Новости за 15.11.2020

One of the scientists behind Pfizer-BioNTech’s promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate says the potential cure could return the world to “normal” by next winter. BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said Sunday that if high vaccination rates are achieved by the end of next year, the course of the pandemic could be changed, the BBC reported. “I’m confident...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D. Bronx) says she and many others are bitterly disappointed that Democrats lost their majority in the House of Representatives. Just one problem: They didn’t. In a virtual town hall on Thursday evening, the Bronx-born democratic socialist was asked to weigh-in on the Democratic Party’s disappointing showing in this year’s congressional races....

Residents of a six-story Harlem apartment building owned by a notorious slumlord have been suffering without heat and hot water for weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Post has learned. Tenants at 2035 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. have been without heat or hot water since Oct. 27 due to a busted boiler, forcing them...

A Portland, Ore. politician who called the cops over an argument with her Lyft driver despite her support for the “defund the police” movement now says she acted out of a fear of “white supremacists.” City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty and her Lyft driver made dueling 911 calls during a Nov. 1 ride from hell,...

Dustin Johnson sealed his historic win at The Masters on Sunday with a kiss from Paulina Gretzky.

Hollywood superagent Ari Emanuel, desperate to survive the pandemic, is quietly hatching plans to trim the fat at Endeavor, his already slimmed down entertainment conglomerate, The Post has learned. Endeavor — which reps superstars like Matt Damon, Oprah Winfrey and Christian Bale through its WME talent agency — already took an ax to its balance...

Demi Lovato hosts the 2020 People's Choice Awards!

A pregnant woman had to undergo an emergency C-section and a man is clinging to life after being shot in the face following a pair of Brooklyn shootings over the weekend. They were just two of the seven victims of gun violence reported citywide Saturday and Sunday, cops said. A 21-year-old expectant mother who was...

Dustin Johnson has his first green jacket. The world’s No. 1 ranked golfer won the 2020 Masters on Sunday at Augusta, capturing his second career major after the tournament was postponed from the spring because of the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson’s 20-under set a new 72-hole Masters record, breaking the 18-under mark shared by Tiger Woods...

Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens will stay open even if New York City’s public schools go all online again amid rising local COVID-19 infections, officials said Sunday. “The superintendent of Catholic Schools for Brooklyn and Queens today has announced that all 69 schools and academies will remain open and continue to provide in-person learning, irrespective...

Dana White may have found the UFC’s next big star. After watching newcomer Khaos Williams end his second UFC fight with a second straight knockout within 30 seconds, White declared Williams’ latest bout-winning blow — upon fellow hard-hitter Abdul Razak Alhassan — “one of the most vicious KOs I’ve ever seen in my f—ing life.”...

It's family first for Olivia Wilde.

This four-part docuseries puts Ronald Reagan's presidency in context, especially how it connects with today's Trumpian brand of conservatism.

The Texans may not have to look far to fill Bill O’Brien’s spot as head coach. NFL insider Ian Rapoport reported on Sunday that “one strong possibility is to turn to Romeo Crennel [Houston’s] full-time coach.” Crennel, 73, served as the Texans’ defensive coordinator and assistant head coach from 2014 to 2020. He is currently...

He wants to take the “street” out of “street cops.” City councilman and comptroller hopeful Brad Lander says the city would be better off if police no longer handled traffic enforcement. The Park Slope lawmaker made the pitch Sunday, arguing that the city Department of Transportation should handle rules of the road since cops have...

A bird in the hand is worth $1.9 million in the bank. That’s the sky-high sum that a prized Belgian racing pigeon named New Kim fetched at auction on Sunday, setting a new world record. Two Chinese bidders, operating under the pseudonyms Hitman and Super Duper, battled for the bird as the two-week auction wound...

Former President Barack Obama has ruled out taking on any formal position in President-elect Joe Biden’s administration — quipping that wife Michelle would leave him. “I will help him in any ways that I can. But now, you know, I’m not planning to suddenly work on the White House staff or something,” Obama told anchor...

Also did you know that "Dickie" Mountbatten was an actual person IRL?

Germany is cheering its homebound couch potatoes for helping fight against the coronavirus pandemic — by doing “absolutely nothing.” The federal government hailed all lazy medi-taters in an online video titled “#special heroes – Together against corona,” Deutsche Welle reported. The short clip features an elderly man recalling his “service” to the nation when he...

Bryson DeChambeau's disappointing Masters run hasn't gone unnoticed by Paige Spiranac.

City sheriffs broke up an illegal Bronx fight club with enough guns, booze and drugs to make Brad Pitt and Edward Norton’s on screen antics look tame. The unlicensed, “Rumble in the Bronx” club was operating in an industrial building on Coster Street in Hunts Point, sheriffs say. Investigators raided the warehouse at 11:15 p.m. Saturday...

Joe Burrow and the Bengals battle the Steelers on Fox!

"They didn't allow Republicans in those key places to observe the mail vote. That makes the mail vote completely invalid," he told Maria Bartiromo.

Anais and Watson celebrated their one-year anniversary in July.

Tiger Woods made history Sunday at the 2020 Masters, history he’ll wish he could soon forget. Woods had a complete meltdown on the par-3 12th hole at Augusta National, hitting his ball into the water three times while shooting a 10 in what is the highest number he’s recorded on a hole in his professional...