Lady Gaga Doesn't Skip a Beat After Falling During Las Vegas ConcertNew Foto - Lady Gaga Doesn't Skip a Beat After Falling During Las Vegas Concert

Kevin Mazur/Getty Lady Gagaknows how to recover like a true superstar! Gaga, 39, tripped and fell while performing "Vanish Into You" from her albumMAYHEMduring a MAYHEM Ball performance in Las Vegas. A member of her camera crew who was recording the performance also appeared to stumble in a fan-shared video onX. The "Abracadabra" singer was quickly back up on her feet to continue the performance, with fans nearby applauding her quick recovery. Gaga went on to deliver a show packed with intricate set pieces and choreography, all lending to a gothic, theatrical visual form. In another video shared from the Vegas shows, the singer goes barefaced for herperformance of "How Bad Do U Want Me."The encore begins with the "Disease" singer backstage, wiping her glam-free face with a towel. She also traded her extravagant costumes and wigs for a subtle look in a black bodysuit, leather trench coat, baseball cap and sunglasses during the song. She took the stage for her final bow while embracing her natural beauty. Kevin Mazur/Getty The MAYHEM Ball sees Gaga back on the road again following 2022's Chromatica Ball. "There's something electric about a stadium, and I love every moment of those shows. But with the MAYHEM Ball, I wanted to create a different kind of experience — something more intimate — closer, more connected — that lends itself to the live theatrical art I love to create," she said in astatement. On Instagram, Gaga opened up to her fans about hitting the road again and admitted that another tour was not in her future. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "I wasn't planning to tour this year after my shows in Singapore but the incredible response to the new album inspired me to keep things going," she admitted, referencingMAYHEM, which she released on March 7. The singerbroke the recordfor the most-attended concert by a female artist in history on May 3 at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, during which she performed songs for 2.5 million people. Gaga performed in Las Vegas on July 16, 18 and 19. Additional tour dates are scheduled across North America and Europe, with stops in New York City, Chicago, London and Milan. She will conclude the tour with performances in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 26, 29 and 30. Read the original article onPeople

Lady Gaga Doesn't Skip a Beat After Falling During Las Vegas Concert

Lady Gaga Doesn't Skip a Beat After Falling During Las Vegas Concert Kevin Mazur/Getty Lady Gagaknows how to recover like a true superst...
16 Hollywood Stars Who Have Left the U.S. — Citing Trump, the Need for 'Serenity' and MoreNew Foto - 16 Hollywood Stars Who Have Left the U.S. — Citing Trump, the Need for 'Serenity' and More

