New COVID Relief Bill Earmarks $15B for Movie Theaters and Live Event Venues

direct to your inboxA new Covid-19 community vaccination hub has opened in Middleton. The clinic, based at Middleton Health Centre, opened its doors today (Friday) meaning there are now three such hubs operating in Rochdale borough.

Amid the national tumult on Wednesday, a newly-issued California Travel Advisory got little attention.

direct to your inboxMore than 9,000 people have already been vaccinated in Tameside but bosses warn the borough is facing an ‘exponential rise’ in new Covid-19 cases.Greater Manchester is currently locked down for the third time as part of tough nationwide measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.A new more transmissible strain of the virus is now circulating in the region, which is also seeing infection rates and hospital admissions increase again.Leaders say that locally infections have

On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the creation of a statewide “Oxygen Strategy” to confront a new, critical problem: lack of oxygen for those afflicted with Covid-19. He said a “task force on oxygen” was stood up a week ago.

Ashanti is starting the new year with some good news: she’s tested negative for COVID-19, three weeks after revealing she’d tested positive.

NEW YORK -- Workers installed 192 glittering Waterford crystal triangles on Times Square’s New Year’s Eve ball Sunday in preparation for a pandemic-limited celebration that will lack the usual tightly packed crowds of revelers.The ball is a 12-foot geodesic sphere covered with 2,688 crystal triangles of various sizes. Some new crystals are swapped in every year.

Public health officials in Colorado confirmed the first case of a new coronavirus variant in the United States that was first discovered in Britain weeks ago, prompting a new set of lockdowns.  The state informed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the case.  "The health and safety of Coloradans is our top priority and we will closely monitor this case, as well as all COVID-19 indicators, very closely," Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement.

President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals. It also averts a government shutdown.

President Trump’s Sunday night decision to sign the combination COVID relief/government spending plan averts a shutdown tomorrow night.The government was funded through 11:59 p.m. Monday. But Mr.Trump’s signature means the government is now funded through September 30, 2021.

Ellise Shafer administratorPresident Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill into law, per the Associated Press.

Ellise Shafer administratorTom Hanks has no doubt that movie theaters will survive the COVID-19 pandemic.During an interview with Collider for his new film, “News of the World,” Hanks addressed the impact this year has had on the movie theater business and the subsequent shift of many films to release on streaming services.“A sea change was due, anyway.

President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday called on President Trump to sign the coronavirus stimulus bill -- warning that failing to do so would have "devastating consequences" for millions of Americans. Biden's push comes as Trump and Congress battle over the size of direct payments included in the mammoth legislation.

President Donald Trump is balking at the massive $2.3 trillion Covid-19 relief and government funding bills that overwhelming passed Congress and has asked lawmakers to return to amend the bill to increase “ridiculously low” direct payments of $600 per person.

Nikki Bella and fiancé Artem Chigvintsev welcomed son Matteo in late July, and on Tuesday the “Total Bellas” star joined fellow new mom Ashley Graham for a candid discussion on Graham’s “Pretty Big Deal” podcast.

Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business in a massive bundle of bipartisan legislation as Capitol Hill prepared to close the books on the year.

The new coronavirus pandemic relief bill, which is set to receive a vote Monday, includes $15 billion in grants earmarked for independent movie theaters and live venues for music or stage performances. The grants will provide much-needed relief to these venues, many of which have seen their business all but vanish as the pandemic canceled concerts and stage plays, while pushing almost all new theatrical releases to 2021.