WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Among the moneyed du Ponts, who preferred the privacy of their elegant homes and the offices and plants of the chemical company that bore their name, Pierre S. “Pete” du Pont ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 26, 1996: John E. du Pont, 57, shoots 36-year-old Olympic wrestler David L. Schultz to death in the driveway of a home on du ...

Pete du Pont, the man who inadvertently may have jump-started Joe Biden’s political career in Delaware, passed away on Saturday at age 86. Du Pont, an heir to one of the most successful corporate ...

Quick to spot a moneymaking opportunity, Du Pont Treasurer John Jacob Raskob persuaded his firm, back in 1917-19, to sink about $50 million into a struggling automobile company named General Motors.

A look at how various news outlets documented the murder at the center of the movie By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast After Schultz was killed, du Pont barricaded himself in his house for two ...

PITTSBURGH (CBS/AP) John du Pont, the chemical fortune heir who killed an Olympic gold medalist at his lavish estate near Philadelphia four years ago, died Thursday after being found unresponsive in ...

MEDIA, Pa., June 16 (UPI) -- Relatives of a du Pont heir are challenging a will that gives the millionaire's estate to the family of its executor, court records show. William H. du Pont and Beverly ...

WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS/AP) - 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 ...

WILMINGTON, Del. – Among the moneyed du Ponts, who preferred the privacy of their elegant homes and the offices and plants of the chemical company that bore their name, Pierre S. “Pete” du Pont IV was ...