John Stockwell, who publicly resigned from the Central Intelligence Agency in 1977 amid accusations of fraud and illegality after building a career as a covert operative in Vietnam and Africa, died this month in Austin, Texas. He was 88 years old. Kristen Dark, a spokeswoman for the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, said Mr. Stockwell’s body
In the late 1970s, comedian Art Spiegelman and his wife, editor Francois MoulyHe began dreaming up a new magazine that he hoped would elevate cartooning into the realm of high art. A coworker suggested they talk to Jerry Moriarty, a painter who lived in Manhattan, a little uptown from their SoHo loft. Arriving at Mr.
John E. Wren served as president of the American Trucking Association in 1998–99. (Courtesy of Minnesota Trucking Association) June 25, 2026 12:36 pm, EDT key takeaways: John E. Wren led Lakeville Motor Express since 1979, growing it from 10 employees to a regional LTL carrier with over 500 trucks. He served as president of the
Published on June 25, 2026 08:15 am Acclaimed ski mountaineer and IFMGA mountain guide Guillaume “G” Pierrell died at the age of 42 while attempting to climb and ski K6 in Pakistan. He was climbing to an altitude of about 5,000 meters (16,400 ft) with Frenchman Boris Jules and Swiss Christina Maria on 24 June
Shirley Lord, an English-born journalist whose early success on Fleet Street in London led to major jobs at Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and Helena Rubinstein as well as being sidelined as a best-selling author of steamy novels, and whose high-dose liveliness and marriage in 1987 to AM Rosenthal, former executive editor of The New York Times,
Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle at the company’s store in Colma, California. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) June 24, 2026 11:49 am, EDT key takeaways: The family of a 76-year-old woman who was killed when her Model 3 crashed into her home near Houston has sued Tesla in Texas. The lawsuit alleges that the driver-assistance system failed
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan delivers the keynote address at the IMF Statistics Forum/Statistics for Policy Making on November 18, 2014 in Washington, DC. Greenspan died on Monday at the age of 100. Paul J. via Getty Images Richards/AFP hide caption toggle caption Paul J. via Getty Images Richards/AFP Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
June 22, 2026 5:30 pm, EDT A federal investigation is underway into a fatal collision involving a Tesla sedan after an electric vehicle crashed into a home in Texas, killing a woman inside. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on June 22 that it had launched a special crash investigation into the June 19
Mark Singer, a staff writer for The New Yorker for 23 years who expanded the magazine’s rich reporting and witty prose about offbeat, complex and quintessentially American characters, died Friday in Manhattan. He was 75 years old. His son Tim said in hospital that the cause of death was salivary gland cancer. Mr. Singer wrote
James Bradley, who turned his curiosity about his father’s time in the Navy during the Battle of Iwo Jima — and the long-held but ultimately mistaken belief that he was in the iconic photograph of six soldiers raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi — into the best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” (2000), died