Hundreds of people attended the Levaya of Yisroel Schwartz, the Novaminsker Yeshiva Bochur that was tragically struck and killed by a truck in Boro Park on Wednesday.

Staff at a U.S. Air Force base in Florida had to bring in a front-end loader to remove an alligator that was lounging on a runway.
The Tampa Bay Times reports that the large reptile was spotted Tuesday morning on a MacDill Air Force Base flight line.
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The U.S. space agency NASA published on Wednesday photos of the crash site on the moon where it is believed that the Israeli spacecraft known as Bereishit crashed.
The photo, taken from dozens of kilometers away, shows debris of the spacecraft and mainly shows the spot on the moon’s surface that was disturbed in the crash.

Facebook says it has identified a private Israel-based influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has canceled dozens of accounts that engaged in spreading disinformation.
Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, told reporters Thursday the tech giant had purged 65 accounts, 161 pages and dozens of groups.

A federal judge is siding with public health groups suing the Food and Drug Administration to begin reviewing thousands of e-cigarettes on the U.S. market.
The ruling handed down Wednesday in district court states that the agency shirked its legal duty when it postponed reviewing all U.S.

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Akiva Stefansky ZATZAL, who was the Menahel at Bais Yaakov of Toronto for more than 50 years. He was 93.
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The famous winged TWA terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport came out of its decades-long retirement Wednesday with a new life as a luxury hotel.
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After years of setbacks and stalemates, President Donald Trump will lay out yet another immigration plan as he tries to convince the American public and lawmakers that the nation’s legal immigration system should be overhauled.
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President Donald Trump is scheduled to make a rare overnight stay in his hometown Thursday.
Trump is expected to arrive in the city around 5:30 p.m. and head to a fundraiser before staying at Trump Tower overnight.
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Attorney General William Barr tried out a little contempt humor on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with interesting results.
The setting was the National Peace Officers Memorial Day service Wednesday at the U.S.
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