Two Bochrim were airlifted after a hiking accident in Colorado on Wednesday. Sources tell YWN that the two Bochrim were part of a small learning camp that went on an outing to “Saint Mary’s Glacier”, which is a semi-permanent snowfield located in Arapaho National Forest in Colorado. Two of the boys reportedly slipped on snow, causing serious injuries. A medevac was called, and the boys were airlifted to a trauma center. One reportedly suffered a femur fracture, and a second boy suffered a broken pelvis. They are reportedly in stable condition. There are currently hundreds of Yeshiva Bochrim in Colorado on Bain Hazmanim trips. One flight from Newark Airport this past Sunday morning had nearly 100 Bochrim on it.

Mayor DeBlasio said NYC would start implementing checkpoints across the five boroughs to help enforce Gov. Cuomo’s quarantine order for travelers from viral hotspots, citing the ongoing national COVID threat. The measure announced Wednesday is the first significant effort by NYC specifically to help enforce the 14-day quarantine for travelers from 34 states and Puerto Rico. In revealing it, de Blasio said the state was “absolutely right” to impose the travel restriction in the first place. Cuomo announced it in late June. STAY WITH YWN WHATSAPP FOR BREAKING UPDATES IN LIVE TIME!  YWN WHATSAPP STATUS UPDATES: CLICK HERE to join the YWN WhatsApp Status. YWN WHATSAPP GROUPS: CLICK HERE to be dded to an official YWN WhatsApp Group. (AP)

Joe Biden is pushing back at Republican assertions that he should take a cognitive test to disprove President Donald Trump’s claim that the Democrat isn’t fit for the Oval Office. Biden grew testy when CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett asked the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee about the matter in a recent interview. “No, I haven’t taken a test? Why the hell would I take a test?” Biden said. He then told Barnett: “That’s like saying … before you got on this program, you’re taking a test whether you’re taking cocaine or not. What do you think? Huh? Are you a junkie?” The former vice president, who is 77, also tried to turn the matter back around on the 74-year-old president in the latest jousting over the two men’s fitness for office.

Israel’s Health Ministry recorded 1,692 new coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours as of Wednesday morning. The number of active cases is currently 25,598, with 341 people in serious condition, of whom 99 are ventilated. Ten more deaths were recorded, raising the death toll to 561. Five of Israel’s hospitals are now operating at or over 100% capacity in their coronavirus wards, the Health Ministry stated. There are currently 750 hospitalized coronavirus patients. The IDF’s Coronavirus Command, headed by Brig.-Gen. Nissan Davidi, will begin operations on Thursday in its battle against the coronavirus, the IDF announced on Tuesday.

A discussion on the opening of Israel’s skies was held at a meeting of the Knesset’s coronavirus cabinet on Tuesday “Our statistics are worsening,” said Dr. Asher Salmon, the director of the Health Ministry’s International Relations Department. “Our infection rate is ten times the threshold of a ‘green country’ and we have a long way to go. We’re not implementing restrictions for Israel but because of the restrictions of the European Union we cannot enter EU countries.” “We’re formulating an outline for tourists to enter Israel from ‘green countries‘ and at the next coronavirus cabinet meeting, an outline for Israeli travelers will be presented.

Following the announcement by the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Rav Yaakov Bleich, that the Ukrainian government will allow 5,000 people to visit Uman for Rosh Hashanah, a health ministry official said on Tuesday that Israelis should not be allowed to travel to Uman in light of Israel’s current high coronavirus infection rate and both Ukrainian and Israeli authorities should put an end to the plan. The discussion took place at a meeting of the Knesset’s coronavirus cabinet as part of a discussion regarding the opening of Israel’s skies. “Our professional position is that it’s out of the question to allow this event to take place due to the gathering of 30,000 people on a street and a half,” said Dr.

A caricature published in Haaretz on Tuesday, drawn by its in-house caricaturist Amos Biderman, shows an image of a Chareidi man in Ben-Gurion Airport (which some say is meant to resemble Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman), returning from New York, with his luggage carrying the coronavirus. “Amos Biderman, you should be ashamed. And the newspaper that published it should be taken out of circulation,” responded MK Yaakov Margi (Shas). “Even the Der Stürmer [virulently anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda publication] couldn’t have made it more anti-Semitic,” said MK Bezalel Smotrich (Yamina). “A sad reminder to the dark days of Europe,” wrote Hebrew Mishpacha editor and political commentator Yossi Elituv. “Bearded Jews spreading diseases and endangering the nation.” “Disgusting!

Thanks to the efforts of emergency personnel, two teenagers were safely rescued from a raging river in Ferndale. The incident occurred on Stanton Corner Road, when the two were using a raft in the water and got trapped on an island. The water level was rising fast, and the two were unable to get to the shore. Numerous fire departments from Sullivan County were on the scene and assisted in the rescue. Thankfully, the two were no injured. STAY WITH YWN WHATSAPP FOR BREAKING UPDATES IN LIVE TIME!  YWN WHATSAPP STATUS UPDATES: CLICK HERE to join the YWN WhatsApp Status. YWN WHATSAPP GROUPS: CLICK HERE to be dded to an official YWN WhatsApp Group. (YWN World headquarters – NYC)

A massive explosion shook Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday wounding a number people and causing widespread damage. The afternoon blast shook several parts of the capital and thick smoke billowed from the city center. Residents reported windows being blown out and a false ceilings dropping. The explosion appeared to be centered around Beirut’s port and caused wide scale destruction and shattered windows miles away. An Associated Press photographer near Beirut’s port witnessed people wounded on the ground and widespread destruction in central Beirut. Some local TV stations reported the blast was at Beirut’s port inside an area where firecrackers were stored.

A person was just killed by a falling tree in Queens. Sources tell YWN that Queens Hatzolah responded to Smedley Street and 84th Avenue at 1:00PM for reports of a tree down on a vehicle. Arriving Paramedics found the person pinned inside the vehicle, and in traumatic arrest. Tragically, the person was pronounced dead on the scene. There were numerous other victims reportedly injured. The scene was not safe, and Hatzolah was reporting “trees falling everywhere”. Listen to the Hatzolah radio recording below: STAY WITH YWN WHATSAPP FOR BREAKING UPDATES IN LIVE TIME!  YWN WHATSAPP STATUS UPDATES: CLICK HERE to join the YWN WhatsApp Status. YWN WHATSAPP GROUPS: CLICK HERE to be dded to an official YWN WhatsApp Group. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)