Author: Colleen Barry
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Venice ‘on its knees’ after second-worst flood ever recorded
VENICE, Italy • The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as officials calculated hundreds of millions of euros in damage. The water reached 6.14 feet above average sea level Tuesday, the second-highest level ever recorded in the city and…
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Rescued migrants safe in Europe after hijacking ship
VALLETTA, Malta • A group of migrants desperate not to go back to Libya made it safely to Europe on Thursday after commandeering the oil tanker that rescued them at sea — a drama that underlined contradictions in Europe’s migration policies and could discourage future rescues. Both Italy and Malta initially refused entry to the…
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Italian bridge collapse kills 22
MILAN • A highway bridge collapsed Tuesday in the Italian city of Genoa during a violent storm, sending dozens of vehicles tumbling nearly 150 feet into a heap of rubble. Authorities said at least 22 people were killed, although some were found alive in the debris. A huge section of the Morandi Bridge fell at…
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Hitler book, supremacist flag found in home of man accused of shooting six Africans in Italy
MILAN— A right-wing extremist suspected of shooting six Africans in central Italy was “lucid and determined, aware of what he had done” and exhibited no remorse, an Italian law enforcement official said Sunday. Luca Traini, 28, remained jailed as police investigated him on multiple counts of attempted murder with the aggravating circumstance of “racial hatred”…
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6 Africans shot in Italy; anti-migrant ex-candidate arrested
MILAN — A lone Italian gunman shot and wounded six African immigrants Saturday in a two-hour drive-by shooting spree, authorities said, terrorizing a small city in central Italy where a Nigerian man was arrested days earlier in a teenager’s gruesome killing. The shooting suspect with right-wing political ties had an Italian flag tied around his…
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British model’s kidnapping story gets even stranger
MILAN — A British model who says she was kidnapped in Italy broke down when investigators confronted her with a witness statement that she had been seen shopping for shoes with an alleged captor, according to court documents obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. Chloe Ayling initially told Milan police she was held, at times…
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10 injured by volcanic explosion on Italy’s Mount Etna
MILAN — Sicily’s Mount Etna volcano unleashed an explosion Thursday, hurling molten rocks and steam that rained down on tourists, journalists and a scientist who scrambled to escape the barrage. Ten people were reported injured. The tourists, who were drawn to Etna to observe the spectacle of the active volcano erupting, were caught by surprise…
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Heavy vehicles try to reach buried hotel where 30 missing
PENNE, Italy — Rescue workers on skis reached a four-star spa hotel buried by an avalanche in earthquake-stricken central Italy Thursday, reporting no sign of life in the building even though two survivors found outside said more than 30 people had been in it when the snow struck. As heavy vehicles tried to reach the…
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2 quakes rattle Italy, crumbling buildings and causing panic
ROME — A pair of strong aftershocks shook central Italy late Wednesday, crumbling churches and buildings, knocking out power and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people. But hours after the temblors hit, there were no reports of serious injuries or signs of people…
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2 more arrests in Nice truck attack; 49 dead still not ID’d
NICE, France — French authorities detained two more people Sunday and released the estranged wife of the slain Nice truck attacker from custody as they tried to determine whether he had been an Islamic extremist or just a very angry man. The Bastille Day carnage wrought by Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel on the seafront of this…