North Carolina is one of the oldest states in the United States, and is the place where settlers first arrived from Europe in 1492 – so it’s no surprise that there are many quaint towns in North ...

Then the flames flared up, and their light has not yet died. Last week John Hus’s followers, known now as the Moravian Church, celebrated their 500th anniversary. After years of persecution ...

On March 14 and 15, parts of Tuscany were affected by flooding after a month’s rain fell in just one day. Florence was largely unaffected, compared to the surrounding towns of Sesto Fiorentino and ...

Dozens of people were evacuated from their homes on March 14 after the equivalent of a month’s worth of rain fell in six hours, flooding streets and swelling waterways in Tuscany, the region whe ...

The government would "guarantee all necessary support", she said. More than 500 firefighters were working across Tuscany, the interior minister said, with more than 300 interventions either ...

Italian authorities ordered dozens of people in Tuscany to leave their homes Friday after heavy rains swelled rivers and flooded streets near the historic cities of Florence and Pisa. Regional ...

Photo by Federico SCOPPA / AFP Italian authorities ordered dozens of people in Tuscany to leave their homes on Friday after heavy rains swelled rivers and flooded streets near the historic cities of ...

(Guido Calamosca/LaPresse via AP) ROME (AP) — Heavy rains hit the Italian regions of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna on Friday, pushing the main rivers in the regions above alert levels for flooding. In ...

In front of them, dark clouds of smoke rose up from an area choked with willows and alders, the site of the old Moravian Children’s Home. Most of the structures that remained were being burned ...

When the opera superstar isn’t on the road, performing for fans around the world, he says, he can most often be found at his stately pink palace, Villa Alpemare, on the coast of Tuscany.