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August 14, 2018 at 9:00 pm
New York - New York City, the largest American market for Uber, is becoming the first U.S. city to regulate the growth of app-based rides.
Uber drivers lined up for hours to register their cars Monday, the day before Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio was expected to sign a bill placing a temporary cap on new licenses, according to The New York Times.
Once the legislation becomes law, no new licenses will be granted for a year, with the exception of wheelchair accessible vehicles.
The City Council approved a package of bills that included the moratorium while the city studies the rapidly changing industry. The legislation also will allow the city to set a minimum wage for app-based drivers.
Backers of the proposals said both the traditional yellow cab industry and drivers for app-based se...
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August 14, 2018 at 8:47 pm
Dance along! Performed by Sruly Altman, together with Yossi Shtendig and Band, enjoy this dance set of 4 recent uplifting hits. Mixed and Edited at Schnitzler Studios
Video by Motty Engel
Live sound by Yoely Karpen
Stage manager by Shmesh
Production manager by Aron Kranczer
1. Likuved Shabbas Performed by Shmueli Ungar, Composed by R’ Pinky Weber
2. Lfunov Navoid Performed by Shulem Lemmer Composed by Yerachmiel Begun
3. Sinai Performed by Ahrele Samet Composed by Motty Iliowitz
4. Mach a Bracha Performed by Shmueli Ungar Composed by Hershy Weinberger
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August 14, 2018 at 8:40 pm
A few months ago my family celebrated a milestone anniversary for our parents. In the spirit of the day, I went to composer Hershy Weinberger with the words that the Lubavitcher Rebbe told my parents before their wedding, like he told so many young new couples. “Make it bright and warm for those around you, and Hashem will make it bright and warm for you!”
LYRICS:
INTRO-אַז טאַטע מאַמע אין די יונגע יאָרןזיינען חתן און כלה געוואָרען, זיינען זיי אַריין צום רבי׳ןזיין ברכות צו נעמען, און אָט די ברכה האָט דער רבי זיי געגעבען
SONG-מאַך ליכטיג און וואַרעם ארום זיךוועט דער אויבערשטער ביי אייך מאַכן ליכ...
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August 14, 2018 at 6:21 pm
The Belgian city’s fire department in Antwerp have agreed to replenish the dried up Stadspark pond in the centrally located Stadspark so that local Jews can perform Tashlich on Rosh Hashanah, JTA reports.
The pond had dried up because of the extreme heat wave recorded in recent weeks in Western Europe, where temperatures exceeded 100 F. Thousands of gallons of water will be pumped in to refill the pond.
JTA reports that Jewish community members plan to add fish to the Stadspark pond with permission from the municipality.
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August 14, 2018 at 6:19 pm
The White House hopes to see a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, with or without Palestinian Authority (PA) support, a Trump administration official told Haaretz on Monday.
The current US administration would view a PA return to Gaza favorably, but in the event that the PA is not involved, it will still support a viable ceasefire agreement, the official stated.
“We would like to see an end to fighting with or without the PA,” but the administration would prefer “if the PA reasserts control in Gaza so we can get on with making lives better.”
Read more at i24NEWS.
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August 14, 2018 at 6:17 pm
Elazar Azariya, the soldier convicted of killing a wounded terrorist in Chevron, reacted furiously to the decision of the Israel police not to allow him to carry a personal firearm.
A few months ago, MK Nava Boker (Likud) asked that the state allow Azariya to carry weapons, because she said that his life was in danger. His petition was denied.
“I enlisted in the army and chose combat service to defend the State of Israel and I did it with great pride,” he said. “As everyone knows, I and my family received and receive constant threats to our lives from terrorist organizations, and we also received a rifle bullet in the mailbox.”
“We complained about this to the Israel Police and to the IDF during my stay in one of the detention facilities, and amazingly, not...
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August 14, 2018 at 6:15 pm
Israel’s law enforcement agencies have decided to order the deduction of over a million shekels from the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) tax revenues, Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) reported.
The money will cover the medical expenses of PA collaborators who were tortured by the PA’s security services, as well as for the compensation they demanded.
