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Former President Jimmy Carter was recovering Tuesday after undergoing surgery in Atlanta to relieve pressure on his brain from a subdural hematoma. There were no complications from the procedure at Emory University Hospital but Carter "will remain in the hospital as long as advisable for observation," according to Deanna Congileo, a Carter Center spokeswoman. Carter was hospitalized Monday after doctors discovered the hematoma, which is typically caused by head injuries. Carter has been hospitalized three times since October and four times this year with injuries ranging from a broken hip to a fractured pelvis.

Personal attacks motivated by bias or prejudice reached a 16-year high in 2018, the FBI said Tuesday, with a significant upswing in violence against Latinos outpacing a drop in assaults targeting Muslims and Arab-Americans. Overall, the number of hate crimes of all kinds reported in the U.S. remained fairly flat last year after a three-year increase, the FBI said. But while crimes against property were down, physical assaults against people were up, accounting for 61% of the 7,120 incidents classified as hate crimes by law enforcement officials nationwide.

The president of San Diego State University suspended 14 fraternities at the school following the death of a student who reportedly attended a fraternity event the previous night. Dylan Hernandez, 19, was hospitalized Thursday and died Sunday. He was found without a pulse by his roommate in their dorm room. The university has not identified the fraternity, and school officials provided few details about the situation.

Clashes broke out in the streets of Bolivia's capital when an opposition leader in the Senate declared herself the country's interim president after Evo Morales fled to Mexico following his surprise resignation. Jeanine Anez claimed the post of Senate leader late in the day, a position next in line for the presidency, even though she lacked a quorum because of a boycott by Morales' Movement for Socialism Party.

A campus turned into a combat zone of police tear gas and pro-democracy protesters hurling bricks and firebombs amid a dramatic surge of violence across Hong Kong that could threaten elections later this month. The skirmishes at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, among the fiercest clashes since protests began in June, came amid a marathon string of marches and confrontations that have paralyzed parts of the former British colony.