More than 60 names and photos hang from this year's Tree of Remembrance, honoring those lost to violence in the metro. It's part of Families of the Stolen's eighth annual Lights of Hope event.
Thousands of Italians paid their last respects Tuesday to Giulia Cecchettin, a university student killed by her ex-boyfriend in a case that has triggered nationwide grief and rage at violence against women. Cecchettin, who was studying biomedical engineering at the University of Padua, was stabbed to death last month by her former boyfriend, fellow student Filippo Turetta, who confessed to the murder before a judge, according to his lawyer.