The funding package that ended the longest government shutdown in modern U.S. history picked up support from a half-dozen ...

Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military gear engaged in violent combat.

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Rio de Janeiro is the capital of Carnival in Brazil—a dazzling, five-day extravaganza of parades, music, and street parties.

The operation was deliberately conducted as a blood-soaked political spectacle by the same fascist forces that promoted the ...

The new toll of 115 suspects and four policemen killed was an increase over what authorities originally said were 60 suspects dead in Tuesday’s raid by about 2,500 police and soldiers.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A police raid and ensuing clashes with a drug gang in Rio de Janeiro left at least 119 people dead, including 115 suspects and four policemen, officials said Wednesday, a day ...

The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at least 121 people dead RIO DE JANEIRO -- The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A massive police raid targeting a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro left at least 121 people dead, authorities said Thursday morning. The operation began Tuesday in two of ...

A police raid and clashes with a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro left at least 119 people dead, officials said Wednesday, a day after the massive operation drew ...

The police operation was one of the most violent in Brazil's recent history, with human rights organizations calling for investigations into the deaths.