2015-12-29 3828833f5d4bf93f937f661e1bf1681b029b928b 18 Kim Jong-un 70 /wiki/kim%20jong-un Kim Yang-gon 36 /wiki/kim%20yang-gon Korean Central News Agency 13 /wiki/korean%20central%20news%20agency North Korea 1 /wiki/north%20korea South Korea 171 /wiki/south%20korea Workers' Party of Korea 115 /wiki/workers'%20party%20of%20korea Kim Jong-un Kim Yang-gon Korean Central News Agency North Korea South Korea Workers' Party of Korea North Korea /feed/2015/12/29/north-korea-s-state-media-says-kim-yang-gon-a-top-aide-to-supreme-leader-kim-jong-un-and-secretary-of-the-ruling-worker BBC 29 fbbd262cd739b7e79453502a30b4ce2103b3410a 12 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35196624 2015 North Korea's state media says Kim Yang-gon, a top aide to supreme leader Kim Jong-un and secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), who was also in charge of ties with South Korea, dies in a car crash. 2015-12-29 d4547c356f02b7f75cd213fdad7f7758f3f0caf3 https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/696241a16fd8041b81f12a2f1ad6d27ac1a27ecf/c=0-65-3175-1859/local/-/media/2015/12/15/USATODAY/USATODAY/635858067890106137-AP-GOP-2016-Debate.1.jpg?width=3175&height=1794&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/696241a16fd8041b81f12a2f1ad6d27ac1a27ecf/c=0-65-3175-1859/local/-/media/2015/12/15/USATODAY/USATODAY/635858067890106137-AP-GOP-2016-Debate.1.jpg?width=3175&height=1794&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 17 GOP's 71 /wiki/republican%20party%20(united%20states) George Pataki 14 /wiki/george%20pataki U.S. president 116 /wiki/president%20of%20the%20united%20states campaign 37 /wiki/george%20pataki%20presidential%20campaign,%202016 governor of New York 2 /wiki/governor%20of%20new%20york in 2016 1 /wiki/2016%20united%20states%20presidential%20election GOP's George Pataki U.S. president campaign governor of New York in 2016 In 2016 /feed/2015/12/29/former-governor-of-new-york-george-pataki-ends-his-campaign-for-the-republican-party-nomination-for-president-of-the-u USA Today 29 cdce8a883fdeee014b2f1b347c55dc7dfcf5bbd0 12 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2015/12/29/pataki-drops-out-presidential-race/78038530/ 2015 The former New York governor had complained the race had turned into a "reality gong show.” Former Governor of New York, George Pataki, ends his campaign for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States. 2015-12-29 26e689ff206b5b30346caa5a0b1f197c2a7cea8d 15 Eloy Inos 1 /wiki/eloy%20inos Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands 13 /wiki/governor%20of%20the%20northern%20mariana%20islands Eloy Inos Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands Eloy Inos /feed/2015/12/29/eloy-inos-the-governor-of-the-northern-mariana-islands-since-2013-dies-in-office Marianas Variety 29 dee74aa360453dd22937331a7f448ae6ca7b354e 12 http://www.mvariety.com/cnmi/cnmi-news/local/82659-update-ralph-torres-victor-hocog-will-be-sworn-in-at-3-p-m-tuesday-at-the-multi-purpose-center 2015 Saipan Tribune 29 96abde23e5a83d6c7f449e42d75b827c57b54569 12 http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/breaking-news-gov-eloy-inos-passes-away/ 2015 Eloy Inos, the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands since 2013, dies in office. 2015-12-29 6aa70f8943daa42b9e3912ff25538c1a42e8f49d 14 Central 13 /wiki/central%20america El Salvador 1 /wiki/el%20salvador Honduras 36 /wiki/honduras world's most murderous nation 70 /wiki/list%20of%20countries%20by%20intentional%20homicide%20rate Central El Salvador Honduras world's most murderous nation El Salvador /feed/2015/12/29/el-salvador-s-murder-rate-surges-by-70-in-2015-an-increase-that-may-lead-to-the-central-american-nation-edging-out-hon Reuters via Daily Mail 29 70ed5929a5c39e3be05d0cc9e3640f1b32ec7389 12 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3377989/El-Salvador-murder-rate-jumps-70-pct-2015.html 2015 El Salvador's murder rate surges by 70% in 2015, an increase that may lead to the Central American nation edging out Honduras as the world's most murderous nation. 