U.S. Secret Service The U.S. Secret Service removes four of its highest-ranking leaders while a fifth one retires. The continuing restructuring and fallout stem from a string of public security lapses beginning with the misconduct at the 6th Summit of the Americas. The most recent stage of the restructuring began in October 2014 with the resignation of then-Director Julia Pierson.
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency rules that anti-Muslim advertisements placed on Muni buses must be permitted because of freedom of speech.
Indianapolis Colts Police charge Indianapolis Colts linebacker Josh McNary with a December 1, 2014 rape.
Georgian The U.S. state of Georgia executes Vietnam War veteran Andrew Brannan for the 1998 murder of Laurens County sheriff's deputy Kyle Dinkheller.
Taiwan Taiwan protests China’s new air routes near the median line of the Taiwan Strait and vows to step up surveillance of aviation activity.
Prime Minister of Japan The cabinet of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe approves a record defence budget with a plan to buy surveillance aircraft and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to improve security of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea claimed by both Japan and China.
Floods devastate Floods devastate Mozambique and Malawi, with at least 73 deaths and over 70,000 homeless.
Penwell, Texas A collision between a train and a prison transport bus near Penwell, Texas leaves at least eight prisoners and two corrections officers dead.
Caesars Entertainment Corporation Caesars Entertainment Corporation operating unit will file for bankruptcy on Thursday in Chicago.
Charlie Hebdo "Charlie Hebdo" publishes an edition as a counterpoint to the "Charlie Hebdo" shootings.
Pagalungan A bomb destroys a transmission tower in Pagalungan leaving much of the Philippine provinces of Maguindanao and North Cotabato without power.