italian A 79-year-old man in Vermont is a 20th-generation Italian stone carver, and he's the last one left Rusty Blazenhoff

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politics Italy's fascist, racist prime minister sues singer Brian Molko for calling her fascist, racist Rob Beschizza

cheese Italians are microchipping Parmesan to crack down on bootleg cheese Thom Dunn

art This mosaic art looks good enough to eat Jennifer Sandlin

italy For just $14 a night, you can sleep on the edge of Mont Blanc in a steel tube Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Here's how a human head transplant could work (video) David Pescovitz

Twits Musk fantasizes an agreement to hold his cage match in Rome Jason Weisberger

cheese Cheesemaker meets a cheesy end Jason Weisberger

mistakes German tourists topple $200,000 Italian statue, flee the country Mark Frauenfelder

super mario Woman decides to live a week in the life of Super Mario Thom Dunn

maga Moron Rudy Giuliani says Jewish men have "small" penises because "they can't use them" as much Carla Sinclair

movies The Mission: Impossible films, ranked Greg Nussen

deaths Freak hailstorm in Italy causes river of ice to roar down the main boulevard, injuring 100 Mark Frauenfelder

david cronenberg Watch David Cronenberg's "Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection" (2023), featuring four 18th-century life-size wax anatomical models Jennifer Sandlin

crime Italian judge rules sexual assaults that last less than 10 seconds are not crimes Rob Beschizza

russia BBC reports mercenary boss Prighozin met with Putin after "mutiny" Rob Beschizza