PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- An investigation into the alleged shakedown of Providence strip clubs left the New England mafia without its reputed leader Wednesday as authorities arrested Anthony L. DiNunzio on charges he oversaw the mob's extortion of adult entertainment businesses and sought to broaden the crime operation's influence.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The website that George Zimmerman set up to help raise money for his legal defense in Trayvon Martin's shooting has been disabled, a spokesman for his lawyer said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Capturing and bringing to justice the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, a group terrorizing a large portion of central Africa, will be a challenge, officials from the Obama administration told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- On April 29th 1992, the intersection of Florence and Normandie avenues in south Los Angeles became a flashpoint for one of the worst riots in U.S. history.
(CNN) -- One thing is certain this election year: President Barack Obama will win African American voters by a colossal margin.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California voters will soon get a chance to decide whether to replace the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of new homes fell in March by the largest amount in more than a year, indicating that the U.S. housing market remains under strain despite some modest signs of improvement.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- For a moment, someone was actually paying attention to what was going on in Jermaine Wilson's north Tulsa neighborhood.
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Two brothers accused of beating a black teenager while patrolling for an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch are seeking to postpone their trial because of publicity comparing their case to the Trayvon Martin case.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government's two largest benefit programs.