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The decision to nix Columbus Day from the San Francisco Unified School District calendar last month came not with a bang but a whimper in The City.

It’s a common enough story in Italy: An ancient ruin — in this case, a tract of Roman road — is discovered during the construction of a building — in this case, a McDonald’s — and puts a halt to the work until the site can be excavated.

A 39-years-old Italian citizen left tetraplegic and blind after a 2014 car accident has passed away on Monday in Switzerland, where he had gone to die by euthanasia. Fabiano Antoniani, a deejay known as Dj Fabo, in the last days of his life had appealed to the Italian president Sergio Mattarella and to politicians to pass an end-of-life law in Italy, where euthanasia is illegal. In his latest message, Fabiano Antoniani thanked Marco Cappato, a politician and a member of the Luca Coscioni association who accompanied him to Switzerland.

Left-wing rebels who quit Italy’s ruling party over clashes with former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi have formed a new political party — the Progressive and Democratic Movement (DP).