RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s a life of stark contrast: By day, Diana Prado is a supervisor at an insurance company’s drably lit call center cramped with blue cubicles. But when night falls, she dazzles ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Carnival, long a symbol of youth, beauty and sex, added a mature twist early Tuesday by giving two women in their 40s a chance to dance nearly nude at the head of their samba ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – At rehearsal for the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school, a dancer poses for photos with admiring onlookers while wearing the bright yellow uniform and sky-high heels of the school’s elite ...

If you're thinking, "how is that possible," you're not alone. By Sam Reed Every February, half a million people flock to Rio de Janeiro for Carnival, Brazil’s annual new year celebration, to see Samba ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — Swathed in nothing but a sprinkling of sequins and a puff of feathers, Rio de Janeiro’s samba group dancers are the star attractions of the world’s most iconic Carnival ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Allie Mac Kay was live from North Hollywood ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — Samba dancers swathed in orange ostrich feathers welcomed Britain’s Prince Harry to a party on Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain on Friday. And apparently the fancy ...