President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ended Prohibition, pulled the United States out of the Great Depression, and bolstered Allied Forces during World War II. He also suffered from paralysis, which ...

Retropolis A century ago, polio struck a handsome young politician — and forged one of the country’s greatest presidents. In August 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken and transformed by ...

A photo on the front page of the Aug. 4 Perspective section was missing a credit. The photo of a Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorial should have been credited to Diane W. Blanks. The Sun regrets the… ...

Americans remember Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the president who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II. He bolstered the nation's spirits with his confidence, strength and ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt, the four-term president who directed his sweeping social policies from his wheelchair, probably suffered from Guillain-Barre syndrome rather than polio, Texas researchers ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the four-term president who directed his sweeping social policies from his wheelchair, may not have been struck by polio but instead by Guillain-Barre syndrome ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the porch of Top Cottage in Hyde Park, N.Y., with Ruthie Bie, the granddaughter of the caretaker of the cottage, and his dog, Fala. (Margaret "Daisy" Suckley/Courtesy ...

It's a familiar fact of American history that Franklin Delano Roosevelt overcame a crippling bout with the polio virus to become, arguably, our most dynamic president. FDR served an unprecedented ...

The actor and former president both contracted polio resulting in paralysis Annie Live! has found its Franklin D. Roosevelt. On Monday, NBC announced that Alan Toy has been cast in the role ...