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I bought one of Sicily's famous $1 homes and spent $446K renovating it — take a look inside
Meredith Tabbone bought an abandoned house in Sicily for one euro and spent the next four years turning it into her dream home.
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Italian midfielder Edoardo Bove in medically induced coma after collapsing in soccer game
Fiorentina’s Edoardo Bove is in a medically induced coma after collapsing on the field during his team’s Serie A match at home to Inter on Sunday.
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Art network involving fake Banksy, Warhol and Picasso paintings uncovered in Italy
The operation uncovered a network of forgers in Spain, France and Belgium who produced the works, said Eurojust, the European Union agency for judicial cooperation.
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Tourists in Rome now have a walkway to visit the Trevi Fountain but can't toss coins
Tourists in Rome won’t be allowed to toss coins over their shoulders into the Trevi Fountain, following tradition, though an elevated walkway now gives limited access to the monument during maintenance work.
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New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for centuries.
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Lake Como in a can? ‘Air' from tourist destination on sale for $11 in Italy
Tourists visiting the picturesque and upscale Italian resort area can now take home a unique souvenir — canned air.
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Building collapse in Naples kills 2 young siblings and their grandmother, buries the mother
Officials in Italy say a two-story building has collapsed in the southern province of Naples, killing two young siblings and their grandmother, while burying the children’s mother under the rubble. Firefighters said on their official Telegram channel that a gas explosion likely caused the collapse on Sunday. Rescuers in the town of Saviano recovered first the bodies of a 6-year-old...
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A wish at Rome's Trevi Fountain could soon cost more than the coin you toss
Rome city officials are considering a 2-euro fee to access Rome’s famed Trevi Fountain. The city’s top tourism official, Roberto Onorato, says the goal is to make the experience more enjoyable for tourists and the area less aggravating for residents.
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Autopsies show drowning as the cause of death for a US banker and wife in super yacht sinking
U.S. lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda were among seven people who died when the Bayesian sank in a sudden, violent storm on Aug. 19. The autopsies were carried out by coroners designated by Palermo prosecutors, who confirmed the results.
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Captain of yacht that sank off Sicily faces manslaughter investigation, Italian media say
Italian media report that prosecutors have placed under investigation the captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people.
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Last body from sunken superyacht has been recovered off Sicily
Italian rescuers have brought ashore the body of the final missing person who was on a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily.
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Daughter of tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch retrieved from sunken superyacht off Sicily
Divers on Friday retrieved Hannah Lynch, the daughter of Mike Lynch, from the wreckage of a yacht, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC.
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Tech magnate Mike Lynch's body found in sunken superyacht wreckage, officials say
The Italian coast guard says the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage of a superyacht.
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Fifth body recovered as sunken superyacht search enters final stages
Salvatore Cocina, head of Sicily’s civil protection agency, confirmed to NBC News on Thursday morning that a fifth body had been recovered from the Bayesian.
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Divers find 5 bodies during search of superyacht wreckage after it sank off Sicily, 1 still missing
The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged yacht, went down in a storm early Monday
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Video shows moments before superyacht went down in storm off Sicily
A celebration turned into tragedy for a British tycoon when the storm sank the vessel off Sicily. Six people remain missing.
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Seven bodies found after luxury yacht sank in Italy
The Head of Civil Protection Agency in Sicily confirmed that a total of seven bodies have been recovered after a yacht sank on Monday.
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Who is Mike Lynch? A look at the British tech tycoon missing from a sunken yacht in Sicily
Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, one of six people missing from a sunken yacht off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley debacle that had tarnished his legacy as an icon of British ingenuity.
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Missing revealed as divers search superyacht that sank in storm off Sicily
The missing include British tech magnate Mike Lynch, a Morgan Stanley boss and a Clifford Chance lawyer, a local official told NBC News early Tuesday.
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6 missing, 1 dead after luxury superyacht sinks off Italian coast
A 184-foot superyacht carrying 22 people sunk off the coast of Palermo, Italy, after a violent storm struck “suddenly,” officials said Monday.