That’s how Jeffrey Toobin ends the first chapter of his compelling new book, “American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst.” The question, of course, is whether ...

On Feb. 4, 1974, Patricia Hearst was engaged and living with a man who had previously been her high school teacher. Though the times reflected social change and a rethinking of traditional gender ...

LOS ANGELES — Newspaper heiress Patricia “Patty” Hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint 50 years ago Sunday by the Symbionese Liberation Army, later joining her captors in a 1974 San Francisco bank robbery ...

James Browning Jr., who led the prosecution of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst during a sensational 1976 trial, has died in Oro Valley. He was 83. David Browning says his brother died Tuesday after a ...

The story -- Abducted -- The robbery -- The fire -- Early reactions -- The missing year -- The arrest -- The trial -- Closing arguments -- The jury -- The verdict ...

Lydia Hearst and Chris Hardwick have owned the Paul R. Williams-designed digs in Los Feliz for a decade; meanwhile, a N.Y.C.