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Crosses bearing tags with names are seen a graveyard of the Flaminio Cemetery, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Italian prosecutors and the government’s privacy watchdog are investigating how the names of women who miscarried or had abortions ended up on crosses over graves for the fetuses in a Rome cemetery. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy probes why women’s names mark aborted fetuses’ graves

By RICCARDO ANTONIUCCI and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

A fan wearing face mask to protect against coronavirus waits for the start of the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Portugal and Sweden at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

The Latest: UEFA cancels men’s soccer under-19 Euros

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List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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Champs-Elysees avenue is almost empty during curfew in Paris, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. French restaurants, cinemas and theaters are trying to figure out how to survive a new curfew aimed at stemming the flow of record new coronavirus infections. The monthlong curfew came into effect Friday at midnight, and France is deploying 12,000 extra police to enforce it. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

The Latest: S. Korea increases hospital, nursing home tests

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Italy governor eyeing COVID surge blasts “idiotic” Halloween

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Italy's Lorenzo Pellegrini celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's opening goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Italy and the Netherlands at Azzurri d'Italia stadium in Bergamo, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Italy held 1-1 by the Netherlands, slips to 2nd in group

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Pope Francis, right, greets a priest at the end of his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope apologizes for keeping distance as virus cases spike

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

A medical staffer takes swabs as she tests for COVID-19 at a drive-through at the San Paolo hospital, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. Coronavirus infections are surging again in the Italian northern region where the pandemic first took hold in Europe, putting pressure again on hospitals and health care workers. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

As virus surges anew, Milan hospitals under pressure again

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Britain's Simon Yates wears a face mask prior to the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race from Mileto to Camigliatello Silano, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Overall contender Simon Yates has withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia after testing positive for the coronavirus, his Mitchelton-Scott team announced before the eighth stage, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Giro contender Yates tests positive for virus and withdraws

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FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2020, file photo, a medical team treats a patient infected with COVID-19 in one of the intensive care units (ICU) at the Severo Ochoa hospital in Leganes, outskirts of Madrid, Spain. Europe’s second wave of coronavirus infections has struck well before flu season even started. Intensive care wards are filling up again and bars are shutting down. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Lesson not learned: Europe unprepared as 2nd virus wave hits

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Italy's Francesco Caputo scores a goal during the international friendly soccer match between Italy and Moldova, at the Artemio Franchi stadium, in Florence, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. (Marco Bucco/LaPresse via AP)

Caputo scores on debut to help Italy thrash Moldova 6-0

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Faithful and nuns wear face masks to stop the spread of COVID-19, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Italy's health minister said that the government is examining a proposal to make masks mandatory outdoors as the country enters a difficult phase of living alongside COVID-19 with the number of infections growing steadily for the last nine weeks. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy imposes mask mandate outside and in as virus rebounds

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

This aerial view provided Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, by the Alpes Maritimes region fire brigade shows a house keeping a fragile balance on a hill while a rive floods Saturday Oct.3. 2020 near La Vesubie, southern France. French authorities deployed about 1,000 firefighters, four military helicopters and troops to search for at least eight people who were missing after devastating floods hit a mountainous border region with Italy, where at least four people were killed. (SDIS 06 via AP)

Floods that hit Italy, France leave 9 dead, several missing

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Italy's Diego Ulissi celebrates winning the second stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, from Alcamo to Agrigento, in Sicily, southern Italy, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)

Ulissi outsprints Sagan alongside Sicily’s Greek temples

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A building is toppled over by the Cervo river in spate due to heavy rains in Biella, northern Italy, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. (Firefighter Vigili del Fuoco via AP)

Mountain flooding kills 2 in Italy, traps dozens in France

By SYLVIE CORBET and COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press