During an undercover operation, police gathered evidence leading to the arrests of a 19-year-old female and a 17-year-old male, accused of dealing in drugs to youths in Bnei Brak.
16 persons who bought drugs from the two were interviewed by police, three of them minors, and police learned they use the Telegram app to conduct their business – selling their drugs to anyone with money, regardless of one’s age.

As was predicted, dangerous thunderstorms ripped through the tri-state area, hitting Lakewood and NYC at around 6:30PM, Monday evening.
Flash flood warnings, and severe thunderstorm warning were issued by the national Weather Service.

Police say one of Baltimore’s newest deputy police commissioners and his wife were robbed at gunpoint.
The Baltimore Sun reports that Deputy Commissioner Daniel Murphy and his wife were approached by four men in an SUV at about 9 p.m.
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President Donald Trump and congressional leaders announced Monday they had struck a critical debt and budget agreement. The deal amounts to an against-the-odds victory for Washington pragmatists seeking to avoid politically dangerous tumult over the possibility of a government shutdown or first-ever federal default.

Monday afternoon saw three infants seriously burned in three separate incidents around Israel. A three-year-old was burned by scalding oil in his home in Geva Binyamin just after 6:00 p.m.
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Iran on Monday announced the arrest of 17 Iranians accused of spying on the country’s nuclear and military sites for the CIA and said some of them have been sentenced to death.

Leaders of the Boro Park Jewish Community Council (BPJCCC), Parents for Educational and Religious Liberty in Schools (PEARLS), Agudath Israel, and United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg (UJO) addressed members of the frum media today and urged continued vigilance and advocacy against new regulations released by the State Department of Education (SED).

As a follow-up to the help that Chaveirim of Rockland County offered to YAGILU last week, when one of their campers went missing while on a hiking trip, Chaveirim of Rockland County came to Camp Yagilu Wilderness for some wilderness training.

The terrorist responsible for the murder of IDF soldier Ronen Lubarsky HY”D, Islam Naji, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a military court on Monday, July 22, 2019.
The Ofer Military Court sentenced Naji to life imprisonment and eight additional months for interfering in the investigation.

Two minivans collided on Route 52 in the Catskills, Monday morning, sending 5 people to the hospital.
It happened at around 11:50AM, on Route 52 near Synagogue Road (between Woodbourne and Ellenville), when one of the vehicles pulled out of a driveway, and got hit by an oncoming vehicle.