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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The second day of Rosh Chodesh Iyar passed with a minimal showing of Women of the Wall (WoW) at the Kosel on Monday. There was less than twenty women present, surprising many as a new government is forming and the matter of the future of an egalitarian prayer area and other issues important to Reform Jewry are yet to be determined.

Hate has reared its ugly head again this past Shabbos, as a Hasidic man was assaulted in an unprovoked attacked.
The incident happened at around 1:15AM on Broadway near Lynch Street, when the man – wearing his Shtreimel and Bekeshe – was confronted by a group of thugs.

President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin was Menachem Avel on the Prezuazman family, whose son Pinchas Menachem HY”D was killed yesterday by flying shrapnel in Ashdod.

Russian emergency workers have recovered 41 bodies and two flight recorders from the wreckage of a plane that caught fire during an emergency landing in Moscow, officials said Monday as they sought to discover the cause of the disaster.
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A White House decision to dispatch an aircraft carrier and other military resources to send a message to Iran followed “clear indications” that Iranian and Iranian proxy forces were preparing to possibly attack U.S.