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'Dry Drowning' Blamed in Superyacht Deaths

Autopsies on 4 individuals suggest they found an air bubble, eventually asphyxiated

(Newser) - Initial autopsies performed on four of the seven people who lost their lives in the sinking of a superyacht off the coast of Sicily indicate they didn't drown , at least not in the usual way. Chris and Neda Morvillo and Jonathan and Anne Bloomer had no water in their...

Violent Storm Damages Ancient Roman Arch

Lightning strikes the Constantine Arch, which has stood near the Colosseum since AD315

(Newser) - Lightning struck Rome's Constantine Arch near the Colosseum during a violent thunderstorm, loosening fragments from the ancient structure. The fragments from Tuesday's lightning strike were immediately gathered by workers at the Colosseum Archaeological Park, officials said. The extent of the damage was being evaluated, reports the AP . "...

Near Summit of 10K-Foot Peak, Audi Exec Takes Fatal Fall

Fabrizio Longo, 62, was 'touring his beloved mountains,' company says

(Newser) - The managing director of Audi Italia has met a tragic end while doing something he loved. Fabrizio Longo, who was also an experienced mountaineer, fell on a solo climb up Cima Payer, a 10,000-foot mountain in Italy's Adamello-Presanella Alps, a few miles from the Swiss border, on Sunday,...

Final Body Recovered From Sunken Superyacht

Billionaire Mike Lynch's teen daughter was only person still unaccounted for

(Newser) - Italian rescuers have brought ashore the body of the final missing person who was on a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily. The woman's body was detected on Friday, the Coast Guard said. She has not been officially identified, but Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of British...

Superyacht Maker's CEO Says 'Incredible Mistake' Was Made

Bayesian's crew should have prepared for storm, he says

(Newser) - The CEO of Italian ship manufacturer Perini, maker of the doomed Bayesian superyacht , spoke out on the yacht's sinking Thursday after authorities confirmed the body of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch was one of four recovered from the vessel Wednesday, leaving Lynch's daughter, Hannah, the only passenger still...

5 Bodies Located Inside Billionaire's Sunken Yacht

Few details have been provided

(Newser) - Divers have located five bodies within the yacht that sank off Sicily on Monday with British tech magnate Mike Lynch aboard . Reuters' sources said one of the bodies was that of a "heavily built man," and the BBC cites La Repubblica as reporting two of the bodies were...

Divers Can't Get to Sunken Superyacht's Cabins

Debris is blocking their path amid search for 6 people missing some 165 feet below the waves

(Newser) - Divers are continuing to search the superyacht that sank Monday off the coast of Porticello, Sicily, but have yet to find any of the six people still missing from the luxury vessel. After five dives on Monday, dive teams were back in the water early Tuesday, per the BBC . Officials...

Locals Here Are Snitching on Each Other Over AC Units

Restrictions on air conditioning have neighbors turning on neighbors in scenic Portofino, Italy

(Newser) - You'd think a wealthy Italian coastal town that attracts the likes of Madonna and other celebrities would offer creature comforts like AC. But in Portofino, which is sweating it out right now amid a heat wave, neighbors are turning on neighbors as a crackdown on air conditioners continues. Per...

Tourist Apologizes for Carving Initials Into Pompeii Treasure
Tourist Leaves Mark in Pompeii
Aug 9, 2024 2:45 PM CDT

Tourist Leaves Mark in Pompeii

37-year-old apologizes but could face jail

(Newser) - A house in Pompeii stood unmarred for 2,000 years—though long covered after Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE—until a 37-year-old British tourist visited the ancient city this week. Employees at the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Italy saw him defacing the house and called police, CNN reports. They...

Cheesy Photos of Italian Gymnast Resurface, Go Viral

Pics of silver medalist Giorgia Villa posing with large hunks of cheese are resurfacing

(Newser) - Giorgia Villa missed the Tokyo Olympics due to a sprained ankle. At the Paris Games, despite lingering back injuries, the 21-year-old gymnast made history. With their silver medal behind the Simone Biles-led US team's gold, Angela Andreoli, Alice D'Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio, and Villa matched Italy's...

