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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he has grave concerns about Russian support of armed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Putin is said to have initiated a call to Obama today, their first time speaking in more than two weeks. The protesters have seized more than a dozen government buildings. There were similar protests in Ukraine's Crimea region before Russian annexed it.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Southern California say two parolees killed at least four women while wearing GPS trackers and that there may be more victims. Anaheim police Chief Raul Quezada (kay-ZAH'-dah) says the rapes happened last fall while registered sex offenders Franc Cano and Steven Dean Gordon were both wearing ankle bracelets. They're charged with special circumstances murder and rape. If convicted they could face the death penalty.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Federal hate crime charges could be filed as early as tomorrow against a white supremacist being held without bail for allegedly gunning down three people outside a Jewish community center and retirement complex in Overland Park, Kan. Frazier Glenn Cross is a retired trucker with Ku Klux Klan ties and has espoused racist and anti-Semitic views for decades.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada rancher says he's trying to determine if federal agents damaged his cattle when the animals were rounded up and then released in a showdown with angry protesters, some of them armed militia members. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says it has backed off following a potentially violent standoff over the weekend. But the BLM says it will continue its legal fight to collect back grazing fees. Rancher Cliven Bundy has allowed his cattle to graze on federal lands since the 1990's, without paying annual fees.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The launch of 2 ½ tons of supplies needed on the International Space has been pushed back until at least Friday. Today's planned launch by space firm SpaceX was scrubbed. A rocket leak is blamed. Over the weekend, NASA almost postponed the launch attempt because of a computer outage at the space station.
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