Brazilian police launch mega-operation in Rio de Janeiro favelas to fight organized crime

Brazilian police launch mega-operation in Rio de Janeiro favelas to fight organized crime

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s state law enforcement agencies launched a mega-operation with a force that includes nearly 2000 military and civil officers across ten low-income neighborhoods on Monday to regain control of areas dominated by organized crime, according to a statement by the state government. The officers were deployed in Rio’s

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A journey through the films of Powell and Pressburger, courtesy of Scorsese and Schoonmaker

A journey through the films of Powell and Pressburger, courtesy of Scorsese and Schoonmaker

NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese has spent a sizeable portion of his life talking about movies he loves. He’s made documentaries about Italian cinema (“My Voyage to Italy”), Hollywood studio films (“A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies”) and individual filmmakers like Elia Kazan and Val Lewton. But when Scorsese talks about

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