Italy shipwreck News

An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel’s shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people. Judge Pietro Molino, at a closed-door hearing Wednesday in …

Lawyers for the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that ran aground off Italy’s Tuscan coast in 2012, killing 32 people, say prosecutors have rejected their bid for a plea bargain. Capt. Francesco Schettino is accused of manslaughter, causing …