Kennedy Assassination

JFK Assassination Medical Examiner Dies

AP | By MELANIE S. WELTE | Posted 05.02.2012

DES MOINES, Iowa -- In the turbulent hours following President John F. Kennedy's assassination, many were uncertain about what to do, but medical exam...

Fidel Castro Had Prior Knowledge Of JFK Assassination, New Book Claims

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.19.2012

A new book by a former CIA analyst provides evidence that Cuban dictator Fidel Castro may have had prior knowledge of President John F. Kennedy’s as...

Tape Reveals Chilling Moments After JFK Assassination

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 02.01.2012

PHILADELPHIA -- A long-lost version of an Air Force One recording made right after President John F. Kennedy's assassination can now be heard by the g...

Remembering JFK's Tragic Assassination

Posted 11.22.2011

Tuesday marks the 48th anniversary of one of the most tragic events to take place on American soil -- the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. ...

'Explosive' Jackie O Tapes to Be Released

Posted 10.08.2011

There are reports that secret recordings offer stunning revelations into Jackie Kennedy, in particular who she thought was involved in her husband's a...

More Bizarre Conspiracy Theories

TruTV.com | David Moye | Posted 11.16.2011

Conspiracy theories seem to be like the human posterior: Everyone has one. But some theories are wackier than others, such as the one suggesting th...

Kennedy, Obama, and the 2012 Election

Barbara Leaming | Posted 05.25.2011

Barbara Leaming

The fundamental questions facing Obama today are much the same as John F. Kennedy's back in the 1960s. Should he succumb to public opinion? Or, as Kennedy did, should he strive to guide the people?

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The Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

A Secret Service agent came close to shooting President Lyndon Johnson just hours after Kennedy's assassination, according to "The Kennedy Detail", a ...

LAPD Apology To Robert Kennedy Family: Department Exhibit Displayed RFK Clothes From Assassination

Los Angeles Times | Andrew Blankstein | Posted 05.25.2011

The Los Angeles Police Department has apologized to the family of the late Robert F. Kennedy and removed items from a homicide exhibit in Las Vegas th...

A New Wrinkle in the JFK Assassination Story

Steven M. Gillon | Posted 05.25.2011

Steven M. Gillon

A recently declassified oral history by Brigadier General Godfrey McHugh, President Kennedy's military aide on the Dallas trip, sheds new light on the critical hours after the shooting.

Dartmouth Scientist says Oswald rifle photo real

AP | HOLLY RAMER | Posted 05.25.2011

CONCORD, N.H. — The infamous photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in his backyard would have been nearly impossible to fake, accordin...

The Kennedy Assassination: New Details About the Transfer of Power

Steven M. Gillon | Posted 05.25.2011

Steven M. Gillon

Exactly when did doctors give up their efforts to save Kennedy's life? And when did Lyndon Johnson learn that JFK was dead?

Annals of Unsolved Crime: The Oswald Mystery

Edward Jay Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Edward Jay Epstein

The endless tangle of bullets, trajectories, wounds, time sequences and inconsistent testimony that has surrounded the JFK assassination will probably never be satisfactorily resolved.

When Will GOP Leaders Denounce the Pyromaniacs?

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert S. McElvaine

The parallels between the hate speech of the early 1960s and today are numerous and disturbing. But there are also important differences. So, where does the Republican leadership stand on playing with matches?

JFK and the Unspeakable

Oliver Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Oliver Stone

An extraordinary new book offers the best account I have read of the JFK tragedy and its significance.

That's the Way It Was

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 05.25.2011

B. Jeffrey Madoff

I wanted my kids to watch a few examples of what the news was like when I was their age so I put on the clip of Cronkite's coverage of the Kennedy assassination. "Wow", my son said. "That was so quiet and so powerful."

A New Turn for the Magic Bullet

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert S. McElvaine

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November 22, 1963: Like a Rolling Bolt of Thunder

Don Steinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Don Steinberg

It's hard for me to imagine the complete state of shock that gripped the nation -- really the whole world -- when President Kennedy was assassinated 4...

The Answer To, "Where Were You?" Is Still Crystal Clear

R.T. Eby | Posted 05.25.2011

R.T. Eby

We had a hard time believing that what we were seeing was real. Yet there it was. The crown prince of Camelot was dead.

Jason Linkins

Early Show's Smith Bizarrely Hints At Obama Assassination

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Senator Ted Kennedy, having endorsed Barack Obama for President, has begun his barnstorming on behalf of the candidate in earnest. This morning found...