After his release, Milano repaired his relationship with his son and namesake, Gaetano J. Milano Jr. The son described his dad’s playful nature and fondness for pranks and practical jokes. “That was ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Born in 1921 in Racalmuto, a village without running water in western Sicily, Leonardo Sciascia rose from the ...

After he died at 74 on Feb. 9, those who attended and spoke at his funeral services Monday reflected an end game that eludes many Mafia soldiers: true redemption.

It was an offer he couldn’t refuse. One of the Big Apple’s most notorious Mafia hotspots is shedding its wiseguy reputation to become a halal Italian restaurant — thanks to a former pizza-slinger who ...

MIDDLETOWN — Tate’s restaurant, on the banks of the Connecticut River in Middletown, has been temporarily transformed into a prohibition-era speakeasy, complete with a “mafia”-themed menu, including ...

The Mafia franchise is one of the most iconic video game series of all time, and now you have the chance to pick up the first three instalments in a nice, neat package for just $11.99 (£9.99) on the ...

A luxury ocean liner burned and capsized in New York Harbor on Feb. 9, 1942. The SS Normandie, being converted into a troopship, caught fire during welding work and took 6,000 tons of water from ...

When thousands of Italian immigrants arrived in America in the early 1900s, they brought more than culture - they brought the foundations of a criminal empire. What began as secret societies from ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When you hear “Kansas City,” what’s the first thing that pops into your mind? Is it the Chiefs? The barbecue? The hundreds of fountains scattered around the city? Maybe it’s all of ...

All these years later, the “Goodfellas” spirit lives on — in a lineup of Italian wines as big, bold, and complex as the movie’s stars. Prairie Rose is Food & Wine's senior drinks editor. A trained ...

“We were treated like movie stars with muscle. We had it all just for the asking,” says Ray Liotta as the titular character Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 mobster classic Goodfellas. Based on ...