May 24, 2021 Italy cable car crash: Boy, 5, is only survivor after cabin plunges down mountain Italy’s transport minister vowed Monday to establish the cause of a cable car disaster that killed 14 people, after the lead cable apparently snapped and the cabin careened back down the mountain until it came off the line and crashed to the ground.
May 23, 2021 Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 9 A mountaintop cable car plunged to the ground in northern Italy on Sunday, killing at least nine people and sending two children to the hospital.
May 7, 2021 Italy plans reopening for tourists this month, prime minister says Earlier this week, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said the country plans to release a pass allowing some tourists to travel around Italy by mid-May.
May 7, 2021 Chinese rocket debris photographed in space An Italian astrophysicist has captured the almost 100-foot Chinese rocket core that is expected to make an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere over the weekend.
May 6, 2021 Family lawyer for American sentenced to life for Italy cop killing says verdict lacks ‘reason and compassion’ The family attorney for one of two California men convicted in the death of an Italian police officer blasted the guilty verdicts as lacking "both reason and compassion" and a "sad day for justice."
April 30, 2021 Ultra-expensive medicine a desperate need for thousands of babies around the world many of parents of children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare motor neuron disease. Between one in 6,000 and 10,000 children born have the disorder in some form. More than two-thirds of diagnosed with the most common and serious derivation, SMA1, die before the age of 2, if left untreated — and treatment is complex. A new miracle gene therapy called Zolgensma is the most expensive medicine in the world.
April 22, 2021 Italian hospital employee accused of skipping work for 15 years, getting paid full salary A hospital worker in Italy is under investigation for allegedly skipping out on work for 15 years while continuing to receive a salary, according to a report.
April 17, 2021 Italian right-wing leader Salvini to go on trial for not allowing migrant ship to dock Italian right-wing leader Matteo Salvini will go on trial for “kidnapping” migrants in September for his decision in 2019 as interior minister not to allow an NGO ship packed with migrants dock in an Italian port.
April 17, 2021 'The Addams Family' actor Felix Silla dead at 84 Felix Silla, a versatile actor best known for his role as hairy Cousin Itt on TV's "The Addams Family," died Friday after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 84.
April 11, 2021 Concern in Italy that mafia redirecting vaccine to friends as elderly die Authorities in Italy are investigating whether the Italian mafia is redirecting the country’s supply of coronavirus vaccines away from those who need it most and giving it to their friends and family, according to a report.