As the coronavirus vaccine goes into the arms of Americans, it’s worth pausing to consider the trailblazing polio vaccine trial that made it possible.
Author: Peter D. Kramer, Rockland/Westchester Journal News
79 Decembers later, Pearl Harbor survivor’s memories won’t dim: ‘I will never forgive and I will never forget’
Just shy of 100, Armando “Chick” Galella has lived 99 Decembers — but the one seared in his memory is Dec. 1941.
West Point Class of 2024 arrives on campus amid coronavirus concerns, with COVID-19 cases
New cadets arrive at West Point in waves for a different Reception Day, one spread over three days. And four new cadets tested positive for COVID-19.
Skip the windshield: Ticketless parking tickets could be headed your way
Technology is stepping in to aid cities in identifying parking violations, a municipal cash cow.
West Point identifies cadet killed in rollover crash
The U.S. Military Academy released the name of the cadet, who was from New Jersey, killed in Thursday’s vehicle rollover.
A new moment for the Catskills in New York: Casino, waterpark and ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
A Catskills casino and a $200 million waterpark jumpstart a new age in New York’s land of blintzes and borscht.
Parents of dead West Point cadet can use his sperm to make baby, judge rules
It’s unclear whether doctors will go along with the wish from parents of West Point Cadet Peter Zhu, even one granted by a court.
Family wins court order to extract sperm from West Point cadet fatally wounded in ski accident
A court order allowed doctors to retrieve sperm from Peter Zhu, giving the grieving couple the hope that the family’s line will continue.
Child’s crisis becomes Christmas miracle. 20 years later, family celebrates daughter’s ‘normal life’
When a listless 7-year-old went to a suburban New York hospital on Christmas 1998, doctors discovered a problem that became a life-or-death gamble.