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Bryan Alexander USA TODAYPublished 5:53 PM EDT Mar 17, 2020Cinemark movie theaters announced Tuesday it would be shuttering its 345 theaters across the country.The closures, effective March 18, mark the third major theater chain to halt amid the coronavirus pandemic, following AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas.Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi referred to "absolutely unprecedented…

Several U.S. states and major cities have taken the step of shuttering restaurants and bars, as well as nightclubs, movie theaters and other entertainment venues, in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus.  The governors of Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington said Sunday that all restaurants and bars…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption New York City has about 27,000 restaurants New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered sweeping restrictions on public life to take effect in the state amid the coronavirus pandemic. Restaurants, theatres and casinos will close at 20:00 ET (24:00 GMT) Monday and non-essential shops…

(NEW YORK) — New York City will close the nation’s largest public school system on Monday, sending over 1.1 million children home in hopes of curbing the spread of coronavirus. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the decision to close schools through at least April 20 and possibly for the school…

By Mark Kaufman2020-03-15 17:49:08 UTC The nation's top infectious disease researchers have repeatedly warned, if not begged, Americans to practice social distancing as the contagious coronavirus spreads through the population.  That's because, due to a woeful lack of testing in the nation, no one knows how many Americans are infected…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has announced a one-month ban on gatherings of 500 people or more in New York City to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, turning the lights out on Broadway. On Thursday, Cuomo said in a press conference that gatherings of more than 500 people…

If the coronavirus outbreak were to get out of control in New York City, government officials have a plan for how to deal with all the dead bodies.The plan, developed by the chief medical examiner in 2008, would see refrigerated units placed outside hospitals to store the dead temporarily, and…

For a few minutes near the end of his first presidential debate, Mike Bloomberg was dead. At 9:38 p.m. Eastern time, a Wikipedia user named DQUACK02 added some text to the Wikipedia page for the former Democratic presidential candidate and New York City mayor:“death_date   = {{Death date and age|2020|02|19|1942|02|14}};…

On a February afternoon at the Manhattan arts complex The Shed, 19 white men are practicing an interpretive dance sequence on rolling chairs. In between takes, they are at ease; they playfully slide off their chairs, manspread, roll around in circles, drum absent-mindedly on their knees. But no such repose…

Alex Nicoll/Business Insider This story is available exclusively on Business Insider Prime. Join BI Prime and start reading now. With rising demand for e-commerce, small warehouses near city centers are now highly sought after real estate.Bond, a logistics startup, has opened six "nano-warehouses" across New York City, turning vacant retail space…