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.

Robert F. Kennedy’s widow, Ethel Kennedy, 93, said in a statement that RFK’s killer Sirhan Sirhan should not be paroled.

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...

Songs performed by Jay-Z, Cyndi Lauper and a Robert F. Kennedy speech are among 25 recordings being inducted to the National Recording Registry.

A Koreatown school mural of actress Ava Gardner that has come under fire by critics for what they call similarities to a Japanese imperial battle flag will remain in place for now, the school district announced Monday, reversing an earlier plan to paint over the work.

The hotel busboy who came to Robert F. Kennedy’s aid when the New York senator was shot in Los Angeles has died. The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that Juan Romero died Monday in Modesto, California, at age 68.

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.

A now retired LAPD officer remembers the night he responded to the Robert F. Kennedy assassination. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 5 on Tuesday, June 5, 2018.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles. Today, the hotel no longer exists, instead there is a school carrying Kennedy’s name.

A look back at June 5, 1968, a night that turned from jubilation to agonizing grief when Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed at a victory rally in Los Angeles.

Art Placencia was a 21-year-old rookie Los Angeles police officer with only a few weeks on the job when he got the biggest call of his career June 5, 1968.

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.