New York is taking most 17-year-olds with offenses out of the adult criminal justice system.
The change is effective this month under the second part of 2017 legislation that raised New York’s age of criminal responsibility to 18.
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A man who testified in the murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor was killed in a shooting, his attorney said.
Dallas police said they were investigating Friday night’s shooting that left one man dead and that authorities do not yet have a motive.

A Jewish death row inmate who was part of the “Texas 7” gang of escaped prisoners and faced execution in less than a week has won a reprieve after claiming the former judge at his trial was anti-Semitic and frequently used racial slurs.

A 34-year-old resident of Bnei Ayish, near Ashdod, was indicted at the end of September for allegedly breaking into a home in an area moshav along with others. During the break-in, they dragged out a large safe using their vehicle, netting millions of shekels and other valuables.

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China’s state oil company has pulled out of a $5 billion deal to develop a portion of Iran’s massive offshore natural gas field, the Islamic Republic’s oil minister said Sunday, an agreement from which France’s Total SA earlier withdrew over U.S.
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Interior Minister Aryeh Deri issued an instruction on Sunday evening to the Border Crossings, Population and Immigration Administration to prepare a recommendation for the courts regarding retracting the residency of Omar Barghouti in Israel.

During elections, the right-wing and the chareidim announced their total support for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s reelection campaign. The question now remains is if Mr. Netanyahu is really good for the chareidim?
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Heads of the Yemina list have meet to discuss the current political situation and ongoing efforts towards establishing a right-wing coalition government.

A year ago, MK (Shas) Moshe Abutbul was in the heart of the Beit Shemesh mayoral campaign. He was the incumbent in that race, losing however to the dati leumi challenger and current mayor, Dr.
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