Новости за 06.04.2020

The coronavirus pandemic is beginning to impact our grocery shopping habits. At Saturday’s White House briefing, the coronavirus task force warned against even going out to buy groceries or medication, as the pandemic is expected to hit its apex in the next two weeks. “This is the moment not to be going to the grocery...

NASA’s plan to return to the moon in 2024 could be in jeopardy due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, the space agency has put forth plans on how it will build a base on the lunar surface. The U.S. space agency released a report on what it will do to set up a base on...

The World Health Organization expressed reluctance Monday to endorse face mask use for everyone going outside to protect themselves from coronavirus, saying that there was “limited research” about their effectiveness stopping the pandemic. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged that countries “want to do everything they can to protect themselves and others” — but said there...

A new species of pterosaur — a flying reptile that lived 100 million years ago — has been discovered by scientists in Africa. Known as Afrotapejara zouhrii, it is the first of its kind found in Africa. Others have been seen in Europe, as well as Brazil and China. Living during the Cretaceous period, these...

Che's lengthy statement weaves in multiple references to COVID-19 conspiracy theories.

Nobelist: The Economy Will Roar Back Writing in The Wall Street Journal, 2002 economics Nobel laureate Vernon L. Smith argues that US growth will resume solidly after the coronavirus crisis. Even now, “Consumers have emptied the shelves of the supermarkets and drug stores. That means these and related industries are prospering.” Yes, quarantines “will hasten...

Al Kaline, the man who became known as “Mr. Tiger” across 22 splendid seasons with the Detroit Tigers, died Monday at the age of 85, the Detroit Free Press reported. Kaline, the Hall of Fame right fielder, was an 18-time All-Star, led the Tigers to a World Series championship in 1968 and racked up 3,007...

Chilling video shows a temporary morgue erected inside hangars at an abandoned military base in the United Kingdom as the coronavirus pandemic claims thousands of British lives. The two hangars, which can hold 600 caskets each, have been converted at Royal Air Force Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire as the country’s COVID-19 death toll climbed on...

Investigation Discovery is jumping on the “Tiger King” phenomenon, greenlighting a new program that it bills as the “definitive sequel” to the hit Netflix docuseries. “Investigating the Strange World of Joe Exotic” will examine the life of Joseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage and explore his rival, Carole Baskin, whom Maldonado-Passage has accused of killing her first...

When you can’t go out, bring the party home. This neighborhood in Kent, UK, hosted a lockdown party on their balconies, blasting dance music and nightclub-worthy lighting across the empty street. Unfortunately for the partiers, the Friday night fête was broken up by police. Watch as the two responding officers received a mocking round of...

Commercial burglaries in New York City have risen 75 percent amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to data from the NYPD. Police said 254 businesses have been targeted between March 12, the day a state of emergency order was issued by Mayor Bill de Blasio, and March 31. This is up from the 145 burglaries recorded...

After nearly 40 years of practicing emergency medicine, Dr. Bruce Becker planned on retiring and focusing his energy on serving as Chief Medical Officer of Vitae Industries, a Providence, R.I.-based start-up that produces an automated compounding device that 3D prints personalized medications. The coronavirus pandemic, however, turned those plans upside down. Dr. Becker is heading...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants the USNS Comfort hospital ship docked off of Manhattan to begin taking on coronavirus-stricken patients, after previously being reserved for those with other ailments. The governor said Monday that he would seek the green-light from President Trump, who dispatched the 1,000-bed vessel to aid in New York’s fight against the contagion,...

“Nick Cannon” has been picked up by prominent station groups including Fox, CBS, Sinclair, Nexstar, Hearst, Tegna and Meredith.

ESPN draft guru Fran Fraschilla has a message for the Knicks: Take the best player available with your lottery pick and save the late first-rounder for a point guard. The former St. John’s coach believes there are flaws in each of the projected top-10 lottery picks in this year’s draft, including the trove of point...

SeaWorld Entertainment’s chief executive has resigned only five months into his job, becoming the third leader of the theme park company to depart in just over two years, according to a company filing released Monday. Sergio Rivera cited his disagreement with the board of directors’ involvement in decision-making at the company, according to a filing...

Tom Brady is ready to see what he can do without the New England Patriots. In a piece for The Players’ Tribune published on Monday, Brady expressed how grateful he was for his 20 years in New England, but also alluded to wanting to prove that he can be successful without Patriots head coach Bill...

A notorious landlord vanished off the streets of New York City in a sensational, caught-on-tape kidnapping in 2014 — and when his body turned up the next day in a dumpster, cops already had plenty of potential suspects on tap. Menachem “Max” Stark, a 39-year-old Hasidic father of seven from Brooklyn, had made a long list of...

WASHINGTON — In the early hours of Monday morning, Joe Biden’s campaign sent an email to state leaders offering to connect them with desperately needed coronavirus resources. But at least two Republican states believe they never got the email, while one governor’s office said the campaign’s efforts to insert themselves in the pandemic was only...

A Minnesota cop is suing United Airlines in a potential class-action lawsuit for only offering him vouchers rather than refunds for his family’s cancelled vacation amid the coronavirus crisis. Jacob Rudolph booked three tickets for his family totaling $1,521 in January to take a trip to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on April 4. The...

Former employees of a New Jersey car dealership claim their bosses were appallingly prejudiced — mocking a mentally challenged man, sexually harassing female workers and taunting a Muslim salesman, according to a lawsuit. General Manager Solomon Faizi of 23 Auto Mall in Butler, N. J. constantly talked about sex at work, referred to female employees...

RavnAir Group, the largest regional carrier in Alaska, filed for bankruptcy Sunday and grounded all of its 72 planes as it waits on a decision from US Treasury for government assistance. The Trump administration is weighing applications from numerous airlines as it considers how to disburse $25 billion in passenger airline grants, $4 billion for...

These NYPD officers aren’t just keeping the city safe amid the coronavirus crisis — they’re also making sure the Big Apple’s most vulnerable citizens aren’t forgotten. Police officers Keith Tuohey and Christopher DeSantis from the 112th precinct in Queens went above and beyond when helping a home-bound elderly woman who was running out of food...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was rushed into the intensive care unit in a London hospital Monday evening after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, his office said — and he has asked the foreign secretary to stand in for him. “Since Sunday evening, the prime minister has been under the care of doctors at St. Thomas’...

A Michigan mother-of-four whose hours were just cut amid the coronavirus crisis is now homeless after a blaze ravaged her family home, according to a new report. The fire broke out Saturday at Kimberly Natin’s home in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale, WJBK reported. “It’s terrible because we don’t know where we’re going to go...