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Tenuous Progress At Jet's Crash Site, As Clashes Flare Close By

6:35pm July 21, 2014

by Robert Siegel

The first investigators have reached the crash site of the Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, fighting flared in Donetsk between separatists and armed groups supporting the government.

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Members of global advocacy group Avaaz stand next to a digital counter showing the number of petition signatures calling for net neutrality outside the Federal Communication Commission in Washington in January. Avaaz joined other groups to deliver more th

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Net Neutrality, Shall I Compare Thee To A Highway? A Showerhead?

6:35pm July 21, 2014

by NPR Staff

Net neutrality can be an issue that's difficult to understand and difficult to explain, so the metaphor that's used to describe it is kind of important. See what neutrality is being compared to.

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At The Scene Of The Crash: An Attempt To Make Sense Of The Wreckage

2:59pm July 21, 2014

Audie Cornish talks with reporter Noah Sneider, who's at the crash site of the Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region.

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Thousands of Iraqis fleeing Sunni extremists fled to the Kurdish city of Erbil, where they lined up here on June 12 at a checkpoint before entering.

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Extremists Leave A Violent Message In A Small Iraqi Town

10:49am July 21, 2014

by Leila Fadel

The Sunni town fought back when Sunni Muslim extremists from the Islamic State tried to impose their rule. The extremists leveled the town as a warning to Sunnis who won't accept their brutal rule.

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The passenger jet had nearly 300 people aboard; none survived. A white ribbon tied to a stick indicates the presence of human remains at this region of the crash site, in Grabovka, Ukraine.

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Ukraine Accuses Rebels Of Destroying Evidence At MH17 Crash Site

11:45pm July 19, 2014

by Scott Neuman

U.S. and European officials worry that evidence pointing to the cause of the crash could be altered or removed, and that bodies exposed to the elements are beginning to decay.

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Israel Intensifies Ground Operation In Gaza

11:45am July 19, 2014

International correspondent Ari Shapiro talks with NPR's Scott Simon from Jerusalem about about the second day of the Israeli military's ground operation of the Gaza Strip.

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A firefighter douses the smoldering wreckage of Flight MH17 on Thursday.

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Obama: Evidence MH17 Hit By Missile From Rebel-Held Area Of Ukraine

2:24am July 19, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The president says at least one U.S. citizen is among the nearly 300 people killed when the plane crashed in the eastern Donetsk region.

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Joep Lange led many early drug trials of HIV therapies and studied how to prevent HIV-positive pregnant women from transmitting the virus to their babies.

Joep Lange, Who Died On Flight MH17, Changed The Way We Fight AIDS

8:27pm July 18, 2014

by Nurith Aizenman

He was a passenger on the downed Malaysia Airlines flight. Those who knew researcher and activist Joep Lange say he was a giant in the battle against AIDS — and truly "a scientist with a heart."

Obama: U.S. Confident That Missile Came From Rebel-Held Region

7:54pm July 18, 2014

by Dina Temple-Raston

The U.S. says that evidence suggests the missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was fired from separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports what is now known about the crash.

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Unanimous Vote Could Mean Reduced Penalties For 46,000 Defendants

7:54pm July 18, 2014

by Carrie Johnson

The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted Friday on a recommendation that Congress lower certain mandatory drug sentences retroactively. The move could cut almost two years off of thousands of prisoners' sentences.

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