EL AL Flight Attendant in Coma After Getting MeaslesThe following is via CNN: 
An Israeli flight attendant has slipped into a coma after contracting measles, according to health officials.
The 43-year-old woman has encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, a well-known and potentially deadly complication of the virus.

 Otisville Prison Being Reopened To Visitors Following Measles IncidentInmates at the Otisville Correctional Facility in Upstate NY received some good news today, that the prison will once again allow visitors this Friday – just in time for Pesach.
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 Pedestrian Struck In Boro Park In Traumatic ArrestA person is fighting for his life after being struck by a vehicle in Boro Park, Wednesday afternoon.
It happened at around 5:30PM at 17 Avenue and 47 Street, when an approximately 25-year-old male riding a bicycle was struck by a truck.
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 Rockland County BANS Unvaccinated People From Public Places For 21 DaysOfficials trying to contain a measles outbreak in a county north of New York City on Tuesday ordered all unvaccinated people exposed to the disease barred from public gathering places, including houses of worship, for up to three weeks.

SHTREIMEL BAN IN NYC? Fashion Capital New York Considers Banning Sale Of FurA burgeoning movement to outlaw fur is seeking to make its biggest statement yet in the fashion mecca of New York City.
Lawmakers are pushing a measure that would ban the sale of all new fur products in the city where such garments were once common and style-setters have all rocked furs over the years.

 The Fifty Suspended Bochrim Allowed Back Into Mesivta In Lakewood [SEE THE VIDEO]The Mesivta in Lakewood that suspended approximately 50 Bochrim for attending the Skulener Rebbes Levaya have Boruch Hashem been allowed back into Yeshiva.
The attached video shows the Bochrim listening to a Shiur by their Magid Shiur, HaRav Michel Handlesman.

 Local Yeshiva Bochurim Tovel 6000 Glasses From “Sands Wedding Hall” In Atlantic Ocean(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times)
There is an organization called the “Coney Island Polar Bear Club” where members take a plunge into the freezing cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean in order to raise funds for local non-profits.

 Five Alarm Blaze Tears Through Sushi Store On Flatbush Ave [VIDEOS & PHOTOS]A five-alarm fire ripped through a sushi restaurant and medical office in Marine Park, Brooklyn.
The fire broke out in the restaurant on Flatbush Avenue near Quentin Road just before 6:30 a.m.
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 Tiveria Mayor Ron Kobi Continues Bad-Mouthing The Chareidi TziburTiveria Mayor Ron Kobi began his Monday angrily, as is his norm. He used Facebook, broadcasting live, accusing the chareidim, who comprise 22% of the city, of “barely” paying arnona property tax and making the city filthy.

Update On Individual Wanted In FlatbushYWN recently published an alert regarding a suspicious person that allegedly inappropriately touched multiple women on Flatbush streets. YWN asked residents to call 911 and Flatbush Shomrim if they see this individual.
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