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JFK assassination 60 years on: seven experts on what to watch, see and read to understand the event and its consequences

November 22 2023 marks 60 years since US president John F. Kennedy was shot and killed as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. The event shocked the world. But it also sparked the minds of filmmakers, authors, artists and conspiracy theorists. To commemorate the…

The Conversation

Dallas lives with JFK legacy – but hate that spawned assassination simmers

Dubbed ‘city of hate’ after the 1963 killing, the Texas metropolis has largely moved on but the forces that brought death to Dealey Plaza are as prevalent as ever

The Guardian - US

‘Conspiracies are just theories … not fact’: the Secret Service agent haunted by JFK’s shooting

Clint Hill flung himself on to the back of the president’s limousine in a desperate attempt to block any further bullets on that fateful day in Dallas 60 years ago

The Guardian - US

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Restoring JFK's death to human scale

National Geographic's must-see limited series reminds us of the emotional toll of John F. Kennedy's assassination

Salon

JFK: One Day In America: 5 Things To Know Before You Watch The Nat Geo Docuseries

The new documentary, JFK: One Day in America, explores the national tragedy 60 years later through the eyes of those who witnessed it themselves.

Cinemablend

‘It splintered our sense of reality’: how JFK’s assassination spawned 60 years of conspiracy theories

The murder of the US president left millions convinced their government lied and covered up. Decades on, it continues to twist the truth about everything from Covid to G5 to Trump’s defeat at the polls

The Guardian - UK

JFK assassination-era photos up for auction: ‘A fascinating time capsule of a very tragic period’

A Vernon Hills man discovered the untouched photos, taken by award-winning photojournalists, while going through his family’s possessions for an estate sale.

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Witness to JFK assassination casts doubt on ‘magic bullet’ theory

Ex-Secret Service agent Paul Landis has broken his silence six decades on from Kennedy assassination to challenge the official findings

The Independent UK

Declassified Files Reveal Bizarre Link Between JFK Assassination And UFO Sighting

Newly released documents connect CIA official to both Lee Harvey Oswald's mail interception and Soviet Union flying saucer incident.

Zenger

Fact vs Fiction: White House Plumbers episode 4 — did Dorothy Hunt die in a plane crash?

We break down White House Plumbers episode 4, "The Writer's Wife." What's fact and what is fiction?

WhatToWatch

The luck of the Irish might surface on St. Patrick's Day, but it evades the Kennedy family, America's best-known Irish dynasty

John F. Kennedy, whose ancestors left Ireland during the potato famine of the mid-19th century, was famously the first United States president of Catholic Irish descent.

The Conversation

JFK expert calls out CIA

Jefferson Morley of "JFK Facts" is taking the government to court after the CIA refused to release 4,000 documents

Salon

Thousands of JFK assassination files finally released – will bombshells emerge?

Material not expected to disturb Warren commission conclusion that president was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone

The Guardian - US

JFK files: What might the new records reveal and what conspiracy theories still surround the case?

National Archives declassifies more documents on one of 20th century’s defining events

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Al Jazeera

More than 13,000 new JFK files released; hundreds more held back

Record release not expected to give major revelations about the assassination of US President John F Kennedy in 1963.

Daily Mirror

Thousands of files on JFK assassination released by White House but some to stay secret

While 97% of the records are now public, President Biden said that some files must remain confidential until June 2023 to protect against possible 'identifiable harm'

Miami Herald

Did the CIA use Cuban exiles in plot involving Oswald? Questions remain as Biden withholds JFK records

Almost six decades after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination while he was riding in a motorcade in downtown Dallas, questions linger about who else, besides Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused gunman, might have been involved in what a 1979 congressional investigation report called a “conspiracy” to kill the American president.

Tribune News Service

Most voters want Biden to fulfill promise on JFK records release, poll finds

WASHINGTON – Almost three-quarters of of voters want President Joe Biden to comply with a Dec. 15 deadline to release the full records on the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, according to a recent poll.

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The Independent UK

JFK assassination expert says CIA has proof Lee Harvey Oswald was involved in secret operation in 1963

“This is an extraordinarily serious claim and it has profound implications for the official story,” JFK assassination expert Jefferson Morley claims

Tribune News Service

Ruth Paine, who lent a helping hand to Lee and Marina Oswald, looks back at Nov. 22, 1963

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The words that come to mind are peace, serenity and beauty. It is here, in the foothills of California wine country, that Ruth Paine has chosen to make her home, in a Quaker retirement community, far from the sound and fury of Nov. 22, 1963.

The Guardian - US

Biden officials sued over delayed release of JFK assassination records

Non-profit archive Mary Ferrell Foundation says repeated delay has deprived historians of ability to work on president’s death in 1963

Los Angeles Times

Jean Smart is holding on to optimism ... crying to Whitney Houston helps

LOS ANGELES — Jean Smart just pulled her car over to the side of the road. She needed a moment. Whitney Houston's soaring power ballad "I Have Nothing" is playing on KOST-FM ("love songs on the Cooooast "), a song that ranks as Smart's "all-time singalong if you want to…

Tribune News Service

Manafort claims Trump apologized for insulting Cruz’s wife and dad before 2016 snub

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign chair has contradicted Sen. Ted Cruz’s claims that Trump never apologized for calling his wife ugly and linking his dad to the JFK assassination – a lack of remorse Cruz cited when he refused to endorse the future president at the GOP convention.

Reuters

Vadim Bakatin, last head of Soviet KGB, dies at 84

Vadim Bakatin, a liberal politician who briefly headed the Soviet KGB in the months leading up to the collapse of the USSR, has died at the age of 84, Russian state media said on Monday.

Benzinga

10 Weirdest Conspiracy Theories: Jesus In Japan, Catherine The Great's Horse, And Who Really Killed JFK?

In the classic Western "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," there is a famous line that says "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." However, printing a legend doesn't turn it into a fact - a situation that has been affirmed over the centuries as bizarre rumors, urban legends…

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