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MH17 families mulling lawsuit against Malaysia Airlines
Taliban attack Afghan security office in Kabul with bomb, gunfire
Homes damaged, at least 5 dead in massive Houston flooding
Houston deluged, five reported dead in Texas floods
In Houston Nearly 900 Are Rescued as Severe Flooding Sweeps Through City
Transgender bathroom bill fails in Tennessee legislature
Doris Roberts, Star of 'Everybody Loves Raymond,' Dies at 90

MH17 families mulling lawsuit against Malaysia Airlines

Posted: 19 Apr 2016 11:08 AM PDT

Dozens of families of those killed when a missile shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine two years ago are considering suing the carrier for compensation, their lawyer told AFP Tuesday. All 298 passengers and crew -- the majority of them Dutch -- died when the Boeing 777 was hit by a Russian-made BUK anti-aircraft missile over war-torn eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. Under a 1999 international accord dubbed the Montreal Convention, the families have until the second anniversary of the disaster -- July 17 -- to decide if they want to press a lawsuit.

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Taliban attack Afghan security office in Kabul with bomb, gunfire

Posted: 19 Apr 2016 01:19 AM PDT

By Josh Smith and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants attacked an office of Afghanistan's main security agency with a suicide car bomb and gunfire on Tuesday, killing several people and wounding over 200, in their first assault on the capital since declaring a spring offensive. President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack "in the strongest possible terms" in a statement from the presidential palace, only a few hundred meters away from the scene of the blast in central Kabul. The attack began with a suicide car bomb during the height of the morning rush hour, and security forces and militants then exchanged gunfire, Reuters witnesses near the scene said.

Homes damaged, at least 5 dead in massive Houston flooding

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:09 PM PDT

HOUSTON (AP) — More than a foot of rain had fallen by Monday evening in parts of Houston, submerging scores of subdivisions and several major interstate highways, forcing the closure of schools and knocking out power to thousands of residents who were urged to shelter in place.