The 24-year-old Kabagambe was killed near the kiosk where he worked along the Barra da Tijuca beach. Testimony from his family, buttressed by surveillance video, showed the two men savagely beating ...

Barra da Tijuca, which includes an expansive 11-mile stretch of coastline and adjacent shopping center, is a neighborhood known as "Barra" and is popular among Cariocas. Recent travelers say its ...

About 100 dogs wagged their tails to samba music and socialized at the so-called Blocao street party, where about 300 people and their pets gathered in the neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca ...

They were convicted of triple-qualified homicide for a futile motive and the victim’s inability to defend himself. Both will serve their sentences in a closed regime.

SSW to SE, but it has a very open swell window. Very consistent and lots of variety. Can get really good at chest-overhead surf with offshore wind (usually in the early morning). Fall and winter ...

It is followed by neighborhoods in the South Zone and Barra da Tijuca in the West Zone, where the beaches share the spotlight with Carnival group performances. Municipal authorities report that ...