LOS ANGELES — It was an ordinary day at his Los Angeles law office when John Nadolenco opened a letter from Brazil enlisting his help in a mission to retrieve a stolen, and quite possibly cursed, ...

A massive, 836lb emerald thought to be worth as much as $1bn, and rumored to be cursed, will return to its home soil of Brazil, a US court ruled this week. “We’re very happy with the decision,” ...

A judge has ruled that a massive 836lb emerald, which was the center of a bizarre legal battle, must be returned to Brazil. The gem was carried out of the Brazilian rainforest by a team of mules, one ...

Nearly a quarter-century ago, a giant, malformed emerald was illegally wrenched from Brazilian soil and smuggled across the ocean and into the United States, where it has been the object of intrigue, ...

A colossal green stone known as the Bahia Emerald may finally return to Brazil after nearly a decade of litigation in the U.S. Judge Reggie B. Walton, of the U.S. District Court for the District of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Allison Hong / Los Angeles Times; photos from Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, New York Public Library) It was an ...

LOS ANGELES -- It was an ordinary day at his Los Angeles law office when John Nadolenco opened a letter from Brazil enlisting his help in a mission to retrieve a stolen, and quite possibly cursed, 836 ...