The New York State Thruway Authority has announced nightly ramp closures and traffic detours at exit 16 (Harriman – US Route 6 – NY Route 17) on the Thruway (I-87) in Orange County that began this week for work associated with the conversion to cashless tolling at the Harriman Toll Barrier.
Beginning this week, the I-87 southbound off-ramp at exit 16 (Harriman – US Route 6 – NY Route 17) will be closed to Route 17 westbound, from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. through Thursday, and from 9 p.m. Friday until 7 a.m. on Shabbos, for crews to install concrete slabs on the roadway. Work is being completed overnight as closing lanes on the ramp during the day would cause significant traffic impacts and therefore, is not practicable.

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Poland on Sept. 1 to mark the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, announced an aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda.
It would be Trump’s second visit to Poland since July 2017.
The day after his arrival on Aug. 31, Trump will partake in ceremonies in Warsaw commemorating 80 years since Germany invaded Poland, thus starting the Second World War. He will likely deliver speeches, reported the Associated Press, citing another aide, Wojciech Kolarski.
Six million Polish citizens were killed during the years of the war, half of them Jewish. Approximately 90 percent of Poland’s Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

Over the past few years, drones have really taken off, going from a pastime for flight enthusiasts to a not-uncommon household gadget. But the potential for the small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) does not end with taking elaborate selfies or accidentally shutting down London’s Gatwick airport.
Drones can be used for an array of tasks, in fields as versatile as security, agriculture, retail, and last-mile deliveries. Below are six Israeli companies developing drones capable of completing complicated tasks.
Tevel
Year founded: 2016
Funding to date: $10 million, according to Pitchbook data
Field: agritech
Founder: Yaniv Maor

Upset over an $80 ticket for a broken tail light, a 65-year-old Oklahoma woman refused to sign the citation, locking herself inside her truck before driving off, sparking a pursuit with the police officer who had pulled her over.
Debra Hamil is now facing a felony charge of assault on a police officer as well as a charge for misdemeanor resisting arrest over the incident which took place last Tuesday in Cashion, Oklahoma. If she had taken the ticket to court, it would most likely would have been dropped to $20 [KOKO News5].
WATCH THE INCIDENT AS IT UNFOLDED:

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The food safety-minded among us should throw away leftovers after just three to four days.
Wattana Panich in Bangkok claims to have the world’s oldest soup, revealing that his restaurant has been preserving the broth and cooking it for 45 years.
“For 45 years, the broth of our soup has never been thrown away after a day’s cooking,” says Nattapong Kaweenuntawong, who tends his beef noodle soup, called neua tune, with his mother and wife, the site Great Big Story reports.
Kaweenuntawong adds that the 45-year-old broth has “a unique flavor and aroma” thanks to his unconventional cooking method. “We have kept the broth overnight, and then used it to cook the next day’s soup,” he says.

Google Doodles on Monday honored the late Chiune Sugihara — a World II-era Japanese diplomat who flouted Tokyo’s orders by providing travel documents that saved thousands of European Jews from being murdered by the Nazis.
Shortly before he passed away in the mid-1980s, Sugihara was granted the “Righteous Among the Nations” title by Yad Vashem.
Sugihara’s life story and the efforts of his native Gifu Prefecture to keep his legacy alive and attract tourism were the subject of an Algemeiner feature piece in December 2017.
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The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1000 traditional rabbinic leaders in matters of public policy, today said statements of support for Rev. Al Sharpton from Senators (and Presidential candidates) Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren reflected “great insensitivity” towards the Jewish community. Following an attack on Sharpton from President Donald Trump, Harris claimed that Sharpton “has spent his life fighting for what’s right and working to improve our nation,” while Warren said he “has dedicated his life to the fight for justice for all.”

“They’re all the same.”
That’s the title of an ad the Trump campaign is running on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News tonight and tomorrow night as Democrats rehearse their talking points.
The new television ad blasts Democrats for proposing free taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants while also supporting a government takeover of health care that would eliminate private insurance.
“These Democrats support giving illegal immigrants health care at our expense,” the ad asserts. “Calling for socialized medicine … destroying health care as we know it.”
“Radical, reckless, socialist,” the stentorian voice-over booms. “They’re all the same.”

Dozens of college students from well-to-do families may be getting money reserved for poorer families thanks to a legal loophole: They’re giving up custody of their children.
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that families near Chicago would give up legal guardianship of their children to relatives or friends. Students would then file for financial independence, which effectively opened the door to financial aid they wouldn’t have been able to access while under the legal care of their parents.
The tactic is legal, but ethically questionable, said Andrew Borst, the director of undergraduate admissions at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Chief among his concerns: Financial aid money is limited.