RIO DE JANEIRO – As Rio de Janeiro kicked off its Carnival on Saturday, about 100 dogs barked and wagged their tails to the tune of samba music as they paraded in front of pet lovers in a canine ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Making out at one of Rio de Janeiro's alcohol-soaked Carnival street parties just got a little easier, with the debut Monday of a party dedicated to the hookup app Tinder. The ...

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Rio de Janeiro's mayor came in for some colorful criticism Saturday at the biggest of scores of pre-carnival street parties that took over the city. More than 100 parties, known as "blocos," were ...

London-born singer, rapper and producer Jevon is back with his new single, "Ghetto Cinderalla", which sees him lean on his Brazilian heritage and mixes that in with his UK swag. Brazilian drum work ...