A former police detective who fought for the extension of health benefits for Sept. 11 responders was hailed as a hero Wednesday at his funeral.
“These heroes responded to calls for help.
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A large number of police officers gathered on Tuesday night in Beit Shemesh to ensure the safety of workers sent to tear down an illegally built Shul. Dozens of local Charedi men rushed to the scene once the workmen arrived and began throwing stones at the security forces and the workers.

In one unanimous show of hands, Democratic presidential candidates moved the idea of full health insurance for people who are not legally in the United States into the political mainstream.
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HaGaon HaRav Shraga Feivel Zimmerman has been appointed as the new Av Beis Din by the UK Federation of Synagogues. Rav Zimmerman replaces HaGaon HaRav Yisroel Lichtenstein.
Rav Zimmerman, originally from Monsey, moved to the UK and has been serving as the rov of Gateshead since 2008, taking over for HaGaon Rav Betzalel Rakow ZT”L, who was niftar in 2003.

Union City, NEW JERSEY — A garbage truck crashed off an overpass onto Route 495 Wednesday, injuring multiple people near the Lincoln Tunnel.
The incident happened around 1:00 p.m.
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Chief Rabbi of Poland, Rabbi Mordechai Sedrick, has come out in support of Chabad Shaliach Rav Mordechai Gurary in the machlokes surrounding a Shul in Krakow.
Rav Sedrick, a member of the Conference of European Rabbis and Chief Rabbi of Poland, has come out in support of Rabbi Mordechai Gurary regarding the Krakow kehilla ousting him and the mispallalim from the shul he was renting.

Iran’s president warned European partners in its faltering nuclear deal on Wednesday that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to “any amount that we want” beginning on Sunday, putting pressure on them to offer a way around intense U.S.
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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp appear to have stopped working for many users in the United States, across the UK and Europe.
Thousands of users have complained that the apps and websites will no longer load content, including statuses, photos and videos.
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A Delta Air Lines pilot arrested a passenger who tried to enter the cockpit in an incident that forced a New York-bound plane to return to Puerto Rico on Wednesday, authorities said.
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22 Peleg protesters, who took part in the Thursday evening Peleg protest in Jerusalem following the arrest by military police of a Yeshiva Bochur, have been released by police. Peleg officials add the bochur who was injured when a mounted unit slipped is being released home.