In the 1950s, a passenger in Leeds, England, boarded a bus and paid their fare with a funny-looking coin. For the bus driver, it was a nuisance: a dodgy, seemingly foreign coin that wouldn’t clear the ...

Italy's Culture Ministry says the government has bought a rare portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio for 30 million euros, one of the largest investments ever for a single artwork.

An odd-looking coin used to pay for a bus fare in Leeds in the 1950s has been found to belong to an ancient civilization from more than 2,000 years ago, reported The Independent. The coin, handed to a ...

Rome is the only city where you can travel over 2,000 years of history on your way to lunch, and nobody acts impressed. Ancient engineers, rival nations, secret keyholes, and daily coin tosses all ...

A new exhibition in Rome is spotlighting the pivotal moment Pope Urban VIII entrusted a 25-year-old Gian Lorenzo Bernini with ...

A cashier and 21 officers allegedly stole luxury items from a Coin luxury store in central Rome via rigged checkouts, authorities said. Twenty-one police officers stationed at Rome's Termini railway ...

Singer LaMonte McLemore, a founding member of the 5th Dimension, a vocal group whose smooth pop and soul sounds with a touch of psychedelia brought them big hits in the 1960s and '70s, has died.

On the first day the fee went into effect, paying visitors were reportedly pelted with coins after a group of Spanish tourists refused to follow the rule Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Rome has ...

Trevi Fountain: The famous tourist spot in Rome is now charging an entry fee. (Bob D'Angelo/Cox Media Group) By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk February 03, 2026 at 8:11 am EST ...