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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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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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Five bodies found after luxury yacht sank in Italy; one still missing
The Head of Civil Protection Agency in Sicily confirmed that a total of five bodies have been recovered following a yacht sunk 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.
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Video shows moment Steve Jobs' former superyacht collides with yacht in Italy
Video posted on social media shows the moment Steve Jobs’ former superyacht Venus collided with another superyacht in Italy.
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WATCH: Hollywood stuntman walks world's longest slackline across Italy's Strait of Messina
A Hollywood stuntman attempted to cross the longest slackline ever built, equal to approximately 33 football fields.
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Italy's Capri island not accepting tourists amid water emergency
A water emergency has prompted the mayor of Capri — one of Italy’s most popular islands — to order a halt to the arrival of tourists, in a crisis that has deprived some areas of any water supply.
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Rare and expensive blue shrine unearthed in Pompeii after almost 2,000 years
Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a sacred room has been unearthed at Pompeii with painted blue walls, a rare and expensive color in the Roman city.
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Amanda Knox vows to ‘fight for the truth' after Italian court convicts her again of slander
Amanda Knox told Italian TV that she was surprised by a Florence appeals court decision to convict her of slander for accusing a Congolese bar owner of murdering her British housemate. She pledged to appeal the ruling.
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World Cup skier Jean Daniel Pession and girlfriend die after falling off mountain in Italy
Professional skier Jean Daniel Pession and his girlfriend Elisa Arlian died after falling almost 2,300 feet off a mountain in Italy, where they were found still tied together.