The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse was briefly halted today after he burst into tears as he described the events leading up to him opening fire on protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin last August, killing two of them and wounding a third. Rittenhouse said that he didn’t go to Kenosha looking for trouble and that there was no friction between himself and the protesters that evening, except for “the man who said he would kill me twice” and threatened to “cut his heart out.” Rittenhouse then broke down in tears as he described the moments before he shot one of the protesters. The judge then halted the proceedings for a 10-minute break so that Rittenhouse could compose himself. Following the break, Rittenhouse told the court that one of the victims began chasing the teenager.

A heated conflict took place in the Knesset on Wednesday when Yisrael Beiteinu MK Yulia “Badatz” Malinovsky proposed a law proposing a steep fine of NIS 30,000 for people caught tearing down advertisements with pictures of women on them. In the course of the proposal, Malinovsky said: “Apparently what interests you is to build a Taliban state here. The first thing they do is destroy and discriminate against women.” UTJ MK Moshe Gafni, furious about yet another law from Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu party against Chareidim, loudly protested against Malinovsky’s words from his seat and then spoke from the podium. “She called us the Taliban and you didn’t even react,” Gafni said angrily.

Many frum Jews returning from the Ecore Real Estate Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami got a little more than they bargained for, when two passengers on their flight back to Newark got feisty with flight attendants. According to reports from several people aboard the plane filled primarily with returnees from Ecore, American Airlines Flight 322 from Miami to Newark was delayed approximately an hour after two drunk and unruly passengers began making a ruckus. One of the drunkards began cursing at flight attendants over the airline’s mask rules, with the second individual joining in the fracas. Flight attendants called security who boarded the plane and escorted the two individuals off without further incident. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Israeli Ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely fled the London School of Economics under heavy security as a group of pro-Palestinian protesters shouted and jeered at her. Video of the incident shows Hotovely clutching a bouquet of flowers as security rushes her into a waiting vehicle, with a protester heard shouting “Aren’t you ashamed?” at the ambassador. Hotovely expresseed thanks to British government officials for their support after the incident. “I’m thankful for all the support I have received from the British government, many friends and partners,” tweets Hotovely. “I had an excellent event at #LSE and I will not be intimidated.

An eastern Pennsylvania school bus went off the road and ended up with its nose in a creek, sending the driver and eight students to hospitals, but no serious injuries were reported, authorities said. Easton Area School District officials said about 30 middle school students were on the bus when it went through a guardrail and down an embankment into Bushkill Creek in Easton shortly before 8 a.m. Monday. Chief Henry Hennings of the Easton Fire Department said at least two students and the driver were lifted up the embankment in a basket. The school district’s director of safe schools, John Remaley, said the driver and two students were taken by ambulance to St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem Township, while six students were taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in Easton.

Lipa Schmeltzer and MBD were at an event with the Gerrer rosh yeshiva, Hagaon Rav Shaul Alter, celebrating the kvias mezuzah at Empire Care Centers in Lakewood today. Lipa Schmeltzer regaled the crowd at the seuda, including the rosh yeshiva, with heartfelt niggunim and zemiros. Videos below.
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Former President Donald Trump hit a child in the head with a baseball at a World Series game in Atlanta, new video shows. Trump and his wife Melania were sitting in a suite at the game between the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros at Truist Park in Atlanta, when a young boy tossed the former president a ball in hopes that it would get signed. After signing the ball, Trump lobbed it back, striking a kid in the head. Trump has previously bragged about his baseball prowess, writing in 2004 that he “was supposed to be a pro baseball player, and in 2013 claimed that he was “said to be the best bball player in NY state.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy went on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday morning to react to his razor-thin re-election win, telling host Chuck Todd that the unexpectedly close vote makes it “clear there’s a lot of hurt out there.” Murphy said he was happy to become the first Democrat win re-election as New Jersey governor in nearly half a century, but added that “there are a lot of kitchen table issues we need to connect more deeply with.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Calling President Joe Biden’s sweeping vaccine mandates “appropriate and necessary,” US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that the Biden administration is “prepared to defend” the mandates in upcoming legal challenges. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at Americans’ intelligence as he discussed the ongoing struggles relating to the nation’s supply chain. A reporter asked Biden for comment today on criticism for Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who said, “Nobody elected him to be F.D.R., they elected him to be normal and stop the chaos.” “I don’t intend to be anybody but Joe Biden, that’s who I am,” Biden responded. “What I’m trying to do is do the things I ran on to do, and look, people out there are ordinary, hard-working Americans [who have been] put through the ringer the last couple of years.” “If we were all going out and having lunch together and I said let’s ask whoever’s in the next table, no matter what restaurant we’re in, have them explain the supply chain to us.