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This was always the day that was going to cause the most dread among a preponderance of sporting citizens. Maybe not around here: New York City, after all, hasn’t been much of a college football town since Fordham’s Seven Blocks of Granite were terrorizing visitors to the Polo Grounds in the ’30s, since West Point’s …
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Stephen Ross’s SoulCycle has a pattern of firing women who’ve gotten pregnant — and then blaming it on the coronavirus, according to a new lawsuit. The popular fitness chain, whose motto is “Your Soul Matters,” fired a veteran executive on April 27, just 32 days after she gave birth, and falsely claimed it was eliminating …
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Trini Lopez, a singer and guitarist who gained fame for his versions of “Lemon Tree” and “If I Had a Hammer” in the 1960s and took his talents to Hollywood, died Tuesday. He was 83. Filmmaker P. David Ebersole, who just finished shooting a documentary on Lopez with Todd Hughes, confirmed that Lopez died from …
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Shrugging off gloomy predictions about the city’s future, big-league developers on Monday unveiled plans for transformative new projects on Harlem’s famed 125th Street, including a new Target. The deals — remarkable strokes of confidence in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic — aren’t long-range pipe dreams either, but fully financed ventures that will break ground …
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The 2020 college football season is going up in flames. The Pac-12 announced it is canceling its fall football season, becoming the second Power 5 conference to take the measure as a safety precaution amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Big Ten announced earlier Tuesday it was canceling its 2020 football season. “The health, safety and …
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Facebook said Tuesday it removed 7 million posts in the second quarter for sharing false information about the novel coronavirus, including content that promoted fake preventative measures and exaggerated cures. Facebook released the data as part of its sixth Community Standards Enforcement Report, which it introduced in 2018 along with more stringent decorum rules in …
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Sorry, costume lovers: Your cosplay has been canceled. New York Comic Con announced Tuesday that its in-person 2020 event at Jacob K. Javits Center will instead be held virtually on YouTube from Oct. 8-11 due to the coronavirus pandemic. It follows in the wake of San Diego Comic Con and other fandom frolics that have …
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Canada Goose said Tuesday it would cut production and open fewer new stores this year, as the luxury parka maker tackles the coronavirus-induced strain on its business that has battered sales. The company said it would invest more in its online business to prepare for a busy fall/winter season as reopened retail stores have seen …
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Bryan Cranston addressed a popular “Breaking Bad” fan theory while appearing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday. Cranston first gave details about contracting Covid-19 in March, which he tested positive for around the same time as Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. “They came out with it right away, and I thought ‘That’s …
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President Trump is reportedly considering temporarily blocking U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents who are abroad from returning home if authorities believe they are infected with the coronavirus. A proposal draft of the immigration rule obtained by the New York Times said American citizens and permanent residents could be stopped at the border if an …
This was always the day that was going to cause the most dread among a preponderance of sporting citizens. Maybe not around here: New York City, after all, hasn’t been much of a college football town since Fordham’s Seven Blocks of Granite were terrorizing visitors to the Polo Grounds in the ’30s, since West Point’s …
