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Firefighters evacuate residents through a flooded street after deadly rainfall in Belford Roxo, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state confronts flood damage after heavy rain kills at least 12

By Diarlei Rodrigues and Eléonore Hughes - Associated Press

Sandra Brito, 55, sits on her bed after carrying a grocery caddy filled with food donated by the Rio de Paz NGO amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Mandela slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Many Brazilians disregard the pleas to stay at home

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Rio Las Vegas owner joins with Hyatt for remodel and rebrand

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Pedro Lobao holds a jackfruit he harvested on the grounds of the state's government palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Lobão is part of the Hands in the Jackfruit organization that promotes the culinary use of the fruit. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Danger or delight? Uphill battle for Brazil’s huge jackfruit

By DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

Healthcare workers wait for the arrival of elderly people to be vaccinated at a drive-thru vaccination center at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. In a normal year, Rio’s Sambadrome would be preparing for its great moment of the year: the world’s most famous Carnival parade. But a week before what should be the start of Carnival, the pandemic has replaced pageantry. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

With Carnival scrapped, Rio’s Sambadrome hosts vaccinations

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA and LUCAS DUMPHREYS - Associated Press

Gambling regulators give preliminary OK to new Rio operator

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FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, Rio de Janeiro's Mayor Marcelo Crivella during the inauguration of the new civic-military school General Abreu in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro state’s police have arrested outgoing Mayor Marcelo Crivella in connection with an alleged kickbacks scheme, according to reports Tuesday Dec. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, FILE)

Rio de Janeiro police arrest outgoing Mayor Marcelo Crivella

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIARLEI RODRIGUES - Associated Press

Rio soccer league to return Thursday despite coronavirus

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2014, file photo, James Lujan is sworn in by the Rio Arriba County Commissioners as the new Rio Arriba County Sheriff in Espanola, N.M. Espanola Police said Lujan on Saturday, March 21, 2020, showed up drunk to a SWAT standoff, tried to order officers away, then ignored commands to leave the &quot;kill zone.&quot; (Luis Sanchez Saturno/The Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, File)

Sheriff accused of interfering in SWAT standoff is arrested

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ACLU lists concern over treatment of New Mexico journalist

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Firefighters try to find victims amid the debris of two buildings that collapsed in Muzema neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, April 12, 2019. The collapse came in a western part of the city that was particularly hard hit by heavy rains this week that caused massive flooding. (Jose Lucena/Futura Press via AP)

Collapse of buildings in Rio kills 3 in militia-run area

By PETER PRENGAMAN and C.H. GARDINER - Associated Press

Rio de Janeiro's governor candidate for the Podemos Party, and former soccer player Romario poses for a photo with a woman during a campaign rally at the Complexo de Alemao slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Romario brings soccer star power to Rio governor election

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb 12, 2010 file photo, North Korea's Song Chol Ri carries the flag during the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Seven months ahead of the Pyeongchang Olympics, many in South Korea, including new liberal President Moon Jae-in, hope to use the Games as a venue to promote peace with rival North Korea. To do so, the North’s participation is essential, but an ongoing nuclear tension and a lack of winter sports athletes in North Korea could ruin the attempts at reconciliation. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Pyeongchang Olympics are icy path to warmer Korean relations

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb 12, 2010 file photo, North Korea's Song Chol Ri carries the flag during the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Seven months ahead of the Pyeongchang Olympics, many in South Korea, including new liberal President Moon Jae-in, hope to use the Games as a venue to promote peace with rival North Korea. To do so, the North’s participation is essential, but an ongoing nuclear tension and a lack of winter sports athletes in North Korea could ruin the attempts at reconciliation. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Pyeongchang Olympics are icy path to warmer Korean relations

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Workers threaten to sue Rio Olympics over late payments

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this July 5, 2016, file photo, cars drive above sewage flowing from the suburb of Sao Goncalo into Guanabara Bay, across the bay from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Throughout Brazil, sewage treatment has lagged dramatically, meaning that so-called 'black tongues' of fetid, sewage-filled water are common on beaches across the country. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Expert to Rio athletes: ‘Don’t put your head under water’

By Jenny Barchfield - Associated Press

Tale of 2 Rios: the Olympic city and the rest of town

By Renata Brito and Stephen Wade - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015 photo released by Inovafoto, U.S. rowers, from left, Kaitlyn Kynast, Dana Moffat, Marlee Blue and Katy Gillingham celebrate winning the Junior Women's Four - Final competition at the World Rowing Junior Championships at Rodrigo de Freitas lake in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. American rowing officials are investigating why some rowers on their team came down with gastrointestinal illness at the contest, an event that concluded over the weekend and is being used as a trial run for next year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Alexandre Loureiro/Inovafoto via AP)

Some U.S. rowers fall ill at 2016 Olympics test event

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Brazilian athletes train in the Olympic Equestrian Center at the Deodoro Sports Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. The venue is part of the sports complex that will stage competitions for dressage, cross-country and jumping at the Olympics and Paralympics. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Rio Olympic official: No glanders risk at equestrian

By JENNY BARCHFIELD - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach bathes in the waters of the Barra de Tijuca beach during a meeting with current and former Brazilian Olympic athletes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. With the Olympic games being almost a year away, Bach played on the beach and bathed in the water, even after and AP investigation showed that all Olympic water venues had dangerously high viral levels, according to water safety experts who reviewed the data. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Rio Olympics: 1 year away and mayor says all will be ready

By JENNY BARCHFIELD - Associated Press