Florence's Arno river embankment collapses. Read more about sharing. A section of the embankment of the River Arno in central Florence collapsed on Wednesday morning, sending part of the road and at least 20 parked cars into a newly formed ditch. The collapse took place very close to the famous Ponte Vecchio, a medieval covered bridge over the Arno.
Yvonne Craig who, as Batgirl, was a pioneer of female superheroes passes away. Updated 7:50 PM ET, Wed August 19, 2015. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.
Yvonne is a self employed actress in upstate New York. She is active in regional theatre, and is seen on television in many regional commercials. . . most notably as the spokeswoman for Taft Furniture. Yvonne also does many radio commercials, and is frequently asked to do industrial film narrations for companies in the state.