MINOOKA, Ill. — Bill Swick has a rare degenerative brain disease that inhibits his mobility and speech. Instead of the hassle of traveling an hour to a clinic in downtown Chicago to visit a speech therapist, he has benefited from virtual appointments from the comfort of his home. But Swick, 53, hasn’t had access to those appointments … Read more
A drunk American Airlines passenger was causing turbulence at Chicago O’Hare airport. A visibly drunk Concierge Key member — the invite-only top-tier status within the AAdvantage program— used his status to wreak havoc in the flagship airport lounge on Sunday. The passenger allegedly demanded changing the TV channel, spouted off homophobic slurs to other passengers … Read more
Dalvin Modore walked as if there was broken glass beneath his feet, stepping gingerly, his frail shoulders hunched against the anticipation of pain. His trousers had become so loose that he had to hold them up as he inched around his small farm in western Kenya. Mr. Modore has tuberculosis. He is 40, a tall … Read more
It was a light-mare at 30,000 feet. As if red-eye flights weren’t grueling enough: A US flyer experienced the trip from hell after her neighbor used a flashing light-up charger for the duration of the six-hour overnight flight, as seen in a video glowing up online. “Who does this?” wrote the perturbed passenger in a … Read more
Naked — or something like it — appears to be a theme so far at New York Fashion Week, as celebrities and influencers turn out for the shows in barely-there looks. (See: Lourdes Leon’s sheer metal mini, Remi Bader’s optical illusion dress, and Julia Fox’s teeny-tiny fit made entirely of watches.) Then there’s the runway … Read more
They’re about to go over-borg. This St. Patrick’s Day, Gen Z party animals with a thirst for danger will be chugging down gallons of a curious cocktail that recently put dozens of their peers in the hospital. Only this time, it will be green. “Make BORG with me — we’re doing green cause it’s … Read more
A549ACE cells ACE2-expressing A549 cells were generated as previously described3. A549ACE2 cells were grown in RPMI-1640 with 10% FBS and 1% penicillin-streptomycin and were maintained free of mycoplasma. Cells were infected at an MOI of 1 and fixed or lysed at 24 or 48 h after infection. HEK293T cells HEK293T cells were obtained from the American Type … Read more