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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A judge has ruled that a massive 836lb emerald, which was the center of a bizarre legal battle, must be returned to Brazil. The ...

An 836-pound “cursed” emerald worth nearly $1 billion will be returned to Brazil after 15 years under lock and key in Los Angeles. The 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald was smuggled out of the South ...

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 ...

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 massive emerald that was smuggled into the United States over two decades ago will soon be back on its way to its homeland, according to a recent ruling made by a U.S. judge. The gem, which weighs ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...