A New York motorist recorded water leaking into the Lincoln Tunnel on Tuesday evening, July 14, as he drove toward New Jersey. Anthony Consiglio shared this video on his Instagram story as he drove through the tunnel, which runs under the Hudson River to connect Manhattan with Weehawken, New Jersey. “Well, that’s concerning,” he says in the video. The Port Authority, which operates the underwater tunnel said that a water main rupture was reported in a facility room in the Center Tube on Tuesday evening. It was fixed and the water was pumped out as designed. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

At least nine shootings took place in New York City from Wednesday night into early Thursday, police said. At least four of the shootings were in Brooklyn, while four more were in the Bronx and another was on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. No one was killed in the shootings, according to police. Meanwhile, the videos being released of some of the shootings show the utter lawlessness that NYC is descending into under the leadership of Socialist DeBlasio. Watch the video below of a group of gunmen jump out of their cars in Brooklyn and shoot an Uber passenger five times. It was just one of many horrific videos released by police. On Wednesday, YWN reported about multiple NYPD Officers were injured in a vicious assault during protest on the Brooklyn bridge.

After three consecutive nights of stormy protests on Rechov Yirmiyahu in Yerushalayim against the government-imposed lockdown of Romema, Kiryat Belz and Kiryat Sanz, leaders of the Gerrer chassidus have called for the protests to be halted, Kikar H’Shabbos reported. Rav Chaim Bunim Shatz instructed Gerrer chassidim – on the Gerrer internal phone system – to refrain from participating in the protests due to the spiritual and physical risk they pose. “In light of the ongoing gatherings in the areas of the lockdown in Romema, we’re requesting that you exercise caution due to the spiritual and physical risks,” Rav Shatz said on the phone hotline.

New York City Police Benevolent Association President Patrick J. Lynch blamed Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city council Tuesday for a spike in shootings this summer, telling Fox News contributor Lawrence Jones: “The city has given our streets back.” “Our city council, our mayor’s office, and the state legislature have handcuffed police officers and given the street back to the criminals.” WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

At least seven ships have caught fire at the port of Bushehr in southern Iran, the Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday. No casualties have been reported so far, the agency said. There have been several explosions and fires around Iranian military, nuclear and industrial facilities since late June. (AP)
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Tuesday evening saw a mass protests outside the city of Beitar on the main access road that connects the town to Tzur Hadassah in the west and Gush Etzion in the east. Protesters were enraged at the closure of the city, which they had been told would continue for at least another week. Some held signs denouncing Netanyahu stating “I’m a Chareidi man who works, and because of you Bibi, I have nothing to eat.” Other signs read: “If you close us down you need to pay. Who will pay my salary?” A large police force as well as IDF soldiers were sent to the scene in order to maintain order. While security forces were working to open the road, two Chareidi men were arrested. Protesters shouted that the country has turned into a police state with no rights for the citizens.

At a massive rally outside the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem turned ugly after protesters began throwing bottles and eggs at police officers securing the protest. Photographers covering the protest were also targeted by the projectiles. The protest, which was termed the “Bastille Protest”, because it is held on “Bastille Day” saw protesters clash with police officers, while some even attempted to break into the Prime Minister’s residence.

The NYPD is investigating vandalism of the Black Lives Matter mural painted last week outside Trump Tower. Just after Noon, a man threw red paint on the large, yellow letters, on Fifth Avenue in Midtown. The man dropped the paint can and then ran off on West 56th Street, according to police. The mural between West 56th Steet and West 57th Street was painted over the course of five hours on Thursday with the help of dozens of people including Mayor Bill de Blasio, First Lady Chirlane McCray and the Rev. Al Sharpton. President Donald Trump has slammed the idea on Twitter, calling the mural a “symbol of hate.” De Blasio said he is committed to creating Black Lives Matter murals in each of New York City’s five boroughs. Police describe the vandalism as criminal mischief. (AP)

A tanker truck overturned and burst into flames Monday on the western spur of the New Jersey Turnpike. It happened on the Exit 16W ramp during the morning commute. The exit ramp was closed in both directions, and traffic was delayed in the area. It’s unclear what caused the crash, but it did not appear that any other vehicles were involved. Tanker fire on the NJ Turnpike in East Rutherford sending smoke all the way into #NYC @NBCNewYork #nbc4ny pic.twitter.com/vMs7djXay1 — Steven Bognar (@Bogs4NY) July 13, 2020 (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

One Saturday in mid-April, a group of Orthodox Jewish leaders held a conference call with a Minnesota doctor as they grappled with spiking coronavirus cases in their New York area communities. Dr. Michael Joyner of the Mayo Clinic is leading a nationwide study on the use of blood plasma to treat patients with severe COVID-19. On the call that afternoon, he told the religious leaders he needed something for his research: more blood from people who have survived the virus. “Do what you can,” Joyner said, according to Yehudah Kaszirer of Lakewood, New Jersey, one of the rabbis on the call. About 36 hours later, Kaszirer boarded a private jet with roughly 1,000 vials of blood stored in coolers.