Last year, an Israeli court for the first time recognized the torture of 50 collaborators and ordered the PA to pay them compensation.The full amount has yet to be determined. However, in the meantime, legal costs have been deducted from the transfers to the PA.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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August 14, 2018 at 6:13 pm
The Israel Innovation Authority along with the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry and the National Cyber Directorate confirmed on Tuesday that a dedicated program to strengthen Israel’s cyber industry has been launched, estimated to cost NIS 90 million over the next three years.
Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry, Eli Cohen, said in a statement on Tuesday that the program “will ensure that Israel continues to meet the cyber sector’s biggest challenges, secure our place at the forefront of innovation, and bolster Israel’s global leadership in this critical industry.
”Director General of the Israel National Cyber Directorate, Yigal Unna praised the government’s commitment to “preserving and strengthening Israel’s global cyber lead...
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August 14, 2018 at 6:12 pm
Alexandria, VA - Paul Manafort’s defense rested its case Tuesday without calling any witnesses in the former Trump campaign chairman’s tax evasion and bank fraud trial. Manafort himself chose not to testify.
The decision not to call witnesses clears the way for the jury to hear closing arguments in the first trial to emerge from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The arguments are scheduled for Wednesday morning.
Manafort is accused of hiding millions of dollars in income he received advising Ukrainian politicians. The defense has tried to blame Manafort’s financial mistakes on his former deputy, Rick Gates. Defense attorneys have called Gates a liar, philanderer and embezzler as they’ve sought to undermine his testimony.
Manafort’s dec...
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August 14, 2018 at 6:05 pm
Beachwood, Ohio - Police are trying to determine a motive in an Ohio doctor’s slaying that was followed by his two sons killing themselves during a standoff with SWAT officers.
Beachwood Police Chief Gary Haba said Tuesday police believe Dr. Richard Warn was killed last week by one or both of his sons. Haba says investigators and the SWAT team went to a home Friday in nearby South Euclid to gather evidence in the 59-year-old doctor’s slaying.
Thirty-one-year-old Michael Warn and 29-year-old Mark Warn were found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds Saturday after a 12-hour standoff at a home their father purchased. Police say the standoff began with someone inside firing high-powered rifle rounds at a SWAT vehicle.
Haba says the brothers had no criminal history and investi...
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August 14, 2018 at 5:23 pm
HOUSTON (AP) — A Jordanian immigrant was sentenced to death on Tuesday after being convicted in what Texas prosecutors described as the honor killings of his daughter's American husband and her friend who was an Iranian women's rights activist.
Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan was found guilty of capital murder last month in the 2012 fatal shootings of his son-in-law, Coty Beavers, and his daughter's friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh. The Harris County jury deliberated for just 35 minutes — after five weeks of testimony — before reaching the verdict in Houston.
The same jury deliberated about nine hours before sentencing him to death for the killings, which occurred about 11 months apart. When the jury's punishment verdict was announced, Irsan slumped slig...
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August 14, 2018 at 5:20 pm
A former Baltimore police officer was indicted on assault charges Tuesday after being recorded repeatedly punching a man in a street confrontation three days earlier in a video that went viral.
Arthur Williams, who resigned a day after Saturday's confrontation, was charged with first- and second-degree assault, as well as misconduct in office, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby said at a news conference.
Mosby declined to offer many details about the indictment, citing the ongoing case. But she said prosecutors considered a "great deal" of evidence beyond the video.
"I can tell you that we don't just consider what you all have viewed, the viral video," Mosby said. "We consider a great deal more evidence, which is what we were able to present before the grand jury."
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August 14, 2018 at 5:13 pm
LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a Utah firefighter has died battling the largest recorded blaze in California history.
Authorities say the man died Monday night at a hospital after he was injured at the site of the Mendocino Complex fire north of San Francisco.
Details haven't been released.
Firefighters from all over the country have been helping California battle a series of deadly and devastating wildfires in recent weeks that have spread through drought-parched forests and rural communities.
Six firefighters have died in those wildfires.
The deadliest fire, the Carr Fire, has left eight people dead, including three firefighters.
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8:15 p.m.
Authorities say a firefighter has been killed battling the largest record blaze in California history.
State fire off...
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August 14, 2018 at 5:04 pm
Berlin - Berlin police say threatening letters containing a white powder have been sent to both the American and Israeli embassies in the German capital.
