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A view of the Tiber River, whose level is low due to the drought, during a warm and sunny day in Rome, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Scarce rain and chronically leaky aqueducts have combined this summer to hurt farmers in much of Italy and put Romans at risk for drastic water rationing as soon as this week. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Amid nationwide drought, Rome seeks ways to avoid rationing

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, July 1st, 2016 file photo, a view of the Colosseum after the first stage of the restoration work was completed in Rome. Italy’s culture minister says the international search for a new director for Rome’s Colosseum resumes after a challenge by the city was overruled by a tribuna (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Ruling lets Italy hunt abroad for new Colosseum chief

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This photo made available Monday, June 26, 2017, by the Italian Culture Ministry, shows part of the 1,800-year-old skeleton of a dog, which apparently perished in a blaze in Rome. Archaeologists think the dog was trapped in a blaze that largely consumed a 3rd-century building that was unearthed while digging for Rome's new subway, and have dubbed it a “Pompeii-like scene” in Rome. (Italian Culture Ministry Via AP)

Subway digging uncovers ‘Pompeii-like scene’ in Rome

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this, Oct. 20, 2014 file photo Carla Fendi arrives at the inauguration of architect Frank Gehry's latest creation, the Louis Vuitton Foundation art museum and cultural center in Paris. Carla Fendi, one of the five sisters who transformed the family leather goods business into a global luxury fashion house long known for its furs, has died following a long illness. The Rome-based fashion house confirmed Fendi’s death Monday, June 19, 2017, at the age of 79, expressing pain for the loss and gratitude for her continued contributions. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Carla Fendi, philanthropist and fashion force, dies at 79

By COLLEEN BARRY and DANIELA PETROFF - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 24, 2007 file photo, Italian Fashion designer Laura Biagiotti acknowledges the applause at the end of her Laura Biagiotti Spring/Summer 2008 men's collection, presented in downtown Milan, Italy. An Italian hospital official said on Thursday, May 25, 2017 that designer Laura Biagiotti suffered a heart attack that caused brain damage. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, files)

Italian fashion designer Laura Biagiotti dies at 73

By VANESSA GERA and DANIELA PETROFF - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the U.S. Embassy, Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Brussels. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump to review US sanctions on Russia

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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017, photo, Victor Fogelsonger, left, Chambersburg, Pa., chats with his half-brother Roberto DeAngelis for the first time at Letterkenny Chapel in Chambersburg, Pa. Their father was a POW at Letterkenny and helped to build the chapel during WWII. The POW fathered Victor before returning to Italy after he was released. (Markell DeLoatch/Public Opinion via AP)

An ocean apart for 70 years, sons of Italian POW meet

By JIM HOOK and (Chambersburg) Public Opinion - Associated Press

This cover image released by Touchstone shows, &quot;Feast of Sorrow: A Novel of Ancient Rome,&quot; by Crystal King. (Touchstone via AP)

Review: Food is the true main course in ‘Feast of Sorrow’

By KIM CURTIS - Associated Press

The Michigan football team attends a training session at Rome's Stadio Dei Marmi, Saturday, April 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Harbaugh thanks Italy for hospitality during Rome trip

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