A retired NYPD officer was shot and killed during a dispute outside of a pizza shop in Brooklyn Monday evening. The incident occurred at about 7 p.m., when according to the NYPD, a 57-year-old former officer and his friend, a 53-year-old retired correction officer, saw a 33-year-old man, who was apparently intoxicated and harassing an 86-year-old man at Korner Pizza at Church Avenue and East Third Street in the Kensington neighborhood. An initial investigation revealed that the two retired officers intervened and confronted the 33-year-old man and physical fight ensued, which spilled out onto the sidewalk. The 53-year-old man pulled out a firearm and fired one round which struck both victims, NYPD Deputy Chief Joseph Gulotta said during a press conference following the incident.

A fire broke out in a five-floor building in Neve Yaakov on Monday night about 10 p.m., trapping nine residents, including a mother and her children who were trapped on the fifth floor. The fire began in the miklat (bomb shelter) of an apartment building on Ma’aglos HaRav Pardes and quickly spread. Many of the residents managed to flee the building but nine residents got trapped as smoke filled the stairwell. Ten firefighting units and four cranes were required to fight the fire and rescue the trapped residents. It took the firefighters almost two hours to subdue the fire. Twenty residents suffered from smoke inhalation and were treated at the scene by emergency services.

The White House briefing room on Monday might have been a fire marshal’s nightmare. For the first time in 449 days, reporters could cram into every seat for the daily briefing. Coronavirus restrictions had kept one of the most recognized rooms in the U.S. government almost empty. But mass vaccinations allowed reporters to first doff their masks on May 13 and then nearly a month later to gather in a pack of raised hands, shouting, hard-eyed stares and the occasional grimace. “Hope everyone’s cozy,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at she stepped to the lectern. Forty-nine journalists sat elbow-to-elbow in blue seats, while others stood on the edges. The loudspeaker before the briefing told reporters not to block the aisle, but no one budged.

Vice President Kamala Harris offered an optimistic outlook for improved cooperation with Guatemala on addressing the spike in migration to the U.S. after her meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Monday. She also delivered a direct warning to migrants considering making the trek: “Do not come. Do not come.” Her comments, during a press conference after she met privately with the Guatemalan president, underscored the challenge that remains even as Harris engages in substantive talks with the Guatemalan and Mexican presidents during a three-day visit to the region this week, her first foreign trip as vice president. “I want to emphasize that the goal of our work is to help Guatemalans find hope at home,” Harris said.

A huge sinkhole opened up in the parking lot of Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem on Monday afternoon. Videos of the incident show parked cars falling inside the huge crater that suddenly appeared in the pavement. The guard booth also partially collapsed inside the sinkhole. Fire and Rescue Services, aided by the Jerusalem District’s Unit for Special Evacuations, arrived at the scene and searched for people that may have been injured or trapped or cars that fell in the sinkhole together with the passengers. Fortunately, the searches were completed and no one was found to have been trapped or injured. Witnesses of the scene told B’Chadrei Chareidim that the incident could have ended with dozens of fatalities. “I saw it collapsing before my eyes,” one witness said.

It seems that everyone was picking on innocent Heshy Tichler on Wednesday night. In just a matter of a few hours, Tischler got assaulted by two men who apparently had a “score to settle” with him, and was later kicked out of Maimonides Hospital – something that rarely happens. As YWN reported on Wednesday night, two men arrived in a car outside Tischler’s Boro Park home looking for him. Tischler immediately recognized the men from a previous altercation he had with them at a rally / demonstration that Tischler attended. One of them men punched Tischler in the head. Police tell YWN that they have good leads, and hope to make a swift arrest in the case. Tischler then made a video alleging that the men were from “a black lives matter”, and then added “Black Lives Matter, you want a war?

Yitzchak Herzog, who was elected as Israel’s 11th president on Wednesday, has many close ties with Rabbanim and Gedolim and was the favored candidate of the Chareidi MKs for this reason. HaRav Yosef Yitzchak, Israel’s Chief Rabbi, spoke with Herzog on Wednesday and congratulated him on his win, saying: “It’s a great honor for Israel that the elected president is continuing the dynasty of his grandfather, the Chief Rabbi of Israel,” Kikar H’Shabbat reported. Herzog had a close connection with HaRav Ovadia Yosef, z’tl, and every year, he asks HaRav Yitzchak to participate in the azkara for his illustrious grandfather, HaRav Yitzchak HaLevi, z’tl, and afterward, HaRav Yitzchak and Herzog daven together at the kever of HaRav Ovadia, z’tl.

A massive fire broke out Wednesday night at the oil refinery serving Iran’s capital, sending thick plumes of black smoke over Tehran. It wasn’t immediately clear if there were injuries. The fire struck the state-owned Tondgooyan Petrochemical Co. to the south of Tehran, said Mansour Darajati, the director-general of the capital’s crisis management team. Firefighters believe it struck a pipeline for liquefied petroleum gas at the facility, Darajati told Iranian state television. He did not elaborate. Associated Press journalists in central Tehran, some 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) away, could see the black smoke rise in the distance. Another AP journalist saw flames shooting into the sky from the site.

Donald Trump Jr. Blasted New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday night, accusing her of “political persecution”. Trump Jr. made his remarks in an interview on Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News. Just two weeks ago, James announced that her investigation into the Trump Organization is no longer purely civil in nature… but are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan DA.” TRUMP JR: “I think everyone has been trying to figure that out for five years. I think it’s a political persecution, and I know that because she literally campaigned on it. She was going to investigate the crimes. The problem is it wasn’t as though she was a part of this office, she had no idea.

A teenager in Bradbury, California fended off a large bear in order to save her dogs on Memorial Day! “Service dog saved by super human teen!! Thank you Hailey! And Thank you God for protecting my daughter and the dogs,” user @realestatebeauty posted on Instagram.
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