Author: Colleen Barry
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Hitler book, supremacist flag found in home of man accused of shooting six Africans in Italy
MILAN— A right-wing extremist suspected of shooting six Africans in central Italy was “lucid and determined, aware of what he had done” and exhibited no remorse, an Italian law enforcement official said Sunday. Luca Traini, 28, remained jailed as police investigated him on multiple counts of attempted murder with the aggravating circumstance of “racial hatred”…
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6 Africans shot in Italy; anti-migrant ex-candidate arrested
MILAN — A lone Italian gunman shot and wounded six African immigrants Saturday in a two-hour drive-by shooting spree, authorities said, terrorizing a small city in central Italy where a Nigerian man was arrested days earlier in a teenager’s gruesome killing. The shooting suspect with right-wing political ties had an Italian flag tied around his…
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British model’s kidnapping story gets even stranger
MILAN — A British model who says she was kidnapped in Italy broke down when investigators confronted her with a witness statement that she had been seen shopping for shoes with an alleged captor, according to court documents obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. Chloe Ayling initially told Milan police she was held, at times…
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10 injured by volcanic explosion on Italy’s Mount Etna
MILAN — Sicily’s Mount Etna volcano unleashed an explosion Thursday, hurling molten rocks and steam that rained down on tourists, journalists and a scientist who scrambled to escape the barrage. Ten people were reported injured. The tourists, who were drawn to Etna to observe the spectacle of the active volcano erupting, were caught by surprise…
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Heavy vehicles try to reach buried hotel where 30 missing
PENNE, Italy — Rescue workers on skis reached a four-star spa hotel buried by an avalanche in earthquake-stricken central Italy Thursday, reporting no sign of life in the building even though two survivors found outside said more than 30 people had been in it when the snow struck. As heavy vehicles tried to reach the…
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2 quakes rattle Italy, crumbling buildings and causing panic
ROME — A pair of strong aftershocks shook central Italy late Wednesday, crumbling churches and buildings, knocking out power and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people. But hours after the temblors hit, there were no reports of serious injuries or signs of people…
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2 more arrests in Nice truck attack; 49 dead still not ID’d
NICE, France — French authorities detained two more people Sunday and released the estranged wife of the slain Nice truck attacker from custody as they tried to determine whether he had been an Islamic extremist or just a very angry man. The Bastille Day carnage wrought by Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel on the seafront of this…
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Islamic State group claims Nice attacker as a ‘soldier’
NICE, France — The Islamic State group claimed Saturday that the Tunisian man who barreled his truck into a crowd in the French resort city of Nice was a “soldier” of the group. It’s the first claim of responsibility for an attack that claimed 84 lives at a July 14 fireworks display for France’s national…
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Artist Christo walks on water with “Floating Piers”
ISEO, Italy — It’s taken nearly 2,000 years, but regular folks will soon get to feel what it is like to walk on water thanks to a project by the artist Christo, who may or may not have had his namesake in mind when envisioning his latest project: “The Floating Piers.” “Any interpretation is legitimate,”…
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At Paris, conventional engines still going strong
PARIS (AP) – Hybrids and electric cars may get top billing. But at the Paris Auto Show, conventional engines are showing they have plenty of mileage left. New gas and diesel models have carbon emissions not far behind those of hybrids, and there’s nothing old-fashioned about their small size and highly efficient internal combustion technology.…