Mobbed-up soccer hooligans create chaos in southern Europe
This summer, all eyes are on North America as Canada, Mexico, and the United States host the 2026 World Cup. The “beautiful game,” as soccer (or football) is sometimes called, tends to bring people together who otherwise would never cross paths. For instance, citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, welcomed the Algerian national team to set up their home base in the University of Kansas town during the global tournament. But the sport has a dark side, too. Though most fans only want to cheer for their team and enjoy the game, a small subset takes their diehard support a little too seriously, ...
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Body farms unravel mysteries of human decomposition
The University of Tennessee’s Forensic Anthropology Center is one of seven taphonomic research facilities, or body farms, in the United States. Remains are laid out for researchers to observe the natural decomposition process. Getty Images
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‘When Spilotro got greedy, the end was written’
Since 1980, award-winning reporter Chuck Goudie has covered the Mob and much more for ABC7 News in Chicago. He’s been…
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Meyer Lansky’s 1953 jail stint
Seventy years ago, Meyer Lansky took a legal hit in an upstate New York gambling rackets crackdown that concluded with…
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Bugsy Siegel death house for sale in Beverly Hills
The Beverly Hills, California, mansion where Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was shot to death in 1947 is on the market for…
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Spado’s ‘Accidental Gangster’ story headed to silver screen
After a childhood in upstate New York, Ori Spado embarked on a criminal career that took him from Manhattan to…
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The Las Vegas misadventures of Russian Louie
By the time he was 11 years old, he was arrested for burglary in San Francisco. By the time he…
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Fearless Las Vegas journalists Jeff German, Ned Day left lasting legacies
Las Vegas reporters Jeff German and Ned Day had more in common than a dogged approach to digging out major…
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