According to a recent Statewide Gang Assessment from the New Jersey State Police, there are an estimated 12,500 gang members in the state and another 3,500 gang members behind bars. Some gangs have ...

The Release the Grip team knew the drill. An oversized map was spread out on the conference table in their Morrisania headquarters. The six of them leaned over it, focusing in on the area marked with ...

Peace is brewing in parts of San Diego between decades-long sworn enemies the Crips and the Bloods. Veterans from both gangs hope that dialogue will trump threats and badly needed resources will ...

The Kansas State Finance Council approved a $4,000 settlement with an inmate who accused the state of failing to protect him from multiple prison gangs. A prisoner acted as a confidential ...

Eugene “Big U” Henley is a well-known figure in the hip-hop world and has been called rap’s “godfather” by Wiz Khalifa. Federal authorities are now accusing Henley of murdering a young ...

A music bigwig who helped launch Nipsey Hussle’s career and was lauded as rap’s “godfather” has been accused of running a “Mafia-like” criminal enterprise involving murder, human ...

A pair of five-figure donations from NBA figures Shaquille O'Neal and Draymond Green were allegedly embezzled by a Crips gang leader, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times, which ...

US authorities have taken a longtime leader of a Los Angeles street gang who investigators say ran a “mafia-like” criminal enterprise that included murder, human trafficking and extortion ...

Dan Cody is a journalist based in London. His focus is increasing the search visibility of Newsweek's reporting across all subjects. Dan joined Newsweek in 2024 from the London Evening Standard ...

A long-time leader of the Rollin 60s Crips gang and self-proclaimed community activist made his first appearance in federal court after he was charged in a federal complaint that alleges he ran a ...

A music bigwig who helped launch Nipsey Hussle’s career and was lauded as rap’s “godfather” has been accused of running a “Mafia-like” criminal enterprise involving murder, human ...

CBS’ highly anticipated Blue Bloods spinoff Boston Blue is in the works — but what is there to know about the show so far? Blue Bloods, which premiered in 2010, followed the lives of the ...