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Ukraine rebels say more remains found at MH17 site

PETER LEONARD Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Rebel separatists in east Ukraine said Friday that more human remains have been found at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane that was brought down in July. The rebel transportation ministry said that the parts were found while wreckage was being removed from the area….

Report Of Bicyclist Struck In Downtown Bethesda

A bicyclist was reportedly struck by a car near a bicycle shop in downtown Bethesda. Montgomery County emergency workers are on the scene of the incident at the intersection of Old Georgetown Road and Woodmont Avenue, near the Freshbikes Cycling store.

PetMAC in Virginia Square to Close

PetMAC, the pet supply store and adoption center at 822 N. Kenmore Street in Virginia Square, is closing its doors before the end of the year and moving to Reston. The store’s lease ends at the end of December, according to owner Cindy Williams, and business has slowed down to the point where she can’t…

Biggest Brazil metro area desperate for water

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press ITU, Brazil (AP) — It’s been nearly a month since Diomar Pereira has had running water at his home in Itu, a commuter city outside Sao Paulo that is at the epicenter of the worst drought to hit southeastern Brazil in more than eight decades. Like others in this city…

Democrats lost ground among white voters

JENNIFER AGIESTA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White voters of all ages were less likely to back Democrats this year than in elections past, helping Republicans nationwide but most acutely in the South — and overpowering Democratic efforts to turn out their core supporters among blacks and Hispanics. In a nation growing ever more diverse,…

Some in GOP fear schism over Obama, immigration

CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Barack Obama vowing to press ahead on immigration, prominent Hispanic Republicans are worried about the reaction of staunch conservatives. They fear it will harm the party’s ability to win over Latinos in the next presidential election and beyond. While immigration was generally a muted issue in…

Cal U. player’s bond revoked in DC hit and run

CALIFORNIA, Pa. (AP) — One of six suspended California University of Pennsylvania football players jailed in an off-campus beating has had his bond revoked in an unrelated hit-and-run case in Washington, D.C., that left a man in a coma. The beating — and the revelation that 22-year-old Corey Ford played this season despite awaiting sentencing…