Kennedy News
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By AFP
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Congressman Joe Kennedy, long seen as a rising star, crashed to defeat Tuesday in his bid for a US Senate seat, the first time the storied American political dynasty lost a statewide election in Massachusetts.
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By AFP
Boston -
A legendary American political dynasty is at stake Tuesday with Joe Kennedy III, the grandnephew of assassinated president John F Kennedy, challenging a savvy political veteran for his seat in the US Senate.
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By AFP
Washington -
The battle over President Donald Trump's choice to fill a coming Supreme Court vacancy, an appointment with far-reaching consequences for American society, kicked off in the Senate Thursday as Democrats vowed against the odds to fight any Republican no...
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By AFP
Washington -
President Donald Trump on Wednesday secured a historic chance to shift the US Supreme Court decisively to the right as Justice Anthony Kennedy, the tie-breaking vote between the bench's liberal and conservative judges, announced he is to retire.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
US Senator Edward Kennedy went to his death in 2009 haunted by his role in the drowning of a young woman 40 years earlier after he crashed their car.
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By AFP
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Who was behind president John F. Kennedy's assassination, which stunned the world on November 22, 1963?
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A trove of secret documents about the assassination of US president John F. Kennedy is to be released on Thursday but scholars say they are unlikely to contain any bombshell revelations -- or put to rest the rampant conspiracy theories.
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By AFP
Washington -
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he will allow long blocked secret files on the assassination of John F Kennedy to be opened to the public for the first time.
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By AFP
Washington -
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he will allow long blocked secret files on the 1963 assassination of John F Kennedy to be opened to the public for the first time.
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President Barack Obama attended his last Kennedy Center Honors gala, making some of his final goodbyes to celebrated artists before leaving office next month.
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San Diego -
Jordanian immigrant Sirhan Sirhan might not have fired the shot that killed U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-New York) in a Los Angeles hotel on the night of the 1968 California presidential primary.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
Authorities on Wednesday denied parole for the 15th time to Sirhan Sirhan, the man behind the 1968 assassination of US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.
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New York City -
There was a time, not too long ago, when the U.S. Post Office took great pride in delivering the mail to every American, six days a week without fail.
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By AFP
Washington -
An Englishman in New York was the toast of Washington as British pop star Sting was feted with fellow recipients of this year's Kennedy Center Honors.
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Dallas -
At the 50-year anniversary of the assassination of JFK few people question his "greatness" but would his legacy have stood the test of time had he served one or two full terms in office? That question plus who killed him and why remain elusive.
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There's an old joke about a conspiracy theorist who dies and comes face-to-face with the Almighty Himself. “All right,” the theorist thinks, “now I finally get to find out the truth!” So he asks God: “Who shot John F. Kennedy?”
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Washington -
Legendary White House reporter Helen Thomas died today at the age of 92. She achieved many "firsts" in her career, including opening up the White House Correspondents' Dinner to women. Thomas shared some details of that event with this reporter.
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For anyone who thought they knew everything there was to know about the Kennedys, a new novel by J. Randy Taraborrelli brings to light many unknown facts.
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Marion "Mimi" Alford, a 69-year-old grandmother, in her new book, tells the story of her 18-month sexual affair (June 1962 to November 1963) with former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, when she was a 19-year-old intern in the White House.
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Toronto -
The production of Caroline, or Change currently running in Toronto made me wonder why Tony Kushner’s work isn’t produced more often in Canada.
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Washington -
Kara Kennedy, 51, the eldest child of Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy from Massachusetts, died Friday after collapsing at a Washington health club.
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White Plains -
The Kennedy saga continues with yet another divorce. The son of Attorney General Bobby Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed for his second divorce from his latest wife. The couple has four children.
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New Bedford -
A law firm ran an ad for a foreclosed property recently that stated "whites only" in the property description which has set off a flurry of protests and complaints from both blacks and whites who were offended by the illegal, racist and discriminatory ad.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released documents on the late Senator Edward Kennedy of Mass. that reveal that he lived under death threats for decades.
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Illinois police officers were staking out Dunkin' Donuts this weekend to raise money for Special Olympics. They started before daylight and with ladders in hand the cops climbed on the rooftops at the popular donut chain across the state.
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The Cape Wind farm has received approval from the Obama Administration’s Department of the Interior. The much-disputed offshore wind farm, the first of its kind in the U.S., will be located in Massachusetts’ Nantucket Sound.
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The far left had two very extreme cases of complete meltdown this past week. First there was Eric Massa. He was forced to resign his congressional seat last Monday over allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct before the House Ethics Committee.
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Patrick Kennedy, the youngest son of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, will not seek re-election as a Rhode Island Congressman.
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The Republicans posted a victory in Massachusetts Tuesday, according to three different media sources. This would be the first time that a Republican has held the Senate seat in Massachusetts since 1972.
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The Smoking Gun, Playboy, Fox News, USA Today and others are reporting that TMZ's exclusive - a picture purporting to show JFK relaxing on a yacht with four naked ladies - is not a picture of the late president. TMZ was punk'd.
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President Kennedy with children. Kathleen Kennedy ( holding Christopher Kennedy ) Edward Kennedy Jr.,Joseph P. Kennedy II, Kara Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., David Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, President Kennedy, Michael Kennedy, Courtney Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Bobby Shriver ( holding Timothy Shriver ), Maria Shriver, Steve Smith Jr., Willie Smith, Christopher Lawford, Victoria Lawford, Sidney Lawford, Robin Lawford (in foreground- John F. Kennedy Jr.) Stoughton, Cecil
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. during a speech in Urbana, Illinois, in 2007 Dschwen
Kennedy Family
Back row (L-R): Kara Kennedy, Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy Jr., and Joan Bennett Kennedy. Cecil W. Stoughton
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"Just Who Will You Be?" By Maria Shriver is based upon a speech she gave to her nephew's high school graduation. Published by Hyperion books, New York (2008).
GOING PLACES: A demonstration copy of the Orion space capsule is open for visiting at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. RadioFan/Wikimedia Commons
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