Nation: Authorities in Fox Lake, Ill. outside Chicago are preparing to report today that the death of a popular police lieutenant in September was a suicide, not a murder. Lt. Charles Gliniewicz, 52, had radioed in that he was out …

Flashpoint: The body of an abducted Arab teenager was found in a Jerusalem forest this morning in what may be a killing in revenge for the murder of three Israeli teenagers. The discovery came only about an hour after the …

Ukraine: Turnout appeared to be light today for a referendum on independence in eastern Ukraine, with many voters marking their ballots “yes.” The movement’s backers would create independent republics in Donetsk and Luhansk. The chairman of the election committee for …