In the early 1900s, in New York, the Italian Black Hand extortion rings preyed on their own people. Joseph Valachi was born in Harlem in 1904 of a poor family. He became a member of the Minute Men gang in the 1920s, specializing in burglary. He went to...

The Times runs down the bickering between Governor Spitzer and upstate Republicans. Joe Bruno called Spitzer a “Third World dictator" and told NY1 that the governor sometimes acts like “some little rich kid having a tantrum.” Spitzer hit back, launching what the Post calls a...

A suspected mob hit man being questioned in his racketeering conspiracy trial ripped into relatives who have testified against him, likening his brother to Judas and saying his son "could make Jesus look like the devil.""My brother was like Alfredo in the Godfather; if he...

Of the more than 100 people to testify during Chicago's biggest mob trial in years, the following witnesses and defendants stand out for their dramatic testimony:___Defendant Frank Calabrese Sr. admitted associating and doing business with members of the Chicago Outfit, as the city's organized crime...