A Florida amateur body builder who admitted sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday by a judge who concluded the bombs purposely were not designed to explode.
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Former President Barack Obama said Monday, in his first public statement since a pair of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, that Americans must “soundly reject language” from any leader who “feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments.”

Editor’s Note: Some stories are simply very painful for YWN to report, but to ignore them are irresponsible and wrong. This story, as painful as it is to publish, has been the leading story in the Israeli news for the past few days – including on the leading Chareidi websites.

The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court rejected a restraining order request filed by far-left activist Guy Hirschfeld against Im Tirtzu, which has been filming Hirschfeld’s interactions with IDF soldiers.

A Twitter account appearing to be from the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, showed tweets labeling himself a “leftist,” bemoaning the election of President Donald Trump, supporting Democratic Sen.

In an effort to alleviate the traffic congestion on the Tunnel Highway which connect southern Jerusalem to Gush Etzion, Betar Illit Mayor Meir Rubinstein conducted a tour of the area with senior police brass and representatives of the IDF Civil Administration.

Police in New York City say they’ve recovered a vehicle that was stolen with a baby left inside in a car seat.
The SUV was reported stolen at about 7:15 p.m.
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North Korea continued to ramp up its weapons demonstrations by firing two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea Tuesday while lashing out at the United States and South Korea for continuing military exercises that the North says could derail fragile nuclear diplomacy.

More than six months after the $15 minimum wage went into effect in New York City, business leaders and owners say the increased labor costs have forced them to cut staff, eliminate work shifts and raise prices.
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Rabbonim, including some rabbonim of yishuvim and others, who were partners in the Tzohar Rabbonim initiative to perform weddings, have on Monday made a public appeal to the organization, calling on its to stop performing giyur and hashgacha, explaining doing so significantly compromises the status the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.