Amanda Edwards/Getty; Stefanie Keenan/Getty; Pablo Cuadra/Getty While many think of New York City or Los Angeles when it comes to where the biggest names in Hollywood rest their heads, these stars looked for for a place away from the bright lights — even oceans away, in some cases. Whether it'sRosie O'DonnellorEllen DeGeneres' recent decision to move overseas in the wake of the 2024 election orRichard Gere's relocation with his family to Spain to be closer to his wife's loved ones, see which stars have decided to live abroad. Kelly Sullivan/Getty In late 2024,PEOPLE learnedthatEllen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossihad moved to the English countryside after finding a house the former talkshow host "loved." The pair now live in a farmhouse in theCotswolds region. During a live conversation on on July 20, 2025,DeGeneres confirmed reportsthat she and de Rossi made the move to live abroad permanently in response to Donald Trump's second presidency, theBBCsaid. During the chat, DeGeneres explained the pair had arrived to the U.K. "the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, ... And we're like, 'We're staying here.' " As far as their new life in the countryside, DeGeneres said, "it's just a simpler way of life." "Everything here is just better — the way animals are treated, people are polite," she said. "I just love it here." Pascal Le Segretain/amfAR/WireImage for amfAR AfterSuitswrapped in 2019, Gabriel Macht and his family left the United States, though don't expect to find out where anytime soon. "I don't tell anybody where I live because I like to keep that under wraps,"he told PEOPLEearlier this year, adding: "I got out of town and we're exploring the world." Before reprising the role ofHarvey Specter onSuits LA, Macht had taken a "long break" from acting to focus more on his family. The actor shares two children, daughter Satine and son Luca, with his wifeJacinda Barrett. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Rosie O'Donnellconfirmed she had moved to Ireland withher 12-year-old child Clayin a TikTok video shared in March 2025. She said she's working on getting her Irish citizenship and suggested that her move was motivated by America's current political landscape. "I was never someone who thought I would move to another country, that's what I decided would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old child. And here we are," she said,explaining that they've been in Ireland since January. "You know, I'm happy. Clay is happy," she added. "I miss my other kids. I miss my friends. I miss many things about life there at home and I'm trying to find a home here in this beautiful country and when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that's when we will consider coming back." "It's been heartbreaking to see what's happening politically and hard for me personally as well," she continued. "The personal is political, as we all know." Months later,Trump threatened to revoke O'Donnell's U.S. citizenship, calling her a "threat to humanity." "I'm good, I'm safe here in Ireland,"O'Donnell said via TikTokin response to the president. "I'm out of the reach of the Tangerine Mussolini." Daniele Venturelli/WireImage Six months after sharing that he wanted to relocate to Spain with his wife, Alejandra Silva, and their two young sons, Richard Geresold his $11 million New Canaan, Conn., homein October 2024. "For Alejandra, it will be wonderful to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture," Gere toldVanity FairSpainof his wife, who was born in Spain. "She was very generous in giving me six years living in my world, so it is only fair that I give her at least another six living in hers." Despitethe big moveand sale of his Connecticut home, Gere told the outlet he still has a house "in the countryside near New York." More recently, Gere said that after a "few years" in Spain,the family plans to "come back" stateside. Julien Hekimian/Getty Images ThoughCourtney Lovehas lived in London since 2019, she recently shared that she's taking her move one step further andgetting her British citizenship. According to theDaily Mail, Love said in an interview with Todd Almond at London's Geographical Society in early March that she expects the citizenship to come in six months. She didn't specifically link her move to Trump's presidency, she has been outspoken in the past about her dislike of the President and described the current political situation in the U.S. as "frightening." "In terms of Trump, and particularly this group… it's like emperor-core. Like, wearing million-dollar watches. Emperor-core is going on at Mar-a-Lago," she said, per theMail. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic While speaking withMarie Clairein November 2024,Eva Longoriashared that she and her family had been splitting time between Spain and Mexico for the last few years. She clarified, though, thatthe move was not a product of her opinion on President Trump. "I'm a proud American. I've always been a proud American. Proud Texan, proud American," Longoria toldAna Navarroduring an episode ofThe View'sBehind the Tablepodcast. "I didn't want it to be taken that I left because of Trump — absolutely not — or because of the elections." Vianney Le Caer/Deadline via Getty In 2023,a source told PEOPLEabout the reasoning behindAmber Heard's move abroad the previous year with her young daughter Oonagh Paige. Following her defamation trial with ex-husbandJohnny Depp, Heard felt like she had to "just had to get out of the U.S." in the wake of receivingdeath threats and becoming the subject of vicious Internet memes. While she first moved to the Spanish island of Mallorca, she later settled in an upscale neighborhood of Madrid where, the source explains, "she gets more privacy." VALERIE MACON/Getty Lily Collins and her husband Charlie McDowellmoved to Copenhagen, Denmark in 2023,Voguereported. That year, she was asked byElle Danmarkthe best part about life in Copenhagen. The answer? "Everything!" "Life here is just so wonderful and so calm and bright. What I love so much is that there's so much color and, yet, it's so calm. I love being able to bike everywhere. It feels like a big city but also very intimate, and everyone is so nice." PerArchitectural Digest,she and her husband still have property on the West Coast. Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty In 2019,Josh Lucasopened up about living in Indonesia where his son, then 7, was enrolled in an environmentally focused school. TheSweet Home Alabamaactor described it as "such a special place." "I have this very special 7-year-old child, and I think all of us are trying to figure out how to have an impact in the world, and for myself, the best thing I could do is give my son this extraordinary experience," he explained onJimmy Kimmel Live!"Being on the other side of the world and looking back at this madness is amazing." Of his son's school, he added, "He loves it. It's magical. It's deeply in the jungle. It's likeSwiss Family Robinson— they grow their own food, they make their own buildings out of bamboo." Joshua Sammer/Getty Pamela Andersondecided tomove back to Vancouver Island, British Columbia— where she was born and raised — around the start of the pandemic in 2020. As she toldBetter Homes & Gardensin August 2024, the decision was in part due to her feelings about how she felt the public perceived her. "A few years back, I kind of gave up at some point and needed a change," Anderson said. "I thought, 'Well, I guess that's just what people think of me.' I was not in a good space when I moved back to Canada." "I don't know what happened over the last few decades, but I feel now so far removed from the image of who I was," she continued. "I felt very sad and lonely. I didn't feel just misunderstood, I felt like I had really screwed up, that my whole life was a bundle of mistakes. I was hard on myself, and I thought I put my family through a lot and put my kids through so much." Her move to Canada was not her first move abroad as an adult; she previously lived in Marseille, France. Arnold Jerocki/Getty In 2017,Lindsay Lohanopened up about living in Dubai after she began residing in the city in 2014, tellingEntertainment Tonight, "I love living in New York, but I do love the serenity and peace that I find living in the Middle East because there are no cameras in Dubai and I can actually focus on what I want to do in life." Later, Lohan welcomed her first son, Luai, in Dubai, where she is raising him withhusband Bader Shammas. Gary Gershoff/Getty Tina Turnermoved to Kusnacht, Switzerland in 1998 with her partner Erwin Bach. While she initially rented the home, known as Villa Algonquin, due to Swiss restrictions, after becoming a citizen in 2013, she bought the estate for a reported $76 million, according to theAssociated Press. The home on the shore of Lake Zurich is where the iconic singerdied at age 83 in 2023. Terry Wyatt/Getty Also making a home in Switzerland isShania Twainwhose main residence is near Lake Geneva,Homes & Gardensreported in 2023. After living in the country for 10 years, the singer had one of Switzerland's Golden Pass Express trains named in her honor: the "Shania Train,"CNN reported. Jon Kopaloff/Getty Christina Milianshared on an episode ofThe Jennifer Hudson Showthat after years of splitting time between France and the U.S., she and her husbandMatt Pokora, who is French, "decided to commit"to living overseas as their kids were now of school age. "I love it out there!" she said. "So our children, they're 3, 4, and of course Violet is 14, they're all going to school in Paris. What better an opportunity than that?" Milian shares sons Isaiah, 5, and Kenna, 3 with Pokora and daughter Violet, 15, with exThe-Dream. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty In 2016, Melissa George moved to Paris from New York City with her two sons,The New York Times Magazinereported. Since 2020, she has had a home in Provence which she recentlyshowed off for the outlet.The 17th century home is five stories tall and filled with intricate furniture and custom touches she's added along the way. Read the original article onPeople

