April 1, 2015 (Wednesday)
Disasters and accidents
- Two United States Marine Corps F-18 fighters make a precautionary landing at Taiwan's Tainan Air Force Base. (Focus Taiwan) (The Washington Times)
- Flames engulf a Mexican state-run Pemex oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, killing four workers. (AP)
- The Russian trawler Dalniy Vostok with 132 crew sinks off of the Kamchatka peninsula leaving at least 54 dead and 15 missing. (AP) (BBC)
Health
- California governor Jerry Brown announces mandatory water restrictions in response to the worst drought in California history. (The New York Times)
Law and crime
- Turkish police shoot two attackers outside Istanbul’s central police headquarters, killing one of them. The exchange of fire wounds two officers. (The Guardian)
- An apparent murder and suicide leaves four dead in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AP)
- A federal grand jury indicts New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez on corruption charges. (AP)
- A court convicts eleven Atlanta, Georgia teachers as part of a mass cheating scandal. (BBC)
- The Obama Administration targets overseas cyber attackers with a sanctions program. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Thailand's military junta repeals martial law in favor of an imposed constitutional provision that allows the leader of the government to make extra-constitutional orders. (AP)