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WASHINGTON - The U.S. is condemning instances of religious intolerance that are inflaming tensions in Ukraine. Among them is the distribution of leaflets demanding that Jews in eastern Ukraine identify themselves.

SEOUL, South Korea - A ferry carrying 462 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South Korea's southern coast on Wednesday, leaving more than 280 people missing despite a frantic, hours-long rescue by d

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Authorities say three people have been shot and killed in suburban Kansas City. Overland Park Fire Department spokesman Jason Rhodes said Sunday afternoon that one person of interest is in custody.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - LAS VEGAS - A woman was taken into federal custody Thursday after throwing a shoe at Hillary Clinton as the former Secretary of State began a Las Vegas convention keynote speech.

MURRYSVILLE, Pa. - A doctor says some victims of a multiple stabbing at a high school near Pittsburgh have suffered injuries classified as life-threatening, though all are expected to survive. Dr.

FORT HOOD, Texas -- A gunman opened fire Wednesday at Fort Hood in an attack that left four dead, including the shooter, law enforcement officials said. One of the officials, citing official internal U.S.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Stephen Harper and his fellow G7 leaders say they are suspending their participation in the Group of Eight until Russia "changes course." In a joint statement, the G7 nations say they will instead meet without Russia.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - CHICAGO - An eight-car Chicago commuter train plowed across a platform and scaled an escalator at the underground station of one of the nation's busiest airports early Monday, injuring 32 people on board, officials said.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The missing Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, the nation's prime minister said Monday, citing a new analysis of satellite data.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - SEATTLE - A news helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle's Space Needle on Tuesday, killing two people, critically injuring a person in a car on the ground and sending plumes of black smoke over the city during the m