16 Hollywood Stars Who Have Left the U.S. — Citing Trump, the Need for 'Serenity' and More

16 Hollywood Stars Who Have Left the U.S. — Citing Trump, the Need for 'Serenity' and More Amanda Edwards/Getty; Stefanie Keenan/Get...
Pee-wee's bike is at the Alamo, but not where you thinkNew Foto - Pee-wee's bike is at the Alamo, but not where you think

It took 40 years, but Pee-wee's bike is now at the Alamo. Just not the basement. The Alamo announced last week it had acquired and would display the iconic bike from the 1985 Tim Burton film, "Pee-wee's Big Adventure." The San Antonio landmark plays a key role in the film chronicling Pee-wee Herman's search for his stolen bicycle when a devious fortuneteller tells him the bike is located in the Alamo's basement. Pee-wee,played by the late Paul Reubens, learns the Alamo doesn't have a basement, but hasn't stopped tourists from tongue-in-cheek inquiries. "It's the most common question our guest services team hears is, 'Where is the basement at the Alamo?'" said Jonathan Huhn, senior communications director for the Alamo Trust, Inc., the nonprofit organization that oversees the Alamo's operations. "It's an iconic piece of Alamo pop-culture history." The red-and-white bike — or as Pee-wee calls it in the movie, "the best bike in the whole world" — is adorned with streamers on the handlebars and a lion emblem at the front. Huhn said it was acquired from an auction in Los Angeles. The bike will serve as a centerpiece in the Mays Family Legacy Gallery, which examines the the Alamo's cultural impact, part of a new visitor center and museum slated to open in fall 2027. It will join other pop culture items including memorabilia from the 1960 movie about the Alamo that starred John Wayne. "It's really a pop culture bridge" that will bring people to learn about the Alamo's history, Huhn said. But before then, the bike will go on display for a limited time at the Ralston Family Collections Center. The Alamo also plans to host a free public screening of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" in Plaza de Valero. More details about dates for the display and the screening will be released later. Unlike the Alamo, the building where Pee-wee's bike will eventually be located does have a basement. But, before you ask, that's not where the bike will be.

