RIO DE JANEIRO - A machine purrs as it delivers electrical pulses deep into the saggy skin on Barbara Penha's jawline, a high-tech treatment used first to tighten her jowls and then to sculpt her ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Until this year, Brazil's national soccer team had never lost three games in a row. The Selecao had never lost a World Cup qualifying match at home. It had never had anything but wins ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazil government research group says the country’s large gap between rich and poor has narrowed over the last decade to the smallest difference on record. Stephen A. Smith ...