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May 14, 2020 at 11:33 pm

AP PHOTOS: Pandemic robs Italian funerals of communal spirit VIEW

MONTEPAGANO, Italy (AP) — Normally, Italian funerals can involve the whole town. Mourners form a procession, sometimes blocks long. When a coffin is carried out...

May 14, 2020 at 7:53 am

Back to jail for Italian mobsters sent home over virus fears

ROME (AP) — Italian convicted mobsters who had been temporarily transferred from prison to house arrest for fear of coronavirus contagion are being brought back...

May 6, 2020 at 11:45 pm

Women demand voice in Italy virus response dominated by men

ROME (AP) — Every evening when health experts updated anxious Italians in televised briefings about their nation’s devastating coronavirus outbreak, the lineup of authoritative figures...

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FILE – Tatiana Datolla, right, and Armando De Rosa exchange rings during their wedding ceremony, in Rome, at the deconsecrated Santa Maria in Tempulo church, Saturday, April 11, 2020. Under Italyâ€™s more relaxed lockdown rules starting next week, people can visit family within the same region. But confusion abounds over how close the family connection needs to be. Does a second cousin qualify? A third? A sister-in-lawâ€™s kids? When asked to clarify Prime Minister Conte muddied the water even more, saying those with relations of â€˜stable affectionâ€™ would qualify. That left Italians wondering whether girlfriends or boyfriends would pass the test. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) XAP104 XAP104

May 1, 2020 at 12:13 am

Easing of lockdown begs the question: Who’s family in Italy? VIEW

Starting May 4, people in Italy will be permitted to travel within their home regions for visits with “congiunti,” a formal Italian word that can...

April 20, 2020 at 7:52 am

Uffizi, accustomed to taming crowds, looks to outbreak’s end

ROME (AP) — The director of Italy's Uffizi Galleries is predicting a boom in visitors after coronavirus restrictions end, judging by what happened after previous...

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April 20, 2020 at 12:14 am

AP PHOTOS: Italian nurse and mom can’t drop guard at home VIEW

MILAN (AP) — Every evening, when Pasqualina Conte returns home from a draining day as a nurse in a Milan emergency room for coronavirus patients,...

April 18, 2020 at 12:00 am

AP PHOTOS: For Milan nurse, virus patients enter the soul VIEW

MILAN (AP) — The coronavirus brings with it forced isolation: Family members can't visit hospitalized patients. Nursing homes bar their doors to outsiders. People with...

April 16, 2020 at 12:27 am

`Am I going now to my execution?’ One doctor’s very long day VIEW

PARMA, Italy (AP) — It was March 7, in the afternoon. Dr. Giovanni Passeri had just returned home from Maggiore Hospital, where he is an...

Nation & World

April 13, 2020 at 11:03 am

VIRUS DIARY: Connecting to the world from a balcony in Rome

ROME (AP) — Balconies are a kind of extension of a window on the world. During Month One of lockdown in Italy, stepping out onto...

Nation & World

April 11, 2020 at 9:22 am

Pope: Easter gives hope in our ‘darkest hour,’ despite fear VIEW

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Easter offers a message of hope in people’s “darkest hour," Pope Francis said, as he celebrated a late-night vigil Mass Saturday...

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