Ukraine: Chocolate billionaire Petro Poroshenko has declared victory in the Ukraine presidential election after winning more than 55 percent of the vote. If the margin holds in the final count, Poroshenko avoids a runoff. The 48-year-old “chocolate king” ran on …

Nation: The shooter Friday night at UC Santa Barbara was a 22-year-old city college student who had vowed revenge on girls who wouldn’t go out with him. Elliot Rodger had Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism, and some other undisclosed …

Nation: Seven people are dead and seven injured in the Isla Vista neighborhood near UC Santa Barbara after a drive-by shooting spree and two gun battles with police. The gunman is among the dead, an apparent suicide. One of the …

Nation: Tennessee’s governor has signed a law to bring back the electric chair for executions if lethal injection drugs are not available. States are beginning to have trouble obtaining drugs for lethal injection as the method becomes increasingly controversial. Some …

Nation: Authorities in the New York area yesterday rounded up 71 people accused of possessing and swapping child pornography images. The suspects include a small town police chief, a New York City cop, and a mother believed to have produced …

Veteran Scandal: President Obama said this morning that he has ordered a broad investigation of accusations that veterans are dying while waiting for healthcare. “If these allegation prove to be true it is dishonorable, it is disgraceful and I will …

World: NATO says there’s no sign that Russia has pulled its troops back from the Ukraine border as promised. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, “Unfortunately, we have not seen any evidence at all that Russia has started withdrawal.” …

I Spy: The Justice Department this morning announced espionage charges against five members of China’s People’s Liberation Army, accusing them of stealing trade secrets from American companies. It’s unprecedented to remotely indict officials of a foreign government, but needless to say, …

World: Flooding in Bosnia and Serbia forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in Bosnia and Serbia yesterday. At least 25 people were reported dead and many thousands without power. Some people had to be rescued from the …

Nation: General Motors will pay a $35 million fine for failure to report potentially fatal problems with the ignition switches in 2.6 million cars, according to the Department of Transportation. The switches were prone to turning off while the cars …