Pee-wee's bike is at the Alamo, but not where you think

Pee-wee's bike is at the Alamo, but not where you think It took 40 years, but Pee-wee's bike is now at the Alamo. Just not the basem...
Hunter Biden suggests Ambien might be to blame for father's disastrous debateNew Foto - Hunter Biden suggests Ambien might be to blame for father's disastrous debate

Hunter Biden, during aninterviewwith YouTube host Andrew Callaghan released on Monday, said his father, former PresidentJoe Biden, was taking the sleep aid Ambien and suggested that could have been to blame for his disastrous debate againstDonald Trumpthat ultimately resulted in him stepping away from his re-election bid. "I'll tell you what, I know exactly what happened in that debate. He flew around the world, basically, and the mileage that he could have flown around the world three times. He's 81 years old. He's tired as s***. They give him Ambien to be able to sleep. He gets up on stage and he looks like he's a deer in the headlights. And it feeds into f****** story that anybody wants to tell," Hunter Biden said on the YouTube show "Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan." Hunter Biden later told ABC News' Jonathan Karl he was not saying that his father was taking Ambien immediately before the debate -- he was making a point about his travel schedule in the weeks before the debate. "I have no idea whether or not he used Ambien while traveling through multiple times zones in the weeks leading up to the debate. My point was that his debate performance was completely out of character then and now, he said." The former president's team declined to comment to ABC News. Hunter Biden continued to forcefully push back on any assertion that there was some sort of cover-up of his father's condition, and said that progressives rushed to his father's side to laud his agenda in the fallout of that debate. He claimed that, at first, Nancy Pelosi was the lone voice doubting Joe Biden's place on the Democratic ticket. "If this was a conspiracy … somehow the entirety of a White House in which you literally living on top of each other has kept their mouth shut, about, you know…and what's the conspiracy? That Joe Biden got old? Yeah, he got old. He got old before our eyes," Hunter Biden said. He continued: "The people that came out against him were who? Nobody, except Speaker Pelosi, emeritus. Speaker Emeritus Pelosi did not give a full-throated endorsement, which allowed everyone else to go 'Ok.' Except who came out full-throated? Progressives, AOC, Bernie, the entire progressive wing. Ro Khanna. The entire progressive side of the Democratic Party said Joe Biden has got more of our agenda accomplished in four years than any president in history." Pelosi's office declined to comment to ABC News. MORE: Biden falters in high-stakes debate, Trump spews falsehoods Along with discussing his father's debate performance, Hunter Biden also denied that the bag of cocaine found in the White House complex back in 2023 belonged to him. A suspectwas never identifiedby the Secret Service. "There's this conflation people have. I mean, I think they're opening up an investigation to cocaine that was found in a cubby outside the West Wing of the White House," Hunter Biden said. Hunter Biden said that since the incident occurred while his father was president, he was immediately targeted. "They're literally going to do an FBI -- another congressional investigation because they're convinced themselves that it had to be me. That there was a little tiny … I guess my point of view on bringing it up is that, no, I have been clean and sober since June of 2019, and I have not touched a drop of alcohol or drug and I'm incredibly proud of that," Hunter Biden said. He denied that the drugs were his. MORE: Photos show cocaine found inside White House complex in July "Why would I bring cocaine to the White House, stick it into a cubby outside the situation room in the West Wing? When I wasn't there anyway. I mean, who the f*** knows?" Hunter Biden said. Hunter Biden then said he found it ironic that he was questioned about his drug and alcohol addiction by former Rep. Matt Gaetz during closed-door dispositions on Capitol Hill, as Gaetz wasalso embroiledin drug and sex scandals. "I demanded that they do it in public, and they refused .... Matt Gaetz, of all people, was giving me s*** about my drug use. I said, 'Really? All the people at this table, you're going to talk to me about my addiction and my alcoholism?'" Hunter Biden said. In a statement to ABC News, Gaetz responded, "It is a real shame that the Republican Congress never issued a subpoena to Hunter Biden for live testimony in public. It's also still troubling to me that Republicans in congress allowed Hunter to testify absent the video recording we usually make of witnesses. These would have been great moments for the country to see. The transcripts don't do them justice. Hunter tried to use references to his drug use to avoid accountability for his international shake down business. I hope he's enjoying his pardon." Hunter Biden spoke with Callaghan for over three hours in a wide-ranging conversation. -ABC News' Will Steakin contributed to this report.

