Just days after Seattle’s mayor and police chief promised a month-long moratorium on using a type of tear gas to disperse protesters, the department used it again during an overnight protest, bringing severe criticism Monday from City Council members, vows to overhaul the department and another call for the mayor’s resignation. “How many people need to write in about being gassed in their own homes? How many people have to be sprayed in the street every night or experience getting hit with flash bombs or rubber bullets?” Council Member Teresa Mosqueda said during a council briefing.

A western New York man pleaded guilty Monday to leaving voicemail death threats for U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Adam Schiff because he was angry about impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, federal prosecutors said. Salvatore Lippa, 57, of the Rochester suburb of Greece pleaded guilty to two counts of threatening a U.S. official, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both. Sentencing is set for Sept. 1 in federal court in Rochester. Lippa admitted he made profanity-laced phone threats against the New York senator and California representative, both Democrats, in January and February. In a message at Schiff’s Washington, D.C. office, he threatened to “put a bullet” in Schiff’s forehead.

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A federal appeals court on Monday tossed out three lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim countries, a victory for the Trump administration in its yearslong defense of the ban. A three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that a federal judge in Maryland made a mistake when he refused to dismiss the lawsuits after the Supreme Court upheld the ban in 2018 in a separate legal challenge filed in Hawaii. The ban, put in place just a week after Trump took office in January 2017, sparked an international outcry from Muslim advocates and others who said it was rooted in religious bias.

Watch this video and see how the Los Angeles Orthodox Jewish community made an incredible Kiddush Hashem this past week. As YWN has been reporting, the National Guard was deployed in Los Angeles to deal with the riots following the black lives matter protests which spiraled out of control, and turned into all out looting of businesses. The Jewish community has been dropping off food and drinks, and allowing them to use the bathroom at a nearby Chabad House. YWN has publish dozens of videos and photos of Orthodox Jews delivering food and cards to Police Departments all around the nation, as they show their unwavering support while they come under attack. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Britain began imposing a 14-day quarantine Monday on travelers coming into the country, months after other European countries imposed similar measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. The quarantine was roundly criticized by the aviation and tourism industries, with many questioning its timing. Critics say its introduction has come too late to be useful, and some doubted it could be effectively enforced. Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary called the quarantine a “political stunt” and argued that it will cause “untold devastation” for the country’s tourism industry, not just for the airlines. “The thousands of hotels, the thousands of visitor attractions, restaurants in the next couple of months — July and August are the two key months for British tourism,” he added.

Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: Days to next set of primaries (West Virginia and Georgia): 1 Days to general election: 148 ___ THE NARRATIVE President Donald Trump enters the week hoping to rebound from one of the lowest points of his presidency as recent polls show that 8 in 10 Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and even spiraling out of control. The president got a boost late last week with a better-than-expected jobs report, but he’s struggling to show consistent leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, the related economic fallout and nationwide protests against police brutality.

An important letter to the public from Rav Shimon Galai & Rav Mordechai Shmuel Edelstein: “We are coming with a fervent request for one of our fellow citizens of our city, Bnei Brak, who teaches Torah and a father to a large family. He has found himself in serious financial trouble, he is drowning in medical debt and his home is about to collapse… But he still needs a lot of help to rehabilitate his family. Certainly, whoever helps this family will merit Heavenly help and much success in everything they do.

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar went beyond calls to defund the police following the death of George Floyd, instead calling for dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department because it is “rotten to the root.” “We need to completely dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. Because here’s the thing, there’s a cancer,” she said, continuing that amputation is needed so it doesn’t spread. “The Minneapolis Police Department is rotten to the root, and so when we dismantle it, we get rid of that cancer, and we allow for something beautiful to rise, and that reimagining allows us to figure out what public safety looks like for us,” Omar, a first-term congresswoman, said. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

He was enveloped in a ball of fire, this was to the horror in the eyes of his children.. Click to donate   Reb Chanoch was enveloped in flames as an explosion broke out in his yard.This was to his horror in front of the eyes of his family. He was admitted to the ICU with third-degree burns on his face, hands, feet and parts of his body. When Reb Chanoch’s wife, Mrs. Chayelle Regal (Chaya Reizel bas Soreh Rivka Alte Gittel), saw her husband enveloped in flames, she ran to save his life, grabbing a hose and spraying water on him. As a result of her heroic attempt, she, too, was badly burned, sustaining second and third-degree burns. Tragically, Reb Chanoch returned his pure neshamah to his Maker a week later.