Kentucky governor calls on churches to cancel services; gatherings of over 250 people expected to be banned in Seattle-area; leading universities to hold classes remotely

Schools, houses of worship to be shut for two weeks in 1-mile-radius zone in New Rochelle, the heart of US's biggest cluster of reported cases of coronavirus

'We are being hypercautious,' says Gov. Cuomo; US has seen more than 200 cases of the virus, including 19 deaths

Father of student in serious condition due to coronavirus; his sister, mother and neighbor also infected; hundreds of synagogue members in New Rochelle ordered to self-quarantine

SAR Academy shuts down 'for precautionary measures' after New York governor confirms second case in state; 2 schools in suburbs also halt classes

Legislation will classify mass violence motivated by hate as a felony punishable by up to life in prison without parole; also includes education initiatives

None of the intimidation, mostly made via identical messages, is found to be credible; source of warnings unknown

Albany complex searched, cleared after anonymous emails warn of explosives at 19 locations in US; NY governor calls incident 'terror,' vows to combat rising anti-Semitism

Grafton Thomas pleads not guilty to hate crime charges in machete assault on party goers at rabbi's home, but court warns of consequences if one of five injured dies

Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg, who survived attack, speaks of Jewish resilience and also advocates for protection of the Hasidic way of life, particularly private education system