Three pedestrians were struck by a vehicle that jumped the curb in Flatbsuh, Thursday afternoon.
It happened at the intersection of Coney Island Avenue and Avenue M at around 4:00PM.
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Transportation Security Administration agents at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty Airport uncovered a more decorative than deadly item when they checked a passenger’s carry-on.
Agents on Tuesday thought there was a gun in the bag when they put it through the X-ray machine.

Graffiti against the Rav of the Kosel & Holy Sites, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, was found at the tziyun of the Rashbi in Meron on Tuesday.
The graffiti says, “Rabinowitz the robber”, seemingly connected to the ongoing dispute over who maintains control of the holy site.

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A massive fire caused by a cooking gas stove erupted Thursday on a train traveling in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, killing at least 71 passengers, officials said.
Flames roared through the train cars as the train approached the town of Liaquatpur in Punjab, they said, the latest tragedy to hit Pakistan’s dilapidated, poorly maintained and mismanaged rail system.

Just hours after the first days of Sukkos ended, as many were heading to bed in preparation for an exciting Chol Hamoed ahead, the sound of hammers could be heard at New York City Hall.
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During the night between Thursday and Friday, October 31st to November 1st, the price of gasoline will be adjusted and prices at the pumps will drop by six agorot.
The price of 95 octane fuel may not exceed NIS 6.12 a liter at self-service pumps, a six agorot drop in the price in October 2019.

Chicago teachers and the nation’s third-largest school district reached a labor contract deal on Thursday, ending a strike that canceled 11 days of classes for more than 300,000 students.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that the district had reached a deal with the Chicago Teachers Union after months of unsuccessful negotiations led to the city’s first significant walkout by educators since 2012.

It appears many, if not most Har Nof residents are less than pleased with the decision by Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon to change the name of the neighborhood to Neot Yosef, in memory of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef ZT”L and Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv ZT”L, as reported by YWN-Israel.

Chinese hackers with a history of state-sponsored espionage have intercepted the text messages of thousands of foreigners in a targeted campaign that planted eavesdropping software on a telecommunications provider’s servers, a cybersecurity firm said.