Washington is set to become the first state to enter the private health insurance market with a universally available public option.
A set of tiered public plans will cover standard services and are expected to be up to 10% cheaper than comparable private insurance, thanks in part to savings from a cap on rates paid to providers.

A 66-year-old Pardes Chana man who was working on the Eurovision Song Contest site at the Expo Complex in Tel Aviv sustained serious injury on Monday morning when a lighting equipment wagon fell onto him.

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbizten Rochel Brudny A”H, the wife of Hagaon HaRav Shmuel Brudny ZATZAL, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mirrer Yeshiva. She was 94.
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More than 2,000 people participated in an Hachnasas Sefer Torah on Sunday evening in the Neve Sha’anan neighborhood of Tel Aviv. The Torah was dedicated to the Oz V’Emunah Hesder Yeshiva and shul in the neighborhood in memory of the late Rabbi Achiad Ettinger HY”D from the town of Eli.

The victim of a recent anti-Semitic hate crime in Williamsburg, Brooklyn spoke exclusively with CBS2’s Lisa Rozner about his harrowing ordeal.
As reported on YWN, the incident occurred last Shabbos at around 1:15AM on Broadway near Lynch Street.

A 40-year-old chareidi woman sustained moderate injuries on Sunday night when a LP gas balloon exploded in her home, apparently the result of a gas leak.
EMS personnel report that she sustained second degree burns as a result of the blast, which occurred on Ruzovsky Street in the Ganei Hadar neighborhood of the city.

Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, is turning to its employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we’ll help you start a business delivering Amazon packages.
The offer, announced Monday, comes as Amazon seeks to speed up its shipping time from two days to one for its Prime members.

President Reuven Rivlin met with Prime Minister Netanyahu at the official President’s Residence on Monday morning. At the end of the meeting, the president acceded to the prime minister’s request and granted him a further two weeks to form a government.

The following is via Antisemitism.UK:
Central London was brought to a chaotic standstill on Shabbos as thousands marched and rallied against Israel at the “National Demonstration for Palestine: Exist!

For a third time in a 24-hour period, a chareidi man was injured while riding an electric bicycle. The latest incident occurred in Elad on Sunday evening when a 50-year-old man sustained moderate injuries.
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