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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a year after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared while traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, a piece of a plane's wing has been found on the French island of Reunion in the western Indian Ocean. Air safety investigators are looking into whether the plane part could belong to the Boeing 777 that disappeared March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota dentist who killed a well-known, protected lion while on a hunt in Zimbabwe is telling his patients to find another dentist. Walter James Palmer has become a target of outrage from across the world. And he remains secluded in the face of protests Wednesday at his suburban Minneapolis clinic and intense condemnation online. In Zimbabwe, a hunting guide and a farm owner appeared in court Wednesday on allegations they helped Palmer kill the lion.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan Taliban say they're "not aware" of a new round of peace talks expected to take place in Pakistan on Friday. A Taliban statement appears to indicate that they will not participate in the second round of the official face-to-face talks with the Afghan government. It's not clear if they're completely pulling out of the talks, which began earlier this month. The statement comes a day after the Kabul government announced the reclusive Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, has been dead for more than two years.
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Police in Australia say the decomposed remains of a young girl found in a suitcase do not belong to missing British girl Madeleine McCann. The bones were found dumped earlier this month in bushes near the South Australia state capital Adelaide. Police say 43 children have now been eliminated as the victim in the murder investigation, including Madeleine, who was 3 years old when she went missing while on vacation in Portugal with her family in 2007. The case has never been solved.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge is scheduled to hear arguments Thursday about whether the Catholic archbishop of Los Angeles can sell a hilltop convent overlooking Hollywood to pop singer Katy Perry. An order of nuns owns the multimillion dollar property and has sold it to a businesswoman who wants to develop it into a hotel and restaurant. The archbishop, however, contends the nuns didn't have authority to make the sale and that Perry's $14.5 million offer for the property is a better deal.
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