The George Washington Bridge was totally closed on Thursday night due to a police investigation.
The Bridge was closed at around 9:30PM, after some type of suspicious package or bomb threat.
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An Israeli child was attacked by a tiger in the Cosmoy Zoo, located in a Thailand. The boy is hospitalized in a local hospital in Thailand and is currently in stable condition.
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A 17-year-old girl was seriously injured and a 16-year-old girl was lightly injured in a boating accident that occurred on the Kinneret on Thursday afternoon.
The girls were riding a “banana boat” flotation device that was tied to a motorboat that was traveling on the Kinneret.

A search is underway in Harriman State Park for four missing teenagers, Thursday afternoon.
Sources tell YWN that Chaverim of Rockland along with Chaverim of Kiryas Joel launched the search at around 3:30PM.
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Almaty, Kazakhstan – Hundreds of Jews traveled to the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan to commemorate the 75th yartzeit of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Zt”l.

Even before Blue & White party leader MK Benny Gantz enlisted the services of a private investigation firm to learn the source of leaks in the party, MK (Blue & White) Omer Yankelovich complained that private detectives are following her, the Yisrael Hayom newspaper reports on Thursday.

Following the many tragedies R”L which have occurred in the chareidi community in Eretz Yisrael and around the world since the beginning of bein hazmanim, the Rov of the Ramat Elchanan neighborhood of Bnei Brak, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein Shlita said the following to the Yated:

Representative Jerry Nadler recently visited the home of the Munkatcher Rebbe where he was warmly welcomed by the Rebbe. The meeting served as opportunity to discuss various issues personally important to the Rebbe and to the community at large regarding criminal justice reform as it relates to the recently enacted First Step Act.

A former Danish prime minister on Thursday lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump for his tweet about military spending, saying defense willingness is not just about the amount of money spent.
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