Louisiana’s Democratic governor signed a ban on abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy Thursday, a move that puts him squarely in line with the leaders of other conservative Southern states while provoking anger from members of his own party.

Here we go again.
This image was taken by a YWN reader on Friday at around noon.
It was taken on the “B68” bus which runs down Coney Island Avenue, in a predominantly Orthodox Jewish community.
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There was yet ANOTHER hate crime targeting the Orthodox Jewish community in NYC, this one in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.
A note with the words “HITLER IS COMING” was placed on a wall at the Jewish Children’s Museum on Eastern Parkway on Thursday.

A South Korean newspaper reported Friday that North Korea executed a senior envoy involved in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. as well as four other high-level officials. But as ever with North Korea, a country that closely guards its secrets, there are reasons to be cautious about the purported purge.

Dear Flatbush Neighbors,
NO – this is not a fundraiser. I am not asking for money. I am writing this letter out of true sadness and perplexity over the recent Mikvah Yisroel campaign that is taking place.
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A person is in critical condition following a stabbing attack in Jerusalem, Friday morning.
United Hatzalah and MDA received calls at 6:31AM, reporting a terror attack near Sh’ar Shechem.
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There has been yet another hate crime in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
The latest incident occured on Wednesday, when two black teens riding on bikes attacked an Orthodox Jewish man on Flushing Ave & Nostrand Ave.
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In a surprise announcement that could compromise a major trade deal, President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is slapping a 5% tariff on all Mexican imports to pressure the country to do more to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross the U.S.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is off to Europe on Thursday to seek support and a potential diplomatic climb-down to ease rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
Even as the Trump administration revels in its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, Pompeo is traveling to Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Britain to assure European leaders that the U.S.

(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com)
It was a strange sight to behold – a picture of a priest who was wearing Tefillin. The story behind the picture?
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