Ukraine Deal: NATO leaders are scheduled to meet today in Wales to discuss a variety of issues, including the Ukraine crisis and possibly to establish a quick-reaction force to defend members in Eastern Europe. They are becoming increasingly irritated by …

Three Pointer: A federal probate judge ruled that Shelley Sterling can sell the Los Angeles Clippers immediately without permission from her embattled husband Donald. Under threat from the NBA to sell the team, Mrs. Sterling agreed in May to sell …

Still Looking: Australian authorities have designated a new 23,000 square mile area in the southern Indian Ocean to search for the remains of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. The new zone selected on the basis of satellite information, about 1,100 miles …

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 …

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.” …

Disaster: At least 238 people are dead in a coalmine explosion and fire in Turkey. About 120 miners are still trapped inside. Turkey’s energy minister said 787 people were working at the mine 155 miles south of Istanbul when 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 …

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 …

Flight 370: China’s official Xinhua news agency says a Chinese patrol boat detected an electronic pulse signal today in the Southern Indian Ocean. The Chinese say the signal is unidentified. Two other ships equipped to detect an airplane’s black box, …