Alleged US mobster John Gotti Junior went on trial Monday on charges of racketeering and murder -- the fourth time the scion of New York's most famous Cosa Nostra family has been tried in five years. Gotti, 45, says he left the mafia years ago and that the repeated trials amounted to persecution. "Good morning," he said, during introductions on ...

John "Junior" Gotti has lost another attempt to be freed on bail before his New York trial on racketeering charges. Judge Kevin Castel rejected his latest bid during a hearing Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Manhattan. Gotti's defense lawyers had asked Castel to free him ...