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DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian activists in eastern Ukraine may be trying to re-create the events that led up to Russia's annexation of Crimea. They've barricaded themselves inside a government building in the city of Donetsk, and proclaimed the region to be independent. And they're calling for a referendum on seceding from Ukraine. A similar action was taken in another Russian-speaking city in eastern Ukraine (Kharkiv). The White House is warning Russia not to intervene, saying there could be further sanctions.
PERTH, Australia (AP) — There may not be much time left to find the black-boxes from the missing Malaysian jetliner. An Australian ship has picked up two distinct and long-lasting sounds underwater that may be the signals from those devices. But it could take days to confirm whether that's the case. The batteries powering the signal are only supposed to last a month. And tomorrow marks exactly one month since the plane disappeared.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Yazoo City, Mississippi, are turning their attention to a large canal, as they search for a 9-year-old girl who was seen being swept into a culvert by floodwaters yesterday evening. Severe thunderstorms that have been moving across the Southeast also caused flash flooding in central Alabama. Crews in small boats and military trucks had to rescue dozens of people from homes and cars.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to kidnap police officers has now renounced his belief in a sovereign-citizen philosophy. David Brutsche (broo-SHAY') apologized to a judge and spoke for nearly 20 minutes at a hearing today in Las Vegas, before being sentenced to five years of probation. He said sitting in isolation in jail has given him a lot of time to think. He previously supported an extremist anti-authority theory that people can declare themselves to be outside the bounds of federal and local legal constraints.
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft tomorrow will end support for its Windows XP system. An estimate 30 percent of businesses and consumers are still using the operating system from 12 years ago. And experts say the end of Microsoft support could put in jeopardy everything from the operations of heavy industry to the identities of everyday people. Microsoft has released a handful of Windows operating systems since 2001. But XP's popularity -- and the durability of the computers it was installed on -- kept it around longer than expected.
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