New Jersey Congressmen Say ‘No Way’ To Manhattan Toll PlanNew York’s plan to charge a fee for motorists entering its congested midtown area won’t go into effect for another two years but is already renewing time-honored animosities between the state and its neighbor to the west.
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 Police Recover Jewelry Stolen From Yeshiva In Telshe StoneJewelry worth NIS 30,000, including an engagement ring and wedding band were recently stolen from a yeshiva in Telshe Stone.
This past Shabbos, the Shabbos before their chasenah, a family was hosted in a yeshiva and the items mentioned were stolen from the room of one of the guests.

 California Judge Fines Rabbi $6,000 For Reporting Vandalism at Synagogue to PoliceThe following is via the First Liberty Institute: 
A California judge has fined an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi over six thousand dollars for reporting the vandalism of his synagogue to the police.

Talmudo Beyado – Revolutionary NEW Gemara DictionaryTalmudo Beyado
is a dictionary that uses a whole new approach to defining words in the
Gemara. The dictionary has a compilation of every moderately hard word
on every page of the Gemara and it lists them in the order that they
appear on that page, and this is done for every page of shas.

60 People Charged In Illegal Prescription Opioid CrackdownFederal authorities said Wednesday they have charged 60 people, including a doctor accused of trading drugs for sex and another of prescribing to his Facebook friends, for their roles in illegally prescribing and distributing millions of pills containing opioids and other drugs.
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 Many Want Congress To Probe Trump-RussiaMany Americans aren’t ready to clear President Donald Trump in the Russia investigation, with a new poll showing slightly more want Congress to keep investigating than to set aside its probes after a special counsel’s report left open the question of whether he broke the law.
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Some Polls Show Parents’ Growing Fears Of Dangers At SchoolThe deadly attack at Columbine High School in 1999 seemed to usher in a new era of school shootings.
Two decades later, polls consistently capture growing fears among American parents that their children face imminent danger whenever they go to school.
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President Rivlin Formally Nominates Netanyahu as Prime MinisterIsrael’s president on Wednesday formally nominated Benjamin Netanyahu for a fourth consecutive term as prime minister, officially launching a process that is expected to result in a new government in the coming weeks.
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Young Woman ‘Infatuated’ With Columbine Is Found DeadA young Florida woman who authorities say was so “infatuated” with the Columbine school shooting they feared she was planning an attack in Colorado just days ahead of the 20th anniversary was found dead Wednesday in an apparent suicide after a nearly 24-hour manhunt.
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