A heir to the du Pont family fortune and the richest U.S. man to stand trial for murder, John du Pont tried to buy justice.

Goodale, still in the passenger seat, pointed the barrel of his gun at du Pont's. The multimillionaire blinked and threw his revolver on the car's seat. Goodale jumped out of the car and slammed the ...

He was the local loon. We didn’t call him that, of course. He had buckets of money, and he was our neighbor, so we were polite. He was simply “odd.” He bought a replica police car, put on a uniform, ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The new movie 'Foxcatcher' opens nationwide Friday. It's the story of the 1996 murder of Olympic Gold medalist Dave Schultz by John du Pont, right here in the Delaware Valley. Actor ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — Pierre S. “Pete” du Pont IV, a former Delaware governor and congressman who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, has died. He was 86. Du Pont, a scion of the ...

WILMINGTON, Del - A judge who sentenced a wealthy du Pont heir to probation in the rape of his three-year-old daughter said in court documents that he would "not fare well" in prison, reports Delaware ...

The former estate of John du Pont is being transformed into a luxury development by Toll Brothers, permitted for 449 homes. Photo: Claudio Papapietro for The Wall Street Journal Long before ...

John E. du Pont, an heir to the du Pont chemical fortune whose benevolent support of Olympic athletes deteriorated into delusion and ended in the shooting death of a champion wrestler, died Thursday ...

The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes (which is almost 50 km long) to cross the Gard river. The Roman architects and hydraulic engineers who ...

Tanya Pont was named acting director of athletics at the University of Alaska Anchorage, interim UAA chancellor Cheryl Siemers said Friday. Pont, who is the school’s executive director for university ...

Mattie Bush-Martin and Taylor Martin got married near Paris’ Pont Neuf, one of the 37 bridges that span the Seine River in France’s capital. “Our hope is that like with Amelia’s, Pont Neuf will offer ...