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With just a photo and a name, she spent decades looking for her biological dad

Armed with just a name and a photograph, Annette Vega spent years looking for her biological father. The family story would go from Puerto Rico to Florida to New York.

60 years after JFK's assassination, the agent who tried to save him opens up

60 years after JFK's assassination, the agent who tried to save him opens up

One image, taken seconds after President Kennedy was shot, captured the attention of news outlets all over the country. The agent in the center of the image is still coming to terms with that moment.

He disappeared in 1995. His mother's search led to a mass grave and changed laws

He disappeared in 1995. His mother's search led to a mass grave and changed laws

LaMont Dottin was a freshman at Queens College when he vanished one day in 1995. His mother became a "one-woman search party" whose journey would lead her to a mass grave.

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She lived in a New York hotel for more than 40 years. But her life was a mystery

Hisako Hasegawa lived for decades in a New York City hotel, and was a mystery to those around her. And all through the years, she would return small favors with extreme kindness.

He went looking for his uncle — and ended up seeking forgiveness at a mass grave

Angel Irizarry is a former detective who worked on missing persons cases. In 2021, he set out on a personal investigation: to find his uncle Cesar, who had been estranged from his family for decades.

Her writing was admired by Hemingway. Then her books — and body — disappeared

Dawn Powell infiltrated the writing world by hanging out in bars and taverns around New York's Greenwich Village in the 1920s. What happened after she died didn't go according to script.

It's not a place many people choose to be buried — but it was perfect for him

When Noah Creshevsky learned he was dying of cancer, he declined medical treatment. Soon, he and his husband David were faced with another decision: what would become of his body?

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It was the longest game in baseball history. And it made a hero of one man for a day

It was the longest game in baseball history. And it made a hero of one man for a day

On April 18, 1981, two minor league teams met for an early season game of no real consequence. It would go down in history as one of the most extraordinary games ever.

How Rahima came to hold a special place in smallpox history — and help ensure its end

How Rahima came to hold a special place in smallpox history — and help ensure its end

Scientists went to extraordinary lengths to eradicate smallpox from the world. Rahima Banu is now recorded as having the last known naturally-occurring case of the deadly form.

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