He funneled cash and weapons to the Irish Republican Army from Libya, and was involved in bombings that targeted Margaret Thatcher and others, killing scores of people.
He funneled cash and weapons to the Irish Republican Army from Libya, and was involved in bombings that targeted Margaret Thatcher and others, killing scores of people.
Shunsaku Tamiya, who turned his family’s plastic model business into a global brand, held a scale replica of a German World War II Tiger tank at the hobby show in Shizuoka, Japan, in 2003.
With a national profile, he represented the notorious and the celebrated, helping to secure an acquittal in the Smith rape case and a lenient plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein.
With a national profile, he represented the notorious and the celebrated, helping to secure an acquittal in the Smith rape case and a lenient plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein.
Roy Black spoke to the news media outside the Palm Beach County Courthouse in West Palm Beach in 1991 after his client William Kennedy Smith was acquitted of sexual assault charges.
He relished skewering the U.S. government as he represented unpopular defendants in public corruption and national security cases, like those at Guantánamo.
He relished skewering the U.S. government as he represented unpopular defendants in public corruption and national security cases, like those at Guantánamo.
A co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, he represented St. Louis in the House as an uncompromising liberal Democrat and a forceful advocate for the poor.
A co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, he represented St. Louis in the House as an uncompromising liberal Democrat and a forceful advocate for the poor.
“I represent those who are in need of representation,” Representative William L. Clay once said. “I have no intention of representing those powerful interests who walk over powerless people.”
Jean-Pierre Azéma in 2011. A French historian and writer, he helped destroy the postwar myths that the collaborationist wartime Vichy regime had done what it could to resist the occupying Germans.
Robert Alvarez, left, a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, and Jeffrey Patterson of Physicians for Social Responsibility in 2011 at a news conference in Washington about the accident triggered by an earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility in Japan.
A writer, editor and political adviser, he broke with the left over its criticism of Israel and what he saw as its anti-Americanism. But he also became a critic of Donald Trump.
A writer, editor and political adviser, he broke with the left over its criticism of Israel and what he saw as its anti-Americanism. But he also became a critic of Donald Trump.
The writer and editor Sol Stern at his Manhattan apartment in 2008. A liberal turned conservative, he was known for his largely nonideological judgment and his willingness to change his mind.
He served under Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton before becoming a top editor and a familiar TV pundit. “Centrism doesn’t mean splitting the difference,” he said.
He served under Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton before becoming a top editor and a familiar TV pundit. “Centrism doesn’t mean splitting the difference,” he said.
To preserve his Irish manor, he staged concerts on its grounds, drawing the likes of U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Madonna, 50 Cent and the Rolling Stones as well as tens of thousands of fans.
To preserve his Irish manor, he staged concerts on its grounds, drawing the likes of U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Madonna, 50 Cent and the Rolling Stones as well as tens of thousands of fans.
Henry Mount Charles holds tickets for the “Eminem and 50 Cent European Tour” in 2005. To generate funds for the upkeep of Slane Castle, he turned its grounds into an amphitheater.
The Cold War-era shelter, hidden below the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, was designed to house members of Congress in the event of a nuclear attack.
The Cold War-era shelter, hidden below the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, was designed to house members of Congress in the event of a nuclear attack.
Mr. Tebbit with Mrs. Thatcher in 1987, waving to supporters from the Conservative Party headquarters in London, after claiming victory in the general election.
Hailing from a small, rural province, Mr. Mabuza had a remarkable rise to national power. But much of it came crashing down amid corruption allegations.
Hailing from a small, rural province, Mr. Mabuza had a remarkable rise to national power. But much of it came crashing down amid corruption allegations.
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