An 80-year-old man drove a Mercedes-Benz down Rome's Spanish Steps, getting stuck midway. Police cite him for driving on the historic monument.

An 80-year-old man drove a Mercedes-Benz down Rome's Spanish Steps, getting stuck midway. Police cite him for driving on the historic monument.

An 80-year-old man has told police he was “wrong” to drive down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps, after firefighters had to recover his vehicle from the landmark in the early hours of Tuesday.

A firefighter truck and forensic police work at the site of the discovery of the body of an infant and the infant's mother, in Rome's Villa Pamphili park, Saturday, June 7, 2025.

Thinking of Rome's past, our nation's future as 'No King's Day' nears The American republic stands at an eerily similar crossroads as ancient Rome, a Logan Square resident notes. Also, a reader is ...