The following is the latest information available to YWN as of 4:30PM regarding the vicious and brutal assault and stabbing of 29-year-old Mordechai ben Bracha (Schlesinger).
Bichasdei Hashem, a serious and lengthy surgery ended just moments ago, and he is Borch Hashem responding to his family who is at his bedside.

Hagaon HaRav Chaim Zev Malinowitz zt”l passed away on Thursday evening in Israel. Rav Malinowitz was the Rav of Beis Knesses Beis HaTefilah Yonah Avraham in Ramat Beit Shemesh Aleph.
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It could be a parent’s nightmare.
You send your 4-year-old off happily to school in the morning. Mid-day, you get the call, “School is closed until further notice because of a broken window.” Mild annoyance and surprise turn into dismay as it takes days or weeks for school to reopen.

The FBI arrested three people in Monsey early Thursday morning. The U.S. Attorney says the were arrested for carrying out a multimillion-dollar scheme to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business for the purpose of transmitting proceeds derived from illegal activity.
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A Brooklyn man who spent more than 23 years in prison has been freed on bail after a judge threw out his murder conviction, pointing partly to the role of a detective whose tactics have come under scrutiny.
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A wild crash in Boro park resulted in just minor injures on Wednesday morning.
It happened at around 9:30AM on 12th Avenue near 49th Street.
According to an initial investigation, it appears a vehicle pulling out of a parking spot collided with another vehicle driving down the street.

An Orthodox Jewish man is in critical condition after he was stabbed multiple times on Wednesday morning.
Sources tell YWN that the incident happened at around 5:40AM in front of 2 Howard Drive in Monsey, as the man was walking to Shul for Shacharis.

Two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself were charged Tuesday with falsifying prison records to conceal they were sleeping and browsing the internet during the hours they were supposed to be keeping a close watch on prisoners.

The NYC Regional EMS Council denied the application of the Ezras Nashim (aka Chasdei Devorah Inc.) Organization to operate their own ambulance within Boro Park and Kensington.
Three weeks ago there was an open forum where Ezras Nashim officially requested their Certificate of Need (CON).

The historic visit by the Satmar Rebbe to Israel has met with a tremendous amount of backlash from many groups in Israel, but none as vocal as MK Yulia Malinovsky from Yisrael Beiteinu.