Venice Makes New Move on Tourist Influx

Italian city limits tour groups to 25 or fewer, with some exceptions

(Newser) - In April, Venetians raised an outcry over a new tourist entry fee that they said would make the destination less like a city and more akin to a museum or theme park attraction. Now, the Italian hot spot is making another big move to try to tamp down on overtourism—...

Italy Suffers Tough Loss, Gets Trolled With Pineapple Pizza

Italy files complaints over fencing final loss to Hong Kong's Cheung Ka Long

(Newser) - Hong Kong's Cheung Ka Long became the third man to defend his title in the individual foil, a fencing event, on Monday. In doing so, he unknowingly launched what the South China Morning News describes as an "all-out war" online. Ka Long had narrowly defeated Italy's Filippo...

2 Dead in Collapse at Italian Complex Tied to Mob

At least a dozen injured after passageway crumbles in suburb of Naples

(Newser) - Two people are dead and at least a dozen are injured after a third-floor pedestrian walkway collapsed late Monday at a housing project on the outskirts of Naples, Italy. Per the Guardian , a 29-year-old man, identified as Roberto Abbruzzo, and 35-year-old woman, Margherita della Ragione, were killed in the suburb...

Reporter Must Pay $5K for Mocking PM's Height

Italy's Giorgia Meloni went after journalist in court over slam

(Newser) - For the record, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is somewhere around 5-foot-3, notes the BBC . She is not, as an Italian journalist jokingly suggested on social media, 4 feet tall. And now the journalist has been ordered by an Italian court to pay 5,000 euro, or about $5,500,...

Mounts Etna, Stromboli Are Acting More Ornery Than Usual

Catania's airport shut down on Italian island of Sicily after 2 volcanoes erupt

(Newser) - Italy's civil protection agency put out a red alert on Friday, its top warning, for Sicily after two of the Mediterranean island's volcanoes got more rumbly than usual. Both Mount Etna, near Catania in the east, and Mount Stromboli, in the nearby Aeolian Islands, have erupted, hurling hot...

Kevin Spacey to Receive Lifetime Honor in Italy

Actor will be given the Nations Award for Lifetime Achievement

(Newser) - Kevin Spacey may be on the outs with Hollywood, but that's not the case in Italy. The actor will receive the Nations Award for Lifetime Achievement at a gala in the town of Taormina later this month, reports Deadline . "Kevin Spacey is a timeless monument in film and...

Popular Italian Hot Spot Bars Tourists Amid Water Issue

Glitch in water delivery system on Capri has sent island into a water emergency

(Newser) - A water emergency prompted the mayor of Capri—one of Italy's most popular islands—to order a halt to the arrival of tourists on Saturday, in a crisis that has deprived some areas of any water supply. Without a water supply, it's impossible to guarantee essential services to...

Italy Soccer Legend Robbed at Gunpoint While Watching Game

Thieves burst into Roberto Baggio's home during Italy's loss to Spain in Euro championship

(Newser) - Retired Italy star Roberto Baggio was robbed at gunpoint at his home while watching the national team's game against Spain at the European Championship. At least five armed robbers burst into Baggio's villa near the northern city of Vicenza around around 10pm Thursday, according to Italian media reports....

He Came, He Parkoured, He Broke an Ancient Building

Devon McIntosh, 23, part of UK's Team Phat, was filmed damaging structure in Italian city of Matera

(Newser) - A UK parkour group that says it's already been banned from Venice for its stunts has struck again, this time in another Italian city. Euronews reports that Devon McIntosh, 23, one of nine on the Team Phat sports team, was recently captured on video jumping from a building in...

Beach Buried for 2K Years Is Now Open to Public

Excavated beach at Herculaneum welcomes first visitors since AD79 Vesuvius eruption

(Newser) - Visitors to Herculaneum, an ancient Roman town devastated by the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, can now walk along its beach just as its doomed inhabitants once did. Careful conservation work has restored the beach to its original level of sand, buried some two millennia ago. It now appears "...

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