CUSHING, OKLA. Dozens of buildings sustained “substantial damage” after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck an Oklahoma town that’s home to one of the world’s key oil hubs, but officials said Monday that no damage has been reported at the oil terminal. Cushing City Manager Steve Spears said 40 to 50 buildings were damaged in Sunday’s […]

WASHINGTON The usual tension of a presidential election has a twist this year — questions about the integrity of the election itself. Adding anxiety and uncertainty in the weeks before Election Day were Republican candidate Donald Trump’s unsupported warnings of a rigged election, fears of voter intimidation at the polls and concerns about election systems […]

NEW YORK A woman was crushed to death by a subway train Monday in New York City after another woman pushed her onto the tracks at the bustling station beneath Times Square, police said. Authorities said the women were on the platform shortly after 1 p.m. and had been seen having some kind of discussion […]

BAGHDAD Iraqi investigators were probing a mass grave today that was discovered Monday by troops advancing further into Islamic State-held territory near the city of Mosul, where soldiers have captured a sliver of land but later halted their advance. The chilling find was the latest instance of mass graves being uncovered on ground wrested from […]

ANKARA, Turkey Turkey’s top diplomat said today that Washington has promised Ankara that U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces will only be involved in a siege of the Islamic State group’s stronghold of Raqqa in Syria but would not enter the city itself, once it is freed of IS militants. The remarks by Mevlut Cavusoglu reflect Turkey’s […]

LOD, Israel After years of abuse and death threats, Duaa Abu- Sharkh had finally divorced her husband, agreeing even to give up custody of her four young children and family property to escape his violent grip. Then, one night in late September, as the 32-year-old mother was dropping off her kids after a rare visit, […]