A teenager kills his father at their home in rural South Carolina before going to the nearby school and opening fire with a handgun, injuring two students and a teacher. Investigators conclude that a missile that destroyed the jet over Ukraine, killing 298 people, was fired from rebel-controlled territory by a mobile launcher that was trucked in from Russia. The Arab world — where many saw Peres' vision of peace as all talk — declines to join the expressions of admiration for the Israeli leader. Congressional leaders clear the way for a spending bill needed to keep the U.S.