Ukraine Crash: The US says a satellite tracked a surface to air missile taking down the Malaysian Airlines jetliner in Ukraine yesterday with 298 people on board. Officials said the tracking did not reveal the missile’s point of origin, but …

Derailed: A Moscow Metro subway train derailed and crashed today, killing at least 20 people and injuring 150. The cause was not immediately evident. The crash happened 275 feet below the streets, making rescue and recovery more difficult. Authorities say …

Middle East: At least six members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas were killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza. Israel said the strikes were in retaliation for rocket attacks. The region is simmering after the killing of three Israeli …

Iraq: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has rejected international calls to form a unity government that includes the Sunni minority to defuse the country’s civil war. Maliki is a Shiite who has squeezed Sunnis out of power in both the military …

Taken: American Special Forces nabbed a suspected leader in the 2012 Benghazi, Libya consulate attack who had been living openly in, of all places, Benghazi. Ahmed Abu Khattala is being returned to the US to face charges and trial for …

Nation: Actor and Comedian Tracy Morgan is in critical condition after a fatal car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike early this morning. Morgan had done a standup routine and was returning to New York on a limousine bus when …

World: World leaders gathered in Normandy today to mark the 70th anniversary of the allied invasion to free Europe from Nazi Germany. The inescapable irony is that Russian President Vladmir Putin, whose bullying of Ukraine threatens world peace, was present …

Nation: Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernadez has been indicted for two more murders in a 2012 car-to-car shooting in Boston. Hernadez was already facing charges in the killing of a man who had visited his home last June. The …

Ukraine: Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine say voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots yesterday in favor of independence from Ukraine. They said the vote was 90 percent in Donetsk and 96 percent in Luhansk, although the election was conducted in some …

Ukraine: Pro-Russians appear ready to go ahead with an independence referendum tomorrow, despite discouragement from Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine government. Ukraine’s acting President Oleksander Turchinov said the vote “would be a step into the abyss for these …