RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro’s famed Christ statue is being repaired after two fingers and its head were chipped during recent lightning storms. Workers began examining the 125-foot Christ the ...

LIGHTNING has broken a finger off the right hand of Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. SEE AMAZING PICTURES Father Omar, rector of the shrine that holds the statue, told the Globo radio ...

Foote underwent surgery to repair a tendon in his pinkie finger and will likely miss the first 2-4 weeks of the season, Joe Smith of The Athletic reports. Foote is in a good position to establish ...

Father Omar, rector of the shrine that holds the statue, told the Globo radio station that lightning frequently strikes the 30-metre-high statue, a symbol of Rio that overlooks the Brazilian city from ...