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Editorial: Nation needs truth on Malcolm X's assassination

A lawsuit filed last week by the family of Malcolm X, on the 58th anniversary of his assassination in Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom, might clear up the secrecy, lies and misinformation that still shroud the historical record.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2023

Putin 'will die in office or with bullets in his back’ as despot's future predicted

Russian President's Vladimir Putin's health has attracted a great deal of speculation for years but one expert says it could be an assassination and not his medical condition that kills the dictator

Daily Mirror · Feb 26, 2023

Malcom X's family is suing the CIA, FBI and NYPD

Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and attorney Ben Crump talk to Morning Edition's Leila Fadel about their plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the NYPD and other government agencies.

WEKU · Feb 24, 2023

Malcolm X’s family to sue FBI, NYPD and other agencies over assassination

One of Malcolm X’s daughters says new details show federal and state agencies covered up crucial evidence

The Guardian - US · Feb 22, 2023

Commentary: Malcolm X was way ahead of his time

Tuesday marked the 58th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, arguably the greatest U.S. leader of any color in the 20th century. He was 39 when he died on Feb. 21, 1965, the same age as Martin Luther King Jr. when he was assassinated in 1968. Without reaching 40,…

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

Malcolm X’s family, on anniversary of assassination, announce $100M ‘conspiracy’ lawsuit against NYPD

NEW YORK — Exactly 58 years to the date that Malcolm X was assassinated in a hail of gunfire on a Manhattan stage, his family announced plans to file a lawsuit against the NYPD accusing cops and various government agencies of intentionally concealing evidence of his murder.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

Israel Unveils Identity of Iranian Accused of Attempting to Assassinate Jewish Businessman

Intelligence sources in Tel Aviv unveiled the identity of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) commander, accusing him of planning to assassinate the head of the Israel-Georgia Chamber of Business, Itsik Moshe, last year. Israeli sources said these statements aim to revive the Iranian issue, including threatening the generals running the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 18, 2023

Floridians held in Haiti assassination say they did not know plot had morphed into a murder

MIAMI — Two of the Florida men who were charged this week in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel MoIse will be spending more time behind bars after a federal magistrate judge decided she didn’t feel it was safe to let them loose on bond.

Miami Herald · Feb 18, 2023

Suspect in assassination of Haiti president tried to get FBI involved in 'regime change' plot

MIAMI — Arcángel Pretel Ortiz, one of 11 defendants accused in the plot to kidnap and kill Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, was so emboldened as an FBI informant that the Miami-area resident met with agents and promoted “regime change” in Haiti ahead of the brazen presidential assassination.

Miami Herald · Feb 15, 2023

US arrests four more suspects tied to assassination of Haitian president - bringing total to 11

US authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company that hired former soldiers from Colombia for the mission

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023