2015-12-29 212e3d82488bd194c8de44be7c7c07c5ab537ed8 13 Chicago 1 /wiki/chicago Illinois 13 /wiki/illinois Jason Van Dyke 36 /wiki/jason%20van%20dyke Laquan McDonald 70 /wiki/laquan%20mcdonald Chicago Illinois Jason Van Dyke Laquan McDonald Chicago /feed/2015/12/29/chicago-illinois-police-officer-jason-van-dyke-enters-a-not-guilty-plea-regarding-the-charges-of-the-2014-shooting-de New York Times 29 e0a026d30e36ceea100cef638c1d3e717e30bc14 12 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/us/laquan-mcdonald-shooting-chicago.html?hpw&rref=us&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well 2015 Chicago, Illinois police officer, Jason Van Dyke, enters a not guilty plea regarding the charges of the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald. 2015-12-29 b4a6b76ed98f1c815768af4817bad697a92292b0 12 Captagon 13 /wiki/fenethylline Egypt 70 /wiki/egypt Lebanese Customs Administration 1 /wiki/lebanese%20customs%20administration Lebanon 171 /wiki/lebanon airport 115 /wiki/beirut-rafic%20hariri%20international%20airport civil war 238 /wiki/syrian%20civil%20war hashish 36 /wiki/hashish Captagon Egypt Lebanese Customs Administration Lebanon airport civil war hashish Lebanese Customs Administration /feed/2015/12/29/lebanese-customs-seize-five-tonnes-of-captagon-amphetamine-pills-and-hashish-concealed-in-primary-school-desks-that-wer Channel News Asia 29 0d986550c635bfddb8833767f30151f2b551cbd4 12 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/lebanon-seizes-5-tonnes-o/2385764.html 2015 Lebanese Customs seize five tonnes of Captagon amphetamine pills and Hashish, concealed in primary school desks that were to be shipped to Egypt, at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport. Meanwhile, security forces in northern Lebanon found two workshops producing Captagon and other drugs during a series of raids. The drug is infamous as being used by Islamist militants in the Syrian civil war. 2015-12-29 87ec2a3874e8512efdc5f32a556909ba1d55abdf 11 Ethan Couch 1 /wiki/ethan%20couch Mexico 115 /wiki/mexico Tarrant County 36 /wiki/tarrant%20county Texas 70 /wiki/texas U.S. Marshals Service 171 /wiki/united%20states%20marshal%20service affluenza 13 /wiki/affluenza Ethan Couch Mexico Tarrant County Texas U.S. Marshals Service affluenza Ethan Couch /feed/2015/12/29/ethan-couch-the-so-called-affluenza-teen-who-violated-probation-for-killing-four-people-when-driving-while-intoxicate Reuters 29 1cfbce8fb9f4a056254a0ef8bb3336bba446e946 12 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-affluenza-idUSKBN0UC07420151229 2015 Ethan Couch, the so-called "affluenza" teen who violated probation for killing four people when driving while intoxicated when he disappeared from Tarrant County, Texas, is taken into custody in Mexico. Mexican officials will remand Couch and his mother, with whom he fled, to the U.S. Marshals Service. 2015-12-29 8e2e3bd744c81758fe7943b5b445d551786681a7 10 /feed/2015/12/29/in-anchorage-alaska-pilot-doug-demarest-flew-a-from-the-civil-air-patrol-without-permission-and-crashed-into-building Toronto Sun 29 30d0bb97e8b1bd14fefa0505bb8d17af533f9059 12 http://www.torontosun.com/2016/01/04/pilot-in-alaska-crash-took-plane-without-permission-civil-air-patrol-says 2015 In Anchorage, Alaska pilot Doug Demarest flew a from the Civil Air Patrol without permission and crashed into building which housed his wife's law office and the Alaska Department of Law, killing himself. His family said that the crash was a suicide, while the FBI reiterated that "there is no indication this was a terrorist act" 2015-12-29 9340f112c5d27152f97a9d62de4546db8a1c1805 9 Ebola 13 /wiki/ebola Guinea 1 /wiki/guinea World Health Organization 36 /wiki/world%20health%20organization Ebola Guinea World Health Organization Guinea /feed/2015/12/29/for-the-first-time-since-march-2014-guinea-is-declared-free-from-ebola-virus-transmissions-by-the-world-health-organiza New York Times 29 a9405a6fc0a23e811334c53f124abcac0928de59 12 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/world/africa/ebola-guinea-who.html?