Italy News

Eager for Europe to contain its economic troubles, President Barack Obama praised Italian Premier Mario Monti on Thursday for his efforts to lead Italy out of its fiscal quagmire.

Romans bewildered by their city's first big snowfall in 26 years used government-issued shovels to clear sidewalks, and kitchen utensils to clear windshields Saturday.

In late 1972 a twenty-six year-old immigrant from Modica in southeastern Sicily, Piero Selvaggio, and another Italian immigrant, Gianni Paoletti, opened a modest restaurant in what had been a bar on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica.

General view of the court showing the judges, rear, the delegation of Germany, front row right, and the delegation of Italy, front row left, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday Feb.

Erika Sapp shows her Gypsy Horse Half Moon during the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo Friday January 27, 2012.

Contributed photo/Dallas Morning News/David Woo Pam Silvestri poses with Jennifer Cox, 57, a few days before donating her kidney to Cox.

EAST TEXAS -- The captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise ship admits he "made a mistake" when he crashed into rocks off the Italian coast.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Two Austin-area men who escaped from a sinking Italian cruise ship last weekend returned home Monday evening.

Everything from fine French and Italian art, Pop and Post-Modern art and Lalique glass to ebonized cabinets, gilt bronze clocks and an antique cash register will be up for bid on Tuesday, Feb.

The captain of the capsized Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino , has made worldwide headlines as the "man to hate" after seemingly abandoning his ship and leaving passengers to fend for themselves.

With bitterly cold temperatures and frigid waters, the chances of finding more survivors of the doomed Costa Concordia appeared to dim Wednesday.

Italian rescuers and divers continuing their dangerous work Tuesday located a second "black box" and the remains of five people in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship.