A brief fire at the UN climate conference in Belém forced delegates to evacuate as smoke rose from a large tent on the event ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (November 20) removed his 40% tariffs on Brazilian food products, including beef, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazilian lawmakers announced an investigation into a state prison system Saturday after authorities said a teenage girl was locked up in an Amazon jail for weeks with 21 men ...

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.

Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin says Brazilian goods like coffee, beef and tropical fruits will still face a 40% ...

Lansing — A former officer at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility has been charged with four counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, Attorney General Dana Nessel's office announced ...

Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of ...

A 29-year-old Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy is out on bond after being arrested for reportedly sexually assaulting a female inmate earlier this year, officials announced Thursday. In a news release, ...

Two deaths at the Bay County Jail within four months have raised community concerns over facility conditions. Former inmates allege delayed medical care, unsanitary conditions, and staff indifference.

Two inmates have been executed an hour apart during what's expected to be the single busiest month for the death penalty in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Florida executed Samuel Lee Smithers on Tuesday ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A fourth victim has come forward claiming to have been sexually assaulted by a now dismissed Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputy inside the Kanawha County Judicial Annex. Charleston ...

An Orange County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 29, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female inmate earlier this year. The inmate told jail staff on Oct. 15 that Deputy Leobardo ...