America’s baby bust isn’t over. The nation’s birth rates last year reached record lows for women in their teens and 20s, a government report shows, leading to the fewest babies in 32 years.
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Authorities in a Boston suburb are investigating a second suspicious fire at a rabbi’s home in less than a week.
Acting Arlington Police Chief Julie Flaherty said officers and firefighters responded to the home at about 9 p.m.
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A federal count shows the number of homeless people increased by double-digit percentages in three San Francisco Bay Area counties over two years as the region struggled to tackle the growing problem, including 17% in San Francisco and 43% in the county that includes Oakland.

A New Yorker was convicted Thursday of providing material support to Hezbollah by seeking targets in New York City for terrorist attacks.
A jury returned its verdict against Ali Kourani in Manhattan federal court after a weeklong trial.
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President Donald Trump on Friday delayed any decision to impose tariffs on car and auto-part imports, deciding against ratcheting up trade disputes or impacting ongoing talks with European nations and Japan.
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The FDNY was working at two seperate two-alarm fires in Williamsburg, Friday morning.
The first fire was at 801 Bedford Avenue near Park Avenue at around 8:40AM. The fire was on the 6th floor of a multi-story building.

Police are looking for a man who stole $320,000 in jewelry from a Flatbush home a few weeks ago.
The NYPD tells YWN that on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at approximately 5:30PM, an 83-year-old woman returned to her home in the vicinity of Ave L and East 26th Street and discovered her home was broken into from a side window.

The Trump administration accelerated the deployment of an aircraft carrier to the Middle East and announced the deployment of bombers and other military assets in response to what it said were Iranian threats to the U.S.
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Walmart warned on Thursday that higher tariffs on imports from China will mean higher prices.
The comments came after the nation’s largest retailer reported its best sale performance at its established U.S.
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Ten people, including five Russian fugitives, have been charged in connection with malicious software attacks that infected tens of thousands of computers worldwide and sought to steal $100 million from victims, U.S.
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