Corky Siemaszko

The story of Nelson Rockefeller’s death and the spin that kept the (sexy) truth out of the headlines

January 12, 2019 at 2:43 a.m.

They didn't recognize the shoeless man lying unconscious on the floor of the posh Manhattan townhouse. The blonde trying to resuscitate him was frightened and out of breath. "How long...

Bobby Fischer: The rise to stardom of Brooklyn’s young chess wizard

January 12, 2019 at 3:49 a.m.

The boy wonder was just 14 years old, a Brooklyn comet streaking across the skies of the rarefied world of chess. Bobby Fischer's sister had taught him the game when...

The day the Pickax killer Karla Faye Tucker was executed in 1998

January 12, 2019 at 4:38 a.m.

(Originally published by the Daily News on February 4, 1998.) Pickax killer Karla Faye Tucker died last night with a smile on her face and a prayer on her lips...

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster: shuttle disintegrates in reentry, killing seven astronauts in 2003

April 7, 2018 at 7:11 a.m.

(Originally published by the Daily News on February 2, 2003.) The space shuttle Columbia burst into flames and broke apart in the blue skies over Texas yesterday as it was...

New York City transit strike causes chaos in 2005

April 9, 2018 at 5:07 a.m.

(Originally published by the Daily News on December 21, 2005.) Millions of New Yorkers were forced to hoof it over bridges, jam into cars with strangers and brave the bitter...

Saddam Hussein was captured in 2003

April 9, 2018 at 5:20 a.m.

(Originally published by the Daily News on Dec. 15, 2003) Saddam Hussein was in shackles last night after U.S. forces found him on an Iraqi sheep farm - cowering in...

Dimebag Darrell is killed by Pantera fan in 2004

April 9, 2018 at 5:25 a.m.

(Originally published by the Daily News on December 10, 2004.) The crazed fan who gunned down a heavy-metal guitarist and three other people at a Columbus, Ohio, nightclub blamed the...

NYPD announces crackdown on dangerous driving after spike in traffic accident deaths

April 9, 2018 at 6:27 a.m.

Dangerous drivers, consider yourselves warned. In the wake of rash of vehicle-related deaths over the past 10 days, the NYPD on Thursday launched a new crackdown on mayhem-causing motorists —...

Vincent Asaro acquitted in 1978 ‘Goodfellas’ Lufthansa heist after 4-week trial

April 9, 2018 at 6:27 a.m.

He's a freefella now. Bonanno hood Vincent Asaro slammed his fist on the defense table and kissed one of his lawyers on the lips four timesThursday after a jury found...

Late NYPD cop’s father continues to push Zadroga Act after Congress let it lapse

April 9, 2018 at 6:28 a.m.

The father of the dead NYPD cop whose name graces the Zadroga Act vowed Thursday to keep fighting to reauthorize the bill to help other Ground Zero heroes. "Upon his...

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