Monday, June 8, 2026

Tag: Italy

Garbage Time: Italian Man Illegally Trained Dog To Take Out Trash, Police Say

It's a dirty job, but someone's pet has to do it.

Gabe Herman

Reporter Achieves Perfect Blood-Alcohol-Altitude-Dinnerlessness Ratio During Live Olympic Broadcast

Prosecco meets peak performance, loses to gravity and iguanas.

Drew Curtis

Fugitive’s Nativity Disguise Ruins Town’s Three Wise Men Count

Witnesses report the extra “wise man” offered no gifts, just questionable life choices.

Drew Curtis

O Sole Frio: Pavarotti Statue Partially Encased In Ice

Luciano Pavarotti was the Wayne Gretzky of opera singers. Those two now have something else in common.

Bram Teitelman

Italy To Start Taxing Visiting Dogs and DNA Testing the Residential Ones

Man’s best friend gets to experience man’s worst bureaucracy.

Drew Curtis

Venice Pickpockets Sue Watchdog Group for Filming Them

Next week: burglars demand royalties from "America’s Dumbest Criminals" reruns.

Drew Curtis

Missing a Child? They May Have Escaped to Italy

In an escape that was just plane easy, the child boarded a jet.

Bram Teitelman

Tourist Busted Vandalizing Ancient City of Pompeii: This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

A tourist got caught defacing a wall in historic Pompeii, now he’s history.

Missy Baker

Yes We San: Millennial Computer Whiz on Track To Become Youngest Modern Saint

An Italian teenager who built websites for his church is in line to be canonized.

Katie Compa

Catch ‘Em If You Can: Italian Mayor Gives Away Free Goats

If there’s one thing we know about goats, it’s that they’ve got a lotta kids. And for the mayor of Alicudi island where goat overpopulation’s become a problem, there’s only one solution: free goats for all!

Liz Days