The Alto Knights, out March 21, brings Robert DeNiro back to a mob movie—and stars the famed actor in dual roles. Written by ...

Anna Genovese protected queer nightlife...for a price ...

While most no longer receive the headlines they once did, several mafias still exist in the U.S. today. These are some of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The New York mafia is still kicking—and it may be more powerful than experts believed. Several members of New York City’s most ...

Spring has arrived, and the flowers will soon be blooming at Deep Cut Gardens in Middletown. And for that, we can thank the notorious mobster, Vito Genovese. You got a problem with that? Genovese, the ...

Mobsters have undeniably left an infamous mark on American culture. Depicted in numerous films and television shows, interest in the violent and secretive Mafia families has not wavered. Now, a new ...

Since the 1930s ascension of the Mafia, its leaders have departed "The Life" almost exclusively through their deaths. Albert Anastasia, Carmine Galante and "Big Paul" Castellano were brutally (and ...

The New York City mob is a pathetic shell of what it once was -- full of small-time crooks, rats and dimwits, law enforcement sources and experts said Friday. Today it’s La Dope-a Nostra! The New York ...

It wasn't until the 1950s that the Mafia became a law enforcement priority. Sen. Estes Kefauver led congressional hearings on organized crime in May 1950, and the 1963 congressional testimony of Mafia ...

Associates of four of New York's infamous "five families" crime syndicates allegedly backed a multimillion-dollar poker con that used elaborate technology to cheat unsuspecting players — and brought ...