There was an fire at the Skulener Bais Medrash in Boro Park, early Tuesday morning.
The FDNY was on the scene just after 2:00AM for a fire in the basement of the building, located at 1315 54th Street – just off 13 Avenue.
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A building has collapsed in Flatbush on Avenue P and East 5 Street after a vehicle slammed into it on Monday night.
There is a massive response from Hatzolah, FDNY and NYPD.

Accusing Beijing of “reneging” on commitments it made in earlier talks, the nation’s top trade negotiator said Monday that the Trump administration will increase tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods Friday, a sharp escalation in a yearlong trade dispute.
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Hate is on the rise. Anti-Semites and Neo-Nazis are everywhere and coming out of the woodwork. YWN is not in the business of exposing every last Jew-hater out there, but this one is extremely disturbing,
On Friday a video circulated on social media of a man filming Orthodox Jews using a park in Brick Township, NJ, located near Lakewood.

A video showing children speaking in Arabic about sacrifice and chopping off heads wasn’t vetted before being posted on the Facebook page for the Muslim American Society’s Philadelphia chapter, and it does not represent their values, the executive director of the national group said Sunday.

U.S. health officials say at least 60 more measles cases have been reported, increasing a 2019 tally that is already the highest in 25 years.
Officials on Monday said 764 cases have been reported as of last Thursday.
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Michael Cohen, the former lawyer, media attack dog and fixer for President Donald Trump, said Monday there “remains much to be told” as he heads to prison to begin a three-year prison sentence for crimes including campaign finance violations related to hush-money payments made on Trump’s behalf.

Tragedy has struck the Lakewood community on Monday with the tragic Petira of a 20-month-old child.
Sources tell YWN that the child was found in vehicle, apparently forgotten there earlier this morning.
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A planned meeting on Monday, May 6, 2019, between Yahadut Hatorah and Likud coalition negotiators was canceled at the behest of Yahadut Hatorah, as the chareidi lawmakers were angered after learning of the mass Chilul Shabbos that will take place as Israel hosts the Eurovision Song Contest.

An Alabama lawmaker who remarked “kill them now or kill them later” during debate on an abortion bill said he was trying to criticize politicians’ focus on abortion as they neglect social services.
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