Flatbush — Brooklynites elected Farah Louis today to replace former city councilman, current Public Advocate, Jumaane Williams.
Patch.com reports that Louis defeated Williams’ endorsed candidate, Monique Chandler-Waterman, and six other candidates in the District 45 special election to represent Flatbush, Midwood and Canarsie with 42 percent of the vote, according to the New York City Board of Elections.

British general tells reporters that coalition forces have not detected any issues with Iran-backed forced in Iraq and Syria, drawing rare rebuke from US military and exposing rift

Salem, OR – Critics blasted a decision by Oregon lawmakers that killed a bill aimed at getting more children vaccinated for measles and other preventable diseases in order pass a tax on large businesses, saying it jeopardized public health. Despite passing the House and having the necessary votes in the Senate, the measure to make [...]

 Flatbush Flop Loses to Jewish Community-Backed Farah LouisThe race to replace former City Councilman Jumaane Williams is over.
The winner is Farah Louis, with more than 42% of the vote.
Williams vacated his seat on March 20 after winning a crowded race for NYC Public Advocate.

Suspects Used Forged Euros To Defraud Money Changers In JerusalemA quick response by the police led to the arrest of two suspects who, according to the suspicions, fraudulently defrauded three money changing businesses in central Jerusalem out of NIS 40,000, using forged euro bills they wanted to convert into cash.
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Two Israeli companies are threatening a major lawsuit against a French company that chose not to bid on a tender to expand the Jerusalem light rail system.
According to Hebrew news site Mako, the transportation firm Alstom formally announced on Friday that it would withdraw its planned bid. Israeli companies Dan and Electra, which were involved in the prospective deal, claimed that the decision stemmed from concerns that the light rail project would violate human rights.

Hackberry, LA – President Donald Trump came to southern Louisiana on Tuesday to extol the benefits of U.S. energy production but could not resist a slashing critique of the Democrats battling to face him in the 2020 presidential race. “I’m looking at the competition. You sort of dream about competition like that, you know?” he [...]

Stockholm – Early Tuesday, a man wielding a large knife approached the secretary of the Jewish community of Helsingborg, Sweden, from the back and delivered near-fatal stab wounds to her upper body. The victim, a woman in her 60s whose family asked not be named in the media, was assaulted a mere stone’s throw from [...]

What Helps Prevent Dementia? Try Exercise, Not Vitamin PillsIf you want to save your brain, focus on keeping the rest of your body well with exercise and healthy habits rather than popping vitamin pills, new guidelines for preventing dementia advise.
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US attorney says prosecutors still deciding whether to seek death penalty against John Earnest for deadly attack on San Diego-area Chabad

Year after move, US president says mission 'a proud reminder ... of the importance of keeping a promise'

Dubai – Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, the New York University chaplain, will be the first chief rabbi of the United Arab Emirates. David Weinberg, the international affairs director for the Anti-Defamation League, made the announcement Tuesday at an event co-hosted by the ADL and the UAE embassy on interfaith tolerance. Sarna told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency [...]

President Donald Trump celebrated via Twitter on Tuesday the one-year anniversary of the move of the US Embassy in Israel to Yerushalayim.
“Our beautiful embassy stands as a proud reminder of our strong relationship with Israel and of the importance of keeping a promise and standing for the truth,” Trump wrote.
Last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed the full implementation of the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act.
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Envoy Mohammed al-Emadi says if recent escalation between Israel and terror groups had continued for a few more hours, the world would have 'witnessed humanitarian catastrophes'

President Reuven Rivlin says the stabbing of a Jewish woman in Sweden shows need to combat anti-Semitism.
“Once again, Jews in Europe are in danger. Today’s brutal stabbing of a woman in Helsingborg, Sweden reminds us that we cannot rely on fading memories of the Holocaust to keep today’s Jewish communities safe,” he says.
“We will combat anti-Semitism until it is eliminated and we will not stay silent in the face of such events.”
Swedish authorities have indicate that the attacker today was a Muslim man. The victim remains in critical condition after stabbed several times and left for dead.
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Donald Trump Jr. has reached a deal with the Senate Intelligence Committee to appear for a second closed-door interview in June, according to people familiar with the matter, ending a tense standoff between the president’s son and the panel’s Republican chairman.
Under the terms of the deal, Trump Jr. will testify for up to four hours on a limited number of topics. The committee’s vice chairman, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and a representative for its chairman, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., declined to confirm or comment on the deal. Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for Trump Jr., also declined to comment.

New York – Taking the hours-long journey to what is believed to be the deepest point mankind has visited in any ocean was a complicated one, and for Victor Vescovo, it meant being constantly on the alert as he monitored his state-of-the-art vessel. But when he reached 10,928 meters into the Challenger Deep in the [...]

Bayit Yehudi Denies Party Leader Rav Peretz Met With Naftali BennetAccording to a Makor Rishon report, Minister Naftali Bennet has met with the Chairman of Bayit Yehudi, Rabbi Rafi Peretz, along with Nir Orbach, Director-General of the party. Senior party officials are denying the accuracy of the report.
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