assassination 
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SOURCE: CNN
12/15/2021
JFK Researchers: Latest Released Assassination Documents Underwhelming
UVA's Larry Sabato says an unfortunate side effect of the release, which frames the removal of minor redactions as "new" documents, is that it feeds continuing conspiracy theories based on the idea that the government is concealing the truth about the assassination.
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SOURCE: New York Times
11/17/2021
2 Men Convicted in Malcolm X Assassination to be Exonerated
The investigation by the Manhattan DA did not identify who prosecutors believe did kill Malcolm X, and it does not affirm what many suspect – that law enforcement agencies conspired to assassinate the leader.
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SOURCE: New York Times
11/13/2020
Before ‘I Have a Dream,’ Martin Luther King Almost Died. This Man Saved Him
Al Howard, a Black NYPD officer, was able to save Dr. King from a stabbing in a New York department store in 1958, potentially changing the course of history.
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SOURCE: TIME
6/2/2020
The Search for the Truth About the Nazi Plot to Assassinate FDR
by Howard Blum
The events surrounding Operation Long Jump, as the Nazi assassination mission that targeted the Tehran Conference was known, remained a deeply buried official secret.
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5/10/2020
Yes, John Wilkes Booth did Speak Those Notorious Words At Lincoln's Last Speech
by Ken Lawrence
There is ample evidence Booth declared his intention--complete with racist invective-- to kill Lincoln after hearing the President state his willingness to make black Union soldiers citizens. The quote helps keep Booth's motives in focus for students of history.
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3/31/19
How Hollywood has been fooled by Robert F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theorists
by Mel Ayton
Sirhan Sirhan is guilty.
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10/25/18
Have We Entered a New Era of Political Assassination in America?
by Ronald L. Feinman
The explosives sent through the mail this week raise disturbing questions.
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9/2/18
One Historian's Helpful Tip on Making History More Attractive to Students
by David Lee McMullen
This fall he'll be offering a course that no one could possible think is dull.
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SOURCE: Boston Globe
6/1/18
Now 2 of RFK’s children are calling for a fresh investigation of his assassination
They are not convinced that Sirhan Sirhan killed him.
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SOURCE: Newsweek
7-27-17
Did Russia kill JFK? Long-secret CIA files show a Russian spy's theory.
KGB defector Yuri Nosenko was imprisoned after the CIA grew suspicious of claims he had intimate information regarding the assassination.
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3-8-16
And Now We Hear that Someone Wants to Kill Donald Trump?
by Mel Ayton
This is what happens with politicians who have incited extreme reactions to their candidacies.
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SOURCE: WBEZ, This American Life
10-16-15
The brothers who killed Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin remain proud of what they did
They assassinated Rabin 20 years ago this month to stop the peace process. It worked.
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12-1-15
How Do You Unfriend an Assassin?
by Kathryn Canavan
That was the problem these people faced after their friend John Wilkes Booth killed the president of the United States.
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SOURCE: Mondoweiss.net
11-3-15
Anniversary of Rabin assassination is marked by incitement
“Fans of Jerusalem’s national soccer team enthusiastically chanted the name of Rabin’s assassin, Yigal Amir, alongside the usual call of 'Death to Arabs.' ”
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SOURCE: The Daily Beast
The Untold Miracle of Lincoln’s Last Day on Earth
by Michael Daly
One hundred fifty years ago to the day, the president welcomed a hungry, desperate soldier’s wife into the White House. Seven hours later, he would be assassinated.
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SOURCE: NYT
4-13-15
For a Biography of John Wilkes Booth, Terry Alford Turns to Amateur Researchers
Mr. Alford’s book, published by Oxford University Press, is already being hailed as an important contribution, with the Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer praising it as “so deeply researched and persuasively argued that it should stand as the standard portrait for years.”
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4-14-15
Lincoln’s Assassination – and Caesar’s
by Barry Strauss
Both Lincoln and his assassin misread the lessons of history.
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SOURCE: CBS
4-13-15
Security lapses led to Lincoln's assassination
His security guard left to get a drink at a tavern.
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SOURCE: Washington Decoded (Max Holland's website)
3-11-15
New definitive biography of Clay Shaw exonerates him of any role in JFK's assassination
The real Clay Shaw simply does not emerge as the Kennedy-hater some have suspected he was.
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7-16-14
Castro ordered JFK killed? Wiki entry edited by someone in the government says so.
by HNN Editor
Who's making the changes? That's unknown.
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