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Cari Amici Italiani, il COMITES di Washington DC, assieme ad Italians in DC (IDC), vi invita ad una serata NBA, per partecipare alla partita che vedra' in campo Danilo Gallinari e i Denver Nuggets. Danilo sta andando benissimo, i Nuggets hanno appena sconfitto i Golden State Warriors in una partita in cui Gallo e' stato fondamentale! A inizio part...

di Pino Cicala   Sorpresa emozione e gioia per la visita del Presidente Mattarella che ha aperto la sua giornata a Washington unendosi alla comunita italiana per la Messa nella Parrocchia del Santo Rosario.    I parrocchiani hanno dato il benvenuto al Presidente Mattarella che era accompagnato dalla figlia, dall' Ambasciatore d'I...

by Kevin Rawlinson   The novelist and intellectual Umberto Eco has died aged 84. Eco, who was perhaps best known for his 1980 work The Name of the Rose, was one of the world's most revered literary names. The author, who had been suffering from cancer, died on Friday night. Eco was the 1992-1993 Norton professor at Harvard and taug...

By Eileen Mosco   State Rep. Joe Salazar (D-Thornton), self-appointed censor of holidays, introduced HB1135 to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day. He and his followers blame Columbus for all the ills imposed on the indigenous people. How absurd.   Italian-Americans celebrate the day because: 1. Columbus was Italian. 2. H...

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe made a major economic announcement Tuesday afternoon in Botetourt County.   Italian manufacturer of automotive components, ELDOR Corporation, will invest $75 million in Botetourt County to establish its first North American production plant at Botetourt Center at Greenfield. This investment will create 350...

by Mario Platero   "The Italian government is strongly determined to take again a position of leadership in Italy and Europe in this sector," Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said in a speech during his visit at the IBM center for the Watson project in Boston, where he arrived yesterday. The prime minister signed an agreement to reuse some of th...

Pizza is everything. What should we have for lunch? Pizza. What should we have for dinner? How about pizza? What should we have for breakfast the next day? Definitely leftover pizza.   One of the most popular foods in the world, pizza has become unique and variants have evolved based on culture and preference. There are so many variations, I...

Three late 15th century paintings missing since they were looted by Nazi troops from a Tuscan villa over 70 years ago have been recovered and two people have been accused of receiving stolen goods, police announced on Monday. The works, of religious themes, seized in two private homes in Milan last July, were described by art historian Paola S...

Join NOIAW member and author, Camilla Trinchieri on June 14th at 7:00 PM as she speaks about her new novel, Seeking Alice, at Barnes & Noble on 150 East 86th Street. The event is free and open to the public!   About Seeking AliceA haunting story of the disintegration of an American and Italian family caught in Europe during World War II....

Una Giornata nazionale dedicata agli italiani nel mondo. Questo è l'oggetto di un disegno di legge che alla Camera ho presentato assieme agli altri colleghi del PD eletti all'estero. Se approvato, il 12 ottobre di ogni anno si celebrerà in Italia e all'estero la Giornata nazionale degli italiani nel mondo, nella quale nei canali di informazione, ne...

"Ha chiesto di avere la cittadinanza italiana. La pratica è al consolato di San Francisco, è una corsa contro il tempo per la quale ho chiesto aiuto anche al ministero degli Affari esteri". È Giovanni Malagò, presidente del Coni, a parlare del tentativo di far correre in azzurro alle prossime olimpiadi Hannah Cunliffe, 20enne americana discendente...

Sal Tarantino, Turi per gli amici, è nato l'8 giugno 1945 a Licodia Eubea. E' emigrato con i genitori in USA in giugno del 1959 per lavoro. Appena arrivati a New York la madre ha lavorato in una fabbrica tessile, il padre faceva il calzolaio. E poi ha aperto un negozio di scarpe.   Vivevano a Prince Street Manhattan. Il primo lavoro di Sal p...