(By: Zvi Gluck)
It has been a flood of epic proportions.
That is the only way I can describe what has happened in my inbox in the few short days since we released an op-ed on YWN discussing the devastating number of overdoses and deaths that have befallen us and asking people to join Amudim in the fight against abuse and addiction.

Speaking at an event marking the 40th anniversary of the Shomron Regional Council held on Wednesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed US President Donald Trump’s Plan of the Century, his peace initiative between Israel and the PA (Palestinian Authority).
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Firefighters saved a two-year-old boy who got his right arm stuck in an escalator in a Chinese mall in central China’s Yuanjiang City, Hunan province on July 5.
A passer-by rushed to press the button to stop the escalator before the child reached the bottom.

The chairman of the New Right party, Naftali Bennet, and his former number two person, Ayelet Shaked, continue negotiations towards Shaked running with Bennet again. Bennet has already indicated that he is willing to step down from the leadership position, yielding to Shaked’s growing electoral popularity.
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Arizona authorities say a driver escaped injury when his car’s windshield was pierced by the trunk of a saguaro cactus during a wreck Wednesday on the outskirts of Tucson.
Pima County sheriff’s Deputy Daniel Jelineo said the black sports car struck the cactus while crossing a median.

Presidential candidate says commitment to Israel's security would remain strong no matter how much he disagrees with PM , promises to re-enter Iran nuclear deal

New York – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised on Thursday to end “forever wars” and reassert American leadership to combat authoritarianism and global instability he says are proliferating under President Donald Trump. Biden outlined his foreign policy vision in a speech in New York, indicting Trump’s “America first” approach as belligerent, short-sighted, incompetent and [...]

New York – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 27,000 for the first time Thursday after a turbulent day on Wall Street left the market within striking distance of more milestones. The S&P 500 was hovering just below its all-time high in late-afternoon trading. The benchmark index briefly rose above 3,000 for the second [...]

New York – Twitter says it is investigating a problem with its service . Users across the U.S. and elsewhere are not able to access Twitter. The company is not saying how widespread the outage is. The disruption appears to be affecting both web-based and mobile users. Outages were widespread in Twitter’s early years, so [...]