Gym owner who supported Staten Island bar that defied coronavirus regulations calls lockdowns 'nonsensical'

Andy said: “I only joined the gym just to lose a bit of weight before my 30th birthday.“ I was eating a lot of rubbish and not looking after myself.“I can’t believe that just two years later I’m sitting here as Scotland’s strongest man.“Doing something like this never crossed my mind before.“But ever since I took part in my first event 18 months ago, which I ended up winning, things have just kicked on.”Andy won all but one of his events in the behind-closed-doors competition.He deadlifted 310kg

An inmate in Rhode Island has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, according to a local report.  The 66-year-old inmate who served time at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) was recently diagnosed with the virus.The inmate had underlying health issues that "likely contributed to this death," said Rhode Island Department of Corrections Spokesperson J.R.

The father of a woman whose body was found in a Staten Island park last year has been extradited from the Middle East and charged with her murder. Kabary Salem had been indicted in the murder of his daughter, Ola Salem, 25, by a Staten Island grand jury Nov.

A California restaurant owner is fighting back against tough coronavirus restrictions that could put him out of business, for good. Chef Rodney Worth owns two restaurants in Northern California, The Peasant and the Pear and The Peasant’s Courtyard.

Stanford University professor of medicine Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Thursday criticized California’s lockdowns as a "failure of imagination and creativity in policy." Bhattacharya, who is one of the few health experts to speak out against lockdowns, said the state’s approach should instead focus on those who are the most vulnerable.

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The governor of Rhode Island is facing backlash this week after she was photographed at a wine and paint night just days after she had discouraged inessential activities to curb the spread of the coronavirus.  The picture, taken by Erica Oliveras last Friday, shows Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo sitting at table in Barnaby’s Public House in Providence without a mask, WLNE reported.

A California restaurant owner cited for keeping his business open in violation of a state coronavirus lockdown joined Fox News Wednesday to discuss the viral video of his confrontation with health inspectors.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's "ineptitude" and "gross mismanagement" are on full display after reports the state gave away billions in fraudulent coronavirus unemployment benefits, a Southern California restaurant owner told "Fox & Friends." Bank of America said California likely paid at least $2 billion in fraudulent benefits since March, having reached "unprecedented levels" compared to other states.

Carol Sutton, an actress best known for her work in the movie Steel Magnolias, has sadly died at the age of 76 due to complications from coronavirus.

Lindsay Blake Ryan Murphy’s latest Netflix series, “Ratched,” is graphic in every way possible – from the gore to the violence to the set decorations. Even the locations are dramatically eye-catching, none more so than the colorful pad where wealthy heiress Lenore Osgood (Sharon Stone, who doesn’t appear to have aged a day since her breakout role in 1992’s “Basic Instinct”!), lives with her pet monkey, Petunia, and son, Henry (Brandon Flynn).

direct to your inbox Matt Hancock was reduced to tears during an appearance on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday. The Health Secretary was on the ITV news programme the morning the first coronavirus vaccinations were delivered in the UK.

Lawyers for Daniel Presti, the Staten Island bar owner accused of hitting a deputy with his car Saturday night, say surveillance footage of the incident shows their client “running for his life from unidentified individuals” because they were dressed in dark clothing and Presti did not know they were law enforcement officers.

Fox News contributor Joe Concha pointed out the “irony” Monday of “Saturday Night Live” cast member and Staten Island native Pete Davidson mocking the owner of Mac’s Public House, who has defied Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus restrictions by staying open.

The attorney for the Staten Island bar owner accused of running over a sheriff's deputy this weekend said Monday his client's arrest was a "politial hit job."  “The guys want to keep the fight going with Mac’s Public House and keep the support of the restaurant, their fellow restaurant and small business owners,” lawyer Lou Gelormino told “America’s Newsroom." “We’re talking about serving cheeseburgers and beers. It has come to this.

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The co-owner of a Staten Island bar who officials say has continued to defy New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus restrictions was arrested early Sunday for the second time in less than a week after allegedly hitting a deputy with his car, authorities said.

declared itself a COVID-19 restriction “autonomous zone” when he appeared on the “Weekend Update” segment.“I saw the protests, people were outside the bar shouting about freedom, talking to cops, chanting that they should arrest the governor so I just assumed that it was a typical last call,” Davidson said.Davidson explained that the bar, Mac’s Public House, is located in a “neighborhood with the second-highest COVID infections in all of New York, so the rule is that they’re only supposed to let

"Saturday Night Live" this weekend did several sketches on the coronavirus, including one about last week's Staten Island, N.Y., demonstration following the arrest of a bar owner who allegedly defied government restrictions on indoor dining.