An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries. Vincent ...

In 1931, following decades of turf warfare, Brooklyn bootlegger Salvatore Maranzano established the leaders of New York ...

This is for you, Frank,” the young hitman snarled before firing at mob boss Frank Costello outside New York’s Waldorf-Astoria ...

The Alto Knights tells the story of two mob bosses who are at loggerheads. Nicholas Pileggi (who also wrote Goodfellas) wrote the biographical crime drama, which Barry Levinson directed.

Robert De Niro plays the crime lords Vito Genovese and Frank Costello in this film about midcentury Mafia moves.

The story begins with a failed hit on Costello by future mob boss Vincent “The Chin” Gigante (Cosmo Jarvis, Shogun), here ...

One of three eaglets born to California’s famous bald eagle pair, Jackie and Shadow, has died, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley. The wildlife group reported that the chick passed away ...

Over the years, Vincent D’Onofrio has headlined a number of acclaimed shows like 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' and ...

K.W. Lee, a pioneering Korean American journalist credited with sparking a movement to free a wrongfully convicted Korean immigrant from death row and inspiring a legion of journalists and ...

Inconsolable since the death of his wife ... are "cinematic devices" and calls this as "cemetery cinema." Starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, and Sandrine Holt.

One arrest has been made and more are expected in connection with the death of a 20-year-old Southern University student after an off-campus fraternity hazing ritual, Baton Rouge authorities ...

Former Louisville Cardinals great, longtime NBA player and billionaire entrepreneur Junior Bridgeman died Tuesday at the age of 71. Bridgeman reportedly suffered a medical emergency at The Galt ...