Ukraine Launches Military Operation Against Separatists In The East Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Ukraine Launches Military Operation Against Separatists In The East Two Ukrainian copters were shot down in the fighting, which Kiev calls an "anti-terror" operation against pro-Russia rebels. Russia says the push "killed the last hope" for a deal to ease the crisis. Read this story Death Penalty Fades As Hot-Button Issue With murders down dramatically, death penalty support has fallen far from its peak 20 years ago. Problems with executions, meanwhile, have made many Democrats, at least, skeptical about the practice. Read this story Afghan Female Cyclists: Breaking Away, And Breaking Taboos There's one women's cycling team in Afghanistan. Free-form traffic and open-mouth stares are just a couple of the things they encounter as they pedal the country's mountainous, potholed roads. Read this story Unemployment Drops To 6.3 Percent, Lowest In 5 Years U.S. employers added far more jobs than expected — 288,000 — in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. In a separate survey, the unemployment rate dipped by 0.4 percentage points. Read this story Amid The Device Hype, This Startup Is Taking Wearables To Heart There's a lot of money and attention going toward wearable devices, though the sophistication of the technology varies. One company is developing wearables with clusters of tiny high-tech senors. Read this story more news stories

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