With the release of the JFK files, layers of secrecy surrounding the events of November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, are ...

Unlike other mobsters, Al Capone didn't go out in a blaze of glory when he died at just 48 in 1947. Instead, the man once ...

A former Canaryville Irish saloon on South Halsted Street is jam-packed with connections that reflect several significant moments in Chicago’s history.

So-called “sweepstakes” machines are all over Chicago, including this gas station, despite the city’s ban on video gambling. Mark Brown/Sun-Times Share A man previously tagged as a “mob ...

A mob-connected Chicago businessman has been indicted on tax evasion charges alleging he had a hidden interest in a sweepstakes gaming company run by the now-imprisoned son-in-law of Joe Berrios ...

A prosecutor with a 20-year record of winning major cases will step down from his job with the U.S. attorney in Chicago, NBC 5 Investigates learned.

A mob-connected Chicago businessman has been indicted on tax evasion charges alleging he had a hidden interest in a sweepstakes gaming company run by the now-imprisoned son-in-law of Joe Berrios ...

The Chicago mob’s enforcer in Las Vegas whose badly beaten body was found in an Indiana cornfield in 1986. Also fictionalized in “Casino,” he was Nicky Santoro, portrayed by Joe Pesci.

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is welcoming three new meerkats. Clover, Violet, and Dahlia are just 1.5 years old and were born ...