EF3 A rare EF2 tornado strikes Chelsea and Revere, Massachusetts marking the first such incident since at least 1950 that a tornado had hit the two communities north of Boston according to the NWS.
Real estate Real estate firms Zillow and Trulia agree to merge, becoming the world's third-largest real estate firm.
Permanent Court of Arbitration's The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration says Russian officials have manipulated the legal system to bankrupt Russia's largest Yukos oil company, and jail its boss (Mikhail Khodorkovsky and others). Yukos was the object of a series of politically motivated attacks by the Russian authorities that eventually led to its destruction. The company's assets were illegally expropriated for the benefit of State companies Rosneft and Gazprom. The Yuganskneftegaz auction was illegal. The $50 billion awarded by the Hague's arbitration court against Russia is the largest arbitration award ever.
Discount store American discount store chain Dollar Tree reaches an $8.5 billion deal to buy out rival Family Dollar.
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict A young Jewish man is assaulted and battered in Paris after his picture and identity is posted on a Facebook page calling for attacks on Jews.
In Toulouse, France, a man is arrested for firebombing a Jewish center after a pro-Palestinian protest.
The IDF releases data indicating that long range rockets fired by Islamic Jihad in Gaza struck a hospital in Shifa and a Palestinian refugee camp in Shati killing at least nine children and two adults.
Israeli officials release a report documenting cases of journalists being threatened after reporting on potential war crimes by Hamas.
The United Nations Security Council calls for an immediate ceasefire but neither Israel nor Hamas agrees.
National Oil Corp. A huge fire at the National Oil Corp. depot started by a stray rocket threatens the Libyan capital Tripoli.
Philippines At least 16 people are killed and 13 injured in the Philippines in a terrorist attack by Islamic group Abu Sayyaf.
Ukrainian forces recapture control of Debaltseve, Shakhtarsk, Torez, and Lutuhyne in Donetsk oblast from pro-Russian separatists.
Ukrainian forces recapture control of the strategic height of Savur-Mohyla in Donetsk oblast from pro-Russian insurgents.