2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting In a unanimous decision, the jury rules that James Holmes, having already been convicted for the shooting, is still eligible for the death penalty.
India After days of heavy rain, a fifty-year-old building collapses in the Indian city of Thane killing at least twelve people with many more feared trapped in the rubble.
Alphen aan den Rijn Two cranes overturn on several houses while installing a part of the Julianabrug at Alphen aan den Rijn in the Netherlands leaving twenty people injured.
Flood Flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains has caused over 100 deaths in India over the past week with tens of thousands of people taking shelter in refugee camps.
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico fails to make a scheduled payment of US$58 million to service its debts of $72 billion. Moody's considers the commonwealth in default.
Athens Stock Exchange The Athens Stock Exchange reopens after more than a month with share values falling by 22 percent in early trading.
Nokia Nokia sells its mapping application Here to German car makers BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz for 2.8 billion euros.
HSBC British bank HSBC agrees to sell its Brazilian banking business to Banco Bradesco for $5.2 billion.
Syrian civil war A Syrian fighter jet crashes into a marketplace in the town of Ariha leaving at least 31 people dead and dozens injured.