But police say the ranger approaching the car would ultimately lead to a sprawling investigation involving drugs, guns, mysterious chemicals, a missing woman and local and federal investigators turning a Philadelphia home inside out.
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Danny Freeman,
CNN Money,
1 July 2026
State lawmakers said these rapid-fire guns are not needed for self-defense but can be a weapon of mass murder.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
The actions of these thugs, who should be imprisoned for a long while, is the cause of denying real Knicks fans the chance to watch the game communally.
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Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
10 June 2026
People have committed suicide because a bunch of thugs went after them.
In the past decade, the leadership of the Kinahan organization has become rich and cosmopolitan, and their life styles have started to resemble those of international businessmen more than of street hoodlums.
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Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
The first pictures McCullin took were of hoodlums and down-and-outs, subjects that reflected his own hardscrabble background.
The characters were based on a real family of bookmakers and racketeers who once lived in England.
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Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
5 Mar. 2026
When Ferrara was starting out, private investment in low-budget films was spurred by tax loopholes, a way for doctors, dentists, and racketeers to get rid of extra cash that would otherwise wind up in Uncle Sam’s grubby mitts.
In Breaking Bear, a family of furry forest dwellers use everything in their power — including high explosives and drug money — to fight the frackers, mobsters, and a monstrous wolf pack threatening to destroy their home.
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Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
25 June 2026
But in April 2005, following an investigation dubbed Operation Family Secrets, 14 Chicago mobsters were charged with 18 then-as-yet-unsolved murders — including those of the Spilotros.
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