• Business is booming for NYC psychics amid COVID-19 pandemic

    Business is booming for NYC psychics amid COVID-19 pandemic

    Who could’ve seen this coming? While storefronts are going bust across the Big Apple due to the coronavirus pandemic, New York’s psychics and fortune-tellers say they are seeing more clients — and making more money — than ever before. Unlike most businesses, they thrive in times of uncertainty and despair. “When there’s a big change …
  • Vikings’ Cameron Smith’s COVID-19 test led to discovery of heart condition: ‘Blessing’

    Vikings’ Cameron Smith’s COVID-19 test led to discovery of heart condition: ‘Blessing’

    For Minnesota Vikings linebacker Cameron Smith, testing positive for COVID-19 turned into a “blessing.” Smith, a 2019 fifth-round pick (162nd overall), announced Saturday that he will miss the 2020 NFL season because of a congenital heart condition that came to his attention after testing positive for the coronavirus. The 23-year-old will have to undergo open-heart …
  • Hamptons crackdown continues with Marram hotel the latest target

    Hamptons crackdown continues with Marram hotel the latest target

    After Page Six reported that there has been a crackdown on Hamptons hot spots in the coronavirus era this summer, Bridgeton Holdings’ Marram hotel is the latest target. East Hampton’s Town Board has sought an injunction to prohibit “continued use of the premises,” explaining in a release on Friday that the swanky Montauk digs have …
  • MLB’s biggest obstacles in keeping season afloat: Sherman

    MLB’s biggest obstacles in keeping season afloat: Sherman

    A few days of no new COVID-19 positive tests raised hopes within MLB. Maybe they could get on a roll. Push toward as close to normalcy as you will get in 2020. But that is not this season. MLB was so close on Friday to a full slate of games — all 30 teams playing …
  • Delta wants at least 3,000 flight attendants to take unpaid leave

    Delta wants at least 3,000 flight attendants to take unpaid leave

    Delta Air Lines will need at least 3,000 of its roughly 20,000 flight attendants to take unpaid leave of four to 12 months, or consider other options, to avoid involuntary furloughs, a person with knowledge of the matter said Friday. Airlines are suffering their worst crisis in history due to the coronavirus pandemic, which decimated …
  • Tribeca Film Festival sets 2021 return after coronavirus delay

    Tribeca Film Festival sets 2021 return after coronavirus delay

    After it was forced to scrub this year’s edition due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tribeca Film Festival has announced it will return in 2021. Next year’s festival will run from June 9 to 20 in New York City. “We look forward to celebrating the 20th anniversary and to honoring what our founders Jane Rosenthal …
  • ‘Friends’ reunion postponed again on HBO Max due to COVID-19

    ‘Friends’ reunion postponed again on HBO Max due to COVID-19

    Taping of the untitled unscripted “Friends” reunion special for HBO Max has been further delayed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Originally slated to film right after all production was shut down in mid-March because of the outbreak, it was pushed to May so the special could still be ready for HBO Max’s May 27 launch. …
  • Michelle Obama called coronavirus an opportunity to think about “how wealth is distributed” to lower-income essential workers

    Michelle Obama called coronavirus an opportunity to think about “how wealth is distributed” to lower-income essential workers

    Wednesday on her new podcast, former first lady Michelle Obama called coronavirus an opportunity to think about “how wealth is distributed” to lower-income essential workers. Obama noted the “power” that would enable what “we” could do to allow such actions. Journalist Michele Norris said, “There’s kind of a new COVID vocabulary, isn’t it. There are …
  • Ohio Governor Receives Negative Results in Second Coronavirus Test Hours After Testing Positive

    Ohio Governor Receives Negative Results in Second Coronavirus Test Hours After Testing Positive

    After initially testing positive for coronavirus ahead of a scheduled meeting with President Donald Trump on Thursday, Ohio governor Mike DeWine has announced that he tested negative for the virus in a second test hours later. DeWine had been set to greet Trump at the Cleveland airport when he was given a test for the …
  • Coronavirus helps subscription numbers at struggling Dish Network

    Coronavirus helps subscription numbers at struggling Dish Network

    The coronavirus pandemic has helped stanch the bloodletting at Charlie Ergen’s struggling satellite TV company Dish Network. The Englewood, Colo.-based company on Friday reported fewer-than-expected subscriber losses for the three months ended June 30, thanks to stay-at-home orders that kept customers at home watching TV. Dish, which has been hurt by the growth of streaming …