mafia
Posted Jun 7, 2022, 2:34 pm
Jennifer Selin
/Wayne State University/The Conversation
Public hearings to be held by the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection House committee are part of a long history of congressional investigation, and a look at 5 suggests Congress has used its constitutional authority to gather facts and draw attention to important issues.... Read more»
Posted May 12, 2022, 1:11 pm
Clay Jones
/Claytoonz
A grandmother dying from heatstroke in August because she can’t afford air conditioning may not be as glamorous as goons shooting Bugsy Siegel in Beverly Hills, but it’s the death we should be talking about. We still don’t know who killed Bugsy or why, but we know what's killing grandma. Climate change.... Read more»
Posted Jun 2, 2016, 9:22 am
Jon Talton
/Rogue Columnist
On June 2, 1976, a bomb detonated under the car of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles in Midtown Phoenix. He survived an agonizing 11 days before he died. The closest assassins went to prison. Yet full justice was never served. The real puppetmasters got away with it. Many in high positions wanted it to go away.... Read more»
Posted Jun 2, 2016, 9:11 am
Jon Talton
/Rogue Columnist
As difficult as it is for some of us to believe, Thursday marks 40 years since the bombing that killed Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles. It remains the most enduring mystery and troubling crime in modern Phoenix history.... Read more»
Posted Jun 23, 2011, 8:00 am
Global Post
Notorious Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, who became No. 1 on the FBI's most-wanted list when Osama bin Laden was killed, has been arrested after 16 years on the run and an international manhunt, the FBI announced.... Read more»
Posted Apr 27, 2011, 8:45 am
Lorraine Mallinder
/Special to GlobalPost
Until now, the U.S. has focused most of its security efforts on its border with Mexico. But its porous northern frontier is set to come under greater scrutiny following recent warnings of terrorist threats. Organized crime uses the highly porous Mohawk reservation as a conduit for illicit cargo, including cigarettes and firearms.... Read more»
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Updated Nov 17, 2010, 2:27 pm
Lorraine Mallinder
/Special to GlobalPost
Gunned down last week by a marksman hiding in the woods behind his Montreal mansion, Nicolo Rizzuto's death was as cinematic as his life.... Read more»
Posted Mar 23, 2010, 9:43 am
Michael Truelsen
/TucsonSentinel.com
Italian police used a suspect's excessive use of Facebook to track down one of the country's most-wanted mafia bosses.... Read more»