_r=0 2015 For the first time since March 2014, Guinea is declared free from Ebola virus transmissions by the World Health Organization. 2015-12-29 08c13c560ef73c8470ea23a01fbe468bd0cfb489 8 1993 floods 37 /wiki/great%20flood%20of%201993 2015 Flood in Missouri 1 /wiki/2015%20flood%20in%20missouri Governor of Missouri 2 /wiki/list%20of%20governors%20of%20missouri Jay Nixon 14 /wiki/jay%20nixon Mississippi River 71 /wiki/mississippi%20river 1993 floods 2015 Flood in Missouri Governor of Missouri Jay Nixon Mississippi River 2015 Flood in Missouri /feed/2015/12/29/missouri-governor-jay-nixon-warns-residents-that-the-state-faces-historic-flooding-that-likely-will-rival-great-flood-of NBC News 29 b0ba0bd978792bf0bd2c33f1065271a05848293e 12 http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/missouri-governor-warns-historic-dangerous-floods-n487541 2015 UPI 29 89bfee469ce915c3b693020031147a5371354f1b 12 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2015/12/29/Midwest-Weather-Missouri-governor-Nixon-warns-of-historic-water-levels-to-rival-Great-Flood-of-93/2371451386905/ 2015 Missouri Governor Jay Nixon warns residents that the state faces historic flooding that likely will rival Great Flood of 1993 levels. Swollen rivers are still rising and won't crest for days. The Mississippi River is expected to reach nearly 15 feet above flood stage on Thursday. Nixon pleaded with drivers to stay off inundated roadways. Twelve of the 13 people killed from these recent storms died after their vehicles were swept from flooded roadways. 2015-12-29 e632e6e13d8df3b822c42e8d1ed22c0f99fce16c 7 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season 1 /wiki/2015-16%20uk%20and%20ireland%20windstorm%20season British soldier 116 /wiki/british%20army North Yorkshire 37 /wiki/north%20yorkshire River Wharfe 71 /wiki/river%20wharfe Tadcaster 14 /wiki/tadcaster Tadcaster Bridge 2 /wiki/tadcaster%20bridge 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season British soldier North Yorkshire River Wharfe Tadcaster Tadcaster Bridge 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season /feed/2015/12/29/the-18th-century-tadcaster-bridge-in-tadcaster-north-yorkshire-partially-collapses-into-the-river-wharfe-as-a-result The Guardian 29 2c58b7091bf5bae9f590ba89b4bf796be1cdb361 12 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/29/soldiers-evacuate-homes-tadcaster-bridge-collapses-yorkshire 2015 The 18th century Tadcaster Bridge, in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, partially collapses into the River Wharfe as a result of flooding. British Army soldiers evacuated people from nearby homes. 2015-12-29 bf1eea29b94a64c1fb1b0ced3724e32fbf0505f5 5 Delaware 13 /wiki/delaware Dow Chemical Company 36 /wiki/dow%20chemical%20company DuPont 1 /wiki/dupont Delaware Dow Chemical Company DuPont DuPont /feed/2015/12/29/american-chemical-giant-dupont-announces-that-in-early-2016-it-will-cut-1700-jobs-in-delaware-about-28-percent-of-it AP via NBC news 29 c1697e0461c734f458f319fe8115886356850966 12 http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/dupont-announces-1-700-layoffs-it-prepares-dow-merger-n487436 2015 Delaware Online 29 215619b224e9dbb8619b220165a06799529fda4d 12 http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/12/29/dupont-layoffs-were-expected-comes-heels-change/78025916/ 2015 The Washington Post 29 f933718975daeb17b28345de8795c93b1258f6fe 12 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/dupont-will-cut-28-percent-of-its-workforce-in-delaware/2015/12/29/f64bcfda-ae37-11e5-b711-1998289ffcea_story.html 2015 American chemical giant DuPont announces that, in early 2016, it will cut 1,700 jobs in Delaware, about 28 percent of its home state workforce, and thousands more globally in connection as a result of the Dow Chemical Company merger. 