Independent voices from the TWT Communities
Chicago's murder rate is far worse now than it was during the city's most notorious crime era, Al Capone's "gangland," when gun-control laws hardly existed, ABC reports.
In the national soul-searching following yet another mass shooting -- the latest in a bloody string claiming hundreds of killed and wounded innocent victims since Columbine in 1999 -- the shouts for stricter gun control started even before the first funerals were held in Newtown, Conn.
The newly built Barclays Center is the home of the Brooklyn Nets, and Jay-Z, an investor in the team, christened the venue Friday night in uniform, sporting a Nets hat and jersey as he rapped two dozen jams onstage in front of thousands.
Americans are in for a cyber-surprise on Wednesday: They'll be able to plug family names into an online 1940 U.S. census and come up with details about the lives of New Yorkers _ from Joe DiMaggio and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy to their own relatives.
Americans are in for a cyber-surprise on Wednesday: They'll be able to plug family names into an online 1940 U.S. census and come up with details about the lives of New Yorkers _ from Joe DiMaggio and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy to their own relatives.
Americans are in for a cyber-surprise on Wednesday: They'll be able to plug family names into an online 1940 U.S. census and come up with details about the lives of New Yorkers _ from Joe DiMaggio and Jacqueline Kennedy to their own relatives.
Louisville is home to plenty of originals that liven up a visit to Kentucky's largest city, best known for a 2-minute sporting event.
With an election on the horizon, President Obama and his administration are employing age-old political diversionary tactics to keep the American public from focusing on the dismal condition of our economy. Call in a four-alarm fire on the south side while they rob the bank on the north side. Al Capone lives.
Shadowbox with a silhouetted Muhammad Ali. Grab a bat and take a few swings in a batting cage at the Louisville Slugger Museum. Dig into a Hot Brown at the place where the savory sandwich was created. Sip Kentucky bourbons at a hotel where Al Capone played blackjack.
Sin City is honoring one of its earliest relationships with the grand opening of a museum dedicated to the mobsters that made this desert town.
In one room, a ghastly photo wall of bloody, uncensored images showcases the mob's greatest hits.
In one room, a ghastly photo wall of bloody, uncensored images showcases the mob's greatest hits.
Imagine a city where winters are frigid enough for polar bears, where a baseball team is so woebegone it hasn't won the World Series since Model Ts puttered down the streets and where electoral shenanigans are summed up in the cheeky phrase, "vote early, vote often."
Imagine a city where winters are frigid enough for polar bears, where a baseball team is so woebegone it hasn't won the World Series since Model Ts puttered down the streets and where electoral shenanigans are summed up in the cheeky phrase, "vote early, vote often."
Kelsey Grammer makes it clear from the start: He is not playing Mayor Richard M. Daley in his new dramatic series, "Boss."
These records include details about famed personalities such as Lauren Bacall, Al Capone, Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Houdini, who according to the 1925 census was born in the United States, even though most biographies say he was born in Hungary.
