An Alabama lawmaker who remarked “kill them now or kill them later” during debate on an abortion bill said he was trying to criticize politicians’ focus on abortion as they neglect social services.
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The second day of Rosh Chodesh Iyar passed with a minimal showing of Women of the Wall (WoW) at the Kosel on Monday. There was less than twenty women present, surprising many as a new government is forming and the matter of the future of an egalitarian prayer area and other issues important to Reform Jewry are yet to be determined.

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Police say a child is dead after being found in a burning car in New York City, and a man is in custody.
Authorities were called around 9 p.m.
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President Donald Trump’s turnabout on whether the special counsel should appear before Congress — “Bob Mueller should not testify,” he tweeted — has sparked criticism from Democratic lawmakers eager to question the author of the report on Russia’s election interference .
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Police say a woman survived a fall from a five-story Manhattan apartment building, tumbling as she apparently was descending from the roof after taking skyline photos with friends.
The 22-year-old was taken to a hospital with a fractured pelvis, broken ankle and broken arm after the fall around 8 p.m.

Despite reports of the ceasefire, and despite the fact that the quiet in the southern communities has been maintained since the morning hours and that the special instructions of the IDF Homefront Command have been removed, Prime Minister Netanyahu makes it clear: “The campaign is not over.”
“In the past two days, we have hit Hamas and the Islamic Jihad with great force,” Netanyahu said.

Hate has reared its ugly head again this past Shabbos, as a Hasidic man was assaulted in an unprovoked attacked.
The incident happened at around 1:15AM on Broadway near Lynch Street, when the man – wearing his Shtreimel and Bekeshe – was confronted by a group of thugs.

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President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin was Menachem Avel on the Prezuazman family, whose son Pinchas Menachem HY”D was killed yesterday by flying shrapnel in Ashdod.