Новости за 27.03.2020

Banks are wobbling from the economic wallop being delivered by the coronavirus, but experts say they are unlikely to fall down. According to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, the US banking industry will likely see its profits plunge 25 percent this year as locked-down consumers curtail their spending. That, in turn, will make it...

Some inmates released from Rikers Island amid the coronavirus outbreak are being given free cellphones, cab fare and even hotel rooms as they head out the door, according to sources and a City Hall rep. “This is a disgrace to all correction officers — insane and dishonorable,’’ a city Department of Corrections source raged to...

"It’s almost like a battlefield triage going on.”

The Jets and free agent safety Marqui Christian appeared to have a deal last week, but that has now fallen apart. The team and Christian failed to agree on final contract terms and the Jets have decided to move on, according to a source. Christian and the Jets had initially agreed to a one-year, $2...

Two weeks after triggering the NBA’s shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Utah Jazz are clear of the spreading virus. Jazz teammates Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell are clear of COVID-19 symptoms, the team announced Friday. The two All-Stars and the remainder of team personnel were cleared by the Utah Department of Health, which has...

An elderly married couple in Washington state died of coronavirus only five hours apart — and hospital staff allowed the heartbroken family to say goodbye over FaceTime, according to a local report. Merle Tofte, 86, and Dee Tofte, 85, of Vancouver, died March 16 at Peacehealth Southwest Medical Center, KATU reported. The pair was together...

It was supposed to be the destination wedding New York City bride Trish Barillas had always dreamed of. Set to happen inside a 300-year-old Guatemalan church ruin, the life coach spared no expense when planning the fairy-tale event, with a guest list of nearly 180 people. Instead, it was “the worst day of my life,”...

Fake news travels fast, but the coronavirus is faster. That’s why the World Health Organization has committed to providing the most accurate, up-to-date information about COVID-19 made available by global health experts and scientists — by creating a smartphone app that will put the right information into the hands of anyone with an iOS or...

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday signed into law a historic $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package, the largest stimulus deal in United States history, as the pandemic devastates the nation’s economy and sickens thousands. “This will deliver urgently needed relief to our nation’s families, workers and businesses and that’s what this is all about,” Trump...

President Trump on Friday used his powers under the Defense Production Act for the first time to order General Motors to start producing ventilators to deal with the worsening coronavirus pandemic. The president said the administration had been negotiating with GM, but that the process wasn’t moving fast enough, so he directed Health and Human...

Long Island mom Diana Berrent, 45, has been writing for The Post about her ordeal since testing positive for the coronavirus last week. Today, as she recovers, she considers how life will change after the COVID-19 pandemic. I have amazing news. I am completely 100% better. You are hearing from a COVID-19 survivor. I hope this...

Two-time U.S. Ryder Cup captain and major championship winner Davis Love III lost his house in a fire early Friday morning. Love and his wife, Robin, were the only ones inside the home, located in St. Simons Islander, Georgia, when the fire started but managed to escape without injury. “While everyone in our family is...

Four sections of the exhibition space on Manhattan's West Side have been converted into 1,000 individual, prefabricated treatment rooms.

This sex party is only screen-deep. London-based sex club Killing Kittens isn’t letting the coronavirus stop its members from ogling each other — they just can’t do it in-person. So on Friday night, the exclusive group is hosting its first-ever digital orgy on video conference service Zoom, complete with burlesque and fire performers, 100 masked...

Grey Sloan Memorial is closing its doors ahead of schedule. The Season 16 finale of “Grey’s Anatomy” will now air on Thursday, April 9 (ABC, 9/8c), TVLine has learned. The major scheduling change comes as a result of ABC deciding not to resume production on Season 16, which shut down earlier this month in response...

In an apparent effort to glean what one might expect from a deadly viral pandemic, streams of the 2011 film “Contagion” spiked earlier this month, placing the eerily prophetic flick near the top of many streaming services’ most-watched lists. Perhaps now realizing the power they wielded, stars of the film, including Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne,...

A different kind of clean eating is on everyone’s mind during the time of the coronavirus. Food presents a surface that the coronavirus can live on, which is why there is suddenly an intensely heightened importance to sanitizing everything when stocking up the refrigerator and pantry. Grocery stores are doing their best to ensure shopper...

One of America’s most popular sportscasters is doing better after testing positive for coronavirus. ESPN’s Doris Burke said on Adrian Wojnarowski’s podcast, “The Woj Pod,” that she contracted the pandemic virus and experienced symptoms more than two weeks ago. “I did test positive for COVID-19 and basically my first symptoms looking back on it was...

Residents of a luxury Park Avenue building that Eliot Spitzer once called home are up in arms after their management company suggested they “volunteer” as doormen if staff shortages continue amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Post has learned. “As we continue to work through this evolving coronavirus pandemic we must focus on the potential reduction...

Save the tonic for gin. As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the country, myths and junk science continue to flood social media. The latest bunk idea? That tonic water can help fight coronavirus. Here’s how the rumor started: The cocktail mainstay contains small amounts of quinine, a tree bark extract that has medicinal purposes. It’s been...

A movement to show UK health workers how much they matter went viral on social media, after thousands applauded from their homes across Britain, including the entire city of London. See the touching moment the country unites to show support for the incredibly brave National Health Service workers fighting the battle against coronavirus.   Subscribe...

Nearly 200 more NYPD cops tested positive for the coronavirus in less than a day — causing the number of infected department members to soar above 550, officials said Friday.

The crosswalk usually gets insanely heavy foot traffic.

WASHINGTON — Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie made himself the most hated man in Washington — and maybe the nation — on Friday when he forced colleagues to return to vote in person for the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill. The bill easily passed after the libertarian Republican was shouted down by outraged colleagues. Massie said...

As businesses nationwide struggle to survive amid the growing coronavirus pandemic, drive-in theaters in Florida are thriving. At the Ocala Drive-In, owner John Watzke said moviegoers are packing the lots in front of his two 90-foot screens as if every weeknight has become a Friday or Saturday evening. “For this time of year, business is...