United States The United States Food and Drug Administration approves genetically modified potatoes and apples.
Solar eclipse A solar eclipse, a vernal (for those living in the northern hemisphere) and autumnal (for those in the southern hemisphere) equinox, and a Supermoon will all occur today.
Maurizio Lupi Maurizio Lupi resigns as Italy's Minister for Infrastructure following the arrest of a key aide in a corruption probe.
Subprime mortgage To resolve claims they were misled about the company's subprime mortgage exposure, a U.S. District Court Judge, Laura Swain approves a settlement between shareholders and American multinational insurer AIG, providing for a payout of $970.5 million.
Biogen Idec Biogen Idec Inc. reports that a drug in a phase II clinical research trial has achieved the first experimental demonstration of a statistically significant reduction in amyloid plaque as well as a slowing of clinical impairment in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The antibody drug, aducanumab, blocked beta amyloid formation, a protein that forms toxic brain-destroying plaques, and significantly slowed cognitive decline.
Uruguayan Air Force A Uruguayan Air Force Beechcraft King Air crashes shortly after take-off from Laguna del Sauce airport, killing ten people.
Derails The Dehradun-Varanasi Janta Express derails near Bachhrawan Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh northern India resulting in at least 30 deaths and 150 people being injured.
2014–15 Australian region cyclone season Severe Tropical Cyclone Nathan makes landfall on Cape York Peninsula in far North Queensland as a category 4 (Australian system).
Mexican An ambush on Mexican police in Ocotlan, Jalisco state kills ten with none of the gunmen apprehended.
Yemeni Crisis Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide bombings in Shiite mosques in Sanaa that kill 142 people.
Islamic State releases a video showing the execution of three Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq with threats to execute dozens more.