2015-12-29 71c272e2aa487c7d4d8723bd5991209e079dfcc3 4 Le Monde 1 /wiki/le%20monde Paris attacks in 2015 13 /wiki/november%202015%20paris%20attacks Le Monde Paris attacks in 2015 Le Monde /feed/2015/12/29/the-french-newspaper-le-monde-claims-that-the-november-13-2015-paris-attacks-were-coordinated-from-belgium-by-a-sing Lemonde.fr 29 8a35050453fc9060381972746cb4854d5063020c 12 http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2015/12/30/comment-les-attentats-du-13-novembre-ont-ete-coordonnes-depuis-la-belgique_4839418_3224.html 2015 The French newspaper "Le Monde" claims that the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks were coordinated from Belgium by a single unidentified suspect. 2015-12-29 70ec2649149d1b796690894fae71e4561847c465 3 Islamic State 14 /wiki/islamic%20state%20of%20iraq%20and%20the%20levant Paris attacks in 2015 37 /wiki/november%202015%20paris%20attacks airstrike 71 /wiki/airstrike civil war 1 /wiki/syrian%20civil%20war the Pentagon 2 /wiki/the%20pentagon Islamic State Paris attacks in 2015 airstrike civil war the Pentagon Civil war /feed/2015/12/29/the-united-states-military-announces-that-a-key-islamic-state-leader-with-ties-to-the-paris-attack-terrorists-was-killed International Business Times 29 32a4e858032e965d4f932a30a65c1b941401e5b5 12 http://www.ibtimes.com/who-charaffe-al-mouadan-islamic-state-leader-killed-anti-isis-syria-airstrikes-linked-2242857 2015 The Washington Post 29 8d9025a9b152a1f080a0bfddd24a8535f713de12 12 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/12/29/airstrike-kills-islamic-state-leader-in-syria-with-direct-tie-to-the-paris-attacks-u-s-military-says/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_evening 2015 The United States military announces that a key Islamic State leader with ties to the Paris attack terrorists was killed in a coalition airstrike on December 24, 2015. Charaffe al Mouadan is the tenth ISIL leader killed by an airstrike since December 7. 2015-12-29 286e6be61a364c3892ef74720032fe6abae69202 1 Islamist 172 /wiki/islamism Jamaat-ul-Ahrar 239 /wiki/jamaat-ul-ahrar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 116 /wiki/khyber%20pakhtunkhwa Mardan 71 /wiki/mardan National Database and Registration Authority 14 /wiki/national%20database%20and%20registration%20authority Pakistan 37 /wiki/pakistan TTP 317 /wiki/tehrik-i-taliban%20pakistan War in North-West Pakistan 1 /wiki/war%20in%20north-west%20pakistan suicide 2 /wiki/suicide%20attack Islamist Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mardan National Database and Registration Authority Pakistan TTP War in North-West Pakistan suicide War in North-West Pakistan /feed/2015/12/29/a-suicide-bomb-attack-outside-the-regional-office-of-the-national-database-and-registration-authority-nadra-in-the-nor AP via New York Times 29 7c86b2fda78b857a24d213e7769f030a073eb046 12 https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/12/29/world/asia/ap-as-pakistan.html?_r=0 2015 A suicide-bomb attack outside the regional office of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in the northwestern Pakistani city of Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, leaves at least 26 people dead and 45 wounded. The militant Islamist group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan splinter group, claims responsibility for the attack.