Rio De Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO - Heavily armed drug gang members engaged in an intense firefight with police, then fled into a luxury hotel popular with foreign tourists and held about 30 people hostage for three hours Saturday before surrendering.
RIO DE JANEIRO - A former TV crime show host and state legislator accused of commissioning killings to boost ratings has died, a hospital spokeswoman said Wednesday.
RIO DE JANEIRO - A former Brazilian TV crime show host and state legislator accused of orchestrating murders to boost ratings has died.
RIO DE JANEIRO - A man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 12 years and fathering her seven children called their relationship consensual Thursday, while a second daughter told authorities she was abused by her father and bore him a son.
RIO DE JANEIRO - A man in a remote fishing village in Brazil kept his daughter imprisoned for 12 years, raped her repeatedly and had seven children with her, police said Wednesday.
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