https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A ten-month-old baby boy has died of complications linked to measles at Catania’s Garibaldi hospital. https://www.thelocal.it/20180406/10-month-old-babys-death-linked-to-measles Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:28:26 +0200 10-month-old-babys-death-linked-to-measles Rome authorities are considering sterilizing wild boars in the city following a spate of sightings, and a deadly collision on Friday night between one of the animals and a scooter. https://www.thelocal.it/20170320/italy-mulls-wild-boar-sterilization-after-man-killed-in-boar-scooter-collision Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:04:56 +0100 italy-mulls-wild-boar-sterilization-after-man-killed-in-boar-scooter-collision An Italian couple were killed on Thursday when a motorway bridge collapsed on top of their car, police said, as debate sparked over the reasons for the second tragedy of its kind in just over four months. https://www.thelocal.it/20170310/two-dead-after-motorway-bridge-collapses-in-italy Fri, 10 Mar 2017 08:30:25 +0100 two-dead-after-motorway-bridge-collapses-in-italy Results of autopsies on the victims of Italy's deadly avalanche have revealed how the 29 people died. https://www.thelocal.it/20170201/avalanche-victims-died-impact-not-hypothermia-many-with-phones-in-their-hands Wed, 01 Feb 2017 11:36:46 +0100 avalanche-victims-died-impact-not-hypothermia-many-with-phones-in-their-hands Venice authorities will pay for the funeral of a migrant who drowned in the city's Grand Canal, after footage of the apparent suicide sparked outrage across Italy and particularly abroad. https://www.thelocal.it/20170127/venice-to-pay-for-funeral-of-migrant-whose-suicide-was-filmed-by-tourists Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:55:44 +0100 venice-to-pay-for-funeral-of-migrant-whose-suicide-was-filmed-by-tourists In the anxious days since an avalanche engulfed the Hotel Rigopiano in Italy on January 18th, wrenching scenes and heart-stirring strokes of luck have riveted the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20170126/stories-of-anguish-and-luck-from-a-week-of-tragedies-in-central-italy Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:44:38 +0100 stories-of-anguish-and-luck-from-a-week-of-tragedies-in-central-italy Four people died and nearly 180 are missing, presumed dead, after Saturday's migrant ship capsize in the Mediterranean, officials said on Tuesday after interviewing a handful of survivors. https://www.thelocal.it/20170117/180-dead-in-saturdays-migrant-boat-disaster-in-med-survivors Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:10:36 +0100 180-dead-in-saturdays-migrant-boat-disaster-in-med-survivors At least eight people have been reported dead after Italy was hit by unexpected snowfall, below-freezing temperatures and strong winds throughout the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20170109/eight-dead-in-italys-snow-chaos Mon, 09 Jan 2017 11:55:26 +0100 eight-dead-in-italys-snow-chaos Seven bodies were recovered from or around stricken migrants boats in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, Italy's coastguard said. https://www.thelocal.it/20161222/seven-dead-in-new-migrant-boat-tragedies-italy Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:43:25 +0100 seven-dead-in-new-migrant-boat-tragedies-italy A 62-year-old has died after falling from the top of Milan's cathedral, Italian media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161220/man-dead-after-falling-from-milan-cathedral-terrace Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:37:21 +0100 man-dead-after-falling-from-milan-cathedral-terrace Academy award-winning director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is planning on putting on public show a boat which sank off Libya killing up to 900 people, Italy's La Repubblica reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161214/migrant-boat-tomb-could-go-on-show-at-milans-cathedral Wed, 14 Dec 2016 12:52:58 +0100 migrant-boat-tomb-could-go-on-show-at-milans-cathedral Drug traffickers shot an Italian tourist in the head and killed him on Thursday, after he and his companion strayed into a slum in Rio de Janeiro, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20161209/italian-tourist-killed-in-rio-after-gps-directed-him-to-slum Fri, 09 Dec 2016 09:56:03 +0100 italian-tourist-killed-in-rio-after-gps-directed-him-to-slum Police on Tuesday arrested two Lombardy hospital workers, a nurse and an anaesthetist who called himself the "Angel of Death", suspected of causing the deaths of at least five patients through a lethal cocktail of drugs. https://www.thelocal.it/20161130/two-medics-arrested-over-five-suspicious-deaths-in-northern-italy-hospital Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:54:05 +0100 two-medics-arrested-over-five-suspicious-deaths-in-northern-italy-hospital A grieving family was forced to halt a funeral in southern Italy when it emerged that they were about to bury the wrong man. https://www.thelocal.it/20161108/italian-funeral-halted-after-corpse-mix-up Tue, 08 Nov 2016 11:16:18 +0100 italian-funeral-halted-after-corpse-mix-up Italy's notorious bureaucracy was blamed on Saturday for the death of a pensioner killed when a road bridge collapsed hours after the highway agency asked for its closure on safety grounds. https://www.thelocal.it/20161031/paperwork-delay-leads-to-fatal-bridge-collapse-in-italy Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:48:08 +0100 paperwork-delay-leads-to-fatal-bridge-collapse-in-italy The French aid group Doctors without Borders (MSF) said on Wednesday that 25 migrants had been found dead aboard an inflatable dinghy in the southern Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.it/20161026/25-people-found-dead-in-mediterranean-migrant-boat-msf Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:26:28 +0200 25-people-found-dead-in-mediterranean-migrant-boat-msf The Vatican on Tuesday urged Catholics not to scatter the ashes of the dead after cremation and instead to store them in places approved by the Church. https://www.thelocal.it/20161026/vatican-tells-catholics-not-to-scatter-ashes-of-the-dead Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:00:14 +0200 vatican-tells-catholics-not-to-scatter-ashes-of-the-dead An endangered brown bear died on Tuesday following a traffic accident in Italy's biggest national park - the only place in the country where Marsican bears can still be found. https://www.thelocal.it/20161019/endangered-bear-killed-in-hit-and-run-in-italy Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:30:17 +0200 endangered-bear-killed-in-hit-and-run-in-italy A light aircraft crashed and caught fire in northern Italy on Wednesday, killing the one person on board. https://www.thelocal.it/20161006/light-aircraft-crashes-and-catches-fire-in-northern-italy-killing-one Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:18:56 +0200 light-aircraft-crashes-and-catches-fire-in-northern-italy-killing-one Skulls and other apparently human bones have been found in a cave in Palermo, Sicily, according to local media reports on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161005/remains-of-six-bodies-uncovered-in-sicily-palermo-cave Wed, 05 Oct 2016 17:49:14 +0200 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