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A woman leaves flowers in front of the Carabinieri station where Mario Cerciello Rega was based, in Rome, Saturday, July 27, 2019. In a statement Saturday, Carabinieri officers investigating the death Friday of officer Cerciello Rega, 35, said two American turists, both 19, have been detained for alleged murder and attempted extortion. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

2 US teens jailed in Italy in policeman’s killing

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Fendi stages ethereal tribute to Lagerfeld in ancient Rome

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In this photo taken on Monday, June 24, 2019, a man stands by uncollected garbage in Rome. Doctors in Rome are warning of possible health hazards caused by overflowing trash bins in the city streets, as the Italian capital struggles with a renewed garbage emergency aggravated by the summer heat. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Rome doctors warn of health hazards from city’s garbage woes

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Members of Milan-Cortina delegation celebrate after winning the bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, during the first day of the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, June 24, 2019. Italy will host the 2026 Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, taking the Winter Games to the Alpine country for the second time in 20 years. (Philippe Lopez/Pool via AP)

Milan-Cortina triumph highlights Italy’s north-south divide

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

FILE - Franco Zeffirelli, seen in New York, in this Oct. 31, 1974 file photo. Italian film director Franzo Zeffirelli has died in Rome at the age of 96. Zefffirelli's son Luciano said his father died at home on Saturday at noon. (AP Photo/Jerry Mosey, File)

“Romeo and Juliet” director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Tourists gather in front of the Trevi fountain, in Rome, Friday, June 7, 2019. Tired of ad hoc bans on ill behavior by tourists, Rome has converted its temporary crackdowns into one big law. The city announced Friday that the city council had a day earlier approved the all-encompassing law. Most bans, like frolicking in monumental fountains or eating lunch on monuments, had been in effect for some time, but needed to be periodically renewed. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Too much Dolce Vita can get you banned from Rome

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italian Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini addresses a rally in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. The European Commission recommended Wednesday that legal action be launched against Italy because it failed to respect EU debt rules last year and is likely to do so again in 2019 and 2020, setting up a new confrontation with the populist government in Rome. The Italian government only won commission approval for its 2019 budget plan late last year. After some early defiance from Salvini, Rome agreed to reduce the deficit to acceptable levels. (Sandro Perozzi/ANSA via AP)

EU commission urges legal action against Italy over debt

By LORNE COOK and GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Brass plaque memorializing Holocaust victim defaced in Rome

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A baby is loaded into the rescue vessel of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, after being rescued in the Central Mediterranean Sea at 45 miles from Al Khums, Libya. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo, File)

Libyan migrants boost anti-immigrant League in Italy

By Eric J. Lyman — Special to The Washington Times

Serena Williams, of the United States, serves the ball to Sweden's Rebecca Peterson during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Monday, May, 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Serena Williams wins clay opener; sister Venus next in Rome

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 28, 2018 filer, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski right after being elected in a consistory in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Pope Francis' almsgiver has gone down a Rome manhole to restore electricity for hundreds of homeless people living in an unused state-owned building. Polish Cardinal Konrad Krajewski told Italian news agency ANSA he went underground and flipped a power switch Saturday in a &quot;desperate gesture&quot; to help the building's more than 400 occupants . (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Power play: Papal aide’s manhole act angers Italy’s Salvini

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Pope Francis walks towards St. Peter's Basilica at the start of for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope tells Roma, Sinti people he shares their suffering

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Venezuela’s political crisis exposes policy divisions in EU

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Pope Francis stands next to an amphora containing holy oil during a Chrism Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 18, 2019. During the Mass the Pontiff blesses a token amount of oil that will be used to administer the sacraments for the year. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis washes inmates’ feet, says bishops must be servants

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks during the inauguration ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, March 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga) ** FILE **

Daniel Ortega Nicaragua crackdown forces Silvio Baez into exile

By Frederic Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

Police officers stand group of people during a protest organized by two far-right groups, Casa Pound and Forza Nuova, against the arrival of Roma families, on the outskirts of Rome, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi says there will be an investigation on charges of inciting racial hatred against the perpetrators of a violent protest against the arrival of Roma families at government-run housing. (Claudio Peri/ANSA via AP)

Rome mayor promises race-hate probe after Roma protest

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Pope Francis is welcomed by Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi during his visit to the Rome's city hall, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope honors Rome’s legacy of integration over centuries

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People are seen through a glass window as they wait inside a fiscal consultancy office to apply for the minimum income, in Rome, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. On Wednesday Italians are began queueing at post offices and fiscal consultancy offices on the first day of application of the request for the ‘low income salary’, a public subsidy for people whose monthly income is below 780,00 euros. The low income salary (reddito di cittadinanza) was among the main pledges of the Five Stars Movement during the past electoral campaign. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italian populists launch welfare program for poor, jobless

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Cardinal George Pell leaves the County Court in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholic hierarchy's credibility after a year of global revelations of abuse and cover-up. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Cardinal George Pell in Australia convicted of molesting 2 choirboys

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, photo, Cardinal George Pell leaves the County Court in Melbourne, Australia. The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholic hierarchy's credibility after a year of global revelations of abuse and cover-up. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Australian Cardinal Pell convicted of molesting 2 choirboys

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press