September 25, 2020 Irish tourist caught defacing Colosseum in Rome The tourist is charged with aggravated damage to assets of historical and cultural importance.
September 22, 2020 Italian airline Alitalia offers 'COVID-tested flights' to prevent coronavirus spread Forget in-flight meals – one airline is offering a new kind of must-have freebie.
September 16, 2020 American accused of murdering Italian police officer in botched drug deal asks for forgiveness A 20-year-old California man accused of charged with murdering an Italian police officer apologized in court Wednesday, saying he was “filled with remorse” and hoped one day the slain man’s family would forgive him.
September 15, 2020 Convicted murderer on lam in Italy found in sheep pen: police A convicted murderer in Italy who escaped prison several times over the last three decades remained on the lam for over a week in his latest getaway -- before police found him in hiding out in a sheep pen Tuesday.
September 15, 2020 New York City's spring lockdown cut coronavirus transmission 70%: study The Big Apple began closing schools on March 15 and imposed stay-at-home orders a week later.
September 15, 2020 Rosa Parks' home goes on display in Italy The run-down, paint-chipped Detroit house where U.S. civil rights icon Rosa Parks took refuge after her historic bus boycott is going on display in Italy in a setting that couldn’t be more incongruous: the imposing central courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples.
September 12, 2020 Nancy Pelosi hosts virtual G7 summit with world leaders: 'The climate crisis is the existential threat of our time' Speakers of parliament from G7 joined, plus Bono and the Dalai Lama
September 8, 2020 Brown bear recaptured after 3rd escape from wildlife habitat, 2nd of the year The bear has been nicknamed “Papillon” after the 1973 movie about a prison escape starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.
September 8, 2020 French tourist fined nearly $1,200 for taking bottle of sand home from Italian beach That’s some expensive sand.
September 6, 2020 Former Italian PM Berlusconi remains hospitalized in 'most delicate phase' of coronavirus: personal doctor Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is responding “optimally” to COVID-19 treatment as he remains hospitalized but is the most vulnerable type of patient because of his age and is in “the most delicate phase” of the virus, his personal doctor told reporters Sunday.