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June 12, 2011
Politics
The president takes the speaker’s side as GOP candidates wary of the Foley flap have canceled his appearances at fundraisers.
Oct. 13, 2006
Movies
It doesn’t open until late August, but already the James Foley-directed “After Dark, My Sweet” has taken a thrashing in the pages of the Village Voice--for allegedly playing to gay bashing.
July 22, 1990
The first American citizen executed by the Islamic State, James Foley worked as a stringer for GlobalPost and other outlets.
Jan. 28, 2016
World & Nation
For nearly 21 months after James Foley’s capture in Syria in late 2012, his family held out hope for his safe return, keeping faith that they would never see a day like Sunday, with a Mass in his memory.
Aug. 24, 2014
James Foley was held in a cell with 18 other captives, who supported one another and invented distractions like trivia, checkers and Risk to keep up their spirits, according to a letter released by his family Sunday.
Aug. 25, 2014
A brother of slain American journalist James Foley said Friday the U.S. government could have done more to help him escape the militant group Islamic State, also known as ISIS, which had demanded a $132-million ransom before beheading him in a grisly video released this week.
Aug. 22, 2014
The parents of slain journalist James Foley begged President Obama on Wednesday to do everything in his power to save the other journalists who have been abducted by Islamic State, and pleaded with their son’s executioners to release the other American reporter whom they have threatened to kill.
Aug. 20, 2014
Aug. 19, 2014
During a solemn service Wednesday morning at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary here, more than 100 people gathered to grieve for slain photojournalist James Foley as the family’s priest urged the community to pray not only for his family but “for those who have perpetrated this kind of evil.”