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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced $1.2 billion on Sunday for efforts to eradicate polio worldwide.  Polio was paralyzing tens of thousands of children a year in dozens of countries around the world just a few decades ago, but the virus is now only endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan.  Part of the success in eradicating the virus is due to the nearly $5 billion that the Gates Foundation has contributed to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.  This 1964 microscope image made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows damage from the polio virus to human spinal cord tissue.  (Dr.

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restrict members of Congress and their staffers from using insider information related to the stock market to boost their personal financial standing. A lawyer by trade, the 36-year-old has served as a CNN commentator since leaving Congress. He is likely to face a contested Democratic field.

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The New York State Department of Health has discovered more evidence of polio in NYC wastewater.  Officials noted that 63 of 70 wastewater samples discovered last week were linked to a polio case of a 20-year-old male from Rockland County.The individual has since developed paralysis in his legs, according to the state health department.  Most of the samples were found in Rockland. Still, officials also collected others all over the state, including Orange County, Sullivan County, and Nassau County, and one sample was found in Brooklyn.

A group of Orthodox Jews in New York City are suing the state’s new law banning carrying a firearm in a house of worship and arguing that it essentially makes them "sitting ducks." The Jewish congregation in Midwood, Brooklyn, in a suit organized by the New York State Jewish Gun Club in Rockland County, filed the lawsuit on September 29 objecting to the state’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act signed by New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, the New York Post reported.

Eight episode series Pam and Tommy is ready to take screens by storm as it lands on 2 February. The series looks at Pamela’s relationship with musician Tommy Lee, and the aftermath of their honeymoon sex tape being leaked after it was stolen from their home and sold on the internet in 1995. And the stars of the show are most certainly Lily James, who plays Pamela, and Sebastian Stan, who stars as Tommy.The series isn't without its raunchy scenes, as you might expect, and Lily and Sebastian certainly captivate with their acting abilities in the intriguing Disney+ series.

PORTLAND, Maine -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has resolved claims against the estate of the late artist Robert Indiana and several law firms accused of excessive legal fees, officials said Monday.The settlement totals more than $2 million, most of which was paid by the firms through refunds or credits, the attorney general said.Indiana, creator of the famous “LOVE” series, spent the last decades of his life on Vinalhaven Island, 15 miles (25 kilometers) off Rockland, Maine.After his death on May 19, 2018, at 89, his will called for tapping his estate valued at $90 million at the time of his death to transform his island home into a museum to celebrate his work.“Every dollar going unnecessarily to pay lawyers and the personal representative was another dollar unavailable to the charity to fulfill its mission and Robert Indiana’s vision,” Frey said in a statement.The attorney general originally contended $3.7 million paid to four law firms in New York and Maine and $403,000 billed by the estate's personal representative were excessive.James Brannan, a Rockland attorney who's the estate's personal representative, disputed the attorney general's claims but said in a statement that he's “pleased to put an end to the dispute."The estate had been entangled in a lawsuit brought by Morgan Art Foundation, which claimed rights to the LOVE series.The lawsuit, filed a day before Indiana's death, accused the reclusive artist’s caretaker and an art publisher of taking advantage of Indiana and producing forgeries — accusations the pair denied.

ROCKLAND, Maine -- The restoration of the Maine home that was the birthplace of Edna St. Vincent Millay, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, will be completed in the new year.Millay was born in an upstairs bedroom of the house in 1892 and remained there for the first six months of her life.

ROCKLAND, Maine -- The estate of pop artist Robert Indiana has reached a settlement that keeps intact a longstanding relationship with Morgan Art Foundation, which holds the copyright for his iconic 1960s “LOVE” series, to promote and preserve his work, officials said Friday.New York-based Morgan Art Foundation intends to work with the Maine-based Star of Hope Foundation, which aims to transform Indiana’s island home into a museum to display and celebrate his work.“The future is bright for the

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ROCKLAND, Maine -- A New York-based copyright holder that sued the late artist Robert Indiana a day before his death has reached a settlement with his estate and the foundation set up to transform the artist's home into museum.The settlement agreement brings the legal wrangling over the estate of the artist known for his iconic “LOVE” series closer to an end.Details were not released, but the agreement “should fully resolve all claims” stemming from Morgan Art Foundation’s lawsuit that accused

New York Assemblyman-elect Mike Lawler said Wednesday on "America’s Newsroom" that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo should be working with county officials on the coronavirus vaccine distribution.

NEW YORK (AP) — Three Rockland County Jewish congregations are suing New York state and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he engaged in a “streak of anti-Semitic discrimination” with a recent crackdown on religious gatherings to reduce the state’s coronavirus infection rate.

Ginger Zee invited Us Weekly into her Rockland County, New York, home to catch a glimpse of her stunning kitchen and make one of her family’s signature weeknight recipes – a “pasta explosion.” Watch the video above to see the gorgeous space that she shares with TV personality husband Ben Aaron and their children, Adrian, 4, and Miles, 2.