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Frances D'emilio

The Associated Press

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Past articles by Frances:

Italy OKs aid mega-package for flooded north, with museum ticket surcharge to help pay for it

The Italian government has approved more than 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in aid for the flood-stricken region of Emilia-Romagna in the north → Read More

Rain-swollen rivers flood some towns in north Italy; Venice prepares to raise mobile dike in lagoon

Rivers swollen by days of downpours have flooded some towns in northern Italy → Read More

Zelenskyy meets in Rome with Italy's premier before talks with pope

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Rome for meeting with Italian leaders and Pope Francis → Read More

Suspected smuggler in deadly shipwreck sent back to Italy

Italian police say Austrian authorities have handed over one of the suspected smugglers of the boat which capsized in February off southern Italy in a tragedy that killed 92 migrants → Read More

Italy to punish 'synthetic' food purveyors, protect farmers

Italy’s government has endorsed legislation that would outlaw laboratory-grown food and allow stiff fines for those who make it or sell it → Read More

Italy estimates 680K migrants might cross sea from Libya

ROME (AP) — Intelligence reports indicate nearly 700,000 migrants are in Libya awaiting an opportunity to set out by sea toward Italy, a lawmaker from Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party said … → Read More

Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run

Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted Mafia boss who ordered some of the nation’s most heinous killings, was arrested Monday at a private clinic in Sicily after three decades on the run, Italian paramilitary police said. → Read More

Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95

ROME (AP) — Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved international stardom... → Read More

Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss nabbed after 30 years on run

The head of the Carabinieri police force’s special operations squad said that Matteo Messina Denaro was captured on Monday. → Read More

Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss nabbed after 30 years on run

The head of the Carabinieri police force’s special operations squad said that Matteo Messina Denaro was captured on Monday. → Read More

Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95

Gina Lollobrigida, who for decades embodied the Italian stereotype of Mediterranean beauty and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one her movies, has died in Rome. → Read More

Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95

Gina Lollobrigida, who for decades embodied the Italian stereotype of Mediterranean beauty and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one her movies, has died in Rome. → Read More

Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95

Gina Lollobrigida, who for decades embodied the Italian stereotype of Mediterranean beauty and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one her movies, has died in Rome. → Read More

Italy: No 1 wanted Mafia boss held after 30 years on the run

ROME (AP) — Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted Mafia boss who ordered some of the nation’s most heinous killings, was arrested Monday at a private clinic in Sicily after thr… → Read More

'The world's most beautiful woman' dies at 95

The Italian actress was famous for her roles in several comedic movies in the 50s and her beauty. → Read More

Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95

Italian film star Gina Lollobrigida has died in Rome at age 95 → Read More

Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica

The pontiff was buried on Jan. 5 immediately following a funeral in St. Peter’s Square. Benedict’s tomb lies in the grottoes under the basilica’s main floor. → Read More

Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica

Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica → Read More

Pope Benedict entombed at St. Peter's, site open to public

The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica. → Read More

Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St. Peter’s Basilica. The pontiff was buried on Jan. 5 immediately following a funeral in St. Peter’s Square. Benedict’s tomb lies in the grottoes under the basilica’s main floor. The Vatican announced on Saturday that the […] → Read More