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James Tran, 28, faces a charge of attempted homicide in the stabbing of Air Force Staff Sgt. Spencer Stone during a brawl in a nightclub in Sacramento, Calif., shortly after patrons applauded the airman for his role in tackling a gunman on a Paris-bound passenger train in August.
Adacia Chambers, 25, of Stillwater, Okla., who is accused of crashing into spectators at Oklahoma State University’s homecoming parade, was formally charged with four counts of second-degree murder and 46 counts of felony assault.
Trevor Noah, who took over for Jon Stewart in September as host of The Daily Show, underwent an emergency appendectomy, according to Comedy Central, which said the procedure went well and that Noah is expected back on the show today.
Martin Kobler of Germany was appointed to serve as the United Nations envoy to Libya, replacing Spanish diplomat Bernardino Leon after peace talks stalled between the country’s two rival governments.
Tommy Caldwell, 37, who along with Kevin Jorgeson free-climbed the 3,000-foot Dawn Wall of Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, becoming the first people to scale the rock formation using only their hands and feet, signed a book deal with Viking Penguin, which will publish his memoir Push in 2017.
Micah Speir, a garbage collector in Seattle who found in the trash nearly $12,000 in checks made out to Lawson Elementary School, turned down a reward from the school, saying his only concern was doing the right thing by returning the money.
Jill Kruse, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colo., who was wading into the Atlantic off Florida’s Cocoa Beach when a shark clamped down on her right leg, got the shark to release her by punching it on the snout.
Justin Grimes, 30, who fell into the dining area of the Hibachi Grill and Supreme Buffet in Daytona Beach, Fla., while crawling through the ceiling in an attempt to reach the office area, according to authorities, was held down by restaurant patrons until police could arrive and arrest him on charges of burglary of an occupied structure.
Drew Hastings, 61, a Republican and a stand-up comedian who has appeared on Comedy Central and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, was voted in to a second four-year term as mayor of Hillsboro, Ohio.