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Sergio Mendes, Grammy-winning Brazilian music legend, dies at 83
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar and helped launched a long, Grammy-winning career, has died after months battling the effects of long COVID. He was 83. The death Thursday of the...
Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian musician whose hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global legend, has died at age 83
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian musician whose hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global legend, has died at age 83.
Athletes who have competed in multiple Paralympics say reaching equality will take more work
PARIS (AP) — Before 2012, Matt Stutzman couldn’t get a job. Then, he became a Paralympian. It changed his life for the better, as it has for other veterans of the Games. But he, like other athletes who have experienced the growth of the Paralympics, still think it will take years...
Tatyana McFadden and Jessica Long among Paralympians to watch in Paris
PARIS (AP) — More than 4,000 athletes from around the world will compete in 22 sports during the Aug. 28-Sept. 8 Paralympics in Paris. Here are some of them: America's veterans Tatyana McFadden and Jessica Long are legends on the Paralympic stage. ...
Brazilian Olympic star Martine Grael will become the first woman to helm an F50 catamaran in SailGP
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Martine Grael will become the first woman to helm an F50 foiling catamaran in SailGP when a new Brazilian team debuts in the fifth season of tech billionaire Larry Ellison’s global league. Grael was introduced Monday during a news...
On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world
SAO PAULO (AP) — The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians on Saturday had difficulty and doubts over navigating other social media in its absence. The shutdown of Elon Musk’s platform...
On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world
SAO PAULO (AP) — The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians on Sunday had difficulty and doubts over navigating other social media in its absence. The shutdown of Elon Musk’s platform started...
Claw machine games are Rio de Janeiro's new public enemy
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro — already notorious for street muggings, corrupt politicians, ruthless militias and Kalashnikov-toting drug traffickers — has a new public enemy: plushies. Or, more specifically, the joystick-controlled claw machines that dispense them. On...
Rio de Janeiro climbers clean site of iconic Christ the Redeemer statue
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian cleaning crew on Thursday was rappelling in the shadow of one of the world’s most famous sites: Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue. Wearing harnesses and using ropes tied to the balustrade around the statue’s lookout platform, they...
Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are endangering lives and prompting a push for a national ban
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two groups of men stood on opposite rooftops perched on a hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach, taunting one another. It was a macho showdown between opponents wielding unlikely weapons — kites. On this July morning in the impoverished...
