Sitting in the lobby of The Peabody hotel, Hal and Julie Lansky repeatedly pause the conversation to greet people walking by. Pointing across the room, Hal Lansky is able to pinpoint hotel guests who ...

HAVANA — The heirs of American organized crime legend Meyer Lansky want compensation for his nationalized hotel, the Riviera, the seaside home to one of the last casinos built in swinging Havana of ...

In his 80 years, Meyer Lansky worked alongside the most notorious gangsters in American history. He spearheaded a worldwide gambling racket and allegedly had quite a few people murdered for getting in ...

Lansky’s grandson says he and other beneficiaries of Lansky’s estate are entitled to compensation from the Cuban government. (JTA) — The descendants of Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky are seeking ...

While Lansky's Traditional Jewish Deli on the Upper West Side boasts delicious pastrami sandwiches and matzoh ball soup that tempts Jon Hamm, there is one option for the seriously ravenous: It's the ...

Before Elvis Presley was "The King," he was a "dirt poor" usher at a movie theater in Tennessee with dreams of making it big. The high school student, then 17, would often admire the window of a ...

Mobster Meyer Lansky was once quoted as saying that he kept his business in his hat. It must have been some hat. Or maybe not. A new cinematic character study, Lansky, was just released. As the author ...

LOS ANGELES, California — A Medal of Freedom awarded to a notorious mobster by then-US President Harry S. Truman is set to go under the hammer in California. The honor — a forerunner to the ...

Tom Santilli is a respected journalist and member of the Critics Choice Association, Detroit Film Critics Society and Online Film Critics Society since 2010. Tom is the Executive Producer and co-host ...

The descendants of Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky are seeking compensation for a hotel casino in Cuba he built in the 1950s. Talks between the United States and Cuba regarding claims by Americans to ...