Decades after a crackdown by prosecutors decimated the ranks of the New York Mafia, the indictment of an NBA coach, a player and nearly three dozen others in a betting scandal highlights the mob’s persistence and adaptability.

Curtis Sliwa is the bombastic creator of New York City’s Guardian Angels anti-crime patrol group who lost his last election battle with Mayor Eric Adams by almost 40 percentage points.

The judge in Donald Trump's hush money trial has ordered the media not to report where potential jurors have worked.

At least five people charged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol have chosen to defend themselves in court.

Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark has died.

It also underscores how the people being brought up on federal charges rarely fit President Donald Trump's portrayal of them as members of left-wing radical groups. In some cases, prosecutors have gone so far as appealing judge's orders to release defendants. Authorities have not claimed that the man accused of firing the shots is a member of antifa. More than 40% of those facing federal charges are white. Attorneys for those facing federal charges either declined to comment or didn’t respond to messages from the AP.