Horrifying video shows a coronavirus-stricken man spit in the face of another traveler in Thailand before boarding a train and dropping dead. Anan Sahoh, 56, tested positive for the virus after he was discovered dead Tuesday on the train from Bangkok to the southern city of Narathiwat, Metro UK reported. Before embarking on the journey,...
The city’s new coronavirus senior advisor hit the ground running Thursday, saying that his first mission from the mayor is getting critical supplies to the hospitals that need them the most. “[Mayor de Blasio] said ‘Listen, […] I need you to make sure, to pay attention to the supply chain. I need you to make...
A “cavalry” of paramedics and EMTs from across the country loaded into over 50 ambulances at Fort Totten Park in Queens Thursday, joining the Big Apple’s battle to contain COVID-19 and treat the infected. “We needed the cavalry to come, we needed the reinforcements to come,” Mayor Bill de Blasio told the dozens of emergency...
It appears NFL coaches are erring on the side of caution when it comes to free agent Jameis Winston. The former first-overall pick, who has yet to find a landing spot after five years in Tampa Bay, has not drawn interest from coaches, according to Bleacher Report, over the alleged belief that if Buccaneers coach...
The coronavirus pandemic has upended every facet of daily life and people are looking to keep themselves entertained in ways other than watching “The Office” for the eighth time. Enter video games. The video game industry, in conjunction with the World Health Organization, launched a campaign known as #PlayApartTogether, touting the benefits of gamers to...
Selling sex isn’t an “essential service."
An Oregon World War II veteran who just turned 104 could be one of the oldest people on the planet to survive COVID-19, his family said this week. William “Bill” Lapschies — whose birthday was on Wednesday — was one of the first two residents to test positive for the illness at the Edward C....
A coronavirus-stricken Bronx man who tried to commit suicide-by-cop after calling 911 on himself has been arrested and charged, police said Thursday.
Stephen A. Smith attacking his own burner account is the coronavirus distraction we all need right now. The loquacious ESPN personality has a notorious “burner account” on Twitter with the handle @SASBurnerAcct that has over 347,000 followers. For a moment, it seemed that the real Stephen A. Smith was one of them. On Wednesday, the...
That’s what millionaire friends are for. Newly signed Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is moving his family into Derek Jeter’s 30,000-square-foot compound on Davis Islands in Tampa, the Tampa Bay Times confirmed Thursday. The luxurious compound, dubbed St. Jetersburg, includes seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, an entertainment room and a waterfront pool. Jeter, the Yankees great and...
JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon is back on the job after recovering from emergency heart surgery in early March. “I have been recuperating well and getting stronger every day,” the bank CEO wrote in a Thursday morning memo to colleagues, “and I am happy to be back to work this week — albeit working remotely...
San Diego Comic-Con is going ahead as planned — amid the coronavirus pandemic. “To our amazing Comic-Con and WonderCon fans: We understand how difficult the current climate has been for all of us and appreciate your continued support through these trying times. No one is as hopeful as we are that we will be able...
President Trump lashed out at Sen. Chuck Schumer on Thursday for questioning his administration’s response to the coronavirus crisis, blaming New York for getting a “late start” on battling the rapidly spreading pandemic. “Somebody please explain to Cryin’ Chuck Schumer that we do have a military man in charge of distributing goods, a very talented...
Give Reese Witherspoon an A+. The star is donating 250 dresses from her Draper James fashion label to teachers across the United States, as a gesture of thanks for their hard work during the coronavirus pandemic. “I have been so encouraged by the ways people are really showing up for each other,” says the actress,...
President Trump said Thursday that “complainers” seeking greater amounts of coronavirus medical supplies “should have stocked up” before the crisis. As cases surge, Trump’s administration deployed supplies from a federal strategic stockpile, used a wartime law to coerce companies to make masks and ventilators, and is taking donations from abroad. On Twitter, Trump defended his...
An atmospheric scientist at UC San Diego studying how viruses and bacteria are ejected from the ocean pleaded with surfers Monday to stay out of the water to minimize chances of contracting coronavirus, a report said. The scientist, Kim Prather, also urged people bicycling or walking along the coast to follow the same rules, the...
Many NYC residents have been seeking safer pastures amid the coronavirus pandemic – but locals have showered them with hostility.
When the Animal Planet star married Chandler Powell in an intimate family ceremony on March 25, she did so wearing a gown that paid special tribute to her parents.
She announced her pregnancy in December.
What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? How about a cluster of them in your eye. That’s right, doctors were stunned to discover that a woman’s bulging eyes were caused by a cyst that was filled with baby tapeworms like a bulbous parasite piñata, as reported in the The New England Journal Of...
One person was killed and two more injured Thursday in a wild crash in Queens when a driver slammed into two cars — and propelled a minivan into a check-cashing store, police said. The chain reaction unfolded at around 5:35 a.m. on Jamaica Ave. near the Van Wyck Expressway ramp in Jamaica when a 45-year-old...
Give her a gold medal for ingenuity. An Olympic swimmer, in need of somewhere to train amid the coronavirus pandemic, set up a tiny inflatable pool in Marsaneix, France and tethered herself to a tree with an elastic cord so she could make continuous strokes. Sharon van Rouwendaal, a 26-year-old from the Netherlands who took...
The New England Patriots don’t appear to be in a rush to add to their list of potential replacements for departed franchise quarterback Tom Brady. The Pats ”have expressed no interest” in signing free agent Cam Newton or trading for Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton since Brady signed earlier this month with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according...
Stocks sank for the third day in a row on Thursday as a massive spike in US unemployment claims roiled Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped as much as 167.81 points, or 0.8 percent, at the open after the feds revealed more than 6.6 million people filed initial jobless claims last week as...
Malaysia’s government has sparked outrage by telling women to avoid nagging their hubbies during the coronavirus lockdown. A series of online posters with the hashtag #WomenPreventCOVID19 told residents how to behave while stuck at home — urging women to dress up nicely and wear makeup. Wives were also told to avoid nagging their husbands —...