A Massachusetts Air National Guard member was arrested Thursday in connection with the disclosure of highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other top national security issues, an alarming breach that has raised fresh questions about America’s ability to safeguard its most sensitive secrets. The guardsman, an IT specialist identified as 21-year-old Jack Teixeira, was taken into custody without incident after FBI officers converged on his Massachusetts home. Attorney General Merrick Garland said he is to be charged with removing or transmitting classified national defense information, a crime under the Espionage Act.

The NYPD was investigating after a person was shot in Flatbush, Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened just after 4:30PM, on East 34th Street between Avenue K and Avenue L. Flatbush Hatzolah Paramedics treated the victim, a middle aged African American male, who suffered from a gunshot wound to the chest. He was rushed to Kings County Hospital in serious condition. No suspects were taken into custody, and a motive was not known. THIS STORY WAS FIRST PUBLISHED ON THE FLATBUSH SCOOP STATUS CLICK HERE SIGN UP TO THE FLATBUSH SCOOP WHATSAPP STATUS TO BE INFORMED OF FLATBUSH NEWS IN LIVE TIME (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A Jewish man was tragically killed after he was struck by a vehicle outside a shul on Whitesville Road in Toms River on Monday night. Hatzolah Paramedics were on the scene, and transported the victim to the hospital in traumatic arrest, with CPR being performed. Sadly, the man was Niftar at the hospital. The victim has been identified as Chaim Dasheff Z”L, 65 years old from Kensington, Brooklyn. He was visiting his family in Toms River. The Levaya will be held at the Lakewood Chapel at 613 Ramsey Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08701. Kevura will be in Lakewood as well. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes…

Three people were injured Monday, including one who suffered a fractured skull, when an inflatable ride at a chol hamoed event in Lakewood was lifted and flung by a strong gust of wind. Hatzolah of Central Jersey EMTs and paramedics were called Monday afternoon to the scene on Summer Avenue at an event called Glitch Park – a bitter bit of irony – which featured over a dozen inflatable rides for children. Hatzolah found two adult patients, both of whom had suffered head trauma and were knocked unconscious. They were treated at the scene before being transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center. A third patient suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene. The Lakewood Police Department is now investigating the incident.

President Biden on Monday signed a GOP-led resolution bringing an end to the national emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House said. The resolution passed the House despite almost 200 House Democrats voting against it after the White House said it strongly opposed the measure, though it did not threaten to veto it if the bill passed. The bill later passed the Senate in a bipartisan 68-23 vote. The White House had said it was already planning to wind down the national emergency and public health emergency around COVID-19 on May 11, giving states the go-ahead to begin winding down the measures enacted under the emergencies.

Former President Trump released the following statement on Monday: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is currently on a month-long, taxpayer-funded presidential campaign schedule paid for by Florida taxpayers, and new questions are emerging as to whether this will force DeSantis to resign from office. The matter also highlights yet another flip-flop for DeSantis, who previously resigned from Congress to run for Governor to “protect the taxpayers.” At present, Florida has a “Resign to Run” law that requires statewide officeholders to leave their positions if they’re running for Federal office. In remarks first shared with the Associated Press, Nova Southeastern University Law School Professor Bob Jarvis said, “There is no ambiguity, no debate, no dispute.

Mrs. Leah Dee, the mother of sisters Maya and Rina who were murdered in a Palestinian shooting terror attack, was nifteres Tuesday from her own injuries sustained during the heinous attack. She was just 48 years old. The British-Israeli Dee family was traveling along Route 57 when terrorists opened fire at their vehicle, killing 20-year-old and 15-year-old sisters and critically injuring their mother, Leah.  “48-year-old Lucy Dee was evacuated by helicopter to Hadassah Ein Kerem in critical condition, where the teams fought for her life over the past few days, in the trauma unit, the operating room and the intensive care unit where she was treated,” the hospital said in a statement.

Former Attorney General Bill Barr slammed Donald Trump as “the weakest candidate” in the 2024 GOP presidential sweepstakes and said that Democrats want him to win the nomination. “I think ultimately the savvy Democratic strategists know [Bragg’s prosecution] is going to help Trump, and they want him to be the nominee because he is the weakest of the Republican candidates, the most likely to lose again to Biden,” Barr said ABC News. “I don’t think anything’s going to happen before a nomination is made and even perhaps until the election, the 2024 election,” Barr added when asked about Trump going to prison over the 34 counts he’s been charged with by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.

In a story that will go down in the annals of Chaverim history, a collaborative effort between Chaverim of Rockland and Chaverim of Montreal brought power on Pesach to thousands of elderly, infirm, and newborn residents of Montreal after a devastating storm. The unbelievable adventure unfolded on the second night of Pesach, when Chaverim of Rockland received an urgent call from Chaverim of Montreal. A severe storm had torn through their city on Erev Pesach, knocking out power to tens of thousands. Nearly everyone assumed that power would be restored after several hours at most, but as a full day passed with thousands of homes still without electricity, the situation started to quickly become untenable as temperatures dipped to approximately 25 degrees.

A 36-year-old Italian tourist was murdered and seven tourists were wounded on Friday night in a ramming attack in Tel Aviv. An Arab rammed his car into a group of British and Italian tourists on the Tel Aviv promenade, killing one, moderately wounding one, and lightly injuring four. An investigation of the incident revealed that the terrorist drove from north to south near the Charles Clore Promenade, drove on the sidewalk, and hit the tourists. He then continued driving on a nearby bicycle path, where he was shot by a nearby police officer. He lost control of his car, which overturned, and he was killed in the crash.