Police spokeswoman Kerstin Ismer told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Israeli Embassy received a letter July 24 and the U.S. Embassy on July 26. Ismer says police have opened two investigations on suspicion of disturbing the peace by threatening a crime.
She says both contained a powder but would not comment on whether it had been determined to be dangerous or other details due to the ongoing investigation. She would also not say whether the two letters were thought to be connected or whether there were any suspects yet.
Neither embassy had any immediate comment, saying in general they do not comment on security issues.
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August 14, 2018 at 5:02 pm
Nesquehoning, PA - A group of girls from a Bais Yaakov summer camp had a real adventure yesterday on a Poconos rafting trip when the fast-moving waters of the Lehigh River stranded approximately 35 boaters.
The girls were from Camp Sviva, located in Woodbourne, New York.
Stephen Bretzik, general manager of Whitewater Rafting Adventures in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania said that his outfit ran two river trips yesterday, including the group of over 200 girls. All of the rafts were accompanied by guides in kayaks, said Bretzik.
The girls were all given an orientation before they went out on the river at Jim Thorpe on their four mile trip to Lehighton.
“Most of the girls made it from the start until the takeout location but a few missed the takeout and had to go another four miles...
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August 14, 2018 at 4:59 pm
Officials said that I-70 reopened Tuesday afternoon following a repair to utility lines in the area between I-695 and US 29.
Interstate 70 has reopened after utility lines were repaired Tuesday afternoon, according to the Maryland State Highway Administration. High-voltage wires over the interstate had become unstable, officials said, and BGE was called to fix the hazardous situation.
The repair resulted in a closure that lasted a little more than an hour Tuesday.
I-70 was closed around 12:15 p.m. between the exits for I-695 and US 29, impacting traffic in Baltimore and Howard counties.
After 1:30 p.m., state highway officials said BGE had completed the repair and the road had reopened.
The temporary closure of I-70 came on the heels of another repair that caused major delays i...
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August 14, 2018 at 4:52 pm
MILAN (AP) — A 51-year-old highway bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa collapsed in a driving rain Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and injuring 16 others as it sent dozens of vehicles tumbling into a heap of concrete and twisted steel.
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte called it "an immense tragedy ... inconceivable in a modern system like ours, a modern country."
The disaster, on a major interchange connecting Genoa and other northern cities with beaches in eastern Liguria into France, focused attention on Italy's aging infrastructure, particularly its concrete bridges and viaducts built in the postwar boom of the 1950s and 1960s.
What caused the Morandi Bridge to fall remained unknown, and prosecutors said they were opening an investigation but had not identified any ...
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August 14, 2018 at 4:34 pm
הילולת הרה"ק מספינקא זי"ע אצל בנו האדמו"ר מתולדות צבי ספינקא
Yurtzeit of the Spinka Rebbe Zy”u by his son the Toldos Tzvi Spinka Rebbe
אב תשע"ח
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August 14, 2018 at 4:20 pm
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A $42,000 antique desk. A $32,000 blue suede sectional sofa. A $7,500 inlaid wooden floor map of West Virginia's 55 counties.
A scandal involving lavish office renovations and other financial abuses by the highest court in one of the poorest states in America has triggered an extraordinary move by one branch of government to essentially fire another.
The West Virginia House of Delegates on Monday impeached four justices of the state Supreme Court on charges of extravagant spending and other misconduct, setting the stage for a Senate trial that could lead to their removal.
One of those justices retired on Tuesday, averting the prospect of sitting through a proceeding that is sure to explore the justices' fancy tastes in embarrassing detail. And th...
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August 14, 2018 at 4:16 pm
Brooklyn, NY - Dramatic video taken Monday in Sunset Park shows two police officers with drawn guns arresting two teens for stealing a high end car in Borough Park early Monday morning and then using credit cards found inside the vehicle for a Sunset Park shopping spree.
Police said that the car had North Carolina license plates and had been rented from National Car Rental. The 2018 Lincoln Continental was valued at $70,000 and had been parked on 45th Street between 15th and 16th Avenues.
The driver of the vehicle, 23 year old Shloime Melamed, noticed that the car was missing on Monday morning and contacted the Shmira City Wide Safety Patrol whose volunteers obtained surveillance footage from the area showing the car being taken from the area at approximately 4 AM.
Shmira director...
