Lapid Says Willing to Forgo Premiership Rotation to Advance Coalition EffortsWith talks towards a coalition government between Blue & White and Likud hitting an impasse, the number two man on the Blue & White list, MK Yair Lapid, has announced he is willing to forgo a promise to rotate as prime minister as part of a coalition agreement in the interest of advancing talks.

 Four Police Officers Killed In Paris Police HeadquartersAn employee armed with a knife attacked officers inside Paris police headquarters Thursday, killing at least four before he was fatally shot, a French police union official said.
Police union official Loic Travers told reporters the attack appears to have begun in an office and continued elsewhere in the large police compound across the street from Notre Dame Cathedral.

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Four people have been killed in the stabbing at the Paris police headquarters, according to CNN affiliate BFM TV.

Loïc Travers, a police union secretary, told BFM TV that five were dead, including the attacker.

The motive of the attacker, who was a longtime administrative employee for the police, is still unknown.

“He has been with us for over 20 years,” Travers said, speaking outside the police headquarters.
Read more at CNN.
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A cure for diabetes is just a few years away, according to a group of Israeli scientists and researchers.
Betalin Therapeutics has developed what it calls “the world’s first Engineered Micro Pancreas (EMP),” using pig-lung tissue and insulin-secreting cells. The company aims to replace insulin-therapy by providing the body with a natural way to measure and regulate blood-sugar levels.
Animal trials have already been completed. Human trials are expected to begin next year.
Betalin Therapeutics Dr. Nikolai Kunicher told the Jerusalem Post that “today, you only have ways to manage the disease. This is a cure. The diabetic pancreas has lost the function of secreting insulin and we give it back. The patient should never have to inject insulin into his body again.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Agitated and angry, President Donald Trump squared off against House Democrats, packing his increasingly aggressive impeachment defense with name-calling and expletives. Quietly but just as resolutely, lawmakers expanded their inquiry, promising a broad new subpoena for documents and witnesses. Democratic leaders put the White House on notice that the wide-ranging subpoena would […]

Meir Gorodzki, the longest-serving Get Refuser in Israel, who has spent the last 19 years in jail after refusing to grant a Get to his wife, was released from jail Wednesday and immediately returned to the Chabad Shul in Meah Shearim where he had davened previously. In 1998 , Gorodzki refused to grant a Get […]

Israeli company Kadimastem says interim results of first patient group indicate new drug 'managed to significantly slow down disease progression'

Trump Administration To Expand DNA Collection At BorderThe Trump administration is planning to expand the collection of DNA from migrants who cross U.S. borders, and to include the information in a massive criminal database operated by the FBI.
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Residents on hilly plateau are concerned about impact of 200-meter high turbines on agricultural livelihood, say they weren't made aware of implications

A massive settlement to resolve claims against MGM Resorts stemming from the October 2017 Las Vegas massacre is expected to be announced Thursday, people briefed on the plans told ABC News.
The financial payouts are anticipated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Earlier this year, MGM reported to federal regulators that company estimates indicated it could end up paying as much as $800 million to settle claims from the massacre on the Las Vegas Strip.

17 Years Later, Zaka Volunteer Helps Boy He Saved In Beis Yisroel Massacre17 years ago, Benzi Oring the Head of the Jerusalem Division of Zaka, rescued a baby during the Beis Yisroel terror attack. The attack in which Eleven Israeli civilians were killed, including two infants, three children and two teenagers also saw more than 50 people injured.

NTSB Seeks New Seat Belt Requirements For Limos After CrashFederal inspectors recommended stricter regulations Wednesday for safety belts and passenger seats in new vehicles stretched into limousines, saying tighter standards might have made a difference in an upstate New York limousine crash that killed 20 people.
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Cory Booker’s campaign announced Tuesday that it raised $6 million in the third quarter of 2019, making this the best fundraising period yet for the New Jersey senator. The haul comes after his campaign implied last month that a fundraising shortfall would force Booker from the race.
On September 21, Booker’s campaign announced it needed to raise $1.7 million in the last ten days of the filing period in order to stay competitive and expand operations. At the time, Booker’s campaign manager, Addisu Demissie, told reporters that Booker would have no choice but to exit the race should they not reach their fundraising needs.

 Thousands of Children Will Join Misaskim’s 25th International Tehillim AsifaImagine if all the children of Klal Yisroel would gather together for one tefillah…
Imagine the power of one “Amen” recited by thousands of innocent voices…
Imagine a “Yehi Shmei Rabbah” echoing from every corner of the world.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces fired live bullets into the air and used tear gas against a few hundred protesters in central Baghdad on Thursday, hours after a curfew was announced in the Iraqi capital on the heels of two days of deadly violence that gripped the country amid anti-government protests. In a desperate […]

Sacklers and their pharmaceutical firm, facing thousands of state and federal cases, are attempting to reach settlement in bankruptcy court

Former general's comments recall his 2016 speech likening Israel to Europe before Holocaust; political rivals slam his 'obsession'

Photos indicate Adrian Darya possibly preparing to unload oil, despite Tehran's assurances to UK it would not deliver cargo

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