Tag: Assassinations
Analysis: Israel, Hamas race to claim victory before truce
JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas know that a fourth Gaza war, like the three before, would be as inconclusive as it is devastating for...
Julian Read, who briefed press after JFK assassination, dies
DALLAS — Julian Read, whose long career in public relations included briefing the press after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas...
Shadowy Hamas commander warns Israel over Jerusalem
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The shadowy leader of the armed wing of the Islamic militant group Hamas has issued his first public statement...
‘Anxious to see you:’ JFK letters to Swedish lover auctioned
BOSTON — Love letters that John F. Kennedy wrote to a Swedish paramour a few years after he married Jacqueline Bouvier are going up...
EXPLAINER: The potential risks of political crisis in Chad
DAKAR, Senegal — The killing of President Idriss Deby Itno has left his son in charge of Chad, the first change of power in...
Belarus leader heads to Moscow for talks on closer ties
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to host his Belarusian counterpart on Thursday for talks on closer integration between the two ex-Soviet...
Philly lawyer Sprague, active in civic affairs, dies at 95
PHILADELPHIA — Richard A. Sprague, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer who prosecuted murderers, won high-stakes civil lawsuits and was deeply influential in state and city...
Michigan board censures GOP regent for ‘witches’ comment
LANSING, Mich. — The University of Michigan's governing board on Friday censured a Republican regent who called the state's female Democratic leaders “witches” whom...
G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate mastermind, dead at 90
WASHINGTON — G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, died Tuesday at...
G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate mastermind, dead at 90
WASHINGTON — G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, died Tuesday at...