• Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James received PPP loan amid giveaway snafu

    Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James received PPP loan amid giveaway snafu

    Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James is draped in cash. The Oscar-winning actress’ clothing company received a PPP loan between $350,000 and $1 million, according to the online database. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Draper James employed 44 people. The influx of cash was approved on April 11, 2020, just as the company came under fire for …
  • Yankees close to getting Aroldis Chapman back from coronavirus

    Yankees close to getting Aroldis Chapman back from coronavirus

    Aroldis Chapman is close to reclaiming his role as Yankees closer. After testing positive for COVID-19 early in July, Chapman is now reportedly free of the virus and is eligible to return to the Yankees on Friday, according to ESPN’s Marly Rivera. A player needs two consecutive negative tests before being permitted to rejoin a …
  • Additional Unemployment Benefits to Expire as Senate Leaves D.C. Without a Coronavirus Relief Deal

    Additional Unemployment Benefits to Expire as Senate Leaves D.C. Without a Coronavirus Relief Deal

    With more than 30 million Americans on some form of unemployment benefits, the additional $600 per-week unemployment insurance boost expired Friday as partisan fighting has marred the path forward on a new coronavirus relief deal. While Democrats have proposed extending the $600 benefit, which began in March, until January, most Republicans have called the benefits …
  • Schumer Pushes Tax Cut for High Earners as Part of COVID Relief Bill

    Schumer Pushes Tax Cut for High Earners as Part of COVID Relief Bill

    With lawmakers scrambling to pass a new coronavirus stimulus bill as enhanced unemployment benefits expire on Friday, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) is pushing to repeal the cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deductions that primarily benefit high earners in states with high taxes. The debate over money for state and …
  • Coco Austin’s dad has permanent lung damage after COVID-19 battle

    Coco Austin’s dad has permanent lung damage after COVID-19 battle

    Coco Austin’s dad, Steve Austin, has permanent lung damage after battling COVID-19. “Now he’s home, but his lungs are damaged indefinitely,” Coco’s husband, Ice-T, told Jimmy Fallon on Thursday’s episode of “The Tonight Show.” “COVID attacks your lungs, and it can really leave your lungs ruined.” The rapper, 62, also shared that his father-in-law was …
  • Cardinals game against Brewers postponed after positive coronavirus tests

    Cardinals game against Brewers postponed after positive coronavirus tests

    MLB’s coronavirus problem is spreading quickly. The Brewers-Cardinals game Friday night has been postponed, The Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed. The Cardinals had positive tests and are self-isolating at their hotel. SportsGrid is reporting that it is two positive tests. The Marlins have had 17 players test positive, while the Phillies have had a coach and …
  • Feds pledge up to $2.1B to COVID-19 vaccine from Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline

    Feds pledge up to $2.1B to COVID-19 vaccine from Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline

    The feds will give Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline up to $2.1 billion to churn out a coronavirus vaccine in the Trump administration’s latest and largest bet on an experimental inoculation. More than half the award announced Friday will help the European drugmakers develop and test their vaccine, while the rest will be used to support manufacturing …
  • Facebook stock soars on resilient revenue growth amid coronavirus

    Facebook stock soars on resilient revenue growth amid coronavirus

    Facebook’s stock price soared in premarket trading Friday as Wall Street cheered its resilient revenue growth despite the coronavirus pandemic and an advertising boycott. Facebook shares had climbed about 6.6 percent to $250.09 by 7:15 a.m. after it reported more than $18.6 billion in second-quarter revenues Thursday, an 11 percent jump from the same period …
  • Bryan Cranston discloses COVID-19 battle: ‘Keep wearing the damn mask’

    Bryan Cranston discloses COVID-19 battle: ‘Keep wearing the damn mask’

    He’s urging you tread … maskedly. Bryan Cranston has revealed that he bested a case of COVID-19, writing on Instagram that “I was pretty strict in adhering to the protocols and still… I contracted the virus. Yep. it sounds daunting now that over 150,000 Americans are dead because of it. I was one of the …
  • Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix making documentary on deadly diseases

    Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix making documentary on deadly diseases

    EXCLUSIVE: Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix have teamed up with “Cowspiracy” filmmaker Keegan Kuhn and BAFTA Award-winning director Alex Lockwood, to executive produce, “The End of Medicine,” a new feature-length documentary about zoonotic diseases, which threaten the health and lives of the entire human population. The doc began production in October 2019, months before Covid-19 was making …