A hospital in northeastern Brazil has released a toddler who underwent three surgeries to remove 26 sewing needles his stepfather stuck into him. Ana Neri Hospital spokeswoman Susy Moreno says the 2-year-old was released to his mother Friday. The child still has five needles in his body. Doctors say they do not pose a danger to his health and may ...

The mayor of a mudslide-devastated city has urged a precautionary shutdown of Brazil's only nuclear power plants due to blocked highways while the death toll from flooding and slides rose to 75. Angra dos Reis Mayor Tuca Jordao said on Sunday that while ...

Raging torrents from a ruptured dam swamped a rural Brazilian city Thursday, forcing residents to scramble onto rooftops and climb high trees to escape the deadly floodwaters. Four people were killed and at least 120 homes destroyed in a region already devastated by more ...

A Brazilian man who came to a hospital with a spear stuck in his head after a diving accident says he is done with underwater fishing. Three days after doctors surgically removed a spear from his brain, Emerson de Oliveira Abreu says "never more" will he ...