George Banks, one of the most notorious mass murderers in the U.S., has died. Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections says Banks died Sunday afternoon at Phoenix state prison. Montgomery ...

The Madeira River, one of the Amazon’s largest tributaries, flows from the Andes through Bolivia into northern Brazil before joining the main Amazon River — an area long plagued by illegal mining and ...

The number of people killed in Jamaica as a result of Hurricane Melissa has risen to 28, the Caribbean nation’s prime ...

Barcelona hero Dani Alves appears to have a new career after appearing as a preacher at a church in Spain. The former Brazil international was handed a four-and-a-half year prison sentence after being ...

Tremembe' is a powerful Brazilian drama about life inside a high-security prison, showing what happens after the crimes are ...

Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers.

Homes and power lines have been destroyed in the Jamaican tourism hub of Falmouth, which the BBC has finally been able to ...

NEW YORK -- Rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison after a jury found him guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in July. He ...

The death toll in Rio’s deadliest police operation in history rose to 132 people, the state authorities say, sparking outrage ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de ...