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US Releases New Batch of Documents About JFK Assassination
The National Archives has made public nearly 1,500 documents related to the U.S. government’s investigation into the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy.
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Widow of Dallas Officer Slain by Lee Harvey Oswald Dies
Marie Tippit, the widow of the Dallas police officer killed by Lee Harvey Oswald about 45 minutes after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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Remembering the Late JFK Jr. on Eve of 60th Birthday
This week marks what would have been the 60th birthday of John F. Kennedy Jr., who died in a plane crash 21 years ago.
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JFK Jr. Would've Been 60 This Week. Friends Say His Legacy Is About ‘Who He Would've Become'
John F. Kennedy Jr. would have celebrated his 60th birthday, his friends are lamenting that the world never got to see what the dashing presidential son would have become
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Man Accused of Smuggling Egyptian Artifacts Through JFK
A Brooklyn man was indicted Monday for allegedly smuggling hundreds of ancient Egyptian artifacts through JFK International Airport earlier this year. The United States Attorney’s Office says Ashraf Omar Eldarir arrived at the airport on Jan. 22 with three suitcases of what he claimed to U.S. Customs and Border Protection as goods valued at about $300. But when agents opened…
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Traveler Describes Chaos at NY Airport After Travel Ban News
A Connecticut man living in New York says he was waiting to board a flight to Sweden Wednesday evening when friends started texting and calling him. President Donald Trump had just announced a 30-day travel ban for flights from Europe.
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Extensive Collection of JFK Memorabilia Hits Auction Block
One of the most comprehensive private collections of John F. Kennedy memorabilia that chronicles his life from childhood to the White House is for sale. Hundreds of items associated with the late president are being offered as a single lot by Boston’s RR Auction for a minimum of $1.5 million. The collection includes a handwritten draft of Kennedy’s 1960 speech…
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JFK Letter Promising Santa Safe During Cold War on Display
In the throes of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was planning to test a massive nuclear bomb in the Arctic Circle. But in a letter to then-President John F. Kennedy, a young Michigan girl was most concerned about the North Pole’s most famous resident. “Please stop the Russians from bombing the North Pole,” 8-year-old Michelle Rochon, of Marine...
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JFK's Legacy Re-Examined as National Park Service Readies for Events
The National Park Service is marking two Kennedy milestones this week. On Wednesday, events are planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site at JFK’s boyhood home in Brookline.
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JFK Library Foundation Launches Podcast About President
The JFK Library Foundation has launched a new podcast designed to help bring stories of President John F. Kennedy and his life to new audiences.
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Rare Kennedy Photos Go Inside America's Most Famous Family at JFK Library
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has made hundreds of Kennedy family photos viewable online, giving a nation still obsessed with Camelot a candid new glimpse into their everyday lives.
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JFK Memorabilia Up For Auction at Cape Cod Gallery
Some of the most iconic items associated with the late President John F. Kennedy are going on the auction block.
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Thousands of JFK Documents Released, But Trump Withholds Others
President Donald Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, bending to CIA and FBI appeals, while the National Archives came out Thursday night with a hefty cache of others. “I have no choice,” Trump said in a memo, citing “potentially irreversible harm” to national security if he were to allow all...
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What to Learn From the New JFK Docs
The public is getting a look at thousands of secret government files related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, but hundreds of other documents will remain under wraps for now. The government was required by Thursday to release the final batch of files related to Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. But President Donald Trump delayed the release...
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Dallas Radio Reporter Recounts JFK Assassination
On Nov. 22, 1963, WBAP radio reporter Bob Welch was busy covering Kennedy’s visit, when multiple shots rang out in Dealey Plaza. He spoke to NBC 5’s Noelle Walker about that fateful day.