In a special meeting that took place in his office, the Minister of Religious Services MK Rabbi Yitzchak Vaknin bequeathed a letter of appreciation to Zaka’s Tel Aviv branch for their service in reburying the bodies of Jews from Brisk.

Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York arrested six during a three-day period, from August 27-29th, in the New York City metropolitan area.
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It looks like something from a science fiction movie.
A newborn two-headed timber rattlesnake has been found in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens. Herpetological Associates of Burlington County CEO Bob Zappalorti says the snake has two brains and each head acts independently of the other.

New York City is suing T-Mobile for what it calls “abusive sales tactics” at Metro by T-Mobile stores, the wireless carrier’s prepaid phone brand.
The city’s lawsuit says dozens of stores sold used phones to customers as new, charged fake taxes and unexpected fees and offered financing for phones that resulted in higher-than-expected prices.
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A federal grand jury has indicted a 43-year-old Houston man on four counts of firearms violations including possession of a machine gun, specifically, a bump stock, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K.
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Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a book deal.
St. Martin’s Press announced Thursday that her memoir, currently untitled, will come out in Fall 2020.
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The day started with one Republican congressman from Texas announcing he would retire and ended with another, a long-serving former committee chairman from Wisconsin, saying he too was ready to bow out, signaling the House GOP mood as the party tries to find its path back to the majority in 2020.

Investigators looking for how a Texas gunman obtained an assault-style rifle used in a Labor Day weekend rampage despite failing a background check have searched the home of a man they believe was involved in the “transfer” of the weapon, a federal law enforcement official said Thursday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bad week got even worse Thursday when younger brother Jo walked away from his government post over their differing stances on Brexit.
It was clearly a difficult decision for Jo Johnson, who had returned to government as an education minister when his big brother replaced Theresa May as prime minister in July.

A Jewish real estate development in Newark, NJ,  had the shock of their life on Thursday morning, when they found a stolen vehicle worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Sources tell YWN that an employee needed to get something from a garage behind a home under construction, and opened the door to find a bright yellow Lamborghini SVJ — worth approximately $700,000 parked inside.