John Gotti, Sr.

Mafia-linked arrests in Italy, US; suspected Gambino soldier accused of protecting counterpart. The FBI arrested a reputed U.S. mobster Wednesday on charges he provided protection for a Sicilian counterpart mapping out criminal turf in Florida ? part of an international sweep aimed at further crippling the storied Gambino organized crime family and disrupting its ties to the Italian mob.

NYC prosecutor Morgenthau _ inspiration for `Law & Order' DA _ retires after 35 years. Robert Morgenthau has been cast in many roles during his decades in office.

NYC prosecutor Morgenthau _ inspiration for `Law & Order' DA _ retires after 35 years. Robert Morgenthau has been cast in many roles during his decades in office.

Police feared terrorist attack after arrest of Jackson for child molestation. Police concerns that media-hungry terrorists would attack Michael Jackson's trial as a "soft target" led to a request for federal help, according to FBI files kept on the late pop star. The documents also show that the FBI helped facilitate interviews in the Philippines by California authorities investigating Jackson over allegations that he had sexually abused boys.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The FBI on Tuesday released hundreds of previously sealed documents related to Michael Jackson, most of them about a 1992 investigation of a man who threatened to kill the pop star and then-U.S. President George H.W. Bush.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday released hundreds of pages from files on Michael Jackson, revealing the agency assisted in the child molestation probes involving the late pop icon.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One glance into Gleason's Gym reveals a snapshot that recalls the glory days of boxing, a time when the Sweet Science ruled the sporting landscape and New York was the center of its universe.

The alleged scion of New York's leading Mafia family dramatically walked free from court for the fourth time Tuesday, after the jury failed to reach a verdict in his racketeering and murder trial.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One glance into Gleason's Gym reveals a snapshot that recalls the glory days of boxing, a time when the Sweet Science ruled the sporting landscape and New York was the center of its universe.

The alleged scion of New York's leading Mafia family dramatically walked free from court for the fourth time Tuesday, after the jury failed to reach a verdict in his racketeering and murder trial.

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The jury in alleged New York Mafia boss John Gotti Junior's racketeering and murder trial was sent home Wednesday until next week after failing to reach a verdict in 10 days of deliberations.

The jury in alleged New York Mafia boss John Gotti Junior's racketeering and murder trial was sent home Wednesday until next week after failing to reach a verdict in 10 days of deliberations.

The jury in alleged New York Mafia boss John Gotti Junior's racketeering and murder trial was sent home Wednesday until next week after failing to reach a verdict in 10 days of deliberations.

Through new documentary, William Kunstler follows a tortured path to redemption with daughters. They grew up in a home like no other ? where bullets arrived in the mail and where their father went to the basement to open packages he feared could contain explosives.

US prosecutors' fourth attempt in five years to convict the scion of New York's leading Mafia family culminated with the charge that John Gotti Junior's claim to have gone clean is a "sham."

US prosecutors have wrapped up the fourth trial in five years against alleged New York Mafia boss John Gotti Jr, calling his claim to have abandoned the Cosa Nostra a "sham."

Dismissal of 2 New York jurors at trial sends John Gotti's mother into a profanity-laced rage. John "Junior" Gotti's mother unleashed a profanity-laced tirade Wednesday after a judge dismissed two anonymous jurors at her son's racketeering trial, saying he was being cheated of a fair trial as his father had been.

Would-be hit man renounces Mafia in NY court, surprising judge who has asked many to do so. A would-be hit man has renounced the Mafia in a New York courtroom, surprising the federal judge who was sentencing him.

Producer in Letterman's case hard-driving newsman with fans, critics. The hard-driving newsman accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman recently produced a piece on crime boss John Gotti and his family. Now he's using one of Gotti's former attorneys to defend himself.