Hunter Biden suggests Ambien might be to blame for father's disastrous debate

Hunter Biden suggests Ambien might be to blame for father's disastrous debate Hunter Biden, during aninterviewwith YouTube host Andrew C...
Smartwatch leads search and rescue crews to site of fatal plane crash in MontanaNew Foto - Smartwatch leads search and rescue crews to site of fatal plane crash in Montana

A victim's smartwatch helped search and rescue crews locate a plane that went down in dense woods in Montana, a local sheriff's office said Monday. Responding crews found all three people on board dead, the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. They were identified as Rodney Conover, 60, and Madison Conover, 23, of Tennessee; and Kurt Enoch Robey, 55, of Utah, according to the office. The plane they were in departed from West Yellowstone Airport on Thursday just before midnight, the office said. The U.S. Department of Transportation Aero Division alerted local authorities that the aircraft's location was unknown, it said. Search and rescue crews gained access to location information on a smartwatch worn by one of the three, leading them to the remote crash site south of West Yellowstone on Friday afternoon, the sheriff's office said. Two planes used by search and rescue crews made the discovery, but team members on the ground still had the work of getting to the crash site in what the sheriff's office described as "dense timber." "SAR members located the downed airplane and confirmed all three occupants were deceased," it said. "The decedents were extricated from the plane and transported by helicopter where their remains were turned over to a Gallatin County Sheriff's Office deputy coroner." The Federal Aviation Administration did not immediately respond to a request for information. A report on the FAA's aviation safety database states the aircraft was a variant of the Piper Cherokee, a small, single-engine plane. It was carrying two flight crew members and one passenger, according to the agency. The FAA was tasked, alongside the National Transportation Safety Board, with investigating the cause of the crash. The weather for the area in recent days has included afternoon wind gusts as strong as 20 mph or greater, chilly overnight temperatures and daytime high temperatures mostly in the upper 70s. Sheriff Dan Springer offered his "deepest condolences" to loved ones of the deceased.

Smartwatch leads search and rescue crews to site of fatal plane crash in Montana

Smartwatch leads search and rescue crews to site of fatal plane crash in Montana A victim's smartwatch helped search and rescue crews lo...
Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family's oppositionNew Foto - Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family's opposition

