The Gangs of New York ending wraps up a complex and heavy Martin Scorsese film. The 2002 drama stars Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role of Amsterdam Vallon, alongside Daniel Day-Lewis as the dastardly ...

New TV shows based on Gangs of New York, The Holdovers, and more are being developed at Miramax. According to a recent report from Variety, Miramax is developing new TV shows or limited series based ...

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For counties with emerging gang problems, the first hurdle is often denial, a local gang expert said. “The approach in Maryland has been to waste the first two years denying the problem,” Sgt. Andrew ...

Even in the cutthroat world of Los Angeles street gangs, the saying associated with one Crips faction stands out as cold-blooded: “You ain’t a Rollin’ 60 ‘til you kill a 60.” The Rollin’ 60s ...

Using iPhone footage shared among rival gangs, the new documentary “Nothing to See Here: Watts” cut murder rates by 90% in ...

The Trump administration has made headlines in recent weeks for deporting men from Venezuela to an extremely harsh prison facility in El Salvador. President Trump has contended these men are ...

Eugene “Big U” Henley is a well-known figure in the hip-hop world and has been called rap’s “godfather” by Wiz Khalifa. Federal authorities are now accusing Henley of murdering a young rapper in Las ...

It feels like there isn't a genre that Martin Scorsese hasn't tackled outside science fiction. The filmmaker appreciates some of the more fantastical genres but doesn't embrace them in the same way ...

Shanduke McPhatter led the Gangsta Killer Bloods, also known as G-Shine, in Brooklyn, New York, for over 10 years. In 1994, the United Blood Nation recruited him to the Nine Trey Gangsters faction at ...

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Gang insignia has vanished from New Zealand’s streets following a recent law change. But the gangs have not, with members telling CNN the banishment of the patches is just optics – they’re recruiting ...