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HIGHLAND, Calif. – Authorities say a 4-year-old boy playing with stuffed animals in his family’s front yard was hit by gunfire and killed in San Bernardino County in California. Sheriff’s spokesman Adam Cervantes says deputies responding to reports of shots fired found the injured toddler Wednesday evening in Highland. The …

CANBERRA, Australia – An Australian nurse who has said he was forced by the Islamic State movement to work as a medic in Syria faces prosecution under counterterrorism laws when he returns to Sydney on Friday, police said. Adam Brookman, 39, could become the first person to be charged under …

JUBA, South Sudan – A top UN official says he is deeply shocked at the killing and harassment of aid workers in South Sudan. Stephen O’Brien, U.N. under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said Saturday that 27 aid workers had died since the conflict began in South Sudan. …