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SAO PAULO – A Brazilian professional surfer has died after being shot outside his beach home by an off-duty police officer. Investigator Marcelo Arruda says Tuesday that Ricardo dos Santos, known as a daring tuberider who had won international surfing awards, died in a hospital in southern Brazil. Dos Santos, …

KINSHASA, Congo – Congo’s government spokesman says 34 people have been charged with crimes including genocide, murder and rape in connection with ethnic violence in the country’s southeast. Lambert Mende said Saturday the suspects had been arrested and presented before a local court. The United Nations says hundreds have been …

AUSTIN, Texas – A spokesman says Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller won’t apologize for a shared post on his Facebook page that appears to suggest using an atomic bomb on the Muslim population. The post shows a mushroom cloud and says Japan has “been at peace” with the U.S. since …