The anti-immigrant ICE raids and the 1854 “Slave Catchers Riot” in Worcester, Massachusetts
In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...
A Boston gang feud exploded into an epidemic of violence, until some of those responsible for the bloodshed found a way to stop it
The story of Boston's Cape Verdean war has never been fully told or understood, in large part because the players involved ...
Share your thoughts on this story: A Boston gang feud exploded into an epidemic of violence, defying efforts to stop it
Milton DoSouto parked his car along the cemetery road and labored with his cane to walk toward the gravesite of his two slain ...
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Irish Civil War at its centenary
The Boston College Irish Studies Program will host a lecture by Irish historian and author Síobhra Aiken, who has chronicled the determination of veterans and later generations to keep alive the story ...
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Irish gang on knees after ‘very sophisticated’ distribution hub smashed in €14m drugs raid as 3 ‘high up’ thugs quizzed
A MAJOR organised crime gang led by two men who are high-priority garda targets has been left on its knees after its distribution hub was smashed. Some €14million worth of cocaine and cannabis ...
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Soldier from Chicago gets 9 years in prison for trafficking guns that fueled South Side gang war
Miller and his crew were accused of buying more than 100 guns in Tennessee in 2020 and 2021 and selling them to Chicago gang members for a street war on the South Side that left at least a dozen ...
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One of the Earliest Vietnam War Movies Pitted a Biker Gang Against the Viet Cong — Yes, It's as Bonkers as You Think
having gone rogue as soon as the gang and their keepers touch down on Cambodian soil. The first hour of the film is essentially a hangout movie within a war movie, as nobody seems to be in a major ...
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Drugs gang used fleet of cars modified with secret compartments to supply Dublin
Gardaí believe they were working for a criminal gang run by two Irish brothers who have a long history of criminality. The brothers have long been the target of the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab ...
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NYPD charge 14 Brooklyn gangbangers over street war that left rival dead, 9 hurt after 19 shootings
“It’s part of an ongoing war between rival street gangs based primarily in Sheepshead Bay and Coney Island — a war that has terrorized Brooklyn neighborhoods for years,” Tisch said at a ...
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Alleged drunk driver slams into 150-year-old Nantucket Civil War monument
That crash destroyed the Main Street fountain, which was dedicated in 1932 to Spanish-American Civil War casualty Lt. Max Wagner. Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been ...
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Trade war fears dampen European markets
European shares closed lower on Friday with automakers among top decliners as investors grew skittish on worries of a global trade war escalating. The Irish index of shares fell on Friday ...
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Guy Beiner named Sullivan Chair in Irish Studies
In addition, he and Savage will co-organize a conference to mark the centenary of the Irish Civil War as well as a program of events in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Boston ...