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The changes have been made by an Internet user within VGTRK, a Russian state-run TV and radio network.

The lawyers told Reuters they expected at least some of the families of the 283 passengers on board the flight to sue Malaysia Airlines for damages above the amount they can already seek under an international agreement.

Now that we know a missile brought down MH17, we can ask how difficult it is to shoot a jetliner out of the sky at 33,000 feet.

An amendment just passed by the House would make the cannabis industry a more attractive partner for financial institutions.

"It’s not the route selection that resulted in these deaths. It’s some terrorist deciding to shoot our plane that caused these deaths."

President Barack Obama said MH17 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in an area controlled by pro-Russian separatists.

Here is a set of facts about Flight MH17, which was a Boeing 777-200 aircraft.

The Boeing 777 airplane was carrying 298 people on board when it crashed into a village about 25 miles from the Russian border.

A proposed international investigation into the crash of Flight MH17 will be approved only if all 15 U.N. Security Council members agree to it.

A threatened strike on New York's Long Island Rail Road was averted on Thursday when the transit authority and labor unions reached a tentative contract deal.

Celebrities took to Twitter on Thursday to react to the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine.

The two world leaders had previously arranged to discuss the ongoing Ukraine crisis.

Meet the man who claims he invented the selfie: a 67-year-old former Hollywood cameraman, Lester Wisbrod.

Three mortar shells landed in uninhabited areas of Israel on Thursday during a five-hour humanitarian cease-fire.

Shannon Guess Richardson received 18 years for sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama.

President Obama announced a new round of sanctions as the EU met to discuss increasing its own prohibitions on the Kremlin.

The military says climate is a national security issue, but two House amendments would slash spending on climate research.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Tuesday urged Congress to clamp down on inversion deals, calling them an "abuse of our tax system."

On the 20th anniversary of the end of the Rwandan genocide, the world watches as thousands are killed in Syria's endless civil war.

Many hemp producers, reviving an old American crop, are pursuing rope, not dope.

The migrants were the first wave processed in new facilities through the Obama administration's expedited deportation process.