The three Ecuadorian women, Nayeli Tapia, 22, Denisse Reyna, 21, and Yuliana Macias, 19, were reported missing earlier this month. On April 7, three days after their disappearance, they were discovered in a shallow grave near a local river with their throats slit. The discovery was made by fishermen who noticed a dog sniffing the ground alongside the Esmeraldas River, 52 miles from where the women... 

An outbreak of a virus that doctors believe causes microcephaly in newborns has forced Brazilian health officials to appeal to withhold from getting pregnant. Zika virus is believed to already have caused over 2,700 cases of birth defects. Putting off pregnancy has become a necessity in Brazil, particularly in the northeast, where a dangerous virus transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes dwelling...