Boston Gangster

James "Whitey" Bulger, who lived a double life as one of Boston's most notorious mobsters and as a secret FBI informant, was killed after being transferred to a federal prison in West Virginia, the Boston Globe reported on Tuesday, citing two unnamed officials.

Prosecutors will ask a federal judge to sentence the longtime girlfriend of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger (BUHL'-jur) to three more years in prison for refusing to testify about whether anyone else helped Bulger after he fled the city.

It has all the hallmarks of a Greek tragedy: two brothers whose lives diverge radically -- one into an underworld of crime, the other into the upper echelons of state politics -- yet whose fates remain inextricably linked.Generations of Boston residents have watched that story play out in the real-life drama of former Democratic Senate President Wi...

James "Whitey" Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list for his alleged role in 19 murders, was captured Wednesday near Los Angeles after living on the run for 16 years, authorities said.Bulger, 81, was arrested along with his long-time girlfriend, 60-year-old Catherine Greig, in the early evening at a residence in Sa...

James "Whitey" Bulger, who lived a double life as one of Boston's most notorious mobsters and as a secret FBI informant, was killed after being transferred to a federal prison in West Virginia, the Boston Globe reported on Tuesday, citing two unnamed officials.

Prosecutors will ask a federal judge to sentence the longtime girlfriend of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger (BUHL'-jur) to three more years in prison for refusing to testify about whether anyone else helped Bulger after he fled the city.

It has all the hallmarks of a Greek tragedy: two brothers whose lives diverge radically -- one into an underworld of crime, the other into the upper echelons of state politics -- yet whose fates remain inextricably linked.Generations of Boston residents have watched that story play out in the real-life drama of former Democratic Senate President Wi...

James "Whitey" Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list for his alleged role in 19 murders, was captured Wednesday near Los Angeles after living on the run for 16 years, authorities said.Bulger, 81, was arrested along with his long-time girlfriend, 60-year-old Catherine Greig, in the early evening at a residence in Sa...