Neturei Karta were out mourning the 71st anniversary of the State of Israel, with their annual protests.
A small crowd marched around Kikar Shabbos, carrying Palestinian flags and chanting “Tziyonim are not Jews”.

A speeding driver was caught on camera heading the wrong-way through the Midtown Tunnel and crashing into an Uber vehicle before trying to run away.
The 18-year-old driver was high on drugs.

As YWN reported earlier this week, a Hasidic Williamsburg man was punched in the face in an anti-Semitic attack. Now the NYPD is releasing footage of the suspectes as well as additional details.
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CNN’s Tom Foreman and tax expert Richard Pomp analyze President Donald Trump’s response after the New York Times obtained some of his tax information that shows he lost over a billion dollars from 1985-1994.
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President Trump has exerted executive privilege over all aspects of the Mueller report
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A hit-and-run driver struck a pedestrian at Lee Avenue  and Middleton Street in Williamsburg on Wednesday afternoon.
The car was then seen driving on the sidewalk at Franklin and Park Avenues to avoid being caught.

A Miami man was arrested Tuesday after police said he made threatening phone calls to a Miami Beach bagel store, targeting the business because its owners are Jewish.
According to the arrest report, Jorge Mateo Rucinque, 26, made several calls on Monday to Bagel Time Cafe on the 3900 block of Alton Road.

In Kar Etzion on Wednesday a memorial ceremony was held near Kfar Etzion, attended by Shas Chairman Minister Aryeh Deri, Etzion Brigade Commander Colonel David Shapira and Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman Shlomo Neeman, with the participation of bereaved families and thousands of others.

Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman on Wednesday morning participated in the Remembrance Day memorial in the Kiryat Gat cemetery.
Litzman placed a wreath as is customary for ministers, and then recited a perek Tehillim in memory of the fallen, then speaking as a representative of the government.

During an interview with the Washington Post‘s Robert Costa, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) suggested that Democrats could move to arrest Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin if he continues to not cooperate with a House subpoena for President Trump’s tax returns, exercising a little-used but well-recognized power against those found in contempt of Congress.