(Representational) A building contractor in the Sicilian town of Altofonte discovered a severed horse head and a cow quartered with its bloodied dead calf on his property. The incident is being ...

A building contractor in the Sicilian town of Altofonte discovered a severed horse head and a cow quartered with its bloodied dead calf on his property. The incident is being investigated as a ...

The discovery of a severed horse head, and a cow quartered with its bloodied dead calf on top, have rattled a Sicilian town, with authorities treating the incident as a mafia threat. The dead ...

The iconic scene of a character waking up to find his decapitated head of his prized horse in his bed set the tone for Francis Ford Coppola’s renowned 1972 film The Godfather. A grizzly real-life ...

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The grim discovery has shocked the community, which thought it was free from the terror of Mafia violence (Picture: Shutterstock / Werner Lerooy) A businessman found ...

The president-elect could eliminate a federal program focused on preparing communities for climate change's health impacts.