A woman was burned to death on an F train in Coney Island early Sunday morning after a man set her on fire by throwing a lit match onto her, police sources revealed to the NY Post. NYPD officers responded to a fire at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station around 7:30 a.m., where they discovered the woman engulfed in flames while seated on the idling train. Emergency responders extinguished the fire, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Sources say the victim appeared to have been sleeping when the suspect, described as a man in his 20s, stood up, walked past her, and tossed the match. Liquor bottles were found near her, though investigators have not confirmed if they contributed to the blaze.

The Guatemalan police carried out a massive raid of the Lev Tahor cult at the border between Guatemala and El Salvador on Friday, rescuing 160 children and teens and 40 women after testimonies of severe abuse at the cult’s compound. The raid, involving over 400 police officers, soldiers, and psychologists, took place following testimonies from four minors who escaped from the cult last month and provided shocking details to the police about serious offenses. A formal complaint was filed to the Guatemalan state prosecutor’s office, which decided to launch an operation to rescue the minors in the cult.

Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. House Speaker Mike Johnson had insisted Congress would “meet our obligations” and not allow federal operations to shutter ahead of the Christmas holiday season. But the day’s outcome was uncertain after Trump doubled down on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal — if not, he said in an early morning post, let the closures “start now.” The House approved Johnson’s new bill overwhelmingly, 366-34. The Senate worked into the night to pass it, 85-11, just after the deadline.

The top uniformed police officer in the New York Police Department has resigned amid allegations he demanded inappropriate favors from a subordinate in exchange for opportunities to earn extra pay. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch accepted the resignation of Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey Friday night, effective immediately, according to an emailed statement from the department Saturday. John Chell, the department’s chief of patrol, will take over as interim chief of department and Philip Rivera will assume Chell’s duties as the head of the patrol division, the department said.

Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:30 am Mincha: 4:15 pm Rabbi Eliezer (Lester) MillerHusband Mrs. Rina KaplanSister Dr. Hanan MillerSon Mrs. Gilan GertzDaughter Mrs.

Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, said Saturday that she’s removing herself from consideration to be a Florida senator — ending speculation that she could replace Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who has been tapped to be the incoming administration’s secretary of state. “After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I have decided to remove my name from consideration for the United States Senate,” Lara Trump posted on X. Instead, she promised a “big announcement to share in January.” The announcement comes weeks after Trump announced that she was stepping down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee, a move which raised questions about whether she might be vying for a Senate seat.

Hamas has not yet submitted a list of living hostages held by terror groups in Gaza as part of ongoing ceasefire negotiations, according to a report by Channel 12 citing Israeli officials. Despite the delay, Israeli authorities believe progress is being made in the talks. On Friday, leaders from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine convened in Cairo to discuss the terms of a potential ceasefire and hostage release deal. Hamas said after the meeting that reaching an agreement was “closer than ever” if Israel refrains from introducing new conditions. A major sticking point remains the nature of the ceasefire.

The death toll from stampedes during two holiday charity events in Nigeria has increased from 13 to 32, police said Sunday. The victims, including at least four children, collapsed during crowd surges as people grew desperate for food items while the country grapples with the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The dead included 22 people in southeastern Anambra state’s Okija town, where a philanthropist on Saturday organized a food distribution, local police spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga said. Ten others died in the capital, Abuja, during a church-organized similar charity event. Police said they were investigating the two incidents, only days after another stampede in which 35 children were killed.

In an appalling turn of events, Israel’s State Attorney’s Office has launched a probe to investigate whether the statements of Gedolei Yisrael against the recruitment of Chareidim and orders not to report to draft centers constitute a criminal offense, Army Radio reported on  Sunday evening. Among other things, the prosecution will examine the statements of HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, HaGaon HaRav Rabbi Dov Landau, and HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef. According to the report, the investigation began following a request from MK Efrat Rayten of the Labor Party, which was forwarded for examination to the Deputy State Attorney. It should be noted that at this point, the probe is at a very early stage, but the news has been met with shock in the Olam HaTorah.

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