Many people may have assumed that Mickey Rourke, former professional fighter and dramatic comeback kid, has already enjoyed his role of a lifetime: his Oscar-winning turn as Randy "The Ram" Robinson ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In January of 2016, Avner Harari strolled out of a Tel Aviv prison for the umpteenth time and announced he was ...

Sicilian mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro, widely thought to be the last godfather of his kind, was buried Wednesday in a private funeral in Castelvetrano, Sicily. But he won’t be the last leader of ...

A former Mafia hitman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday in the 2018 fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger. Federal prisoner Fotios “Freddy” Geas was ...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A former Mafia hitman is set to be sentenced in the fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger after making a deal with prosecutors to change his ...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A former Mafia hitman already serving life in prison was sentenced to 25 years Friday in the 2018 fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger.

Rome (CNN) — Sicilian mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro, widely thought to be the last godfather of his kind, was buried Wednesday in a private funeral in Castelvetrano, Sicily. But he won’t be the last ...

A Catholic priest in Italy was handed a poisoned chalice — and narrowly avoided drinking it — while celebrating Mass after he spoke out against the Mafia in his small town. The Rev. Felice Palamara — ...