Rapper Kanye West, in his first event since declaring himself a presidential candidate, ranted against historical figure Harriet Tubman on Sunday, saying the Underground Railroad conductor “never actually freed the slaves, she just had them work for other white people,” comments that drew shouts of opposition from some in the crowd. West delivered a lengthy monologue, touching on topics from abortion and religion to international trade and licensing deals, before a crowd in North Charleston, South Carolina. Whether he is actually seeking the nation’s highest office remains a question. Tubman is one of the most respected figures of 19th century America.

President Donald Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election, recalling a similar threat he made weeks before the 2016 vote, as he scoffs at polls showing him lagging behind Democrat Joe Biden. Trump says it’s too early to make such an ironclad guarantee. “I have to see. Look … I have to see,” Trump told moderator Chris Wallace during a wide-ranging interview on ”Fox News Sunday.” “No, I’m not going to just say yes. I’m not going to say no, and I didn’t last time either.” The Biden campaign responded: “The American people will decide this election.

Israel’s Health Ministry reported 1,414 new coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours, raising the number of active patients to 27,729. The number of seriously ill patients has surged to 238 and the number of ventilated patients has jumped to 62. Six more deaths were recorded overnight, raising the death toll to 406. Prof. Gavriel Barbash, the former CEO of Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv and former Health Ministry Director-General, is expected to be appointed as Israel’s coronavirus commissioner to manage the coronavirus crisis, Channel 12 News reported on Sunday, adding that an agreement has not yet been signed but is in its final stages.

Watch the video below of an exchange between Veteran Hamodia reporter Reuvain Borchardt and Socalist NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio. This took place at Friday’s press conference: RB: A couple of days ago, several of your police officers were attacked, including your Chief of Department. For the first 24 hours, you did not issue a public statement or a tweet. It was only 24 hours after the attack when a reporter asked you about it, that you condemned the attack. During that time, you found time to make 11 tweets about police reform. So why did you not respond within 24 hours publicly, and how should that be interpreted by all New Yorkers, from cops to criminals?

One of the two men arrested for attacking an NYPD lieutenant and NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan was released without bail Thursday night, with the judge granting him supervised release. Police identified him as 25-year-old Quran Campbell. The second suspect, Banks Shaborn, also 25, was being held on $10,000 bail. A senior police official called these developments “stunning.” “Quran Campbell is captured on video for the nation to witness him viciously assault 3 cops in uniform – 1 who lost consciousness. Judge Robert Rosenthal’s reckless decision to release Mr. Campbell WITHOUT BAIL endangers every NYer and the officers who risk it all to protect them,” Monahan posted Friday morning on Twitter.

Two serious incidents occurred in Manhattan just blocks away from each other on Thursday. At around 4:30PM emergency personnel responded to 136 East 26th Street near Lexington Avenue for a scaffolding collapse. According to FDNY officials, one worker was killed and two others were injured. It did not appear that any pedestrians were hurt. The Fire Department said the injured people were taken to the hospital. It was unclear what led to the scaffolding collapse. The apartment building dates to the 1920s, city records show. Building manager Halstead Real Estate said it was saddened by the collapse, and that it was under investigation.

Three maintenance workers at a summer getaway overdosed in Kiamisha on Thursday afternoon. It happened just after 4:00PM at the Munkatcher Camp on Route 42, when the three men suffered a drug overdose. Catskills Hatzolah Paramedics was on the scene in minutes and began administering Narcan to all three victims. Two of the victims were in cardiac arrest. MobileMedics were requested to respond to assist Hatzolah with transporting the victims to the hospital. The Sullivan County Sheriff Department was on the scene investigating. The Chevra Kaddisha was not needed in this tragic incident. The camp is a bungalow colony with a day camp on premises. STAY UPDATED WITH BREAKING UPDATES FROM YWN VIA WHATSAPP – SIGN UP NOW Just click on this link, and you will be placed into a group.

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.