Showing results for "Murders" in United States

Here's what we now know: John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas by Mafia contract killers hired by Louisiana mob boss Carlos Marcello. Kennedy was killed in that city because it was the only place in the country where a crime of that magnitude could be committed without fear of punishment. Long-time local district attorney Henry Wade, an LBJ crony who would have sole jurisdiction over the prosecution of those responsible, had been corrupted by the local Civello crime family. Lyndon B. Johnson, while a U.S. senator during the 1950s, had accepted bribes from the same mobsters so that they could avoid deportation.

A shocking expos on the life and death of political peace activist Mary Pinchot Meyer, whose relationship with John F. Kennedy sheds new light on the circumstances surrounding his assassination. Who really murdered Mary Pinchot Meyer in the fall of 1964? Why was there a mad rush by CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton to immediately locate and confiscate her diary? What in that diary was so explosive and revealing?

In CIA Rogues and the Killing of the Kennedys, Patrick Nolan fearlessly investigates the CIA’s involvement in the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy - why the brothers needed to die and how rogue intelligence agents orchestrated history’s most infamous conspiracy. Nolan furthers the research of leading scholars who agree that there remain serious unanswered questions regarding the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy.

Best-selling author Vincent Bugliosi has written the most important and thought-provoking book of his prolific career. In a meticulously researched and clearly presented legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial for murder after he leaves his presidency, Bugliosi delivers a searing indictment of the president and his administration.

"Murder Trial Plumbs Gang Violence, Adding to a Family's Pain" is from the April 10, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by James C. Mckinley Jr. and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Murder Rates Rose in a Quarter of the Nation's 100 Largest Cities" is from the September 11, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Haeyoun Park and Josh Katz and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Murder of Abusive Husband Casts Stark Light on Domestic Violence in France" is from the March 11, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Lilia Blaise and narrated by JJ Langan.

Where do journalists find the guts to keep telling the truth in places where truth-telling will get them murdered? Organizations such as the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters sans frontières bring us the death toll from around the world, and that number is truly daunting: since 1992 more than 730 journalists have been killed - nearly three-quarters of them targeted and murdered. Over 85% of the fallen have been local journalists trying to unveil violence and corruption in their own back yards. Worse, 95% of the people who ordered their murder remain unpunished.

Winner of the 2021 IRE Book Award Winner of the 2022 Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction In the age of #MeToo, learn how brave whistleblowers have dared to lift the federal court’s veil of secrecy to expose powerful judges who appear to defy laws they...

"Pistorius Sentenced to 6 Years in Girlfriend's Murder" is from the July 06, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Norimitsu Onishi and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

The wire fox terriers had already tracked through her blood when the police arrived at Susan Berman’s bungalow in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve 16 years ago to find her dead, shot in the back of the head, execution-style.

"Israeli Convicted in Murder of Palestinian Teenager" is from the April 19, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Isabel Kershner and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Muslims and Christians in French Town Pray Old Bonds Survive Priest's Murder" is from the August 1, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Lilia Blaise and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Reeva Steenkamp's Father Says Oscar Pistorius Must Pay for Her Murder" is from the June 14, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Sewell Chan and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

In a move that promises to raise new questions about electronic privacy, detectives investigating a murder in Arkansas are seeking access to audio that may have been recorded on an Amazon Echo electronic personal assistant.

"Bid for Access to Amazon Echo Audio in Murder Case Raises Privacy Concerns" is from the December 28, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Christopher Mele and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Ex-Army Sniper Sentenced to 20 Years in Murder-For-Hire Scheme" is from the May 31, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Benjamin Weiser and narrated by Kristi Burns.

For decades, government pundits have dismissed these "coincidental" deaths, even regarding them as "myths" as "urban legends." Like most people, Richard and David were initially unsure about what to make of these 'coincidences'. After all, events don't "consult the odds" prior to happening; they simply happen. Then someone comes along later and figures out what the odds of it happening were. Some of the deaths seemed purely coincidental; heart attacks, hunting accidents.

"Adnan Syed, of 'Serial' Podcast, Gets a Retrial in Murder Case" is from the June 30, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonah Engel Bromwich and Liam Stack and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Israeli Gets Life in Prison for Murder of Palestinian Teenager" is from the May 03, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Isabel Kershner and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"UCLA Shooting Was Murder-Suicide, Police Say" is from the June 01, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Christine Hauser and Richard Pérez Peña and narrated by Kristi Burns.