Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, according to a statement from his family. He was…
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Hulk Hogan, the towering, charismatic figure who revolutionized professional wrestling in the 1980s and became the first true household name in the sport, passed away on Thursday at the age of 71. His death, confirmed by longtime partner Eric Bischoff…
John S. Foster Jr., a physicist who helped develop the U.S. nuclear arsenal and shaped national security in the Johnson and Nixon administrations, guiding billions of dollars in research and development as a top Defense Department official, died April 25…
SAN ANTONIO, TX — When Gregg Popovich took over the San Antonio Spurs in 1996, the franchise was a modest, small-market team in an era dominated by big-city clubs. Owner Peter Holt had just paid $76 million for the team, and…
Warren E. Buffett has been at the forefront of American capitalism for decades as the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate he built into a $1.1 trillion colossus. By the end of the year, he is preparing to give…
James “Jim” Simons, a renowned mathematician who built a fortune on Wall Street and then became one of the nation’s biggest philanthropists, died May 10 at his home in Manhattan. He was 86. The charitable foundation that Dr. Simons co-founded…
Charles T. Munger, who quit a well-established law career to be Warren E. Buffett’s partner and maxim-spouting alter-ego as they transformed a struggling New England textile company into the spectacularly successful investment firm Berkshire Hathaway, died on Tuesday in Santa…
