Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 4, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

Here is the tale of Al Capone, a legend told on film time and again for nearly a century and now once more, in all its gruesomeness, in "Capone," starring Tom Hardy. But the more interesting tale is ...

Deirdre Capone, Al Capone's 80-year-old great niece, claims to be "the last person on this Earth" to really have known the Prohibition-era gangster. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Al Capone’s 80-year-old ...

Personal effects from notorious organized crime boss Al Capone are up for sale as his three living granddaughters are looking to part with the belongings. The items were once held up in Capone’s ...

Josh Trank’s “Capone” does for Scarface what Gus Van Sant’s “Last Days” did for Kurt Cobain: Not a lot, and in excruciating detail. But while both films offer a bleak look at the final chapter of a ...

He ruled the streets of Chicago through fear during most of the Prohibition era. Now, nearly 75 years after the death of the gangster Al Capone, some of his most prized possessions are up for sale.

An unlikely treasure has been in the foothills of Placer County for the last 20 years: the belongings of Al Capone. For the first time in history, Capone’s grandchildren are putting the heirlooms to ...

Al Capone got an icy reception when he arrived in Miami Beach in 1928. Whether he was winter-weary like other Northern tourists was immaterial; Miami saw him as a blight on its reputation. By 1928 the ...