Rio de Janeiro swelters under extreme heat, with maximum temperatures expected to exceed 40ºC for a second consecutive day. As residents and tourists seek relief from the oppressive conditions, ...

Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists baked on Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street ...

Temperatures in Rio de Janeiro reached 111 degrees Fahrenheit — about 145 degrees hotter than Bismarck, North Dakota.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A fire Wednesday at a Rio de Janeiro factory that produces costumes for the city's iconic Carnival left ...

A fire in a Rio de Janeiro factory shattered the dreams of three samba schools, whose costumes were destroyed 16 days before Carnival.

At least 20 people were injured, 10 critically, after a fire destroyed a clothing factory in the north of Rio de Janeiro on ...

A fire broke out Wednesday at a factory making costumes for Rio de Janeiro's Carnival, injuring 21 people in a blow to the famed extravaganza that attracts millions of tourists to the Brazilian ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A fire Wednesday at a Rio de Janeiro factory that produces costumes for the city’s iconic Carnival left 10 people hospitalized, Rio’s state health department said ...

Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists were baking Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street ...