Rescue Efforts Underway to Free Trapped Cave Explorer in Italy

Rescue crews are working to free an expert spelunker who became trapped nearly 2,000 feet underground while exploring a cave in Italy, northeast of the city of Bergamo, after falling and injuring herself.

Ottavia Piana, 32, was part of a group of 12 cave explorers from the Italian alpine club who had set off to explore an uncharted branch of the Bueno Fonteno cave on Saturday, according to The Independent. The group had been planning to map the tunnels in the cave system, which is known...