Hadiya Pendleton

Chicago baby, shot with father during a diaper change, dies

2013-03-12 11:34:00

In Chicago, certain names have become synonymous with a specific type of tragedy for girls, which can be recalled with bleak and brief synopsis: Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old majorette, shot in the back after coming home from President Obama's...

GOP senator hopes to honor slain teen with gun bill

2013-04-10 15:11:00

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mark Kirk, one of the lead Republican sponsors of a bipartisan compromise to expand background checks of gun purchases, says he hopes to name the legislation in honor of Hadiya Pendleton, a Chicago teen who was shot on a Chicago...

2013 State of the Union: Full prepared transcript

2013-02-12 18:00:00

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...

Obama's State of the Union: Topic by topic

2013-02-12 19:42:00

Climate change: By Neela Banerjee WASHINGTON -- In his State of the Union address, President Obama articulated a subtle but noticeable shift away from his longstanding discussion of climate change in almost entirely economic terms to making a moral...

2 charged in Hadiya Pendleton's murder to appear in Chicago court

2013-02-12 10:59:00

The two men accused of shooting Hadiya Pendleton will appear in a Chicago courtroom on the first-degree murder charges Tuesday, hours before her parents are to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama for the president’s State of the Union speech....

Two held without bail in Hadiya Pendleton shooting

2013-02-12 14:20:00

Two men charged with killing a Chicago teenager who has become the face of that city’s growing problem with gun violence were ordered held without bail on Tuesday. The pair, Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 28, are charged with first-degree...

Obama to focus on pocketbook issues in coming address

2013-02-09 06:48:00

WASHINGTON --�President Obama will talk about gun violence, immigration and climate change in his State of the Union address, but the overarching focus will be on American jobs. Echoing the mantra of 2012 presidential campaign, Obama aides say that...

Hadiya Pendleton's parents to attend State of the Union address

2013-02-11 08:38:00

The parents of Chicago shooting victim Hadiya Pendleton will join First Lady Michelle Obama at the State of the Union address on Tuesday, as the president urges Congress to combat gun violence. Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton and Nathaniel A. Pendleton's...

Hadiya Pendleton funeral: 'This should hurt the hearts of every man'

2013-02-09 13:29:00

Friends, family and First Lady Michelle Obama gathered Saturday afternoon to remember Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old Chicago majorette who was fatally shot a week after she performed at President Obama’s inauguration. Hadiya -- who was shot...

Hadiya Pendleton: Slain girl had made PSA against gang violence

2013-01-31 16:15:00

Not long after a fatal bullet pierced Hadiya Pendleton’s back, her round face -- its espresso eyes and easy smile -- had become a national symbol of innocence robbed.� The slaying of the Chicago sophomore who had recently performed as a...

First lady cites Chicago violence in CBS interview

2013-05-06 00:00:00

First lady Michelle Obama said the nation has to embrace youths whose lives are surrounded by violence and "let them know we hear" their concerns. In a taped interview on CBS' "Sunday Morning" television show, the first lady weighed in about violence in...

First lady says nation must 'embrace' youths impacted by violence

2013-05-05 12:09:00

First Lady Michelle Obama said the nation has to “embrace” youths whose lives are surrounded by violence and “let them know we hear” their concerns. In a taped interview on CBS’ “Sunday Morning” television show,...

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Hyde Park Academy in Chicago to focus attention on gun violence. The parents of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who was shot and killed a mile from Obama's Kenwood home, attended the event.

2013-02-15 00:00:00

King College Prep majorettes gather outside the Greater Harvest Baptist Church before the funeral for 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton in Chicago on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013.

2013-02-09 00:00:00