Democrats gathering in Detroit for a pivotal presidential debate will have to decide, once again, how to respond to President Donald Trump while presenting their own vision for the country.
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A shootout that left one man dead and 11 people wounded at a Brooklyn community festival over the weekend may have been gang related, the New York Police Department said Monday as the hunt continued for at least two gunmen.
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New York City’s Board of Elections has officially certified Queens Borough President Melinda Katz as the winner of the hotly contested Democratic primary for Queens district attorney.
The board said Monday that Katz beat public defender Tiffany Cabán by 60 votes.

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund helping those impacted by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks never runs out of money, ending years of legislative gridlock as the number of first responders dying of Ground Zero-related illnesses mounted.
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Inclement weather did nothing to dampen the spirits of the lomdei hadaf who gathered in Liberty, New York to celebrate Agudath Israel of America’s siyum of Maseches Eruchin at Camp Agudah.

The following is via CHI:
Around 7:30am Monday morning, a Jewish man left his car running while getting something from his trunk. The location was Kingston Ave and Crown Street, in the center of Crown Heights.
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There was a serious crash on the Garden State Parkway, Monday afternoon, with one car ending up in an insane position.
It happened just after 12:00PM on the Parkway southbound, south of Exit 83.

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Avrohom Langer, the Zkan Chasidei Bobov who was was niftar at the age of 100.
He was a Talmid of the Kedushas Tzion of Bobov, originally from Galicia and then Toronto.
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Gov. Cuomo signed legislation Monday decriminalizing marijuana use in the state of New York.
The law reduces unlawful possession of marijuana to a violation punishable by a fine.
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A community festival was coming to a close when gunfire erupted in a Brooklyn neighborhood, leaving one man dead, another person in critical condition and 10 others wounded, authorities said Sunday as they searched for two shooters they believe were involved.
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