At least 48 people were killed in a brutal assault by a group loyal to the Islamic State, officials said. The area is a hot spot of the growing Ebola outbreak.
Jordan said it had conducted airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria in response to an attack on a church in southern Jordan on Friday. The strikes, which happened late Monday, killed at least seven civilians, including three children, the Syrian civil defense rescue service said.
For many middle- and working-class New Yorkers, it’s an even more distant possibility than it used to be.