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SAO PAULO, Brazil – Brazilians angered by gang violence that rocked South America’s largest city demonstrated across the country, with many blaming the bloodshed that left 172 people dead on rampant corruption. Lawmakers were also focusing on corruption as they investigated a leak from a closed-door congressional session that may …

MILWAUKEE – A U.S. lawmaker’s son and three Democratic campaign workers were sentenced Wednesday to four to six months in jail for slashing tires outside a Bush-Cheney campaign office on Election Day 2004. The men pleaded no contest in January to misdemeanor property damage. A fifth worker was found not …

TIJUANA, Mexico – It looks like any Southern California traffic jam — except you can buy a cappuccino and a 4-foot statue of Jesus from your car while watching dogs sniff vehicles for drugs. This is the U.S.-Mexico border’s most congested crossing, where local residents say already epic lines into …