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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel (AHN'-geh-lah MEHR'-kuhl) says the conflict between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists can't be solved by "military means." That's what she said in a joint news conference in Ottawa with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canada is home to more than 1 million people of Ukrainian descent. Merkel met earlier in the day in Washington with President Barack Obama. Germany and France are pushing a peace initiative.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare display of unity, the GOP-run Senate has voted 92-0 in confirming President Barack Obama's nominee to serve as U.S. drug "czar." Michael Botticelli has served as acting drug czar since March. More than 40,000 people die each year in the U.S. from overdoses of prescription painkillers, heroin and other substances.
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Ten women and two men have been chosen to hear the Texas capital murder trial of a man charged with killing Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL depicted in the Oscar-nominated movie "American Sniper." Former Marine Eddie Ray Routh (rowth) is also accused of killing a friend of Kyle's. They were shot dead at a gun range near Stephenville (STEE'-ven-vil), where the trial begins tomorrow.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Twenty people are plaintiffs in two federal lawsuits alleging that jails in the St. Louis County towns of Ferguson and Jennings operate essentially as modern-day debtors' prisons. The suits allege that minor traffic offenses can lead to extended jail stays. Ferguson is the town where there was unrest last year over the police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A onetime California school official is headed to state prison for 10 years for sexually assaulting two women when they were her middle school students in Riverside. One of the victims confronted Andrea Cardosa in a phone call that was posted on YouTube. Cardosa avoided a potential life sentence by pleading guilty last month.
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