Quaker State: Oklahoma ordered the shutdown of three dozen high pressure wastewater injection wells after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake that tied the state’s record for strength. Authorities report extensive damage to homes in the Pawnee area, northeast of Oklahoma City. …

Aftermath: Turkey has carried out raids rounding up 13 Islamic State suspects after the suicide attack at Istanbul’s airport. Turkey believes the Islamic State is responsible for the attack that killed 42 and wounded 230. Turkey has been a transit …

Nation: An Amtrak train bound from Chicago to Los Angeles derailed in Cimarron, Kan. overnight, leaving five passenger cars on their side. Two-dozen people were sent to the hospital. Permawar: Terrorists struck in Turkey and the Ivory Coast yesterday, killing …

Political Climate: President Obama is in Paris today trying to negotiate an international climate change agreement that would enlist almost every country on earth to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. It would be one of the legacies of his presidency. But …

Nation: Police snipers will be on watch and officers with automatic rifles will be patrolling the streets for the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade today as the New York police department goes on hyper vigilance after the Paris terrorist attacks. Police Commissioner …

Nation: Protests erupted in Chicago last night after the release of a 2014 police dash cam video of a white officer shooting a black 17-year-old armed with a knife 16 times. The Chicago police department had suppressed the video until …

World at War: In a messy escalation of war in the Middle East, Turkey has shot down a Russian fighter jet that it says flew over Turkish territory despite repeated warnings. Russia has confirmed that it lost an Su24 fighter jet, …

The Great Migration: Hungary has closed its border with Croatia to block the flow of migrants passing through on the way to Western Europe. The overwhelmed Hungary already closed its border with Serbia and is telling migrants to go through …

Permawar: The US, Turkey, and Syrian rebels plan military action to clear Islamic State fighters out of a 60-mile strip of Syria along Turkey’s southern border. The area would be established as a safe zone for Syrians escaping their country’s …

Greece: Banks opened today after three weeks of closure and Greeks woke up to a stiffly higher Value Added Tax of 23 percent on goods and services. The daily cash withdrawal limit of $65 has been raised to a weekly …