US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism, Elan Carr, said it was “stunning and unprecedented” that the Jewish identity of Ukraine’s newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky played no role in the elections and that Ukraine is the only country other than Israel to have both a Jewish President and a Jewish Prime Minister.

A hit-and-run driver struck a pedestrian at Lee Avenue  and Middleton Street in Williamsburg on Wednesday afternoon.
The car was then seen driving on the sidewalk at Franklin and Park Avenues to avoid being caught.

The FBI has shut down a website it says was a gateway to illegal marketplaces on the darknet and announced the arrest of its two alleged Israeli operators. They are accused of making millions of dollars in kickbacks for their services.
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A man is in critical condition Wednesday night, after the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Lakewood.
The crash happened at around 8:30PM at the intersection of New Hampshire Ave and Route 88, TLS reports.
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The lone fatality in the Colorado high school shooting was Kendrick Castillo, a friendly 18-year-old who, witnesses said, leaped from his desk in a literature class and charged the two attackers, sacrificing his life to buy classmates time to escape.

New York’s Senate easily approved a bill Wednesday that would allow three congressional committees to get access to President Donald Trump’s state tax returns, giving Democrats a potential end-run around the administration’s refusal to disclose the president’s federal returns.
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A collection of 26 photographs which were designated to be printed by newspapers during Israel’s War of Independence was revealed this past week.
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Agudath Israel of America, a national Orthodox Jewish organization, is applauding a new rule issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that will strengthen the ability of federal employees to take compensatory time off for religious observances.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says top lawmakers have reached an agreement on the details of legislation that would authorize cameras on school buses to catch drivers who pass them illegally.
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A Miami man was arrested Tuesday after police said he made threatening phone calls to a Miami Beach bagel store, targeting the business because its owners are Jewish.
According to the arrest report, Jorge Mateo Rucinque, 26, made several calls on Monday to Bagel Time Cafe on the 3900 block of Alton Road.