The Trump administration on Monday released records of the FBI's surveillance ofMartin Luther King Jr.,despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate's family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination. The digital document dump includes more than 240,000 pages of records that had been under a court-imposed seal since 1977, when the FBI first gathered the records and turned them over to the National Archives and Records Administration. In a lengthy statement released Monday, King's two living children, Martin III, 67, and Bernice, 62, said their father's killing has been a "captivating public curiosity for decades." But the pair emphasized the personal nature of the matter and urged that the files "be viewed within their full historical context." The Kings got advance access to the records and had their own teams reviewing them. Those efforts continued even as the government granted public access. Among the documents are leads the FBI received after King's assassination and details of the CIA's fixation on King's pivot to international anti-war and anti-poverty movements in the years before he was killed. It was not immediately clear whether the documents shed new light on King's life, the Civil Rights Movement or his murder. "As the children of Dr. King and Mrs. Coretta Scott King, his tragic death has been an intensely personal grief — a devastating loss for his wife, children, and the granddaughter he never met -- an absence our family has endured for over 57 years," they wrote. "We ask those who engage with the release of these files to do so with empathy, restraint, and respect for our family's continuing grief." They also repeated the family's long-held contention thatJames Earl Ray, the man convicted of assassinating King, was not solely responsible, if at all. Bernice King was 5 years old when her father was killed at the age of 39. Martin III was 10. A statement from the office of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard called the disclosure "unprecedented" and said many of the records had been digitized for the first time. She praisedPresident Donald Trumpfor pushing the issue. Release is 'transparency' to some, a 'distraction' for others Trump promised as a candidate to release files related to President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination. When Trump took office in January, he signed anexecutive orderto declassify the JFK records, along with those associated with Robert F. Kennedy's and MLK's 1968 assassinations. The governmentunsealed the JFK recordsin March anddisclosed some RFK filesin April. The announcement from Gabbard's office included a statement from Alveda King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece, who is an outspoken conservative and has broken from King's children on various topics — including the FBI files. Alveda King said she was "grateful to President Trump" for his "transparency." Separately, Attorney GeneralPam Bondi'ssocial media account featured a picture of the attorney general with Alveda King. Besides fulfilling Trump's order, the latest release means another alternative headline for the president as he tries to mollify supporters angry over his administration's handling of records concerning the sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself behind bars while awaiting trial in 2019, during Trump's first presidency. Trump last Friday ordered the Justice Department to releasegrand jury testimonybut stopped short of unsealing the entire case file. Bernice King and Martin Luther King III did not mention Trump in their statement Monday. But Bernice King later posted on her personal Instagram account a black-and-white photo of her father, looking annoyed, with the caption "Now, do the Epstein files." And some civil rights activists did not spare the president. "Trump releasing the MLK assassination files is not about transparency or justice," said the Rev. Al Sharpton. "It's a desperate attempt to distract people from the firestorm engulfing Trump over the Epstein files and the public unraveling of his credibility among the MAGA base." The King Center, founded by King's widow and now led by Bernice King, reacted separately from what Bernice said jointly with her brother. The King Center statement framed the release as a distraction — but from more than short-term political controversy. "It is unfortunate and ill-timed, given the myriad of pressing issues and injustices affecting the United States and the global society," the King Center, linking those challenges to MLK's efforts. "This righteous work should be our collective response to renewed attention on the assassination of a great purveyor of true peace." Records mean a new trove of research material The King records were initially intended to be sealed until 2027, until Justice Department attorneysasked a federal judgeto lift the sealing order early. Scholars, history buffs and journalists have been preparing to study the documents for new information about his assassination on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which King co-founded in 1957 as the Civil Rights Movement blossomed, opposed the release. The group, along with King's family, argued that the FBI illegally surveilled King and other civil rights figures, hoping to discredit them and their movement. It has long been established that then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was intensely interested if not obsessed with King and others he considered radicals. FBI records released previously show how Hoover's bureau wiretapped King's telephone lines, bugged his hotel rooms and used informants to gather information, including evidence of King's extramarital affairs. "He was relentlessly targeted by an invasive, predatory, and deeply disturbing disinformation and surveillance campaign orchestrated byJ. Edgar Hooverthrough the Federal Bureau of Investigation," the King children said in their statement. "The intent ... was not only to monitor, but to discredit, dismantle and destroy Dr. King's reputation and the broader American Civil Rights Movement," they continued. "These actions were not only invasions of privacy, but intentional assaults on the truth — undermining the dignity and freedoms of private citizens who fought for justice, designed to neutralize those who dared to challenge the status quo." The Kings said they "support transparency and historical accountability" but "object to any attacks on our father's legacy or attempts to weaponize it to spread falsehoods." Opposition to King intensified even after the Civil Rights Movement compelled Congress and President Lyndon B. Johnson to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. After those victories, King turned his attention to economic justice and international peace. He criticized rapacious capitalism and the Vietnam War. King asserted that political rights alone were not enough to ensure a just society. Many establishment figures like Hoover viewed King as a communist threat. King's children still don't accept the original explanation of assassination King was assassinated as he was aiding striking sanitation workers in Memphis, part of his explicit turn toward economic justice. Ray pleaded guilty to King's murder. Ray later renounced that plea and maintained his innocence until his death in 1998. King family members and others have long questioned whether Ray acted alone, or if he was even involved. Coretta Scott King asked for the probe to be reopened, and in 1998, then-Attorney General Janet Reno ordered a new look. Reno's Justice Department said it "found nothing to disturb the 1969 judicial determination that James Earl Ray murdered Dr. King." In their latest statement, Bernice King and Martin Luther King III repeated their assertions that Ray was set up. They pointed to a 1999 civil case, brought by the King family, in which a Memphis jury concluded that Martin Luther King Jr. had been the target of a conspiracy. "As we review these newly released files," the Kings said, "we will assess whether they offer additional insights beyond the findings our family has already accepted." —— Associated Press journalist Safiyah Riddle contributed from Montgomery, Alabama.

Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family's opposition The Trump administration on Monday released records...

 

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