Robert F. Kennedy

California’s governor must soon decide whether to free one of America’s most notorious assassins

Alec Baldwin on Thursday made his first public appearance since the fatal shooting on the set of the Western film “Rust,” hosting the annual Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope gala in midtown Manhattan.

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, said Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, her husband’s assassin, should not be released from prison. “Bobby believed we should work to ‘tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of the world.’ He wanted to end the war in Vietnam and bring people together to build a better, stronger country....

A two-person panel found him suitable for parole, but the decision was not final.

Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, will go before a California parole board on Friday for what will be his 16th time seeking release.

Former Vice President Joe Biden posed a stark hypothetical to voters in New Hampshire Friday as he discussed today’s volatile political climate: What if Barack Obama had been assassinated? The comment came toward the end of a town hall meeting on the campus of Dartmouth College ostensibly about healthcare issues, NBC News reports. It was not part of Biden’s standard...

New Mexico, a state with deep historical ties to American Indians whose images and symbols are rooted in everything from the state flag to town names, has moved closer to electing the first Native American woman to the U.S. House of Representatives. Deb Haaland’s victory Tuesday in a Democratic primary for an open congressional seat encompassing the state’s largest city...

A memorial was held at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, RFK’s grandson, spoke at the event along with Rep. John Lewis and former President Bill Clinton.

Fifty years ago, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles following a victory speech. Jaime Regalado, Ph.D., a political scientist and former executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for over 20 years, talks with NBC4’s Conan Nolan about the impact of RFK’s death and what could have been.

Paul Schrade had an up-close view of the Kennedy dynasty in the 1960s and has dedicated his life to the memory of Kennedy.

Juan Romero was a teenage Mexican immigrant working as a hotel busboy 50 years ago when he was thrust into one of the seminal moments of the decade. Romero had just stopped to shake the hand of Robert F. Kennedy on the night of his victory in the California presidential primary on June 5, 1968 when a gunman shot the...

When President Donald Trump called Obamacare disastrous during his first State of the Union address, half of those in attendance rose in applause as social media users flooded Twitter timelines asking if Trump said Opamacare. Christopher Stroop, a Stanford graduate, tweeted: “Will “Opamacare” go down in history with “bigly”? Because hey that’s not how you pronounce that, Donald. Also your...

However he describes the country’s condition on Tuesday night, President Donald Trump will defend his accomplishments and lay out his plans before a chamber packed with members of Congress, the Cabinet and the Supreme Court plus a few choice guests — and with millions of Americans watching on television. It will be the former reality show star’s first State of...

When Richard and Mildred Loving had the audacity to marry, Virginia law officers jailed them. The state’s highest court later agreed it was right to outlaw their marriage because he was white and she was black. Now, a half century after the Lovings won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized interracial marriage nationwide, the couple has been honored...