The governor of Rio de Janeiro has touted the deadliest police raid in Brazilian history as a success, but none of the 117 ...

Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers.

Andre Dread was on his rounds handing out food parcels to poor families in City of God, one of Brazil's most notorious slums, in May when the familiar sound of gunfire from a police raid sent him ...

The Common Council is working to codify Mayor Byron W. Brown’s executive order to limit the use of no-knock search warrants, but with a difference: additions aimed at protecting occupants, neighbors ...

The police said they planned the raids for months and expected a high death toll. The city will host global leaders next week ...

At least 132 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, the regional public ...