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How a Brazil samba school shimmied from Carnival to COVID-19

by David Biller
| November 13, 2020 12:06 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The sultry heat of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer will soon be rolling into Rio de Janeiro. In a normal year, the air would whisper into Dr. Wille Baracho's ear:

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