Neil Weiss

Dr. Lawrence Heiskell

Lawrence E. Heiskell

Diana Drummey

Six LEOs Honored With Medal of Valor

Including fire and EMS recipients, 14 public safety personnel received the award.

NYPD Still Using Typewriters

NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne confirmed the department's continued, if limited, use of the 20th-century writing devices, explaining that they're mainly used for filling out property vouchers -- forms that officers must file when they seize items during case investigations. The typewriters also are retained in case a technological meltdown disables the NYPD's computers, he said.

Michael Siegfried

Swedish Police Officers on Vacation Break Up Fight in New York City

Four Swedish police officers took a break from their New York vacation to answer the call of duty Wednesday, breaking up an out-of-control fight between two homeless men on a Manhattan subway train.

Inside the Black Panther Party (2 of 2)

By the late 1960s, many of the Black Panther Party leadership had become entangled in criminal trials or were serving long prison sentences. Some had been killed. The remaining BPP leaders could not agree on how to overcome these issues.