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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Safety Board's preliminary report says external impact from multiple objects caused Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to lose structural integrity and break up over eastern Ukraine. The report stops short of saying missiles knocked the plane down. All 298 people aboard were killed. A full report is to come.
BETHLEHEM, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in upstate New York are reporting the fatal crash of a small plane into a stationary train. Officials say a student pilot and an instructor died in the crash at a railroad yard. Officials in the town of Bethlehem, New York, say the single-engine Cessna 172 Skyhawk crashed soon after takeoff from South Albany Airport yesterday afternoon.
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Meteorological Organization says the latest report on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere shows "time is not on our side, for sure." The U.N. weather agency report says the heat-trapping gas blamed for the largest share of global warming rose to global concentrations of 396 parts per million last year -- a new record.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A video shown to The Associated press reveals more about the fight between a now-fired football star and his then-fiance. In the video, Ray Rice and Janay Palmer can be heard shouting obscenities at each other, and she appears to spit in his face right before he throws a knockout punch. The Baltimore Ravens cut Rice after a shorter, grainier video on TMZ made the rounds on the Internet yesterday.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — More help is on the way to West African countries struggling with a major Ebola outbreak. The African Union is sending at least 100 people, including doctors, nurses and others to support efforts to contain the outbreak. The European Union has promised 5 million euros ($6.4 million) to fund the mission. The outbreak has killed more than 2,000 people.
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