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October 5, 2021

Rome's mayor voted out of office amid controversies over city decay, trash, wild boars

Voters in Rome this week gave their mayor the boot, demanding a new start.

October 3, 2021

Plane crashes into building near Milan; all 8 aboard die

A small, single-engine plane carrying six passengers and two crew crashed Sunday into a vacant two-story office building in a Milan suburb, and authorities said all eight people aboard died.

September 15, 2021

Rarely seen Tennessee Williams story set in post-WWII Italy

For Tennessee Williams, Rome was a longtime love affair, "the capital of my heart" with its skies of "stainless blue" and cathedral domes "bathed in golden light."

September 13, 2021

Italy cable car crash survivor, 6, is now at center of custody dispute

The 6-year-old boy who was the only person to survive a cable car crash in Italy earlier this year is now at the center of a custody dispute between his maternal and paternal relatives – with one side claiming he was flown to Israel over the weekend without their permission. 

September 10, 2021

Kabul Red Cross aiding victims of war is determined to remain open: 'Please do not forget Afghanistan'

As thousands of people risked their lives attempting to flee Afghanistan during the withdrawal of U.S. forces last month, Italian physiotherapist Alberto Cairo, working at the clinic he has led in Kabul for more than three decades, felt horror.

August 29, 2021

Flames consume high-rise in Milan; residents evacuated

Italian firefighters on Sunday battled a high-rise blaze in Milan that spread rapidly through a 20-story residential building and poured black smoke into the air. Residents were hurriedly evacuated.

August 24, 2021

97-year-old American WWII vet reunites with Italians he saved as children

For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young American soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944.

August 19, 2021

Italian mob suspect linked to stolen Van Goghs is held in Dubai

One of Italy's most wanted men, an alleged major cocaine trafficker who investigators say bought two stolen Van Gogh paintings on the black market with drug money, has been arrested in Dubai, Naples-based police said Thursday.

August 19, 2021

George, Amal Clooney enjoy boat outing with twins in Italy after shutting down pregnancy speculation

The couple, along with their four-year-olds, were photographed on Wednesday as they went to lunch by boat at the Grand Hotel Villa d’Este with some pals.

August 19, 2021

Baby smooth-hound shark could be first confirmed case of asexual reproduction in species

A shark born at Italy's Acquario Cala Gonone could be the first case of asexual reproduction in its species.