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Police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of starting a wildfire outside Naples that killed a firefighter on Monday. The suspect, 60, faces manslaughter charges.Police say he was burning fallen brush when the flames got out of control. Meanwhile Tuesday forest fires continued to rage across the region, including some beachside towns along the picturesque Amalfi Coast.
A gilded bronze lion was found off the coast of Calabria Monday not far from where the famed Riace Bronzes were discovered 40 years ago.
Antonio Conte is confident his 10-month suspension will be overturned in time for him to take charge of Juventus at the start of the Serie Aseason.Conte and his assistant Angelo Alessio were handed lengthy bans by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) for allegedly failing to report two incidents of match-fixing while in charge of Siena.
Hey, show a little respect for Christopher Columbus! Italian-American activists are outraged over a new plan to place an art installation around the statue of the explorer that stands in Manhattan’s Columbus Circle.
A handful of convicted criminals earn their keep and rustling up food for tourists thanks to a program started in 2000 by a local cooperative called San Giacomo in conjunction with the prison on nearby Elba island.
A 54-year-old man died on Sunday after setting himself on fire outside the Italian parliament last week to highlight his struggle with unemployment, police said. Angelo di Carlo suffered 85 percent burns after the incident in front of the lower house of parliament - the Chamber of Deputies - in central Rome during the early hours of August 11, Italian media reported.
An Italian court said steel plant ILVA would have to clean up pollution caused by noxious emissions before it could resume production, according to documents on Monday which explained a ruling placing parts of the site under special administration.
MILAN — Animal rights campaigners are calling for an end to the famed Palio bareback horse race in Siena after six of 10 horses crashed during the latest edition. The LAV animal rights group said Friday the accident on the first curve of the dirt-covered course in Siena's main square was just the "umpteenth confirmation that the Palio needs to put the safety of the horses and all the participants ahead of tradition.
Today at the Concorso Italiano — one of the largest gatherings of Italian vehicles in North America — the FIAT Brand introduced the new 2013 FIAT 500 Turbo, touting a 135-horsepower 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo engine, sport-tuned suspension, track-proven brakes, dynamic exterior design and sport-styled interior.
PESARO, ITALY — Last month the Caramoor International Music Festival in Katonah, New York, presented Rossini’s “Ciro in Babilonia” in a bel canto opera series that under the conductor Will Crutchfield’s informed leadership has gratified New York audiences since the 1990s...