Feb. 6, 1950, was shaping up to be a characteristically brisk late-winter day in Los Angeles. But something about it didn’t smell right to Mickey Cohen, the former boxer-turned-feared local mobster.

In many ways, the entire gangster genre in film and even literature has Al Capone to thank for its existence. While there isn't anything else to thank Al Capone for, his public image, antics and flair ...

Jan. 25 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1533, Henry VIII of England secretly married Anne Boleyn, his second wife. In 1858, Mendelssohn's "The Wedding March" was played at the marriage of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Warner Bros. True crime has been all the rage in Hollywood for a lot longer than it seems ...

Al Capone’s name has become synonymous with Prohibition-era gang violence. Like many outlaws of the era, he is today romanticized as a mob legend, Capone’s actual climb to the top in 1920s Chicago was ...

LAS VEGAS — It was on a school playground where she learned her last name carried weight, when another girl pointed a finger at her and ordered the other kids to follow her. “Let’s go,” the girl said.

BOSTON (AP) — Did notorious gangster Al Capone have a soft spot? An intimate letter he penned from prison suggests the ruthless racketeer could handle tenderness almost as skillfully as his Tommy Gun.