior adviser to President Trump, told reporters on Friday that he expects US GDP to drop by about 40 percent in the second quarter …