Comment on Books of The Times: When Polio Disrupted the Playground

Jordyn Bristow can’t remember how or why she became unbearably repulsed by feet. All she knows is that starting about three years ago, when she caught a glimpse of someone’s bare feet, she wanted to vomit. The urge hasn’t let up. “I start gagging—it’s horrible,” says Bristow, 18, who lives in Tasmania, Australia.

BANGKOK — Aviation investigators arrived in Bangkok Wednesday to learn how and why severe turbulence sent a Singapore Airlines plane into a sudden dive that tossed passengers and crew around the cabin, leaving a British man dead and dozens others injured. Twenty people remained in intensive care in hospital after Flight SQ321, which was flying from London’s Heathrow airport to Singapore, hit the turbulence Tuesday over the Andaman Sea.

Los Angeles Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are investigating the source of the ketamine that led to Matthew Perry’s death, authorities said on Tuesday. Perry, a household name best known for his decade-long portrayal of Chandler Bing in comedy series Friends, was discovered unresponsive in the “heated end of a swimming pool” in his Los Angeles home on Oct.

Summer is just around the corner and those looking for something to read on the beach, by the pool or even indoors are in luck. The most anticipated books of summer 2024 seem to offer something for everyone: a heart-pounding mystery from Rachel Howzell Hall, a hip-hop history lesson from Questlove, and another Elizabeth Strout novel that stars her abrasive heroine Olive Kitteridge. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, you can relax with memoirs from Dr.

Here’s how people think great things happen in Silicon Valley: A bright-eyed startup founder sketches a groundbreaking idea on a napkin. The napkin is picked up by a savvy venture capitalist. The VC glances at the sketch, gets excited, and wires millions of dollars to the young entrepreneur. And a unicorn—that is, a company that will reach the $1 billion level in value—is born. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] This narrative of high stakes, fast decisions, and a risky gamble is alluringly cinematic.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader prayed Wednesday over the coffins of the country’s late president, foreign minister and other officials who were killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Later, hundreds of thousands of people followed a procession honoring the dead down Tehran’s main boulevard. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Iran’s Shiite theocracy views mass demonstrations as crucial evidence of its legitimacy and the people’s support. Still, Wednesday’s funeral service for President Ebrahim Raisi and others saw a turnout that onlookers described as noticeably lower than the 2020 procession honoring Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.