One of Rio's most popular shores, Copacabana is a public beach located in the heart of the luxurious Zona Sul neighborhood. The beach is marked by postos, or lifeguard stands, that offer changing ...

Police in Brazil said on Sunday that two people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to detonate a bomb at a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro. Saturday's event drew some 2 ...

Rio de Janeiro – On the sandy beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, where tourists come to play and hawkers of sarongs and coconut water set up their stalls, the summer heat of December ...

Lady Gaga's historic free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday evening and early Sunday morning attracted around 2.1 million attendees, surpassing the previous record set by ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, caipirinha cocktails sold by hawkers, chairs sprawled across ...

Skimpy costumes aren't the cause for the heatwave in Rio: El Nino is. RIO DE JANEIRO -- It's official: Rio de Janeiro is the hottest place on the planet. Or at least it was Thursday, when temperatures ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – The city renown worldwide for its wild Carnival celebrations featuring near-naked samba dancers has finally gotten its first official nudist beach. Following a 20-year legal battle, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — If you have been to Rio de Janeiro' beaches, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, caipirinha cocktails sold by hawkers, chairs sprawled across the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Pedro Ribeiro lives just one block away from Copacabana beach, one of the world's most celebrated stretches of golden sand. But almost every weekend he drives nearly three hours to ...

Here we are in October, just about to complete yet another revolution around the sun. The air is making its transformation from warm to cool. Soon it will be frigid and we’ll pile on layers, cozy up ...