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Armando Alviti, 71, sits inside his newspaper kiosk, in Rome, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. In Italy, which has the world's second-oldest population, many people in their 70s and older have kept working through the COVID-19 pandemic. From neighborhood newsstand dealers to farmers bring crops to market, they are defying stereotypic labels that depict the old as a monolithic category that's fragile and in need of protection. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

In graying Italy, the old defy biases laid bare by pandemic

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Hundreds of birds died after NYE fireworks displays in Rome

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“Voters need to start supporting legislators who tackle difficult topics using laws passed by elected officials rather than regulations created by the unelected and largely unaccountable bureaucracy,” write Richard J. Crespin and Daniel M. Gade. (Associated Press photograph)

American republic in danger as power seeps out of Congress

By Richard J. Crespin and Daniel M. Gade

A resident wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks a dog through snow in Goyang, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: COVID-19 vaccine begins arriving in Canada

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Pope Francis prays beneath the statue of the Virgin Mary on the occasion of Immaculate Conception day, at the Spanish Steps, in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to the statue early Tuesday after last week the Vatican announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic his annual pilgrimage to the statue in the center of Rome would be cancelled to avoid contagion due to gatherings. (Vatican News via AP)

Pope makes surprise early morning prayer visit in rainy Rome

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Agent: Missing wallet led to killings of 2 Georgia women

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Georgia gives $1M in credits for affordable housing in Rome

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This Sunday, June 2, 2019, file photo shows Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory posed for a portrait following mass at St. Augustine Church in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) **FILE**

Pope elevates 13 new cardinals then puts them in their place

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Passengers at Fiumicino Rome airport show their quick COVID-19 test reports upon boarding a flight to Milan, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. In a trial that started Wednesday on the route between Rome and Milan, all passengers go through a quick test before being allowed to board their flight. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Rome airport poised to try ‘COVID tested” flights from US

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A woman show a banner reading &quot;alive, free and without debts&quot; during a demonstration on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Global push to end domestic violence, worse amid COVID-19

By RAF CASERT and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

In this Feb. 23, 2001, file photo, U.S. Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, archbishop of Washington, D.C., shakes hands with Pope John Paul II during the General Audience with the newly appointed cardinals in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. McCarrick was one of the three Americans on a record list of 44 new cardinals who were elevated in a ceremony at the Vatican on Feb. 21, 2001. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti, File)

Vatican’s McCarrick report forces debate on power and abuse

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Smoke billows as clashes broke out during a protest against the government restriction measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Turin, Italy, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Protesters turned out by the hundreds in Italian several cities and towns on Monday to vent anger, sometimes violently, over the latest anti-COVID-19 rules, which force restaurants and cafes to close early, shutter cinema, gyms and other leisure venues. In the northern city of Turin, demonstrators broke off from a peaceful protest and hurled smoke bombs and bottles at police in the city square where the Piedmont regional government is headquartered. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

New protests loom as Europeans tire of virus restrictions

By COLLEEN BARRY and FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

In this undated photo made available Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, ancient Greek and Roman marble statues are seen prior to going on display in the newly refurbished Villa Caffarelli, one of the Capitoline Museum’s exhibition spaces overlooking the ancient Roman Forum, in Rome. One of the most important private collections of ancient Greek and Roman marble sculptures is going on display Monday as part of the Eternal City’s 150th anniversary celebrations. (Fondazione Torlonia via AP)

Torlonia Collection of ancient marbles displayed in Rome

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In this April 17, 2015, file photo, a national library employee shows a gold Nobel Prize medal in Bogota, Colombia. The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the winner of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The announcement is anticipated as a chance to impart hope at a time when the world faces numerous disruptions, including the coronavirus pandemic, accelerating climate change, and threats to democratic governance. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

The World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

By Karl Ritter and Frank Jordans - Associated Press

People watch a TV showing an image of Jo Song Gil, the North Korea's former ambassador to Italy, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Jo who had vanished in Italy in late 2018, lives in South Korea under government protection, a lawmaker said Wednesday. The Korean letters read: &quot;Who is the North Korean Jo Song Gil.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Lawmakers: North Korean ex-envoy to Italy defected to South

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Argentina's Diego Schwartzman celebrates winning his quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament against Austria's Dominic Thiem in five sets at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Diego Schwartzman takes ‘big step’ with five-set upset of Dominic Thiem in French Open quarterfinals

By Howard Fendrich and Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

Argentina's Nadia Podoroska throws her racket in the air as she celebrates winning the quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina in two sets, 6-2, 6-4, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

‘Both gave everything’: Schwartzman tops Thiem; Nadal next

By HOWARD FENDRICH and JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Pope Francis arrives at the St. Francis Basilica to sign a new encyclical on fraternity and solidarity in the post-COVID world, in Assisi, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. The Pontiff made his first trip outside the Vatican since the virus outbreak, traveling to Assisi to announce a new encyclical. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope in 1st post-lockdown outing goes to Assisi to sign text

By ANDREA ROSA and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 5, 2016, file photo, Serbia's Novak Djokovic kisses the trophy after winning the final of the French Open tennis tournament against Britain's Andy Murray in four sets 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris. Djokovic traveled to the United States, won the Western &amp; Southern Open and experienced a tumultuous exit from the 2020 U.S. Open via disqualification, then flew back halfway around the world and won the Italian Open, which he probably considers perfect preparation for the year’s last Grand Slam tournament, the French Open. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

FRENCH OPEN 2020: Managing quick continent, surface switch

By HOWARD FENDRICH and ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Germany's Dominik Koepfer during their quarterfinal match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)

Novak Djokovic wins Rome title: ‘I moved on’ after US Open default

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press