Venezuela earthquakes kill 235 as rescuers search rubble (opens in new tab)

Two back-to-back earthquakes struck northern Venezuela on Wednesday evening, killing at least 235 people and injuring about 4,300, Health Minister Carlos Alvarado and other officials said in the government’s latest figures. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quakes at magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, said they hit seconds apart near Venezuela’s northern Caribbean coast, and described them as among the country’s strongest in more than a century. Rescue crews, soldiers, firefighters and residents se...