The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy rose sharply to almost 250 people early on Thursday after rescue teams worked through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble ...

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SALETTA, ITALY — An eerie quiet has taken hold over Saletta. The small settlement of about 20 houses is less than a mile away from the epicenter of a deadly 6.2-magnitude earthquake, which killed at ...

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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Civil Protection agency said on Tuesday that the manslaughter conviction of seven scientists and officials over a deadly 2009 earthquake in the central city of L'Aquila would ...

AMATRICE, Italy (AP) – Rescue crews using bulldozers and their bare hands raced to dig out survivors from a strong earthquake that reduced three central Italian towns to rubble Wednesday. The death ...

Monday's earthquake in the central Italian region of Abruzzi killed more than 270 people, injured hundreds more and left thousands homeless. The earthquake also has left a swath of severe damage ...

MILAN (Reuters) - The powerful earthquake that struck central Italy on Wednesday will not generate heavy losses for insurers, raising again the question of compulsory insurance in one of Europe's most ...