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News Articles: assassination

View, in 2014, of Dealey Plaza and the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas, where Lee Harvey Oswald, the presumptive assassin of President John F. Kennedy, found a perch above the plaza on Nov. 22, 1963

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Filmmaker examines the roots of mistrust of government with 'Inside the Warren Commission'

This week marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A new documentary breaks down the legacy of the Warren Commission, which was set up to examine the circumstances of the killing of a president.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Peter Biello
An Ecuadorean flag and a bouquet of flowers are seen on the railings of the sports complex where Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated on the eve, in Quito on August 10, 2023.

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  • World

After the assassination of a candidate who took on drug cartels, Ecuador is in shock

Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a fierce critic of cartels and corruption, was shot this week. "There is no precedent for this in our country's recent history," one analyst says.

August 12, 2023
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By:
  • Simeon Tegel
Barbecue, the leader of the "G9 and Family" gang, stands next to garbage Oct. 22 to call attention to the conditions people live in as he leads a march against kidnapping through La Saline neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The group said they were also protesting poverty and for justice in the slaying of President Jovenel Moise.

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  • Latin America

A year after the president's assassination, Haitians endure a broken nation or flee

With warring gangs and a powerless government since Jovenel Moïse was killed in his home, many are risking perilous voyages on rickety boats to start lives elsewhere.

July 07, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy ride in the car in a motorcade in Dallas.

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  • Politics

The Archives has released nearly 1,500 new documents on JFK's assassination

They contain memos from meetings with informants, mostly of interest to historians and researchers. No evidence is expected that would put in doubt that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman.

December 15, 2021
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  • Brian Naylor
Police stand guard Thursday outside the residence of the late Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in Port-au-Prince after his assassination last week.

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  • Investigations

Mystery Surrounds Florida Company Suspected In Assassination of Haiti's President

Mystery has surrounded a Florida security company with suspected ties to the assassination of Haiti's president. Court records reviewed by NPR suggest financial trouble at the company in recent years.

July 16, 2021
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  • Tom Dreisbach
Police stand near a mural featuring Haitian President Jovenel Moïse near the leader's residence, where he was killed by gunmen in the early morning hours in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday.

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  • World

What We Know About The Assassination Of Haiti's President

The assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse on Wednesday has pitched the country into uncertainty. Haiti was already in crisis even before its president's assassination.

July 08, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The exterior of the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot on April 4, 1968.

Grappling With The Assassination Of Martin Luther King Jr.

On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. A new book, "The Heavens Might...

April 05, 2018
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By:
  • Tony Harris and
  • La'Raven Taylor

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