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Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s warning that Russian interference is still happening “as we sit” is putting pressure on Republican leaders in Congress to join Democrats in passing additional election security legislation.

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Looking like a superhero, the French inventor of an airborne hoverboard glided partway over the English Channel on his personal flying machine then crashed in the sea Thursday.

Unharmed and undeterred, 40-year-old Franky Zapata said he plans to try again.

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A human smuggling investigation by the military led to the arrest of 16 Marines Thursday while carrying out a battalion formation at California’s Camp Pendleton, a base about an hour’s drive from the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced his resignation overnight, ceding power after nearly two weeks of furious protests and political upheaval touched off by a leak of crude and insulting chat messages between him and his top advisers.

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In a move that will strengthen the left-wing, the Israel Democratic party headed Ehud Barak has united with the left-wing Meretz party.

The list will be headed by Meretz chairman, MK Nitzan Horowitz, followed by Stav Sapir, who was the person who negotiated the deal.

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Southwest Airlines is pulling out of New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport following extensive delays caused by the FAA’s grounding of the Boeing 737 Max.

It will cease operations at Newark and consolidate them at LaGuardia Airport in New York effective Nov.

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A Yeshiva Bochur injured while hiking at Ice Caves Mountain needed to be rescued, Wednesday night.

A group of 15 bachurim were on the hike, when one of the sustained a leg injury, and was unable to continue.

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North Korea fired a new type of short-range ballistic missile in two launches into the sea Thursday, South Korean officials said. They were North Korea’s first weapons launches in more than two months and appeared to be a pressuring tactic as Pyongyang and Washington struggle to restart nuclear negotiations.

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A one-vehicle accident in Woodbourne sent two people to the hospital, Thursday morning.

It happened at around 7:00AM on Route 52 near Michigan Road – by the Woodbourne Firehouse – when a vehicle flipped off the embankment.

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The White House is condemning an order by a federal judge requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to stop denying asylum to anyone who transits through another country to reach the U.S.

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A construction accident involving a forklift, forced the closure of Avenue M in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, Thursday morning.

It happened at 1321 Avenue M, between East 13 and 14th Street at around 8:40AM.

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A major search has been launched in Vermont for a missing Yeshiva Boy.

Sources tell YWN that a 15-year-old boy went missing while hiking with a camp on a trail in Killington Vermont.

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It’s beginning to sink in. What a loss! Our beloved Rebbe, Rav Dovid Trenk ztz”l, was the most vibrant, lively, loving person that we ever encountered. His boundless energy, constant enthusiasm and perpetual positivity were incredible!

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After months of anticipation, Congress finally heard testimony from former special counsel Robert Mueller. So what now?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Mueller’s appearance was “a crossing of a threshold,” raising public awareness of what Mueller found.

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President Donald Trump is encouraging Republican lawmakers to back a sweeping bipartisan budget deal his administration struck with Democrats.

Trump tweeted on Thursday morning that “House Republicans should support the TWO YEAR BUDGET AGREEMENT which greatly helps our Military and our Vets.” He adds in a note of encouragement, “I am totally with you!”

Trump’s comments come ahead of a scheduled House vote Thursday afternoon on the two-year deal meant to avert another government shutdown and a fight over the nation’s creditworthiness.

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A New York City couple captured a 3-foot (1-meter) alligator in their local park and taped its mouth before calling police to pick the animal up.

Authorities believe the gator was an illegally owned pet that escaped.

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A woman says her 2-year-old son jumped onto a conveyor belt at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta and then fell through a luggage chute into a baggage room.

Edith Vega tells WSB-TV that she set her son Lorenzo down so she could print her boarding pass on Monday.

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A spokesman for the Izzadin el-Qassim military wing of Hamas, Abu Obaidah made a public statement directed at the citizens of Israel on Tuesday, placing the blame for the fact the bodies of Lt.

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Police investigators received a tip about a drug laboratory in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem. On Sunday, special forces from the police, including detectives launched a sting operation in the homes of two residents of the Chareidi neighborhood of Ramot Polin.

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The court has extended the detention of a Mexican resident, a chareidi man who also lives in Yerushalayim on suspicion that he defrauded millions of shekels from over 15 victims during a two-year period.

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