United States Senate The United States Senate confirms Loretta Lynch as the Attorney General of the United States. Lynch will be the first African-American woman to hold the position.
Petraeus scandal Former United States Army general and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency David Petraeus pleads guilty of sharing classified information with his biographer and lover. He is given two years probation and a $100,000 fine.
Manipulation of the Libor Deutsche Bank pays $2.5 billion to settle an investigation by the United States and the United Kingdom related to manipulation of the Libor or London Interbank Offered Rate. It will also plead guilty in a US court case.
Republic of Macedonia Macedonian state television reports that 14 migrants died after being hit by a train near the city of Veles while travelling through the Balkans towards Western Europe.
Nasdaq The NASDAQ Stock Market sets a new record high for the first time since the dot com bubble collapsed in 2000.
Bloomberg News Bloomberg News reports that Comcast will walk away from its $45 billion takeover for Time Warner Cable.
War Two other American citizens working with al-Qaeda, Adam Yahiye Gadahn and Ahmed Farouq, are also killed in special operations in the same area.
The United States advises that a counterterrorism operation on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan has killed American and Italian al-Qaeda hostages Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto.