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Fire officials say a house fire in Queens has killed one person and injured five others.
The 2-alarm fire was reported just after 4 p.m. Wednesday on 93rd Street in the East Elmhurst section of the Boro.
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The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the male depicted in the attached photo wanted for questioning in connection to a burglary in Boro Park.
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A county clerk in western New York has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law authorizing driver’s licenses for immigrants who are in the country illegally.
Erie County Clerk Michael Kearns’ challenge, filed late Monday in federal court, seeks an injunction blocking the law while its constitutionality is reviewed.

A garbage truck overturned and destroyed multiple parked cars early Wednesday morning. It happened on Flushing Ave between Lee Ave & Nostrand Ave.
Miraculously, despite multiple vehicles totally destroyed, only minor injuries were reported.

The search is continuing Wednesday morning for Rabbi Reuven Tzvi ben Esther Baila Bauman, who went missing in the waters at a Virginian beach on Tuesday.
As YWN has been reporting, Rabbi Bauman, 25-years-old, was at the beach at False Cape State Park with around 20 campers from a local day camp when a 13-year-old student was caught in a sudden rip current.

A ticker tape parade to shower the U.S. women’s national soccer team with praise and paper confetti will start at 9:30 a.m. EDT in New York City on Wednesday.
It will be the city’s first ticker tape parade since the team’s Women’s World Cup win in 2015.

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Former Democratic New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind filed a lawsuit against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. in federal court on Tuesday for blocking users on Twitter based on their personal viewpoints, following a federal appeals court ruling earlier in the day barring President Trump from doing the same.

RefuahHealth is pleased to kick-off the summer season with a visit from New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, MD. The Commissioner spoke at a measles prevention forum in South Fallsburg on July 1st, and then answered questions from the community’s rabbinical leaders.