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	**The blizzard begins as an ongoing winter storm across the Central and Eastern ]. States of ] through ] and ] enact blizzard warnings.		**The blizzard begins as an ongoing winter storm across the Central and Eastern ]. States of ] through ] and ] enact blizzard warnings.
	**The blizzard causes the cancellation of over 6,000 flights, the cancellation of public transport services in ] and ], and the ] ] ordering of cars off the road in thirteen counties.		**The blizzard causes the cancellation of over 6,000 flights, the cancellation of public transport services in ] and ], and the ] ] ordering of cars off the road in thirteen counties.
	**The blizzard claims its first life in ], where a 17-year-old student at ] is killed while ~~sledding~~.		**The blizzard claims its first life in ], where a 17-year-old student at ] is killed while snow tubing.
	*An ] jet belonging to the ] ] in southern ] during a ] exercise, killing ten people and injuring 21.		*An ] jet belonging to the ] ] in southern ] during a ] exercise, killing ten people and injuring 21.

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Current events of January 26, 2015 (2015-01-26) (Monday)

India gives the Padma Bhushan award to billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates and his wife Melinda for working on improving health in developing countries. (Reuters)

2014–15 Russian financial crisis
- Standard & Poor's ratings agency cuts Russia's credit rating to junk status due to the impact of falling oil prices and sanctions. (Wall Street Journal via The Australian)(Bloomberg)

January 2015 nor'easter
- The blizzard begins as an ongoing winter storm across the Central and Eastern United States. States of New Jersey through New York and New England enact blizzard warnings. (The Telegraph) (NOAA)(AP)
- The blizzard causes the cancellation of over 6,000 flights, the cancellation of public transport services in New York City and Boston, and the Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo ordering of cars off the road in thirteen counties. (NBC News)
- The blizzard claims its first life in Huntington, New York, where a 17-year-old student at John Glenn High School is killed while snow tubing. (International Business Times)
An F-16 jet belonging to the Hellenic Air Force crashes in southern Spain during a NATO exercise, killing ten people and injuring 21. (Bloomberg)

The U.S. Secret Service recovers a flying drone from the lawn at the White House. (AP)
The US FBI arrests three alleged Russian Foreign Intelligence Service spies working in the United States. The three men sought secrets about US economic plans and proposed sanctions against Moscow. (The Telegraph)
The US Eastern District Court of Virginia convicts a disgruntled former CIA officer, Jeffrey Alexander Sterling, of leaking secrets to a reporter. All nine charges he faced stem from a secret CIA mission to derail Iran's nuclear weapons program. (AP)

Chinese authorities name Huang Lixin as the Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing, following the investigation and dismissal of former party chief Yang Weize. Huang becomes the first woman in city history to take the top office. (Jiangsu News)

2015 Hong Kong Marathon
- A 24-year-old man dies in a hospital after his collapse and subsequent head injury just one hundred meters from the finish line. (RTHK)